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28 November 2006

TV Lands: Top 100 Greatest Quotes and Catchphrases

From TV Land:

In alphabetical order, TV Land's list:

"Aaay" (Fonzie, "Happy Days")
"And that's the way it is" (Walter Cronkite, "CBS Evening News")
"Ask not what your country can do for you ..." (John F. Kennedy)
"Baby, you're the greatest" (Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, "The Honeymooners")
"Bam!" (Emeril Lagasse, "Emeril Live")
"Book 'em, Danno" (Steve McGarrett, "Hawaii Five-O")
"Come on down!" (Johnny Olson, "The Price is Right")
"Danger, Will Robinson" (Robot, "Lost in Space")
"De plane! De plane!" (Tattoo, "Fantasy Island")
"Denny Crane" (Denny Crane, "Boston Legal")
"Do you believe in miracles?" (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
"D'oh!" (Homer Simpson, "The Simpsons")
"Don't make me angry ..." (David Banner, "The Incredible Hulk")
"Dyn-o-mite" (J.J., "Good Times")
"Elizabeth, I'm coming!" (Fred Sanford, "Sanford and Son")
"Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ..." (Eddie Haskell, "Leave it to Beaver")
"God'll get you for that" (Maude, "Maude")
"Good grief" (Charlie Brown, "Peanuts" specials)
"Good night, and good luck" (Edward R. Murrow, "See It Now")
"Good night, John Boy" ("The Waltons")
"Have you no sense of decency?" (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
"Heh heh" (Beavis and Butt-head, "Beavis and Butthead")
"Here it is, your moment of Zen" (
Jon Stewart, "The Daily Show")
"Here's Johnny!" (Ed McMahon, "The Tonight Show")
"Hey now!" (Hank Kingsley, "The Larry Sanders Show")
"Hey hey hey!" (Dwayne Nelson, "What's Happening!!")
"Hey hey hey!" (Fat Albert, "Fat Albert")
"Holy (whatever), Batman!" (Robin, "Batman")
"Holy crap!" (Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond")
"Homey don't play that!" (Homey the Clown, "In Living Color")
"How sweet it is!" (Jackie Gleason, "The Jackie Gleason Show")
"How you doin'?" (Joey Tribbiani, "Friends")
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing" (Alka Seltzer ad)
"I know nothing!" (Sgt. Schultz, "Hogan's Heroes")
"I love it when a plan comes together" (Hannibal, "The A-Team")
"I want my MTV!" (MTV ad)
"I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl ..." (Larry, "Newhart")
"I'm not a crook ..." (Richard Nixon)
"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" (Vicks Formula 44 ad)
"I'm Rick James, bitch!" (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, "Chappelle's Show")
"Is that your final answer?" (Regis Philbin, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire")
"It keeps going and going and going ..." (Energizer Batteries ad)
"It takes a licking ..." (Timex ad)
"Jane, you ignorant slut" (Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin, "Saturday Night Live")
"Just one more thing ..." (Columbo, "Columbo")
"Let's be careful out there" (Sgt. Esterhaus, "Hill Street Blues")
"Let's get ready to rumble!" (Michael Buffer, various sports events)
"Live long and prosper" (Spock, "Star Trek")
"Makin' whoopie" (Bob Eubanks, "The Newlywed Game")
"Mom always liked you best" (Tommy Smothers, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour")
"Never assume ..." (Felix Unger, "The Odd Couple")
"Nip it!" (Barney Fife, "The Andy Griffith Show")
"No soup for you!" (The Soup Nazi, "Seinfeld")
"Norm!" ("Cheers")
"Now cut that out!" (Jack Benny, "The Jack Benny Program")
"Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!" (Stan and Kyle, "South Park")
"Oh, my nose!" (Marcia Brady, "The Brady Bunch")
"One small step for man ..." (Neil Armstrong)
"Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?" (Grey Poupon ad)
"Read my lips: No new taxes!" (George H.W. Bush)
"Resistance is futile" (Picard as Borg, "Star Trek: The Next Generation")
"Say good night, Gracie" (George Burns, "The Burns & Allen Show")
"Schwing!" (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, "Saturday Night Live")
"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" (Trix cereal ad)
"Smile, you're on `Candid Camera'" ("Candid Camera")
"Sock it to me" ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
"Space, the final frontier ..." (Capt. Kirk, "Star Trek")
"Stifle!" (Archie Bunker, "All in the Family")
"Suit up!" (Barney Stinson, "How I Met Your Mother")
"Tastes great! Less filling!" (Miller Lite beer ad)
"Tell me what you don't like about yourself" (Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy, "Nip/Tuck")
"That's hot" (Paris Hilton, "The Simple Life")
"The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" (Jim McKay, "ABC's Wide World of Sports")
"The tribe has spoken" (Jeff Probst, "Survivor")
"The truth is out there" (Fox Mulder, "The X-Files")
"This is the city ..." (Sgt. Joe Friday, "Dragnet")
"Time to make the donuts" ("Dunkin' Donuts" ad)
"Two thumbs up" (Siskel & Ebert, "Siskel & Ebert")
"Up your nose with a rubber hose" (Vinnie Barbarino, "Welcome Back, Kotter")
"We are two wild and crazy guys!" (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys, "Saturday Night Live")
"Welcome to the O.C., bitch" (Luke, "The O.C.")
"Well, isn't that special?" (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, "Saturday Night Live")
"We've got a really big show!" (Ed Sullivan, "The Ed Sullivan Show")
"Whassup?" (Budweiser ad)
"What you see is what you get!" (Geraldine, "The Flip Wilson Show")
"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (Arnold Drummond, "Diff'rent Strokes")
"Where's the beef?" (Wendy's ad)
"Who loves you, baby?" (Kojak, "Kojak")
"Would you believe?" (Maxwell Smart, "Get Smart")
"Yabba dabba do!" (Fred Flintstone, "The Flintstones")
"Yada, yada, yada" ("Seinfeld")
"Yeah, that's the ticket" (Jon Lovitz as the pathological liar, "Saturday Night Live")
"You eeeediot!" (Ren, "Ren & Stimpy")
"You look mahvelous!" (Billy Crystal as Fernando, "Saturday Night Live")
"You rang?" (Lurch, "The Addams Family")
"You're fired!" (Donald Trump, "The Apprentice")
"You've got spunk ..." (Lou Grant, "The Mary Taylor Moore Show")

