Haven’t scouted for new FF addons since forever but am truly happy to have found this one. Works great on Google and YouTube (plus many more handy sites), which in itself will save me tons of clicks in the future:) And trust me, I’m not doing it justice with words, you really have to try it on Google images and just glide effortlesly through literally(!) hundreds of results in mere seconds!…

There’s also tweaks galore to customize it any which way you desire, but apart from setting the add-on to auto-detect I let them be – and it works great. When you don’t want to use it, the conveniently placed button in the status bar lets you turn it off/on with a no-fuss single click. Sweet!

This should give you a rough idea of how it works (notice the little green box notice in the bottom left corner-it lets you know when the next page is loading)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925

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DISCLAIMER: For maximum fun see both American Psycho and The Dark Knight before viewing the video below:P

The first thing that came to my mind the moment I saw that unfortunate(ly) Oscar worthy on-set performance was this vid (which I saw a mere couple of days before) and LOLed my ass off even more:

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Hell, I was never and will probably never be into the whole “let’s all buy shit we don’t need and do the capitalist Rock”, but there’s no shame in finding a commercial effective, is there?:) I should mention that I ain’t from the States (and don’t eeeven get me started on American ‘foot’ball), but when a huge company will intentionally and willingly spend  gazillions of dollars for a Superbowl prime time commercial slot, you know they’ll get their message to the masses right, right?

Well, some of them, anyways;)…

5. Careerbuilder

4. LMAO syndrome

3. Denny’s

2. Hyundai

(major props for an unusuall, ballsy, yet somehow very classy statement/observation;) Also, great voice-over.)

1. Hulu

(now this is how you turn negative product criticism into a positive PR advantage! Also, the punch line + Alec Baldwin’s face are absolutely priceless!!!)

Honorable mentions

Monster.com

Doritos

Castrol

You can check the rest of the commercials here, but I think I’ve more or less picked the cream of the crop.

p.s. – what’s up with the content of these commercials anyway? If it’s not escapistic movies or beer, it’s commercials about changing that miserable job or settling that divorce. WTF America, WTF?!

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http://www.htm2pdf.co.uk/

Pretty straightforward. Might come in handy sometime…

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A passage by Rachel Simon-Kumar:

“In 1963 in the U.S., a Psychologist named Betty Friedan was perplexed by an unusual mental condition that she found was quite widespread among women, of all ages. Women (mostly married) complained of depression, of being unable to focus on things, of bursting into tears without reason, sleeping a lot and feeling unusually tired. They just felt – for want of a better description – unhappy. Yet, seemingly, there was no reason for many of these women to feel so. They had secure marriages, had children, and financial security and social networks, and were involved in community groups. Many had at least one or two years of college education before deciding to settle down to marriage and children. Friedan was clearly confused as to why this collective depression among women existed; it was in her words, a “problem that had no name”. In her book titled The Feminine Mystique she traces the origins for this problem. She tells us in her book that very early on she realized that these women’s suffering were not individual, that is, these were not women who had some biological, hormonal, sexual or other psychological defects. The answer to this problem clearly lay elsewhere.

Friedan talked to hundreds of women and realized that the source of these women’s depression was an identity crisis. On the one hand, women from girlhood were being told that they would find fulfillment and happiness as wife and mother, in traditional feminine roles. On the other, the reality was that as women spent more and more of their energy being just that, they felt more and more unhappy. As one young mother told Friedan: “I’ve tried everything women are supposed to do – hobbies, gardening, pickling, canning … but I’m desperate. I begin to feel that I have no personality. I’m a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody to call on when you want something. But who am I?”. Another woman told her that she had everything – a husband who was moving up in his career, a lovely new home, enough money. Yet, when she woke up in the morning there was nothing to look forward to. Women had just one question that summed up their feelings: Is this all there is in life?

…you can find the whole article here,  and while it talks about women in the 50’s, it’s nonetheless still relevant today.  So if you sometimes, if not most of the time, feel the same way, do yourself a favor and go see “Revolutionary Road“.  It’s based on a novel by Richard Yates, and is simply one of those movies that give you a bone to chew on for a long time. Need I say more?!

Also, outstanding job by Michael Shannon, who steals the show in every scene he’s in. If it weren’t for Heath Ledger’s Joker, he’d be the guy to beat out this year at the Oscars! A movie that’s not afraid to show us how truly  full of sh*t we all are…the final scene is priceless.

9/10

Links: Official site | IMDb |  psychology4all.com

Wikipedia: Revolutionary Road (book) | Revolutionary Road (film)

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Here’s an interesting page with different solutions to the issue. It’s a wiki, so it hopefully should be as unbiased as can be, and easily edited by anyone, so feel free to share;)

Myself, I’m a Diigo person, I can’t imagine using the net without it, and even thou similar tools like Evernote have some kick-ass functions that Diigo hasn’t, I commend it for its fuss-free simplicity and effectiveness. A must have, in my book:)

(via: Wired)

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OMFFSM!

An upbringing  so fucked-up that – if they were alive today – even the mighty Spartans would say “Goddamn!”.

I don’t know what’s worse; the fact that there are approving adults in the background who seem to enjoy themselves immensely (their voices are heard throughout the video),  or the fact that I started lol-ing and soon joined the fun…?!?;)

(via: Su)

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I like to indulge in conspiracy theories political conspiracies and I find  John Perkin’s undercover explanation on certain aspects of America’s background fascinating.

Links: Homepage | Wikipedia

From what I can tell it’s about, well, objects, doh:P:) Industrial design, and how it impacts our lives, to be exact! And from what I can tell it’s due sometime in March this year.

It’s impossible to cram a full film’s worth of people, ideas, and images into a 90-second trailer… so think of this as a small taste:

The song is “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool” by El Ten Eleven, from their new record These Promises Are Being Videotaped. And the font used in the trailer is… Akzidenz Grotesk! [Shout out to Paula Scher!]

Links: Objectified (2009) | IMDb

And it appers it’s got an older documentary brother as well. Helvetica:

Links: Helvetica (2007) | IMDb

Oh, and happy New Year! FSM loves us all:)

I think I’ve just stumbled upon my underdog “it” movie of 2009! Hell, I can probably count on most guys agreeing with me on this one! So  &@#*!? Watchmen,  &@#*!? The Transformers, Wolverine, Star Trek & Terminator Salvation…heck, even  &@#*!? Avatar for all I care. Well maybe I’d be wise to skip Cameron’s shindig, but the rest of Hollywood can go &@#*!? itself…THIS is the shit right here!:)

Also, check out the official website for the movie, it’s totally messed up which means it’s totally in line with the B movie that Bitch Slap deeply wants to be.  If Tarantino ever was an influential SOB, I hope this movie can do him proud. Pure cult in the making!;)

Links: Official website | IMDb