Received this humorous spoof of the Apple iPod commercials promoted by Feist. Thanks to everyone who linked this.

Oh what a kill joy it is to get home [ready to play a few hours of Call of Duty 4] only to discover that within the mint packaging resides a blank DVD.

Halfway there my buddy opens up this FACTORY SEALED copy and starts laughing followed by a couple choice four lettered words. I look and staring back at us out of the box is a completely virgin (even fingerprintless) disc. U-TURN!

The Consumerist has the scoop concerning blank Call of Duty 4 discs leaving Best Buy. Now I’m not one to immediately point fingers, but Best Buy can’t seem to get a good break these days. Check out what one of the ever so popular Geek Squad employees had to say:

On a side note, the GeekSquad ass who was next to the customer service was a jackass and suggested I was scamming them because this is the second one of these he’s seen in the last week, with the same kind of blank Phillips disc. Best part being where he told me prison is totally worth a $50 game.

What would you have said to a Geek Squad’er if you received a blank game disc and had to put up with a smart ass?

And I thought those watches were bad. Show off your inner geek with this belt buckle calculator so you’ll always be prepared to solve any (mathematical) problem you may encounter. Now only if it could figure out why you aren’t getting laid. Available for $9.99.

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Are you a popular fellow with a loads of friends and a car people gets envious of? Well for only $24.95 you can change all of that and become the town’s joke, the punchline of which is a fantastically unique planter that sticks to your car’s windscreen.

I wonder what would happen if I braked really had with a small cactus just 30cm away from my face. A mobile planter for your car…. seriously, has everything really been invented?

Fly high with this latest fashion element (Get it? Fly high?). This actual refurbished airline set belt buckle has has turned in its wings and is serving just as belt – for your pants. Why anyone would want this $28.95 accessory is beyond me – but you’ll certainly look unique (with a touch of crazy). For those afraid of flying there is a car seat belt option too.

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TechCrunch has been hit with a lawsuit for using an image of Ashton Kutcher. $150, 000 is being demanded of them and if they don’t settle they’re being threatened to be sued for $150, 000, 000 in lost revenue. Yeah. The thing is, TechCrunch is a technology blog and has no real need to post pictures of Ashton or any other celebrities for that matter. The only image they used was one for a tech company that Ashton is part of and the image was supplied by the company. Upon investigation it turns out that someone linked to the image in question in the comments and that is the basis of all this. The image isn’t even being displayed, it’s a link buried in a ton of other comments. The entire thing is incredibly funny and incredibly stupid.

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If you’re geeky enough to be reading this site, you’ve almost certainly seen the famouse Goatse image at some point in your time on the internet. The thing that always takes explaining to non-netizens about the concept of sites like goatse.cx is that it’s not about the image, it’s about the reaction. In this spirit, many people have begun capturing pictures taken of users at the moment of their first Goatse. This is all well and good, but requires standing around with a camera waiting for someone to open a link.

For those of you on a Mac with an iSight– and the devilish desire to subject others to such a horrific image– Jacob Jay has created Hello.app. Upon opening, Hello.app simultaneously displays Goatse and snaps pics of the reaction with your iSight. [via]

Found this little gem regarding a classified US Military document via Daily Kos – U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With ‘Bait’.

A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of “bait,” such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.

Sound off in the comments concerning the idea of scattering explosive materials in hopes of luring positive sniper targets. WTF?

The Verizon test guy has become an almost ubiquitous character in our consumer culture, and this fact is likely due to the almost obsessive branding guidelines for the character laid out by the Verizion advertising team. Unearthed by Consumerist, the style guide includes such particulars as:

• Test Man will come across folks from various ethnicities in order to evoke VZWs sense of and respect for diversity.

• In order to retain the equity we’ve built in the “V” sign, some of the people Test Man comes across will give him the “V” sign. He does not have to give the “V” sign back unless it feels natural to him. However, he must acknowledge them so that he does not appear to be aloof or rude. Remember, Test Man is focused but needs to portray a likeable character.

• He line should always be used in its entirety. No partial line and no use of “Can you hear me now?” without “Good!” to follow.

I wonder if the keep Test Man in a cage when they’re not using him…

I’ve always wondered how companies figure out how much piracy is costing. Now we know, they make it up.

FOR MONTHS, Canadian coppers have been claiming that software piracy costs the country $30 billion.
The figure has been used by countless lobby groups to get the Canadian authorities to bring in some tougher anti-piracy laws.

US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins even quoted the figure in a March 2007 speech critical of Canadian law.

However bogger Michael Geist thought there was something fishy about the figure and asked for the sources behind the Royal Mounted Police’s $30 billion claim.

The letter came back from red-faced coppers confessing that they made up the figure based what they had read on the Internet.

But if it is on the internet, isn’t it true?

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