The Chaser returned to television last night with their new election program Yes We Canberra, where they unveiled the new Julia Gillard GPS. It’s destined to get you “moving forward”. [iView]
What does an atheist do when they’re trying to prove a point and “de-baptize” non-believers? Why, use a hairdryer of course, as Edwin Kagin has done with a “flock” of atheists at this year’s American Atheists Convention in New Jersey.
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The Onion, that venerable source of satire both topical and historic, is today dipping its toes in the premium content pond. The result: “Future: News from the Year 2137″, an Onion-ised look at the world of tomorrow today.
The guys over at Gamespot have put together a handy video for game developers wanting to get their game rated for Australia. Although if Miranda Kerr or John Farnham ever make their way into a videogame, I think I might jump ship and start supporting Atkinson’s stance on things.*
Poor Mosspuppet. He may be Stevepuppet’s best buddy in the whole kingdom of puppets, but he is losing it. Or he just timewarped back to 1997. (Fast-forward to 51 seconds to see Stevepuppet). [The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]
Today’s Onion News Network video attacks Google’s scary-if-you-think-about-it access to all our browsing habits and personal data. If you want privacy, no problem: Just relocate to a giant boxlike mountain prison, and you’ll be secure (and dead). Zing!
Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That’s because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions.
Here’s the humourous David Pogue singing about a world without Apple in a way that only, well, David Pogue could pull off.