(Weird) Odd Connection between JD Salinger and Ghost in the Shell

Sometimes, weird connections emerge. Especially when it occurs between two cultural things I find interesting. But I am not that surprised, today is full of interesting cross over. Tonight's connections is between JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (which is one of my favorite book) and Mamoru Oshii's anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (a cyberpunk techno-centered universe full of skyscrapers which is also happen to like). I found it on salinger.org:

JD Salinger's works, especially The Catcher in the Rye and Laughing Man, are at the center of an anime series called Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

The anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, by Production IG, draws heavily on JD Salinger in many places. Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye are scattered throughout the series, and there is also a strong theme of fighting hypocrisy. In addition, the most significant story arc of the anime is that of the "Laughing Man" case, which the characters within the series realize has a connection to JD Salinger's short story of the same title. Since it is anime, there is little if any English to be enjoyed - much less any discussion of Western thought - but it may be worth watching for a hardcore Salinger fan.

[Weird] Old Branding

I am very keen on old brand names. First you have family names like Schneider, Peugeot, Ford, MacDonald. Second, you have general something: General Electric, Société Générale, Alimentation Générale, General Motors. And then you have acronyms like FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino), FNAC (Fédération Nationale d'Achat des Cadres), IBM (International Business Machines).

[Weird] More about Massively multiplayer thumbwrestling

Last week, boingboing mentionned this nice new Massive Multiplayer game: Massively multiplayer thumbwrestling. Check the rules.

The website proposes a discussion board with impressive topic:

- Why not try and organise a massively multiplayer thumb war flash mob? - injuries - other possible networked structures - a Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling Pressure Group here in my hometown in Hungary

[Weird] How to annoy animal lovers

If you needs tips about this crux issue "how to annoy animal lovers", go check: badmovies.org. They do provide us with nice ideas!

- Electrify all fire hydrants within a 5 mile radius of your home. - Dig a moderately deep hole in victim's back yard. Place in the bottom a half uncovered plastic replica of a human skull. Leave quickly. - Feed the pooch a blueberry slushi. A half cup should be enough. - Purchase 3 or 4 of those real-fur mice toys and plant in target's home. Saturate fur with industrial adhesive of choice. - Purchase a fake cat tail and glue to fur lining target dog's jowls. In lieu of the cat tail, ripped and torn infant osh kosh overalls work well.

(Weird) Removing chewing gum from pavement is hard

As stated by the guardian, every street cleaner knows that it is a pain to get chewing gums off pavements. They link a very interesting website that proposes a gum collection. It is indeed something that attracted my attention while walking down the streets as shown on this picture:

[TheWorld] Virtual Church too noisy

Via CNN.com:

LONDON, England (AP) -- Britain's first three-dimensional cyber church has been forced to tighten security after a slew of abusive visitors ranted from the pulpit and swore in the aisles.

The Church of Fools said Wednesday it has withdrawn the "shout" button, which allows visitors to address everyone who is present, and added more wardens, who use a "smite" button to log out people who use abusive language. The apse area, including pulpit, lectern and altar have also been closed to visitors.

(Weird) Dirty Appartment Vol. 2

Via Joshua Schacter, I stumbled across a new squalor-like website that proposes pictures of a dirty appartment from people who hallucinated about their bad neighbor (a smelly guy). Here you can see: piles of stuff, the bed, a sink and the bathroom.

[Weird] Absolutely odd story

Read here, this seems to be written by pierre la police:

Dans leur automobile, les astronautes du ventre renversent un piéton et le tuent.Ils ont peur de se faire gronder. Pendant ce temps, les habitants de los angeles portent leurs œufs à l’arrière de leur tête. La dernière résurrection du docteur biraud s’est mal passée mais avec l’aide de youki, il parvient à entrer en contact avec le général leclerc et son suc adhésif afin de régler les problèmes. Pendant que barry twice se fait opérer de l’appendicite, il ne peut pas voir la boîte à noyaux que le frère des momies dissimule dans sa machoîre d’enfant mort. Un peu plus tard, dans la vallée du colorado, quatre douaniers nématodes ont des orgasmes tellement forts qu’ils en meurent. Sur le parking du pentagone, vera olsen se souvient qu’il est dangereux de laisser seul dalos adamos se moucher dans la petite pochette en cuivre qu’il dissimule dans la poche de son veston. On en apprend de belles sur la taupe de houston et barry twice finit par retrouver un vieux sandwich aux concombres à l’arrière d’une voiture ainsi qu’un inquiétant catalogue de vente par correspondance de barbecues électriques. Et si tous ces éléments étaient liés à la mort de John F .Kennedy ? Et plus prosaiquement, si tous ces faits qui crévent les yeux avaient à voir avec les aventures de l’équipe sonique de la paz ?………………………………………………………………… Nous en saurons plus……dans le prochain épisode……………………………………………

[Weird] Creative Spam for fabien

Still so poetic:

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(Weird) Map of Tatooine

A cool map of Tatooine:

(Weird) Old French Mobile Phone

This phone is a BiBop, made by Matra in the 90s. It is really french in the sense that it only worked in Paris at that time (centralized crap-minded behavior). SInce I did not lived in Paris, I did not use it. It is not a pity because it was one of the biggest failure.

