What ever you do, don’t click on the “Z”. Took me 10 minutes to get the rest of the letters. I suck.
Category: Cool
Need AA Batteries?
Go buy one of those 6 Volt lantern batteries for $5, and you’ll net yourself 32 AAs:
I have two of these batteries in my workbench (the flashlight that I used them with is hosed) and I’ll be tearing them open tomorrow (as we always need AAs around here).s
Link via Lifehacker.
Update on 10/16: It was a hoax.
Want Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate For Less Than $60?
Befriend a college student, who can buy it for $59.95.
Anybody want to buy me a copy? I’m still enrolled in college classes, but not on a full time basis, so I’m not eligible.
The New York Times Comes To Their Senses
They’ve decided to shut down the paywall they had on many of the articles on their Web site. Why? They’re starting to realize that they could be making more money with advertising dollars then they are with subscribers. To quote an email that was forwarded my direction by Barney: “People will pay for what they want. But it’s looking more and more like advertisers will pay more to reach the right audience than the audience will pay to reach the right information.” Indeed.
Now if some folks up on Chandler Drive could realize the revenue that could be made (and the goodwill and good karma points they’d get) if they opened up their paywall, then we could start link to some of their stories now and again. While I love KTVZ and The Source and their stories, The Bulletin has a much larger staff and sometimes can cover stories that the others folks can’t do. The revenue that can be generated by having your stories indexed well in Google, Yahoo, etc… can be quite large, if you have a good ad sales team or Google Adsense-type ads placed right.
More comments at Boing Boing.
Another Addicting Game
Another little puzzle game that’ll kill off your day. Thanks to Dave for killing off my evening. He says he’s made it to level 30, so ask him if you’re stuck, as I’m only up to 11 (I’ve only been playing for a bit, having had time killed with today’s other game).
Stupidly Fun Little Game For The Evening
Remember the classic arcade game astroids? It’s that, but with multiplayers and stupidly fun.
He May Be 74…
…but if you’re going to try to rob him, don’t call him old man, or he’ll whoop your butt.
Retired grandfather Bruce Ferraro, 74, has several bumps and bruises to show for the struggle he endured with a 32-year-old attacker who picked the wrong senior citizen to mug.
“When he called me ‘old man,’ the adrenaline went in. If you want to take my wallet, that’s one thing, but don’t insult me,” he tells CBS 2.
Finally, Something To Do During Malware Scans
I’m frequently staring at progress bars when trying to clean up spyware from somebody’s computer. But now, at least when I’m using SpyBot S&D, I’ll have something to do.
Google Earth Has A Hidden Flight Simulator
If you’re a Google Earth junkie, this will kill off quite a bit of your day.