Schiavo (finally) dies

Well it's not usually good when someone dies, but I think the death of Terri Schiavo is a least a relief. Protesters are finally going to wake up and realize that quitting their jobs to go yell at a building probably wasn't a good choice, Schiavo's family can part their ways, and the media can go exploit someone else's personal life. CNN is just at the height of its game these days. In its "developing story" about Schiavo, CNN noted that "Terri Schiavo had grown up chubby and preferred spending time alone or with animals, her friends and family said." Huh? If you missed last night's South Park, you really need to find a torrent or call a friend with Tivo. It was brilliant. Well, I'm not going to waste any more time writing about a dead person. Go write your living wills!

Hey, modeling is a sport too!

This has really been bothering me. Ever since the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue came out 2 months ago or something, CNN has had a headline about it listed in their "Sports" box on the main page. I can see why they wanted to plug the swimsuit issue when it first hit newsstands, but now they're just trying to reel in horny businessmen with nothing better to do at work. For the record, I haven't clicked the link once and I'm not going to put a link here because it's really stupid. Surely people looking for porn on the internet have better places to go than cnn.com.

Hitchhikers May Be Escaping Convicts

I finished this video last week for my Avid class. It's about Halo, so it'll make more sense if you've played the game. The song is "Chop Suey" by System of a Down. Click the pic to watch the video.

Ridiculous Gas Prices (Updated 9/25/05)

Ridiculous

I know I'm not the only one paying a lot for gas, but this sucks a lot.


EDIT (9/25/05): You know, $2.19 ain't so bad.

Feeling Suicidal?

This hairdryer is sure to turn a few heads. Or blow them away.

from Engadget

Take that, librarians!

Almost nothing school-related bothers me more than librarians. It doesn't matter where you are, try to do some wholesome internet research and they'll be over your shoulder in 5 seconds telling you that no websites you'll find through Google are credible. Instead, they insist you use some 3rd party program or state-run site created with ancient technology to sift through a total of maybe 3 related articles they deem credible to cite in a paper. One of those highly recommended search tools is LexisNexis. Promised by librarians to deliver great results, I've had nothing but bad luck with it. Well today it appears that someone hacked into the LexisNexis system and stole 32,000 consumer profiles which included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. At least this will give librarians time to reorganize their Dewey Decimal systems and put up National Literacy Month posters.

The Passion: Reloaded

This is absolutely brilliant. I won't ruin the video for you, so just go to this site and watch it. (I'm sure you can make an educated guess as to what it's about.) The Passion: Reloaded was made by some CGT guys here at Purdue (I'm so proud!) Jesus is back, bitch!

Sony Does Pizza

As if online gaming wasn't already doing enough damage to life outside the home, Sony has decided to add a pizza ordering feature into its online game Everquest II. According to the article at CNN, gamers can type "/pizza" while in the game and order pizza from Pizza Hut. A Sony executive said that the company has plans to expand the feature so that gamers could order such items as the new Star Wars DVD or a Harry Potter book. But really, who is gonna be playing Everquest II and say "Oh shit! The new Star Wars DVD is out and I forgot to order it!"? Let's be serious. That guy is already standing at the movie theater waiting for Episode III to open. But back to the pizza service, I feel bad for Pizza Hut employees. How are they going to explain to these new customers that hit points aren't legal tender?