Website Wednesday Archives, 2007
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Happy July 4, 2007!
As the F-14 screamed through the desert air,
the pilot eyed the rising launcher ramps and
wondered yet again if the missile sites were
a genuine threat or merely happy to see him.
Obscure Facts About the Declaration of Independence
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/04/5-obscure-facts-about-the-declaration-of-independence/
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 - On This Day in History
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/03/ap3883274.html
6 foreign expressions you should know
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/6-foreign-expressions-you-should-know/
In the "Why-Didn't-I-Think-Of-That" category...
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/bcc1427fbfae1110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
World Clock
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
Missing Pieces
http://www.planetdan.net/blog/2007/06/missing-piece.htm
Nine Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Wikipedia
http://www.neomeme.net/2007/02/07/nine-cool-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-wikipedia
Where's a Universal Translator when we need one?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pGeWBiLVn8g
Song Meanings
http://www.songfacts.com/
ʇı op uɐɔ noʎ ǝɹǝɥʍ s,ǝɹǝɥ 'uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ pǝʇuɐʍ ɹǝʌǝ ǝʌ,noʎ ɟı
http://www.revfad.com/flip.html
Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again
http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/your-guide-to-never-feeling-tired-again?print=true
Wow - comparison of our Sun to the largest known star
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.png
Hoax email and SMS messages. Why not?
http://www.hoaxmail.co.uk/
June 27, 2007
Whenever I start feeling depressed about how
fat and out of shape I am, I just go shopping.
It doesn't actually make me any thinner,
but after an hour or so of people-watching
at my local WalMart, I feel like a Greek god.
Puppy buying tips
http://stoppuppymills.org/puppy_buying_tips.html
Return of the Bunny Suicides - the Whole Book
http://www.bayimg.com/album/LaAeAAAaA
25 Websites to Watch (Apparently, http://www.skiptucker.com was #26. Damn.)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132787-page,1/article.html
Creative Advertising Pictures
http://www.just-whatever.com/2007/06/11/creative-advertising-2/
Confessions of a Starbucks Barista
http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/confessions-of-a-starbucks-barista-271348.php
Outcomes from all of the MythBusters episodes
http://mythbustersresults.com/
Lengthy but interesting article regarding "The Sopranos" finale
http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1/
The hole in CDs
http://iamboredr.com/2007/06/23/the-hole-in-cds/
The Complex and Terrifying Reality of Star Wars Fandom
http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=3381
Words invented by Shakespeare
http://piksels.com/19/words-invented-by-shakespeare/
Ever wonder what would happen if you lit 30,000 matchsticks, all at once? (don't try this at home)
http://fuvoo.com/FuvooPermaLink.aspx?PostID=796
Quick! Which is bigger - one 12" pizza or two 8" pizzas?
http://www.binarydollar.com/2007/05/07/geometry-saved-me-money/
Is God there? A conversation between an atheist professor and a theist student
http://cognitivecache.blogspot.com/2007/06/amazing-cnversation-is-god-there.html
3 Men With Nothing Better to Do (a great barbecue resource)
http://www.3men.com/
10 Useless (or even dangerous) First Aid Myths
http://ririanproject.com/2006/10/25/10-useless-or-even-dangerous-first-aid-myths/
Man, I thought *I* had a cool job...
http://ffix1975.livejournal.com/1385773.html#cutid1
The Top 10 Uses For Used Coffee Grounds
http://www.curbly.com/DIY-Maven/posts/1881-Top-1-Uses-For-Used-Coffee-Grounds
Scientific American is offering its July issue for download free - but only through Saturday
http://www.sciam.com/page.cfm?section=redesign&sc=fd_blog?
Pretty sporty - stereo animated .gifs allow you to "see" in 3-D
http://www.voltier.com/stereo/
Psychological Illusion (you'll figure it out when you watch it a second
time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzSiUB6yV0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpresurfer%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
June 20, 2007
I consider myself to be God's gift to women.
However, I will concede it's actually more
of a last-minute, 99 cent-store kind of gift.
Download online videos direct to PC, iPod, PSP for free (even with a broken leg, Donna comes through)
http://vixy.net/
Left Lane Drivers Unite
http://www.leftlanedrivers.org/
Can't tell one British accent from another? Here's the cure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tOexrhVCE8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Firintech%2Ecom%2Fx1%2Fblogarchive%2Ephp%3Fid%3D1193
The Most Miserable Airports
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/070530/30travel.largetable.htm
Amazing Shadow Sculptures
http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/freeze-frame-screen-the-shadow-hot-heads-under-silent-wigs/
10 Most Bizarre People on Earth (I know one or two that could be added
to this list...)
http://www.oddee.com/item_65612.aspx
The longest word in the English language
http://www.healthbolt.net/2007/05/24/the-longest-word-in-the-english-language/
Car buried for 50 years is unearthed. "New Car Smell" long gone, rust
remains (thanks
and a tip O'the hat to John)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-ex-belvedere15jun15,0,7722105.story?coll=la-home-center
22 Confessions of a Former Dell Sales Manager
http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/22-confessions-of-a-former-dell-sales-manager-268831.php
Say now, here's a nifty gift idea
http://www.piggy-teez.com/
Funniest Church Signs
http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=32
Here's something to brighten your day - the Peak Oil Clock
http://www.peakoilclock.com/images/poc2.swf
The best online research sites you've never heard of
http://oedb.org/library/features/best-online-research-sites
What's up docs? A panel of anonymous doctors cough up secrets of the
trade
http://nymag.com/health/bestdoctors/2007/33163/
Everything you ever wanted to know about dry ice
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question264.htm
"Lifetime" dog. Mine was a border collie named Buster - yours?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/16/HOG6BQE2OE1.DTL
You can take off the tinfoil hats. There is no Masonic conspiracy.
