Local PC user laments passing of Windows XP: ‘RIP, BSOD!’
(PNS reporting from EAST LOS) “It’s a sad day, ese,” said Ray “Code Boy” Santos, OG founder of area hacker clika MS2 (MS.DOS). “I saw the Windows XP Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) so often, he was mi hermano.”
“We used the XP version of Excel to tweak the hydraulics of Felipe’s ranfla. And I used to have weird dreams about the 3D pipes screensaver,” he told PNS Thursday. “All we had for music in those days was pinche Winamp, carnal, and we liked it!”
Mas…Local PC user laments passing of Windows XP: ‘RIP, BSOD!’
LA’s Edward James Olmos/Jaime Escalante mural (video)
Michael Montenegro takes us to MacArthur Park in Los Angeles to see the gigantic mural of an iconic public school teacher — Jaime Escalante — and the actor who portrayed him in Stand and Deliver, the homie Edward James Olmos.
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‘Equal pay’ battle that Batgirl began is a battle that’s still raging
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act which prohibits gender discrimination in wages. Back then, women made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men.
Fifty years later, women earn only 77 cents for every buck a guy gets, so the battle that Batgirl began is not over.
Mas…‘Equal pay’ battle that Batgirl began is a battle that’s still raging
In Brazil, they’re twerking at the car wash, baby (video)
You might not ever get rich, but let me tell you it’s better than digging a ditch. There ain’t no telling who you might meet, a moviestar or maybe even an Indian chief. Working at the car wash.
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Mas…In Brazil, they’re twerking at the car wash, baby (video)
IMMI is all about the ‘Music’ (music video)
From Argentina to New York, IMMI‘s brand new video is all about the Music.
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Mas…Write, shoot, draw for POCHO and become rich and famous*
Stunning! Diving off Isla Mujeres, MX (video)
Peter Bennett Lefebvre shot some stunning closeup footage when he went diving off Isla Mujeres. Lefebvre set it to music by Manu Chao (Me Gusta Tu) and we think it came out pretty cool. Amazing little fishies! Ghostly crabs! Squirming squids! Reluctant sea urchins! Bizarre creatures we don’t know exactly what! Yellow, porous and absorbent esponjas! Check it out.
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Pocho Ocho reasons why Latinos are Hollywood’s best customers
U.S. Latinos went to the movies in 2013 way more often than other ethnic groups, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. Latinos are 17% of the population but account for 32% of moviegoers who went to more than one movie a month.
Here are the Pocho Ocho reasons why Latinos are Hollywood’s best customers:
8. Air conditioning
7. You can sneak in your own meal
6. Fewer crying kids than at a birthday party
Mas…Pocho Ocho reasons why Latinos are Hollywood’s best customers
James Brown & Bob Dylan: ‘Like A Rolling Sex Machine’ (video)
They don’t write songs like this anymore! Bob Dylan and James Brown’s amazing duet on Like A Rolling Sex Machine was the highlight of this old episode of Wolfman Jack’s short-lived TV show.
‘OVNI gigante’ buzzes Medellin, Colombia (video)
A star-shaped OVNI/UFO outlined with glowing lights was captured on video as it flew over Medellin, Colombia in February.
“They’ve come to get us,” say the witness as they laugh.
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Abuela Mexi-twerks to marimba street band (video)
When a killer marimba street band starts laying down epic beats, what’s Abuelita to do? Dance, dance baby.
Mexican cuisine? It’s multicultural by definition (audio)
Gustavo Arellano (the ¡Ask A Mexican! guy and editor of the OC Weekly) says Mexi food is multicultural by definition.
“Beer, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, teriyaki bowls are just a few of the foods that have bounced back and forth across Mexico’s borders, ” he explained to American Public Media’s Splendid Table radio program.
Mas…Mexican cuisine? It’s multicultural by definition (audio)
Bumper sticker from the Lone Star State (toon)
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Mexican garbage men perfect low-impact trash collection (video)
(PNS reporting from GUANAJUATO, MX) Trash collectors in the high-technology “Silicon Barrio” here have perfected a new technique for picking up basura that is greener and faster than traditional methods.
As this demo video shows, drivers in León never stop and re-start their trucks — which would mean wasted fuel and extra airborne pollution. Instead, they rely on inertia to keep the trucks on the route and advanced ballistics to perfect the trajectories that move the soft trash containers into the truck’s cavernous interior with a minimum of effort.
Mas…Mexican garbage men perfect low-impact trash collection (video)
We’re Number One! California leads nation in active hate groups
The Golden State leads in nation in the number of active hate groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
California hosts 77 hate orgs, the report said. Florida was second with 58 groups of haters, and Texas placed third with 57.
Mas…We’re Number One! California leads nation in active hate groups
One easy trick shows Mexicans you’re not ‘white’ (video)
Good news for gueros! One easy trick can prove you’re Mexicano, not a culero. [For audio, click on the icon in the top left of the image.]
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Mas…One easy trick shows Mexicans you’re not ‘white’ (video)
Hello, Egypt: Enjoy our delicious ‘Mexican’ chips! (video)
Cairo, Egypt’s Impact BBDO advertising agency has ‘Mexican’ chips for you! Our question: If this is Mexico, why is the WANTED sign on the sheriff’s office (and the sheriff’s sign) in English?
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Mas…Hello, Egypt: Enjoy our delicious ‘Mexican’ chips! (video)
Video: Sometimes you fight the bull; sometimes, the bull…
You never know what’s going to happen when you get into a ring with an angry, two-tun bull.
Pope: ‘Quakes are message from God: Let there be gay’
(PNS reporting from VATICAN CITY) The recent earthquakes in Southern California are a message from God, according to Pope Francis. The Almighty, he told a visiting delegation of American Catholics Monday, will shake things up until they are more gay.
“Lord knows this mortal world needs some bright flashes of color that aren’t suicide bomb explosions in crowded markets,” the Pontiff said.”And maybe some marigold-print cafe curtains in that drab nook over there.”
The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People: ‘Music’ (video)
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Michoacán tornado home video: ‘¡No manches!’ (NSFW)
A tornado hit the town of Tangancicuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán on March 22, damaging over 250 homes. This unedited, single-take home video features great play-by-play voiceover while the camera documents flying chonies and other debris. And enjoy the narrator’s colorful vulgar interjections! [NSFW Spanish audio.]