If You Talk About It..It Will Happen

First lets learn how to do a screen shot. Start by pressing Ctrl and PrtSc as shown:

Awesome job! Now you have the screen copied. Then open it in Paint, Picassa, or whatever picture editor you use and go to town. Now to the real point of my post.

Ever accidentally send an e-mail that you didn't mean to send?

Wish you could take it back?

weird.


Well... NOW YOU CAN!!!!!

First open your gmail in a new tab,then go into your Settings and look in Labs

Here you will find AMAZING things that Gmail has hidden from you. Most important of all is the UNDO SEND lab. They're in alphabetical order. There are some other great ones like Google Calendar, Got the wrong Bob, Mail Goggles should be mandatory on all teenagers computers. There are a few other great ones, check them out.

-RDK

Friar Film

So recently JV asked me to throw new videos of trailers and other tidbits of film industry excitement on the blog. However, I would post new things every day, multiple posts a day, probably multiple pages a day.

So I thought it would make things a bit easier and less cluttered, to simply start a new blog solely for new film news, interesting tv clips, new trailers, and so on and so on.

The blog is:
http://friarfilm.blogspot.com

Friar Film as it's a website that religious about films. Get it?

Anyone is MORE than welcome to post new info. The username is Friarfilm and the password:

Here's a hint. It's a very famous movie quote that's only one word (and it's not Rosebud). If you can't figure it out, let me know and ill let you know.

-AM

I Think Playing It Will Reap Almost As Many Educational Benefits As Reading It

The Great Gatsby Videogame

Now, for all you collegers and beyond who have gone through high school and read the Great Gatsby, I'm sure this will be more fun for you.
But just remember that a sophomore who hasn't read it found it for you and beat it before you.

jb

-Plus 1 More Person; or Real Evidence of Monsters-

This is my first post on Plus 1.  I haven’t written anything on a blog since the glorious days of Livejournal.

And so, here are some pictures of SeaBeasts.
 

 
-Eroc Ram

Football Trickster

I always liked watching trick shots in billiards and soccer. You may have already seen this video which has gone viral over the last few weeks, but this guy is ridiculous at throwing a football.







He's a second string quarterback from UConn. The first string guy had better be the next Marino.

-AWM

Happy Valentines Day Erryone

I <3 all of you

BJK

Hugo Does Not Have A Problem With A Bitch

Shout out to No Strings Attached, which was way better than it had to be. This song is in it briefly.

Also, it's gotta be hard being Christina Aguilera. First the Super Bowl, then tripping on stage at the Grammys. 

Also, has everyone heard of Sweetest Day?

-jv

The Perfect Pour

The Verizon Center in Washington D.C., home to the Washington Wizards & Capitals, has recently added the coolest feature to their concession stands. The "Bottom's Up Draft Beer Dispensing System" pours a beer 9X faster than conventional pouring, and doesn't spill or foam up. How does it work? Magnets.

-SD

What's the Internet, Anyway!?

It wasn't too long ago that we all sounded like this, but its freaking hilarious to hear now...
 


-BJK

Sexiest Baby Ever

As some of you may know, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem had a baby January 22. It was released that the baby was a boy, but no name has been released.

I have been waiting impatiently to find out what the future of sexy is named and the word on the street is:

Leo Encinas Cruz

That's a pretty sexy name. It hasn't been confirmed by the parents though, so those of you pulling for Pablo or Alejandro still have a chance.

Also, how much does Javier look like AWM? So much

-av

hysterical british animal voice overs

another amazing video, courtesy of James Stuart Bergin's facebook page. I'm so thankful every day that my family is on the book.

I'm currently on holiday at Oxford University visiting one of my besties from Wellesley, and we both found this incredibly amusing.

sometimes the brits talk so fast I literally can't understand what they're saying...


also, i'm now (as of 10 minutes) obsessed with this:
http://verymarykate.com/page/3

i love "fired" and "hired". and "excuses" and "presentation"

lovelove,

lab

Excitement and an Egg Explosion

 

 

Also

                                                                            

-jv

Viennese Modern Art

I finally went into the Vienna Modern Art Museum, because I had a coupon for a free poster. I didnt end up getting the poster because I was supposed to pay full price (got 2,50 euro reduction for being a student, but it didn't matter, because my university pays me back for cultural activities so I could have paid full price. If this were America and not a country with a stick up its ass I would have gotton the god damn poster.)

