Firefox Flicks

Get FirefoxThere’s one day left in the Firefox Flicks contest, which challenges you to:

Create a 30-second ad, in any style (live action or animated), that brings Firefox to life for the millions of Web users who have yet to discover Firefox and the better Web experience it delivers.

One ad in particular is already making the Interweb rounds, and although it’s a bit politically incorrect, it’s still pretty funny. Check out the YouTube video

Note: I’ve removed the embedded player, as it takes too long to load and the static image is kind of ugly…

Priceheat

Priceheat is “A one-click Amazon price checker, a bookmarklet, a widget, price comparison 2.0.” Drag the priceheat link to your bookmarks bar and when you’re on an Amazon item page, click it to see a comparison of prices at other sites.

I know that there are many similar price comparison sites, like Froogle, MySimon, and Price Watch, but priceheat is a very easy and elegant solution when you know exactly what you want.

Rob Corddry Hates You

Dead-Frog – A Comedy Blog reports that Rob Corddry Hates You:

In Rob Corddry’s Wednesday report on The Daily Show entitled “Racist Like Me,” he ends his report saying people might say of him that “he’s a pretty decent guy, unless of course, you’re one of these things. In which case I hate your guts.”

The complete list contains nearly 200 items:

Black, Guatemalan, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Irish, Haitian, Pakistani, Indian, African, twins, French, Estonian, Dutch, Moroccan, Unitarian, Dominican, Hungarian, Hispanic, Lebanese, Lebanese Christian, Lesbian Christian, Chinese, Latvian, Polish, Costa Rican, Penobscot Indian, Sicilian, Hmong, Black Hmong, circumsized, fatty, Tlingit, Inuit, Luxembourgian, Jerry Lewis, Ecuadorian, TiVo list pauser, Hawaiian, NPR Listener, Turkish, Japanese, Buddhist, Sue Grafton, Greek Orthodox, Amish, Belgian, Mohawk Indian, Hindu, Mary Kate & Ashley, Puerto Rican, gay, bisexual, lesbian, bi-curious, college lesbian, Sunni, Seriously stop pausing this, What do you think this is Lost?, 4 8 15 16 23 42, PT Cruiser owner, Nepalese, Boy Scout Troop 19, Canadian, Hawken School Class of ‘89, Colombian, from either Dakota, Stephen Colbert, Scientologist, Hungarian, elderly, Mahjong enthusiast, Hoosier, Pig Latino, Ephesian, Philippian, Corinthian, Quebecois, Welsh, Highlander, Narnian, Jedi, Australian, Malaysian, Danish, Eritrean, Mormon, Greek Orthodox, Korean (North), Korean (South), Newfoundlander, terrier, Navy SEAL, Jewish (Reform), butch bottom, pre-op transexual, post-op transexual, hermaphrodite, metalhead, Michigander, Michiganian, Kool-Aid Guy, Jewish (Conservative), ambidextrous, encephalitic, microcephalic, homodontic, omnivorous, marsupial, Jewish (Orthodox), carnivorous, vegan, Jim Belushi, size queen, chiropractor, Jewish (For Jesus), red-headed, asthmatic, spastic, adopted, Cablinasian, ectomorphic, hemophiliac, Serbian, Croatian, Kurdish, Pacific, slander, Aleut, Albino, Texan, toddler, Seventh-Day Adventist, Samoan, diabetic, Zoroastrian, Swiss, Zambian, Flemish, Corsican, South African (except the Whites), someone who only gets their news from The Daily Show, Hutu, Tutsi, Kazakhstani, Belarussian, Ukrainian, Moravian, Aborigine, Oaxacan, Lakota Indian, Sioux, English, Austrian, Malaysian, Mennonite, Carny, Bolivian, Micronesian, Puerto-Rican, Cuban, Canadian, Guyanan, Guyanan (French), Tanzanian, Portuguese, Toll booth worker, Jordanian, Peruvian, Israeli, Arab Israeli, Mayan, NASCAR Dad, Maoist, Soccer Mom, Finnish, Druid, Persian, Comp Lit major, Iranian, Honduran, Deadsiluap, listpauser@yahoo.com, Star Bellied Snitches, Swazilandian, Norwegian, drifter, Basque, Paraguayan, Tongan, Albanian, Libyan, Greek, Azerbaijani, Kashmiri

Woo hoo, I made the list!

Hilarious, as usual. If you didn’t catch the video link earlier, check it out here (embedded Windows Media Video, looks like the list at the end got cut off 🙁 )…

The Da Vinci Code Quest

The Da Vinci CodeGoogle and Sony Pictures are collaborating on The Da Vinci Code Quest:

Beginning on April 17th you will embark on a quest that requires skill, intellect, and perseverance. For 24 days, you will encounter unique challenges. These daily puzzles will pull you deeper into the world of The Da Vinci Code.

As Google Blogoscoped points out, the “quest” is available as a Google Personalized Homepage module. Although it sounds a little cheesy, I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt for now and see what it’s like next week…

The “Ultimate Mint Julep”?!

The Kentucky Derby will now feature a $1,000 “ultimate” mint julep:

The sweet cocktail will be made with one of the state’s finest bourbons and served in a gold-plated cup with a silver straw to the first 50 people willing to put down the cash at the May 6 race.

Mint from Morocco, ice from the Arctic Circle and sugar from the South Pacific will put this mint julep in a class of its own, the distillery selling the drink said.

This is almost as asinine as Millionaires24.com e-mail, which I’m still not sure is for real…

Google Calendar

GoogleGoogle Calendar went live yesterday; more information at the overview page.

I’ve been using Rainlendar as a calendar application and am pretty happy with it. However, I still haven’t been able to find anything that synchronizes all of my devices and software. Some day…

By the way, I also came across Simply Google, which collects all of Google’s offerings on one page, making it easy to take advantage of all of its search features and applications.