Friday, October 29, 2010

Baby I'm Amazed

A blind German dog uses his echo to navigate around. Rowan was born without eyes and was visually challenged until the leaves fell of the trees and discovered he could use his bark echo to figure out where he was. Since then, he has used his hearing to follow his owner on walks and at play.



 

Misery Bear - Dawn of Ted



 

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Thoughts

So, I received an email message from Blogger (Google) that I was violating DMCA copyright protection law in my last blog post. I wrote and included links to 109 Cats in Sweaters and an Oatmeal comic. I asked for clarification from Blogger (Google) and received no response.

Here is the email message. I asked for a second opinion and was informed it was probably a scare tactic to promote chilling effects. So I am debating moving my blog to another server and network within my own country.


(Start of Email Message)

Blogger DMCA takedown notification

Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog is alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others. As a result, we have reset the post(s) to "draft" status. (If we did not do so, we would be subject to a claim of copyright infringement, regardless of its merits. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.) This means your post - and any images, links or other content - is not gone. You may edit the post to remove the offending content and republish, at which point the post in question will be visible to your readers again.

A bit of background: the DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. If you believe you have the rights to post the content at issue here, you can file a counter-claim. For more information on our DMCA policy, including how to file a counter-claim, please see http://www.google.com/dmca.html.

The notice that we received, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org/. We do this in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). You can search for the DMCA notice associated with the removal of your content by going to the Chilling Effects search page at http://www.chillingeffects.org/search.cgi, and entering in the URL of the blog post that was removed. If it is brought to our attention that you have republished the post without removing the content/link in question, then we will delete your post and count it as a violation on your account. Repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account including deleting your blog and/or terminating your account. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.

Sincerely,

The Blogger Team

(End of Email Message)

 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I saw the Female Character Stereotype Chart the other day while waiting for my turn to sing karaoke on the Wii. One of the best charts I have seen in awhile.



Banksy created a Simpsons intro that aired last Sunday. It was very controversial, mainly because Simpsons animation cells are now being outsourced in Korean. The intro nearly missed being produced, but the animators threatened to walk out. I do not know which freaked me out more: the Panda or the Dolphin.



 

Friday, October 08, 2010

Sunday, October 03, 2010

OK Go

OK Go's new music video for White Knuckles is filmed with rescue dogs. Man, these guys rock.



 

Apparently, the secret to happiness includes the following list:

Hours of uninterrupted sleep: 6hr 15min
Commute to work: 20min
Home-cooked meals: 5
Exercise a week: 2hr 45min
Time spent outdoors: 2hr 49min
Play with children each day: 2hr
Time with partner: 3hr 58min
Watching TV: 2hr
Nights out a week: 1
Alcoholic drinks a week: 4
Takeaways a week: 1
Weekend breaks a year: 3
Holidays abroad: 2
Hours at work a day: 7hr
15min Meals out a month: 3
Shopping trips a month: 4
Get home from work: 5.42pm