Have you heard the one about Apple making a Vacuum cleaner, dubbed it ‘iSuck’…
Nicely done parody wrapping together a few things than you’d expect with a killer ending.
A refreshing new episode of the Simpsons came out last night, amongst the highlights was the spin on the “Apple subculture” and the ‘coolness’ of it all. It pretty much summed up my thoughts on the whole elitist crowd of sour Apples.
From the clip:
You’re all losers.
You think you’re all cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it? Well guess what? It costs $8 to make and I pee on every one.
I have made a fortune out of you chums, and I’ve invested it all on Microsoft. Now my boyfriend Bill Gates and I kiss each other on a pile of your money.
- Bart Simpson as Steve Mobs
Bart You legend, summed up my thoughts exactly. Following that speech you can see the inspiration from the 1984 Apple commercial following.
The embedded version appears below as the Youtube version has been yanked, this is from DailyMotion thats still kicking.
It also touched on the touchy subject of Muslims in these uncertain times.
We are giving away all of our software for free on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008. This is a fully working, fully supported copy of either CrossOver Mac Professional, or CrossOver Linux Professional. No hooks, tricks, timebombs, or gimmicks: it’s the real deal.
Yes you read that right, thanks to the Lame Duck challenge posted by CodeWeavers earlier this year, they’ve had to ruffle some feathers in the upper-management team to release their software for free as per their challenge:
The catastrophic cratering of the global economy, falling gas prices and President George W. Bush’s recent executive activities have indirectly prompted Saint Paul gadfly software developers CodeWeavers, Inc., to provide free software for every American on Oct. 28, company officials reluctantly announced today.
In July, CodeWeavers – whose software lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs without having to Microsoft for a Windows OS license – launched the Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge (lameduck.codeweavers.com) to encourage President Bush to make the most of his remaining days in office by accomplishing a major economic or political goal by January 20, 2009.
What were those challenges?
The goals focused on President Bush making specific positive accomplishments in areas such as the economy, home values, the stock market, the war on terror and other key issues. Specifically, one goal called for President Bush to help down bring average gasoline prices in the Twin Cities to $2.79 a gallon.
On Monday, Oct. 14, gas prices in Minneapolis and St. Paul did just that.
“That morning, I was filling my tank at Big Steve’s Gas Palace in St. Paul,” said Jeremy White, president and CEO of CodeWeavers. “I had just finished my morning corn dog and 64-ounce Dr. Pepper when I looked at the pump and noticed gas was at $2.79. I screamed ‘Woohoo,’ then I yelled ‘Oh, crap!’ as I realized every American can now have my software for free. Kind of upsets my fourth quarter revenue projections…”
Quick, go signup and grab a free bargain. Its not restricted to just US citizens either - and both Mac and Linux versions of Codeweavers is available. Cheers big ears, thanks for your efforts!
For the next round of freebies, the challenge has been set as follows…
- Return the stock market to it’s 2008 high
- Reduce the average price of a gallon of milk to $3.50
- Create at least one net job in the U.S. this calendar year
- Return the median home price to its Jan. 1, 2008 level
- Bring Osama Bin-Laden to justice
As a parting thought of wisdom from the greatest and most widely known comedian IN THE WORLD, I leave you with:
“It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.”
- Beaverton, Oregan, Sept. 25, 2000
Such deep deep meaning, you can find more inspirational words of wisdom from The Complete Bushisms.
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… when someone gets caught in the act with a car-wash vacuum…
THOMAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police say a Michigan man has been arrested after “receiving sexual favors from a vacuum” at a car wash.
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Police Sgt. Gary Breidinger says a resident called to report suspicious activity at the car wash about 6:45 a.m. An officer approached on foot and caught the man in the act.
How one goes about getting sexual favors from a car wash vacuum is beyond me - and not something I’d even want to think about. Though I’m sure Andreas may have contemplated it at one stage or another (purely for educational reasons I’m sure).
Man-Arrested: THIS FUCKING SUCKS MAN.
Reminds me of the strip from funkysmell.