Nothing to see here. Move on.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_co2B7YC7SEY/RnQR5aq7SWI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/hJMGjdP-osA/s1600-h/masons.JPG
Paris Hilton in Jail - the Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66epna2Sss
10(+) Ways to Open a Beer Without a Bottle Opener
http://www.german-flag-history.com/10ways-to-open-beer.html
Poor Pluto - demoted yet again. Mickey Mouse reportedly devastated
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/14/pluto_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070614140030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
This is too cool - a mosaic image generator
http://www.adelaider.com/image-mosaic/
The 10 Most Common Photographic Mistakes
http://www.aguntherphotography.com/the-ten-most-common-photographic-mistakes.html
So where's all the single women and single men?
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/06/where_are_all_the_single_women.php
June 13, 2007
Is it
just my imagination, or do Buffalo
Wings taste a an awful lot like chicken?
Issac Hayes new job
http://www.killerfun.com/86036_SouthPark_Chief_-_Tom_Cruise_Voice_Over.html
50 Things You Need to Know by 50
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/50_things_to_know.html
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Nothing
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-nothing
A new "Blue Ball Machine" (thanks, Jack and Jeyraan)
http://blueballs2.ytmnd.com/
Buncha fun stuff - "Try It Yourself"
http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/stripped_features/try_online/tryonline.html#
Is Paris Hilton in Jail Right Now? (For those of you who have to know)
http://www.isparisinjailrightnow.com/
The Best (and Worst) Star Trek Movies of All Time
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2028
Harry Potter Theme Park info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6706939.stm
This is totally cool and completely useless. (Try flying)
http://www.ff0000.com/
Best pictures of the Earth from deep space
http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/06/best-pictures-of-earth-from-deep-space.html
For the serious LOTR fans - Where in the World Was Middle Earth?
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/
One-liners
http://www.vegard.net/about/one-liners.php
Secret Menu Items
http://consumerist.com/consumer/secret-menu-items/the-really-big-guide-to-secret-menu-items-239708.php
The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ
U.S. States renamed for countries with similar GDP's.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/
Here's a WW by itself! - 101 Useful Websites (a lot are British, so
don't winge, you pufters)
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2640824.ece
Planet Earth (via Google Videos)
http://www.cpluv.com/www/item/todaynow/11206
Teen Chat Acronym Decoder (I really need this!)
http://www.teenchatdecoder.com/
R.I.P. Mr. Wizard
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-ex-herbert12jun13,0,4867128.story?coll=la-home-center
June 6, 2007
I finally stopped trying to dance because of my great-grandparents.
Four were Italian, three were Irish and one was Native Cherokee.
Back when I tried, about 87 percent of the time I flailed around like a dork,
but on those rare occasions I actually looked good, it always started raining.
Weird Amusement Parks
http://www.gadling.com/2007/05/27/very-weird-amusement-parks/
Drive Like a Cop
http://autos.aol.com/article/safety/v2/_a/drive-like-a-cop/20070522141809990001
15 Reasons Why Mr. Rogers Was the Best Neighbor, Ever
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5943
How "Two Months' Salary Lasts a Lifetime" is really evil s**t
http://www.blacktable.com/bruno031030.htm
How to talk to a climate skeptic
http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics
What a brilliant idea
http://unclutterer.com/archives/2007/06/under_stairs_storage_brilliant.php
Addicting Game of the Week - Shuffle
http://www.shockwave.com/content/shuffle/sis/shuffle.swf
This looks fun - how to make instant ice
http://funl.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-make-instant-ice.html
Origins of State Names
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/04/the-origins-of-state-names/
The 25 Best Movies You've Never Seen (well, I've seen six of 'em)
http://movies.go.com/feature?featureid=881399
Star Wars Celebration IV: Family Guy Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ehLDVoujI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecynical%2Dc%2Ecom%2F
The truth about Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids
http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/05/truth-about-mythic-creatures-dragons.html
Jackie will like this one - addictive game for the engineer in all of us
http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/blueprint/play.php
The Alphabetizer - in case you want to, you know... alphabetize stuff
http://alphabetizer.flap.tv/index.php
Pictures of every President of the United States
http://pileofphotos.com/view/73/Presidents-of-the-United-States
Now this is a cool picture
http://www.funchamp.com/games/files/supercoolpic.swf
May 30, 2007
St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland.
I guess the requirements for canonization
back then were so low that even guys who
worked in animal control were eligible.
PC World's top 100 Products For 2007
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935-page,13/article.html
Help save the Boneless Pigs (courtesy of the lovely and talented Uncle Mel)
http://www.bonelesspigs.com/
How to get rid of Jehovah's Witnesses, permanently
http://www.creatrixblog.com/?p=274
Happy Belated Birthday, Star Wars - The Stars - where are they now?
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=3196756
The Top 20 Star Wars Moments
http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/star-wars-top-20-moments.html
A serious car paint job.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=932
94 Ways to Keep Kids Busy for the Work at Home Parent
http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2007/05/22/94-ways-to-keep-kids-busy-for-the-work-at-home-parent/
A mean chocolate chip cookie
http://www.megnut.com/2007/05/a-mean-chocolate-chip-cookie
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band interactive album cover
http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/sgtpepper/
Great memory tips
http://ririanproject.com/2007/02/16/see-how-easily-you-can-forget-you-were-ever-forgetful/
Best. Cursor. Ever.
http://www.1-click.jp/?
Discover when your computer has been used
http://www.techdo.com/?p=24
The classic tie knots (for when you just have to tie a silk noose around your neck)
http://www.bensilver.com/style04/knots_home.htm
The A to Z of Modern Etiquette (it's a British article, so feel free to mispronounce it "Zed")
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2579273.ece
Oooooo... pretty pictures
http://thefairest.info/top.html
This week's Magic Trick - How to Produce Cards from Midair
http://necromanc.blogspot.com/2007/05/cards-from-air-magic-trick.html
The Top Seven Things the Next US President Must Address - Quickly
http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/29/744225-top-seven-things-the-next-us-president-must-address-quickly
So, which Senators voted for funding the war, and which didn't?
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00181#position
In this week's "I-need-me-one-of-them" category, the rubber band machine gun!
http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/09/12/lego-rubberband-chaingun/
May 23, 2007
Sometimes I wake up in the morning in my big old bed and I feel so alone.
