I will return to blogging soon so stay tuned.

Ha. National Television. Nothing like it. Today did a segment about how some lady’s skirt was “Too short to fly with” when they asked her to stand up it seemed like nothing. Not too flashy. Not to revealing, But that all changed when she sat back down. And inadvertently flashed The Today Shows Audience. This was caught. (Thank god. Last thing we need is another FCC “OMZG! CENSOR THAT!” fiasco like we all remember from a few years ago.)

Here’s the article on there blog “allDAY”

This morning, Matt interviewed Kyla Ebbert, a 23-year-old college student who works as a waitress at Hooters. WATCH VIDEO

Two months ago, she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Tucson. Before the flight took off, she was escorted into the jetway by a customer service representative, who asked her to change her clothes.

She didn’t have any other clothes with her — she had no luggage — so the customer service rep told her to go home and change, then get a later flight. She said she had an appointment that she couldn’t change, so after getting a lecture on appropriate attire, she was allowed to re-board the plane. But once back in her seat, she had to cover her legs with a blanket for the entire flight.

Kyla wore the same outfit to the show this morning (see below).

At first, when she appeared on the set, it didn’t seem like her outfit was so inappropriate. It was clear that her skirt was pretty short, but it didn’t seem worthy of getting a lecture from a customer service representative on how to dress.

But when she sat down, we learned just how short that skirt was — when she flashed our national television audience. Yeah, that skirt was short.

So there are a lot of questions here. What is appropriate dress for flying? Who should decide what is appropriate? Should airlines have a dress code? And without a dress code, can an airline block someone from flying? (You can vote on whether you think this outfit is inappropriate HERE.)

Southwest did, in fact, let her take the flight, but apparently not without embarrassing her and making a scene. It seems like unless there was a particular incident or complaint from other customers, then she should have been allowed to fly without any issues.

But as we learned this morning, that skirt was indeed pretty short.

I’ve known its existence for quite a while but it never has hit me until today that i should try Out Google’s “Google App’s for domains”. I’m glad if finally did come to me. Think of if as having your own Virtual Google. Your own Gmail, You own Doc’s and spreadsheets, Google Chat etc. I’ve been an avid Gmail use since the beta. (I was among some of the first one’s to try it out when the entire thing went online. I joined within the first 3 month’s of it going online). So leaving Gmail as many times as i’ve tried (Looking for something different i guess.) Just doesn’t work. It doesn’t matter who it is. Yahoo, AOL, Mail.com, Hotmail or even the snazzy free webmail i got with the Marklog.info domain just couldn’t match up to gmail. But as of today i’ve found a service that does. Gmail. Yes. Gmail. OK. OK. You now are either thinking to your self “This guy’s lost his mind. He’s saying that Gmail is as good or better than Gmail” or “Uhhhm.” or you might know what i’m talking about already. When you signup for Google App’s you get a few of Google’s cool apps, Docs and Spreadsheet’s. Google Chat, Calendar, Reader and Gmail. But the difference is instead of going to “gmail.com” to get to gmail, You go to gmail.marklog.info. And when you go there your greeted by a “mark(net)” logo i whipped up in Seashore within a few minutes. Its really a cool service, Which requires only access to beable to change your MX Records and add a CNAME in your domain. I’m going to write a huge long review later next week. So stay tuned.

To the very few readers who still remain, I’m still here. The last few month’s have been nothing less than exhausting. I’ve been moving, Starting new sites, Working on current ones and mainly being very tired. So posting here as well… Suffered. Quite literally. But now as we approach fall/winter I’ll become less and less busy, Meaning I’ll get more time to post. As you can see i’ve also “refreshed” the site’s look a little bit. So stay tuned and stay subscribed. As posts will be here soon.

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Now playing: BBC Radio 1 – MoylesEn: Jack Osbourne. 31 Aug 07.

Is it me or has the year gone by like… REALLY quickly?

