The Story of the Story of the Story of Everest…

One of my favorite sketches ever made… This is from season 4 of Mr. Show, and what a sketch…

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “The Legal Rights of Guantanamo Detainees”…

Lindsay Graham has some views I don’t agree with, but I was incredibly relieved to see this video, for all the good it’s going to do in the long run… the Bush Administration doesn’t care what any legal expert they don’t hand pick says about torture…

Why is this man still running for his party’s nomination?

Seriously, can someone please answer this question for me? Why hasn’t he conceded?

Is he hoping that McCain will choose him as a VP in order to balance the Republican ticket? Those highly coveted squirrel eater votes are hard to come by.

I can’t believe there are actually people who actually exist who actually voted for this guy.

Oh Tommy tommy tom….

Paper Mario…

Fascinating art installation…

Fuck American Idol, Stairway to Stardom has real talent!

Stairway to Stardom was some kind of public access show in the 70s and 80s that has less rigorous standards than Star Search, Showtime at The Apollo, or any talent show on television. Youtube has many of their greatest hits. Here are some of my favorites. Go below the fold for more…

Quietly slips under radar…

This totally slipped under my radar at least, but the iPod Touch is now available in a 32 Gig version for $499. The iPhone’s lowest model is now the 8Gig for $399 (no change there) and they’ve added a 16Gig model for $499… I do have to say I’m content with the 8Gig iPhone I have, and by the time I need to replace it there will be the iPhone2 or something like that. Just keeping everybody up to date… Wiggly icons are pretty sweet (but even sweeter with the wiggly Installer.app icon (yes I am a 1337 haxx0r dood (or I just followed instructions (but whatever))))…

Pretty much sums up “Achievements” in my mind

A screenshot from the soon to be released Devil May Cry 4 (360/PS3) off the PS3 when you unlock an achievement (with a little bit of editorializing from Joystiq (it’s that little bit in the lower right))…

People seem to go nuts over these achievements, and I just don’t get it… Isn’t getting all the items, or completing the game on the harder difficulty the achievement? Do you need the game to confirm that, in fact, you did get 20,000 points in a level? A system built into a game itself is fine, rewards of new weapons or new play modes after beating a game once gives it replay value and makes someone who spent 50 or 60 bucks feel like it was a good investment… Achievements are just bragging rights, and bragging rights for video games has always seemed, simply put, stupid… People who own X360s (and this isn’t all, so don’t take it as that) will rent games notorious for easy achievement points (::cough:: Avatar ::cough::) just to raise their gamer score… It makes gaming into a meta-game for socially competitive types, and I don’t want a meta-game… That’s not why I play video games. But maybe I’m the weird one here. The fact that Sony and video game makers seem to be bowing to this on the PS3 is pissing me off, but alas…