Interestingly enough, it's usually after a visit from the pest control people.
Who is Xenu? The Story Behind Scientology
http://www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
Wanna learn French and about France? Here you go -
http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
Exploiting the negatives (interesting article)
http://waiterrant.net/?p=450
NOW we're cookin' (tip O' the hat to Uncle John)
http://www.fivedayweekend.org/
The world's shortest runway - and it's moving!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvJuMlRFVs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbitsandpieces1%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
Well now, here's an interesting idea
http://www.weddingringcoffin.com/
A polar clock (may be a repost, but who cares - it's beautiful!)
http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/upload/polarclockv2/polarclock.html
The 10 Weirdest Things Ever Sold on eBay
http://collage.twws.ws/Money_Matters/The-10-Weirdest-Things-Ever.html
Yum! Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
Ingenious Ads
http://www.getitinwriting.biz/blog/2007/05/guerilla-advertising-copywriting-blog.html
Summer's almost here - time to start getting out the ol' barbecue...
http://www.bbqmyths.com/bbqmyths.html
My dad was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Other amazing WWII facts can be found at:
http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm
Top 10 Wettest US Cities (Seattle, where the State Flower is mildew, isn't even listed!)
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070518_rainy_cities.html
Interesting - grammar rules that no one teaches but that everyone learns
http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/verbal_energy/2007/05/index.html#entry-33940428
I'm just getting started with cycling, so this is right up my alley - A Beginner's Guide to Cycling
http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/beginners-guide-to-cycling/
The characters from "Shrek"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18595323/
Hikers' Database (it's just getting started, so cut 'em a little slack)
http://www.hikedatabase.com/wiki/Main_Page
May 16, 2007
I once considered joining the infantry, but then I thought,
"Why would I want to fight alongside a bunch of babies?"
Celebrity Soundboards
http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pranks/celebsoundboardsmain.htm
Cool business card designs
http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs
The top 15 Han Solo quotes you can use in regular conversation
http://www.doubleviking.com/the-top-15-han-solo-quotes-you-need-to-use-in-regular-conversation-5215-p.html
Funniest bus ads
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45718/Funniest-Bus-Ads
The Spiderman 3 Bible Study Guide
http://www.infuzemag.com/Spiderman3_StudyGuide.pdf
The World's Top-10 Futuristic Luxury Hotels
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/worlds-top-10-futuristic-luxury-hotels/
Culinary GENIUS! A Meat Cake
http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/demo/meatcake/
NASA unveils Hubble's successor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6645179.stm
15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/15-coolest-firefox-tricks-ever.html
Amazing photos of an atomic blast taken at 1 millionth of a second
http://www.oddweek.com/item_61572.aspx
How to Be a Great Dad (damn, I wish I'd written this)
http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/how-to-be-a-great-dad-12-awesome-tips/
World's Highest Swing
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sweet-jesus/worlds-highest-swing-looks-terrifying-259824.php
Generic names for carbonated soft drinks, by county
http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html
Deceptively addicting game of the week
http://www.addictinggames.com/ignition.html
The memory of color
http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.php
Explanation of Scientology, Southpark Style
http://www.icomment.org/index.php/main/video/show?id=4708830
A long but interesting article on what the future holds
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/05/shaping_the_future.html
More Than Your Eyes Can See
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/videos/more_than_your/index.html
Top 5 Google Tricks
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-top-5-google-tricks
Ever wanted to learn how to go Curling? Me neither, but Barri Dawn seems to think it's neat
http://www.curlingbasics.com/
Star Wars mistakes compilation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRDsZJ6edCM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecynical%2Dc%2Ecom%2F
Search for coffee shops, restaurants, etc. between two addresses on Google Maps
http://a.placebetween.us/
Best Places to Get Free Books
http://www.friedbeef.com/index.php?tag=useful-tips&paged=2
The National Hollerin' Contest is only a month away!
http://www.ibiblio.org/hollerin/history.htm
BookSwim: Like NetFlix for books
http://www.bookswim.com/
This could come in handy - a digital camera resolution chart
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/charts/resolutionChartPopup.html
May 9, 2007
I have a great idea for a children's book about an
irrepressibly curious monkey who goes on a journey
and along the way meets a West Nile mosquito,
a killer African bee, a civet cat, a Gambian
rat, a prairie dog and a mad cow. It's called
"Curious George Repeatedly Goes to the Hospital."
An interesting way to explore sites and their links
http://walk2web.com/
Extreme resolution photography
http://www.xrez.com/
11 Alarm Clocks to Wake the Living Dead
http://www.americaninventorspot.com/10_alarm_clocks
In this week's "I-need-me-one-of-these" category...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
How to look skinny in photos
http://beauty.about.com/od/hairstylephotogalleries/qt/photopose.htm
Did you know...?
http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
If you walked in a straight direction, where would you go?
http://map.talleye.com/
Earth Guide
http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/earth/guide/english/index.html
Counterfeit Disneyland
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1678
Addictive Game of the Week - Circlo
http://www.mjgames-online.com/games/circlo.php
Stand Up to Save the World (from Barri)
http://www.standingwomen.org/
What every workplace is missing
http://www.baraskit.se/random/archive/10/helter_skelter2.html
Subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale
http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/
How much is a trillion?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/more_or_less/6625545.stm
Ever wanted to meet someone in the middle? Here's how
http://www.mezzoman.com/
The "mosquito ringtone" - the one adults can't hear, but kids can. I can't, the kids can (tres cool)
http://www.blogiseverything.com/mobile/mosquito-ringtone-aka-teen-buzz/
How to identify fake photos
http://oemagazine.com/fromTheMagazine/jan05/photofakery.html?
Pilot episodes for 100 great TV shows
http://entertainment.wikia.com/index.php?title=TV_Show_Episodes_Encyclopedia
Add lyrics to your iPod (the easy way... unless you have a Mac)
http://soundcrank.blogspot.com/
May 2, 2007
I
took up boxing to see what I was made of.
