September 2009
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Why I love the Internet: Reason 517
Ever seen European Truck Racing? It’s more amazing than you can possibly imagine. Youtube has a bountiful collection of clips for your enjoyment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38uuHgVD3f0
Start there, and simply enjoy the spoils that the internet can supply. Truck racing and British commentary. It simply does not get any better than that.
Remember you’re almost half way...
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Daily Sizzle: Gov't makes hipsters cry. RP sheds a...
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
LA Times Article on new tobacco prevention act
Smoking is a terrible terrible problem and I’m glad its banned from most if not all public places in many parts of the United States. It gives you cancer, destroys your teeth, and makes you smell bad. They’re also just plain fucking gross....
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With your Thursday Cup...
Interesting Read!
The future is now! Airships GO!
Interesting Watch!
Will Ferrell and friends discuss the other side of the healthcare debate.
Interesting Listen!
RP podcast favorite Jordan, Jesse Go! appear on the PCMag After Hours podcast to discuss the present and the future of media. Very good listen.
Have a great day!
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With Your Wednesday Cup....
Interesting Read!
Listen… yesterdays Morning Cup had a lot of sweet intellectual aroma and a nice thick body. Let’s kick hump day off with some high caff action. Anatomy of a Nascar Mega Crash. Thank you internet. I salute you.
Interesting Listen!
FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL. Let’s keep the crazy train going! Bill Simmons BS Report combines great NFL talk and some pretty...
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Smartphones Part 2: What does your phone say about...
As I’d discussed in yesterday’s post, I’d joked with my main man RoninPowride that I was going to limit my friends to folks with smartphones. While not honestly a serious consideration, I did decide to explore the topic further: what was the appeal?
Obviously this whole smartphone era was born out of very specific business needs; business folks on the go needed a way to receive...
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With your Tuesday Morning Cup....
Interesting Read!
Netflix had a really interesting competition to improve its recommendation system. There was 1 million dollars on the line, and it involved people who are way smarter than I am. The New York Times did a really great column about it.
Interesting Listen!
NPR’s This American Life takes a look back at a story they did in 2000 about the true story behind the book The...
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Smartphones = Smart Friends? Part 1.
In conversation the other day, I suggested to my colleague RoninPowride that I decided I was only going to be friends with people who had smartphones. Blackberry? You’re in. RAZR? See ya. Treo? Lets kick it. But seriously, update your phone. While I’m obviously not serious, it lead me to think about what got me to this thought in the first place.
I’d be hard pressed to...
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Daily Sizzle: Jon Cryer made my head explode.
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
Things I would watch instead of Two and Half Men:
A cat lick itself
Fox News
Parks and Recreation
a slaughterhouse security camera in the “dismemberment room”
a loop of a turntable needle scratching a blackboard with the tv at a very high volume.
Public Television
The infomercial...
August 2009
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Business Friday: Leaving your job in a Recession
In our Business Friday feature we focus on coping as a 20-something in the business world. In today’s post, we discuss how to leave the best impression when you move on and quit your job.
Give a two week notice
RP: I’ve always found a flaming bag of crap to be a great way to let an employer know that they will no longer be utilizing your services. Ofcourse, you want to make sure not to...
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Daily Sizzle: Hi, I'm an ugly fucking car.
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/mini-anniversary/
http://jalopnik.com/5345852/mini-coupe-concept-back-to-basics/gallery/?skyline=true&s=x
RP: Americans know ugly cars. We have the PT Cruiser, the FJ Cruiser (which is only available from Toyota IN AMERICA), Pontiac Aztek… the list...
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Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
Editorial Note: If you have not seen this movie yet, get out of your fucking high backed red velvet chair and go. Don’t read this review until you have. Not because of any spoilers, (for which we may include many) but because this movie is THAT fucking good. SO good in fact that one Mash The Keys was quoted as saying; “I think I’m going to see that movie AGAIN in theaters, it...
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Concert Review: The Decemberists
RP and MtK made their way to a Decemberists show in Western Massachusetts over the weekend. This is our attempt to compare notes and give our perspective on the show.