(Weird) Collaborative Mapping of Restrooms

Add your own is a collaborative mapping tool that aims at doing a precise cartography of Manhattan's restrooms location. You put the lcoation + your review.

(Weird) Spam Poetry Applet

Finally we got something, my friend fab programmed a spam poetry software ! The idea is to enter the spam you receive daily and play with the words to make spam poetry. At the moment the vizualisation is pretty cheap but the future development are pretty promising (latent semantic analysis !).

[Weird] Do you know Bearbrick

This is a Bearbrick:

(Weird) Googlin before google

Paper in International Herald Tribune about the fact that "There was a whole lot of googlin' before Google ", if you want to know more about Barney Google...

The English were googling, after all, back about 1380, when the word was a variant spelling of goggle, to squint or "turn the eyes to one side or the other" according to the Oxford English Dictionnary.

[Weird] Spam Poetry

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[Weird] Pictures of a dirty apartment

I am always impressed by this kind of things, I was looking for pictures of dirty appartment and finally I stumbled across this cool website: Squalor Survivor:

Squalor is a confronting word. It's a degree of mess that goes beyond untidiness. The state of the house deteriorates, small piles become big piles, then even bigger piles. Sometimes beds can't be slept in, tables disappear under clutter. Appliances and equipment can't be used. Perhaps they broke down, but you fear a repair person will report the mess, or access is blocked by other items.

[Weird] Minimal onomatopeic blogging

barf!(this concept has been launched by mirweis)

[Weird] Reverse engineering of CIA report

I am no into cryptographycal stuff but this is interesting (in french). David Naccache presented at Eurocrypt 2004.

Un passage recouvert à l'encre noire dans un document récemment diffusé par la Maison Blanche a été reconstitué. La méthode pourrait être appliquée à bon nombre d'archives déclassifiées. (...) Sans doute l'analyse du "mémo" de la CIA ne dévoile-t-elle qu'un "secret de polichinelle", reconnaît David Naccache. Mais la méthode systématise les recherches. Dans un autre "mémo", elle a révélé que des hélicoptères civils militarisés par les Irakiens avaient été achetés à la Corée du Sud.

[Weird] Fresh insults

I already mentionned that mobog proposes crazy comments. Insults are also nice, especially when there is some kind of flame war.

-bill you are a ignorant mother fuckin waste of a human. so shut the fuck up u piece of shit. - I'm ignorant? Me? Let's look at your keen sense of grammar in that last retort. Here's how it should look, you Mississippi Public-School educated jackass: "Bill, you are an ignorant mother-fucking waste of a human. Shut the fuck up you piece of shit."

If you're going to attempt to insult me, at least get it right. - great grammer u fuckin terd - You have a witty sense of argument. Did you think of that before or after you orally serviced your mother?

Yeeee-Haaa!!!! Set on my face at the race... bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:40 pm bill you are a piece of shit fag Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:41 pm And you, Bamatide, clearly belong between those two. bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:46 pm bill you are a ignorant mother fuckin waste of a human. so shut the fuck up u piece of shit. weave Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:49 pm Ah, I love a well thought out, subtle, yet damning insult. The kind where you have to stop for a moment and think, "Hey, did that fucker just insult me?"

Shame I rarely see them here... It certainly would make for a more pleasurable viewing experience. Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:51 pm I'm ignorant? Me? Let's look at your keen sense of grammar in that last retort. Here's how it should look, you Mississippi Public-School educated jackass: "Bill, you are an ignorant mother-fucking waste of a human. Shut the fuck up you piece of shit."

If you're going to attempt to insult me, at least get it right. bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:53 pm only a piece of shit computer nerd would say some lame ass shit like that Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:54 pm I made a mistake.

It should read, "Hi, my name is 'bamatide,' and I enjoy sex with animals." bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:55 pm oh thats original. u come up with some stupid shit. bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:55 pm great grammer u fuckin terd bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:57 pm i am an idiot Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:57 pm You have a witty sense of argument. Did you think of that before or after you orally serviced your mother? Caymaneye Registered Apr 26, 2004 7:58 pm A pix worth saving for something , bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:58 pm these girls turn me on. the one on the left looks like my mom. banatide Apr 26, 2004 7:58 pm I have a baby dick. bamatide Apr 26, 2004 7:59 pm yet another stupid crack, im goin quit wasting my time on a stupid mother fucker that has lame ass middle school cracks. and that also is worried about grammer on a message board Priestheck Apr 26, 2004 7:59 pm Yummmy. Slap my bitch up and call me Edna, there's gonna be some muff divin feasting TONITE! Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:01 pm Who would have thought those horse-faced hose-hounds would have generated so much posting. Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:02 pm A quote from someone who is"goin quit wasting my time on a stupid mother fucker that has lame ass middle school cracks:"

