Monday, March 30, 2009

Minority Report Computers


I thought this was a cool TED talk. Some potential cool mobile technology that could change the way we interact with everything.




This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

World Sunlight Map

I came across this online and just thought it was really cool. It is a interactive map that shows where in the world the sun is currently being exposed. I thought it to be something of worth...... and everyone makes fun of my Geography major.

www.die.net

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Where Men Eat!!!

The following has been compiled by Men's Health to try and help the unwashed masses of Mississippi and West Virginia. They compiled a list of what places are the most unhealthy and what foods are the worst. My personal opinion after reading the article is God bless Carl's Jr. for not trying to follow the popular trend of healthy fast food, you deserve my business. How is Baja FRESH on this list? Baja Fresh throws me off and now I'm pissed because I go there because I feel like I am being healthy. And a giant salute to all the F graded companies like Outback that refuse to be more healthy and just say, screw it: "We serve food so good that even if people know its the most unhealthy food ever, they will still come." Will the results change your mind?

What we found will surprise you. Specifically, some of the fast food joints you’ve come to think of as terrible for you actually ranked alright—McDonald’s scored a B+, for example, so the Micky D’s drive-thru just might be your fast-lane to weight loss. Something even more shocking, though: more than half of the sit-down restaurants we graded ended up with our lowest scores!

To separate the commendable from the deplorable, we calculated the total number of calories per entrée. This gave us a snapshot of how each restaurant compared in average serving size—a key indicator of unhealthy portion distortion. Then we rewarded establishments with fruit and vegetable side-dish choices, as well as offering whole-wheat bread. Finally, we penalized places for excessive amounts of trans fats and menus that tempt you with fat-laden desserts. Hey, if the neighborhood is crowded with shady characters, sooner or later, one of them will jump you.

Here’s our restaurant report card for some of the unhealthiest restaurants in America. It’ll help you stay on the safer side of town.


D+
Baskin-Robbins
We thought we'd see some improvements after we identified Baskin's Heath Shake as the Worst Drink on the Planet. All they did was lower it from 2,300 to 1,900 calories, leaving an almost equally egregious drinkable disaster to set back unsuspecting sippers. It’s typical of the menu there; B-R’s soft serve is among the most caloric in the country, the smoothies contain more sugar than fruit, and most of what Baskin sticks into a cup winds up with more fat than what'll end up on your plate at a steakhouse buffet. Check out our complete list of the 20 Unhealthiest Drinks in America to see the other liquid offenders. If you learn how to make smart choices when you sip, you can lose a few pounds a month—without giving up your favorite foods, or ever dieting again.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: With frozen yogurt, sherbet, and no-sugar-added ice cream, Baskin's lighter menu is the one bright spot. Just be sure to ask for your ice cream in a sugar or cake cone—the waffle cone will swaddle your treat in an extra 160 calories.

D+
Carl’s Jr.
Most fast-food restaurants today are making at least some attempt to offset their bulging burgers and deep-fried sides with healthier options such as lean sandwiches or yogurt parfaits. But Carl's Jr. is swimming against the nutritional tide, trying to attract those with hearty appetites and less concern about fat, salt and calories. The lightest item on the breakfast menu, for instance, is the Hash Brown Nuggets—but even they have 21 grams of fat, and 5.5 of them are trans fats. (As a rule, you should try to get 2 grams or fewer of the stuff in an entire day!) The burgers are worse, and there's not a side on the menu that hasn't been given a long, bubbling bath in their trans-fatty frying oil.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Find another place to grab lunch. Failing that, you should settle on either the Charbroiled Chicken Salad with Low-Fat Balsamic Dressing or the Charbroiled BBQ Chicken Sandwich—the only sandwich on the menu with fewer than 400 calories.

D+
Denny’s
Too bad the adult menu at Denny's doesn't adhere to the same standard as the kids' menu. The famous Slam breakfasts all top 800 calories, and the burgers are even worse. The Double Cheeseburger is one of the worst in the country, with 116 grams of fat, 7 of which are trans fats! (This explains why it made our list of the worst burgers in America (and what you should eat instead). Make sure you try to avoid it (and all others on the list) whenever possible.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: The Fit Fare menu gathers together all the best options on the menu. Outside of that, stick to the sirloin, grilled chicken, or soups. For breakfast, order a Veggie Cheese Omelet or create your own meal from a la carte options such as fruit, oatmeal, toast, and eggs.