The Basics: Venue: Mountain Park, South Hadley, MA Band(s): The Decemberists, Heartless Bastards (opener) Date: Aug 16, 2009 Attendance: A bunch.
The Venue MtK: The venue was marketed as “incomplete.” Some...
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Crap on the walls? You bet!
For reasons beyond our control, RP and I haven’t been to Chili’s for 2 consecutive weeks. For those of you who don’t know, FajitaMonday got its name from our weekly beef-consuming shenanigans.
At this point I’m sure the wait staff is missing us, celebrating, or wondering what we’re doing. Perhaps they felt we were doing intensive market research to open our own...
July 2009
7 posts
Business Friday: LOL grows up
In our Business Friday feature we focus on coping as a 20-something in the business world. In today’s post, we bring you some of the finer points of internet and text acronyms for a more mature crowd.
“OMG just saw squirrel hit by truck, LOL. BRB, beer.” If you were like us, phrases like this often filled your RAZR screens as your thumbs danced across the number pad. While...
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TRON LEGACY: BONERS ENGAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6jfm0hq0bk
[full disclosure: Ronin Powride has never actually seen the original Tron movie]
The Film Historian’s Take:
While browsing the world wide web the other day I came across this curious trailer from the Comic Book Convention 2009 in San Diego. Comicon as it is sometimes referred to, brings together a collection of dreamers! People who see like to...
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Today (or Tomorrow) in Tech: An Apple Tablet?
There are rumors on almost an annual basis that Apple will release a tablet computer one day. Of course, here we sit, tabletless, and observing that the Tablet PC “craze” never really took off. However, the Apple Tablet, if it even exists, or will exist, could be a game changer.
MtK: I would expect, if Apple releases a tablet, that it’ll actually be a very media centric...
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Business Friday: Terminology of the Workplace I
When we’re not slaving away at posts here on FajitaMonday, Ronin and myself are actually young professionals in our respective fields. As with our post a little while back about Successful Conference Tips, we thought it would be best to continue sharing some of our wisdom to help other twenty-somethings make it in the work place. As such, we’re creating a new feature here at FM...
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Today in Tech: Delta Touch2O Tech
Delta tells me: “This is the moment your forearm has been waiting for”. Thank god.
Delta’s (no, not the airline) new Touch2O technology combines everything you love about a touch lamp with your home water faucet. With the touch of any exposed bit of skin (the website specifically mentions wrist, forearm, or elbows, though I’m certain feet, forehead and your...
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10 Successful Tips for Conference-goers
First off, I apologize for the lack of updates recently—both Ronin and myself took some time away from the blog, but I think we’ve regrouped and we’re ready to hit with some excellentmediocre content!
To start off the week, we’ll take a more business-y focus. Both Ronin and I have attended conferences related to our various professions, and we’d like to share some...
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Today in Tech: E-P1 Point and Shoot Digital SLRish
Amatuer photographers and prosumers unite! This week on Today in Tech, we have the Olumpus E-P1. It’s a sharp looking, retro styled “Four Thirds” sensor point and shoot camera. Those hefty DSLR’s you see people lugging around are so large because they have much larger sensor’s inside that process the images when they’re taken. The E-P1 basically shoves that...
June 2009
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Why I Love the Internet #2
Love them or hate them, it’s impossible to deny the popularity and pervasiveness of LOLcats over the last 2 years. While felines with poor grammar might not be everyone’s bag, icanhascheezburger.com was a great start for themed-humorous-image-aggregators. Their subsequent other sites, such as FailBlog and EngrishFunny have moved beyond the “Here is some funny text on a mundane...
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Palm Pre! The 2-Week Review
Ed Note: This was originally supposed to be a 1 week review, but I got farther in over my head with this than expected. I hope to add some future updates as the Pre progresses. —MtK
The waiting
For those of us who follow us on Twitter, you probably know that RP and myself “camped out” for the Palm Pre on June 6. Well, I was getting a Palm Pre, and RP was there for the...
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Media Worth Mentioning IX: E3 EDITION
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete bias of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
We have a special edition Media...
