Most of the band name generators I've seen suck ass but I finally found one that I like - I'd go see bands with names like "The Lard Pistons", "Tireless Suckasses" and "The Grateful Failures"!

Remember the old Memory card game? Here's a nice version of the game with a twist, you need to match sounds instead of pictures.

Tonight is Silvesterabend, the last night of the year. While some feel that champagne and huge, rollicking parties are in order, others feel that quieter times with family and friends are the way to go. Of course, you must also have your pork and sauerkraut for good luck (my mother always asks to make sure I have) and a little Bleigiessen, or fortune telling by pouring molten lead into a liquid, for entertainment. Personally I think champagne tastes like ass so I'll be drinking bottled Gluhwein from my friend's winery.

Great article on the impending introduction of the euro and the history of paper money in general.

Somehow I doubt you'll be able to get a feed frrom it tonight but the Times Square webcam would be the thing to watch!

Links and info on the short movie ONE: A Space Odyssey. Really short. Like one minute long short. Funny and well done though, especially if you're a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Yesterday, drug information. Today, MIT's Guide to Lockpicking. I don't really know why...

Okay, I am completely convinced that Pravda has been invaded and taken over by rogue Weekly World News reporters.

Create your own O'Reilly-esque book cover!

The new game which is consuming my time this morning: 9x9. It begins as a simple maze game where you navigate a single very simple maze. The catch? You then renavigate the same maze with your moves also constrained by an alternate self in a different simple maze. The big catch? Once you've done that you have third self in yet another simple maze that constrains your moves in the other two. Wow!

The Challenge
Eat a full tablespoon of ground cinnamon.

The Result
Not for the weak stomached and fully documented.

Happy 1st Birthday 3bruces.com!!

(Punch and Pie)

Great site for information on just about any street drug you can think of - and maybe some you've never even heard of. What's great about it? Well, it isn't run by some bunch of neer-do-well's who want to let you know that DRUGS ARE BAAAD!!! It provides practical, accurate information in plain language on the effects of these drugs on users and any side effects that may be present. It doesn't sugar coat things and it doesn't blow things out of proportion - just information. It makes for good reading and will make you a whiz at telling people what fucking morons they are for putting some of that shit into their bodies willingly!

Well, it's finally settled. I not only suck at physically juggling objects, I suck at virtually juggling objects...

Finally! I country that has developed a sensible, intelligent response to the creeping nightmare that is the karaoke bar!

One of my friends at work cursed me once again for posting a link to Bubble Shooter back in August (the post contained an addiction warning!)

Well don't say I didn't warn you that the game Boxt, which is very similiar in nature, is even more addicting. As of last night I was 8th on all-time high score list - I was very sleepy when I got to work! Why, oh why didn't I just stop with JoustPong yesterday. I should have known that a game combining Pong and Joust was a warning...

As far as Flash games go Catapult is one of the most amusing I've found in a while! The premise is simple, you simply need to shoot cats walking by with a slingshot - the harder you hit them, the farther and higher they fly. You get more points for knocking them through a door or window but it's a heckuvalotmorefun to watch them smash to pieces against a stone wall or become impaled on the spikes at the top of the screen!

"Holiday at the Fett's" is the charming animated story of young Boba Fett getting his first jetpack. It's nicely done and I'm sure our friend Addy will be thrilled to see little Boba tucked snug in his bed having "wookie time"!!

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show character are you?

Well, there's information on How to Eat Pussy and there's information on How to Eat Pussy. I ran across both of them accidentally this week and posted them for those who need to know. Personally I didn't need the information in either of them - practice makes perfect for one and the other just doesn't appeal to me...

Damn, it's been days since I've seen one of these stupid things! Take the Corporate Mascot Test at Willaston's Lounge!

Well, it's been a day or so since we went to see The Lord of the Rings and, if you hadn't noticed, we've been mighty silent about it. Why? Well, in my opinion, if you've read the books you've already seen the movie and if you haven't read the books nothing short of reading them could really do it justice. The impressive list of reviews over at Rotten Tomatoes should just about cover any questions you might have about whether it's any good or not. When I last checked it was rated #1 in the Top 250 Movies of All Time list over at the Internet Movie Database with 79.9% of the voters rating the movie as a 10!

Oh, by the way Heather, Legolas Greenleaf was played by Orlando Bloom and Strider/Aragorn by Viggo Mortenson. I'm thought Viggo looked familiar, he also played Lucifer in The Prophecy.

