http://www.unlikelywords.com A blog with delusions of grandeur Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:29:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This video of 23 year-old Keith Haskel trying to learn how to ride a bike is as funny as it sounds. My favorite part is the 60 year old dad helping him learn. He does the half-run on the sidewalk as Keith rides on the street, and also the running ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/11/23-year-old-guy-learning-how-to-ride-a-bike/ I couldn't tell from this article about YouTube adding captions to all videos whether you will be able to get a transcript of the video or just see captions while the video is playing. If you can get a transcript, did YouTube/Google just release a free audio transcription service? I ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/11/youtube-adds-captions-for-all-videos/ I LOL'd. This post is as good a place as any to note that the media response to Chat Roulette echos the response to Twitter around this time last year. Basically, they had been so burned by ignoring Myspace, and took too long to understand Facebook, they weren't going to ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/10/if-you-turn-your-head-i-win/ I really hope we don't look back at this and say, "Then. It was then we knew the show had jumped." I mean... it doesn't mean anything, right? It's nothing. Shake it off. The dolls are part of a premium-price collectors’ series for adults that Mattel calls the Barbie Fashion Model ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/10/mad-men-barbie-dolls/ James Wolcott profiles Alec Baldwin. It's a good read, but nothing new, though I'm interested because Baldwin's career is so interesting. He's absolutely killing TV right now on 30 Rock, after killing Saturday Night Live all those years. He's been great in a couple good movies (as Wolcott notes), but ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/09/alec-baldwin-profile/ This guy in the Ford Focus commercial who says something like, "If I say, to my friends, give me $5 gas, they think they're giving me a fair amount, but really they're giving me way more than I need." That kid's an asshole. Why don't you ask for the amount ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/09/stupid-ford-focus-commercial/ Subscribe by RSS, or follow on Twitter, or subscribe by email or on Facebook Sigh. I don't know if this can go on. I say that, but I don't know if I mean it. This 24 Tag will take you to ALL of the '24' related content on Unlikelywords. We'll get ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/08/24-season-8-episode-11-2-am-3-am-live-blog/ Silicon Valley Insider has a long story on how Facebook was founded with some purportedly new accusations. New information uncovered by Silicon Alley Insider suggests that some of the complaints against Mark Zuckerberg are valid. It also suggests that, on at least one occasion in 2004, Mark used private ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/08/more-damning-facebook-stories/ "One of Istanbul’s most populated and cosmopolitan districts, Kadıköy, imposed a ban last week on the use of plastic bags." http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/07/plastic-bag-ban-kadikoy-turkey/ We seriously didn't get enough craptastic shark/octopus action in Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus? We need Sharktopus? I don't think so SyFy. Of course I'll watch it, but it has as much of a chance of being good as the St. Louis Rams. Note: This movie has the rare distinction of ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/05/sharktopus/ It's not clear why this performance isn't more heralded. Break My Stride was the first song I remember thinking of as my favorite song and it was on the radio incessantly when I would be riding in the car with my mom. But this video. Wow. It's from Matthew Wilder's ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/04/matthew-wilder-break-my-stride/ During the Olympics, there was a commercial narrated by Morgan Freeman of the speed skater Dan Jansen skating a victory lap with his baby daughter after winning a gold medal in 1990. So I was wondering... Babies cry once in a while, so how is it that we never see ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/03/victory-lap-with-crying-baby/ I forgot that "Meh" originated on The Simpons. Other commonly used words we owe a debt of gratitude for: "yoink", "sacrelicious" (but really combining anything and delicious), "embiggen", and "unpossible". http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/03/what-would-hipsters-do-without-the-simpsons/ I think this might be my last Olympics post for a while. I like the idea of people chanting "EARTH!EARTH!EARTH!" at the intergalactic Olympics in 2160. Via The Daily What http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/02/mars-are-you-even-trying/ In case you want to play a free co-op version of Missile Command, Atari just released one to celebrate it's 30th birthday. http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/02/free-co-op-version-of-missile-command/ When Roger Ebert goes on Oprah today, he'll be doing so with the help of a computer generated voice created from his own voice. Computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks so he can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/02/roger-ebert-computer-voice/ Subscribe by RSS, or follow on Twitter, or subscribe by email or on Facebook I'm really not sure why I keep watching. I really don't. And I know you don't want to read me talking about that, but for some reason I can't stop watching. I think it's tradition. ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/01/24-season-8-episode-10-1-am-2-am-live-blog/ This Venn Diagram of Denzel Washington's wardrobe in various roles is brilliant. Also it's not one of those lazy 3 chamber Venn Diagrams. This has 7, count'em SEVEN, different possibilities. Absolutely brilliant. Via Paul Scheer http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/01/denzel-washington-venn-diagram/ This nice picture from Scott is available at Level & Tap http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/03/01/a-nice-photo/ ...And reveals the inspiration for "You're So Vain". Although she had kept the secret for THIRTY EIGHT FREAKING YEARS, Simon has a new album to sell, and thus recorded a new version of the song with the reveal whispered in reverse at the end. I suppose once Lou Reed's "Perfect ... http://www.unlikelywords.com/2010/02/27/carly-simon-sells-out/