Technology not good enough for Queen of England
check out what queenie thinks about the iPod. apparently they’re not good enough for her.
but she looks good in the commercials
Archive for June, 2005
robots
as a result of the new democratic elections, robots are now in charge of japan. who didn’t see this coming?
real life monopoly
hasbro has fitted 18 london cabs w/GPS to make a real life game of monopoly. sounds as boring as the real (“pretend”) version.
Baseball season opens with two innings of Xbox ball on jumbotron
“In a ridiculous publicity stunt, the first two innings of a minor league baseball game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played ‘virtually’ — two video gamers will play MVP Baseball 2005 on an Xbox while the game is broadcast over the video screen and play-by-play is called by the announcers. When the real teams take the field in the third inning, they’ll start where the virtual game left off.” (via BoingBoing)
i think i’d rather they play halo 2 for a while, and then continue in real life with whatever weapons they’ve acquired.
world’s gayest logos
When MTV Networks’ new gay channel LOGO debuts this month, it will join a kicky set of companies whose trademarks — intentionally or not — are a little light in their serifs. checkitout.
oh what a tangled web…
The Least Healthy Diet: Breatharianism
If you’re a vegetarian, you might feel morally superior to meat eaters. If you’re a vegan, eschewing all animal products, you most likely turn up your nose at weak-willed vegetarians who succumb to cheese. Fruitarians, who consume only fruit, nuts, and seeds, are haughtier still. But at the very top of the holier-than-thou diet list are breatharians, who claim to subsist on nothing but air and light. They don’t even need to drink water.
The most well-known advocate of breatharianism is Jasmuheen (nee Ellen Greve), a former businesswoman from Australia who claims she hasn’t eaten any real food since 1993. (Her last meal was a falafel ball.) In her book Living on Light, the Source of Nourishment for the New Millennium, Jasmuheen writes about how “Ascended Masters” speak to her via cosmic telepathy and how she is able to draw upon invisible “pranic energy” for her sustenance. She boasts of having more than 6,000 followers. Because she doesn’t eat, she says, she excretes only “rabbit-type droppings every three weeks.”
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