Microsoft's newest version of Windows, billed as the most secure ever, contains several serious flaws that allow hackers to steal or destroy a victim's data files across the Internet or implant rogue computer software. The company released a free fix Thursday.

A Microsoft official acknowledged that the risk to consumers was unprecedented because the glitches allow hackers to seize control of all Windows XP operating system software without requiring a computer user to do anything except connect to the Internet.

One more reason I love my macintosh! Actually, I wonder if Microsoft had anything to do with the project that was supposed to discover the world's funniest joke - there has to be SOME explaination for how lame it is!

I sure hope Addy doesn't view this one! I found it quite funny but it is just a wee bit on the cruel side at points. Then again, how delecately can you handle George Harrison and John Lennon singing karaoke in Heaven?

Another large download but hilarious! "A Vagina for Christmas." There just is nothing I can say to enhance this or prepare you for it, dear readers...

Click and be dazzled with the mystery that is Britney Spears Breasts! Sizable download but pretty dern funny!

Did you ever watch Mr. Wizard when you were a kid? Why not be Mr. Wizard yourself, here's a list of simple chemistry tricks you can do around the home.

And if you move up to more advanced work, say like a humonculous, you can always fight him off with home-made ninja weapons!

The most heartbreaking thing about faithful moviegoing is that awe, beauty and excitement, three of the things we go to the movies for, are the very things we're cheated of the most. The great wonder of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is that it bathes us in all three, to the point where we remember -- in a vague, pleasurably hallucinatory sensation from another lifetime -- why we go to the movies in the first place. It would be an insult to say the picture merely lives up to its hype; it crashes the meaning of hype, exposing it as the graven image it is. Advertising is dead: Long live moviemaking.

Oh yeah, this review over at Salon really brings my expectations down a bit...especially the tagline which reads "The movie of the year!"

What the holidays are all about. Flash animations combining holiday themes like cats and landmines...

Last minute shopping? Don't know what to get for that special someone? There's something for everyone out there ya know and maybe a Turdtwister or some anatomically correct stuffed animals is just the ticket. You could also opt for a keyboard scientifically for hunt and peck typists or get someone the ultimate gift, and what I am truly hoping for, a H&K Belt Fed Grenade Machine Gun. Nothing says "the holidays" like rapid fire anti-personel devices...you could clear out a gaggle of freeloading in-laws in no time with one of those!

Well kiddies, tomorrow is the big day and there are scads of reviews out about the movie. MSNBC and Entertainment Weekly opted to run articles by individuals who were unfamiliar with the film - both of whom enjoyed it immensely - wheras Yahoo! seems to offer more of a comparison to Harry Potter than anything else. Meanwhile, this article from the UK's Guardian seems to be positive but it is far too mired in comparisons and prognostication of the film's success to really say much of anything! Meanwhile, fellow blogger and LOTR fan Moriarity over at Ain't It Cool News can't seem to rave enough about how good this movie really is. That can be underscored by this collection of reviews in which all but a lone soul were absolutely blown away by the film.

I suppose I just have to wait to find out for myself. Our tickets are reserved and I am getting more anxious by the moment...

The folks over at X-mas Resistance are trying to encourage people to boycott Xmas gift giving. They seem to be convinced that it's all a marketing scam and is pointless. Sure, some folks seem to get mired in relentless consumersism but there's also those of us who try to find a thoughtful gift to give our loved ones and spend the (paid) days off with our family and friends - which ain't such a bad thing after all IMHO. Crikey! How else I'm I going to get somebody else to waste their hard earned lucre buying me a catapult watch?!

We need more politicians like Alberta Canada's Premier Ralph Klein whose misadventures the other day bring mirth to my heart.

Klein said his misadventure started out with the best of intentions early Wednesday morning, shortly after 12 a.m. He was headed home after a night out with friends. He had some wine with dinner.

"But I wasn't drunk," he said. "I was in good spirits."

What happened next is a matter of record. Klein went to a homeless shelter where...

The centre maintains a daily incident report. The worker said Wednesday's entry says Klein was swearing and yelling at the men to get jobs

Okay, so maybe the guy's a bit tactless but I don't feel that telling people who need to get their shit together "Hey! Get your shit together!" is such a bad thing. To much damned mollycoddling and not enough ass-kicking says I!!

If I had kids one of there major collections of crap around the house would be Lego blocks, which were my absolute favorite things in the world when I was a kid (not that they'll be allowed to touch mine, which I still have!) This X-mas one of the things that would just have to be added to their (my?) collection would be a complete set of Kubrick toys Resevoir Dogs figures. Just waaay too cool...