It turns out I'm made of blood.
How to beat that traffic ticket
http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/070330/21532.html?.v=1
A guide to Latin phrases used in English ("Quid latine dictum sit,
altum viditur" = "Everything said in Latin sounds profound")
http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/lphrase.html
The Mr. T Virtual Playset
http://ironicsans.com/2006/10//idea_the_mr_t_virtual_playset.html
Addicting Game O' the Week - Bloons! (Thanks, Will - I wasted the
entire weekend on this one...)
http://addictinggames.com/bloons.html
This'll get you up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWCdOK0b8FU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpresurfer%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
The newest (unofficial) version of Line Rider (thanks, Jack!)
http://officiallinerider.com/play.html
I've been by this place. It's even creepier in person. At night.
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Landmarks/WitchesHouse.shtml
Ever wonder what the Earth looks like from Saturn? Too bad - here it
is anyway
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Earth-Seen-From-Saturn-35980.shtml
Bizarre stuff I want to get for my place
http://www.stlloftstyle.com/modern-furniture/
Creative Advertising
http://pileofphotos.com/view/69/Creative_advertising
We're #1! We're #1!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_sc/polluted_cities
Best WiFi hotels - 2007
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/29/175723/520/hotels/Best_WiFi_Hotels_2007
The Most Honest Man in News
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13559914/the_most_honest_man_in_news
New feature of Google Earth - track your flight in 3-D!
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9712912-2.html?tag=blog
April 25, 2007
My great-great-grandfather was a real
pirate and according to his diary, my
great-grandfather followed in his footstep.
Death and Taxes - a visual guide to where your tax dollars go
http://www.thebudgetgraph.com/poster/
A Rant from a Cop
http://syracuse.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/151590579.html
Incredible video of power line maintenance - by helicopter. Just awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3q9WdjD5wc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpresurfer%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
Spin - the short film that's already won 35 awards.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc
4096 color wheel - I have no idea what this is for, but it's fun for a couple of minutes
http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html
Cool Clock of the Week
http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/upload/polarclock/polarclock.html
Simple math game that grows progressively harder fairly quickly.
http://www.planarity.net/?
Ever wonder where "OK" came from? Wonder no more.
http://straightdope.com/classics/a2_250.html
Glass Floor - don't look down!
http://www.archibase.net/archinews/14539.html
In this week's "I-want-me-one-of-these" category - the Obelisk!
http://tekenstein.com/the-obelisk
Six crazy ways to keep mosquitoes away
http://arnywear.typepad.com/arnywear_natural_mosquito/2007/04/6_crazy_ways_to.html
Cloud Atlas
http://islandnet.com/~see/weather/eyes/cloudatlas.htm
What tree did you fall from?
http://www.wowzone.com/whattree.htm
How to remove a car dent using an airduster and a hair dryer
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster/
Which Circue du Soleil Show Should You See in Las Vegas?
http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2007/04/which_cirque_sh.html
April 18, 2007
If the IRS wanted to put something really useful
on their website, how about a list of countries that
*don't* have an extradition treaty with the U.S.?
Multiple links:
This Saturday, April 21, 2007, is Astronomy Day 2007.
Science museums and observatories all over are hosting
special events to celebrate Astronomy Day. Find a local club near you
and start enjoying the night sky!
A headline for the 5 year-old in all of us
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/10/news/state/65-blast.txt
I gotta try me this - How to Rip a Phone Book in Half
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGvEGFkvNs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecynical%2Dc%2Ecom%2F
And, in the "I-need-me-some-of-these" category - caffeinated sunflower
seeds!
http://www.sumseeds.com/sumseedshome.html
Tarzan of the Internet(s)
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Tarzan/
Batman lecturing Robin
http://members.tripod.com/~AdamWest/b-lectur.htm
War of the Worlds in 30 seconds - with bunnies (thanks, Jack!)
http://www.angryalien.com/1005/wowbuns.asp
10 Great Movie Monologues
http://www.arvindswarup.com/devils_workshop/2007/04/10_great_movie_.html
Something to do when you're really bored
http://www.neave.com/imagination/
Got 42 minutes? Check out this comedian - you'll be hearing more about
him
http://www.militantplatypus.com/blog/archives/3648
Favorite Weight Watchers Sites
http://www.stormpc.com/ww/
50 Tips for Grocery Shopping
http://zenhabits.net/2007/04/50-tips-for-grocery-shopping/
In the "I-gotta-try-this-out" category - the Secret Code to Control
Traffic Lights (Hoax?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r774xWeTg0Y
Typing game
http://www.2addicted.com/words
Iranian comedian Max Jobani on the difference between Iranians and
Arabs (from the Axis
of Evil Comedy tour) (funny!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPJeLN16NI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrooksandliars%2Ecom%2F
Fun with words - contronyms - words that are their own antonyms
http://rinkworks.com/words/contronyms.shtml
The creepiest movie ever made, starring Bruce Lee
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/16/the-creepiest-movie-ever-made/
Top Secret Tourism
http://feralhouse.com/press/mini_sites/top_secret_tourism/blog/
Top-10 Greatest Photographs Ever Taken
http://www.eyes-and-vision.com/top-10-greatest-photographs-ever-taken.html
Running the Numbers - an American Self-Portrait
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=?view=XXX_09NNN/
Yet MORE yummy goodness! Fast foods - ads v. reality
http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm
Motion binding
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_motionBinding/index.html
April 11, 2007
If I ever end up in jail, I hope it's because I was convicted of something
cool-sounding, like "incitement to riot" or "crimes against humanity,"
and not just because Columbia House finally tracked me down.
