Drogba Zwei Toilet

Some people like cars that go fast, some people like cars that get good fuel economy, some people like cars that are flashy, and some people like cars with disc brakes. The band that made this song obviously fall into the last category. I would pay good money (someone else's) to find out what inspired this song. It really isn't like anything I've ever seen or heard before.

This may be NSFW, but I guess it depends upon where you work. There is profanity and thats it, no nudity or anything sexual.

Happy Birthday Knut

(Knut's 1st Birthday)

The world's most famous polar bear turns two today. You've probably heard the story about his life by now so I won't go into details. I got to see him in the Berlin Zoo last year just a few days after Christmas, and it was great. I got there just as feeding time was starting, I got a spot upfront by the rail and watched him jump in the water and splash around to collect his lunch. Even at the advanced age of just over 1, he was adorable that day. I would share some of the pictures I took that day, but sadly it was an overcast day which messed with my cameras light sensor causing all my pictures to come out blurry. 

Recently there has been speculation that Knut might be sold to another zoo. He is currently owned by the Berlin Zoo, which is owned by the City of Berlin, which is billions of dollars in debt. I guess their can't afford their kleine Eisbär any longer. Some of the rumored cities he could end up in are Hanover, Stockholm and Oslo. As long as he goes somewhere cold I'm sure he'll be fine, but it will be sad to see him leave Berlin. A bear is the symbol of Berlin, it is even on their flag, and to have the world's most famous bear there only seems appropriate. 

Gobbledigook en Español.

I love this.

How I waste my time.

If there is one thing I'm better than most people at, it is wasting time. Lately I've felt like all my wasting of time has gotten out of hand. I need to find a way to waste my time and still be of some benefit to someone. That is when I stumbled across Google Image Labeler. It's a game of sorts that Google came up with to get people to properly label images. I haven't done any research on it (that'd be wasting time in the wrong way), but from what I have gathered it is so that more people agree upon what an image actually is, therefore making it easier for people to search for images. 

How to play: you are paired up with another person playing the game and they two of you have 2 minutes to agree upon labels for as many pictures as possible. The make it more difficult by having a list of tags that are already established and don't reward you with points. When you and your partner agree on a label you get a chance to attempt a second, third, fourth, or however many pictures you can label in that two minutes. Sometimes you work with someone great and you can label up ten or so pictures, and then other times you are paired with a moron and can't get past the first picture. 

I tried using this program at my university yesterday and it was inaccessible so you may have trouble using it if you are on a corporate network of some sort. 

Thanksgiving

Something about Thanksgiving felt off this year. I don't know if it was because I didn't celebrate Thanksgiving last year (I was in Dublin), or if it was something else. The meal felt abbreviated, the football was lackluster (I can't believe how bad the Lions are), and the day was slow. I'm not complaining, I'm just pointing out that this year was a boring Thanksgiving. 

It could be that Thanksgiving doesn't interest me the way it interests others. I don't see the appeal of gorging myself, and I never have. Back in June I had a little eating contest with some friends which left me unable to enjoy food for about a week afterward. Sure I won, but it wasn't worth it. I had to walk home hunched over, and my stomach felt like it was ripping open for the next week each time I ate or drank something. 

I actually don't really have anything to say today. I'm simply trying to write on a semi-daily basis so that I don't go months between posts again.