JoshLowensohn.com » noteworthy http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en I http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/10/13/i/ http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/10/13/i/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:49:22 +0000 Josh http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/10/13/i/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I ", url: "http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/10/13/i/" });]]> halo-bungie-famous-awesome-blog-size.jpg

In case you’re wondering what that is. It’s a link to one of my side projects, Halolcats.com (seriously–go there right now, you won’t regret it!) And it’s on the front page news section of Bungie.net…which just happens to be the official page from the devs that made the awesomeness that is the Halo series for the XBOX and XBOX 360.

I was also stoked to discover that the super special extra bonus disc in my Legendary copy of Halo 3 has an awesome compendium of cinematics from the first two games which you can watch in order, or by chapter.  For the lazy among you, this is pretty much the best possible way to refresh your memory before heading into the third game.

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]]> http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/10/13/i/feed/ Oh. My. God. http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/22/oh-my-god/ http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/22/oh-my-god/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:03:34 +0000 Josh http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/22/oh-my-god/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oh. My. God.", url: "http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/22/oh-my-god/" });]]> Yep. That’s mine. And yep, that’s T-mobile you see up there in the carrier area. As a colleague of mine said today “Well, enjoy it for the week or so before they figure out how to lock your shit down.” Until then, I’m loving this thing.

Photos by Donald Bell.

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]]> http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/22/oh-my-god/feed/ Shit I wish I hadn’t bought two of (part I): Puffs Plus w/the Scent of Vicks http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/10/shit-i-wish-i-hadnt-bought-two-of-part-i-puffs-plus-wthe-scent-of-vicks/ http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/10/shit-i-wish-i-hadnt-bought-two-of-part-i-puffs-plus-wthe-scent-of-vicks/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:05:20 +0000 Josh http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/10/shit-i-wish-i-hadnt-bought-two-of-part-i-puffs-plus-wthe-scent-of-vicks/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Shit I wish I hadn’t bought two of (part I): Puffs Plus w/the Scent of Vicks", url: "http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/10/shit-i-wish-i-hadnt-bought-two-of-part-i-puffs-plus-wthe-scent-of-vicks/" });]]> puffs-gross.png

Tissues are important. Our nose is a veritable nozzle for all sorts of strange stuff, and you’ve got to put it somewhere. I’d easily consider them my 4th favorite paper product ( right behind 1. toilet paper, 2. paper towels, 3. Origami paper), and by god if I haven’t gotten stuck with some shitty tissue boxes in my day. That’s why when I saw these suckers at the store the other day I had to pick up a box. Mainly because they were one of the three types without god awful looking flowers on them. By the way, if you’ve been to the UK, they have “Tissues for Men” which are about twice the size, an extra ply, and have boxes that have been “designed with the man in mind.” Figure out what that means.

Back to the point–this box looks serious. Like medicine serious. They’re so serious they need a super hero/anemic child with no eyes to smell them in the advertisements (seen on the right). The outside of the box features what looks like guitar picks (actually Vicks logo silhouettes), adorning a cool aqua-marine swoosh that wraps around the entire thing. This is far more impressive and visually neutral compared to some of those flower boxes, and by god I needed to buy one.

Unfortunately a) they smell like cough syrup and b) I bought two boxes.

The problem is these things are meant to be therapeutic, but as a side effect, the 3-foot radius around the box smells like cough syrup. Even worse, using the things makes your hands smell like cough medicine until you wash them (which theoretically you should be doing quite often if you’re actually sick) .

Dammit.

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]]> http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/10/shit-i-wish-i-hadnt-bought-two-of-part-i-puffs-plus-wthe-scent-of-vicks/feed/ 5 great videos to start your 4-day week http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/03/5-great-videos-to-start-your-4-day-week/ http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/03/5-great-videos-to-start-your-4-day-week/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:47:52 +0000 Josh http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/?p=39 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "5 great videos to start your 4-day week", url: "http://www.joshlowensohn.com/blog/2007/09/03/5-great-videos-to-start-your-4-day-week/" });]]> Don’t feel like writing tonight, so here are five videos I’ve enjoyed lately (in no apparent order):

The Hipster Olympics

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Very Funny Animated Gifs Part 63
(yes, there are parts 1-62)

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(more after the break)

Miss Teen South Carolina Calls 911

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Gmail: Behind the Scenes (Final Cut)

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Three Sheets promo

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