Addicting Game of the Week (from the Ognote)
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/action/566.htm
The inbox of Nardo Pace, the Empire’s worst engineer
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/nardo-design-empire.php
What We Call the News (JobJab)
http://www.jibjab.com/what_we_call_the_news
Do-it-yourself toys
http://www.geocities.com/davidvwilliamson/
Cool cursor effects
http://gprime.net/game.php/cursorcatalog2
And, for the more morbid among us....
http://www.nadinejarvis.com/projects/carbon_copies
Driving directions - with weather forecasts along the route, and the best time to leave. Tres cool.
http://trippish.com/
Internet access CAPTCHA's
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/iacaptchas/
13 TV Shows That Should Never Have Been Cancelled
http://www.tubewad.com/13-tv-shows-that-should-never-have-been-cancelled-1340-p.html
Why cellphones are still grounded
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015839
Learn CPR. The life you save may be mine
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011764
12 Signs You Have a Computer Addiction
http://www.random-good-stuff.com/index.php/2007/04/02/12-signs-you-have-a-computer-addiction/
Any bets on what is the highest spot on Earth?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=09428163
Ten things you probably never knew about bodies
http://www.thedigitalbeat.com/2007/04/male-body-vs-female-body.html
How to cut glass with scissors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2RLzzNNNwg
NASA Kid's Club
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
April 4, 2007
I still think one of mankind's greatest
inventions is that little brown strip
that appears in the bottom of my underwear
to tell me when it's time to wash them.
Got a picture of your boss?
http://www.mugdart.com/
How to get rid of stuff - TSIA
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/
Motivational Posters
http://www.ishkur.com/posters/blogging.php
Sculptures from layers of colored construction paper (Jackie - you'll love this!)
http://www.jenstark.com/sculpture_01.html
Wow! 3-D animated .gifs!
http://www.virango.com/?q=node/1236&terms=dvd%20movies+college%20loan%20consolidation+funny%20video
Five great puzzles and paradoxes to tickle the mind
http://danielhaggard.com/?p=17
Amazing scene in Burma
http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/burma.htm
Top 4 Carnival Scams (with video goodness)
http://www.wisebread.com/carnival-of-scams-top-4-fairground-cons
Video tour of the Star Trek apartment
http://www.uberreview.com/2007/03/video-tour-of-the-star-trek-apartment.htm/
How car dealerships rip you off with the "four-square" method - and how to beat it
http://consumerist.com/consumer/four-square/dealerships-rip-you-off-with-the-four+square-heres-how-to-beat-it-248445.php
This'll keep you busy for a couple of minutes - the Attack of the Sprouts (thanks, Emily!)
http://www.eyegas.com/xmas05/
Clever idea for a business card
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaline/332138063/
Would you ride this roller coaster? (Hey, I only look stupid)
http://thirdeyedumb.com/2007/03/most_exciting_roller_coaster.html
Top Sci-Fi movie isn't "Star Wars" - if you haven't seen it yet, rent (or buy) it now
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6517155.stm
Chill a room temperature soft drink (or beer) in two minutes
http://www.fuvoo.com/FuvooPermaLink.aspx?PostID=478
Priceless - the iRack (tip o' the Stetson to Jan)
http://www.glumbert.com/media/irack
Here's something to amuse your office mates - the Horrible Sound Generator
http://www.sound101.org/mixer.php
In case you ever need one - here's a Ransom Note Generator
http://www.joshuarey.com/index.pl?Action=ShowArticle&ID=134&DoNotGoToFood=0
March 28, 2007
Krispy Kreme does for doughnuts
what freebasing does for cocaine.
Addicting Game of the Week - Boomshine
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/boomshine
The quest for the perfect home pizza
http://www.think2020.com/jv/pizza.htm
A tattoo for the educated man
http://quixoticals.blogspot.com/2007/03/tattoo-for-educated-man.html
Soundboards
http://www.soundboards.com/
How to convert DVD movie Video, flash to iPod for Windows and Mac OS
http://www.dvd-guides.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,95/topic,13966.0
In this week's "I-want-me-one-of-these" category, the Wake n' Bacon Alarm Clock!
http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php
20 Greatest Historical Myths
http://www.writespirit.net/ad/greatest_historical_myths
How to Fake an English Accent in a Chatroom
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A773723
Hey, Doug - ever wonder where all that Apollo rocket surplus ended up? Try a junkyard in North Hollywood
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-junkyard25mar25,0,472717.story?coll=la-home-headlines
This actually made me laugh out loud - "Free Photo Booth" = you will get punk'd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCjKbex9wk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpresurfer%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
A guide to power napping
http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0601/napping_power.html?
For my LA peeps - Maps of Los Angeles. LOTS of 'em
http://lacitynerd.blogspot.com/2007/02/maps-of-la.html
Zoomquilt-2. Trippy.
http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf
Ride Space Mountain - virtually!
http://www.spacestation77.com/video.html
March 21, 2007
While he was in Brazil, Bush did an interview with the
Brazilian
press and he said the most difficult decision a
president could ever
make is sending troops into harm's way.
But hey, enough about Walter Reed.
10 Things Your Car Dealer Won't Tell You
http://www.smartmoney.com/consumer/index.cfm?story=autodealer&nav=ibs&ibshatkey=bos
9 Confessions From a Former Enterprise Car Rental Salesman
http://consumerist.com/consumer/enterprise/9-confessions-from-a-former-enterprise-rental-salesman-243325.php
How to know your Poker odds
http://pokershack.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-know-your-poker-odds.html
So the Google Maps have traffic. The Weather Channel's got CLOUDS!
