Category Archives: Videos

Tech Support Rant

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Foamy the Squirrel says it so much better than I could…behold the story of my life for the last 48 hours. The MP3 player’s program will load on the Pentium III/Windows 98 machine but will not run. The PIII will download, but not run, drivers for memory sticks and other USB devices, although it HAS a USB port. Perhaps it’s not so “U”. Somebody tell Nancy Mitford!

The Laptop running Windows XP Pro will install the program, but not get online. It will run the program, but not connect to the MP3 player. It will also Copy from CDs inserted in it, at playing speed only, making lovely little album folders with icons and everything, but when you open them, they are empty.

Steve Jobs, we need to talk. Hiring a blogger? I werk foar tek.

Cute Overload: Nick Cave and Shane McGowan singing “What a Wonderful World”

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Yes, as promised it’s the twin princes of darkness, the Anti-Piteras. Nick Cave, the Black Crow King, and Shane McGowan, patron saint of immoderation, performing Louis Armstrong‘s own ode to joy, What a Wonderful World. Lyrics after the jump.

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mano-a-mano, or is it just “mano?”

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Do y’all know Nick Pitera? You should. He’s rather a sensation over in YouTubelandia: not only is he cute, not only does he have a distinctive style of dress (someone said he looked like Waldo from “Where’s…“), not only is he in the final year of a BFA in animation, and not only is he a gifted baritone, but he’s also a gifted countertenor. He has, in the past, performed some Disney tunes, and if they don’t give him a contract before he’s out of school they’re not as smart as they should be.

Click to play Nick Pitera singing a duet with himself of Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men‘s One Sweet Day.

One small confession: I was actually going to post Shane McGowan and Nick Cave doing What a Wonderful World, but alas, YouTube won’t let me play any Shane vids tonight. Seems like an odd thing to have a conspiracy to prevent, but then, I have enemies in high places. Sure I do.

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The Blog Song

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Do you think he wants us to check his blog? Proof positive that bloggers, no matter what their skin tone, cannot dance worth beans.

The only thing that could make this better is if he were wearing a short-sleeved shirt with that polyester tie. I wonder if that’s his real face or if those are Groucho glasses? I’ve always been partial to the MadV look, myself.

Only with tentacles.

hat-tip to TheAspiringHorseplayer

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and now, we Batusi

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At last, a practical reason to study math!