An assortment of personal ramblings and internet findings, offered freely to a trusting and uncynical publicTumblr (3.0; @bg5000)http://bg5000.com/<p>Cause there certainly should be, especially in the internet age.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/51092173773http://bg5000.com/post/51092173773Wed, 22 May 2013 15:37:22 -0500<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F93061950&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>The latest single from Goodie Mob featuring Janelle Monae from the upcoming album, <em>Age Against the Machine.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Holy shit, this beat is insanity.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/51075226459http://bg5000.com/post/51075226459Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:03 -0500goodie mobage against the machine<a href="http://gamasutra.com/view/news/192709/Opinion_Xbox_One_is_a_desperate_prayer_to_stop_time.php">Opinion: Xbox One is a desperate prayer to stop time</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"><em><span>Its “Snap Mode” promises to let you interact among multiple programs simultaneously without exiting them, like lots of us have been doing on tablet devices and in browsers for the last few years, now. Yeah, we’re accustomed to using multiple social and entertainment applications simultaneously — but it’s funny Microsoft thinks we want to do this on a television screen. There’s Skype, they say. Has anyone ever wanted to use Skype on their TV, instead of at their office workstation, on a tablet passed around a party, on a laptop nestled in bed? Do they want to? During a… video game, during a television program?</span></em><br/><br/><em><span>Let’s say you did want to do all of this: you kind of need a huge TV. You need an Entertainment Altar where instant voice command is a cool-future status item, where everyone is wont to sit As A Family in the thrall of the Entertainment Altar. You need to live in a fantasy of the privileged that is diminishing amid an economic and technological disruption where it’s hard to believe this kind of device is going to be broadly relevant. </span></em></blockquote></p>http://bg5000.com/post/51073295515http://bg5000.com/post/51073295515Wed, 22 May 2013 10:24:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e43ae807f2fd46a14b0fe3afefc782ad/tumblr_mn7dqt5PdV1qat78vo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahachewood.tumblr.com/post/51069556142/achewood-classic-july-19th-2006" target="_blank">fuckyeahachewood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Achewood classic: <a href="http://achewood.com/index.php?date=07192006" target="_blank">July 19th, 2006</a></em></p> </blockquote> <p>Daaamn!! That answer could use some work!</p>http://bg5000.com/post/51069661496http://bg5000.com/post/51069661496Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e904848e2b35c3c4abe7822e72f7624f/tumblr_mn78semwnM1qz6gpyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This may not be your best angle, Jessie.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/51065181292http://bg5000.com/post/51065181292Wed, 22 May 2013 07:17:02 -0500<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/father-excitedly-tells-10yearold-son-about-new-vid,32518/">Father Excitedly Tells 10-Year-Old Son About New Video Game System</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"> <div><em>WEST HAVEN, CT Following Microsofts official unveiling of their latest video game console Tuesday, 41-year-old father of two Richard Shearer excitedly told his son David, 10, about the new features of the Xbox One.</em></div> </blockquote></p>http://bg5000.com/post/51044052198http://bg5000.com/post/51044052198Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f071403cd8448135d3b7e3c11d94805e/tumblr_mn3v4xg8QR1qz6gpyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty much.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50914491330http://bg5000.com/post/50914491330Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a150ad05d17c8d36ee1ee1d1843ce54/tumblr_mn3r3bracr1qzht1wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisistheglamorous.com/post/50909756559" target="_blank">thisistheglamorous</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/20/4347838/seamless-grubhub-merger" target="_blank">GrubHub and Seamless to merge, creating one online delivery system to rule them all.</a></p> <p>Keep your Tumblr/Yahoo news (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJ9Ggs3Dkk" target="_blank"><em><small>slow jerk-off motion</small></em></a>), this is ‘tech’ news that’s <em><strong>really</strong> </em>relevant.</p> </blockquote> <p>WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YUMMY RUMMY?