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go big

mr. diggles — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:06:29 +0000

items of interest is funny. it looks like a movie set. oh and they somehow failed to mention the terrifying clown mask in the laundry list above.

read the story here

katu swine flu fail

mr. diggles — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:48:35 +0000

the news is pushing the shit of this swine flu thing. and the pictures are getting sluttier by the minute.

i am sure a grade school kid is more terrified of being associated with a fat pig than actually being sick.

hey jim, i love the pig! is there any way we can get it standing in it’s own shit? oh, and tilt the swine flu text to make it extra gross…

see the image in all it’s glory here

to further the conspiracy, i noticed that this was a story they closed comments on. hmmm….

katu news snap

mr. diggles — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:00:25 +0000

so a while back i signed up for an account at intense debate so i could comment on the news. and as you can see from my -1p i haven’t been well received.

here are the rules on katu’s site:

Keep it clean – This is a public forum, open to civilized people who do not appreciate obscene, vulgar or sexually-oriented language, no matter how creatively spelled.
Keep it civil – Don’t defame, threaten, abuse or invade the privacy of other readers or the subjects of stories. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person will be tolerated.
Keep it truthful and legal – Don’t lie, impersonate another individual or post comments that advocate illegal activity.
Keep on topic – Stay focused on the subject at hand. Do not post advertisements or solicitations for funds, goods, or services.
Be responsible – Comments are the sole responsibility of those who post them.
Share your knowledge – Give us your eyewitness accounts, background and observations. If you see a factual error in a story or think there are issues we should follow up on, please e-mail us at webstaff@katu.com or call 503-235-8510.
Exercise your authority – Police these comments and suggest removal of those that violate the house rules.
And remember – Rules violators may be permanently banned from commenting.

well, i am currently in the red and in the negative. there was a story about how a guy got caught having sex with his dog and i made the comment hey we have all been there right? – and the readers did not find it funny.

what i have noticed is that the first 2-4 comments usually set the tone. so if someone is like this is a bunch of crap then everyone else seems to agree. i remember once reading about this katu study that 1 in 5 adults have admitted to peeing in a public pool and everyone was like well i can’t believe this! – and i was like really? don’t invite me over to your place cause i rarely hit the toilet. do you have a pool?

oh internets you had me at login.

microsoft – “we do not like black people”

mr. diggles — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:56:59 +0000

i love this story but i am not surprised. advertising sometimes is not too far off from blatant racism. social profiling and stereotyping is everywhere and in cases like this it sometimes leaks.

microsoft put together an ad that they later decided to make some ethnic (sloppy) changes to. katu says it best:

A photo on the Seattle-based company’s U.S. Web site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the Web site of Microsoft’s Polish business unit, the black man’s head has been replaced with that of a white man. The color of his hand remains unchanged.

uh bill, can we make the guy in the center less black? maybe try to find a younger whiter guy that looks less wise and more like a smart ass? – not to mention leaving the hand black. if they would have crossed their t’s on this one they would have had the option to say that they turned the white guy black. darshes.

on the flip side of this – i got a new macbook pro recently and it is a battle axe in which i am learning to yield it’s raw power.

the important specs:

3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2X4GB
256GB solid-state drive
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Resolution Antiglare Widescreen Display

now while these specs may mean nothing to most i must mention that after tap dancing with a solid state drive i will never go back. i am already trying to figure out how i can get one in my mac pro as well. there’s no moving parts, no seek time, no weird clicking noises – nothing. just raw speed. photoshop literally takes 1 second to load. add in the 8gb of ram and yourself have a murder machine. oh and i went with the non glossy screen – for i am not a fan. i want to get work done, not stare at candy all day.

and while i like to give microsoft a hard time, i run xp in sync with osx. why? because i can. plus, how else am i going to test crappy browsers that can’t seem to die?

i will never stop giving ie6 a hard time. i swear there will be celebration riots in the streets once it finally dies. hooray!!!!1

need fireworks? we got you covered.

mr. diggles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:03:25 +0000

i went to check out the local news last night and it was a challenge for me to find something positive on the screen. i even highlighted it for you.

i am sure they are hoping that if they facilitate the distribution of fireworks it will better their chance at a fresh tragic headline:

7 year old serial killer blows off hand with a piccolo pete while snorting contraband off the koran.

speaking of which, here is how to make a piccolo pete bomb – and detonate it underwater to boot:

i was once a child.

who takes katu’s pictures? oliver stone?

mr. diggles — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:54:46 +0000

I have started to notice that katu has had some pretty dramatic pictures lately. i first noticed it when i saw the wheelchair picture below that i posted on a while back. and now we have a shoe in the road. snap!

i wonder how many pics the guy got turned down on. so this is a nice treatment of natural light on the brains blending with the side walk – if you want a closer look we can adjust the contrast pause… um oliver, this isn’t working out, can we see that shoe on the asphalt treatment again?

omfg i am so funny

today in portland news

mr. diggles — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:56:42 +0000

i came into work this morning and these were the portland headlines on katu. wow. not to be a jerk but the picture of the wheelchair is priceless. RELATED POSTSblue skies in portland = storm alert katu = kapture all the ugly google street views features portland portland? more like planet terror! the portland tram

google street views features portland

mr. diggles — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:19:13 +0000

this is insane! i swear there are so many things i am starting to think are possible. like me posting on my blog consistently. getting back at it here i swear.

google has released a thing called google street views that allows you to see images from just about any location in a city. they only have it available for about 6 or so cities but guess what? portland is one of them! not sure who pulled it off but a big thank you goes out from nerds like me in the pdx area!

i could sit here and continue to explain this or you can check it out for yourself. it took me back to the first time i discovered google earth. i can’t imagine what it is going to be like when they merge the street view functionality in. holy directions skunk king!!!

update: the freaks at katu.com cover google street views

click here to check it out on katu.com

click here to check it out on google.com

katu = kapture all the ugly

mr. diggles — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:24:06 +0000

living in portland i check the local news site katu all the time. it is my preferred local site mainly because i like the interface and i think it is the cleanest site out of all the local sites available. kgw for example makes you sign up to read the news. retards.

i like to compare national and global news to local news because it is always interesting to see what local cats think is news worthy. katu for example likes to focus on tragedy. i know most media does but from some reason whenever i go to katu it kinda ruins my day.

see the top headlines below that appeared on saturday, july 28th 2007… jesus.

TODAY’S TOP HEADLINES

Teen’s death labeled suspicious
Crews contain Gorge blaze
Body of missing swimmer found
Stunt pilot killed at Ohio air show
Mother of missing boy pleads for help
Swastika painted on Silverton landmark – again

i love the last one which suggests that this isn’t the first time katu has posted this! it is crazy what things drive ratings – god knows i will never stop reading.