Have you ever browsed amazon.com and felt like something was missing? Have you ever thought to yourself that searching amazon.com would be so much better if it was like walking the sidewalks of Rodeo Drive? Well now you can window shop the site with a virtual authenticity similar to that of going to your local mall.

Complete with an Apple-esque UI, the site also lets you preview movies, music, videogames, and even audio preview books.

Amazon Windowshop Beta

What can I say, I guess I’m just a sucker for dioramas and 3D paper art. These cutouts pay homage to the Marvel Comicbook legacy rather than their movie counterparts. I think they look pretty cool, however I’m a little weirded out by all of them sticking out their tongues.

X-Men BoxPunx Figures

It’s pretty well-known that Hollywood doesn’t portray computer programming…or anything computer related with any accuracy at all. This one takes the cake.
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Wario Land: Shake It (Wii)

I’d embed the video to my site but I don’t want links and text to start falling everywhere.

Order now! And if you won’t then we’ll give it to ya anyway!
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So while researching more into the holiday which was Pirate Day yesterday, I came across the video of manliness. He is a Norse god whose power transcends the mere blessing of seafaring vikings. His only power is to dance his enemies to death, as well as possessing a secondary attack in which he points somewhere off-camera in an intimidating fashion. They call him the Techno Viking!

Techno Viking Original
Techno Viking remixed to “My Humps”
Techno Viking remixed to Fatboy Slim

Isn’t this guy also in that Mercenaries game that came out recently?

Programmers have long viewed games more as work than play due to the frustration of programming a decent AI. This game takes that concept and somehow makes it entertaining.

Light Bot

I went out to get gas on Friday only to arrive at 5 different gas stations all of which had yellow bags over the nozzles and signs saying they were out of everything but premium. Gas on average was $3.99. I just found this article which explains a lot.

A fuel panic swept Gainesville on Thursday, where long gas lines spilled over onto a busy thoroughfare, tempers flared and the police were called, said Randy Bly, a spokesman for AAA Auto Club South.

I ususally bike, but my semi-new job requires me to drive to work after class. Not only do I have to cringe everytime I drive my Jeep, but now I gotta deal with this crap.

Gas Prices Near $6 a Gallon In Parts of Florida: Is this illegal?

The class struggle they keep talking about apparently refers to new school versus old school.
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