D+
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen’s taste for excess rivals that of other fast-food failures such as Carl's Jr. and Hardees. But unlike Carl's, DQ offers an avalanche of ice cream creations to follow up its sodium-spiked, trans-fatty foods. Here's a look at one hypothetical meal: a Bacon Cheddar GrillBurger with Onion Rings and a Small Snickers Blizzard is a staggering 1,740-calorie meal with 2,640 mg sodium and 83 grams of fat—2 grams of which are trans fats.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Play solid defense. Skip elaborate burgers, fried sides, and specialty ice cream concoctions entirely. Order a Grilled Chicken Sandwich or an Original Burger, and if you must have a treat, stick to a small soft-serve or a small sundae.

D+
Ruby Tuesday
The chain earned its fame from a hearty selection of hamburgers. The problem: They average 75 grams of fat a piece—more than enough to exceed the USDA's recommended limit for the day. Even the veggie and turkey burgers have more than 850 calories! The chain rounds out its menu with a selection of appetizers that hover around 1,000 calories (supposedly to be split 4-ways), a smattering of high-impact entrées like potpie and ribs, and a sloppy selection of salads that is just as bad.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Solace lies in the three Ss: steak, seafood, and sides. Sirloins, salmon, and shrimp all make for relatively innocuous eating, especially when paired with one of Ruby Tuesday's half dozen healthy sides such as mashed cauliflower and baby green beans. Other than that, impersonate Mick Jagger and think about occasionally saying goodbye to Ruby Tuesday!

D
Chili’s
From burgers to baby back ribs, Chili's serves up some of the saltiest and fattiest fare on fast-food row. In fact, with 3,810 mg of sodium and 122 grams of fat, Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Triple Cheese Big Mouth Burger earns the distinction as being one of the worst burgers in America. The Guiltless Grill menu is Chili's attempt to offer healthier options, but with only eight items and an average sodium count of 1,320 mg, there’s meager hope for nutritional salvation.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: There's not too much to choose from after you omit the ribs, burgers, fajitas, chicken, and salads. You're better off with a Classic Sirloin and steamed vegetables or broccoli. Another decent option is the Chicken Fajita Pita with Black Beans and Pico de Gallo. A lot of the appetizers, while delicious, are worrisome too—one from Chili’s made it on our list of Worst Appetizers in America.

D
Uno Chicago Grill
Uno has some serious strikes against it: The chain invented the deep-dish pizza, they encouraged gluttony with their Bigger and Better menu, and in 1997 they faced false-advertising charges for erroneously claiming that some of their pizzas were low in fat. They've cleaned up some of the more conspicuous health hazards and have increased nutritional transparency at all of their stores, but from appetizers to desserts, this menu is still riddled with belt-busting fat.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: First off, cast aside the bloated breadstick that Uno tries to sneak onto most plates. Next, choose flatbread over deep-dish pizzas—it could save you more than 1,000 calories. Beyond that, stick to soups or entree items served with Mango Salsa.

D
Chevy’s
Don't let the made-fresh-daily shtick distract you; Chevy's massive portions push many of the meals beyond the 1,000-calorie threshold. The taco trader’s menu has three strikes against it: 1.) the consistently high amount of fat in its entrees (the average salad has 67 grams); 2.) the outrageous salt levels that make it difficult to find a meal with fewer than 2,000 mg of sodium (you should get around that amount in an entire day of eating); and 3.) the chain earns its poor score by failing to offer complete nutritional disclosure. It provides no information for its appetizers or quesadillas, for instance, and although it maintains it uses trans-fat free oils, there's no trans-fat data for the full entrees.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: The best items on the menu are the Homemade Tortilla Soup, with just 393 calories and a full 26 grams of protein, and the Santa Fe Chopped Salad, which has only 470 calories when you order it without cheese. If you can't resist an entrée, order it without all the fixin's—tamalito, rice, sour cream, and cheese. That should knock more than 300 calories off your meal.

D-
On the Border
On the Border is a subsidiary of Brinker International, the same parent company that owns Chili's and Romano's Macaroni Grill. It should come as no surprise then that this chain is just as threatening to your health as its corporate cohorts. The overloaded menu offers appetizers with 120 grams of fat, salads with a full day's worth of sodium, and taco entrées with an horrific 960 calories—and that’s the calculation without rice and beans. Border crossing is a decidedly dangerous enterprise.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: The Border Smart Menu highlights four items with fewer than 600 calories and 25 grams of fat. Those aren't great numbers considering they average 1,800 mg of sodium apiece, but that's all you've got to work with.

