ahhh... one more notch for my "i hate boingboing" belt. my "i love boingboing" belt still has more notches but, yeah, this one goes in my other file. (and, no, i'm not EVER going to watch this vid.)

i think i should have read through the comments posted before i posted mine (approx. 1:06 AM). i didn't realize there was so much negativity going on and i contributed to it with my jab at the long island/penn station crowd. i think my eye caught something about jersey and i took offense to it (and i lived the majority of my life in another state). the fact is every city, state, country has its stereotypes. who are any of us to judge?

and just to disregard my own self: if you look into dolface's post a bit you'll find that the club in question is in queens. queens is on long island. long island is in new york. something tells me that's where you'll find joey porsche. he's not in north jersey. but if he is... doesn't matter to me. i never leave my laptop. i have too much boingboinging to do.

wait... hold your hand over the cylinder and squint your eyes. closest i've been able to come to convincing myself that the shades of grey are the same (without means of scientific proof). amazing illusion.

this is the craziest optical illustion i've ever seen. for the first time in my life i can't believe what i'm seeing. i eyedroppered the checker image in photoshop and confirm that i'm getting equal shades of grey. but my eyes just don't agree. it's mad science sorcery! heresy, i tell you!

i've seen some of these kids on other blogs before. if i had to guess i'd say they're more than likely part of the long island B&T crowd (ever been in penn station after the NYC clubs shut down?).

i'm a native texan now living in jersey. i haven't seen many of these kids in my town. i've seen the hair style on rare occasions but never the fake-bake.

jersey gets a bad rap but for the most part i think it's uncalled for. get beyond newark and port elizabeth and you'll see why it's called the garden state.

and to any of you NY folks that like to chide jersey residents... how long does it take you to get from your residence to the ESB? if it's anything longer than 20 minutes on a good day you might consider moving to jersey.

this looks pretty cool but i have to comment about the cooking-method definitions.

true BBQ is actually more closely related to smoking in that it is done with more of an indirect heat source and requires more time (lower temperatures). but BBQ can be done with any heat source.

grilling is, as stated, a direct application of heat and can be done with gas, electric, charcoal, or wood (or whatever other heat source one might find).

the history channel (i think) recently had a show about this. wikipedia also discusses the issue at hand.

if they were giving away the shirts or selling them specifically for use in their parody then i could see that IE would be legally in the clear. but they are clearly infringing upon best buy's logo and trademark when selling them for profit. so i'd vote for best buy in a trademark infringement case against IE. as for their cease & desist letter... they probably went too far but i suspect they didn't want their brand diluted by any posted graphics of the t-shirts.

a brilliant hacker/mechanic does a brilliant percussionists not necessarily make.

It would appear that both the Rebellion and the Empire prefer to travel with Southwest Airlines. I couldn't agree more.