ruff linkage . 2007384 min read

[teh glorious interweb what got stuck in my camino tabs this past week]

Don’t tase me, Bro

“Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” Jolts the Web – “Just two days after it was yelled out in a University of Florida lecture hall, “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” has become the newest cultural touchstone of our pop-cultural lexicon.”

“Can’t Tase This” UF Student Tasered – “Andrew Meyer vs. MC Hammer. DON’T TASE ME, BRO!”

iPhone deals in europe

iPhone confirmed for T-Mobile Germany – Engadget – “The rumors are true: iPhone exclusively on T-Mobile Germany starting November 9th just like in the UK.”

iPhone wedding gets mixed reception – “We dated a few people who we didn’t get married to,” he said. “So there are a few unhappy girlfriends out there.” “he” is Steve Jobs.

O2 wins iPhone contract in the UK – “Mobile phone operator O2, owned by Spain’s Telefonica, has won the exclusive contract to sell Apple’s much-hyped iPhone in the UK.”

blogs can twitter

twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter – “Here’s how to get your blog (or any other RSS or Atom feed) twittering.” [via bb]

Twitter / pieceoBlog – follow pieceoplastic.com on twitter.

swiss/german focus

Copying of DVDs, CDs verboten – “Germany’s upper house of parliament on Friday approved a controversial copyright law, which makes it all but illegal for individuals to make copies of films and music, even for their own use.” and germany now officially has the most restrictive copyright laws ever. [via bb]

A Hole in the Earth, a Hole in a Pocket – “With all the tunnels that pierce them, the Swiss Alps have often been likened to an enormous Swiss cheese. That comparison was awakened in recent months when a 22-mile rail tunnel was opened near this Alpine town.” stop it with the cheese metaphor already. [thx michael]

Falsche documenta-Pressemeldungen – Documenta informs, that someone has sent out a fake press release, and in the process reveals what email they should be sent from 😉

schmooze and abuse

Oriol Ferrer Mesià – netPong – “Play Pong by tilting your computer! Play alone or with a friend over a local network.” [via b3ta]

LOLgod – “Lolgod is retelling the greatest story ever told, one captioned image at a time. [via b3ta]

Bush raises half a million for MoveOn – MoveOn was swamped with donations after Bush dissed them. “And then came the donations. By midnight, over 12,000 people had donated $500,000—more than we’ve raised any day this year—for our new ad calling out the Republicans who blocked adequate rest for troops headed back to Iraq.”

Blizzard breaks up erotic Warcraft guild – “It raises the question, once again, about how responsible the provider of a virtual world can be for the activities that take place in its domain.”

Last supper – the last supper featuring rat jesus and his disciples.

Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit – “Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has stunned the world of football by leaving Stamford Bridge by mutual consent.” i can’t decide, if i should be happy or sad.

FREE Skull Font! – a rather brilliant skull font! [via bb]

baby cthulhu – baby cthulhu in a jar, and wurzeltod swears it is growing.

New York Times stops charging for content – “After a valiant effort to get users to pay for access to content online, the paper has finally given in. At midnight tonight, the New York Times will stop charging $49.95 a year or $7.95 a month for access to some of its content.” this is huge news for the newspaper online business. no one at the newspaper i work for now seemed to care though.

Sex Pistols are back for one off gig! – “Sex Pistols have exclusively revealed details of a one off London gig to NME.COM today (September 18). The band are set to play Brixton Academy on November 8.” to celebrate 30th aniversary of “God save the Queen” there are also plans to get it back into the charts

Sex Doll – Naughty Nurse – 100% paper, 100% sweet. [via sexblo.gs]

The Cure for the Iraq War Hangover – “Remember Stripes, Bill Murray’s take on American self-esteem after Vietnam? “We’re American soldiers!” Murray famously joked. “We’ve been kicking ass for 200 years! We’re 10-1!” Well, make it 10-2. Which begs the question: exactly how much is this postwar period going to suck?”

LED Invaders Door Mat – “to deter those other annoying carbon based life forms we’ve installed the Back Off LED Invaders Door Mat.” should add this to my space invaders cl1ck but i cba (can’t be arsed).

Japanese Cat Translation Device – “Meowlingual, much like the dog version Bowlingual, allows a cat owner to finally learn what their cat is trying to say to them.”

The Many Names of Mr. Clean – meister proper, mr. clean, don limpio: i love this collection.

DYLAN SENT ME PIE’S MESSAGE – the albatross.

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