Rev. B. 'tis right, the season is creeping up on us like a cheap pair of tighty whities - yet for the first time in a long time my shopping is nearly complete giving me time to sit around and play time-wasting games like Project S.A.N.T.A., dropping presents down chimneys like a man insane!

Then again, I spent all day yesterday putting up X-mas decorations with a friend and I'm going to go help my mother do the same tomorrow morning - which makes me feel like cranking up the Nasty Santa Flash again. There's something about the part where you're chasing Santa down a hallway and you click on him to repeatedly bash him with a billy club that is just nearly erotic at this point!

Finally, some gooood news for all you people out there who love to download mp3's and burn your own CDs! Microsoft has been granted a patent for the digital rights management operating system. That means that Apple, Sun and the Linux flavor of the day cannot make their OS digital media secure and since Gates & Co. will be the only one's who can, we never have to fear it actually working!! Or at least it will be so bug riddled that it can be defeated with impunity...

"We're in the danger zone, just like Kenny Loggins!" Full of cheesy humor and horrid puns, Preschool Protocops does boast some nifty graphics! Luckily I had a movie to watch during the 1.7mb download (Flash.)

I think when I get to work today I'm gonna load this site up and just start goofing around. I wonder if I can get away with it since when they ask me what I'm doing I can honestly answer - NOTHING!!! Actually, there's a whole bunch of cool somethings there to play with and I highly recommend it...

I haven't had time to really explore this site yet but Bootdisk.com is a treasure trove of utility and support software! They have collected links and info for bootdisks and utilities that could be CRUCIAL if you have problems with your system - and the range of OS's and systems represented is impressive. Super sweet!

Of course, there's always the "Do You Take Too Many Online Tests?" test!

I am a Lobster Telephone. For nine potatoes have my multi-throttled keys subdued the nice leaves of strangers. Sprays of wild satin guacamole enters my document. I relish four mushroom deals with metal. Do you bite the wax tadpole? The Utterly Surreal Test

Which Online Personality Test Are You? I'm How British Are You?! (I'm 60% British if you were wondering!) I know the differences between Brits and Americans, and I'm just so glad to tell you all about them. I won't say too much, though, or I'll exceed my daily bandwidth limit. Again. Click here to find out which test you are! There have been a few too many of these things about lately, haven't there?

If I were a work of art, I would be M. C. Escher's Lizards. I am a bizarre juxtaposition of the real and the unreal. Based in the realm of mathematics, my two-dimensional appearance belies a complex and free-willed behaviour which both delights and confuses people. Which work of art would you be? The Art Test

For those of you who've been around personal computers since the ancient days of the early 1980's this Gallery of GUI's is a trip down memory lane. The good old GEM desktop, GS/OS, Commodore's AmigaOS, Geos and many more - including the horrific Windows 1.01. Funny thing is, I really can't think of any REAL improvements that have been made since then - it all just looks prettier, sucks up more memory and needs more processing power than ever...

I had avoided linking the story of Chris Raettig and trials and tribulations with breaking KPMG's asinine "you can't link to us without our permission" policy because it was just a rehash of a similiar battle with them last year. But, now Chris has taken it one step further by walking the streets of London near their offices with the sign on the left, therefor "linking" to them in meatspace!! So if you think KPMG's policy is stupid, let them know even if you live in the United Kingdom, Canada or Germany. Think globally, act locally! (Thanx 2 Cory at BoingBoing)

Take this simple quiz to find out if you can tell the difference between statements made by current Attorney General John Ashcroft and former Senator Joseph "Red Scare" McCarthy. I got 10 out 14 right - not too shabby I'm thinking...

I was never a particularly big fan of "Your Mama" jokes but I have to give props to these idiots just for their site design.

If bin Laden or his operatives were able to reproduce the Segway, it could lead to an escalation of the war no one has imagined.

"Picture Al Qaeda terrorists able to zip around cities on their dastardly errands at 12 miles an hour for only 5 cents a day. What a tremendous costs savings and convenience that would be for them," said Army Gen. Tommy Franks.

Oh the humanity!!

It's no secret that we here at 3bruces hate France (and most things even vaguely associated therewith) and today I found yet another reason to not like anything French! It seems that a French court has ruled that disabled children have the right to sue doctors for NOT aborting them!! Is it just me or does this seem just a bit screwy?

