Aziz Ansari is the funniest comedian I've seen since Dave Chappelle. He's great as the racist food cart owner on Flight of the Concords and in The Human Giant. Here's his blog.
I highly recommend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1Bvk_tNM4
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e3028fb315/raaaaaaaandy-part-1-funny-people
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4f551b0252
I'm a huge golfer, and I've found my membership in the Northern California Golf Association to be well worth it. If you just play Poppy Hills or Poppy Ridge once you basically make up the cost of the membership fee. I love it.
Got to credit LilRebel for inspiring me to review this, but man I love Urban Dictionary. When I was 12 I would have loved nothing more than looking up dirty slang words to impress my friends. Who I am kidding, I still do, which is why I sign up for the Urban Dictionary word of the day. So the next time your a girl wants to "DTR" you'll be prepared http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=DTR&defid=*******
If you want to read about the latest developments in science and technology there is no better place online than the MIT Technology Review. Only the nerds of MIT could bring you such an indespensible resource. Please be aware that I say "nerds" with the greatest of admiration.
Like Muxtape but oh so much better - The crappy thing about Muxtape was it was impossible to find anything. And then it got shut down:(
Favtape is sweet. You can listen to full length songs, and you can browse around and find sh*t. BOOM!
I hope it doesn't get shut down too!
The Flaming Lips is the most creative band anywhere - Megaphones, flashlights, giants bunnies, and Santa Clauses - and that's just in the first 5 minutes of their live show. The Flaming Lips are a sensation brought to you by the genius of Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd. Wayne, the lead singer, has never had a strong voice. Instead he relies upon obsessive hard work and his unique vision for entertainment. Steven, on guitar and drums, is the former heroine addict who is the real musical genius behind the band's success since the middle 90s.
If you're interested in the band, you've got to see The Fearless Freaks - and excellent documentary about the band that shows the men and the lives behind the madness and genius. http://www.fearlessfreaks.com/
It's also worth seeing the band's uniquely bizarre collection of music videos:
http://www.amazon.com/Flaming-Lips-1992-2005-Music-Videos/dp/B000AAF226/ref=pd_cp_d_2?pf_rd_p=*******&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0007NN6J2&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1F5KQMJVGTNEQKWW7ESF
If you don't own any Flaming Lips music, I would suggest starting with the Soft Bulletin: http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Bulletin-Flaming-Lips/dp/B*******JC6C
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/*******-flaming-lips-the-soft-bulletin
More information on the band:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flaming_Lips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Coyne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Drozd
Awesome free site for watching shows and clips from NBC and FOX - This site is f*cking great. You can watch full episodes for free of Arrested Development, SNL, Family Guy, 30 Rock, and tons of other shows and clips. The site is clean, fast and the videos are high quality. There are some ads before shows, but they're not bad.
Best US Domestic Airline - It's cheap, the planes are new, the crew is friendly, there's a decent amount of legroom, and they have 37 channels of cable TV. What more could you ask for? I love Jet Blue.
This site has some sweet canceled shows including the always awesome, Yacht Rock. Want to watch Hall and Oats pick a fight or Michael McDonald write "I'm a fool to believe"? Look no further.
Yatch Rock page: http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=152
Yatch Rock on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
If you live in China or another country that blocks internet sites, Hotspot Shield is worth a try. You have to sit through ads, but it's worth it to check YouTube and Facebook in China.
A search engine that organizes search results for you - Google is so late 90s. It just gives you a big list of websites which can be a big pain in the $#*! to sort through to find what you're looking for. Kosmix is much cooler. It takes your search term and organizes the results for you into videos, forum posts, yahoo answers, related topics, and a bunch of other cool stuff.
The one negative of Kosmix is that it is not yet good for everything. Some topics like health I find to be very useful. But for other random information it doesn't work as well. For example if you type in someone's address all you get is a Google search. But if you do that in Google you get Google Local results which inlcude a map and reviews of the location if it's a business.
So for quick searches I still use Google. But if I want more in-depth information, I use Kosmix.
All your friends from all your social networks in one place - I've been waiting for someone to do this, so I'm glad Power.com did. I want to be able to go to one place that I can keep track of all my friends from all my social networks. Power.com isn't bad - my only complaint is that I would like it to include LinkedIn.com too.
US Government's website, actually pretty good - When I think of the US government's website I think of slowly-loading, convoluted pages filled with links to text filled documents and pdf files. And certainly, there is still some of that. But I have to say, when playing with the website the other day, I was pretty impressed. It's easy to use and fast.
Some interesting links on finding a job, also the always-fascinating secret service, and the all-important Federal Government contact us page. All in all, I must say, I like our government's website.
If you can put up with the snotty ivy leaguers... - Ivy Plus hosts decent singles mixers in LA and San Francisco. Sure there are lots of douche bag guys, but not everyone is bad, and it's a good way to meet new people.
The newspaper of the smart kids - If you believe experience is for old people, and being smarter than everyone else is the new black, then you should be reading the Harvard Crimson. Sure it's just a college newspaper, but it's the best college newspaper (yeah, you heard me - suck on it, Yale) and it covers the events of Harvard which can be pretty interesting (heads of state, Nobel Laureates, Natalie Portman, whatever).
Mr. Skin - useful for finding naked girls when watching on demand cable - I've never used the pay version of Mr. Skin which includes naked celeb pics and movies (anyone with a password pls PM me!), but the free service gives the precise time of nudity in movies. This is particularly great when I'm watching On Demand cable. I look up the movie on Mr. Skin and then fast forward my movies to the good parts. Thank you Mr. Skin... you have saved me countless hours of watching $#*!ty romantic comedies just to see 3 seconds of Marisa Tomei's boobies.
Facebook good for posting cheap job listings (if you belong to the right networks) - If you want to post jobs online, you could use LinkedIn, Craigslist, Monster, and any number of more specialized job boards. They typically cost $75 and up if they are any good. On Facebook, however, you can spam your networks (school, city, etc.) basically for free.
Good quality artistic (sexy) naked pictures (and I've got some beta invites) - Zivity is a collection of sexy naked and half-naked pictures of attractive women. The picture quality is good, but they are still in beta so there is not a ton of content. The site is trying to mesh web 2.0 style and features with soft-core porn - not sure if that really works (why do I want to be "friends" with these people?) and the site is a little hard to navigate. But it is worth checking out for the pics. I've got some beta invites if people need them - just PM me.
Underrated SEO blog out of the UK - BlogStorm contains a lot of very practical SEO information for website owners. For example, he recent wrote a great post on how to take advantage of Google's Query Deserves Freshness model: http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/using-google-query-deserves-freshness-model/
Todd Malicoat is an SEO stud - Todd really gets SEO, and is a funny dude on top of that. If you need someone who is an A+ to improve your site's traffic, I would consider Todd Malicoat near the top of any list. Other A listers would have to include:
Rand Fishkin at www.seomoz.org
Aaron Matthew Wall at www.seobook.com
Barry Schwartz at www.seoroundtable.com
Matt Cutts at www.mattcutts.com
Am I missing anyone?
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