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Willard Wigan

I have talked about this guy ( Willard Wigan ) before. I love his stuff, a must see if you missed on my last round of posting. Some background:

Willard Wigan was born in Birmingham, England in 1957 and is the creator of the smallest works of art on earth. From being a traumatised and unrecognised dyslexic child, he is now emerging as the most globally celebrated micro-miniaturist of all time and is literally capable of turning a spec of dust into a vision of true beauty.

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protopage

I might be able to be won over. I have been exploring protopage a little bit more lately. As you all know I am a big fan of netvibes and have been using the tool since its inception. I am going to experiment with a protopage vs. netvibes comparison this month. I will replicate my netvibes pages in protopage and alternate days of usage for 30 days, I'll report back my findings. If you think there is another reasonable contender in this space let me know and I will add them to the test. speed, efficiency, functionality, bugginess are probably the key test areas I will explore.

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27 November 2006

Very cool taxonomy visualization

Interactive Tree Of Life is an online tool for the display and manipulation of phylogenetic trees.

There are several pre-computed trees available for display, including the main Tree Of Life, described in Ciccarelli, et al., 2006. In addition to the precomputed trees, you can upload and display your own trees and data, using the 'Data upload' page.

Use the tabs on the top of the page to navigate or click the trees below to proceed to the interactive pages. Extensive help pages, which provide detailed explanation of iTOL's interface and functions, are available. For further questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us.

If you find iTOL useful in your work, you can cite Letunic and Bork, 2006.

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26 November 2006

The Wii has been acquired


Wii - The revolution has begun. I have been able to purchase a Wii, one of the lucky I guess. I also purchased Zelda and Super Monkey Ball based on their reviews. The console came with Wii sports, which is the only game I have played so far and it is awesome. This is definitely the best console I have ever owned. It remains to be seen how racing and downhill games will be on the system, but I have high expectations. Based solely on WiiSports I would say get it!

