So that's where he went!
You all thought Roy Orbison passed away years ago. Actually, he's still alive, and he has a pretty sweet mansion in Tripoli...
"High Quality Daily Amusement"
Monday, December 22, 2003
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Friday, December 19, 2003
More
"More" is an amazing work of stop motion animation. A sort of cross between Oddworld and a Tool video, with a soundtrack by New Order. Depressing, yet totally beautiful at the same time. Check it out.
Thursday, December 18, 2003
You're a mean one, Mister Grinch
All the Whos down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot,
But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did not.
Apparently, there really is a community in Norway who call themselves the Hu. Don't believe me? Read here... and apparently, the Who song "fah who rhamus, dah who dahmus, Christmas day is here at last..." was inspired by a centuries-old Hu hymn.
But I don't think these Hu's banged their ting-tinglers, or played zizzy-vu callay, a roller-skate type of lacrosse and croquet.
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
AOL to release "hip, cool" new version for teens
Lord knows there aren't enough obnoxious teenagers on AOL, so they're launching a new service called "RED". Here's "the big skinny" (as they put it). Go "be a hipster" and read it. Hot dog, gee-whiz, and 23-skidoo, it'll surely be the bees knees!
Monday, December 15, 2003
1999 called, they want their moronic business model back
Some boneheads over in jolly old England are offering free computers, supported by advertising which fills your computer screen for 60 seconds every 20 minutes. You are supposedly obliged to watch your screen for 30 hours a month. Plus, the system is actually a LOAN which means you have to trade it in in three years (and which thwarts my "get a free monitor/hard drive/DVD-ROM/RAM/mouse/keyboard" idea... ). Of course, if this company is still in business three years, it'll be a miracle. In an age when you can get a computer system for $200, you have to be a pretty cheap bugger to buy into something like this.
Friday, December 05, 2003
Irrational Nano-exuberance
California-based Nanometrics has been around 25 years. They've had no recent press releases or other noteworthy behavior to speak of. But, on Wednesday, their stock value shot up 10 percent. Why? Because of an overall surge of interest in nanotechnology. The only problem is... Nanometrics has nothing to do with nanotechnology. They just happen to have the stock symbol "NANO". So, any readers accidentally invest in fishing nets five years ago?
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
What Would Your Last Meal Be?
From the "Morbid Curiousity" Dept., here's a list of final meal requests from executed prisoners in Arizona. And here's a list for Texas. What would your last meal be? While goofy comments are always welcome here at Ridiculent, I'm curious as to what your serious answers would be... Really something to think about. I think mine would be something like this:
Remember: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may be lethally injected.
- Onion bagel (toasted) with vegetable cream cheese
- Quart of coffee-flavored milk (It's a Rhode Island thing)
- Szechuan-style beef with shredded vegetables and peanuts (with white rice)
- Pint of oolong tea
- Ridged potato chips with french onion dip
- Large Strawberry Milkshake
Remember: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may be lethally injected.