D-
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
For years now we've been on Romano's case to clean up the menu at the beloved Macaroni Grill. So far we've had no luck. This Italian grease spot serves some of the worst appetizers in the country, offers not one dinner entrée with fewer than 800 calories, and hosts no fewer than 60 menu items with more than 2,000 mg of sodium—almost an entire day’s worth of the salt! A select few menu items earn the restaurant's Sensible Fare logo—a fork with a halo over it—but unfortunately these items can still carry up to 640 calories and 25 grams of fat.

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Macaroni Grill will let you build your own dish. Ask for the marinara over a bed of the restaurant's whole-wheat penne, and then top it with grilled chicken and steamed vegetables. Just beware their salads—one of them made our list of America’s Worst Salads!

D-
Baja Fresh
It's a surprise Baja Fresh's menu has yet to collapse under the weight of its own fatty fare. About a third of the items on the menu have more than 1,000 calories, and most of them are spiked with enough sodium to melt a polar icecap. Order the Shrimp Burrito Dos Manos Enchilado-Style, for instance, and you're looking at 5,130 mg sodium—that's more than 2 days' worth in one sitting!

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Unless you're comfortable stuffing 110 grams of fat into your arteries, avoid the nachos at all costs. In fact, avoid almost everything on this menu. The only safe options are the tacos, or a salad topped with salsa verde and served without the belly-busting tortilla bowl.

F
Applebee’s, IHOP, Outback, T.G.I. Friday’s
These titans of the restaurant industry are among the last national chains that don’t offer nutritional information on their dishes. Even after years of badgering their representatives, we still hear the same old excuses: it’s too pricey, it’s too time-consuming, it’s impossible to do accurately because their food is so fresh, or we have too much variety. Our response is simple: If nearly every other chain restaurant in the country can do it, then why can’t they?

Your Survival Strategy: Write letters, make phone calls, beg, scream, and plead for these restaurants to provide nutritional information on all of their products. Here’s the contact information for each of the restaurants that refuse to fess up!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Respect the Pong, Fear the Dance!

Google wouldn't have paid billions of dollars for an invention if it wasn't the greatest thing in the world. And you know what, Youtube is the greatest thing in the world because of videos like this....



I can't tell you in how many ways I love this video.

  1. Ping pong is the most underrated sport to watch TV. Every point is mesmerizing. It's wizards with paddles, I'm not kidding.
  2. The fact that there is no music happening when this guy is just going off in the best dance solo since Napoleon Dynamite.
  3. The Asians in the crowd behind him laughing behind him but yet this kid is just unphased and in the zone.
  4. His shorts, enough said.
And then if you wait till the end, the best part is the score. The fact that it was this kid's 1st point just kills me. I've seen it about 10x now and I catch myself in the mirrors late at night trying to hold down the moves that this short shorted ping pong bum throws down in the greatest match ever played in that Jr. High.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Lebron vs Shaq

I really love the NBA right now. And I don't even need to go into how great the play is compared to the NCAA, how much more athletic these guys are, and overall more fun to watch. But what's so great is the league has top tier players that are all 'good guys' that are all trying to one up each other, in the MVP race, league standings, commercial endorsements, and now this....

I think this should be easy. And quite frankly whenever we post a vote column, no one ever does, so please, if your reading and watching this, be a man and take a side. Who's was better?

Here is Lebron's Opener:



And Shaq's response is.....


Monday, March 23, 2009

Windows Vista Can be Fast!!!


You've heard about the world's fastest computer? You know your neighbor or friend who just bought a computer they built with all the best specs (Both Spoon and Blake) but can their computers do this?




Friday, March 20, 2009

Dancing in the NIT

Every year when March Madness begins, the NIT plays at the same time. Think about it like this. A bunch of people that are in the same high school and there prom is coming up in which 70% of the school can go. The whole year they have to compete in events to gain entrance to this 'ball.' The announcements come out and everyone is 'dancing' the Mayor's mansion in downtown. That is except for the other 30% who are now relegated to the school gym dance floor where the light we'll be left on and no hot girl will be there. My point is it's gotta be the most degratating thing as a basketball player to play in the NIT. There is NO REASON TO WATCH it, except this....




Did I get you excited enough yet? If not just know that it's a white kid, from Wyoming, trying to dunk..... There you go!



Thursday, March 19, 2009

Let the Madness Begin

It is that time of year again. For some this will be the most excitement they see all year. It is the time when a man can leave a lasting impression...in the couch. For those wondering how you can get the most out of the NCAA tournment look no further (well, maybe a little bit further.)