And actually, the entire museum was really really enjoyable. The works came mostly from 1920s-1970s and then there was an exhibit of American "hyper real" works that were the temp exhibit. I loved it, defs going back and paying full price to get my freaking poster too. I might even demand two.
This series of collages/mixed media works were my favorites.The artist was inspired by a trip to Berlin where he slept in a hotel where in his room one of the walls was part of the Berlin wall, and he was singing the German Requiem by Brahms in a choir at the time as well. He uses bits of cut out newspapers as well as photos and pointilism to illustrate the quotes in a sweet and sad way. I can decide which is my favorite, they are all so beautiful.

something to which/something to which you can give no name/longing for this longing/love alone,

a sound came/ sadness was given up

yes in the café twice -/ once yes in the restaurant/ he had heard of the hotel mysteries/in the restau/A figure clothed in a suit of light

There was a large inviting/ another human creature is resolved to continue life/or

"Go on, pigeons flutter."/ adoration is striking twelve."/the heavens are open

on the borders of the shadow/Western Europe -/ walls looked down on it, towers and guard rooms,/examine some pieces of the wall

also, cute asian boy singing pretty that is driving one of the asian chicks in my a cappella group insane:
http://www.youtube.com/user/monkeybz#p/u/38/N26bkkVXoBI

peace,
lab

Red Line Update: SNAKE FOUND

I'm allowed to judge these people, right?

Remember when I posted about the 3 ft snake named Penelope that some crazy lady lost on the Red Line train in Boston last month? They found it. IN THE T. IT WAS HIDING FOR WEEKS. seriously.


Thankfully the person who found it was a snake owner themselves [eek] and they weren't afraid of picking the snake up and returning it to it's rightful owners.


There's also this hilarious Channel 7 News video of the happy reunion between pet and owners. The lady immediately puts the snake up to her mouth. I am judging her PRETTY hard right now.


-id

green&yellowgreen&yellowgreen&yellowgree&yellow

Wiz Khalifa's Black and Yellow is good.
Weezy's is better.


Also

 



adorable.
-jv

HP Lasergrandpa

 This is completely random, but the other day I was walking down a street in my neighborhood (I'm currently in Vienna, Austria for those of you who are new to the thread) to get to the fresh produce market around the corner, and I peered into a window and saw this:

 

That's right, the hugest HP laserjet printer I have ever seen in my life!!! The Grand-Poppy Father of all Fathers, King of Kings of printers. It was whicked loud too. I only took a couple of pictures because I think a guy inside noticed something flashing and started walking toward my side of the room to check it out. Does that officially make me a large-printer-creepy-stalker?

Maybe. Well, guess we can no longer say that I was immune to all of the geek floating around at the Computing Helpdesk where I work back at school......

-lab

(jasonbate)Man, You Are Funny

So if you, like myself, were a huge fan of the cancelled Fox TV series (WHAT? Fox cancels TV shows?) Arrested Development, I have good news. If you've never heard of Arrested Development, well first, slap yourself across the face and then Netflix the crap out of that. You might still be able to find them free on MSN Video or Hulu.

Jason Bateman and Will Arnett have joined forces once again and created a new kind of advertising agency called DumbDumb. They're creating these hysterical shorts that kind of infuse branding without being an overt commcercial.

Besides that, they're really funny. Above is The Prom Date, a digital short for Orbit gum. Enjoy!

 - fp

Current Snowstorm from Space [Courtesy of NASA]




Thought this picture was really cool. Found it on twitter. -id

 

The Dark Art of Knitting

Hi Everyone!

I know there are a few HP fans checking this out and I also warned Alice that my contribution may end up being a bunch of arts&craft ideas so this seems like the perfect way to start.

One of my little sisters friends spent a lot of time in the hospital as a child and became a knitting prodigy. This is her newest creation. Its too incredible not to share:

So from straight on this just looks like your run-of-the-mill striped (black and glow-in-the dark green!) scarf but as you look at it from different angles the dark mark is revealed! I have no idea how she did this and I sort of want it to remain a mystery. Maybe she's a deatheater..

- sct

Superman is a babe, and a Brit.

In the year of super hero reboots, there has been some speculation about who will be cast as the new superman. Many people called for Jon Hamm, though the actor said throughout that he is too old to be Clark Kent.

It was announced today that Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman.

You may have never heard of him. He played Henry VIII's bff in the excellent series, The Tudors, which you should definitely check out. Also in the past few years he has narrowly missed several high profile parts. He lost on Batman to Christian Bale, Bond to Daniel Craig (too young), Twilight author Stephanie Meyer named him as her first choice for Edward Cullen (too old), and was a front runner for Superman the last time around when it went to Brandon Routh. 

