Chance Bliss

Forget CNN, MSNBC or Fox. This news site will destroy them all.

Bacon Today (or BT for short)

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My Screen Before – Riddled with Ads

My Screen After – Actual photo. Absolutely no image editing!

Web sites tested:

• Yahoo
• MSN
• MSNBC
• AOL

OS Compatibility:

• Apple OS
• Microsoft Windows
• Linux
• Amiga
• Commodore 64 (Warning! Not Fully Tested)

Browser Compatibility:

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari
• Chrome
• Netscape Navigator
• Mosaic

Awards

• Winner of the 1st Annual 2009 “I could have thought of that!” Awards
• More to come…

I kept thinking about what happened when Barack Obama shook Dick Cheney’s hand during the inauguration. The common movie scene that sticks in my head is when the hero shakes the hand of some truly evil person or  a disguised Satan .  The hero freezes and the camera does a closeup on the eyes. Horrific images of destruction and mayhem flash by on the screen. The person’s true character is then revealed with a bunch of choir boys singing “AH! AH! AH! AH!” as the background music.

This is the image I think Obama saw…Lord Humongous, the warrior of the wasteland.

Someone ask me the other day what my Zodiac sign was and I reluctantly said “Aquarius”. Why did I hesitate? Because Aquarius is the weakest of the symbols. Other people get cool stuff like bulls, lions and scorpions. What do I get? Essentially, a water boy and a really bad show tune “Dawn of the Age of Aquarius”.

So as my birthday approaches, I decided to change the entire Zodiac wheel and replace “the water bearer” for Destro from GI Joe. No more fetching water for the other signs! Now I wear a mask forged from Beryllium Steel and create conflict in order to sell weapons.

Destro Stats (January 20 – February 18)

Strengths:

• Strong sense of honor
• Calm demeanor
• A head for business

Weakness:

• The Baroness
• Rust
• Inability to shoot and actually hit a member of GI Joe

You are compatible with:

• COVERGIRL (Hot!)
• LADYJANE (Hotter!!)

You are incompatible with:

• FLINT (Such an ass kisser)
• SERPENTOR (Wannabe Cobra Commander)
• BARONESS (It’s a love hate thing)
• DEEP SIX (Dude lives in a bubble)

New Zodiac Chart

• GI JOE (Aries: March 21 – April 19)
• COBRA COMMANDER (Taurus: April 20 – May 20)
• COVERGIRL (Gemini: May 21 – June 20)
• SERPENTOR (Cancer: June 21 – July 22)
• ZARTAN (Leo: July 23 – August 22)
• BARONESS (Virgo: August 23 – September 22)
• LADY JANE (Libra: September 23 – October 22)
• PYTHONA (Scorpio: October 23 – November 21)
• SNOW JOB (Sagittarius: November 22 – December 21)
• FLINT (Capricorn: December 22 – January 19)
• DESTRO (Aquarius: January 20 – February 18)
• DEEP SIX (Pisces: February 19 – March 20)

This article really shows how video games have impacted us. Instead for using our experience, skills and knowledge to solve stuff like cancer or global warming, we use it to anaylze the evolution of gravity within the Super Mario.

Actually, this is a pretty interesting way to teach physics. I wish I have a teach like this one. Their next project should be The Evolution of Blood Splattering Effects in Grand Theft Auto.

This started on Yahoo a few months ago, but my frustration has finally boiled over to a point where I have to say something. The “Read Full Article” button on the majority of Yahoo’s new articles is quite possibly one of the dumbest features implemented by Yahoo. Instead of just scrolling down through the article, now you have to stop half way through to click “Read Full Article” to uncover the rest. This is especially annoying on an iPhone. Trying to click that little button is a hit or miss.

I’m assuming Yahoo did this to reveal the content at the bottom of the page. However, the stuff at the bottom is completely useless. It’s a mess of related search terms, user recommends, other related articles, RSS feeds, videos and of course, ads. In some cases the bottom area has more text than the actual news article itself.

This might prove to be the final nail in the coffin for Yahoo and me. Nice knowing you Yahoo. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

As someone said in my office “This is like if KISS took over the world.”