John’s Crawlspace

I really can’t believe classes started… This summer really flew by. I guess they tend to do that, but I feel like this summer lasted like 3 weeks. Anyway, this is supposedly my last semester of college. All of my roommates from last year have graduated (along with the majority of my good friends) but there’s still a lot of people around, so I’m sure it’ll be just as fun.

In my first class on Monday the professor asked us to introduce ourselves and tell the class one thing about us that made us different from everyone else on campus. A bunch of different stuff came to mind, and I was gonna tell the class how I got smacked in the throat by a gypsy in Spain. How many people do you know that have been attacked by a gypsy? Although I guess it was my fault since I was provoking her. Anyway, I used my better judgement and just told them about how I was on Reading Rainbow when I was younger (it’s true, I also smoked crack with LeVar Burton). Anyway, the kid after me introduced himself, and said the thing that made him different from everyone on campus was that he was… Get this - A gypsy. How funny would it have been if I would have told them that I was attacked by one of his kind? I thought that was pretty funny. I need to keep an eye on that kid now, if he tried to read my palm or sell me flowers I’m gonna hammer punch him in the clavicle.

This is hilarious. This dude messes with telemarketers with random recorded responses.

I came across a PC game called “Rapelay“. Check out the description… “This game changes the definition of molesting game! Improved 3D graphics raise the new excitement! This is a new type molesting game with more beautiful 3D images. Reactions of heroines are more erotic than real. Players can get the new excitement like never before. Enjoy real molesting scenes viewable from 360 degrees. Not finished only molesting…. many insulting plays are included.”

Elton John wants to make a hip-hop album? Yeah, you read correctly… Check out the article here.

How about some free stuff? USB Flash Memory Stick, Schick Quattro Titanium razor or Schick Intuition Plus, sample of Nivea, Post-it tabs & super sticky notes, “WTF” t-shirt, and a subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly.

You can check out the new Deftones track, “Hole In The Earth”, on their myspace. The new album, “Saturday Night Wrist”, hits stores at the end of October.

In the past, the RIAA has done some pretty ridiculous stuff (such as challenging Youtube over videos of kids singing along to songs [here] and… Well, this) - But now they’re cracking down on sites that offer guitar tablature… That is just crazy.

We may have evolved from lower primates, but if we could produce one of their proteins, our bodies might be able to effectively fight HIV.

According to research published in the June 2006 issue of the Journal of Immunology, monkeys and lower primates such as the Rhesus macaque produce a type of θ-defensin—an anti-bacterial protein—called retrocyclin, which the HIV-1 virus resists weakly.

While we long ago lost the ability to produce this protein on our own, the University of Central Florida research team behind this finding has received funding to use it to develop a topical microbicide that could prevent transmission of HIV during intercourse.

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What would happen to the world if drugs were legalized? This BBC “docu-drama” shows what the world might be like if this happened. It’s an hour long, but it’s kinda interesting… Although I don’t know how much I agree with the post-legalization scenarios shown.

Yes.com is pretty cool, it shows a realtime visualization of what’s being played on radio stations all across the US.

I don’t understand - Why would a hitler-themed restaurant be the cause of any controversy whatsoever?

Did you know that black people can’t swim?

Thank god we live in a country where driving around with cash is a crime.

Smurf just showed me this video, and from what I can tell, it’s a love song about an IRC bot named Anna. I don’t think that could possibly be any wierder. Oh wait, it could - The dude who sings the song apparently has tourrettes syndrom.

My brother’s band, Still Motion, appeared on NBC 10’s 10! Show on Tuesday morning. Considering the fact that they were performing on live TV, I’d say they did pretty damn good. You can check out a video of the performance on Youtube right here. It’s not the best quality, but it’s tolerable. They interview my brother at the end of the performance, too bad they don’t have any idea how to interview a band.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.

Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with drugs.

“I’m a pedophile. I’ve been a pedophile for 20 years,” he said in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. “The only reason I’m charged with rape is that no one believes a child can consent to sex. The role of my ministry is to get these cases out of the courtrooms.”

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Hmm… Let’s just change the subject, shall we? The Popularity Dialer is a tool that allows you to choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that’s one half of a conversation. Thus, you will be prompted to have a fake conversation and will easily fool those around you. Now god knows I would never need to use something like this, but for those of you who are less fortunate than I and were not blessed with redeeming social qualities, you may find The Popularity Dialer useful. I’m just gonna use it to annoy my friends. If you found this to be interesting, or you immediately thought of using it to annoy people when you saw it, then I’ll kindly direct your attention towards this tool - PhoneNotify Web Service. This tool will allow you to enter any phone number, along with some text. The number you entered will then recieve a call and when they answer, they’ll hear the text read to them in a bland, robotic voice. Try it on yourself a few times to get the hang of it, since the interface isn’t exactly user friendly. Have fun, and don’t get yourself arrested.

Check out this video, it’s a demo showcasing the progress of “multi touch interaction research”, and gives you some ideas of it’s potential. Cool stuff.

How popular is your last name America? Find out here.

I’m not a big fan of iTunes, but when I do have an iPod I use iTunes to manage the music on it (every once in a while I get an iPod, and then lose it, it’s pretty sweet). I’m partial to Winamp for listening to music on my computer, because I’ve been using it for as long as I can remember. Anyway, if you do use iTunes frequently, some of these add-ons may be of interest to you: Top iTunes add-ons.

How about some music? I’m not a big fan of Norma Jean, but you can grab the new album, which is titled “Redeemer”, here, while supplies last. It comes out on September 12th. While I’m at it, here’s the other albums: “O God, The Aftermath” and “Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child”. I didn’t even know that Unearth had a new album coming out, but they do - It’s called “III: In the Eyes of Fire” and you can download it here.

I’m heading to Cape May for a few days, I should be back on Thursday, so until then, keep it real, and remember, I know where you sleep.

I’m not into metal as much as I used to be, but I still got pretty excited when I saw that the new Slayer album (titled “Christ Illusion”) leaked. Thank god they haven’t lost their beautiful poetic touch, or their reverance. I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but I decided to put it here on the site for those of you who’d like to hear it. So here it is:

Slayer-Christ_Illusion-(Proper)-2006-KzT On a side note, I thought it was kind of funny that the tinyurl.com address assigned to me for the link to the new Slayer album was ‘penuh’ - It sounds like someone with down syndrome referring to his schlong. Real mature.

Sorry for the downtime there folks, I was messing with wordpress (my news posting system) and I fronked something up. Everything should be running smoothly now though. I’ve been getting tons of comment spam (mostly on older/archived posts) so I implemented a plugin (removed temporarily, I’ll fix it later) which will require those of you who post comments/feedback (which I definitely encourage) to answer a simple mathematical question, in order to prove you’re a human being. Sorry cyborgs, you’re out of luck. Take it.

I don’t care who you are, you should probably be excited to see the trailer for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Tell me that doesn’t look badass. From the looks of the trailer, it’s gonna be done in CGI, as opposed to live-action like the previous films.

Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, and founder of godhatesfags.com, organizes pickets at the funerals of people who died of AIDS, such as Matthew Sheppard (his motto is “no tears for queers”). Now I’m not a big fan of Michael Moore (why?), but this video is pretty damn funny. After doing a little more reading on this Phelps character, I’ve come to the conclusion that he is absolutely insane. In October of 2005, his church put out flyers saying “Praise the Lord for 2,010 Dead Soldiers in Iraq” and stating “We humbly pray to God to please kill many more”. They have also picketed the funerals of fallen US soldiers in Iraq (check out this video, I’ve never seen a news anchor get that worked up before). There has been some attacks on the Westboro Baptist Church, but not nearly enough in my opinion, because they’re still alive and kicking.

Still bored? I’ve got stuff to do today, so go check out some Awful Blogs. As if you need any help finding any of those…