Add Cavill to a story by Christopher Nolan and screenplay from the writer for Batman Begins and there's a good chance this movie is going to be sweet.

Also catch Cavill in Immortals,  Greek myth epic coming this fall. He worked out for this one:

-av


p.s. this means that the current Spiderman, Batman, and Superman all hail from the British Isles.

The Only Way to Travel

Before I read any of these posts I always scroll down and see who is writing it so I can have their voice in my head as I read, if you are the same way let me save you .3 seconds by saying this is a BJK post, so without further ado....



Just like any blue blooded American, I'm unemployed, and spend my days scouring craigslist for any signs of a job. I started out with specific searches that played towards my strengths, past work experiences, and location. But these days I pretty much open up the jobs page and just start scrolling. This might explain why some of you periodically receive emails with craigslist links from me (Izzy, saw a copyrighting one today but it didn't seem like a good fit, lots of computer tech mumbo jumbo)

But the one that I want to bring to everyones attention can be found right HERE. A company called Walking Tree Travel is seeking out college graduates to travel to foreign countries with high school students as a tour guide/ chaperone type person. They not only pay for your travel expenses but they also pay YOU! The only hang up (and the main reason I think I'm out of the running) is they want you to be able to speak the language of the country your visiting pretty fluently, they also like people who have travelled extensively.

If anyone is interested you can apply online; if you click on this link.

annnd because posts without pictures aren't any fun, I think this looks really cool,

"Sour Outlook Briefly Disarmed By Oh Holy Shit Life Is Beautiful Type Of Moment"

see more on Flickr

-BJK

'The Office" Hires Ron Burgundy

This season of The Office will be the last for Steve Carell, and Will Ferrell has signed on for a four-episode arc to help send Michael Scott off in the most hilarious way possible.


Ferrell will play an inappropriate (of course) branch manager, and will be acting alongside Carell in his last episodes, as well as one episode after Carell leaves.


The Office has been not-totally-awesome recently (or I just haven't been watching), but I will DEFINITELY be watching these episodes. Maybe they could invite Paul Rudd too?
-id

Oregon Trail Days and Twitter

       I don't know about everyone else, but back around second grade I was totally nuts over Oregon Trail. I used to go into my Dad's office sit in his super comfy chair, and get down on some serious covered wagon fun with me and whichever friend's of mine I thought should be going on such an important adventure with me. Sure it was tough, sometimes you have to shoot some bison, sometimes you're mom gets typhoid, but gosh was it a good time.
    
WELL GUESS WHAT!

Internet superpower Facebook has announced today that it will be releasing a version of Oregon Trail. Skeptical? Check out this video. It's mezmorizing and it makes me get that excited warm feeling like when you watch old episodes of Rugrats.

Pretty great huh? You can all be expecting an invite from me on Facebook to join in my covered wagon trek to Independence Rock. There's also a Carmen Sandiego game that's being released if that's anyone's thing.

PS. I know I'm 3 years late but I just started using Twitter. It's pretty awesome. (Our blog even has it!) My user name is jilllllll . Get on it!


-JMN

Knotty Trees

These pics are pretty funny...

...and this video made be lol, the song is pretty good too.

Have a great day everyone!

-BJK

If I were President

GOOD Magazine and 247 Townhall made the video series "If I were president" back in 2008. I found a few of them stalking George Watsky on youtube, he made one and his is ok. But I really like Mos Def's. My favorite parts of his campaign are the free breakfast for kids everywhere, and the 100 year ban on using the phrases "In the club", "droppin it like it's hot", and "shortie".

-lab

We Miss Heath Ledger

Today is the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's tragic death. It was a terrible day. Alice had to sit through an endless hair cut, while the hair dressers talked nonchalantly about his death. John watched Lords of Dogtown and drank every time Heath came on screen, which turned out to be impossible, frankly he's the star of the movie. John passed out halfway through. We wish he was still making great movies and looking totally babelicious.

Here are two of our favorite Heath moments. We couldn't include the entirety of Brokeback Mountain or his transformative performance in Lords of Dogtown, or his turn as William as Ulrich von Lichtenstien in A Knight's Tale. What is your favorite Heath moment?


10 Things I Hate About You
1999


The Dark Knight
2008


Heath, we never wanna quit you,

-the V's

Look Around You! - Water.

