Blog Hiatus

Sorry about the lack of consistency with posting, I'm still adjusting myself to the new semester.  Furthermore, myself and Andrew North will be visiting Skidmore University causing ruckus (in a manner reminiscent of Genghis Khan and his band of savages).

So, there will probably not be any posts from either of us this weekend.  Davey P, feel free to kick some knowledge.  To everyone browsing the blogosphere, enjoy your weekend.

The Loonies Descend on Haiti

A "wealthy donor" paid to send a planeload of Scientology faith-healers to Haiti. These yellow-shirted volunteers are going around "helping" people by giving them magic Scientology touches.

To be fair, the plane also included 50 Haitian-American doctors, and presumably these people don't heal by means of cult nonsense handed down by a lunatic science fiction writer who believed that a galactic space tyrant created humanity by chaining energy beings to a volcano and exploding them with nuclear weapons (this being the bedrock of Scientological theology).

I'll let them explain their methods:

"We're trained as volunteer ministers, we use a process called 'assist' to follow the nervous system to reconnect the main points, to bring back communication"

"When you get a sudden shock to a part of your body the energy gets stuck, so we re-establish communication within the body by touching people through their clothes, and asking people to feel the touch."

Some doctors at the hospital are skeptical.  One US doctor, who asked not to be named, snorted: "I didn't know touching could heal gangrene."

When asked what the Scientologists are doing here, another doctor said: "I don't know."
Do you care? "Not really," she said, wheeling an unconscious patient out of the operating room to join hundreds of others in the hospital's sunny courtyard.

SMH... Scientologists in Haiti are like drunk uncles at your family reunion.  They're inebriated, yes, but as long as they stay out of the foreground, they're allowed to coexist among normal adults (in this case, trained physicians).

[Link: BoingBoing]

Los- Exhibit C Freestyle

*DISCLAIMER*

For you astute hip hop fans out there, hear this before you throw something at the monitor...

No, I am not happy that every rapper* is getting on this Just Blaze & Jay Electronica masterpiece.  In fact, if I were the emperor of hip hop, you would have to audition to rap on Exhibit C.  However, there are extenuating circumstances to such a rule, such as outstanding lyricism.  So without further ado, enjoy Baltimore's own Los and his version of Exhibit C... or stay angry and listen to some old Jay Elec.  Whichever.






*any fool with a mic and production equipment

Skillz - '09 Rap Up (Video)

Here's the video for Virginia's own Skillz and his annual (w)rap up.  From Bernie Madoff to Tiger Woods, he covers pretty much everything.  Props.

Download it:

DOWNLOAD: Skillz- Rap Up 09 (usershare)

Genius Bar War Stories

Besides struggling in a world of morons, Apple "Geniuses" put up with a lot of shit.  From computers caked in toxic waste to getting punched in the face, the war stories are endless.  The best part?  They're all true.  Here are my two favorites:

Punched!

A man was having problems connecting his iPhone to his Linksys router. After it became apparent it was a router configuration problem, George turned to Cisco tech support to help the man out, so he could print the instructions the man needed to fix it. The man decided George was taking too long, and called him a "fucking idiot."

George replied that if the man kept verbally abusing him, he wouldn't be able to continuing helping. "Fuck you faggot," was followed by a right jab to George's face, caught on security camera, and actually shown here. The man ran around to the other side of the Genius Bar, determined to turn the assault into a full-fledged fight, before several Geniuses could restrain him. He ran out as the cops were called. Apple's currently pressing charges.

George has a new job now.

You're a Genius!

Genius Bar appointments are a sad fact of life if you need to get anything made by Apple fixed. But you know, some people don't have time for that crap. They're too important. When a guy, we'll call him Chuck, found out the wait at Robert's Genius Bar would be at least 30 minutes, he pitched his laptop onto the counter, and told Robert to call him when it was fixed. Without mentioning what was wrong with it, or leaving any contact info.

A few weeks later, Chuck returns, asking about his laptop. Robert remembered who it was, and told Chuck he needed to get it checked in and sign the paperwork before any work could proceed. Chuck didn't time for all that, and left again. Without a signature, it couldn't be fixed.

Another few weeks go by, and Chuck returns. Robert's been waiting, and has a form ready to go that just needs a quick signature. He explains that they haven't been able to work on the laptop without his signature, but it would only take a couple of days once he signed it over.

Chuck explodes, "IT'S NOT DONE YET? BUT YOU'RE A GENIUS! YOU'RE A GENIUS! YOU'RE A GENIUS! YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Chuck starts doing the Tom Cruise hop as he repeats his cry, over and over.

A different employee goes out to take care of Chuck, who manages to calm down and sign the form, but not without asking the new guy, "What's it like to work with fags all day?"

Chuck never returned for his computer.

Big thanks to Matt Buchanan over at Gizmodo.

araabMUZIK in HD (Video)

Dipset producer araabMUZIK, if you didn't know already, is a savage on the MPC.  Apparently he does live performances of this... anyway, here's his brand new promo... incredible.

Big Sean - Million Dollars (Video)

...And the new music keeps coming.  Visuals for Sean's single off Finally Famous, which still does not have a release date.  Video location: Detroit, possibly the worst city ever.