Follow the link below to see live streaming video of any game in the tournament.
(You need to be using Internet Explorer to watch). Click Here

Monday, March 16, 2009

USPS hates " that Idiot Jeffery"


Apparently USPS employees can't deal with stressful situations. A small dog caused one employee to write a hate note to the customer named "that idiot Jeffery." PS - next time, obey the signs! Read on for pics...




Just based on the handwriting of the person who wrote the note, they must be really stressing out.

Monday Night 'Nitro'


Because I know you weren't tuned into MTV late Sunday night when Nitro Circus airs, I lived by the Man-Log Motto - 'I waste time so you don't have to.' Enjoy!



What's great about this is how grand it all is. Fools who are willing to literally anything to impress the world are taking to mathematically figuring out how to jump 20 people in 5 machines in the same area at one time. My question is, DO YOU SERIOUSLY TRUST THAT? I don't but apparently enough medicine was taken and they did.

New Video Stockpile Section


Watch Classics such as:
Grape Lady, Janice it Hurts, and the Starburst guy!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Texting Insanity

Blake has met his match. I think he holds the record among friends for the most texts in 1 month: around 3000. Well, that's nothing compared to this 13-year-old: She racked up over 14,000 texts in one month. That's an average of one every 2 minutes during waking hours. That's not all that's amazing...

[New York Post]"The California man's 13-year-old daughter, Reina, racked up an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month. The online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.

It works out to 484 text messages a day, or one every two minutes of every waking hour.

Luckily, Hardesty has a phone plan that allows unlimited texting for $30 a month. Otherwise, he estimates, he would have owed AT&T $2,905.60 at a rate of 20 cents per message.

Her parents have since placed restrictions on Reina's cellphone use; she cannot text after dinner."


Weak! The Man-Log now has a new competition. Who can beat her record?



Thursday, March 12, 2009

Prank Wars


If you have never partaken in the glorious fruits of a prank then don't even bother with this post. These guys take pranks to a whole new level.

Many of us have put a whoopie cushion on someone's seat or caused someone to end up with Icy Hot in some undesirable places. Many pranks cause harm to the receiving party, but every so often there comes a prank that can never be repeated and is immortalized in the record books.

These college students take pranks to a whole new level. This proves that a good prank requires patience and planning. Read here.


Speedy Stripper


Here is a little trick all of us guys may benefit from knowing when it comes to "game time."

I would give an explanation, but the video explains it all. Why read when you can watch? Watch for the quick censorship done by a picture of someone's head. I wonder what the girls are thinking?

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Everything is amazing but nobody's happy!

Why is it that everything is amazing right now but yet nobody is happy? My Grandparents are closing in on the 'end' and in thinking about their life, just think about this. They saw the INVENTION's of the car, the phone, the internet, air travel, TV, Microwave, flushing toilets, and anything else that makes your day what it is. This comedian helps us understand more fully....

My favorites are the rotary phone and the cell phone. "Give it a second! It's going to SPACE!" As well as calling the president to use his credit card... priceless. Not too mention the airplane bit! I just thought this video should be watched because it makes you feel pretty bad knowing that somehow you fall into the trap that he is making fun of. Does anyone not agree with what he says? Rise up oh selfish generation!

Listen, watch a movie and take a dump and your across the country... THAT"S A MIRACLE!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Nintendo in your Browser!

There's nothing like revisiting the glory days by using an emulator to play free NES games. Usually I won't mess with emulators to avoid viruses but this site requires no downloads (it uses Java instead). Enjoy the glory: www.nintendo8.com/all/

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Man Hides in IKEA Washcloths

There's a man that has successfully infiltrated IKEA! He hides himself in the pile of washcloths and then as a pile of boxes. My question is: How did he get in there with these suits? Didn't anyone stop him and say, "Hey! Wait a minute! You can't wear that here!" Videos are included!

[Consumerist.com] "Some German's art project is to engage in "urban camouflage" by creating three different gillie suits made of bulk IKEA items: piles of dishcloths, boxes, and shopping bags. Then he goes and "hides" out in the open inside the IKEA, blending in with his surroundings and only disturbing shoppers when he moves. Hilarious, brilliant!"


I could only find the first 2 videos for Urban Camouflage. Go to their website and see pics of the whole thing documented. The pics for Urban Camouflage 3 are priceless.


I took the liberty of starting the clip at a part when a man walks by and sees movement. Watch the whole thing to see amazing positions this guy can get in.




I also started this one when a lady walks by. She gets scared and leaves!