"bill you are a piece of shit fag" (sic)

Right... bamatide Apr 26, 2004 8:02 pm i'm gonna save this pic for when i rub my wood. Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:05 pm bamatide - I don’t think anybody is ‘worried’ about grammar here, but there is a matter of understanding your creative use of the language. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:07 pm I just wanted to weigh in. bamatide is a donkey rapist. I know this because I am the son of God. Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:10 pm Hey Jesus! I think you mean bamatide is a donkey raping shit eater. the_PLUMBER Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:11 pm WHAT THE FUCK IS GRAMMER?---THERE IS 3--R'S IN SCOOL--READIN-RITIN AND RITHMATIC,SO FUCK ALL YOU WORTHLESS BASTARDS---I'LL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE. Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:13 pm Oaf. Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:15 pm Jesus - if bamatide is a donkey rapist, what is your take on the_PLUMBER? Bill_Evitch Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:16 pm My guess... And I'm no Jeebus, is that he's a guy that likes to work with pipe. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:20 pm I stand corrected. Bamatide is a donkey raping shit eater. Also, the only "pipe" the plumber is laying is actual metal and PVC piping used for plumbing. the_PLUMBER Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:29 pm YOU FORGOT COPPER-CPVC-DUTILE IRON --MALABLE STEEL--STAINLESS STEEL-POLY BUYTAL DIENE-CARBON STEEL- INCONELE--HASKALOY--BRASS AND ALL SCH.OF DUCT the_PLUMBER Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:30 pm JACK ASS GEEK Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:34 pm Hi the_PLUMBER:

I just took a giant shit. My crapper is clogged. Come clean it out. Thanks! JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:35 pm I've never seen anyone so proud to be a plumber. You must enjoy unclogging the shit from other people's toilets. I'm glad there are lowly people like you to do things like that. I sure as hell don't enjoy it. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:37 pm So plumber, that must be a great way to pick up girls. "Hey baby, I'm a plumber. If you come over to my place, you can watch me unclog a toilet, then we can hump." N-Dowed Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:38 pm JESUS! Look at what you are writing! Wasn't it you that said "The meek shall inherit the Earth"? What's all this talk about "lowly people"? Did you change you mind? Lazlo Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:39 pm He's not even a "Big City" plumber...what a turd. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:40 pm No, I said "The GEEK shall inherit the Earth." I've was misquoted and it got out of hand. The meek can rot as far as I'm concerned. weave Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:43 pm Plumber probably makes more than all of us however... the_PLUMBER Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:43 pm THATS ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR UPBRINGING-YOU LOUSEY FUCKING BASTARD--IM PROUD CAUSE I HAVE A TRADE AND I AM THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO EARN A GOOD LIVING IN THE BEST DAMM COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,SO WHY DONT YOU QUIT POSTING AS SOME ONE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW---AND FUCK OFF---OFFICE ASS CLOWN N-Dowed Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:45 pm JESUS - So was that story about the "fishes and the loaves" just a bunch of hooey, too? weave Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:45 pm He'll never have to worry about having his job outsourced to India either. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:46 pm There we have it folks! Plumber admitted that he's proud of working with other people's shit. In fact, according to him, he's thankful to work with shit. Lady's and gentlemen, your ass clown. N-Dowed Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:47 pm Weave - You're right about that. Theres only open sewers in India. anon Apr 26, 2004 8:48 pm they shit in holes in india...no need for the_PLUMBER. RichGuy Apr 26, 2004 8:50 pm No real need for him on this site either.

Or on the planet. JESUS Apr 26, 2004 8:50 pm Funny story about "fishes and the loaves". You see, that wasn't meant to be printed. It was slang I used with my apostles (I called them my apost's). Fishes is slang for a woman's vagina, while loaves was slang for a woman's butt. So, by saying fishes and loaves, I was referring to the interesting parts of a woman. The story about providing the fishes and the loaves was really about the time I hooked the apost's up with my stable of bitches. They were like, "Yo J-man...you really hooked us up with some fishes and loaves". PissedPlumber Apr 26, 2004 8:51 pm THATS ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR UPBRINGING-YOU LOUSEY FUCKING BASTARD--IM PROUD CAUSE I HAVE A VD AND I AM HATEFULL TO BE ABLE TO EARN A SHIT LIVING IN THE WORST DAMM COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,SO WHY DONT YOU KEEP POSTING AS SOME ONE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW---AND FUCK MY FAT WIFE---OFFICE ASS CLOWN, I LOVE MICHAEL BOLTON! the_PLUMBER Registered Apr 26, 2004 8:53 pm YOU WILL FIND A NEED FOR A DENTIST-JESUS- YOU'LL BE PICKIN YOUR TEETH UP OFF THE GROUND. ASS CLOWN .