I linked to the first version before, but this one is quite good as well (some NSFW language):
Month: April 2010
Time Killer For The Day
It’s a nice day outside, but you didn’t want to get anything done today, right?
8-Bit Dr. Horrible
If you haven’t seen Dr. Horrible, you probably won’t appreciate how awesome this is:
Bend Blogs Now On Twitter
Like previously announced, Bend Blogs is on Facebook. Now all you Twitts Twitter users out there can follow Bend Blogs on Twitter as well. I just setup the twitterfeed this morning, so it doesn’t have a lot of content on it yet, but it’ll get there soon.
And one of these days, Bend Blogs will be designed so I can easily announce this stuff over on that site as well (it really just needs a redesign, which I don’t have time for).
Time Killer For The Day
ConFuseBox reminds me of the old pipes-style games, but is a good little time killer for the morning. My best was 72 moves. How’d you do?
The Pick ’em Is Now (Officially) Over
While things were pretty much wrapped up on Saturday in the pick ’em, final places could move up and down depending on whether Duke won tonight or not. They did in one helluva game, The top three stayed the same, and if BradG would’ve picked a couple games better earlier, he might have gotten a prize. Instead, a single point separated second, third, and fourth place (our winner picked Duke, so he won by 14 points).
Thanks again for playing everybody! I’ve already been in contact with the top two places, and will be e-mailing “Heather H” within the next couple days to get her contact information.
Also another big thanks to our prize providers:
Time Killer For The Evening
What would the best movie of all time (I say with a tinge of sarcasm) look like if made into an 8-bit video game? It would be tremerz. Click to jump and escape.
Reading Material
- Google didn’t have an Easter doodle logo, everybody panics.
- You should never pay more than $10 for HDMI cables. I just got a three-pack of them from Meritline a month or so ago for $8, and the Wal-Mart here in town is selling them for $40 each. Those cables are a rip-off and there’s NO reason to buy the expensive cable.
- The real question everybody’s asking about the iPad: Will it blend?
- Bendite Ashton Eaton nearly sets collegiate decathlon record, but thanks to confusing wind-rating rules, it didn’t happen. Meanwhile, UO student population doesn’t give a rip.
- Five ways to identify that song stuck in your head.
- Deleting files older than N days via the Windows command line.
- Internet Explorer UA Style Sheets.
- jQuery plugin for crashing IE6 (though some of us are stuck with it).
- Top 10 Password Crackers.
- Ultimate Guide to Cloning in Photoshop.
- The Best Free Software of 2010, according to PC Magazine. Which I find odd, as 2010 isn’t even halfway over yet, but whatever.
- Ultimate Windows Tweaker is basically like a TweakUI for Windows Vista/7.
- Want free publicity? Help a reporter find you.
- Gmail Becomes an App Platform, adding OAuth support.
- Remember when you’re in a flamewar or decide to send a scathing e-mail to somebody that there’s a real human being on the other end.
- J.D Shapiro apologizes for making the suckiest movie ever.
- Upload your videos to one site, and have it automatically upload to several video and social networking sites automatically.
The iPad Is Here
Personally, I think the iPad is “meh” at best and if I was going to get a tablet, I’d get something else. That being said, there were folks lined up at Best Buy this weekend to get one (thanks Michael at StandAloneCode for the vid):
Best Buy apparently started with 10 units of each of the models: 16, 32, and 64 GB. Then UPS dropped off another 20 of each. So by the time they opened, they had 90 to work worth. Any idea if they sold out?
They still don’t support multi-tasking, but there’s a reason for it.
Robert played with the iPad for a bit and posted a quick review on it, based on one he saw over at Connecting Point.
And 24 hours after it was released, the iPad has already been Jailbroken.
In other local Apple news, this was also the same weekend that the iPhone was officially available. I was over at the Mountain View Mall Cascade Village Shopping Center the day it opened on a completely unrelated matter, and the new AT&T store was absolutely packed. Did anybody here pick up one? Personally I’m waiting for my contract with my phone to run out before I decide what I’m doing, but it probably won’t be an iPhone, because AT&T’s plans are ludicrously expensive compared to Sprint’s.
The Pick ’em Is Over (Basically)
While a few places can still move around, the top three places in the pick ’em have been finalized (today’s spreadsheet is here):
- First Place:: The winner of the Baker City Vacation, Flip Video Camera, and more, goes to Oregon but no forgotten (babbage). However, baggage is interested in trading some prizes with second place. I’ll put you guys in touch.
- Second Place: Second place — with the Jake’s Diner meals, Mug, software, and more goes to Deschutesless (PeeSachs).
- Third Place: The handful of prizes for third place goes to The Madness of March (Heather H).
Congrats to all our winners! I’ll be contacting everybody after Monday’s final game.
There are still a few places that could change around in the rest of the bracket, as a few people picked Duke to win the whole thing, while nobody picked Butler. Final scores will be posted after Monday’s final game.