From Uncle John’s Unstoppable Bathroom Reader comes The Adventures of Eggplant, the fascinating story of Nasubi, the naked man who had to live off sweepstakes winnings while TV audiences watched.
Month: July 2011
Finally, I Might Start Using Twitter
Might be the operative word, thanks to Shuu.sh. According to the site:
It’s a web-based Twitter reader that displays the updates of the people you follow in relation to the frequency of their tweets. It aims to amplify the people that don’t usually get heard, and scale back those with frequent updates.
That’s been my biggest problem is that there are some people who don’t post much that I’d want to hear, and folks who post a ton that I could use a little less of (kind of like Facebook, really, which is why I have so many people on my “ignore” list).
(Yes, I know technically use twitter in that this site and Bend Blogs have feeds, but it’s all automated — I never go on there and read anybody else’s stuff, and will probably never update my personal feed.)
Bill Bailey Has A Message For Metallica
First off, if you have never seen Bill Bailey, you need to. The guy is a riot. Black Books is on Hulu (discs are available on Netflix as well), and he’s absolutely hilarious in the show (as is the rest of the cast). Apparently Metallica is playing at a UK rock festival and Mr. Bailey wanted the boys at Metallica to know that if they had to bail, he’s ready to go:
Reading Material
- Turn Google+ Into Facebook.
- Speaking of Google+, I’m on there so feel free to add me, and I might get around to doing something on there. Maybe. Or not.
- This would have been an incredible music festival. It’s fake, but would have been awesome.
- Cable boxes use more power than the fridge.
- Andy Baio got Kind Of Screwed (seriously, that just shows how messed up our copyright and fair-use laws are).
- Modern-world problems pale in comparison to ancient world problems.
- Looking for a sweet little geek gift? These pins on etsy are frickin’ hilarious.
- World War II: Before the War is an incredible collection of photos that is part of a larger In Focus World War II in Photos collection.
- I think I’ve linked to this before, but I will again as it bears repeating for anybody that does any sort of e-mail marketing (like me): Guide to CSS Support in e-mail clients. Personally, I’ve found better luck with in-line or hard-coded styles and variables on tables for layout than I have with many CSS elements.
- You think your smart phone home screen looks pretty pimp? You have nothing on these guys (most of which are Android).
- Google to retire Blogger and Picasa Brands.
- The Data Liberation Front Delivers Google Take Out. Try it out here. Google Takeout allows you to download a copy of your data stored within Google products..
- More Google news…Google dumps all 11+ million *.co.cc from its results (most of which were spam and phishing sites).
- Sprite Cow is yet another tool to help you create CSS sprites (something I need to try sometime).
- Paper.js is an open-source vector graphics framework using HTML5 Canvas.
- LauncherPro dev launches new “UberMusic” music player. It’s pretty dang slick.
- Book of Speed The business, psychology and technology of high-performance web apps.
- rep.licants.org is a web service allowing users to install an artificial intelligence (bot) on their Facebook and/or Twitter account.
- We need more adult-size playgrounds. Which means we need more places like this.
- One more…Import your Facebook friends into Google+, going through Yahoo! first.
Updated to fix a few typos…
What Do You Do When Your Street Is Flooded?
Well, I think this is a pretty good solution, even if it’s not entirely useful:
Anybody have hotel connections in the Salem area?
I’m heading out of town later this month for my annual coast excursion, and am looking at the possibility of going over a day early and spending the night in Salem on the way over. The thing is, I can barely afford the vacation in general, and certainly don’t think I can afford another hotel night for the whole family.
But I rarely get an extended bit of time off from work, and I want to take advantage of it.
Anybody have any connection for any hotels in the Salem area, or even in the Silverton area, that can get me a deal (as we’re looking at possibly going to the Oregon Garden)? I know all about the Oregon Garden Resort but out of my price range (unless somebody reading this site works there). Contact me privately: jake {at} utterlyboring {dot} com.
Be Safe Tonight, and Please Don’t Set Fire To My House
I won’t go into my feelings and thoughts on the holiday today, as I’m pretty sure I’ve covered that pretty well over the years.
While today’s not my watering day, I’ll be turning on my sprinklers later for a bit, as I always wake up on the 5th of July to find a bunch of bottle rockets and other flaming projectile scraps in my yard. Oh the joys of living near Pilot Butte.
Be safe, don’t do anything stupid (meaning don’t get stupidly-drunk), and please don’t set my house on fire (I’m looking at you, neighborhood morons who were blasting off the gigantic mortars until 1AM this morning). Go read an old document or something.
How the KKK Got Beat By A Single Black Guy
Johnny Lee Clary recounts a story from his KKK days. Good stuff…
My Daughter’s Famous
Thanks to all the folks who called me to say there was a nice picture of my daughter and I in the paper. We were out trying to get her to ride without training wheels, and that picture was taken right before I let go and she rode fine on her own and we celebrated. Thankfully the Bulletin photographer didn’t take a picture of her riding into the dirt, nearly hitting a concrete post (stopping is always the tricky part — we’ll work on that next time).
Anybody know anybody at the Bulletin that can get me a good digital version of that photo or one of the other photos the photog took for our scrapbook? I know I can buy reprints, but I’d rather have a digital version.
I also apologize for exposing everybody to my ghostly-white legs.
I’d Hire The Guy
I need to re-do my resume to look like this.