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/10010?from=36hour_map_large&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar
Pretty cool - a life-sized blue whale
http://www.wdcs.co.uk/media/flash/whalebanner/content_pub_en.html
Amazing jump like Superman (this guy is crazy!)
http://interesting.techboo.com/archive/2007/03/14/191.aspx
Ever look up at the sky and wonder what the name of that star is?
http://www.smidgy.com/smidgy/2007/03/pretend_to_be_a.html
How to make a tinfoil hat, just in case
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/build.html
A wise man once said, "Play Monopoly, Lose a Friend." I think it was me.
http://wmwms.blogspot.com/2007/03/you-have-won-second-prize-in-beauty.html
The coolest shower tiles ever
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/10/heat_sensitive.html
This looks like something Jack (my son) would make
http://adzilla.blogspot.com/2007/03/wow-baynham-tyers.html
Unofficial IQ Test (from George)
http://www.richstevens.com/flash/iq.swf
Here's another one
http://eluzions.com/Puzzles/Trick/
Got some American, British or Euro currency in your pocket - here's something you probably haven't noticed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation
10-day survival pack for your vehicle for $25
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/yago104.html
My new favorite search engine
http://www.schoolr.com/
Bacon wrapped, cheese filled, trans-fat infused, deep fried HOT DOGS!
http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2007/03/post_135
This could come in handy - the Gotta Go Briefcase
http://www.americaninventorspot.com/gotta_go
Addictive Game of the Week - Balls!
http://www.alexheaton.co.uk/games/balls/
How much is your house worth?
http://www.zillow.com/
Have you heard of this? How to take a caffeine nap
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/sleep/take-a-caffeine-nap-154237.php
March 14, 2007
No matter how optimistic you may be,
a diaper is never half empty.
Today is Pi Day! Free Pi for everyone!
http://www.piday.org/
Online Alarm Clock
http://avnoy.com/alarm/flash.swf
Instant Audience
http://davelog.com/flash/instantaudience.swf
Celebrity Nose-Pickers
http://funny-town.blogspot.com/2007/03/digs-for-noseberriescelebrities.html
Build a paper plane and see how it flies
http://www.solidworkspilot.com/
One of the funniest scenes from "Taxi" - "What does a yellow light mean?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlHmkKo-kvw
Fun way to win your next bar bet
http://www.isnichwahr.de/redirect23792.html
Virus! Say goodbye to the next 10 Minutes
http://www.rfshq.com/forum/games/virus2.swf
Laser Cats 2! (If SNL was this funny all the time, I'd still be watching it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3qUcPEIw2c
Helpful hints for slot machine players
http://you-travel.blogspot.com/2007/03/slot-tips.html
Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet
http://lesliefranke.com/files/reference/firefoxcheatsheet.html
An unusual book
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/
In the "Why -didn't-I-Think-Of-That?" Category:
http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1326
This video will make you hallucinate
http://www.neave.com/strobe/
Google Maps Traffic Feature
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=los+angeles,+ca&layer=t&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1
http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/food.html
Lots of cool illusions
http://www.planetperplex.com/en/gallery.html
Former marijuana smuggler seeks employment
http://crazy.codetroop.com/randimg/?smuggler.jpg
What's the Difference Between Shia and Sunni?
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/13/whats-the-difference-shia-vs-sunni/
Balancing the Forces - cool experiments to amaze your kids
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/03/balancing-forces.html
The 30 Strangest Deaths in History (thanks, Jack!)
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22398
March 7, 2007
Switching to an electric toothbrush provides even
more advantages than cleaner teeth and healthier gums.
Its small head saves a ton on toothpaste usage, and
if you don't mind a few tears, works great on nose hair.
I'm in England this week, so I thought this was somewhat apropos...
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/BFA/
And, on a related note - A List of British Words Not Widely Used in the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States
The most incomprehensible "English" in the World - a guide to "Geordie"
http://members.tripod.com/newcastleupontyne/geordie.html
Carny Lingo
http://welcometothefair.com/lingo/
Sad Songs Say So Much - The top 25 Miserably Depressing Songs
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1502655,00.html
Practice your karaoke here
http://www.theonlinekaraokemachine.i12.com/
339 Synonyms for Puking
http://www.c4vct.com/kym/humor/puke.htm
Could be useful - a guide (including videos) of how to tie a tie
http://www.bensilver.com/style04/knots_home.htm
Motion-induced blindness (optical illusion)
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_mib/index.html
The Cliché rotation project - get your updated clichés right here
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001881.html
The path of the Sun over a year (cool picture)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020709.html
Missile flying over Utah caught on Google Maps (you can even see the contrail)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38%C2%B013%2736.38%22N,+112%C2%B017%2756.59%22W&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=38.22631,-112.298598&spn=0.002019,0.005332&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr
Coming Soon! - "Finding Nemo 2"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifdblog/398932477/
Top 10 Retail Sales Ripoffs
http://www.trampolinesales.com/ripoffs.htm
Pause this about 3/4 of the way through when you see the monkey (in the flashing montage) and then go back 5-15 frames. Notice anything?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/apocalypto/teaser_large.html
Top 10 Funniest Gadgets (I don't know... the tie looks pretty cool)
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-funniest-gadgets
Good way to waste some time - Submarines!
http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=89
Yeah, it's an ad, but it's a funny ad - Frank Caliendo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMIlPudalQ
3-D Website Interface
http://www.screenvader.com/root.html?
2000 Uses for WD-40
http://www.twbc.org/resources/wd40.php
Neat little reference site -
http://www.peoplespot.com/
Actually, this looks kind of cool - no more greasy fingers!
http://www.popcornfork.com/
Star Trek XI, anyone?
http://www.rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=378
The Top-10 Weirdest Car Gadgets
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-weirdest-car-gadgets-ever
Create a fun 3-D drawing
http://www.zefrank.com/string_spin/spin_1.html
February 28, 2007
I got a job at the new vacuum cleaner/
suction cup/soda straw/bellows factory
they just opened, and I've gotta be
honest: It really isn't very good.
List of British Words Not Widely Used in the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States
Updated List of Places to Watch TV for Free Online
http://www.onetipaday.com/2007/02/14/updated-list-of-places-to-watch-tv-for-free-online/
Incredible 12½ minute monologue from Craig Ferguson. Must watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA
Five Great Ways to Leave a Tip
http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/21/5-great-ways-to-leave-a-tip/
The Top 10 Top 10 Lists
http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2007/02/22/the-top-10-top-10-lists/
Career-Summing Movie Posters
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2283112
Top 10 Greatest Film Speeches and Monologues
http://www.altiustutasarim.com/notdefteri/arsiv/2007/02/top_10_greatest_film_speeches.php
The Caffeine Database
http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database
Could come in handy - First Aid database
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/FirstAidIndex
101 Earth Facts
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html
Eight Women Who Look Better Bald Than Britney
http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2007/02/19/eight-bald-women/
Numbers from 1-31 - a page for each day of the month
http://richardphillips.org.uk/number/Num1.htm
Subway maps from all over the world
http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/subwaymaps/en/index.htm#
How much of the world have you been to?
http://www.travbuddy.com/widget_map.php
French Foreign Legion Code of Honor
http://www.focusdep.com/articles/War_Stories/French_Foreign_Legion_Code_Of_Honor
Oh, jeez - this can't be good. Remind me not to book on RyanAir
http://newsbiscuit.com/article/ryan-air-introduce-fat-tax-021
February 21, 2007
Call me a cynic, but it seems whenever
someone is given the title "The World's Oldest
Living Person," it's just a matter of time.