Just yesterday i thought it was June, So now its time to start thinking about the holidays. I know, I know, Your probably going like “But Christmas is still 4 months away!”. But i’ve learned something. Make a “Draft I” of your christmas list 3-4 months in advance. And when mid-august roll’s around (2 weeks!) is when to start keeping it a little bit more towards the “middle” of your mind. Whats going to be hot this year? Well. I’m not sure. That’ll get revealed as we roll closer and closer into the “Holiday madness!” series. But here’s a few things you might want to start thinking about it the next 30-60 days:

• Holiday Decorations. There is NOTHING worse than getting 30 days until Christmas everyone is going nuts, The stores are full of people and the shelves’s are being emptyed as quick as they become full. So now is a good time to start thinking about what you wan’t on the tree. “Bulb decorations or ball decorations?, Colored lights or Clear white lights?, “Iccle lighting on the exterior or not? (this is a great time to do a check of the exterior to make sure everything will go up without a hitch so that your not doing it later in 65F weather)
• Start the cleaning. You might have already cleaned up but if you haven’t this would be a good time to do it. Try to decided where your going to put things when its time to start putting the decorations up. (personally we do this mid-late November), Also try to estimate how many outlet’s you’ll need, Including things such as TV’s (As our TV is next to the tree most years) So that you can buy power strips and extension cords.
• Decorate safely. You don’t want to start your tree on fire so plan safely. Don’t try to save a few dollars by straining cords or using broken / old cords, Cords older than 5 years shouldn’t be used and should be disposed of.

This is just the start. Marklog will be going into “Holiday Alert 2007!” this year. So stay tuned to Late August – Early September for alot of changes rolling around! -mark

[Post Note: This one has been in the draft area for at least 1 month. So its finally going to see the light of day. I'll be updating this later today.]

I’ve come to figure out, that in its current standing with its current up-time and viewership numbers. Justin.tv has failed. or to say the least sucks A<censored> Currently. As of 10:53:21PM there is no stream. Justine’s channel is mass populated by perverted ink-heads and when Justin’s stream actually is up. There isn’t any audio. Is this the “Perfect live, Lifecasting platform” that justin was talking about at the Cable Conference? Right now, 99% of Ustream channel are more instristing, Up longer, Load faster and have more intresting content than the *three* justin.tv channels! ooooooooohhhhh! Threee!. I even acknlodge and admit, that i retract all previous postings with criticism towards Ustream.tv. As right now. UStream is kicking Justin.tv’s <censored>. Is this just me on an angry rant? Or am i right? Has the QOC (Quality of content) fallen along with the VLS (Viewership Loyalty Scale). I think this serve’s as a good example of growing too quickly to handle.

Nalt’s (the brother of salt’s) has offically weeped his way into the YouTube Revenue Sharing program. With his “NAPPY” intiative. This mean’s any ad revenue of which YouTube gets via video shown on his page is shared with him, (at an undisclosed percentage, Don’t worry i’m working on that) You can see the video where his house is broken into at

http://marklog.info/assets/timedcontent/nalts_nappy_yt.html. The video is on that page to preserve a fast loadtime of under 3 seconds on this page, As YouTube’s embed code has been slowing my site down to unacceptable speed’s lately so i’ve removed any embeds from the home page. (That page will work for 5 days, Until it’s deleted). So the “Excuse”.

Well. Ya know, Before i came here i used to do video on Revver. And so i could support myself a little bit by get paid there. But since i’ve joined YouTube that just hasn’t happened.

Well. ‘nother director off my subscription list.

Ahhh. The perfect coffee mug.

For those of you WordPress Bloggers, Its time to open up the FTP client and upgrade to our new friend, 2.2.1. 2.2.1 has some bugs fixes as well as a few very important security fix’s. Meaning that this is a mandatory update. Luckily, I run 2.3 (I had been running 2.2-Beta for a while before it came out officially) Have fun!

For those of you who have seen the new “diet” pill ali you’ll be glad to here a cure for your “going problem”! I’ve found it!

For those of you who want a short conclusion. Ali is made from Xenical. A perscription diet pill that failed years ago. Ali is a “watered down” version of Xenical but still has the same effects.

So. If you take ali than your going to be shitting un-controllably. Why? Ali removes fat from your body.  Which then your body has to uh. remove. So. There is a problem with that. If you dump oil a a pan what happens? Its very very slick. So. Pretty much you lose control of your… ablity to… control yourself. So the effect.

• You shit your pants un-controlably.
• When you pass gas your shit your pants

Here’s the orignal post from a blog. Quiet a good way to cut down on eating and fake ways of loosing fat eh?

alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

I found this news on Salon.com and felt compelled to throw my 2c in. There’s a “new” over-the-counter drug available in the US that’s apparently flying off the shelves. It’s called alli and I use the term “new” loosely because it’s apparently a lower strength version of a prescription-only drug (Xenical) that’s been around for a while.

