July, 2011

Loldwell

From Freddie’s post on Reddit:

Jon’s kid apparently LOVES our stuff – they’ve been watching our videos for months. Jon wanted to do something with us so he basically pulled a bunch of weight and told Universal to let us do ANYTHING.

That meant shooting on the Universal lot for free, props and wardrobe from the movie free for our use, equipment, etc. It was a dream come true.

So we came up with a ridiculous concept where it was basically cowboys versus the FreddieW channel, and sent it by him, and he was totally down.

It was an incredible experience!

Freddie Wong

From the soundtrack to Sunset Park. Enjoy your weekend.

Related: Happy Hours.

A hobbyist codebreaker named Corey Starliper claims to have broken the code to the Zodiac Killer’s infamous 41-year-old “340″ cipher, which confirms that long-time suspect Arthur Leigh Allen was indeed the Zodiac Killer:

According to Robert Graysmith, in “Zodiac”, tips received by police after Darlene Ferrin’s murder indicated that the killing was connected to the U.S Virgin Islands. Starliper believed that the “340” of the 340 cipher was significant, and had some tie-in with the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was then that he found out that 340 is the area code for a portion of the U.S Virgin Islands — not an insignificant connection.

“So that’s what I started with,” said Starliper. “I thought, there’s no way … that Zodiac is going to be prosaic enough not to mention the U.S. Virgin Islands in this code. This is where it gets even creepier. 3+4+0=7. Right. So you get 7+0=7. 707…707 are the area codes for Vallejo, Napa, and Solano. So I figured, why not start this with Caesar code using 3,4.”

This doesn’t mean the 340 is such an easy task to decode, considering the fact that the original 340 cipher is full of symbols: >, +, and ▲ being just a few of the signs found in the code. To combat this problem, Starliper extracted symbols and changed them to letters they could correspond with. For example, a ^ or < symbol could be interpreted as inverted or sideways “V”s.

After two sessions of 6 hours and 3 hours, Starliper was left with this message:

“KILL SLF DR HELP ME KILL MYSELF GAS CHAMBER AEIOUR DAYS QUESTIONSABLE EVERYY WAKING MOMENT IM ALIVE MY PR IDE LOST I CAST GO ON LIVING IN THIS WAY KILLING PEOPLE I HAV KILLD SO MANY PEOPLE CANT HELP MYSELF IM SO AN GRY I COULD DO MY THINK IM ALONE IN THIS WORLD MY W HOLE LIFE FUL O LIES IM UNABLE TO STOP BY THE TIME YOU SOLVE THISI WILL HAV KILLD ELEVEN PEOPLE PLEASE HELP ME STOP KILLING PEOPLE PLEASE MY NAME IS LEIGH ALLEN”.

Many have claimed to have solved this cipher with different results, so if you’re a skeptic, this is your cue.

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Tell ‘em, Martin.

Season 2 arrives October 16th.

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Brian Aragon proves there are definitely more difficult aspects of rollerblading than previously thought.

Chuck & Beans

Jonathan deals with the cultural differences of being super white in an interracial relationship, set to Jamie Foxx’s “Fall For Your Type“.

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Your mom >

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21 Things You Probably Didn’t Think eHow Could Teach You – [Geekosystem]

Assorted Attempts At Google+ Circles Comedy – [Uproxx]

10 Most Influential Media Moguls In History – [Business Pundit]

At Least 2 Dead In Oslo Bomb Blast – [MSNBC]

A massive explosion wrecked government buildings in central Oslo on Friday, including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s office, killing at least two people and injuring several others.

Stoltenberg was not in the building at the time of the explosion, which happened around 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT), Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported.

Assistant Chief Constable Egil Vrekke of the Oslo police force confirmed the two deaths. At least eight people were injured, but the number could be higher, with the police chief saying there have been “a lot” of casualties and reports of people trapped in the building.

Oslo police said the explosion was caused by a bomb, the NTB news agency said.

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