tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62620442009-02-21T07:24:52.629-05:00Mocking the World Since 2003Ellennoreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1089082348472480882004-07-06T08:37:00.000-04:002004-07-06T08:38:25.026-04:00

Standard Deviance had a good 6 month run with Blogger on Blogspot, but it's time to move on to greener pastures. The url for the new-and-improved Standard Deviance is http://www.standard-deviance.com and the new RSS feed is http://www.standard-deviance.com/feed/rss/. You should be redirected right ... about ...now.

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Standard Deviance is on holiday today in a land where the internet is slow and the air is clean. Can you beleive such places still exist? Be back tomorrow. See you then.

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There were several blog stories out there in the media today, and each and every one of them has amusing errors. ClickZ news had a report on Gawker today with the headline "Rumor: Gawker to Bow Travel, Gaming Blogs". ClickZ news cited Steve Rubel as the source of the inside information saying "Denton's plan was initially reported by public relations exec Steve Rubel in his own blog,

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088785493660461432004-07-02T11:33:00.000-04:002004-07-02T12:24:53.660-04:00

Following the handover of Iraq this week, the Iraq embassy in Washington D.C. raised its flag for the first time since 1990. However discord remained when the Iraqi diplomats raised the traditional Iraq flag instead of the new flag chosen by the Coalition Provisional Authority. The Iraqi people have not warmed to the new flag. How odd. I wonder why. Maybe because... It was selected by the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088684494230038322004-07-01T10:07:00.000-04:002004-07-01T11:25:57.286-04:00

Our friends over at New Yorkish have been following the ever-extending empire of Gothamist King and Queen Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. So far Gothamist has launched Chicagoist, and have announced plans for LAist. New Yorkish discovered that Jake has registered more -ist domain names, including Bostonist and DCist. After reading New Yorkish's findings, we decided to do some investigative

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088591554600805972004-06-30T11:11:00.000-04:002004-06-30T11:17:55.246-04:00

The US has turned Saddam Hussein over to the Iraqi government, who will try him for human rights abuses. Due to the lack of appropriate facilities run by the Iraqis, Hussein will be held in an American jail, guarded by American soldiers. This reminds me of something... Flashback! Dulledo Dulledo Dulledo The music of Taylor Dayne fills the room. Throngs of children run about wearing birthday

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J.K. Rowling has announced the title of the upcoming sixth book in the Harry Potter series: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Standard Deviance found this title a little less than compelling, and given our vast expertise in all things book marketing, we've developed some alternate titles for Ms. Rowling. "Harry Potter and the Bastard Magnate" "Harry Potter and the Royal Family's Mulatto

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088505108170916702004-06-29T11:12:00.000-04:002004-06-29T11:43:54.660-04:00

The Official Chart Company, in partnership with Coca-Cola is launching the world's first music chart to follow online music sales. The chart will aggregate data from the three largest UK download services, www.mycokemusic.com, Napster and iTunes. Silly Brits, they actually download legally. How quaint. [NME] That ole' man is likely spinning in his grave so fast that he's drilled down to

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Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton became the proud parents of a baby boy on Saturday night. Since the two of them are, ahem, how shall we say, interesting looking, we've been devoting a lot of thought to what their child might look like. After using advanced imaging techniques, including bone structure analysis and the study of familial characteristics, we believe we have created a fairly

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088395178733971632004-06-28T09:58:00.000-04:002004-06-28T11:28:37.246-04:00

The UK's Observer ran a piece this weekend on the effects blogs can have on customer service. The article details how customer complaints can, when posted to the web, have a much larger effect on sales than the regular whining in the corner pub. One online consultant was quoted as saying "It's better to spend some money on dealing with one person, than risk a complaint going viral and damaging

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The United States handed over sovereignty to the interim Iraq government today, two days earlier than planned. The surprise small ceremony was moved up to thwart any attacks planned by insurgents. Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said "We feel we are capable of controlling the security situation." Following the ceremony Paul Bremer, the US envoy to Iraq, boarded a plane and left the country.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088393519291221582004-06-28T08:42:00.000-04:002004-06-28T08:43:11.060-04:00