Utah Fuels Porn Industry


I may get slammed for posting this, but I am nonetheless. In a recent study, Utah has been found to be the state in the USA that consumes the most online porn. If you don't believe it the facts are below:

In Utah, there are on average 5.47 people in 1,000 that pay for their jollies on the internet. The Salt Lake Tribune did this story a few days ago that highlighted the details and gives a few reasons why this could be true. Some of them are: porn is harder to get here because of laws, and porn tends to be more popular with younger crowds (which Utah has a larger portion of, comparatively.)

What is interesting is that neighboring states Montana and Idaho are the two lowest consuming states. They subscribe 1.92 and 1.98 per 1,000 people, respectively.

"Pamela Atkinson, head of the Utah Coalition Against Pornography, said other indications, such has Utah ranking second in Google searches for 'hot sex' and 'naughty,' back up what Edelman has found."

When comparing the numbers, they found that having a college degree and being divorced increased the number of subscribers. Interestingly enough, the categories of being married and having a graduate degree decreased the amount of requested porn.

And we wonder why the Mormon church has such a strong stance against pornography. Its rampant in the motherland. Although, the Consumerist blog tells people to think twice before giggling at the Mormons.

You can read the whole report about who consumes the most porn here.



Thursday, March 5, 2009

The 'Bat Boy'


Did you hear about the minor league baseball player that was traded for 10 baseball bats? No seriously, he was traded for 10 wooden made bats! Are you kidding me?!?! How humiliating would you be? How would you react? .... Its unfortunate what he did...



Ask the most hard-core baseball fan about John C. Odom and most likely you’ll get a blank stare. Yet millions of people have heard of the slender right-hander.

He was “Bat Man” or “Bat Guy” or “Bat Boy,” the minor league baseball player traded for 10 maple bats.

It became a big joke last May when word of the unusual swap jumped off the sports pages, and the former San Francisco Giants prospect went from pitcher to punch line.
“People are like, ’I’d kill myself’ and stuff,” Odom said at the time, dismissing any such notion.

Three weeks after the trade, he abruptly left the team.

Six months after the trade, he was dead.

The medical examiner said Odom’s death in Georgia on Nov. 5 at age 26 was an accidental overdose from heroin, methamphetamine, the stimulant benzylpiperazine and alcohol.

Odom’s death had drawn little notice by the start of spring training this year. Now, former teammates, managers and club officials keep asking a question for which there is no satisfying answer.

“I guarantee this trade thing really bothered him. That really worried me,” said Dan Shwam, who managed Odom last year on the Laredo Broncos of the United League. “I really believe, knowing his background, that this drove him back to the bottle, that it put him on the road to drugs again.”

Shwam added: “There were some demons chasing him, they’d been after him for a long time. But there’s no way to really know whether the trade did it, is there?” .............

Something tells me it did.

JayWalking

Many of us stay up late and watch the Tonight Show. Even though Jay Leno is usually not a very funny guy, he does a fantastic job asking people on the street easy questions and getting hilarious answers. It is sad how many people have no idea about the basics of our country. See if you can keep up with the following questions...


This video deals with money. With the recession and all, we need to get serious and understand how our economy works. Did the first one say she's a student?!?




This next video is for all you geography buffs out there. A lot of people have a hard time pointing to things on a map. The last girl is absolutely, astoundingly retarded. Alex, you may not want to watch this one. You will probably be appalled.

One Crazy Idea!

I've had a lot of crazy ideas....but none like this!

So what did Acea Shomaker do that some may have never thought of and fewer have tried?
Just watch the following video:







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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Your Salary vs. Alex Rodriguez

You see Alex Rodriguez sign a 250 million dollar deal but how much does that really mean to you? How many hours at your job looking at a computer, staring into someone's mouth, or cold calling will it take for you to measure up? Prepare to be depressed.

You see Alex Rodriguez sign a 250 million dollar deal but how much does that really mean to you? How many hours at your job looking at a computer, staring into someone's mouth, or cold calling will it take for you to measure up? Prepare to be depressed.

Think about it this way? How many hits does it take for A-rod to earn 50k? How many at-bats for Dustin Pedroia to earn your years salary? How much more are you going to read before you get depressed? Plug in your yearly salary in this calculator and find out!

Man-Log Roll Call !!!

I bumped this to the top to make sure everyone comments!
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We've been getting hits from all over the USA and the world (turns out Darren's post with Churchill's picture is turning up all sorts of GoogleImage searches.) We want to have everyone give a shoutout.

Please take 15 seconds to comment with your Name and Location and anything else you want in the comments.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Cat Scratch Fever


I can't really say I'm a cat or a dog person, but I felt like there needed to be a video response to Blake's Dog Nightmare post -
This cat acts like it just discovered what it feels like to have its back scratched: