Google unveils new reverse image feature, no more begging for sauce on 4chan!

On top of making the new voice search feature public where you can search by speaking into your mic, Google has come out with a real cool new feature I've been dying to see, reverse image search. What is that? It's exactly what it means, instead of looking for images related to text input searches i.e. typing "cat" in search bar and getting back pictures of cats, you can now upload or copy the url of a specific picture and possibly find out more info on where it originated or if it's available in other sizes. An amazing site called TinEye has already pioneered this magnificent concept. I've been using them for a good while now and have kept their plugin for Chrome quite handy.

Any image you see that piques your interest you just right-click and search for it. While TinEye is just amazing, since it's a growing database lots of stuff will turn up null. This is why I always wished Google would nab these bright folks tech and implement it in their own image search. Just the thought, a most convenient tool combined with the most massive image database on the net most likely. There would be no massive pair of bewbies that would go unsourced ever again mwahaha eat that /r !! Erm sorry about that, but it turns out Google was already cooking up their own take on this idea.

The image tool works superbly, I've already found sources to some pretty obscure art that was just sitting around on my comp among loads of other "stuff".

Here's a link to the Search By Image(what google calls this) plugin for Chrome that like the TinEye plugin, will add "search google with this image" option to the context menu when you right-click a picture in chrome, god I love it! Here's the official Search By Image Page that pretty much explains all the shit I posted a million times better and faster without the grammatical errors and porn references.

The Economy is so bad now, you can taste it!

Although lately the news as well as my google stock portfolio have been a little on the optimistic side lately with the dow closing much higher than it was before, it doesn't seem like the beverage companies have gotten the memo. You may have already noticed more and more food and drink companies are cutting back left and right, rather than lowering prices. There have already been optimistic studies showing these food and drink companies aren't being hit as hard as the other industries, because as you know we dumb, overweight americans are willing to pig out until we reach 'diabeeduz' heaven at any cost. What inspired me to make this post? Well...I recently bought a set of 12 pack Cactus Coolers, my favorite artificially flavored and colored carbonated sugar water. I have a sip and notice for some odd reason my fave pop just isn't tasting right for some reason. Almost to the point of tasting fairly nasty, it wasn't until I decided to shake the crap out of one of the cans and let it go flat that I realized what was going on. They are just watering the soda down and adding extra acid so you can't tell. Fail, even when not flat the latest batch was fairly nasty. It's not just Cactus Cooler either, you may have already noticed this with many other drinks and this soda is managed by the same people who bottle Snapple so a heads up to all the juice lovers out there. There's been some pretty lame cutbacks over at the ol' Hostess factory too it seems. Zinger lovers should notice how the frosting has gotten thinner over the last few months, and the latest batch with the new packaging has much less creme filling. Why is it that companies change packaging when they cut back, almost rubbing it in that the new changes suck. Going into a store and only finding older goods used to suck, but when it comes to your favorite snacks, you'll almost want to rush to your local convenience store that updates inventory once every six months. More for less if such an awful motto for the consumers, but unless people speak up we'll have to suck it down.

Have noticed some other products that have just lost some of their "zing", speak up in the comments section.

The Science Channel Is Dead!

*Sigh*.........So it's finally over, after already hearing about the new rebranding and reading an article about upcoming changes I saw this coming months ago. It seems like just about every channel that starts out with a nice, interesting niche always devolves into a general lifestyle channel no matter what the theme. There's been so many different channels of so many different varieties that despite the radically different themes, all arrive at the same general destination. Now with The Science Channel's marathon of "That's Gotta Hurt" they shamefully join the ranks. TSC was such a great network that I thought was generating decent ratings, but now here they are resorting to the same type of gory filth content that's on every other channel these days. If all networks resort to one similar standard of programming there's going to be nothing but over-saturation, when ratings go down people will remember why they made niche channels in the first place. The old gag used to be, 200 channels and there's nothing on. Now it's going to be, 200 channels and they are all the same. I sadly await, yet anticipate the day this channel pulls a full TLC and stops calling itself the The Science Channel altogether. You do remember TLC used to be an educational network called "The Learning Channel" right?

A beautiful cloudy day in August

August 14, 2008 was one of the most beautiful days I've had in my life. It was like life itself kicking me in the ass for not dedicating more of my life to imitating natural beauty like this through my art. June gloom never produced any nice cloudy days like this, the way the sun kept poking out through the clouds it looked like god himself was about to deliver a message to me and everyone else in my vicinity. I can't wait to snap some more photos like this, but I think this was one of those one of kind days I won't see for a very long time.

See the whole set at here

When am I gonna get Joost!

Joost! Apply For Beta Now!

Freaking torture I tell you! A real ad and entertainment industry supported video on demand content service for all. If this service really delivers, gone will be the days of blurry "parts" and "removed by user" videos on Youtube. Of course Youtube will always rock and eventually will have it's own official content, but looking at all the tiny clips and constant "this is me and my even stupider tard friend [insert typical airhead name here e.g. todd, amanda, zack, etc.] dancing and playfighting to what you were searching for" crap, this service is looking really good. What I'm really hoping for is they use this vod service to go beyond offering the same stuff you can already see on your local systems on demand service. VOD content is cool for stuff we like, but they should be using it's potential to offer us stuff you can't get anywhere these days, stuff that alot of companies would probably love to collect revenue on, but just are timid about the viability of dvd releases. One great example that comes to mind where Joost could be a godsend especially considering their now infamous partnering up with Viacom, is the Daria situation. While the show was never for everyone, it has garnered a great following among many viewers of all ages. Original viewers want this show, younger fans from the notorious unnecessarily edited version Noggin airings want and should see the full Daria episodes and complete series. Lots of interest in the show and a very noble dvd effort has been ongoing for the series for years now. Lots of far more obscure dvd sets have been released, but Daria just sits around collecting dust. The general consensus on Daria not being available is not lack of interest, but legal issues with the tons of music that was sampled in the show. Removing it is a bit complicated and not everyone wants it exactly gone. You'd think how much MTV has done and still does for the music industry, a few samplings wouldn't even be an issue. Still, there are serious issues when it comes to packaging with the music industries copyright laws. In the age of the almost draconian RIAA offensive there's no telling. Regardless, something is going on that is stopping fans from having this available in their homes when they wish, which is just a shame considering how many other MTV shows have made it on dvd despite much heavier sampling. The point is, a great service like Joost can fix an issue like this easily. Thanks to Joost and any flexible on demand service, the service providers, the entertainment licensors, and everyone else involved can make a pretty penny off of shows and programs they and the viewers probably haven't thought of in years. In an age where the networks we considered to be some of the absolute smartest(TLC, A&E, THC, etc.), are now almost more pointless and inane as what we considered the dumbest(USA, Spike, G4TV, TBS, etc.), any new direction for entertainment is going to look mighty good. If the market is so bad networks feel they have to appeal to whoever the new very similar directions all these formerly quite different networks are taking then I should have a choice and be able to tell these networks directly through my viewing choices what their content priorities should. Hopefully Joost and many other interactive media services will give us these kinds of opportunities over the years. Once they do, there will be no such thing as bad programming or awful taste, it will just be your taste and that will be all that matters.

Adult Swim's concept approval process

Honestly, take your pick. Looking at the way Adult Swim has been these days when it's comes to bringing in new talent, I'd say both are quite accurate. At least the more demanding and risky to produce shows have had a little bit of thought and consideration for the fanbase, even Stroker and Hoop as corny the show was for the most part, at least attempted to reach out for an audience and amuse people a little. With stuff like Tom, 12 Oz, Perfect Hair forever, and now this new "Saul of the Mole People" crap it's been a newer generation of insider crap. The creators think it's brilliant because they have a great time making this giggling at their cruddy creations while everyone else is looking at their tv thinking.....what in the name of fuck did I just see? Of course don't ever tell AS that though. As we all know, anyone who doesn't like Tom or 12 Oz is an illiterate 13 year old who should go to bed. True at times on the boards, but to not be able to come up with anything other than that is pretty pathetic. Bumps have been turned on more than reasonably disappointed fans far too many times. These shows existing sucks, but I think alot of people could deal alot better if the 15 minute types of shows had more variety. Metalocalypse is a great step towards this direction, Assy and Frisky Dingo aren't.

Sweet, Delicious Ephemera

Watch Here!(Also keep an eye out for the related collections to the right.)

Back in May I made the big jump back to cable tv and greatly enjoyed the wonderful benefits of Video on Demand content. Lots of stuff available from Comcast, including a great folder from Something Weird Video. Even though all wasn't perfect, I really appreciated the seriousness they took in VOD content. They really treated it as a great complimentary tool to your channel service and seemed to display plans for even more enhancements. Then Time Warner took over, snatched tons of content down that was never replaced with anything and from the first day and even now, put out the impression that their VOD is nothing but a cheap extension for PPV. [No Listings Available] Does that generic message entertain you? If yes, you'd probably love the service then.

My beloved Something Weird video was gone, along with tons of other stuff I loved, but nothing hit me as hard as SW being gone for good. Now many months later I find an even great fix. Fix of what? 50'S and 60's educational cheese of course. Tons of the vintage filmstrips you always see shows and movies parodying finally for real. Looking at the movie you see displayed above, "Boys Beware", you'll find some of the real things are more over the top than the joke ones. Kind of sucks there isn't really too many 80's ones or even the 90's ones. Seen some classic 80's and 90's stuff on morning pbs that needs to be available online.