Lately, Jon Stewart has created a sort of rivalry with CNBC by pointing out all the mistakes and misleading information they've givcen the public. Here are the episodes in order, a must watch if you haven't been following the Daily Show.
It begins:
It continues:
It escalates:
It climaxes:
March 30, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 13, 2009
Help Set A World Record
EDIT: The record attempt is being postponed until April 14th (I think)
Back in January, Gizmodo ran an article telling of three impressive cases of rather active texting months for a few individuals. The first was a 13 year old girl sending 14,000 text messages in one month, a nice sum, but very easily doable (I've approached numbers this high on a couple occasions). The second, and even more impressive, was of a Florida girl who sent/received 35,463 texts in the same time. Not satisfied with just an astonished look and a, "wow, that's a lot" from readers, Gizmodo so kindly informed us of the world record. "A GROWN man by the name of Deepak Sharma...managed to send 182,689 messages in a single month—about 6100 messages a day (or 4.2 messages a minute)" (Gizmodo). There is only one person I know who I think would be physically and mentally capable of sending/receiving that many text messages without going completely insane. Frederick Lindgren, one of my best friends, co-DJ and business partner, and I have decided to take on the task of beating this record. Phone in hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Frederick, aka Freddy or DJ XT3NT, will try to break this record. No, not break it, OBLITERATE. Our goal? 500,000. Yes, thats a 5, with five zeroes. We need your help though. Do your part in helping set a new Guiness World Record. Whenever you can, send him a tweet on Twitter or text his phone. Do this ALL THE TIME. The more you send, the better chance we have of reaching the goal. Don't be afraid if you don't know him. He's happy to talk to you (if he gets a chance to reply that is lol). So where can you contact him, you ask? Well look no further. Just below I have given links and contact information for you to help out.
1. Follow him on Twitter and send messages as often as you can to @djXT3NT. If you have any questions you can send them to me on Twitter, @djR3Z, or just follow me for the heck of it. I'm always looking for new people to talk to.
2. Send him a text message. If you're international, this is a US number. 1-210-279-1374. Text him any time, day or night, with anything you want. Feel free to send a link or your Twitter name. No guarantees, but he might follow you. :) If you don't want to send it from your phone, you can send them online here and he'll get them that way. Send as many as you can!
3. Every time you see the #worldrecord hashtag from me or him, retweet it! The more people see it, the more texts he will get! Heck, search the #worldrecord hashtag in your free time and retweet the posts with the link!!!
4. We may be adding more ways to get texts to him, including sending them through AIM, so be sure to check back each day in case we've added another link.
5. Just spread the world wherever you can. Link to this post wherever you can, retweet, and tell all your friends. You can help set beat a Guiness World Record!!!
We really appreciate your help in making this happen. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, so get out there and start texting, tweeting, and whatever else you can do to break this world record!!!
Back in January, Gizmodo ran an article telling of three impressive cases of rather active texting months for a few individuals. The first was a 13 year old girl sending 14,000 text messages in one month, a nice sum, but very easily doable (I've approached numbers this high on a couple occasions). The second, and even more impressive, was of a Florida girl who sent/received 35,463 texts in the same time. Not satisfied with just an astonished look and a, "wow, that's a lot" from readers, Gizmodo so kindly informed us of the world record. "A GROWN man by the name of Deepak Sharma...managed to send 182,689 messages in a single month—about 6100 messages a day (or 4.2 messages a minute)" (Gizmodo). There is only one person I know who I think would be physically and mentally capable of sending/receiving that many text messages without going completely insane. Frederick Lindgren, one of my best friends, co-DJ and business partner, and I have decided to take on the task of beating this record. Phone in hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Frederick, aka Freddy or DJ XT3NT, will try to break this record. No, not break it, OBLITERATE. Our goal? 500,000. Yes, thats a 5, with five zeroes. We need your help though. Do your part in helping set a new Guiness World Record. Whenever you can, send him a tweet on Twitter or text his phone. Do this ALL THE TIME. The more you send, the better chance we have of reaching the goal. Don't be afraid if you don't know him. He's happy to talk to you (if he gets a chance to reply that is lol). So where can you contact him, you ask? Well look no further. Just below I have given links and contact information for you to help out.
1. Follow him on Twitter and send messages as often as you can to @djXT3NT. If you have any questions you can send them to me on Twitter, @djR3Z, or just follow me for the heck of it. I'm always looking for new people to talk to.
2. Send him a text message. If you're international, this is a US number. 1-210-279-1374. Text him any time, day or night, with anything you want. Feel free to send a link or your Twitter name. No guarantees, but he might follow you. :) If you don't want to send it from your phone, you can send them online here and he'll get them that way. Send as many as you can!
3. Every time you see the #worldrecord hashtag from me or him, retweet it! The more people see it, the more texts he will get! Heck, search the #worldrecord hashtag in your free time and retweet the posts with the link!!!
4. We may be adding more ways to get texts to him, including sending them through AIM, so be sure to check back each day in case we've added another link.
5. Just spread the world wherever you can. Link to this post wherever you can, retweet, and tell all your friends. You can help set beat a Guiness World Record!!!
We really appreciate your help in making this happen. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, so get out there and start texting, tweeting, and whatever else you can do to break this world record!!!
March 3, 2009
OH: Rants of a Government Student
So someone sent out an email after class today. I couldn't stop laughing. Thought I would share. Enjoy :)
First, I'm really sorry to send a mass email out - I get sick of these, but I want to address these kids in class who talk to each other the whole class period. Please stop.
Now I'm sorry I lost it today and told a couple of you to "shut the f*ck up", but seriously, some of us worked our asses off to get our shot to go to school, either through several years of military service, athletic programs, scholastic endeavors or just working jobs.
People like me don't give a flying shit about what you and your little "bff" did last night, how many Jaagerbombs you did with Johnny on friday, what pink outfit is cute on old navy's shopping page, or any other post teeny-bopper issue consuming your life.
There are 250 students in that class, and I know that I have a hard enough time following along without having to listen to a bunch of children dribbling about nothing. I can't imagine anything more inconsiderate than that.
If you want to start paying for my tuition, then you can have some of my time, othewise, please try to make an effort to sit down and shut your little mouths and let people listen to the guy we all paid a lot of money to hear.
Best regards,
(Name removed)
First, I'm really sorry to send a mass email out - I get sick of these, but I want to address these kids in class who talk to each other the whole class period. Please stop.
Now I'm sorry I lost it today and told a couple of you to "shut the f*ck up", but seriously, some of us worked our asses off to get our shot to go to school, either through several years of military service, athletic programs, scholastic endeavors or just working jobs.
People like me don't give a flying shit about what you and your little "bff" did last night, how many Jaagerbombs you did with Johnny on friday, what pink outfit is cute on old navy's shopping page, or any other post teeny-bopper issue consuming your life.
There are 250 students in that class, and I know that I have a hard enough time following along without having to listen to a bunch of children dribbling about nothing. I can't imagine anything more inconsiderate than that.
If you want to start paying for my tuition, then you can have some of my time, othewise, please try to make an effort to sit down and shut your little mouths and let people listen to the guy we all paid a lot of money to hear.
Best regards,
(Name removed)
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