…here’s a dude speed-solving a Rubik’s Cube in 31.5 seconds while free falling from 14,000 feet sitting in a rubber boat.
Month: August 2010
Reading Material
- If you gave a pan handler a free credit card, how would they use it?
- Logic and thinking is hard for some people.
- Eight Clever Ways To Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail.
- SpongeBob dubs the classics.
- Why are people in the IT field so insecure and territorial? Read up.
- MonaVie Blackmails Me?
- How do you search for back doors from previous IT staff?
- An SNL Set is Built in Seconds.
- Free WordPress 3.0 theme for educational websites.
- Should you use that jQuery plugin or roll your own solution?
- Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium (I’ve always been for this kind of research).
- I’m looking into getting a new wallet, and these look interesting.
It’s Snowing. In August.
It’s August, and it’s frickin’ snowing outside. It was over 100°F last week, and this morning, it’s cold, nasty, and snowing in many places. Here’s what Mt. Bachelor’s Web Cam looks like right now:
The office web cam is giving me fits (and isn’t very good quality), otherwise I’d take an image from there, but we’re getting a mix of snow and rain right now in Sunriver.
As usual, Barney’s all over it.
Don’t Try This At Home
Seriously, how in the hell would anybody think this is a good idea (mildy NSFW)?
Time Killer For The Day
Treadmillasaurus Rex is…well…I’ll just take the description from Reddit:
You are a T-Rex running on a treadmill avoiding lasers and saw blades during which the Wheel of Awesome relentlessly spins and doles delights such as +1 Confetti or dishes determents such as +1 Obstacle. There’s also unlockable top hats.
That pretty much sums it up right there.
Reading Material
- Where’s my red turtle shell for that guy that just cut me off? Mario Kart Symbols appearing on bike lanes in Portland.
- If you have an iPhone 4, here’s a pretty good collection of wallpapers.
- I’m doing a bit of research on creating a iPhone-friendly version of a site for my day job and the UiUIKit CSS and HTML framework is going to help out quite a bit, I think. PhoneGap, Appcelerator and Sencha Touch also look interesting as well. Booking marking that all for my reference.
- I’m terried of older web developers because I’m becoming one.
- Introducing JITB. a Java-based Flash player that runs pretty dang fast.
- Because you never know when it will come in handy: File I/O in Every Programming Language.
- Looking for a way to compress JS and CSS? Convert it to a PNG.
- Great list of Lifehacker’s best Android apps.
- What’s my computer doing? is a simple way to figure out what programs are thrashing your CPU and hard drive.
- A graphic illustration of music industry licensing madness. That flowchart makes my head hurt.
- How to disable Facebook’s new “Places” feature.
- 12 Great Ways to Customize Your Facebook pages.
- Need to see if a site is safe for work before visiting? Variably Safe For Work might help.
- 100 Quality WordPress Themes.
- That’s going to sting a bit.
How Big Is It, Really?
One of the coolest sites I’ve seen in a while, this BBC project puts a dimension onto current events that makes the news much more interesting. For example, here’s how big Burning Man would be if it were held in Bend.
Really Bad Movies
You they’re some of the worst of the bunch when Roger Ebert and the late Gene Siskel tore into them like they did.
Time Killer For The Day
Wear out your mouse button with One Button Arthur.
A New Generation Of Yo Yo Man
Tommy Smothers had nothing on this guy: