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George Carlin stamped his one way ticket today and now has a chance to explain his views on religion to the big guy up there, no doubt with a cigarette in hand and a raised voice.Known as the guy who took black humour and beat the crap out of it, then introduced it to drugs and porn, and then took it around the world for a series of unbelievably insulting stand up shows, Carlin certainly had his fans and also left a footprint on the media. The two combined on YouTube where thousands of kids were delighted to hear the dirty old man telling it like it is. Personally, I’ve always felt that he never really came into his own until the great Bill Hicks moved on, as then George became a little more edgier but still only took the audience close to the line (whereas Bill actually started most of his stuff at the line and carried on from there!) Here’s a short selection (from Mashable) of George Carlin’s best YouTube flicks. If you’re a fan, I know you’ll enjoy them; if you’re one of the uninitiated, well, better late than never.

5. Voting - why do we always feel like there’s a lack of real choice on the ballot? George explains the habits of an average voter, where politicians come from and why the country is screwed.

4. Ten Commandments You know those stupid top 10 lists, that always seem like they were inflated up to a round number (any similarity to any persons or blogs living or dead is a coincidence)? Well, it goes all the way back to Moses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses .

3. Airline Announcements Ever wondered why all announcements on an airplane sound like they’re spoken in some weird language from a parallel universe?

2. Saving The Planet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planet - Saving endangered species http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control nature. It’s what got us in trouble in the first place.

1. Religion Is Bullshit If he was wrong about this one, it might get George into a lot of trouble right about now.

RIP mate, thanks for the show.

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Part 1: fish drying in the sun outside the office fire escape.

Yeah, it’s kinda old by now but I’ve mentioned this video a few times recently and people were asking to watch it - so I dug this out of the archives. It’s not awesome by any stretch, the timing and acting leaves a lot to be desired but there are some great visual gags - like how irritating the Facebook girl is, the drunk MySpace drawing genitalia and the dubious relationship between ebay and PayPal.

straight from Mashable:

If you think LinkedIn is for kids and Facebook is for grandkids, perhaps you should consider Financial Times’ new social network, aimed at top level execs who can afford 1700 pounds (3,340 dollars) per year, because that’s how much (at the very least) membership costs.

The details about the network itself are sparse; it’s being described as a forum with a ‘user-friendly, simple, efficient and secure system’ for online networking. I’m guessing that the high price point will mostly relate to the exclusivity of the club and much less to the actual technical and other accomplishments offered within the network (see bottom of this article for proof). However, it’s partially redeemed with the fact that membership in the forum includes free attendance to one of Financial Times‘ Global Conferences and Events, as well as a 20% discount on other events in the series, as well as 12-month subscription to the newspaper itself. Not bad, but 3,3k bucks? Ouch.

This particular forum is aimed at professionals in the digital, new media, mobile and telecoms sectors, but Financial Times plans to launch several more exclusive forums later this year, aimed at execs who deal with luxury goods and property.

The actual site, located at www.ftexecutiveforums.com, is completely garbled in Firefox. Thus, it’s obvious that $3,300 can’t even buy you basic browser compatibility. I’ll stick with LinkedIn, thank you.

Shopping online does not have to be dull… take HEMA, the Dutch department store. Turn your sound up, click the link above and then wait a few seconds after it has loaded. Go on… it’s Friday

This is what I love about the internet as you could never do that with a brochure.

Sorry but some things are just too funny to let them pass without comment…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin commented on the potential Microhoo (Microsoft Yahoo) buyout. Brin said that he found Microsoft’s takeover bid for Yahoo an “unnerving” maneuver that threatens innovation on the Internet, and mentioned that such a merger could “violate antitrust laws and harm Internet users.”

Huh?! This is Sergey Brin of Google, right? Check out any Comscore, Nielsen or Compete data talking about exactly how much marketshare Google has over the competition in terms of eyeballs, advertisers or any other number of metrics - though you are probably well aware that Google is the dominant leader in just about everything they put an effort (or buy) into. For Brin to actually say himself that this creates anti-trust issues (especially in the midst of an anti-trust battle themselves) is a bit hypocritical.

Oh and if you thought Google already have enough money to get to the moon, you might not be shocked to learn that the comments were from their HQ for the Lunar X Prize. Lunar X Prize is a race to land a privately funded robotic spacecraft on the moon. Because apparently there are no better causes on Earth…