How much would you pay? Well, it turns out Mr. Jordan, aka "his Airness", is actually the one behind the recreation of the most famous shoe line in basketball history. The only problem is that he has a different idea about how to sell them. If you want to buy the newly created Jordan 3's you NEED to buy 2 pairs of shoes at a nifty price tag of 310 dollars. Say what? Why can't I just buy one pair of shoes? Hey, you know what, how about I get to pick which two pairs of Jordan's I want? No. Jordan will make that decision for you. What is up with this marketing strategy? I for one think it's ridiculous, are they actually making more sales this way or are they loosing possible sales because of this stupid gimmick?

p.s. I got some other pair of sneaks so I'm probably not going to get these after all. I hope I will be able to dunk without my jordans.

p.s. I wonder what it would take for me to get a pixelated portrait... I guess I'd have to actually do it myself.

Would this be a good gift for a child? Wouldn't it confuse them a little?

What in the world is No Pants Day?

No Pants Day is a day where everyone, be they students, respectable businessmen, or cherished community leaders, leave their pants behind. Usually this means wearing thick, appropriately modest boxer shorts, but bloomers, slips, briefs, and boxer-briefs all work as well.

When is it?

No Pants Day is always on the first Friday of May, the next being May the 2nd, 2008.

I realize this was a great opportunity to post a hot chick in a seductive thong... but I didn't go for it. foo did.

The text of the ad reads: "Hi DoubleClick! Please stop gorging yourselves on all our food. Maybe we won't fire you. Thanks!" The image contains a pig sitting on a pile of questionable content. What was interesting was the click through url, which pointed to www.gwar.net which is kind of nasty... I wonder if there is any association by a googler to this site.

If you see anything similar please post a link to it in the comments. I wonder if the person(s) in charge will take responsibility or be found... on the other hand this is a pretty good way to get people to click on your ad... right?

a whole new meaning to "doggy style"

Ouch.

Do you love asian girls (#11), Coffee (#1), and Barack Obama (#8)?

Do you love reading the Sunday New York Times (#46), Grocery Shopping at Whole Foods (#48), and Apple (#40)?

Then you're probably white.

My buddy YK told me to check out stuff white people like a new(ish) blog dedicated to "a scientific approach to highlight and explain stuff white people like." According to the authors of "stuff white people like", white people are pretty predictable.

I haven't decided if I like this blog yet, but I did find some observations to be funny. One of those observations are good old #39: White People Love Netflix

We all know white people love film festivals, but what about movies that don’t make it to a film festival, or weren’t in the local film festival? How do you get accesss? Thankfully white people have Netflix.

If you see a group of white people and you need to break into the conversation, a good thing to say “hey, is anyone else thinking that Netflix shipping is getting slower? I’m doing this PT Anderson thing, and I’m only up to Magnolia! What’s that all about?” They will relate, and talk about their own Netflix queues and how they are trying to get caught up on French New Wave.

Naturally I was curious to see if there was a site that was dedicated to stuff black people love... and sure enough I found it... Stuff Black People Love. This blog wasn't pointing out obvious/predictable trends in black people, they simply "Review Black Popular Culture."

Among the things you can find on SBPL (the blog came up with the acronym...):

• Pictures of Barack Obama when he was young.
• "Yo Mama" jokes.
• Is there something wrong with loving Fried Chicken?

I kind of enjoyed browsing both sites, some really funny comments... I wonder if there are more stuff ???? people like sites out there... I guess most of the stuff I read is stuff programmers/geeks like... right?

If you didn't think that Israel is a 3rd world country, this might just change your mind... Yesterday (Wednesday) while addressing the Israel Parliament, called the Knesset, Mr. Shlomo Benizri the skilled speaker and representative for the orthodox party called Shas quoted the Gemara on gay sex (the Gemara only mentions male to male) and stated that it can even be the cause of shock to the Syrian African fault-line (north of the dead sea in Israel) that hit Israel last week.

Mr Benizri made his comments while addressing a committee of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, about the country's readiness for earthquakes.

He called on lawmakers to stop "passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes".

Israeli court rulings in recent years have granted inheritance rights to gay couples and recognised same-sex marriages performed abroad.

There really isn't much to add or interpret. This guy is an idiot and it's just unbelievable that he is allowed to even talk in parliament.

Personally I think this is hilarious... I wonder what you marketing people out there think of this campaign...

Yuval sent me this video which had me rolling. Dr. Vardi has helped more than 40 startups see the light of day, among them Mirabilis (makers of ICQ) and the video companies Scopus and BrightCove. He's a strategic advisor to Amazon and AOL, and a venture partner of Pitango, one of Israel's largest VC funds. You can read all about Yossi on his Wiki Page.

Dr. Vardi is also one of the chairpersons of Digital Life Design Conference which is Europe's conference for the 21st century, covering digital innovation, science and culture and bringing together thought leaders from Europe, the Middle-East, America and Asia. This year (DLD 08) there were a couple of interesting subjects covered like Web 2.0 startups and of course Advertising Exchanges (with special guest David Rosenblatt).

Big Sister is marrying 21st-century technology with the world's oldest profession to profit from the public's appetite for ever-more graphic reality TV. Since 2005, more than 15,000 men have taken up the offer of free sex in return for 15 minutes, or less, of fame, according to the brothel. Big Sister is now expanding into the U.S. with a local version of its Web site.

After donning a burgundy terry-cloth robe and slippers in a carpeted locker room, each client heads downstairs where the action takes place. Every move is recorded by more than 50 video cameras mounted everywhere from the toilets to the bed posts.

He comes for the free sex, good beer and women who are ``polite and very friendly,'' Nick says, at a table with a view of a glass swimming pool where one guest bobs naked. A pole- dancer in a white thong and bra gyrates with a grinning Slovak man holding a wine bottle in one hand and a glass in the other.

``It's a different concept,'' Nick says later, as he leaves his details so the brothel can mail him complimentary DVDs of his performance. ``It's what the people want, to see normal people.''

Really?

What is that?

Fifteen Rejected Doughnut Varieties

• Sardine Hazelnut
• Banana and Glass
• Huitlacoche
• Pine
• Dark Chocolate Prion Creme
• "Brooklyn Style"
• Sulfur Crunch
• Pigeon and Lime
• Blood Sweat and Cherry
• Sloppy Joe
• Sauerkraut Bleu Cheese
• Carol Channing
• Habanero Vindaloo
• Scallop
• Sour Cream and Onion

Challenge! Are there any missing varieties? List them in the comments!

School That Mistakenly Used Shock Treatments gets OK to Continue

...A state report found that staff made multiple mistakes when they followed the prank caller's directions.

The report by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care said six staffers at a Stoughton residence run by the Canton-based school had reason to doubt the orders to administer the shocks, but did nothing to stop it.

The six staff members and video surveillance worker on duty that night were fired on Oct. 1.

The caller said he was ordering the punishments because the teens had misbehaved earlier in the evening.
[...]

This is wrong on so many levels... Really? the staff made "multiple mistakes when they followed the prank caller's directions" how stupid can you be?

A Tesla coil (also teslacoil) is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. Tesla coils consist of two, or sometimes three, coupled resonant electric circuits. Tesla experimented with a large variety of coils and configurations, so it is difficult to define a "Tesla" as one specific mode of construction. Tesla used these coils to conduct innovative experiments in electrical lighting, fluorescence, x-rays, high frequency alternating current phenomena, electrotherapy, and wireless power for electric power transmission. The designs of his "early coils" and "later coils" were considerably different.

Weirdness in a Russian Forest

Looks like where I would park my spaceship if I had one.