Good news! The internet at SD headquarters is finally up and running so content should be back to normal for the foreseeable future. Granted Verizon had the gall to send me an internet bill for the last month even though I didn't have any service, but what else can you expect. Verizon Sucks! Hurrah! They have a monopoly, so there's not too much I can do about it. Yay capitalism! Oh, by the

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Dean started off the day today by encouraging Cheeseheads to ignore the media, the polls, and the theory of evolution in order to "choose the strongest candidate to beat George W. Bush,", and in Dean's la-la land, that candidate is him. He ended the day by announcing that he will stay in the race even if he loses Wisconsin, admitting that this directly contradicts his previous statements. Let

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The animal inside comes out. It's amazing what you can do with some ingenuity and a little bit of Photoshop. Also check out some funky Dean music at Barlow Farms. More Dean Wolf

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Tourists are flocking to the country's newest rising star, New Jersey, to see the locations where The Sopranos are shot. The award-winning show has spawned tours, tribute websites, and merchandise, all of which provide a boost to New Jersey's economy. After watching the show for 4 seasons and spending a fair amount of time in Jersey, Standard Deviance can certainly see the draw. Just check

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Loyal readers may remember SD's coverage of streakers being used as billboards. The imaginative folks at GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, pays streakers across the globe to run naked through sporting events while wearing the words Golden Palace.com written across their chests. The best known example of this was Mark Roberts' streak during this year's Super Bowl (not to be confused with Ms.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088174031933092682004-06-25T09:57:00.000-04:002004-06-25T10:33:51.933-04:00

The Seattle Times is reporting that Bill Gates may start up his own personal blog. Techies everywhere are salivating at the idea of reading every genius thought Gates has. We here at Standard Deviance have conducted an investigation into the issue and we have discovered that not only has Bill Gates already started a secret blog, but he also has an irrational attachment to cheese. Perhaps the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088099338053691942004-06-24T13:42:00.000-04:002004-06-24T13:48:58.053-04:00

SD headquarters is still without highspeed internet. We've been told that it will be up in 2-4 business days, but Verizon has told us that before so we don't really believe them. We are hoping and praying it will be back up soon, but cannot make any promises. Next time this happens we'll get a guest blogger. Really. Anyone want Gmail? We have a ton of invitations.

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This week's New Yorker featured a much blogged-about article entitled "A Book in You" by Daniel Radosh. While it's true that as bloggers we at Standard Deviance might be a tad biased, we saw some interesting underlying themes in this article. Thus we have taken excerpts from the piece and prepared our own interpretations, which can be found below. Enjoy! Original:Reading blogs on company time

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The new Pepto Bismol commercial is easily the grossest commercial we've seen since that Lamisil ad. Five people of assorted shapes and sizes act out the ailments that Pepto Bismol can cure by doing a dance reminiscent of the Macarena. For nausea they hold their noses, for upset stomach they hold their tummies, and for diarrhea, you guessed it, they grab their asses as if they are trying to

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This weekend a streaker managed to skate onto the ice at the World Figure Skating Championships. Ron Bensimhon, 30, from Montreal, moved across the ice in a tutu with the words GoldenPalace.com written across his chest. Golden Palace is the gambling website behind the Super Bowl sprint made by world famous streaker Mark Roberts. This weekend's incident appears to be the twelfth streaker the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087570528596797502004-06-18T10:26:00.000-04:002004-06-18T11:01:20.966-04:00

There's a great article today in the New York Times about this new crazy thing people are doing to buy sports and theatre tickets: Going Online. It seems there are several places online with humorous names like StubHub and eBay where you can buy tickets. StubHub is particularly interesting in that it's not online ticket service, it's a place where people with tickets can sell to other people

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Hello Readers! I suspect that many of you believe that I enjoyed my disconnection from the internet during my move a little too much and as a result I have now gone on hiatus from Standard Deviance. Not true! My DSL is still not set up. I had a little blow out with Verizon yesterday and it appears that everything that could have gone wrong with my transfer did go wrong, and now it will still

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In case you haven't heard, Jason Calacanis is a little bit looney toons. Of course we knew that already.

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If, while wearing a dinner jacket and bow tie, you drive a convertible sports car/boat across the English Channel in order to break the world record for crossing the Channel in an amphibious vehicle, you are most likely ridiculously rich.

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