The colors should actually look something more like this:

There’s no O or Y line, so I substituted the nearest I could find, the 1/2/3 for O and 7 for Y. Note how much uglier the actual real subway colors are. Makes me want to redesign all of NYC’s subway colors. Or just take them from their new condom. The old colors don’t match!

Visiting this blog produces the following (censored) adult content:

I’ve blurred out the screenshot–I almost want to blur out the text as well–and I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. I certainly am not going to link to that here. But, there’s a point I want to make. I’m not offended by running across this kind of adult-content, just surprised. Many more would be outraged. Certainly, either reaction is a bad one for Wordpress.com, who need to come up with an automatic rating suggestion system that can at least try to flag adult content and display an “adults only” tag near listings with suspect blogs. The same could be said for a splog, etc.

What is it with Microsoft and having poor taste? This isn’t just a small “oops, guess we messed up” mistake, and in all likeliness, it’s a conscious decision even. They are trying far too hard, apparently hoping to link the Zune with the image of raving orgasms and happy couples kissing in the grass. Is this Microsoft’s response to the general consensus that iPods are so sexy, people have commented (numerous times) they would make love to the thing?

Here’s the error screen so you can try and make a decision yourself (link goes to a rip from the binary):

I wondered what it was called, so I pulled the following strings out of their binary:

var s_bkgArray = new Array(”SL01-welcome.png”, “SL02-spread.png”, “SL03-seeIt.png”, “SL04-watchBig.png”, “SL05-radio.png”, “SL06-personalize.png”);
var htmlInstallError = “S085-apperror.htm”;

The actual file is just named some random bg85.png or something, which is useless. The binary also has no meta-data associated with the image, unfortunately. So, all we know is that there’s a pretty asian girl in a state of partial undress making a screaming face with a couple (possibly women) kissing in the background. Final verdict? Not interesting! Move on!

Tamara Hoover

An art teacher for Austin High School is in danger of being dismissed and having her license to teach revoked because her roommate published naked photographs of her on Flickr, the popular photo sharing site. The Austin Independent School District issued the statement, “Please know that AISD has no intention of infringing upon a person’s legitimate rights to free speech and expression. However, public school educators are legally held to a higher moral standard, in order to protect the young lives they influence.” On her blog, Ms. Hoover wrote, “I have just filed to have a hearing (standard protocol). I should be given a date for that hearing sometime next week. (end of next week) This hearing is where “they” hear my arguments and decide my fate. We have begun due process.”

Britney Spears

After an interview with Dateline to get out all her frustrations with life, Kevin, children, and the press, Britney Spears breaks down in tears and complains that the media hounds are ruining her life. The Gossip Rag has the scoop–and links to the interview on YouTube!

Singaporean Girls

A teengager in Singapore was beaten and stripped in a stairwell, but a video recorded on cell phone has been circulating through MMS and the internet. With her humiliation and assault on tape, the girl should have filed a police report, but probably hasn’t. Meanwhile, confused Americans keep linkwhoring to the term “Singapore” which appeared in the top 10 of Technorati again for the first time since the “Tammy from NYP” cell phone video scandal.

The first is I’m a lover of all men with subtitles listing all the kinds of men the wearer of the t-shirt would not want to love. Please note that almost all of these shirts are trying to make some sexual point or another.

Probably because MiIII just came out, they made a shirt titled Mission Impossible showing a naked, fat couple bouncing off one another at the stomach.

On this wall we have:

• Sorry, I don’t do nice
• Don’t ask me for shit
• Eat shit and die
• See no shit, here [sic] no shit, take no shit
• Police: Lie flat on your back and spread ‘em
• Bad girls suck; good girls swallow
• Fuck you fucking fuck

You’ll note the sexual themes mixed in with what appears to be swearing for its own sake. If you’re offended, stop reading now–it gets worse.

• Sorry, my boyfriend’s in town
• I’m here about the blowjob
• I’m only horney [sic] on days that end with Y
• FBI: Female body inspector
• I’m so good in bed
• Will fuck for beer
• I wouldn’t fuck you for practice
• Free breast exams
• Will work cook clean for sex
• If you can read this the bitch fell off
• Don’t make me poison your food
• Fuck milk. Got beer got pot got tits
• Been there fucked that
• Who cares asshole
• I’m shy, but I’ve got a big dick
• Where the fuck was I last night
• I want to be Barbie: the bitch has everything

Now, the thing that bothers me is that most tourists would not want to buy or wear somethign this offensive, ever. Yet, these t-shirts are sold everywhere on the Isla Mujeres (Isle of Women) in Mexico. Either the Mexicans don’t speak enough English to know what they say and ignore them, or there’s a large group of people peddling vice.