A baby hippopotamus, swept into the Indian Ocean by the Tsunami, is finally coming out of his shell thanks to the love of a 120–year-old tortoise. Complete story and more pictures here.
via growabrain
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Turtle adopts baby hippo after Tsunami
Next version of Windows to be called Vista
No more Windows XP.
Longhorn will be called Vista.
Beta released to developers August 3, 2005
No official public release date
From J-walkblog.com
Hasta la vista, Longhorn. The official name for the next version of Windows is Windows Vista. Kinda rolls right off the tongue, eh? It's an exciting day, and people are dancing in the streets.
My initial thoughts:
- Soon there will be a Web page that compares WV with VW. All of the old car vs. OS jokes will be resurrected.
- People in West Virginia will be even more confused.
- No one will ever be able to find the Volunteers In Service To America organization in Google.
- The city of Vista, California, will experience rapid growth and become the new Silicon Valley. It's neighbor to the south, Chula Vista, will be jealous.
- Microsoft will sue AltaVista.
- Microsoft will also sue VISA because the name is just too similar.
- This company will get a million hits today.
- Everyone in the world (except Microsoft) will realize that Longhorn is a much cooler name.
- Thousands of hilarious acronyms will be created, such as Very Insecure System That's Awful.
via J-walkblog
Friday, July 22, 2005
Whatever you do, don't talk to the parrot
Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check."
“Oh, by the way don't worry about my bulldog. He won't bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT, under ANY circumstances, talk to my parrot!" "I REPEAT, DO NOT TALK TO MY PARROT!!!"
When the repairman arrived at Wanda's apartment the following day, he discovered the biggest, meanest looking bulldog he has ever seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet watching the repairman go about his work.
he parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing and name calling. Finally the repairman couldn't contain himself any longer and yelled, "Shut up, you stupid, ugly bird!"
To which the parrot replied, "Get him, Spike”.
Thanks Phyllis
Thursday, July 21, 2005
1,191 pound shark caught in Martha's Vineyard
``This shark could eat you!'' said Steven James, president of the Boston Big Game Fishing Club, which staged this weekend's monster shark derby on Martha's Vineyard.
Despite its monstrous proportions - 1,191 pounds - this toothsome tiger shark did not win the competition, however, because the captain was six minutes too late into the Oak Bluffs harbor.
via Boston Hearald via Madville.com
Condom Ads
Ten pages of interesting print ads for condoms. Here are just a few.
The complete series is here. There are a hundred or so ads.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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