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Throwing a Cheeseburger is Not an Offence

Excerpt: This is one funny story that had me falling off my chair from Ananova: "Fast food attack on go slow doctor An Austrian doctor lodged a complaint after a lorry driver threw a cheeseburger at him for driving too slowly. But police told Hannes Kohl, from Vienna, that burger throwing was not an offenc

Pictures Take at Just the Right Time

Excerpt: These pictures are incredibly funny. Nothing like snapping the camera at just the right moment to preserve embarrassment forever!

My Jordans Experiment for Sneaker Hog

Excerpt: Recently I've been challenged to get first page listings in Google for the term Jordans. I don't know if I can do it considering that there are quite a few shoe sites already listed for Jordans.  But listen, I don't really want to talk about shoes.  What I would like to talk about are the

Weird News Links for the Day

Excerpt: Sat., Mar. 1:'Lizard Man' returns?South Carolina woman wondering if legendary "Lizard Man" destroyed the front of her car (with video).--WIStv.comOh water, where art thou?A profile of an apparently successful New Zealand water diviner, Dave Penney.--Stuff.co.nzPolice blame ghosts for damageRomanian

Weird News Links for the Day

Excerpt: Fri., Feb. 29:Five myths about the satellite smash-up How perilous? How precise? Operation was messier than it seemed.--MSNBCSpace Script A look at three examples of possible alien writing. --Cabinet of Wonders Blind man sees with the aid of son's tooth Technique involves creating a support for a

Weird News Links for the Day

Excerpt: Thurs., Feb. 28:Rise of the machine Terminator-style robot war 'could be a reality within 10 years.'--Daily MailNew Moon Map Is Best Ever Scientists have created a new map of the south lunar pole that is 50 times more detailed than the last version.--Space.com Supercomputer Unleashes Virtual 9.0 Qu

Weird News Links for the Day

Excerpt: Wed., Feb. 27:Earthquake hits much of EnglandIt's the biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years.--BBC NewsArcheologists Find 5,500 Year Old Plaza in Peru It could be one of oldest places built in Americas. --Reuters Dean Radin Q & AThe parapsychology researcher discusses ESP, spirituality

Weird News Links for the Day

Excerpt: Tues., Feb. 26:How Groundwater Shaped MarsScientists think a massive ocean once covered one-third of Mars.--Space.comElectronic tattoo display runs on blood Wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art.--PhysOrg.comWhere Science and Design CollideA new exhibition at the

Pay to Surf Programs are Coming Back

Excerpt: About 10 years ago I used to get a monthly check from a company called AllAdvantage.  This had to be one of the coolest pre-dot bomb website because you actually got paid to surf and click. Well, people learned how to trick and hack the system by finding auto-surf tools to do all the work.

The New Knight Rider Show Stinks of Ford Marketing

Excerpt: I'm not sure if anybody caught the premier of the new Knight Rider show last night, but boy was it tough to watch.  The acting was horrible.  For some reason, the old Trans Am Knight Rider looked cooler and seemed more "natural" as an AI autonomous bad-guy battling machine. I re

How to watch satellite TV on your PC

Excerpt: Satellite TV is fast replacing the typical home television setup.  However with the required receiver equipment, people are wonder how to take advantage of this digital satellite technology.  And I'm sure you are wondering how to watch satellite TV on your PC.  It only makes sense t

Top 3 MP3 Players

Excerpt: After having my iPod mp3 player for 5 years, I've decided that it was time to move on to something new.  I wasn't really looking for another iPod, in fact I can't stand the interface.  So many other mp3 players are in the top 10 that are ranked better than the iPod for usability, but I wa

The Best Super Bowl Comic of the Year

Excerpt:   I thought this was a good one!  Go on over to Killjoycomics.com for more :)

Super Bowl XLII Means Super Posts

Excerpt: I can't stand football, but when I have writer's block and it is around mid January I can always rely on the Super Bowl hype to get my gears spinning again. Just look at my post from last year, Why the Bears Will Win the Super Bowl.  I had no idea that my silly post would end up being the 2nd

How to clean up Hillary’s image

Excerpt: Drudge Report recently posted a horrible photo of Hillary. I'm not a fan of her, but heck, everybody deserves a good run through Photoshop. I've created quick tutorial of how to clean up even Hillary's "wrinkled" image.

