He's playing Unreal Tournament. He's angry. Very angry. No... Very very very very angry. Psycho!

Thanks Coolz0r for the link [play tag with me candidate]

Playing on Jason Calacanis' reputation, a new anti-Jason blog has emerged called CalacANUS.com, tagline is The Internet is ALL MINE!

http://www.calacanus.com/

Thanks to Jason Schramm for the link [play tag with me candidate]

Here's a new concept, it's called chain linking. What you do is simply repost this blog entry as-is on your blog and add your website to the top (or bottom) of the chain of links below. Then email the blog entry to a couple blogger friends. For participating, you'll get a little link love, a.k.a. Google juice.

1. http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/

Candid camera of bloody showers.

Bloody Showers - video powered by Metacafe

Thanks Coolz0r!

Watch very closely and you'll see the ghost. It'll scare the shit out of you. Promise!

Thanks Coolz0r [play tag with me favorite].

Test your upload and download Internet connection speed. I got 1273 kbps download and 364 kbps upload at home.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Thanks Chip [play tag with me candidate].

Here's the trailer for the upcoming new movie in the Rocky series called Rocky Balboa.

More...

• fan made trailer
• a lesser trailer

Thanks Coolz0r!

This is a trailer for a turkish version of Superman Returns. Very retro. Very funny!

This is a pretty awesome concept car. The steering is via joystick that sits between the driver and passenger seats. I guess both can drive now.

http://www.autolanka.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=862

Thanks Coolz0r [play tag with me candidate].

An interview with Blogger of the Day, Tracy of Look! Tracy has a Camera!.

iBt4iM: Tell my readers who you are.

Tracy: My name is Tracy.  I'm a 24 year old graduate student in Industrial/Organizational psychology, married, and am a spasmodic photographer.  I was born and raised in New Orleans and am now adapting to life in the midwest.  I'm a geek at heart, married to a geek, and we love to geek out together.

iBt4iM: What's your blog? What's your blog about?

Tracy: My blog "Look! Tracy has a Camera!" is at http://tracytakespics.blogspot.com. The blog is a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  I started it mostly because I would see things, like very random household things, and just have these thoughts about them.  For instance, I've written an entire blog entry about a pretzel I found under my computer subwoofer.  I don't know, I guess I just like to put life on pause for a moment and say "wow, just look at that.. weird."  So, some of the time I take pictures of things and post my thoughts or a story about them.  The majority of the rest of the posts are about silly news stories or internet sites that make me happy.

iBt4iM: What secondary blogs do you have? Linkblogs? Moblogs?

Tracy: None.  If I like a website, I'll write about it.  A URL doesn't mean much to a reader, in my opinion.

iBt4iM: Why do you blog?

Tracy: I blog because the thought is there and I want to say it.  I blog for interaction, for the dissemination of knowledge, and for fun.  I grew up with the internet so I think it's fantastic to see it grow from these static "Hi, this is who I am" web pages, to a completely dynamic and interconnected chain of information.  I think that, from a psychological standpoint, people are and will always be curious about other human beings.  We want to connect with each other and to share stories.  We do this on many levels with family and friends, but we do this exponentially on the internet. 

iBt4iM: What are your favorite blogs?

Tracy:

• http://www.johnrobertwilson.com
• http://www.wilwheaton.net
• http://www.kbcafe.com/adwords/
• http://www.boingboing.net
• http://wesawthat.blogspot.com

iBt4iM: What do you do when you are not blogging?

Tracy: Graduate school.  Like I said, I'm a geek at heart.  My husband and I have played a lot of MMORPGs together including Everquest, Dark Age Of Camelot, and Silk Road Online most recently.  As a teenager, when other girls my age were going to the mall and chatting on the phone, I was glued to my computer playing Starcraft and Quake 2.  I also enjoy reading, cross stitching, cooking, martial arts, and hiking.  As much as I love computing (the two of us have 2 desktops and a laptop in our office area), I get a little stir crazy if I don't get out and move around.  My tv is usually on for background noise.  But, when I am actually watching something it is either CNN, Cartoon Network, Whose Line is It Anyway, Eddie Izzard, or Antiques Roadshow.

iBt4iM: Thanks for taking the time to tell my readers about yourself. You are the Blogger of the Day.

Note: We are interviewing one average-Joe great-blogger every few days (we hope). If you want to be the Blogger of the Day, then email me. Previous Bloggers of the Day; Peter Dawson, Sterling Camden, Jason Schramm, Marcel Marchon, Rajesh Setty, Dave Taylor, fotoUR, John of Freshblog, Aimee Evans, Allen Searls, Steve Michel, Jon Watson, Dave Walker, Oleg Dulin and Miel Van Opstal.

... just a different type of gadget. Like this Talking Head.

http://www.gadgetcandy.com/archives/2006/07/post_415.php

Beyonce, Pink, Britney and Enrique in a pepsi gladiator ad.

Here's some great coupons.

• Coffee Time
• Kaneff
• The Cash Store
• United Furniture Warehouse
• Dr Credit
• Wild Water Kingdom
• 10-10-620
• Moores Clothing for Men
• The Old Spaghetti  Factory
• Rainbow Cinemas
• PokerRoom.com
• Playdium
• Tony Roma's

http://www.coffeetime.ca/Summer%20Fun%20Special%20Offer%20Coupons.pdf

... and I need a dictionary.

You May Be a Bit Histrionic...

Dramatic and over the top, you crave attention. And you'll do anything it takes to get noticed. You love to be seductive, even when it's inappropriate. If you're ignored, you're easily hurt ... and act out even more!

Some pretty good deals...

• 2GB CompactFlash $69
• 5 MP Digital Camera $149

Nathan Weinberg, author of Inside Google, has disappeared from the blogosphere.

http://www.kbcafe.com/google/?guid=20060719073738

It turns out that Zidane was actually a hero!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQAv1F4NOFY

Pittsburgh town, that smokey old town, that's Pittsburgh
Originally uploaded by btezra.

I just thought this was an amazing picture of downtown Pittsburgh and I had to blog it!

Turns out you don't need much intelligence to read this blog. Or at least according to this readability test. I mean, how hard is it to click on a play button anyhow?

http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php

Readability Results

The following table contains the readability results for http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM .

PR: At the meeting, holders of common shares and the holders of options exercisable for common shares having an exercise price of less than US$3.34 per share will consider a special resolution approving a plan of arrangement pursuant to an arrangement agreement with Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. and its affiliated entity, 724 Holdings, Inc., by which 724 Holdings, Inc. would acquire all the outstanding common shares of 724 Solutions not owned by Austin Ventures and John J. Sims, the Chief Executive Officer of 724 Solutions.

http://www.724.com/news/details290.asp

Randy: Conveniently timed. I'm attending an event a few days after this date where there'll be a couple current and past employees of 724 Solutions. Should be fun! Maybe we should organize one last 724 Pink Slip Party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUNEHcckphg
Extended Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWKHFZOTGXY

Guess what the domain name for the Italian Power Generator company is (currently inaccessible)?

http://www.powergenitalia.com/

Very funny AOL Cancel the Account parody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbjUnz64ywc

the show with zefrank is one of the funniest Video blogs in the blogosphere. If you are not subscribed, then your life is incomplete.

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/

Thanks to Chip to the link [play tag with me candidate for July].

Quite an awesome display, if only he had a stabilizer.

Thanks Coolz0r! [play tag with me candidate for July]

Since last months (May) winner astreet never claimed his prize, there is two winners for June. The June Play Tag with Me winners are...

• AOL, Cancel the Account - Coolz0r
• Lesson in Communication Skills - Sterling Camden

Send me the Amazon link to the book you want ($<20) and your mailing address. For those that don't yet know the rules, I pick the best links every month sent to me with the del.icio.us for:randy tag and the sender of the link gets a free book at Amazon (less than $20). Thanks for playing!

Jimmy Fallon and Parker Posey Pepsi commercial to the song Streamline by Newton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QpmitsyfNs

Too funny! Must watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4h0WBLv4I

This amazine little girl isn't as young as you may think. She's 12 years old and hasn't aged in 10 years. She might be secret to the fountain of youth.

Adelaine Morin: Hey Parents do you neeed options togoeing some where?how about Walt Disney World (In Florda )Ore even Sea World (In Florda To) Ore haw about Six Flags Darien Lake Ow how about SpiderMan and Frends in Cliftonhills (In Niagara Falls ) Ore even Yogi Bears Jellystone Park (In Barrie) Ore Bingemans (In Kichener ) Ore even Story Book garden (In London ) Ore even Sports World (iInKitchener ) Those  are all I got in minde by .

Randy: My 8-yr-old daughter has her own blog. I think she's trying to tell me something.

cross-posted

I'm such a square, I knew I was far from a socialpath, but I took the quiz anyway.

You Are 20% Sociopath

You're empathetic, loyal, and introspective. In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

Nature.com compiled a list of the top 50 popular science blogs.

http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060703/multimedia/50_science_blogs.html

It's a trick. They'll sucker you in with a free price tag, jack up the price, then ignore you when you want to cancel :-)

Totally freeky version of the flinstones, played by squeezing the hands together and producing fluctuating (the fart kind) noises.

They also have...

• Will Tell Overture
• The Stars and Stripes Forever
• Hawaii Five-O Theme
• Hail to the Chief
• Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

[play tag with me candidate]

BTW, I haven't named the 2 play tag with me winners from June. Yes two! Nobody claimed the prize for May, so I've decided to award two winners this month. I'll name the winners in the next few hours (or days, if I'm lazy).

The Economist: Tuangou, or team buying, aims to drive unprecedented bargains by combining the reach of the internet with the power of the mob. It is spreading through China like wildfire. The practice originated in online chat-rooms but has quickly inspired several specialist websites, such as 51tuangou.com and www.teambuy.com.cn. Zhang Wei, who helped to set up teambuy less than six months ago, says the site has 10,000 registered members.

http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=7121669

Randy: I sense an opportunity for some new Web 2.0 social websites.

OpenText seems to like me. First they bought Opencola (my x-employer), now they want to buy my current employer. I guess I'm destined to work for them.

http://www.opentext.com/news/pr.html?id=1751

Here'a great video sent in by Coolz0r. The car wash takes off the roof of the car and sets the car on fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgWzSm1UDI

[play tag with me candidate]

My daughter asked me several times this weekend if I could show her how to create her own Website. I eventually decided to create an MSN Spaces blog for her. She's 8 and she's blogging.

http://adelainemorin.spaces.msn.com/

We saw Superman Returns last night. The movie started at 6:30PM and finished at 9:30PM. This movie had several instances where 10 minutes went by and nothing happened. These scenes could have been left on the editing floor and the movie would have been better. The first half hour or more was quite boring, but when Lex Luther met Lois Lane and her kid, the movie got interesting. I have to admit I was so naive that I didn't even consider that the kid was Superman's son. The movie was awesome from this point forward and until Superman died. To be exact, when the kid kisses the dead Superman. At this point, the movie could have ended there and it would have been great, but true to Hollywood style, they gave us a pointless 30 plus minute ending after the climax. If they wanted Superman back alive all they needed was a post credits scene where the nurse discovered Superman was no longer in his hospital bed and the window was broken open. Still, this is a great movie, but I had hoped for more.