Ap's Journey into Sound: April 2007

Rock the vote

Election time in Ireland. I'll be voting Green, Tony McDermott to be specific. He's a good guy.
[If you are Irish] Make sure you are registered to vote. And... Go vote on the 24th May!

Some great and some terrible politician videos on Votetube.org

Most Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil

Well this says it all...
National Survey Reveals More than 70% of Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil

Montreal Soaring Council

My new favourite phrase! If I ever form a band, it will without doubt be called The Montreal Soaring Council

Nearly as good as Boards of Canada

Sack Wolfowitz

Sign the petition and get the two faced warmonger out of office - Fire Paul Wolfowitz

Armed America

Armed America: Portraits of Americans and their Guns.
"Dan: I consider the ownership of arms not only a right, but the duty of a free people to themselves and future generations."
Scary stuff.

USA going backwards

Creationist car on Flickr

Intelligence Insulted

3 posts in one day. Shocker.

Now we all know the world of big business needs to make profits. Granted. So what do they do, to achieve this?
1) Reduce costs
2) Rebrand existing products as new
3) Create new products
4) Innovate on existing products

In some areas it is pretty difficult to reduce costs, because they are already nearly as low as they can go. Therefore companies go for strategy 2. Washing powder would be a case in point. Thus we have these amazing ads that suddenly proclaim "NEW Ariel washes 11% cleaner" or "Persil gets the same results at 30 degrees". It really is difficult to believe these messages. My clothes were perfectly clean 10 years ago, so how come Daz has improved 6 times in that period?? How can you squeeze more cleaning power out of a minuscule white granule??

As for points 3 & 4 - I'm out of blades for my Gillette super dooper Mach 3 razor, but the supermarket was out of them too so I was considering the even more superfandabidoozy Fusion razor (now with 5, Five, Cinque, Funf blades). I was already more than happy with my 3 bladed razor, but this is a penis envy thing only guys will understand ("My razor has more blades than yours AND it vibrates!"). In a moment of clarity I just took a look at the price of the blades - 14.99 EUR for 4 blades. Quick check on price of [non-existent] Mach 3 blades - 7.99 EUR.

Now, I'm not a rocket scientist, non even a nuclear physicist, but pay twice the price for the same product? Will it shave twice as quick? Or will it be twice as pleasurable?? I will I be so smooth that women will just slide off my face???

Gillette, you suck giant anteater cahones.

The Onion thinks so too. So there.

Tuneage

Straight outta Canada, hybridized.org, massive tuneage. Thanks Vinney

Lookalikes

I'm not sure if I am flattered or not, but over the years I have been told I look like many people. There is definitely a short, dark haired theme going on, but Mark Williams? Please.