Garbanzo Christmas

Excerpt: Thanks again for Killjoycomics.com!

New Knight Rider is now a Mustang

Excerpt: Looks like Ford has won out to be the next KITT featured in the new remake of Knight Rider.  Something about a Ford being KITT.  I dunno, I just know how my Taurus is and I'm pretty sure it can't jump over stuff with turbo boosters. The big question is, who will be Michael Knight? 

New Garbanzo Web Comic

Excerpt:   Check out my latest web comic, "Garbanzo" posted at KilljoyComics.com. I'll post these comics every Monday morning, but please check out Killjoy for some other cynical comics :)                   &n

Creating Online Comics

Excerpt: My friend Todd, an avid comic book geek, runs a really cool online comic website called KillJoycomics.com - Comics for Cynics.  I've been asked to be a guest artist for the site, so I decided to come up with cool little comic for the site. I write/draw the comic using Flash and send the final

Two Reasons Why iPhone Stinks

Excerpt: No Blue Tooth No Voice Command

HearthSong Coupon Codes and Discounts

Excerpt: ok, I know it is dumb to post these, but people keep asking me, so here are a few discount code links for HearthSong. Save up to 70% in the HearthSong Outlet! Up to 50% off at the HearthSong After Season Sale! Over&nb

Patent Proof of Weather Modification

Excerpt: This is some really cool stuff...actual patents that related specifically with weather modification.  Patent #4686605, Method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere is an invention by Bernard J. Eastlund in 1985...just over 20 years ago.  Another interesting p

Scary Halloween Devil Video

Excerpt: This is one scary Halloween video produced by my brother Bill.  He is one crazy dude! I freaked out when I watched it the first time.

I Love 80s Music Videos

Excerpt: Yes it is true, I love music videos from the 1980s.  Most of them spark memories of my childhood/teenage years.  My first favorite band of the 80's (after I gave up on Kiss) was Hall & Oates.  I remember seeing Private Eyes for the first time and thinking, wow! Those gu

The Best Toy Boat Tongue Twister Video

Excerpt: I'm not sure any of you are familiar with the Toy Boat Tongue Twister floating around on YouTube, but man, my brother Bill over at Bill Schiffbauer has made THE BEST version of the Toy Boat Tongue Twister. Check out his video below: So if yo wanna give it a try, say "Toy Boat" ten times as fas

The Facts of Life Are All About Bongs

Excerpt: Technorati Tags: drugs I found this hilarious clip from an old episode (heck, I guess they are all old) of the Facts of Life.  I remember when it first aired, but also I do remember seeing bongs/pipes being sold at commercial record stores.  My favorite line of this clip is "We're a t

Lyrics Seem to be the Latest Trend at Google

Excerpt: Many of you who know me that I have lyrics for just about any person I run into.  So many songs have been written with lyrics that include names. When I meet a girl named Brandi, I have to say that she's a fine Girl. With Mandy, I have to ask her to kiss me to stop me from shaking. When I meet

Viral Plaza has Funny News Clippings

Excerpt: I Stumbled across this really funny clipping from Viral Plaza.  I'll let you do the reading.  Just a good way to get people off their lazy butts.

New Fountains of Wayne Video + Demetri Martin = Awesome

Excerpt: I've got to tell you, I really dig the new Fountains of Wayne tune called Someone to Love.  They've finally released a video for it...and it contains the super cool comic, Demetri Martin.  I don't usually plug music videos, but this tune sticks to my ribs. Check out their MySpace Page her

The End of Flash as We Know it.

Excerpt: if you haven't noticed lately, MTV has dropped their totally Flash Enabled website.  It looks like they are returning to what matters most in a website...a usable presentation layer.  I dunno guys, but it seems that ever since Adobe took over Macromedia that things haven't been the same.

