This is a brilliant form of commentary on so many levels, I’ll just let it speak for itself.
Thanks to Tom Vilot for the tip.
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Serious motivational music!
In need of some extra ooomph to get you going? This should do the trick: The Helian’ Man, sung by Matt McGinn, a ballad about Scottish raids about a thousand years ago that led Roman emperor Hadrian to build a 73-mile wall across Britain.
I heard this song on the radio about 15 years ago, when I still lived in Pennsylvania. Ever since then, when I’ve found myself in need of motivation or facing a serious challenge, I’ve sometimes found myself bellowing “Grigalie! Grigaloo! Come up and fight, you cowardly crew! I’ll have you for my pot of stew! You fear to fight with me!”
It works pretty well. Sometimes as well as a kickboxing workout 🙂
Here are the lyrics…
If only more disclaimers were like this
I’ve always been fascinated by disclaimers, they’re so Kafkaesque (in terms of both bizarreness and paranoia). Now if only more disclaimers were so frank and prominent…
(Thanks to Michael Kirk for the tip.)
Mobile Phone Wishful Thinking
OK, this isn’t my personal idea of cell phone nirvana, but I love it when designers start fantasizing…
Thanks to TechGRL for the tip!