</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50910007087http://bg5000.com/post/50910007087Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7l4hoPJog1rt479bo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7l4hoPJog1rt479bo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7l4hoPJog1rt479bo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://bg5000.com/post/50909714366http://bg5000.com/post/50909714366Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:15 -0500http://bg5000.com/post/50872536214http://bg5000.com/post/50872536214Sun, 19 May 2013 20:50:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/17af9f9f9931c1bb3840f1e225319f67/tumblr_mn26ydFa2Y1qz6gpyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think we can all get behind this. (at Uncommon Ground)</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50839638887http://bg5000.com/post/50839638887Sun, 19 May 2013 13:49:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1215676c16381caee7e014eb5df45952/tumblr_mn0gox2bnx1qz6gpyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This really just makes me want to do it more. (at Gene’s Sausage Shop)</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50754219206http://bg5000.com/post/50754219206Sat, 18 May 2013 15:24:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7fc6ac5c9c15c7192ae9a75b5d42129e/tumblr_mn0fygtS071qz6gpyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Respect the alley.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50753078059http://bg5000.com/post/50753078059Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2c9367de736ab333916eb5eddc4777e/tumblr_mn034m4KOh1qz6gpyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We watched this last night. It is very much a Billy Wilder movie, so dark and cynical. It’s not surprising that pretty much everybody hated it when it came out. It was great.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50733690463http://bg5000.com/post/50733690463Sat, 18 May 2013 10:31:34 -0500<a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/tumblr-still-full-of-porn-self-mutilation-and-eating-508287241">So if Yahoo buys Tumblr, what happens to all the less than marketable content?</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"><em><span>Two years ago, Tumblr’s overabundance of porn was </span><a href="http://gawker.com/5843915/the-porn-and-spam-behind-tumblrs-meteoric-rise?tag=tumblr" target="_blank">well-documented</a><span>. Today, nothing has changed: it’s still a JPEG sex bonanza. Which is A-OK with us—but what would </span><a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/rumor-alert-yahoo-is-buying-tumblr-for-a-billion-507915558" target="_blank">Yahoo</a><span> do about the blowjobs, wrist-slitting, racism, and other advertising-unfriendly stuff?</span></em></blockquote></p>http://bg5000.com/post/50728516952http://bg5000.com/post/50728516952Sat, 18 May 2013 09:08:07 -0500<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_50664830782" src="http://bg5000.com/post/50664830782/audio_player_iframe/bg5000/tumblr_mmyg87U1xp1qz6hjy?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fbg5000%2F50664830782%2Ftumblr_mmyg87U1xp1qz6hjy" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://skeetonmischa.tumblr.com/post/50664695009/oh-boy-by-camron-juelz-santana" target="_blank">skeetonmischa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Oh Boy” by Cam’Ron & Juelz Santana</p> </blockquote>http://bg5000.com/post/50664830782http://bg5000.com/post/50664830782Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:51 -0500<p>It&#8217;s totally possible.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50622461612http://bg5000.com/post/50622461612Thu, 16 May 2013 21:10:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0ea4082c51b069be17670859bddefbe7/tumblr_mmv3sk4WJc1qz8tzlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abbyjean.tumblr.com/post/50587649368/those-results-are-from-the-new-pew-report-each" target="_blank">abbyjean</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Those results are from the new Pew report. Each column is interesting, for instance read down for “Most Compassionate.”  It’s funny how many individuals do the same for themselves, I might add, in what has to be one of the simplest and most common of all intellectual mistakes. (via <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/05/stereotyping-in-europe.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20marginalrevolution/feed%20(Marginal%20Revolution)" target="_blank">Stereotyping in Europe</a>)</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting how Italy and Czech Rep. were the only countries that voted for someone else in the “Least Arrogant” category.</p>http://bg5000.com/post/50588273117http://bg5000.com/post/50588273117Thu, 16 May 2013 12:59:42 -0500<p><span>When they get everybody back healthy next year, they are going to be scary to watch. Can&#8217;t wait.</span></p>http://bg5000.com/post/50544791225http://bg5000.com/post/50544791225Wed, 15 May 2013 20:53:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b8076ef629b147cf4e1a8af003cf3ad/tumblr_mmu5pvwaUR1qc8jh0o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d154860627617fbc970859e8f56d0f3d/tumblr_mmu5pvwaUR1qc8jh0o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30a00390be9e5959256b7f33d50d3906/tumblr_mmu5pvwaUR1qc8jh0o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://bg5000.com/post/50503498563http://bg5000.com/post/50503498563Wed, 15 May 2013 11:43:04 -0500