Google now has a built-in calculator. I don’t know how useful this would be, but you can’t blame Google for adding new features (as long as it doesn’t slow down my searches). Personally, when I need some quick calculations, I just pop the equation into my Dave’s Quick Search Deskbar, and it takes care of it for me.
Month: August 2003
Don’t shoplift, and don’t do drugs
This is why:
Thanks to Gregg (whose job is keeping him busy, and he’s too lazy to post this) and CollegeHumor.com for the image.
This is why I’m a AAA member
AAA has erected billboards in Florida, warning people about an upcoming speed trap. Full Story.
Couple will kiss for the first time on their wedding day
From Obscure Store:
August 16 is the big day. “We have all the same emotions everyone else does. We just decided to put guidelines to it,” says the 26-year-old bride-to-be. “We knew that if we starting touching, things were going to start happening.”
Full Story. My guess is they’ll be doing more than kissing later that night.
How the car selling process really works
A fascinating read from k5 entitled “Selling cars in the U.S. – the inside scoop.” It was written by someone who was a car salesman for 4-months, and describes, in great detail, what really happens at a dealership. Link (and previous one as well) from BBspot.
What’s that running in the background?
If you’ve ever looked at your running processes in Windows (commonly known as the task list) and wondered what some obscure entry was on there, bookmark this site now. They discuss the relevence of some of those hard-to-identify .exe files, and how to turn them off, as well.
This is all in a medical database?
From MetaFilter, no matter what you’re looking for, you’ll probably find something interesting in the absolutely free 12 million article database, PubMed. For example: Duct tape. Webbed penii. The obvious. Memory and castration. Kroger store-brand pasta sauce. Killer pancakes.
This site has got a bunch of wacky stuff.
Woohoo! Another Bend Blogger!
I was reading through Oregon Blogs, and found there’s actually another blogger here in Bend. So there’s a whole two of us now that are at least listed (I’m not quite sure where High Desert Skeptic is based, but I’m sure he’s in Bend or close by here). Anyway, Jon Abernathy and chuggnutt have been blogrolled.
What is the oldest .COM domain name?
According to this list of the oldest 100, symbolics.com is the oldest .com domain name, registered all the way back in March in 1985 (I can’t currently get to their site). BBN.com is the next one on the list, over a month later. There was a total of six domains that were registered in 1985, and then a bunch of the big players hit in 1986 (Xerox, HP, Sun, Intel, IBM, GE, and AT&T, just to name a few). An interesting history lesson, indeed.
Tempted to break “largest death toll from chemical weapons” at the same time?
This is a world record I hope is never broken, but the fact that they give an option to is stupid. Screenshot from NTK.