David Hasselhoff and Paula Abdul - Viral Marketing by Means of Celebrity Freakouts

Excerpt: I'm sure many of you have already heard or seen the video of David Hasselhoff (aka Michael Knight) stoned drunk and eating a burger.  But you know, it all seems suspicious to me.  Yes, it was hard to watch the old Knight Rider slurring and and looking totally un-cool, but at the same time

Mothers Day Gift Ideas - Red Neck Bed and Breakfast

Excerpt: Yes, it is amazing how quick Mothers Day showed up this year.  The typical mail thinks contemplates getting his wife a gift, all the way to the actual date of Mothers Day.  Sometimes maybe all the wife needs is a good laugh. Of course if you think that then you will be sleeping on the cou

Tommy Tutone Re-Records Jenny (867-5309) as 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 (Kevin)

Excerpt: Since getting a new record deal with Spectra Records this year, Tommy Tutone has been quickly flexing their creative juices to come up with a follow-up hit to their 1982 chart topper, Jenny (867-5309). Trying to keep hip and up to date with the innernet, blogs, emails, computer modems and hard

The BEST Version of The Final Countdown

Excerpt: I've been in a few bands before and yes they were all terrible.  However, I don't think we were ever this bad.  Wow.  They do a rendition of Europe's The Final Countdown and it actually gives me post-traumatic stress syndrome from living as a teenager in the 80's.Turn up the volume on

Breakdancing, Beat Boxing and Old School Rap

Excerpt: I'm totally amazed at how popular breakdancing, poppin' and lockin' and Beat Boxing has become in the past few years.  Being a child of the 80's I can totally admit to throwing down the cardboard and doing a few back spins here and there.  But you know, I've come across a few videos of ki

Tony Danza Rocks

Excerpt: I finally had to come to the realization that Tony Danza rocks...especially when I received this cool Photoshop rendering of Danzig/Danza.  All you Misfit fans will get a kick out of this.  I know, short posts today, but a good one at that :)

My List of Rock Concerts

Excerpt: Many of you probably think that with a name like Tony Rocks that I would occasionally Rock Out once and a while.  Well, yes that is true, but I haven't been to a good show since I saw English Beat some time last year. I decided to put together a list of the concerts (at least the ones I could

The Terminator was a Commodore Vic-20

Excerpt: Recently I've been on a retro computing kick.  I don't know what it is but I am always amazed to see how much stuff you can pull out of a machine from the early 80s.  The retro computing scene is running full-speed around the world.  People are coming up with new games for old p

Kevin Federline Beats the Colts and Bears

Excerpt: What can I say other than I should have wasted my time watching the actual Superbowl instead of the commercials.  Sad to say this but Kevin Federline saved the evening for me:

Why the Bears Will Win the Superbowl - A Nerd’s Perspective

Excerpt: Ok, I must admit I'm not a big follower of sports.  So why should I even post anything about the Superbowl?  Why?  Because I think I have the most unbiased analysis of the Superbowl and you people placing bets on the outcome should listen to me.  Here is how this whole thi

Doom and Duck Hunt on an iPod?!

Excerpt: Thanks to open source geeks I know can have fun playing a bunch of old ported Nintendo games like Duck Hunt on my iPod.  This coolness is made possible by a daring and super creative open source project called iPodLinux.  To put it simply, these guys ported Linux to run on your standard i

Taking on Wordpress and Flickr

Excerpt: I've recently installed Community Server over on Emailfriends.com as an experiment in social networking and to extend the user experience to Emailfriends.com.  This platform is pretty cool and is 100% ASP.NET 2.0/C#.  Everyone is used to running social networking apps with PHP/mySQL, so t

Mr T and Social Networking

Excerpt: I always try to relate old school pop-culture icons with new technology.   I do?  Well, sometimes.  Ok, I do it alot in conversations with people and yes I do get looked at funny. But this one really makes sense.   I've been really spending alot of time visiting socia

Dieting and Losing Weight - The Latest Buzz After the Holidays

Excerpt: It is no surprise to me that after binging every week during the holidays that I feel like I've gained a few pounds.  I did eat lots and I did gain some weight.  Apparently many others feel the same way too!  But figuring out how I was going to squeeze back into my 32 inch waisted jea

iTunes Marketing is Retro 90’s Amiga Graphics Demo

Excerpt: You kids probably have no idea what an Amiga is or what a graphics demo is, so let me first give you a bit of history.  The Commodore Amiga was one hot stinkin multi-media machine created in 1984.  Since its inception programmers from all around the world would hold demo competitions...ba

Dannon Releases New Toxic Spring Water?

