Dear Red States:

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85% of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22% lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80% of the country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines, 90% of all cheese, 90% of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT. With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88% of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92% of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44% say that evolution is only a theory, 53% that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61% of you crazy bastards believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico.

Peace out,
Blue States

Cajun Obama Video

This comes by way of Kimberly:

DIY Homebrew Webcam How-to

Ever want to put a live webcam of the Space Needle on the internet using stuff you have lying around the house? I did and then I did.

"Barcodes for Obama" video

Barcodes for Obama

skyBox

Announcing skyBox, located at +47° 35' 24.44" -122° 23' 8.51"

Barcodes for Obama

Barcodes for Obama, now appearing at barcodes.azalea.com.

Get yours today!

Altoids Tin Prayer Wheel

Imagine my surprise when my YouTube video was featured on a wikiHow page about Altoids tins.

The one in the video I made for Miranda, of Seattle Dharma Punx fame.

Rock, paper, scissors meets beer

Play rock, paper, scissors with your beer. Or while drinking beer. Well, just after opening a beer. If it's Sessions Lager. Oh just watch the damn video...

Why won't ABC air this alternative energy ad?

ABC is refusing to air Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America ad. Why? Because it dares to challenge Big Energy?

Androd FX on the iPhone

Android FX for the iPhone absolutely rocks! I can play with it for hours. I even used it for the soundtrack for "Barcode Dogtags".

Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart

With Glowing Hearts

For all of you who still believe that the International Olympic Committee promotes understanding, love, and unity through sports, think again. These assholes claim to have copyrighted the phrase "with glowing hearts" in advance of the Vancouver winter olympics. Hey bozos, this is a phrase from the Canadian national anthem.

Don't believe me? Read the lyrics to Oh Canada in Wikipedia for yourself. "With glowing hearts we see thee rise"

I'm a short 2+ hour drive south of Vancouver and I'm in the phone book. Come git me!

EarthCam Names Lava Lamp Webcam Top 10

EarthCam has named JetCityOrange's Lava Lite webcam one of the Top 10 Webcams.

Not bad for a humble Lava Lamp webcam in Seattle, ehhhh?

Lava Lamp Webcam

A quick Google search turned up not one Lava Lite webcam. So I set out to fix that by launching my own Lava Lamp webcam.

Modest, fun, and to the best of my knowledge, one of a kind. It's even spawned its own YouTube video:

Mosquito Ringtone cease & desist threat email

well. who the f*ck are you? prove that you own the IP including the
trademarks, copyrights, and/or patents.


Jerry Whiting
JetCityOrange.com

- Show quoted text -

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Mike Gibson
wrote:
> Copyright 2008 Jerry Whiting. All rights reserved. pad.xml
>
> JetCityOrange • PO Box 16745 • Seattle WA • 98116-0745 • jetcityorange at
> gmail dotcom
>
>
>
> Mr. Whiting,
>
> With Prejudice:
>
> It has come to our attention that you are illegally advertising and
> distributing the "Mosquito Ringtone" through the website
> www.jetcityorange.com. We have also taken notice that you may have
> additional websites and links to other websites also illegally using the
> "Mosquito Ringtone" and "Mosquito" Trademark.
>
> We are writing to inform you that you that this is illegal and in violation
> of Trademark, Copyright and Patent Laws as the name "Mosquito" and use of
> the "Mosquito Ringtone" have been Trademarked, Copyrighted and Patented.
> www.jetcityorange.com, or any other Jet City Orange sites, does not have;
> neither the right to use this Trademark, Ringtone or Patent, nor permission
> to distribute "The Mosquito Ringtone". www.jetcityorange.com and all
> affiliated websites controlled by Jet City of Seattle must cease and desist
> any and all activities in relation to the promotion and distribution of the
> "Mosquito Ringtone" through www.jetcityorange.com or any other means or
> websites by September 22, 2008 at the latest. In other words you do not
> have the rights to advertising or distribution of a free "Mosquito Ringtone"
> on your site as you are in violation of Trademark, Copyright and Patent
> Laws; therefore you are subject to a lawsuit and personably liable for
> royalties of past and future "Mosquito Ringtone" downloads, reimbursement of
> lost revenues, damages and any other costs associated to this lawsuit
> including but not limited to all legal fees.
>
> Failure to remove any "Mosquito" reference from your website, including any
> domain names and ringtone, by September 22, 2008 will result in legal action
> and notification sent to existing and future advertisers, such as
> blackberry.com. We will be informing all advertisers that
> www.jetcityorange.com and related Jet City Orange websites and any other
> unauthorized websites providing "Mosquito Ringtone" downloads and use the
> "Mosquito" Trademark is in violation of Trademark, Copyright and Patent Laws
> and that advertisers will be liable for lost revenues as they are supporting
> these illegal sites with advertising revenue. In addition, we intend to
> inform your server administrators of your illegal activities.
>
>
> This is the only warning you will receive as this is non-negotiable.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mike Gibson
>
> President
>
> Moving Sound Technologies Inc.
>
>
>
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and protected
> from disclosure. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the
> individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any review, dissemination
> or use of this transmission or its contents by persons or unauthorized
> employees of the intended organizations is strictly prohibited.
>
>
> Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this
> e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.

Look what's on CNN Ma!

Check out the action at the :42 mark.

Seattle Space Needle Webcam

Sometimes I can't shut off my head. Get an idea and won't let it go. Projects. My life seems to be filled with zany, wacky projects.

My latest is a webcam of the Space Needle, live from my balcony. It's a old Logitech webcam I've had for years, an ancient Thinkpad, and a homebrew DIY tripod contraption and plastic utility case. I'll photograph the setup at some point.

But for now, enjoy the view. Live from skyBox, West Seattle!

Bill O'Reilly's Producer

Yeah, yeah. You've probably seen the Bill O'Reilly blooper on YouTube by now. Very funny, very funny.

Now there's a video mashup that makes this classic even better (if that's at all possible). What a hoot!



Thanks to JB for bringing this to my/our attention!

Coffee Cup Tripod

Because I could.

Obama Rickrolls McCain

Gotta love them video mashups, especially when Barack rick rolls McCain.



Rick rolling. You remember rick rolling don't you?