So what does this incredibly popular wonder drug do? Well, not to go all Bill Clinton on you, but it depends on what your definition of “do” is. You see, there’s (1)what the drug company markets it as, (2)the medical description of what it does and (3)the biggest effect you’re actually going to notice.

The drug company markets it as a weight loss pill. They say it will give “safe, effective weight loss”. Because it’s FDA approved it must be good. What could possibly go wrong?

A simplified medical description of the drug is that it’s a fat blocker. It stops your body from absorbing some of the fat in your diet. It doesn’t burn calories. But fat that would have otherwise been absorbed by your body… isn’t. Because fat contains calories less calories will go into your body.

But here’s the most important thing the drug does: it makes you shit oil. Worse, it makes you shit your pants. With oil. This is not the ravings of some fringe conspiracy group, this is what the company tells you itself on its website. Buy our drug if you want to lose weight. Oh, by the way, you’ll end up shitting your pants.

Neat, huh? No wonder it’s selling so well. That large sector of the public that enjoy having their pants filled with liquefied shit has been seriously under-catered to up until now.

The drug company indulges in classic marketing bullshit that really pisses me off but they still fail to obscure the horror of what’s going to happen to you if you take their drug. The first bit of marketing bullshit they spin that makes me want to smack them in the fucking head is the old “eat healthier and exercise more to get the full benefits”.

Hello?!?!?! If you eat less fat and exercise you don’t need their fucking pills. I’m sick of these sleazy companies pretending that they’re promoting health. They’re promoting bad habits and laziness. The subtext to the whole thing is “this drug lets you lose weight with NO exercise and NO change to your eating patterns”. People who can eat healthier and exercise more aren’t interested in this shit. But the company doesn’t think it’ll get away with an advertising slogan along the lines of “Fuck diet and exercise! Take these pills and shit your weight away!”

The second thing they do that pisses me off is deliberately using language designed to obscure the full horror of the effects of their drug. They can’t even come clean and call them “side-effects”, instead going with “treatment effects”. Hell, maybe they’re right, these aren’t side effects. Side effects are incidental to the main effects. Shitting your pants is the main effect of this drug. It literally is the treatment effect.

Try as they might, their weasel words can’t hide how horrible their drug actually is. Following are actual quotes from their website followed by Mr Angry’s no bullshit translation.

Website Bullshit (WSBS): You may get:

• gas with oily spotting,
• loose stools
• more frequent stools that may be hard to control

No BS: The following things will happen to you:

• You will spray oil when you fart
• You will have diarrhoea
• You will be shitting constantly and you will lose control of your bowels to the point where you shit your pants

WSBS: The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.

No BS: Oh dear god. Pizza is one of my favourite foods and these evil fucks have done their best to turn me off it for life. It will be very hard to look at a pizza again without wondering if someone on this drug has taken a shit on it.

WSBS: Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. (my emphasis)

No BS: Even if you do cut back on fat, you’re still going to shit oil.

WSBS: …pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect.

No BS: Do not go out in public after taking this drug. You are going to shit yourself. Stay close to a toilet.

WSBS: If you’re getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over.

No BS: Don’t say you weren’t warned. You are seriously going to shit yourself.

WSBS: You may not usually get gassy, but it’s a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens.

No BS: You’re old life is over. Forget what you think you know about your body. You are going to fart uncontrollably. And there will be follow-through. This is not going to be something you want to share.

And my absolute favourite (which is to say, the part of the website that horrifies me most):

“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.”

Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are so sure you are going to shit your pants they are saying you should accept the inevitable. There is no way to avoid this. So wear dark pants to hide the liquid shit stains. And bring a change of clothes. Because your first set are going to get impregnated with liquid shit.

To me, this is the ultimate evidence that western society is utterly fucked. You can tell people that taking a pill will make them shit their pants uncontrollably. And your pill will be an utterly out of control success.

There was also a link to a video where you could “watch alli in action”. I assume this is a video showing people shitting their pants. I couldn’t bring myself to look.  Try a video you might be able to stomach – I’ve done a video version of this post for your viewing pleasure.