Wildfires are scary, and this video really shows how these things can spread so quickly.
There are a couple more videos and more links over on BoingBoing.
Month: August 2009
Comparing Our President To Hitler
Just going to quote this verbatim as it’s exactly how I feel:
First Bush was Hitler, now Obama is Hitler. Let’s clear something up right now. All U.S. Presidents are gonna have some bad ideas, regardless of which political party they’re in, but until they decided to kill 6,000,000+ people for having “inferior genes” let’s hold off on the name calling.
I hate political discussions, as most people are so closed-minded that it’s just pointless. I listen and actually agree with many different people, and disagree with those same people. But this is one thing I think we can all agree on.
Time Killer For The Evening
Penguins are not flightless birds. Really.
The Scariest Thing You’ll See All Week
The People (and other oddities) of Walmart.
Update: While you’re at Walmart, be sure to play Walmart bingo.
And The Google Voice Invite Goes To…
On Thursday, I had an extra Google Voice invite to giveaway. I put the entries into Excel, created a column full of random numbers, sorted by those random number (which changed the random numbers, which is why the screenshot ordering is a bit weird) and then had Random.org give me a random number. As you can see below, Shanlee was the winner!
Anybody Want A Google Voice Invite?
I already have a Google Voice account, but have an invite code for somebody else to use. Comment below by tonight at midnight Pacific Time if you’d like it. Make sure to fill out the e-mail field so I can contact you (your e-mail address won’t be published/shared). If the posted time (which uses my server’s time) doesn’t show before midnight, you won’t be eligible. If there are more than one of you that want it, I’ll put all the comment IDs for the eligible comments into a column in Excel, have it sort randomly, and then will use Random.org to pull the row number. I’ll probably do the drawing later this weekend.
One entry/comment per person/IP address. Some restrictions apply. Batteries not included.
OK, So I’ve Sort Of Embraced Twitter
While my personal Twitter status will pretty much always remain in its current state, I know some folks have given up on RSS feeds as a means of keeping track of blogs. While I’ve had the e-mail notification option for quite a while and I even have a mobile option, I’ve found that many folks are not surfing the Web unless they find it via Twitter or Facebook.
So I’ve created a UtterlyBoring.com Twitter profile, and am using TwitterFeed to feed it. Then I’m using the Selective Twitter App to pull them into my Facebook status update. I’m not using the regular Facebook Twitter app for this purpose ( though I know it can do this same thing) as I don’t want my Facebook status updates — on the rare occasions I make them — to show up in my UtterlyBoring.com twitter feed. I plan on keeping my personal twitter empty.
This post is mostly a test to make sure the whole thing works.
I’d been using the notes feature in Facebook to post blog posts automatically from my RSS feed, but it was just pulling my full site’s content and not making the link back here real obvious. I’m trying to get people to realize that there is a Web outside of Facebook.
(Full disclosure, too: Obviously ad revenue is down for everybody, and I have to pay for my server that hosts this site and Bend Blogs, so any way I can get people here and clicking on ads is always good. This is part of that.)
Time Travel Essentials
If you’re going to do some time travelling, make sure to visit these 15 moments. I you want to make yourself rich and famouse, post this sign inside your machine and change the course of history — just like in Hollywood.
Updated…with correct link.
Scary Book Title For The Day
“BIRTH CONTROL IS SINFUL IN THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES and also ROBBING GOD OF PRIESTHOOD CHILDREN!!”. It’s in-stock and can be had for a mere $135. Be sure to read the ALL CAPS description and summary as well.
Don’t Text, Headbang, and Drive
Bad things happen when you do.
(You have to love remixed public service videos.)