Andy Langager's Waste of Bandwidth http://www.andylangager.net/ Now in braille! en Copyright 2009 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:48:41 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lo and behold The Internet is 40 years old. Sort of. Here's an interview on CNN with someone who was there.

The first letters typed were "l" and "o" for "logon" but it crashed before the "g." I think he was going to type "lol."

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/lo_and_behold.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/lo_and_behold.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:48:41 -0600 MLB: Who needs credibility? A little league ump would have got this right. Not that it matters at all, but go ahead and watch the worst call of all time in the game last night.

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/mlb_who_needs_credibility.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/mlb_who_needs_credibility.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:20:48 -0600 Balloon Boy Roundup This story has struck a chord on the Internets.

I WANT TO BELIEVE poster

GO FALCON, GO! t-shirt

Fresh Prince of Hot Air lyrics

Internet pranksters order pizza for the family

Boy eats pizza

Boy throws up pizza live on the Today Show

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/balloon_boy_roundup.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/10/balloon_boy_roundup.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:22:52 -0600 Conan talks about his spill He wasn't all there after he hit his head.. but he knew the year wasn't 2011. (the embedded video doesn't work in Firefox, but maybe it's just me)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/conan_talks_about_his_spill.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/conan_talks_about_his_spill.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:08:50 -0600 "How the party flows is totally up to you" "In a lot of ways, you're just throwing a party with Windows 7 as an honored guest."

I love that they tell you how parties should go. For the first half hour or so, people arrive, get drinks and mingle.

How many things are wrong with this video? I'll let you make your own list.



A couple other observations... all the party videos are really hard to browse because they are in different languages and it's not always clear by the video title. Also, why not identify it as made by Microsoft?

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/how_the_party_flows_is_totally.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/how_the_party_flows_is_totally.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:03:43 -0600 Get a LIFE Google has started digitizing entire issues of LIFE magazine. Also, they've tagged locations mentioned in the issues. Click on the pin on the map and it will give you a link to the article. (via)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/get_a_life.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/get_a_life.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:52:31 -0600 These are great.. trailers These are great.. trailers for the "original" versions of old movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Forrest Gump, Ghostbusters. (via)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/_these_are_great_trailers.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/_these_are_great_trailers.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:15:16 -0600 Not bad

(via kottke)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/not_bad.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/not_bad.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:48:02 -0600 Game on On choosing tennis balls, NY Times.. (if it asks for registration, try here) (via)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/game_on.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/game_on.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:34:33 -0600 Amazon ant boat This is amazing. (via kottke)


]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/amazon_ant_boat.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/09/amazon_ant_boat.html Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:01:07 -0600 Johnny and the Moondogs I want to talk about The Beatles. This gets a little long, so I hope you have a couple minutes (Cody, I know you do!).

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/johnny_and_the_moondogs.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/johnny_and_the_moondogs.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:09:09 -0600 Out out out Unassisted triple play today to end the Phillies/Mets game. 15th in MLB history.

Edit: another good play from yesterday.

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/out_out_out.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/out_out_out.html Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:25:22 -0600 Ricky Jay New Yorker Profile from 1993.


]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/ricky_jay.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/ricky_jay.html Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:54:56 -0600 Wish I could do this This is probably a viral video for Ford or BMW or something.

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/wish_i_could_do_this.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/wish_i_could_do_this.html Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:21:54 -0600 This morning I was This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (more)

]]> http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/_this_morning_i_was.html http://www.andylangager.net/2009/08/_this_morning_i_was.html Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:53:12 -0600