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Favorite Brunches

I am definitely a fan of brunch, possibly my favorite meal. After this weekend I think I have discovered my second favorite brunch ever. I'll start with my first. If you ever get a chance and find yourself in Portsmouth, NH you should make your way over to Molly Malones and do me the favor of having eggs any way you like them, but be sure to get the guinness braised corn beef hash, keeps us coming back again and again. Ok so now on to my 2nd favorite brunch. It happened to be at a funky dineresque like place called Meils in Stockton, NJ. It was really outstanding I had eggs benedict with bacon and the the bacon was super thick and tasty. This place was definitely worth it, you won't leave hungry.

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25 November 2006

Picasa and other google tools

Truth be known I am a huge google fan, there have only been a few moves that they have made that I haven't been a fan of, but all and all I think they are absolutely advancing the way we utilize huge information sets. A tool that I feel does this particularly well is Picasa, it has allowed me to very easily do everything I need with my digital photos, and I love features like the timeline. If you haven't checked this out yet you need to. (see picasa section on the right to download)

Another tool that is worth checking out because I believe it will revolutionize real tiem collaborative authoring and the model for application procurement and delivery in the corporate sector is Google Docs and Spreadsheets

I am listening to: We are the Dinosaurs by the Laurie Berkner Band

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22 November 2006

Farecast

New site that is imperative for travelers, the accuracy and approach to fare prediction is impressive. Check it out, also recently won a best in 06 award from popular science.

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Robot Discovers Itself, adapts to injury

Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury from PhysOrg.com


Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ... The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid "model" of what they and the world around them are like. If a robot is damaged or its environment changes unexpectedly, it can't adapt.

[...]

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21 November 2006

Jean-Luc Picard singing the alphabet

This cracked me up.

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18 November 2006

FlickrFont

This is pretty cool.
Static or Dynamic text using a FlickrPool and this wizard from Greg Hill.

WONDERFUNK

comes with it's own very truthful warning:

Warning: This is not recommended from a usability, design, engineering or aesthetic point of view. In fact, it is so gimmicky with such garish results that I refuse to use it myself. Please think hard before inflicting this on your readers.

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17 November 2006

American Science and Surplus


American Science and Surplus Pretty cool site, I love catalogs like this online or not, I have always been a fan of the hand drawn entries...these guys also link to a full color photo with every entry, but still I love the nostalgic look and feel. As a kid I used to love the Campmor catalog, which did a similar thing back then.

Anyone have any others similar to American Science and Surplus?

What I am listening to: The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) - How to Save a Life


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12 November 2006

Helium

Wikipedia it is not, however if you are looking for multiple viewpoints on a particular topic, by people who care about it then Helium is your place. I must say I have grown addicted to this site, and not nearly as annoying as about.com.

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Runningmap

Ok I have recently decided to try and start running (no audible laughs please) Consequently I came across this mash-up called runningmap ....very cool I am impressed with this tool.

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Firebox - great stuff

Gadget Heaven.
Extremely interesting stuff.


Some reasons why english is such a tough language to learn:
We polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
A farm can produce produce.
The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
The present is a good time to present the present.
At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
The dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.

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11 November 2006

Rollerman

When I saw this video, I immediately thought of my friend Larry and his summer sled.

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Jellyfish and the Smack deal of the Day


Ok so here is a web 2.0 site with an interesting premise.

Jellyfish basically allows you to shop for goods and then get cash back accumulated into an account. Cash back rates I presume is negotiated by them in advance with retailers in a manner similar to an affiliate program except the purchaser benefits.

The smack deal of the day, which is every weekday at 1 pm EST has a sliding scale of cash back based on how close to sold out you get when your purchase is executed...some amazing deals have been had.

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10 November 2006

Upgrading to the new Blogger Beta

Here goes nothin'

I'll let you know shortly whether or not I love it or hate it.

Also looks like, that if I want to take advantage of any of there features, I'll have to use one of there prepackaged sucky templates.

What I am listening to: Lots and Lots of Led Zeppelin

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