Dave Schumaker

San Francisco has more people with degrees (both bachelor and graduate) per square mile than any other city in America. And apparently in quality of living, we rank second in the United States. Not too shabby.

[Via Boing Boing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0

This a pretty video of someone imitating a base jump underwater at Dean's Blue Hole. It's a beautiful and very well put together video.

[Via Kottke]

My parents have really enjoyed their iPhones since they picked them up last year. In fact, they've even taken to sending both SMS and MMS messages to both my sister and I. It often results in some amusing exchanges.

Recently, my sister made a blueberry pie and sent an image of the results to both our Mom and myself.

After receiving this picture, my Mom quickly sent back the following as a reply.

A summary of things I've shared around the Internet today.

	The World Cup is guaranteed to be exciting if for no other reason than Argentina coach Diego Maradona's antics: http://dave.ly/maradona [rockbandit]
	Shared My past AT&T data usage.
	Published Blu in Lisbon, Portugal.
	Why so much negativity over AT&T's data plan pricing changes? I know it's the fashionable thi... http://gdg.to/a3DGaz [rockbandit]
	Shared Cleavage on Cool Hunting.
	It's like a photographic pun! "[...] the cleavages photographed are actually the butt cracks of men and women." http://dave.ly/notcleavage [rockbandit]
	Published BP parody billboards.
	Shared [Using Yourls With Tweetie 2 for iPhone
	RT @huffingtonpost: WOW: Pitcher loses perfect game with controversial call in 9th inning. http://huff.to/amEIv3 (via @HuffPostSports) [rockbandit]

A hilarious take on some of the tweets from the fake BPGlobalPR Twitter account.

Also, for your enjoyment, there is a Firefox plugin that will modify the words "BP" in your browser.

Blu and Os Gémeos collaborated in Lisbon, Portugal for this awesome piece of art.

I've written about Blu before regarding this fantastic stop motion video done in Buenos Ares, Argentina.

It's no secret that I have vivid and strange dreams. Apparently, the build up to this summer's World Cup tournament must be getting to me.

Last night, I dreamt about playing in a volleyball tournament against English soccer player Wayne Rooney. And after our game, we went to a pub and had a few beers. Bizarre.

To be fair, that's probably a lot better than dreaming of hanging out with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3St1GgoHQ

This video is hilarious. I'm sure it's some viral marketing campaign, but I love it. The whole premise behind it is brilliant.

Since Chase took over Washington Mutual, they've been aggressively sending me both email and paper mail in an attempt to get me to sign up for their "overdraft protection". The messages often look like this.

If you don't have Chase Debit Card Overdraft Coverage, beginning August 15, 2010, your everyday debit card purchases will not be approved if you don't have sufficient available funds.

This type of protection is an absolute racket, and it almost sounds like a mob boss is threatening you.

"Yeah, we'll 'protect' you, buddy. Just pay up."

Columbia Journalism Review writes:

Think about it. If you accidentally overdraw your account, Bank of America, say, covers the excess amount of the purchase and charges you $35 for the privilege. They never asked if you wanted them to do that. And as we saw yesterday, some banks make it difficult or impossible to turn off “overdraft protection,” a term that I said ought to be in scare quotes every time it’s used in a news story. It’s Orwellian. This “service” allows overdrafts (most occur via cards these days), it doesn’t protect you from them.

I've been bitten by these overdraft protection fees on a number of occasions (thank you both to college and past unemployment). If I don't have the money to pay for something, the card should be refused. This is one service I will be happy to not sign up for!

The World Cup is almost upon us and Nike released a brilliant soccer commercial that debuted during yesterday's UEFA Champions League Final. It's called "Write the Future", and features various players from around the world, writing their own destiny depending on what happens in the World Cup. It's an epic and often hilarious commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLG6jh23yE

My personal favorite Nike soccer commercial is from Euro 2008, called "Take it to the Next Level", which shows a soccer player's career evolve in first person view. (See previously)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwlpTgbQTE

Lastly, this soccer commercial from Euro 2004, pokes fun at the Italian national team's propensity for "diving". Via Wikipedia:

Diving in the context of association football is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground and possibly feigning an injury, to appear as if a foul has been committed. Dives are often used to exaggerate the amount of contact present in a challenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcCw9RHI5mc