Oddness

Captain Who?

Frank La Vigne — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:56:00 GMT

Portland, Maine is known for it’s harbor and seafaring past, not to mention it’s very cool radio station.

But while scanning for WiFi signals at the Portland Jetport, I noticed a peculiarly named network that added a new twist on this nautical history.

Technorati Tags: WiFi,Portland,Funny

Rick Astley/Nirvana Mashup?

Frank La Vigne — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:31:00 GMT

One of the best, if not strangest, mash-ups ever: “Never Gonna Give Up Your Teen Spirit.”

Technorati Tags: Rick Roll,Mashup,Humor,YouTube

More Fun with Liquid Nitrogen

Frank La Vigne — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:28:00 GMT

This time the target is a gummy bear, not over-clocked CPUs.

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Technorati Tags: Science

IE8 Traffic Web Slice <3 New York

Frank La Vigne — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:31:00 GMT

Yesterday, the Traffic Web Slice wanted to meet me in St. Louis, today it loves New York.

I love New York, too. It's my hometown and from time to time I miss the hustle and bustle.

However, I live in DC and, aside from mere curiosity, rarely care to know about the traffic situation in the Big Apple. (It's always bad.)

So, here are my theories as to what's going on:

The Web slice knows I'm a fan of the Yankees and this is somehow related to their schedule.
IE8 randomly scans my brain for hints as to what I'm thinking about. Today, I must have been thinking about good New York style pizza; yesterday I must have been thinking about beer.
The web slice is funded by the tourist boards of various cities
The web slice is funded by DC, who wants to show you that we're not the only city with bad traffic.
The web slice just loves me so much it wants to take me on a virtual tour of US cities.

My vote is for number five.

IE8 just wants to make browsing an adventure again and it's taking me on a whirlwind tour of the US.

Where will it take me next? Miami? Denver? Las Vegas? Who knows?!

See, browsing is an adventure again!

Technorati Tags: IE8,Web Slice,St. Louis,New York,Humor,Bugs

IE8 Wants to Meet Me in St. Louis

Frank La Vigne — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:08:00 GMT

I've had some mixed experiences with IE8, which I've blogged about before.

But today, I noticed something really strange: the Traffic Web Slice had moved me from DC to St Louis.

I had noticed a similar issue with the weather web slice, when it would randomly move me from DC to Rockville to Reston.

Not a big deal, since all those places are all part of the same metropolitan area, so I assumed that the web slice took whichever feed had been most recently updated in a given region.

The jump to St. Louis, however, totally threw me for a loop.

A few hours later, the problem corrected itself and the web slice is showing DC.

Strange.

Any ideas as to what's going on here?

Technorati Tags: IE8,St. Louis,Bug,Web Slice

Wizard-Gangsta Rap Mash Ups

Frank La Vigne — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:02:00 GMT

The world just gets weirder every day.

Economic devastation, Swine Flu, people dressed up as super heroes patrolling the streets of Cincinnati, and now this: Fantasy Themed Gangsta Rap.

Not to be outdone Harry Potter (aka H Piddy) has his own rap.

Technorati Tags: YouTube,Humor,Lord of the Rings,Rap,Parody,Harry Potter

Super Heroes of Cincinnati

Frank La Vigne — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:33:00 GMT

There's a team of masked crime fighters out on the mean streets of Cincinnati.

It's ~~a little~~ a lot, weird, but you have to admire their spirit.

In the comic books, these folks instill fear in the hearts of the villains, but I suspect if real criminals see masked people coming their way, they are far more likely to laugh themselves to death.

Technorati Tags: Cincinnati,Super Hero,Funny,Odd

If Two Year Olds Wrote Traffic Reports

Frank La Vigne — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:14:00 GMT

This rather succinct traffic report was on Richmond's official traffic site, long enough to make it into Chris Busse's Tweetstream and for me to get a screen shot of it so that we all can enjoy.

Hopefully, no one was hurt when the cars "went boom."

Technorati Tags: Richmond,RichmondVA,Funny,error'd

Breakin' and Poppin'

Frank — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:42:00 GMT

Some commercials are so representative of their time, they act like a snapshot of an era frozen in time.

But the only question I have, can I still buy it?

I want the instruction poster to hang on my wall.

Technorati Tags: Alfonso Ribeiro,Retro,80s,Break Dancing

Ads Adding Irony

Frank — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Here's an example of an advertisement adding an extra level of unintentional humor.

The skeleton adds a nice, morbid touch.

Technorati Tags: Mortgage Meltdown,Subprime,Humor