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Daily Sizzle: Cell Phone Elbow is the new Cell...
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
If you talk on a cell phone, you’re probably going to die.
” If your pinkie and ring fingers tingle or feel numb, you might not want to pick up that cell phone to call the doctor.”
CNN’s crack investigation squad is reporting that our elbows are not made to be bent at a...
Why I Love the Internet #1
MtK here. I’m introducing a new feature at FM where we quickly summarize one thing that, thanks to the internet, makes our life awesome. Or more enjoyable. Or something
WILTI #1 - 6/2/09:
Ronin and I were discussing award shows, and him and I both have an equal hatred for most things, especially those aired by MTV.
Back in the day it used to happen that if something happened that...
May 2009
5 posts
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Daily Sizzle: When Skateboarding isan't...
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawks-ride-120-at-gamestop-october-13th/
Remember a simpler time? When young children would wake up one morning and think; “I want to destroy my body on some sort of four wheeled death trap while trying to jump mere inches off the ground for hours and...
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Two Takes, One Film: Star Trek
RP: I have never been a big fan of Star Trek. My general assumption was that all their movies were about whales. My father was a big fan of the series when I was growing up which automatically made it lame and uncool for me to have any interest in it. I’ve looked at it as a series consistently characterized by in-jokes and a deep sci-fi cannon. I think this is what makes a Star Trek...
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Daily Sizzle: Spend 30 dollars or try... PARENTING
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
http://gizmodo.com/5261192/the-gamedr-doesnt-have-a-phd-but-will-drive-your-kids-nuts
50 years ago, people didn’t have any trouble controlling their kids, they just beat them. I saw the Jackson 5 made for tv movie. I know the facts. Today, everyone is concerned with being the perfect...
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Today in Tech: Amazon Kindle DX
Ever since “going green” met the recession the idea of early adoption has kind of been thrown on its head. Everyone has this urgency to clean up their emissions but they want don’t want to pay the price for emerging technology. With much more frivoulous technological advances like Blu-ray or LCD TV’s, it was never really an issue. There wasn’t a national call to upgrade to skinnier televisions....
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JumpSnap....seriously?
Today we bring you a SPECIAL EDITION of the Daily Sizzle, or not-so-daily feature where we tear things apart. In today’s special edition, RP and I (MtK) will be having a discussion about the JumpSnap. If you aren’t already familiar with this product, please stop reading here and go to the site. Seriously.
MtK: My morning started with RP asking me if I had seen the JumpSnap, which...
April 2009
7 posts
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Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
So, during yesterday’s Media Worth Mentioning we discussed Pride and Prejudice, Blue Ray edition. Yawn.
What I do want to point out, however, is the availability of the new book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Yes!
I’ll let ThinkGeek’s description do the talking: The classic regency romance - now with ultra-violent zombie mayhem!
As our story opens, a mysterious plague...
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Media Worth Mentioning VIII
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete bias of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
Nintendo Dsi Lite:
RP:...
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Movie Review: Crank High Voltage aka A Huge...
Everyone has that list of movies that they will always say; “well that movie is just so bad that it’s funny.” Hard Target, Over the Top, and Bloodsport are just a few of my favorite action flicks under that category. There is a certain combination of events; a shitty day at work, girlfriend getting into petty arguements, speeding tickets, global warming, that just puts you in...
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Fast & Furious: An ode to a great quadrilogy
We all remember back in 2001, when Brian O’Conner first (Paul) Walk[er]ed into our lives. He was young, he was daring, he had a poor understanding of street-race shifting, he was just an undercover cop with a job to do… and a love for rice rockets. Who knew when the franchise first began that it would blossom into such a furious flower?
In the previous installment of The Fast and the...
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Media Worth Mentioning VII
Media Worth Mentioning!
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete biast of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
...
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Daily Sizzle: Best Buy and Money
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
So, today I was checking the Best Buy website to see how much they would be selling the new Tragically Hip album, We Are the Same for and confirming that it’s US release date is the same as it’s Canadian (Apr. 7).
All the usual information for a CD was there—SKU, Price, Release...
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Media Worth Mentioning VI
Media Worth Mentioning!