Excerpt: From the same company that told you that drinking more milk will help you lose weight, Dannon releases their new and incredibly confusing product Dannon Spring Water with Fluoride!  I don't know what angle Dannon is trying to take with their new marketing campaigns, but from what I understand

Office Fun - The Spreading Corporate Buzzwords Game

Excerpt:  I really enjoy spreading horrible buzzwords around the office.  If you don't know what I mean by buzzword then please look at the TonyRocks.com Corporate Buzzword (and phrase) Generator and you'll get the picture.  You've probably even participated in the viral act of spreading crapp

My Favorite Christmas Gift Idea

Excerpt: If you are like me you are having a hard time coming up with Christmas ideas for people.  Well come up no more, I've found the motherload of awesome gift ideas.  Ideas that are great to bring back to work after the Christmas holiday.  Great gift ideas that will annoy every co-worker a

The Wiggles or Blue’s Clues…Who Cares?

Excerpt: Try Our New Wiggles Name Generator! Did You Ever Wonder What Your Wiggles Name Was? Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy. Recently Graywolf had posted a blog entry about the Wiggles and the news of Greg "Page" Wiggle leaving due to a horrible disorder which stops the heart from pumping enough blood whil

HD Radio - Bringing Back Advertising Revenue?

Excerpt: Lately I have been blasted with HD Radio commercials left and right on my commute home from work.  I couldn't understand what the heck HD Radio was from just hearing those strange commercials.  I thought perhaps maybe it was another one of those "increase  your cellphone reception" a

Pimp My Taurus Donations Accepted

Excerpt:  If you are like me you really enjoy watching the show Pimp My Ride on MTV.  I LOVE seeing those guys turn the biggest pieces of crap into super pimp machines.  I drive an old Ford  Taurus with 156,000 miles and think that it is a perfect candidate for a pimping. The problem tho

YouTube Starting to Go Down the Tubes?

Excerpt: Not to long ago Geoffrey Mack over at Alexa put up the latest Alexa traffic graph for YouTube.com and made the observation that YouTube's traffic has gone flat. His only explanation was that this trend had started at the same time Google announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in sto

Nintendo Wii Ready for Preorder

Excerpt: OK, enough of this Playstation 3 or Playstation iii stuff.   I'm totally psyched about the new Nintendo Wii which is ready for preorder at Walmart.  The new Wii is bound to apeal to a different crowd than the Playstation, particulalry to those who dig the Mario Bros.  This is w

Photographic Proof that Castro is Alive, Not Dead

Excerpt: We've secretly obtained some photos of Castro which is proof that he is not dead, but totally alive and well.  Hopefully these will dispell any ideas or thoughts that Cuba's leader is not around.   Here is a photograph of the supposedly dead Castro standing in front of a water fl

Halloween Recipes

Excerpt: Ok, I'm lame for writing yet again about Halloween, but heck, I think it is a fun holiday.  I've just posted a few halloween recipes for cookies and things over at my culinary blog.  The key to great halloween recipes and treats is to have goulish sounding names for the treats.  For

Podcasting Killed My Monkey

Excerpt: Yes, I said podcasting killed my monkey.  But what I meant to say was podcasting tips. Who needs them you ask? Isn't this all about self expression and sticking it to the recording industry man?  Well, maybe it is, but still even the most polished blog professional needs a few h

Halloween Screensavers

Excerpt: Ok, get ready for one of my lamest posts, but man, Halloween is coming up and my wife has been bugging me to get some festive Halloween stuff around the house.  I figured since I am on my computer 23 hours of the day that I should just change my screensaver to be a halloween screensaver. 

Does my butt look big

Excerpt: I knew this would get your attention.  IT got mine when my friend posted a message about the Nike campaign called My Butt Is Big...which starts out with My Butt is Big and round like the letter C... Check it out here: So, I ask you, does my butt look big in this?  Up to you to decide.&nbs