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02/11/2009 21:41 #47721

The Cure's LOLCatz
Thank you god and Al Gore for inventing the internet.


james - 02/12/09 16:13
Oh, I am as old fashioned as you in this regard. But for the sake of The Cure port I will pronounce it however they want. You know, for the LOLz
leetee - 02/12/09 13:59
lol.

i guess i am just an old fashioned kinda girl, i call it lolcats, pronounced "el oh el".

02/08/2009 22:16 #47685

Hurrah!
Dear employment,

Thank you for paying a visit. We really should do this more often.

kisses.
tinypliny - 02/10/09 20:35
So happy for you!! Where is your future office? :)
mike - 02/09/09 23:08
congrats!
libertad - 02/09/09 13:44
Nice job. So many people I communicate with on the phones have recently lost their jobs. I'm thankful I have mine for now!
heidi - 02/09/09 01:27
yippeee!!!!
vincent - 02/08/09 22:53
Congrats to landing "paydirt" in football terms!

You personal economy is starting to pick up ;-D
mrmike - 02/08/09 22:29
Excellent! congrats

01/31/2009 11:28 #47580

Wii WTF
I just heard about this hot new game coming out for the Wii and I have to ask...

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WTF!

In this exciting game there are 30 minigames. In one, you use your remote to fill a bottle, then hold that remote like a bottle to feed a baby, and to finish it off you make the baby burp!

Then there is baby racing. Where you try to keep your baby standing as they race down an inflated bounce house. You can also jump (babies jump?) to knock down the other babies.


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I understand babies. They are cute, they make funny faces and noises. I get it. But this level of role play just creeps me out. At least with the tomagachi you could quietly feed them during math class. But frantically pressing a button to make a fully-customizable burp? That is just sick.
metalpeter - 02/01/09 10:22
Well everyone knows Babies are cute like Kittens when they aren't yours so when will the Kitten game come out,HA. As an example of this that Baby on the ETrade ads, I wonder if he spits up like in the ad how you clean that up in the game. On a side note on SNL last night they had this funny Fake ad (reminded me of Family guy reference) where a mother can't decide between cloth and recyclable diapers and someone invents an editable one. Some how what ever is in there gets broken down safely and they show a mother cooking them and "he whats that smell" the dad ads mom is holding her little girl and sniffs her and says "dinner" very funny but gross all in one.
james - 02/01/09 09:21
I can't wait for the scent emitting adapter so you can experience Baby Party with all senses!
lilho - 02/01/09 05:01
hahaha!!! this actually made me laugh out loud, and i second your wtf! now, i want to play, anyone have this game???
metalpeter - 01/31/09 16:09
Yeah it sounds weird, but the thing is you can't have baby races with out filling them up with fuel. Just be glad they don't have a baby changing station race.

01/30/2009 13:19 #47574

Songsmith
Have you heard of this bizarre product from Microsoft. Basically, all those budding vocalists out there can sing into your computer and Songsmith will provide the music. That is a pretty nifty idea. But, like so many nifty ideas Microsoft fails to deliver anything remotely like what we imagine. Instead of quality sound samples we get MIDI. MIDI? Yes, MIDI, in this day in age.

But what happens when you take the vocal track from some of the most iconic music? Just listen to the first minute if you can to see how horribly Songsmith hacks apart these classics.

First, Roxanne by the Police. This is as close as it gets to sounding good.


But it gets so much worse. SO MUCH. Listen to We Will Rock You by Queen


But the winner has to go to Love Shack by the B-52's. This doesn't even sound... like... what the fuck?



edit:

holy shit... Van Halen the lounge act.



jason - 01/30/09 14:24
Oh my God no, I can't take it, this is a fucking CRIME!
jenks - 01/30/09 14:18
Wow. Way to go MS, you just keep cranking out the winners.
I hope the head of that little project has been fired.

01/27/2009 11:50 #47535

Take on Me
If you are reading A-Ha I think this would make an excellent storyboard for your comeback music video.

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mrmike - 01/27/09 13:23
That's awesome
imk2 - 01/27/09 13:15
oh my god....i just sat here with my kid reading the whole thing.....till the end. yeah, she got a kick out of this one.
theli - 01/27/09 12:27
Hee!

Ahh, truly chuckle-worthy.