Want To Learn Everything You Didn't Know About Water?

This is an episode of an old British farce television show written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz (I don't know if those names have any significance to people, they certainly didn't to me); poking fun at old educational broadcasts.

Notice how his hand becomes increasingly burned and shaking. Also notice their use of portmanteau (the mixing of two words or phrases to make one word; chill + relax = chillax; jean + shorts = jorts; or in this case, thants and blants), and their use of pencils to point things out. They are a common themes throughout the whole show's running.

jb

White Boy!

BJK

Hey Dorks!

    It can hold up to 1TB of stuff, and look great doin it, and chicks dig it.

There's other ones too, but there not cheap :(

-BJK

  

High Speed Photos

Quick history lesson, then some sweet photos.

In 1916, German Weapons Scientists developed high speed photography. Basically, the way they do it is for a few milliseconds, the film flowing through the film gate at several hundred frames per second is stopped to capture the image. I'm gonna guess the pictures that followed were taken by about 620 frames per second.

Honorable Mentions: (All done with bullets or sharp/hard things)

Sweet Balloon.

All involving water:

Winner:

By the way, pertaining to the breaking egg, I had always thought it was fact that you cant break an egg in your hand if it has no cracks (look it up). However, Mr. Kirby proved that wrong in 3 seconds, and I had egg on my face, literally, and the ceiling, so don't try it.

-AM

A giant drunken puppet

I've been meaning to write about Vulture, New York Magazine's daily entertainment section online, which has great stories and commentary on TV shows and pop culture, plus sweet scoops, see their Spiderman section. The specialize in funny slide shows with commentary at the side with all sorts of themes like 10 greatest rapper face tattoos and 8 greatest wrong lost theories or Blake Lively's Breast Looks (long, but entertaining).

Well now I have a worthy reason to tell you about Vulture, because today it brought me this. This video left me totally confused and bemused. I tried to do some research on it, but no one had anything to say other than the puppet's name is Arthur and he's in Ireland. I don't know how it is maneuvered. I don't know who made it. But here's the video, as provided by Vulture, and here's the article they had on it.






Anyone with info should forward them to Plus1Press,

-av

LOL means kanye is joking

Kanye tweeted this, plus an "LOL" which erryone deleted before they wrote an article about it making it one of the most forgotten and important LOLs in 2011, after his new song with Jay-Z got bumped from the top of the itunes best seller list by Britney's new song.I appreciated when Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift on MTV, Beyonce's video is one of the best of all time, also it was the best part of the awards show and its great that he is joking about it now. Kanye is the only rock star left.

Also whys it gotta hurt so bad when a limb falls asleep then wakes back up?

Also did erryone hear about the fox that shot the hunter? thumbs are totes overrated.
-jv

Did your Sign Just Change?! (WTF)

I don't know if I'm ready to accept this, but I just read that some astronomists recalcuated the original Babylonian Zodiac taking into account slight shifts in earth's axis over the last millenia. Or something.

The dates are different and they reintroduced a 13th sign! So I guess I'm now a Taurus?:

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16.
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11.

Pisces: March 11-April 18.

Aries: April 18-May 13.

Taurus: May 13-June 21.

Gemini: June 21-July 20.

Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10.

Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16.

Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30.

Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23.

Scorpio: Nov. 23-29.

Ophiuchus:* Nov. 29-Dec. 17.

Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20.


* Discarded by the Babylonians because they wanted 12 signs per year.
-id

Strangest Turkey I Ever Saw

turkey, turkey, turkey

-jv

Jesus, Izzy, Snowday

I found this video around Christmas, every once in a while you gotta watch news clips from the 60's. Its old and interesting, the clip doesn't mention The Shroud of Turin.

Also, erryone should go to ID's portfolio and "appreciate" all of her work by clicking on the different links and after checking them out click the button on the bottom of the page.
-jv

M.C. Escher House

This house is great.

BJK

Red Box Success

While home for the holidays, I had my first red box encounters and lemme tell you, they were epically succesful. If you have't seen the following movies, get on it. The red box by cumby's at four corners in westford has all of them.

1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Easy A (hysterical---especially her parents)
3. Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Also--saw Black Swan at $6 Tuesday in Lowell and it is STILL creeping me out. I somehow got a cut on one of my fingers that tore off a bit of skin and I flipped a little when I noticed it stinging.

There are so many good movies out and coming out soon--- thank goodness for pirated versions online. Movie cinemas are WAYYY overpriced in Vienna.

-lab