If anything this has taught me to never look at a car-wash vacuum the same way.
Here’s something to keep in mind the next time you see your administrator at work.
Keep your friends close, but your admins closer.
With that, something for the developers of the world.
Yes, we all need to be hugged sometimes but these days developers need it more than anyone else (well aside from Administrators).
Go on, go into that dark room that people barely visit and hug a developer today. You’ll bring a smile to their faces, turn their frowns upside down and who knows they may actually help you the next time your stuck instead of asking you whether you’ve tried turning it off and on again like those pesky admin types who usually just sit there playing solitaire all day (or so the story goes).
But you know what, on your way up back to your 15th floor desk, why not give the Admins a little shout out and see what they’re doing too. Who knows, maybe next time they’ll make one for the less fortunate Administrators of the world.
I miss Japan, the culture, the weather (back then), the people, the atmosphere and the food. But I thought I’d share this funny billboard I came across when I was in Osaka. I was walking on my merry way one day looking for a coffee shop - either a Starbucks or a Doutor (anywhere with a decent shot!) and came across this billboard not too far from Osaka station.
No idea what its advertising as theres no mention of a brand or company, but I knew the moment I saw it - and fell into a fit of laughter - that its something I simply had to take a copy of.
Heres something you dont see everyday. Channel 10 - of Big Bother, So You Think Yer Ken Dance and Australian Idol fame - and such awesome shows as Rove and the only link to The Simpsons in Australia has been caught showing subliminal messages during the 2007 ARIA Music Awards.
During the introduction of nominated artists for the October 2007 telecast, Network Ten broadcasted quick one-frame bursts of sponsor logos, which included Chupa Chups, Big W, Olay, Telstra BigPond, KFC and Toyota.
The ABC’s Media Watch program revealed the breach and ACMA received several complaints shortly after.
ACMA reviewed the material and found the “rapid-cut graphics used in the program was a technique that attempted to convey information to viewers below or near the threshold of normal awareness”.
ACMA said Network Ten argued the rapid-cut graphics were intended to be creatively consistent with the fast-paced look and feel of the music presentations.
So if you ever wondered why you suddenly headed out straight away to bring home the chicken sucking away at a chuppa chup last year, there may be a reason.
Seriously, Yvan eht nioj?
VMWare just released Fusion 2.0 which is a free update for 1.x users of the fruity OS, among the enhancements…
- Greatly improved 3D performance and compatibility with DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 2 software and games. (VMware Fusion runs best with the latest graphics hardware, like the NVIDIA 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, and ATI Radeon HD 3870.)
- When playing high-definition video (720p, 1080i, 1080p) in a Windows XP or Windows Vista virtual machine, VMware Fusion now uses hardware acceleration for smooth video playback
Which is quite a feat, whilst I’m not a Fusion user - No Apple, It just Works!!! - it seems the Fusion Hypervisor is doing some serious legwork now. Whats more (heh) VMWare even ‘collaborated’ with McAfee to give those Apple users a little something something for their Windoze experience:
Virus Protection and Firewall Included for Windows XP and Vista Virtual Machines
- To keep your Windows-on-Mac experience as safe as possible, VMware Fusion includes a complimentary 12-month subscription to McAfee VirusScan Plus to protect your Windows investment
Funny.
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The next addition to in the series for Microsoft staring Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld trying to look normal.
A shorter version is also available with part 1 and part 2 in WMV format. Compared to the first release which took the two gentlement to Shoe-Circus I think this new (longer) version is far better.
“I Love a condiment with Booze in it.” - Jerry
“Because as we discussed, you and I are a little out of it… you’re living in some kind of moon house hovering over seatle like the mothership… I got so many cars I get stuck in my own traffic.” - Jerry
“The fact that a design uses inheritance and polymorphisim doesnt make it a good design.” - Bill
“…Are there any monsters in the story?” - Little kid in bed
“Yes! but its ok, theres a firewall.” - Bill“Power off… ok, power on.” - Jerry whilst Bill doing the Robot
Personally I quite like this one, and the fact that Mr Gates does the robot - I mean come on….
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