The Somewhat Ambitious

Today on the Breakfast Show, I blathered charmingly about the following:
- Another horrible novelty alarm clock, which guarantees to wake you up! Hopefully.
- Hacking your brain! The Boston Globe has some methods, drug free, on how to trick your brain into hallucinating! Stay tuned for Paul and Luke’s unsupervised test results.
- HOPE HAS ARRIVED! I [...]

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Good God, it has been a solid month and a half without an Obama dedicated blogpost. And amidst signs that he is the most widely approved of and anticipated incoming President in living memory, it seems only fair that we revisit him on the eve of his inauguration. Yes, his inauguration, this most august [...]

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Make sure you tune in using the link to Triple J (to your right, dear readers) 7.45am tomorrow, for Nerds of a Feather! I’ll be blathering about the swearing in of Obama, celebrity deaths, hallucinations, spaceships, and all kinds of bizarro shit. Also, tune in to Triple J from 1-6am for more of me, on [...]

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Flashman, over on his Flickr account, has drawn up a graph which charts the amount of times people use the letter “a” when googling Captain Kirk’s heartrending yell “KHAAAAAAAAAAN!” in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I personally err on the side of 9-12, depending on my mood. One day I’ll have due cause [...]

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Probably my favourite pop-culture reference in World of Warcraft comes about by making the Delicious Chocolate cake. Yes, I cook in Warcraft. Yes, I can feel your mocking laughter slapping me about the face and neck. I care not!
/Paul

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Both charming and reckless, this scheme by Spanish company Luzinterruptus grabbed my attention. The premise of the initiative was to make unhospitable corners of the Madrid cityscape appear cosy, and somewhere you’d be nuts enough to curl up and read a book:
“This intervention used light from lamps and books and was carried out during a [...]

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It should be pointed out that both Luke and myself drink coffee. A LOT of coffee. Well, to be fair, I don’t monitor his intake. But whether you’re new to The Somewhat Ambitious or are an avid devotee, you may have noticed the inky black tongue of insanity creeping into our material. And here is [...]

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This one time, In high school, we had this hardcore christian classmate. For arguments sake, let’s call her “Chrissy”.
…Actually, she was a horrible person, so let’s call her Janine Vaginaface.
(Her dad was one of the most prominent members of the woodchipping industry, she once said the phrase “fuck whales, they don’t have souls” and [...]

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GQ artist elect of ‘08, Shepard Fairey, has done this staggeringly awesome rendition of Stephen Colbert. He’ll also be on the show to talk with Stephen:
“This Thursday, January 15th at 11:30 pm EST, underground art star and GQ Artist of the Year 2008/First Artist-elect SHEPARD FAIREY goes big on THE COLBERT REPORT to discuss the [...]

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The Boston Globe has published a startling and awesome article on how to “hack” your brain, and emulate some pretty serious hallucinatory effects. Apparently “tweaking your cortex” can involve as little as some halved ping-pong balls. Why didn’t anyone tell me this before? I’ve frittered away my youth on gallons of mescaline when I could [...]

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