The song “Melody” by Serge Gainsbourg is incredible in it’s own right but the video is fucking fantastic and looks more like a movie than the cheaply-made videos that first appeared on MTV when it debuted 10 years later.

Well you can’t blame Wikipedia for being too thorough.

Even the afore-mentioned Wikipedia cannot explain this. While Victor Franklyn Beckles may not be the best web page designer he may just be the most prolific.

The Recording Industry vs. The People blog discusses the ongoing cases between the RIAA vs. anyone who has ever downloaded music sans payment. Also, somewhat related are Michael Geist and Lawrence Lessig.

I should really get my ass beat for my 6/18 score at All Look Same.

I know. I know. I’m sure the Asian community thinks all us white folk look the same too until we open our fucking mouths. Let me know your score.

I managed to snag an invite to Vox – the new blogging site set up by Six Apart (Movable Type, Typepad, Livejounal). It’s currently in beta. One thing I like is that it plays nice with third party services like Flickr, Youtube and Amazon. There’s a good review of the service here. I have four invites. Email me if you’re interested.

I’ve blogged something similar back in March 2004 but I figured since they’ve upgraded the South Park Character Creator to version 2.0 I figured it was worth posting again. To the left is my self-portrait.

Don your eyepatch and staple-gun that parrot to your shoulder. It’s “Talk like a Pirate Day”.

Okay, I know I blogged about this three years ago when the good ship Flashcube was in the midst of his maiden voyage or rather my voyage for maidens but it’s still as relevant then as it is now. Arghhhhhh!!!

When your Saturday night plans give you a flying scissor-kick the crotch, do what I do. Drink hot chocolate and do online trivia.

I haven’t had to conceal a hickey in a while but the information here is good to know as it’s still too warm for turtlenecks.