Posts Tagged ‘links’

Quick and Edgy: Luck O’ The iPhone

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I have all these links. What am I supposed to do with all these links? Here, just take a few. Take ‘em. Okay, fine. I’ll just leave ‘em here.

Chad Ochocinco will be the star of a dating show where women will compete for his affections. They must dig all his talk about kissing babies and such.

A short history of the male comedy orgasm. What about the overdramatic ones from the ladies?

A new site purports to be able to identify the location of users on Chatroulette. Finally, you can find out where all the jerking off guys are hanging out.

A keg-filled AT-AT model is used as a sled in a Chicago pub crawl. If nerds actually ventured out into bars, the inventor would never have to pay for a drink again.

I await the female answer to this Mortal Kombat themed band with a two-girl duo of Kitana and Jade.

posted 03/11/2010 / COMMENT THREAD

Quick & Edgy: Say Goodbye to Dorks (For Now)

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Most everything today on the pop culture blogosphere involves a recap of the Oscars. I mean, 41 million people saw the thing and four million others are writing about it. Anyone left is going on about Zach Galifianakis shaving his beard on SNL. I think you’ve been sufficiently briefed on these things. Allow me to dig up some other tidbits.

As true dorks (or anyone who bumps their head to this anthem) knows, tomorrow marks the release of the long-awaited Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox and PS3. Nintendo owners get thrown a bone as well with a release of the classic SNES-era Final Fantasy II as an online downloadable. So there’s your answer if you find yourself what happened to the geeks in March.

The second Iron Man 2 trailer debuted last night. It was predictably bad ass, if not entirely consisting of new footage.

The gay guy from Will & Grace is now officially gay in real life. That’s commitment to a role.

Online music site Pandora could hit $100 million in revenue this year. This from a company that once had to go through 347 pitches to raise any venture capital.

NPR continues doing that thing they do where they allow people to stream awesome stuff in its entirety well in advance of its official release. This time it’s the White Stripes’ documentary Under Great White Northern Lights.

posted 03/08/2010 / COMMENT THREAD

Quick and Edgy: Gervais, Y Script and Epic Beard Man

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Sorry I wasn’t able to post more today. I’m just so choked up by the Tiger Woods apology that I want to become a Buddhist and hug my wife. But only after I’ve cheated on her and atoned for it. So here is a quality assortment of links to make up for it. It’s what Buddha would want.

  • Up top is the full first episode of the Ricky Gervais Show, set to debut on HBO tonight. Watch it now to ensure the premiere’s ratings are crap and the show fails horribly! I don’t mean that. Maybe the humor is extra dry on your TV. The Funny or Die show also debuts tonight at midnight, for those looking for me to exhaustively list everything premium cable has to offer.
  • Here’s an undated draft of the script to possible future Edge nerd obsession, the “Y: The Last Man” movie. What? They took out Yorrick’s sister? IT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!
  • Sacha Baron Cohen was apparently a candidate to host the Oscars this year, at least until the idea was shot down by the Academy of Obtuse People. To be honest, I don’t really think he would have worked either, but indignation key is working on my keyboard and complacency is jammed. [FilmDrunk]
  • The Internet, as it’s given to doing, made a fancy meme sauce to spread thick over the Epic Beard Guy fight that’s taking the world by storm. [Byron Crawford]
  • Finally, babies are given lasereyes. it can only happen on the Internet and in your nightmares. [Boing Boing]

    posted 02/19/2010 / COMMENT THREAD

    • Quick and Edgy: This is Cyclist Porn

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    Because there’s so much cultural marginalia in the world and distinctly less of me, sometimes interesting things must be condensed into link dumps. This is one of them.

  • The city of Copenhagen has installed metal railings for cyclists to lean on at intersections. Hipsters could give a damn about health care, they’re moving to Denmark for this! [Copenhagenize]

  • This is the nerdiest thing ever and I probably regained my virginity just for enjoying it: A list of five ways “Jersey Shore” is like the Final Fantasy series. [IGN]

  • The 1985 Chicago Bears are reprising the Super Bowl Shuffle in an ad for Boost Mobile. The 2009 Bears, meanwhile, are doing the same thing all the other Bears teams do in January since then. [Speakeasy]

  • Due to financial constraints, campy horror movie “Piranha” will no longer be featured in 3D. It may be the last movie ever not to be. [FilmDrunk]

  • Bacon Bourbon Caramel Corn. No further explanation required. [Uncrate]

    posted 01/15/2010 / COMMENT THREAD

    • Quick and Edgy: Worst Ads, Best Games

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    Glory be! It’s out semi-regular link dump, which is comprised of tidbits that I deem interesting, but not so much that I actually want to commit an entire post to them or introduce them to my parents.

  • BNET presents the 10 worst ads of 2009. Funny, I can’t spot a single one featuring either Jimmy Football or the Best Buy carolers. [BNET]

  • Dominic West claims in an interview that David Simon’s next HBO project, “Treme,” will be even better than “The Wire.” Quit toying with me, McNulty. [Warming Glow]

  • In a typically annoying Slate piece, some Masshole claims he’s no longer a sports fan because his favorite teams aren’t doing so hot. [Slate]

  • “Uncharted 2″ won Game of the Year at the Video Game Awards over the weekend, while “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ was relegated to Best Shooter. You’re pissing off a lot of people with knife skills, judges. [Pop Watch]

  • Facebook’s founder was burned by the site’s new privacy settings. Take that, Zuckerberg! Now I’m gonna detag myself from all the photos we took together. [Gamma Squad]
    posted 12/14/2009 / COMMENT THREAD

    • Quick and Edgy: Because Your Time is Precious

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    Because there is just so much culture and I am but one man (and not much of one at that) I am instituting a daily link to quickly deal with the topics that I would like to address but in no more than a line or two. I think you will find it informative and not at all a collection of marginalia I’m swiping from friends’ Google Shares.


  • Method was forced to pull this admittedly racy commercial because there are folks who say that it implicitly condones rape. I wish I could stray away from the explicit when I tell these people to shut their yaps. [Adrants]

  • A Handy Flowchart to Determine Whether Your Professional Athlete Husband is Cheating on You [Mac G's World]

  • A very, very welcome rebuke to the omnipresent Gap plaid ads that are polluting our TVs. [NBC Philly]

  • The Roots Questlove broke down who each character in the steadily improving Parks & Recreation would be if they were a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Might need further explanation for The Washington Post. [Aziz is Bored]

  • Someone made a Donkey Kong homage out of their shelves. How this does not belong to Steve Wiebe, I will never know. [ikea hacker]

    • posted 12/07/2009 / COMMENT THREAD
    — January 20‚ 2009 —

    Concerned With Facebook Privacy?

    There are tools to help if you are concerned with Facebook privacy. And if you were unsure you should be concerned with your privacy on Facebook. The CNN SciTechBlog highlights four of them. Why can’t Google and Facebook chill out a little and not be so concerned with knowing every detail about us in order to monetize every penny they can. Clam down, guys,  we just want to use the damn internet. If we want to buy something we’ll let you know.

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    Zombie Awareness Month?

    So we can just make up awareness months now? The Zombie Research Society has dubbed May ‘Zombie Awareness Month,’ and it doesn’t appear to be a joke, maybe. You are encouraged to wear a gray ribbon to signify your awareness of zombies for the month of May. This can not be real. On their website they offer a lifetime membership in the society for $25. This is ingeniously crazy. I totally just liked the ZRS on FB.

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    The NFL Throwing TV Elbows

    Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.

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