Breakfast Links: Outsourced Pregnancies, Grading Flags & MC Hammer 2.0

Well… it’s 2008. Wierd. Any hew… still need some time to recover and catch up.

Everyone knows that we’re outsourcing everything these days and a lot of that business goes to India… but outsourcing pregnancies? I mean, creepy? Yeah….

Less creepily, take a look at this fellow who’s gone and graded the flags of the world! His grading methodology is documented and objective, so this is scientifically accurate stuff here. Por ejemplo:

Rule 1: Do not write the name of your country on your flag.

Rule 1a: Do not write on your flag.

Rule 1b: Do not write some stupid slogan on your flag.

Rule 1c: If you must write a stupid slogan on your flag, do not do so in a living language!

Seems legit to me!

Legit? Yes… 2 legit 2 quit! 2 legit! 2 legit 2 quit! Well Hammer is ready to discover his inner web2.0trepreneur with a youtubesque dance site, DanceJam! I mean, I can’t make too much fun given that without Hammer Better Luck Tomorrow might never have been made - the financing of which I find to be a pretty amazing story of generosity and trust, but still, I mean…

“There is no high-tech lingo or business strategy that you can talk that is above my head,” Hammer boasted during an interview. “I breathe this stuff.”

That’s a pretty hefty claim… the best quote is:

Until he saw what YouTube was doing, Hammer had doubts about the Web’s entertainment value. “When everybody started raving about the Internet, I always wondered, ‘If it’s so great, why can’t you see my videos on the Internet?”‘ Hammer said. “It looks like technology has finally caught up with my vision.”

It ain’t nothin’ till Hammer’s on the scene!

Jan 2nd, 2008 · Comments RSS · · · · · Tags: breakfast links