Google Street View caught this Aussie passed out drunk in front of his house.

A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet.

He had been drowning his sorrows over the death of a friend and collapsed after climbing out of a taxi.

As he slept off his excesses, a car-mounted video camera passed by to record pictures of the street for Google’s StreetView website.

Ouch. For more on the story…

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In the Op/Ed section of the Maine Sunday Telegram (aka the Sunday edition of the Portland Press Herald) read the headline:

The newspaper industry’s demise has been exaggerated, but current conditions do mean we must offfer less.

Ouch. I guess one place in which they are cutting back is in their spellcheck. Perhaps they could save money by only using two “f’s” in offer.

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I have to say, these guys do a good job with their light sabers. Remembering my own high school days, I can only hope the girls in their class appreciate the dedication this took.

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I’ve noticed some distortion in the iPhone camera in low light or if there’s some movement.

The girls wanted me to take their photo as they did jumping jacks outside of Panera the other day. Maya seems to be doing her best “Stretch Armstrong.”

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There are things I barely understand that make me laugh. This is one of them.

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At least, that’s what Cybele would have you believe. There’s some people who believe this to be true, there’s some who don’t.

To save my life, Cybele bought me this new funky metal water bottle. Have to say that the design is very cool.

I’m not crazy about how you have to suck the top like a teat to get any water out, and the metal frame keeps you from squeezing the water into your mouth. (I was always taught it was tacky to put your mouth on a water bottle.) Also, the metal frame seems to work as an anti-vacuum, sucking the cold out of the water in record time.

(The idea that room-temperature water is somehow better than cold water is a completely crock of shit, IMHO, and no wacked-out, Google Adsense-supported blog is going to convince me otherwise.)

However, I’m a strong believer that husbands who listen to their wives live a longer, happier life.

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Maya lost another tooth this weekend–she actually pulled this one out of her head while we slept–and has another loose one on its way out.

At three bucks a tooth, we’re taking up a collection. Turns out our dental plan doesn’t cover tooth fairy visits.

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I just finished Assassin’s Creed last night. Not sure what all the bitching was about. This game featured great graphics, great voice acting, and a much better than average story.

Yes, the random things people in the crowd did get repetitive–you would think that for the 36 villagers I saved, they would have more than 4 standard responses–”my sons will hear of your bravery!” And, the tasks you perform can get repetitive as well. Save a villager, pick a pocket, hide in some hay, eavesdrop, beat the crap out of someone.

Still, the utter joy of leaping from rooftop to rooftop, scrambling up walls and sneaking up on rooftop guards (and gutting them) never got old. Nor did the free fall jumps from the towers into the ominipotent piles of hay. I, for one, will be looking forward to the sequel.

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Ogy today mentioned that the email newsletter tool for Joomla is called Letterman, bringing back a rush of memories that only YouTube could satisfy…

I didn’t know that Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel were involved! I also wonder if Spellbinder was the first Arab terrorist archetype? I doubt you could use him today, any more than you’ll catch Song of the South in your local megaplex.

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StumbledUpon Interaction Design Pattern Library just now. Interesting collection of navigation types, search options and more for usability. Perhaps a little too much classification there, but some good stuff.

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