8 Diseases That Give You Superhuman Powers
http://www.autoadviceoffl.com/Braindisease.htm
Extremely important Homeland Security Warnings
http://www.safenow.org/
14 Company Secrets Hewlett-Packard Would Prefer You Didn't Know
http://consumerist.com/consumer/hewlett+packard/14-hewlettpackard-company-secrets-from-a-former-employee-236517.php
Top 10 Magic Trick Tutorials
http://ei-am.blogspot.com/2007/01/top-10-magic-trick-tutorial-videos_21.html
Wheel of Food (just enter your zip code)
http://www.coverpop.com/wheeloffood/
Online TV and Movie Guide
http://www.ovguide.com/tvfilm.html
Paternity Madness (Tip O' the hat to Barridawn)
http://www.celebrityhack.com/anna-nicole-paternity-madness
Things You Never Knew Your Cellphone Could Do
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/24/221016.php
Don't Click!
http://www.dontclick.it/index.html
Hilarious Farewell Email
http://www.chriskula.com/2005/08/farewell-email.html
Google Cheat Sheet
http://www.adelaider.com/google-cheat-sheet/
Hilarious Signs
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/02/wildly-hilarious-signs-part-3.html
10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich
http://nichegeek.com/10_totally_stupid_online_business_ideas_that_made_someone_rich
A tool worthy of Batman's Utility Belt
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18204&ch=infotech
What's special about this number?
http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html?
25 Great Calvin & Hobbes Strips
http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm
February 14, 2007
Sure, some might call it bald, but I prefer
to think of it as successful application of a
scorched-earth policy in a campaign against
the cowlicks that plagued me as a child.
Making Valentines - A Tradition in America
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Valentines/
A guide to lacing your sneakers (you mean there's more than one way?)
http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/article.php?id=856
15 Geek Movies to See Before You Die
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/02/fifteen_geek_movies_to_see_before_you_die_1.html
A Bittersweet Guide to the Best Valentine's Day Chocolate
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7132441
Interstate freeway system laid out like a subway map
http://www.chrisyates.net/reprographics/index.php?page=424
Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images
http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/gallery_category.html
Nine Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Wikipedia
http://neomeme.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/nine-cool-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-wikipedia/
Six Things to Do With Your PC When You Have No Internet Connection
http://speakingfreely.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/five-things-to-do-with-a-pc-when-you-have-no-internet-connection/
In this week's "I-Want-Me-One-Of-These" category - the Scubadoo!
http://www.scubadoo.com.au/
How many people in the US have your name? (there are 2,581 of me)
http://ww2.howmanyofme.com/
One of my favorite places to eat in LA
http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/
For Jackie - How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5 Steps
http://battleclan.ca/content/view/901/
Rubik's Cube Insanity
http://www.space-invaders.com/rubikdown.html
20 Things You Didn't Know About Skin
http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-07/departments/20-things-skin/
Put Down the Ducky!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qqhOIfAKs
Ever wonder what Antarctica looks like under all that ice? Me neither.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AntarcticaRockSurface.jpg
Looks like I'm kicking the bucket on September 14, 2038. Probably while I'm doing something embarrassing , too.
http://www.deathclock.com/
Mom, you'll like this.... an Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php
How to Build a Cardboard Castle
http://mrmcgroovys.com/castle.htm
Cool Cockpit Photos
http://www.geekarmy.com/cool/Cockpit-Photos.html
Oops Airlines (tip O the hat to Mbfila Neil)
http://www.thirdamendment.com/wrongway.html
What you didn't know about diamonds
http://www.wisebread.com/the-greatest-story-ever-sold-is-a-fantasy-covered-in-blood
Can You Trust Your Mind? (Don't Read Ahead) (this is incredible)
http://hvattum.net/wp/?p=3
Department of Redundancy Department
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_redundant_expressions
The 10 Most Bizarre People on Earth (excuse me, I have a couple of nominations...)
http://www.2spare.com/item_65612.aspx
Google Maps Mashups
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
Top 10 Fashion Suggestions for Nerds
http://www.fashion4nerds.com/art_top10suggestions.htm
How to Build the Ultimate Office Gun
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/how-to-build-the-ultimate-office-gun
February 7, 2007
I think Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra would make a
great married couple, because they share a deep level
of compassion and understanding of the human condition.
Also, it would be funny to call her Oprah Chopra.
Okay, this is cool - send a smoke signal message - visible from SPACE (sort of)
http://www.mapmsg.com/en
Hidden Songs (tsia)
http://www.hiddensongs.com/
You know how, when you lock your car, your stuff's safe? Not necessarily
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/410981/blondie_unlocks_car/
See the front pages of 549 newspapers from 66 countries
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
In case you missed 'em, here are this year's Super Bowl commercials
http://youtube.com/superbowl
And, the 10 Best Super Bowl Ads of All Time
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16691199/
11 Least Intimidating Movie Villains
http://thephatphree.com/features.asp?SectionID=15&StoryID=3523&LayoutType=1
Make your own Wheel of Fortune puzzle
http://atom.smasher.org/wof/
The Best Place to Hide Your Money From a Burglar
http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/
In the Totally Useless Category - want to know where your birthday is in the digits of Pi? (Mine's at Position 38,516,947)
http://www.angio.net/pi/piquery.html
January 31, 2007
Casey Kasem had *most* of the formula:
Keep your feet on the ground, keep reaching
for the stars, *and* be sure to wear deodorant.