This is one sweet little piece of hardware! It's just a tiny little card that transforms your computer into a low power FM radio transmitter! Coupled with a few drivers and an MP3 player it becomes an automated radio station playing your favorite music. Of course there are all sorts of technical and legal issues that you should read up on first! Unfortunately, a search of available channels shows that the only place I could set one up is at my parent's house or at Matt and Amy's place - neither of which would really cover the area I'm looking for - shucks! Well, at least I found decent topographic maps of the area I hunt deer in and the area where I go bear hunting in the process of looking!

These binary watches are pretty cool but I'm thinking that it was a good idea to make them capable of displaying the time conventionally also!

Add to the "people with too damn much time on their hands" list: the Megapenny Project.

Quoth the server, 404. One of the better "404 Not Found" error pages I've seen in some time!

Here's your chance to be a bad little monkey flinging poo at the zoo! The controls for this game take some getting used to but there's nothing like the sense of accomplishment you'll feel the first time you manage to splatter two frolicking children with only one lump of poo! They must have fed this monkey chili, he's got an ENDLESS supply...

...and for those who don't like a challenge, there's always Sim-Executive!

All you people with too much time on your hands can add Paso Double to your list of annoying puzzle games! All you have to do is move the puppet onto the red "X" - but there's a problem. He always takes two steps forward. It's a nice, smooth 3d maze game that will drive you nuts!

Yet another Viking Name Generator. It asks far fewer questions than the one I posted back in October but I like the names it generates a bit better. While you're there you can get your hillbilly name, exotic dancer name and cereal name too. Bunch of freaks at that site, let me tell ya...

Nifty Flash site that allows you too string together bits and pieces to make a Bruce Lee movie!! It sure as heck beats the tar out of the Bruce Flea site...

If you would describe your family tree as being recursive, you might be a redneck geek.

Looking for some absolutely mindless fun? Try out The Random Game. Looking to exercise your greymatter? Then the Car Game is for you (it has me hooked!)

Check out this nicely done interactive map of Middle Earth over at the Lord of the Rings site! It seems to be a bit shy of extra information past Rivendell which is disappointing - one would think that it would be inclusive of everything from The Fellowship of the Rings novel. I sure hope the movie goes farther than that, I took a day off work to go on opening night!

While I'm at it, here's a great interview with the special effects director which is a must read...

Oh what days are these when the likes of Dear Abby and Ann Landers are joined in the advice business by all manner of fell vermin?! Dark days! Dark days are upon us! Dead parrots, Osama bin Laden and even Satan himself are offering their advice online! Woe unto us! And that damned Jeeves thinks he knows everything2!

Uh, okay. Sorry about that! And anywho, since I mentioned the Ask Satan page I might as well redirect your attention to all the fun stuff over at Blindwino (the link is for low bandwidth, got more speed then click here.) He doesn't update very often but it's worth a look every month or so to read the Drunken Driver (now called Driver Down) page or to find out if Mark has managed to sell his novel Ratcatcher. Hell, I'd buy the book just hoping I enjoyed it half as much as some of the stuff on his site!

I'm going to bed, I'm bored.

Some people just have too much time on their hands and not all of them become webloggers. Some of them develop odd projects like this functional Lego machine gun. Just too damned cool! I think I have all of the neccesary parts in the attic at my parents house too...

Whilst we exhaustively examine each of our lies for any specks of truth, and reject any found to contain even a glimmer of reality, we cannot guarantee that our lies are not, in fact, true.

Take some time and visit the World's Largest Repository of Lies or just take a peak at the Lie of the Day. I for one know that last Thursday's lie ("if you pull a hair out of your nose, your brain stops working for 7 seconds") is absolutely a lie. It's more like 30 seconds!

After the supposed "plan" for Bin Laden's hideout was published last week, the folks over at Something Awful decided to put their own spin on things. The results are hilarious...

As much as I love high tech stuff sometimes some low tech stuff is just too cool to ignore. I vaguely remember hearing about "Hobo Nickles" before and after viewing some of Sam Alfano's work I am in awe of this somewhat obsolete yet compelling art form. For some reason, even though technology could be used to automate this process, the fact that someone still takes the time and effort to learn these skills is a gratifying thought.

Sigh! Here we are into December already and I have yet to see more than a strong flurry of snow - and that when I was bear hunting at a cabin in the mountains over a hundred miles north of here. Well, thanks to the 'net and a classic link that I rediscovered I can pretend that winter is truly here and it's time for snowball fights! Even so, the holidays are rapidly approaching...

For anyone really interested in Segway someone has set up a blog/discussion over at weblogs.com. Frankly, I think it's pretty neat as far as technology implementations go but it's not nearly the earth shaking device that it was built up to be as it is rather impactical under most real-world conditions. As a basis for some really cool toys? Hell yeah!