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete biast of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
...
March 2009
15 posts
Daily Sizzle: Sham-Whacked a Hooker.
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
“Soak’s up 50 times its weight in hooker blood” -Courtesy of MtK Courtesy of The Smoking Gun
Hey everyone! How was your weekend? Good? How good? See a Movie? Go on a Date? Did you beat up a 1000 dollar hooker who wouldnt stop biting your tongue in your 750 dollar a night hotel...
A Quick Weekend Update (No SNL Cast Members)
Firstly,
Everyone should go watch the most hyped children’s movie trailer hyped by adults ever released; Where The Wild Things Are I can’t speak for MtK, nor can I ask him because its very early in the morning but I think this is going to be an excellent film.
Secondly,
Sorry for the lack of MWM this week. It’ll be up Monday morning, promise. Why wouldn’t you...
Daily Sizzle: David Attenwho? Planet Aliens?
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
Planet Earth: The British documentary that made everyone feel better about global warming. It showed how much great stuff hasn’t quite gone exstinct yet! And how we still have all an array of different habitats that have not yet been cut down by loggers and turned into Wal-Marts. (Little...
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Media Worth Mentioning V: Mar 13th - Mar 19th
Media Worth Mentioning!
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete biast of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video...
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We're #1 (or 3...or 6)
Just wanted to give everyone a few heads ups about the site.
WE’RE NOW THE NUMBER 1 SITE ON GOOGLE**
**when you type in fajitamonday. As one word. And, it doesn’t bring the website up first, but the Twitter account. The website is #3! However…the big note of progress is that when you type fajita monday, no quotes, just the two words…we’re now the #6 result...
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At First Listen: The Decemberists - The Hazards of...
At First Listen, Which I just invented is where the members of the Fajita Monday Constigency talk about newly released albums after only one listen.
I had been anxiously anticipating the new Decemberists release for quite some time. They’ve always been one of my favorite bands and when I heard they were coming out with a rock opera I was…nervous to say the least. I felt like The...
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A Side of Guacamole: Daily Sizzle Response
As you know, the Daily Sizzle is a feature here on FM where one of us (usually RP) will post and rant about something that has set us off for the day. A Side of Guacamole (are you sensing a theme here?) is a chance for one of us to post a response to the Daily Sizzle. As a response, it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a counter-point, but just relevant information to the conversation. ...
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Daily Sizzle: Toys will never be the same.
The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
After last nights first FM Podcast recording EVER, (Which is currently being edited, (we got the guy who edited drumline, he was out of work… like everyone else who had anything to do with that film) MtK and I walked over to our local big box toy store. (Because we are creepy, creepy...
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Media Worth Mentioning IV: Mar 6th - Mar 12th
Media Worth Mentioning!
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete biast of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
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Daily Sizzle: Top 5 reasons to see Explosions in...
The newest and first feature of Fajitamonday is the Daily Sizzle. (Do NOT count on seeing one everyday) The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
Sorry for the lack of updates this week. My dog died, then I fell into a well full of snakes and spent two days fighting my way out with the sharpened crutch of the 6 year old that fell down the...
Media Worth Mentioning III: Feb 27 - Mar 5th
Media Worth Mentioning!
Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete biast of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.
Video Games
Halo...
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An analysis of Spam Message titles
In a one-time feature, I’m going to highlight some of the 888 spam messages I had jingling around in my gmail spam bucket today. We’ll take a good look at what they are and could possibly mean.
From: Dish Network Special Pro.:Fire Your Cable Company for 10 Bucks a month
I can fire an ENTIRE COMPANY? Really? Now, I don’t even currently pay for cable, so I don’t...
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Daily Sizzle: Important enough for my local...
The newest and first feature of Fajitamonday is the Daily Sizzle. (Do NOT count on seeing one everyday) The Daily Sizzle is where us here at FM, rant, rave, hate, and date pretty much anything we want.
this is happening in your neighborhood.
What is this world coming to? The economy is in a nose-dive, the jonas brothers are considered a popular form of entertainment, Wife-Swap is making the...