The Dumbest Movie Inventions of All Time
http://www.americaninventorspot.com/worst_movie_inventions
ParentHacks: Daily parenting tips from other parents. Some good stuff here
http://www.parenthacks.com/
Online business card maker
http://www.businesscardland.com/home/create-business-cards.html
Great hustle! How to get whiskey and water to switch glasses without using a third glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Upu6P2QNaQ
Pictures from the secret world of 007
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/nightfirerefpics/swo007pics.html
Amazing images
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
All of the episodes of the classic TV series, The Twilight Zone
http://www.yourtvlinks.com/the-twilight-zone.html
Alternative State of the Union address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqE_baKKkRI
15 Tools Every Homeowner Should Own
http://realestate.msn.com/improve/article_bankrate.aspx?cp-documentid=1251153>1=9002
Top 10 Foods For a Good Night's Sleep (as if I would know)
http://food.yahoo.com/blog/beautyeats/746/top-10-foods-for-a-good-night-s-sleep
Sick, I tell you. Just sick. Shaved Cats. Don't any of you dare laugh.
http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/2007/01/shaving-cat.html
Creative Pictures
http://haha.nu/creative/creative-photos-by-chema-madoz
10 Shopping Tricks That Stores Hate
http://consumerist.com/consumer/shopping/10-shopping-tricks-that-stores-hate-232498.php
The World's Most Comprehensive "404 FILE NOT FOUND" Message
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/libs/blahblah
Super Bowl Myths Debunked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16877331/
If you enjoyed watching "The Karate Kid" you should watch this music video - to the very end
http://www.sweeptheleg.com/
10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Animals
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/top10_amazing_animals.html
January 24, 2007
People often compliment me on my tan,
but what they don't realize is it's actually
a tattoo! An expensive, extremely painful,
wish-I-had-stopped-at-the-boxers-line tattoo.
The Top 100 Evnironmentally Extinct and Globally Endangered Mammals
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/top_100.asp
"When Hell Freezes Over" Photoshop Contest
http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=13646&start=1&end=10&display=photoshop
"Best New Car Purchase Tactic"
http://www.auto-broker-magic.com/newcarpurchase.html
Build Your Own Online Family Tree
http://www.geni.com/
Mythbusters Results from Season 1
http://mythbustersresults.com/results/season1.html
Addicting Game O' the Week - Spongebob Collapse
http://www.gamefools.com/onlinegames/free/SpongeBobCollapse.html
A cool way to visualize Pi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_picture_%28animation%29/January_20%2C_2007
The World's Coolest Ping Pong Table
http://documentsdartistes.org/artistes/perbos/repro3-3.html
Famous Left-Handers
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eprimate/left.html
20 Ways You Waste Money on Your Car
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveonaCar/20waysYouWasteMoneyOnYourCar.aspx
How to Make Your Pictures Jump From the Page (pretty cool)
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2288434
Andy Griffith vs. the Patriot Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CvoC551i2E
How to get a Heads-Up Display (HUD) in your car for 5 cents
http://www.sevenseek.com/collegev2/?p=128
50 Fun Facts About Credit Cards
http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/50-fun-facts-about-credit-cards.html
101 Free Games
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3156339
Oh, THIS is encouraging - the National Debt Counter
http://www.uwsa.com/uwsa-usdebt.html
January 17, 2007
I was always taught to respect my elders,
but it keeps getting harder to find one.
The Top 10 Cybernetic Upgrades Everyone Will Want from 2020-2040
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=288
Throw the Book at OJ (thanks, Uncle Mel!)
http://www.gsn.com/minigames/minigame.php?id=11
10 Ways to Inject Fun Into the Workplace
http://blog.ceodad.com/worklifebalanceblogbyceodad/tabid/7077/bid/868/10-Ways-To-Inject-Fun-Into-The-Workplace.aspx
What Your Name Means (mine means "He Who Leaves Town to Avoid His Creditors")
http://www.paulsadowski.com/Numbers.asp
Zubbles - the world's first colored bubbles
http://www.zubbles.com/index.asp
This might be moderately interesting - build and share virtual tours
http://www.mapwing.com/
The World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion (imagine having this guy as your math teacher!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE
Want out of your cellphone contract but don't want to pay the hefty fee? Try this
http://www.cellswapper.com/
How to Get Rid of Stuff
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/
Make free calls to anywhere from the USA
http://www.allfreecalls.net/
Massive list of sites all self-learners should know about
http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/
Panoramic View of the Apollo 11 landing site (somewhere in New Mexico, right Doug?)
http://www.panoramas.dk/moon/apollo-11.html
It may be a Spice Boy circus, but it'll be OUR Spice Boy Circus!
http://mohavestbank.portalvault.com/Default.aspx?pageMode=control&pageModeType=NewsArticleControl&pageModeParam=&storyId=102105012
I Did Not Know This Yesterday
http://ididnotknowthatyesterday.blogspot.com/
Do Not Open This Site at the Airport
http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf
Things are not the way they look
http://www.funforever.net/archives/things-are-not-the-way-they-look-part-ii/#more-80
Announcing the all-new Apple iProduct!
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=354164471&size=o
Minutes of fun! Build your own Kaleidoscope
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
MORE minutes of fun... Attractors!
http://www.thecleverest.com/content/attractors.html
Important Health Message
http://www.ziff.net/404/404.htm
7 Cool Things You Can Make With Paper
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/7-cool-things-you-can-make-with-paper
And finally, a little history lesson: Fads That Swept the Nation
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/16/37-fads-that-swept-the-nation/
January 10, 2007
Note to self: When the minister says, "You may
now kiss the bride," he's talking to the groom.
Addictive Little Online Games
http://www.kottke.org/06/12/addictive-little-online-games
Laughter is Contagious (this is one you'll pass around)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w
Getting through the first 90 days of a new job
http://