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Google Zurich

[Thanks to TC.]
Apparently these are pictures from Google Zurich.
Free super-cafeteria and massages? I'd never go home.
It might be hard to get work done. But then I'd be so pathetically grateful that I'd want to work hard.
Update: here's a video. And another one.
I wonder how their pay is, considering all this.
I also wonder how they deal with the flood of job applications they surely must get. (Which they would even without this kind of office.)

Penguins, Christmas Caper

Funniest animated short ever.
I recommend getting it in full resolution (I got it with the Madagascar DVD).

Update: re-watching Madagascar now, it's even better than I remembered. It has many fall-down-laughing moments. Like the zebra walking on the street like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, with the Bee-Gees music and everything!

Green Card

I never saw Green Card before, but I just started. Seems decent. Am I the only one, though, who feels that Andie MacDowell and Gérard Depardieu are, um, visually mismatched?
Or to be less diplomatic, isn't he butt-ugly?
Though it seems some women like him.

I got the movie for the delectable Bebe Neuwirth, but I must admit Andie is beautiful too. Her hair is astounding. I've only met a couple of women with a wealth of hair like that. I'm guessing it must indicate life and strength, seeing as if you get sick, your hair often loses its bulk and beauty.

Machine noise

I love my bread machine, but I have to say that when it kneads the dough, it makes a racket like a skeleton orgy on a tin roof.

(OK, so it's not that bad, but was I gonna not use that line? I don't think so.)

The conspiracy to destroy TV

The conspiracy to destroy TV, article.
Is the broadcast-watching TV audience (in America I assume) really down to 15%? Sounds incredible to me.

Readius e-book reader foldable screen

Earlier video about the screen technology here.

Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun

I'm not a huge fan of all her work, but she has a great smile, a great voice, a few very nice songs, and I like her rendition of Ode To Billie Joe (did you hear that one? from a live performance. I think I found it by network).
Update: it seems to be rare, so here it is.

Half a beast

Clip from a documentary related to Alister Crowley. I found it funny that I was the 333th viewer, I guess it means I'm just half a beast yet.

Heart strings

Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
-- Barbara Mikkelson

One thing that comes to mind is the repulsive TV ads for charities they have here in the UK, like for cancer research.

Gravity defying homes

Gravity defying homes slide show.

Slot cars

I'm considering buying my nephews, typical boys at 12 and 15, a slot car race track, like the biggest Scalextric set I can find.
Do you think that's a good idea? Any ideas for a better gift? Or maybe just a better brand?