drinking away my insatiable cucumber appetite

just when i thought i would never be able to satisfy my cucumber addiction...

pepsi goes and does something to COMPLETELY REDEEM THEMSELVES!

pepsi ice cucumber

anyone in japan hook it up? i'm not sure i really want to drink it, but i think it'd be fun to have the bottle...

first heard about from energy fiend. thanks!

google street view is cool!

i just learned about google maps' newest feature: street view. basically, in selected cities, including san francisco, you can get a 360 view from the street level, just like you were standing in the middle of the street, and dizzying yourself turning in circles, admiring all the buildings. you can also follow a "walking route" of the street you're on.

to get an idea, here are a couple of links to spots in the city i mapped out. i first thought about mapping some of my fave sf spots: union square, palace of fine arts, the big phone. but then i changed my mind and decided to map out my wife's two favorite san francisco sites: the del taco on market and the coffee bean at the bottom of ghirardelli square.

here's del taco. i don't recommend this view in real life unless you have a death wish to be plastered on the front of a muni bus or taxi cab.

and here's the coffee bean & tea leaf. this view is OK. rarely ever fast-moving cars at this intersection. the red and white striped awning is the bean.

google has a really funny intro video to help you learn how to use the map. it's worth a watch.

so yeah, street view is really cool! it's just like walking through the city. only without the biting wind, the constant din of traffic as locals vie with tourists for supremacy of the road, and of course the oppressive stench of urban filth. give it a go!

library gorilla

allen county public library in indiana makes a lot of videos and posts them on youtube. here's a promo for their summer reading program. even though the video production itself is pretty tame, the overall effect is genius. consider this: a library could spend lots of time and money on a fancy production with professional equipment and the like, but if , like many libraries, all they have to highlight is a cramped teen space, a tiny collection, and a smattering of programs, what's the point? here are the messages i got from this video: the prize text tells me the summer reading program has tons of prizes and some of them are really cool. the text about programs and the kids playing ddr and chess tells me there are a lot of things happening during the summer, like shows and games and stuff like that. the kids running through the library tells me that there must be some kind of teen council that gets to be in the library even when it's closed...if i'm a teen, i think being inside a closed library is pretty cool and i want in on that action. the fact that someone got to wear the gorilla suit tells me the library must have a gorilla costume and i can think of tons of funny things you can do with a gorilla costume.
enjoy the video. the best part for me was in the middle when the gorilla slides across the smooth floor, i kept thinking, gee i wonder if anyone worried about the monkee biting the dust during that scene. needless to say, the outtakes did not disappoint.

forget retro, super mario in outer space

on the tail of the last post about the retro game store, here's some video from the recently announced super mario galaxy game for wii. i'm excited. are you?


thanks to extralife for the heads up.

super potato is good for you

found this video about a retro video game store in japan. if you're an old video game fan, or are a hardcore nintendo junkie (like me), you're gonna love some of the stuff you see. i especially like the old video game music you can hear in the background...definitely heard some old school super mario bros. in there. check it out.

Super Potato in Akihabara, HDTV
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