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Racquetball Strategy Videos – Shawn Royster

Matt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:11:45 +0000

I’ve played racquetball off and on for a few years now without the benefit of instruction, skill, or real athletic ability. But, I play for fun with a couple of guys from work and in a desperate effort to gain an upper hand, I have turned to my old pal the internet for a few tips. It was there that I found Shawn Royster’s videos at ExpertVillage.

This racquetball pro has approximately 30 short videos explaining strategy, body positioning, returns, training, etc that have surprisingly revealed everything that I do wrong while playing. I have a feeling I’ll be revisiting these videos time and time again as I strive to wtfpwn my friends.

Here’s his video titled: Racquetball Strategy: After Serve Positioning

Passive Aggressive Notes

Matt — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:23:28 +0000

So, I just stumbled onto Passive Aggressive Notes and have found myself reading post after post. The site has been around a long time but in my endless interweb meandering, I’ve failed to stumble onto it before.

For those of you that – like me – are unenlightened, here’s the site’s tagline: “Painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces the world over.”

And here’s a few samples of awesomeness:

Fox: Hidden Problems In The McCain/Palin Campaign

Matt — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:23:17 +0000

All I can say is: Thank GOD.

Chickipedia: Babe Encyclopedia

Matt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:12 +0000

Chickipedia. A wiki of attractive women. Awesome? I think so…my wife doesn’t.

Yeah, yeah. So it feels a bit weird posting something like this on BorkWeb, but its one of those sites that you wish you had thought about it first. The site is a good idea. A lot of people would happily waste their time perusing Chickipedia. The layout is very well done, there are all kinds of blocks of content making women very findable, and…lets face it…the content itself is quality.

Chickipedia is not a porn site. Instead, the site is your one-stop-shop to see ’s birthdate, nicknames, height, hobbies, measurements, ethnicity, appearances, photos, videos, etc. Much of the data – including the measurements (see below) – can be clicked on to find women who match that specific attribute.

As an additional cool factor, you can embed women in your own content as I have done with Elisha Cuthbert (below). Pretty nifty. Heck, the whole site is. Thank you Chickipedia. My wife may think you are stupid, but on behalf of males everywhere…we salute you.

Elisha Cuthbert – see more hot women

Gov. Palin and Senator Clinton Address the Nation

Matt — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:12:53 +0000

This was hilarious. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did a bang up job of portraying Palin and Clinton. Although this is satire, this video exemplifies everything that is horrid about John McCain’s “pick” for his Vice Presidential candidate.

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog: Act 1 Posted!

Matt — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:16:50 +0000

Joss Whedon‘s much anticipated Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog has released Act 1 today! The singing, the dialog, and the plot are all awesome. Felicia Day, Neal Patrick Harris, and Nathan Fillion did an awesome job. I can’t wait until Act 2 on Thursday!

Check out Act 1 at the Official Dr. Horrible site!

Quest Software: Active Directory Recovery Video

Matt — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:04:37 +0000

While frittering our lives away on the internet, my friend Dan and I stumbled upon an ad by Quest Software that featured 3 dudes in funny outfits. We had to click…and this is what we found:

Dan tried to escape this Active Directory Recovery ad a few times but I made him stay…The masked guy at the end doing the robot made it all worth it.

Funny stuff :) Kudos to Quest Software!

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Matt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:20 +0000

It appears that Joss Whedon – writer god that blessed us with Serenity – decided to write a sweet new masterpiece called “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” during the writers strike! Felicia Day is saying that it is an internet Musical. Yup. Internet. Musical. w00t!

Joss writes:

It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to. And I’m having the time of my life.

The super villian – Doctor Horrible – will be played by Neil Patrick Harris. The hero – Captain Hammer – by Nathan Fillion, and the cute girl – Penny – will be played by one of my favorite YouTube stars: Felicia Day of The Guild!

Sadly there isn’t a ton out there regarding this epic musical, but I’ll be waiting and watching. Joss Whedon. Nathan Fillion. Felicia Day. Neil Patrick Harris. Awesome.

High Resolution YouTube Videos

Matt — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:17:10 +0000

As reported by Slashdot, YouTube is rolling out high resolution video! Despite the fact that this feature isn’t fully implemented, for those of you that can’t wait – like myself – you can view the high-res versions simply by changing the URL like so:

Change This:

Into:

Yup! Just tack on &fmt=6 to the end of the YouTube video URLs and enjoy the high-res goodness.

Cybernet News additionally states:

If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode by clicking the button in the bottom-right corner of the player.

Note: Alternatively you can add &fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here’s a Greasemonkey script that will automatically add &fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL.

Note: YouTube has millions of videos and this feature isn’t officially released…so it will take some time for the high-res feature to become available on many videos. But…the URL tweak is worth it if it means there is a chance the video is higher quality.

Star Wars: Blowed Stuff Upped

Matt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:33:33 +0000

This little girl is awesome. She pretty much summed up Episode IV!