He already has plans for one more Star Wars prequel.
Month: June 2005
The Boss Switch
I’m sure many of the readers of this site could use one of these since I know I’m probably totally screwing up our economy by wasting people’s time at work. Anyway, the product is a foot switch that allows you, when pressed, to hide certain applications. You can set the applications it hides, so your porn collection, game of solitaire, and browser opened to this site could get hidden with just a simple foot press.
A Very Useful Invention
Sick of people digging into your Ben And Jerry’s pints of ice cream? Then just lock the buggers up. Granted the thing could be bypassed by a sharp knife, but it might prevent a casual theft. Link via Neil.
I Don’t Need A TV
I don’t ever need to worry about missing my favorite TV shows (which, since I never watch TV, I don’t worry too much about). But it’s good to know that if there’s a show I want to see, I just need a broadband connection and BitTorrent.
Don’t Touch A Designers Screen
This is a huge pet peeve of mine, especially since I have an easy-to-scratch LCD screen.
Update: This time with a working link. Copy/paste is NOT my friend today.
Parenting At Its Finest
Sadly, you don’t need a license to breed. This lady would’ve never have gotten one. She locked three kids inside her trunk of her car, and then had to actually ask the officer if she did anything wrong. One of the kids was wearing nothing but a diaper.
CSS, Web/Print Design, Freelancing Link Dump
Just a pile of links that I’m dumping here, primarily for my future reference, but they might come in handy to somebody here.
- CSS Cheat Sheet
- Jello CSS Layouts
- Tips For Freelancers (like that day will ever come, but just in case)
- How To Disable Greasmonkey (a great service, but it can screw with your site)
- Google Site Maps for MovableType
- 10 Bad Project Warning Signs
- Simple Templating
- Google Adsense Placement After First Post in MT
- 2005 Logo Trends
- Typefaces Of Walt Disney World
- Different Database Schemas for Tags
- PHP is 10 years old
- MT Gizmos
Now That We’ve Discovered Who Deep Throat Is…
…let’s figure out the other major mystery of the 70s: Who is Carly Simon singing about?
Why Would Anybody Invent This?
A computerized electronic thermometer reproduces the sound of continuous crying patterns which never repeat themselves. The machine monitors the resistance of the electricity passing through it and, by measuring the increase and decrease of this resistance, releases a crying sound in a random pattern. While this is happening, the speakers produce additional fluctuations in voltage. This second source of resistance works in concert with the first, creating endless random crying combinations.
Link via Raw Feed.
I Want This Job
I think getting $100,000 to write a blog about The Dukes Of Hazzard would be pretty nice. All he has to do is watch the reruns on CMT. Must be rough.