Category: Cool

Mother’s Day Reading Material

OK, there is nothing here related to Mother’s Day (except for maybe this Calvin and Hobbes classic or these psycho movie moms), but here’s wishing all you moms out there a great day of well-deserved spoiling.

For Airport Security, Size Matters.
Yet another reason to get an Android phone: Google Goggles gets an upgrade to translate real-world text.
ClearOS (formally ClarkConnect) looks like a great replacement for Windows Small Business Server.
What Conan was really thinking during his 60 Minutes interview.
Speaking of Conan, he paid a visit to Google.
Speaking of Google, they’ve added an app gallery for Analytics.
Speaking of Analytics…well, I’ve got nothing. But speaking of Google, did you notice they flattened their logo?
When 4Chan Gamed the Time 100.
How to hide your collection of risqué material.
Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen: These guys can run for short distances on water.
The Queen may get last word in UK election.
21 Essential Social Media Resources.
If the original Super Mario Bros was designed in 2010.
How To: Jailbreak any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad..
5 Best Personal Landing Pages.

May 9, 2010

Reading Material

If the Empire’s IT tech’s wrote a blog, it would look something like this.
Really nice HDR wallpapers.
If I’m ever old and have a disabled parking permit, I’m going to be just like this guy.
10 Things you Didn’t Know Google Maps could do.
The hacks will always continue: CSS3 solutions for Internet Explorer.
XKCD’s results from its color survey are in.
Top 10 Reasons you should quit Facebook.
After Steve Jobs ripped up flash, Adobe responds and confirms plans to move away from Apple.
The Taco Bell Chihuahua is going on a beeg, beeg treep (thanks, Dren!).
Somebody with far too much time on their hands: A DIY Lamborghini (thanks, Ben!)
How Wired.com Tracked Down The iPhone 4G finder.
17 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs To Know (related: 60 Tweaks and Hacks for Windows 7, Vista, or XP).
The most clever ways to use Dropbox that you’re not using.
What is everybody on Facebook “Like”-ing? Find out (though I still prefer popurls to see what everybody’s liking or linking to).
TechCrunch hacker identified: Should they press charges?
All newscasts could be better if their cutaways were accompanied by the Law and Order “chung chung” sound. Anybody want to over-dub a KTVZ broadcast and send it my direction?
Bend is #4 in America’s top-10 cities for start-ups.
Think an image might be photoshopped? Throw the URL into here, and it might help you find out.
If you’re going to plagorize somebody’s art and win a huge chunk of money, the original artist is bound to find out.

May 4, 2010

Let’s Party Like It’s 1996

The Geocities-izer will make any site “look like It was made by a 13 year-old In 1996.” I’m thinking about redesigning this site based on its suggestions (be sure to turn up the volume for full effect).

May 2, 2010

Time Killer For The Evening

What if you could play the classic Super Mario Bros. not as Mario but as a different classic Nintendo character? Easily one of the most well-done games I’ve played in a while.

May 2, 2010

Reading Material

That iPhone that Giz had? And that Dilbert is parodying? Looks like it caused police to seize Jason Chen’s computers.
Like I mentioned, the Hiter Downfall videos were all taken down. Hitler is upset.
Patrick Stewart needs to make his dream movie (and I need to get Extras on Netflix).
How to turn your Android phone into a killer MP3 player.
Speaking of Android and iPhones, install Android on your 2G iPhone.
What if I bought Apple stock instead of that Apple product?
How to successfully educate your clients on Web development.
The pros/cons of recent Facebook announcements.
8 Things I wish Everyone Knew About Email.
Want to build a online poker-playing software robot? Here’s some source code.

April 27, 2010

Reading Material

You know that volcano that blew ash all over Europe and wrecked havoc all over the place? You can blame the guys at Top Gear for that. (By the way: If you’ve never seen Top Gear, it’s hilarious. Watch some.)
The iPhone can now run Android.
Protection from double jeopardy doesn’t exist if the federal government tries you.
Chatroulette: Batman vs. Random Couple (watch it at full screen so you can read the text).
High-tech underwear for adventurous geeks.
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Liberal, Maren Tarro’s account of the D.C. Tax Day tea party protest with her rightwing dad.
Mensa Selects Its Favorite Brainy Games of 2010.
WhiteHouse.gov releases Open Source Code, as does the Bank of Canada.
Yet another reason to avoid McAfee software: a patch they put out borked thousands of Windows PCs.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused quite a stir when he (basically) said that women showing any skin increases the earthquakes in the world. So to see if he’s right, some folks are organizing a Boobquake to see if they can cause the Earth to move by showing more skin. This may be one of those cases where a POIDH is called for.
Need some background textures for your web site? Here are some great sources.

April 22, 2010

Time Killer For The Evening

Sydney Shark is an awesome sequel to the fun Miami Shark.

April 18, 2010

I Need A PS3…

…and I need this game:

It reminds me of the step child of Mario Kart and Little Big Planet. And I want it.

April 18, 2010

Who Has The Stupidest Twitter Fans?

Let’s find out, shall we?

April 15, 2010

Link Dump

Been dealing with some malware-infected computers of family members and friends, and have also been a tad under the weather, so blogging hasn’t been a priority the last few days. But I have too many links sitting here that need to be disposed of, so here ya go:

Conan O’Brien is moving to TBS. Speaking of Conan, Team Coco billboards are popping up all over the place. All this is probably timed with the start of his tour, which started in Eugene last night (anybody go? It looked like fun.).
Columbia University will soon offer a soon offer a combined engineering and journalism degree, something I would have totally applied to get into when I was in high school, had it existed.
Maps in modern web design.
prettyPhoto is a jQuery-based lightbox clone.
MFCMAPI “uses Microsoft’s published APIs to provide access to MAPI stores through a graphical user interface. Its purpose is to facilitate investigation of Exchange and Outlook issues.”
A new Harry Potter trailer, and Hermione has a stalker (NSFW, depending on liberal your boss’ view is on a brief naked bum and some naugtly language).
Great guide to building an HTPC.
The periodic table of imaginary elements.
Steve Jobs’ response to the Section 3.3.1 of the new SDK terms of service, and existing apps that are breaking the new TOS.
jQuery HTML table toolbox.
Exploiting a linux kernel NULL dereference.
iPhone users now have an alternative browser now that Opera Mini for the iPhone has been approved. Here are a couple quick reviews. I use Opera Mini on my Touch Pro with Sprint, and it works great compared to Pocket IE.
Speaking of Apple products, Gizmodo has some essential iPad apps, as well as a full review.
Why you should never trust photos you see: Britney Spears, before and after photoshop.
The season finale of House (one of my favorite shows) was filmed entirely with a Canon 5D Mark II.
How I ran an ad on Fox News.
5 different movies, all completely different, but with the same lines of dialog.
ZeuApp is a nifty little app to easily install a bunch of different software.
Things overheard in a newsroom.
A new database devoted to people who lived in Oregon prior to its statehood.
Somebody needs to make this for Oregon: A pronunciation guide for everything Wisconsin.
The Star Wars Sound Effects Quiz.

April 13, 2010

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