Backyard: June 2010

put these bullets in my head

these are freakin awesome. but i hafta wonder if they are worth the $250 price tag, since you won't be able to get through airport security. foryousee... i wore a bullet tightly around my neck with some frequency until i took a flight back to minnesota and was forced to surrender it to the security staff. this greatly annoyed me because THERE'S A HOLE CLEARLY DRILLED INTO THE CASING, YOU IDIOTS. the only way i could possibly hurt anyone with it is to hug them really tightly and hope that it stabs them in the neck.

as luck would have it, when i reached minneapolis and told my sob-story to my little brother he grinned... then he reached into his glove compartment and gave me the same caliber bullet with a hole drilled in it that just happened to be rattling around in there.

dang, seanhead... you simply never fail me. maybe i should buy these for you just for being so awesome, you jerk. also, next time i fly home i'm hugging all the security personnel.

(thanks for the link, anthony)

Jun 30, 2010 2:39:29 PM

Verizon getting iPhone in January!!

via www.msnbc.msn.com

i could not get reception in my house.
i could not get reception with a mouse.
i could not get reception with a fox.
i could not get reception in a box.
i could not get reception here and there.
i could not get reception NEARLY ANYWHERE!

Jun 29, 2010 2:33:00 PM

my very own blinking green towel

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Jun 25, 2010 1:18:51 PM

Human Centipede cat toy

via filmdrunk.uproxx.com

(thanks jason)

Jun 24, 2010 3:01:29 PM

iPad is from the future

i'm probably late to this party... but i just wanna point out that they even stole the NAME. "Personal Access Display Device (PADD)" does this mean that steve jobs is actually from the future, too? are there cases out for the ipad yet to pay homage to it's future design? cuz there should be.

Jun 24, 2010 11:53:59 AM

work jeebus smells something funny

bringing my dog to work is one of the many things i truly love about working for SixApart. there are risks, of course, that we all acknowledge to enjoy such a rad working atmosphere. aside from dogs bogarting the couches, inter office dog wrangling and the persistent flatulence, for example, you may experience some creatively-presented editorial comments from your cube-mates...

for the record, i tried giving her beano (which was approved by a vet) but it had no obvious effect.

Jun 23, 2010 12:05:05 PM

someone give the crazies moar sharpies, please

i mean i can barely read the brilliant response: ok, but there are three heaven!!!

Jun 21, 2010 4:22:18 PM

algebra's daddy

Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī is totally, completely awesome.

He was a mathematic machine. The words algorithm comes from his name. He created a mathematic technique called al-jabr that is the root for the word algrebra. Al-Khwārizmī also wrote the first book on linear and quadratic equations around 820 A.D., and had the guts to update a book by Ptolemy.