Uncontacted Tribe Spotted in Brazil

Crazy. Arrows were flying.

Linking Fixed

RIGA, Latvia (Caught on the Bound Newswires) - Caught on the Bound users reported broken links when accessing the site through www.caughtonthebound.com rather than the Blogspot address.

Editor-in-chief and Supreme Site Overlord Kevin Curran was roused from his slumber by an aide at 3:30 AM this morning to deal with the problem.

"What we're looking at is some kind of power revulsion oscillation," said a bleary-eyed Curran. "Very common. Very common. Hey, are you going to the kitchen? Can you get me a muffin?"

CotB technicians worked through most of the morning to correct the problem, finally beating back the DNS domain demon with deft programming and two-clicks of a mouse.

"I think 'DNS domain' is a redundant term," said Earl, a longtime programmer and respected minion of the site. "I mean, that's just bad journalism. DNS stands for Domain Naming System. Idiots."

Earl was placed on administrative leave.

Quote of the Day

"There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good."

- Stephen Colbert

Skylines - Brisbane

Adventures - The Telectroscope (Updated)

I'm heading into New York today and will try to check out the Telectroscope or "transatlantic telescope" as blogged about previously. Pictures and footage to follow!

UPDATE:

As promised, my report on the Telectroscope! I've been getting a lot of traffic from people looking for information about it, so here you go:

I took the A train to High St. in Brooklyn. When you emerge, just head towards the bridge and follow along the left side of it until you reach the water - and there it is!


It looks a lot like a telescope. Luckily, it wasn't too crowded either. Some cool tidbits from my Telectroscope experience:

- The staff handed out whiteboards and markers for communicating with our counterparts in London, near Tower Bridge (the Telectroscope has no audio, just the visual). They keep hoping for someone to propose marriage or discover world peace through it; but mainly, we wrote things like "New York Calling!" or "Hello!" or "So anyways, do you just want to call me?"

- It appeared to be raining in London as some of the Other Siders had umbrellas out. One guy near me emphasized his sunglasses and how nice the weather was in New York. This was met with shrugs and good humour on the London side.

- I tried to communicate through interpretive dance, the language of international relations. I did this worm thing with my arms and sure enough, some guy on the other side did it back. Awesome.

- A girl in London started blowing kisses at everyone, which led to a funny bout of miming affection through the great glass tube. It must have been weird for people walking by to see a group of men pretending to fall backwards in front of a giant telescope.

- One couple had made an appointment to meet friends in London through the scope...and they found them!

The strange and somewhat eerie part of the experience is communicating in silence across a great distance. The white boards gave it a bit of a verbal element, like the Internet, but people primarily reacted to movement and gestures, which heightened the sense of distance, like a farmer waving to you from his tractor far away. Strange, fun and highly recommended.

Skylines - Nairobi

Procrastination

Phoneless Chords

I play guitar. Not very well or professionally or anything. I just like to play when I feel like it. I like figuring out chords and hearing how they interact.....man. Sometimes, I sing along with the guitar playing. This can be quite fun, but one answer sort of eludes me. Am I in tune?

I decided to get my recorder that I use for comedy and impromptu interviews on the train and such and record me singing while playing guitar. The result? Decently in tune. Except for random notes here and there. Like, I'll be in tune with no issues and then out of nowhere, some atonal specter of doom makes me sing sort of in tune with the chord but not with the melody, usually at the end of a lyrical phrase. It works, but it's just completely unexpected and makes the song sound like a mistake. And I hear this and think, "I could go for a Coke."

Explanations - Easter Island

Invincible (Sort of)

I don't really follow the NFL very closely, instead preferring the gamely joust of the college game, but I found this article on Vince Young interesting. He nearly quit after his first year in the NFL, which is known to be a difficult year of transition, seriousness and un-fun. And lots and lots of cash. But anyway:

"If nothing else, it's a reminder that we never, ever really know what's going on with our favorite athletes. Or anyone, really. Being rich, being famous, being idolized, being on the cover of Madden ... none of it guarantees that a guy won't be sitting at home crying his eyes out and listening to, I don't know, Elliott Smith albums or something."

And lots and lots of cash.

Photo of the (Yesterday)

"Nothing says Memorial Day like a bunch of bikers driving through town. Thank you to everyone who has served our country. Thank you for our freedom."

Thanks Jenny!

A Cinematic Odyssey

Friend of Caught on the Bound, John Young, reports on a 2001: A Space Odyssey forum for Entertainment Weekly. I know this is one of his favorite films and, after having the opportunity to see it on the big screen at Notre Dame (complete with THX), I too count it among my favorites. A cool tidbit from John's report:

"The ape costumes used in the "Dawn of Man" sequence were so convincing that many moviegoers assumed Kubrick simply trained real apes. This perhaps explains why the film didn't receive an Oscar nomination for its costumes."

Skylines - Hong Kong

Quote of the Day

"I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on."

- Beryl Pfizer

The Catchphrase

I'm sure a lot of us have at least a passing familiarity with The Legend of Zelda, either as a video game or as the famed should-have-been-nominated-for-an-Emmy 80s cartoon series. In case you missed any part of it though, this is a good recap of the series:



My favorite scene (and I did watch the whole thing) has to be Link just standing there grappling with snakes for no apparent reason. Honorable mention: scenes in which Link is either in his underwear or somehow hanging out in Zelda's bedroom wearing a robe. Mario never got this good.

Dedicated to Patrick Donnelly's graduation from the University of Notre Dame.

The Laugh Lab

Joke research! I've filed this under alternative careers.

Alone with the Cards

Turns out you're not alone when you play solitaire.

"Solitaire has been a popular diversion for bored office workers for decades, even causing New York office worker Ed Greenwood to be fired when city mayor Michael Bloomberg spotted him playing it on the clock."

Anyone else play Snood? That's equally addictive in its own way.

Tous les Garcons et les Filles - Francoise Hardy

Just go with it.

Pandora

If you haven't already, do.

Based on the Music Genome Project.

Wallflowers

"Fiercely independent, Jakob Dylan determined early on to make his own name rather than ride on his famous father's coattails. The young musician named his band the Wallflowers after an intense brainstorming session with other band members - and only later discovered (much to his chagrin) that his father had once written a song (albeit still unpublished) with the very same name.

A rider in Jakob's contracts later stipulated that no references be made to "Bob Dylan's son" in any preshow advertising. Ironically, the rider was actually requested by Bob Dylan."

(from anecdotage.com)