Brain Tilt

I can’t even make this up.

A woman died participating in a contest to win a Nintendo Wii.  Apparently, some radio DJs held a “Hold your wee for a Wii contest”, where contestants were to drink a ton of water and whoever could hold it longest won the Wii.  Turns out, one of the finalists drank too much water and died of water intoxication.  I didn’t even know that was possible.

Remember a few days back, when I told you that you could buy your own country??

Well, it turns out some (or some company) may actually buy it.  File-sharing website, Pirate Bay, may end up buying Sealand, as a way out of its legal woes in Sweden.

There goes my dream of owning Beezerville.

Here’s some random news stuff for today:

First, Netflix is going to start offering downloadable movies to their customers. That’s right, you’ll be able to download and watch movies on your computer. Good stuff. Especially for me, since I’ll be able to watch movies online while I’m waiting for my other DVD’s to arrive. Now if only I could figure out a way to burn them once I’ve downloaded them…

Second, Sony has announced that PS3 shipments have reached the 1 million mark. Good for you Sony. Just to bad you couldn’t produce them any faster around Christmas, when people would have sold their homes and children to get one.

Apple has announced that they will be charging a fee to certain Mac owners to be able to use wireless technologies on their computers. So, after you’ve paid $2500 for your Mac, you now have to pay to be able to use the wireless technology. Sweet. And lets not forget that Mac’s are much more expensive to to fix when something goes wrong. Remind me again why they don’t seem to gain much market share against PC’s in the computer world??

Oh. My. Lord.

If you have Xbox 360…BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!

Never buy one of these.

I’ve had nothing but problems with my Jetta and it frustrates me to no end. I’ve had to have the linkage redone, the cruise control sensor replaced, a leak/clog in the sunroof drains fixed and the carpet replaced…and I only have 46k miles on it. And I’m not even counting all the little things that have gone wrong with my car.

NEVER BUY A JETTA.

I finally got around to watching Chappelle’s Show: The Lost Episodes, and my only thought is that they should have stayed lost.

Out of the 3 episodes, I counted 2 funny skits.  The rest were crap.

So in my mind, they don’t exist.  Chappelle’s Show ended after season 2, when it was at it’s peak.

“I’m rich, biotch!!”

As with the great Beta Max vs. VHS debate of the 80’s, it looks as if the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray debate will come down to which format the porn industry decides to use. In the 80’s, the porn industry chose to do everything in VHS format and Beta Max quickly became obsolete. If the porn industry chooses HD DVD, look for Blu-Ray to go the way of Beta Max.

When ever I pose this theory to people, I get the same reaction: no way will the porn industry dictate what all the other movie companies will use. And I say they will. Think about how many movies a year the porn industry puts out (no pun intended). It’s a ton. If they pick the HD DVD format, then the makers of HD DVD can achieve economies of scale. The more HD DVD’s they make, the cheaper it becomes to make them. Then HD DVD has a competitive edge on Blu-Ray in price.  Suddenly, that copy of Good Will Hunting that was $25 is now $13.

And all thanks to the porn industry wanting to crank out Good Will Humping on HD DVD instead of Blu-Ray.

This guy is widely considered the best gamer in the world.  He wins tons of tournaments and basically gets paid to play video games.  He’s got his own line of mice and keyboards that he specifically designed for gamers.  He’s even worked with some game companies to help make online games better.

Why the hell didn’t my guidance counselor tell me about this career option in high school??????

David Beckham is coming across the pond to play MLS.

Woo. Hoo.

I can only think of two reasons why he’s coming over here (besides the $250M).

1) He and his wife are fading in popularity in England, so they’ve decided to come to LA in hopes to stay relevant in the publics mind.

2) Beckham’s skills have slipped and he’s come to MLS to extend his career. He’s probably no longer the best player in Europe anymore. He may not even be in the top 5. So he sees his chance to extend his career by coming to the US. He’ll obviously be the best player in MLS, since American soccer players are not as good as Europeans. Keep in mind that I’ve based all this on my seeing one MLS shootout and a couple of World Cup games. Clearly, my knowledge of soccer players in America is extensive.

I guess my point is this: I still don’t care about MLS.

This is a follow up from yesterdays post on Apple’s iPhone.  Turns out Apple is being sued by Cisco over naming rights.  Turns out, Cisco trademarked the name iPhone in 2000.
It’ll be interesting to see how this one turns out.