http://japadamus.com Thu, 08 May 2008 05:18:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sure, the last one was awful...but that almost guarantees a BOC in this Woot! Off. Check it out. http://japadamus.com/2008/05/08/its-a-woot-off/ Back in 2006, the MPAA filed a lawsuit against TorrentSpy, then the largest bittorrent site around.  Today TorrentSpy lost the case and has been ordered to pay a $110 million fine.  So, the MPAA has won...yet again. Or has it? If this decision came two years ago it may have ... http://japadamus.com/2008/05/08/torrentspy-loses-must-pay-110-million/ The song has been stuck in my head for days.     http://japadamus.com/2008/05/07/artie-loves-pancakes/ For yet another year Mexicans are crowding the street in flag-covered cars to celebrate your birthday. http://japadamus.com/2008/05/06/happy-b-day-tjfkak/ Talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! broke down this weekend, and it looks like Microsoft is giving up its bid for Yahoo!. Microsoft originally offered $29.40 per Yahoo! share, bumping Yahoo! stock up nearly 50%.  This weekend Microsoft raised its offer to $33 per share, or about $47.5 billion. But Yahoo! ... http://japadamus.com/2008/05/04/how-much-is-yahoo-worth/ I watched 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' about a month ago.  I was pretty interested in the film actually, but it turned out being nothing more than a two hour bitch-fest from a bunch of ignorant, self righteous hippies.  I hate how left wing propaganda is now sold ... http://japadamus.com/2008/05/04/no-one-killed-the-electric-car-it-just-had-to-stop-being-so-gay/ You remember Cedric Benson, right?  I drafted him last year and he did absolutely nothing.  I think he scored a couple TDs but between him and Rex Grossman the Chicago Bears' offence was absolutely pathetic.  Benson ended the year injured - and has been by all accounts a huge bust ... http://japadamus.com/2008/05/04/cedric-benson-arrested/ There was a native uprising in Hawaii today, when 70 members of the "Hawaiian Kingdom Government" blockaded themselves on the Iolani Palace grounds. Why? Apparently the HKG was upset about the whole US taking over Hawaii thing, and they thought that occupying Iolani Palace would get the US to ... http://japadamus.com/2008/05/01/hawaiian-style/ Remember on September 11th, when you woke up and all hell had broken loose? Well, this is the opposite of that. I woke up this morning, put up Drudge, and what do I see?  Miley Cyrus posing nude for Vanity Fair?!  Sweet. I mean, from an artistic standpoint, of ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/29/god-bless-miley/ Remember last year when Colt Brennan was deciding whether to return for his senior year at UH?  He was expected to be drafted in the first round and would surely command a multi-million dollar contract. But he stayed. Probably not a great move in retrospect.  ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/27/186/ There has been much speculation that Apple is gonna roll out a 3G iPhone sometime this year...say around July. Engadget is reporting that the next iPhone will have a black back, and will have GPS and a normal-sized headphone jack in addition to 3G data. Guesses are the ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/26/iphone-v2/ The second round of the NHL playoffs started today.  You have both 1st and 2nd seeds in there, although both third and fourth seeds have fallen. The series of the 2nd round will be the Red Wings vs Avalanche.  I mean, this is a classic NHL matchup.  And you ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/25/2nd-round/ So, Hillary won Pennsylvania by 10%, right.  But the NY Times says she only picked up 1 delegate.  Who knows how that works. Ok, so Obama leads Hillary by 148 delegates, right?  Not so fast.  Hillary is saying she's ahead.  Sure, she'll need to count two states that were not ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/25/this-election-is-confusing-frustrating/ This morning Artie returned to the Stern show.  I haven't heard the show yet, but according to Marksfriggin.com Artie apologized, talked a bit about his amsterdam trip, and even appeared with Teddy on air. This made my day....and it's only 8am here on the west coast. Oh yeah, ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/21/artie-is-back/ Its 6 hours and counting until the Howard Stern show comes back from vacation.  As you may recall from Japa's previous posting Artie Lange decided to unceremoniously quit from the show amidst a fight with his assistant Teddy.  I've been a Stern fan for a number of years and ... http://japadamus.com/2008/04/21/is-artie-back/