AWESOMECON » fail http://www.awesomecon.com/blog 'cause the web is f#&%ing awesome! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Mexican Gravity Hammer! http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/mexican-gravity-hammer/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/mexican-gravity-hammer/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:55:03 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=526 If you have never played Halo 3, the Gravity Hammer is a devastating weapon in the game.  Its also tons of fun to just slam people and see them flying.  From the following video, it appears that the gravity hammer was probably inspired by these young gentlemen in Mexico:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF63jhRQcw

That looks both amazingly scary and awesome at the same time.

[via BoingBoing]

bonus video, the gravity hammer in action:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORWqbok7qk

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So, apparently hipsters are 1983 thugs from the “Beat It” video. Amazing but true. Check out around 2:30 in the video to revel in the pre-hipster-hipster fashion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_EOXda4cM

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hipsters-are-so-83/feed/ 0 Now that is how you deal with telemarketers… http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/now-that-is-how-you-deal-with-telemarketers/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/now-that-is-how-you-deal-with-telemarketers/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 03:15:34 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=438

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAb3JhkxXg

I used to work technical support phone lines, and I would have LOVED to treat some of the people that called like the this guy.  It would have been the reverse situation, in a sense, but still.  Oh, and its NSFW audio…

[via Why' That's Delightful!]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/now-that-is-how-you-deal-with-telemarketers/feed/ 0 Bad Product Names – 80’s Edition http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/bad-product-names-80s-edition/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/bad-product-names-80s-edition/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:13:39 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=398

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1uTkbBBvs

This reminds me of the South Park episode with Jared.

[via Eno]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZ2EVIDDbY

From ye ole Fail Blog. ’nuff said.

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