I’m sure many of the readers of this site could use one of these since I know I’m probably totally screwing up our economy by wasting people’s time at work. Anyway, the product is a foot switch that allows you, when pressed, to hide certain applications. You can set the applications it hides, so your porn collection, game of solitaire, and browser opened to this site could get hidden with just a simple foot press.
Category: Cool
A Very Useful Invention
Sick of people digging into your Ben And Jerry’s pints of ice cream? Then just lock the buggers up. Granted the thing could be bypassed by a sharp knife, but it might prevent a casual theft. Link via Neil.
I Don’t Need A TV
I don’t ever need to worry about missing my favorite TV shows (which, since I never watch TV, I don’t worry too much about). But it’s good to know that if there’s a show I want to see, I just need a broadband connection and BitTorrent.
I Want This Job
I think getting $100,000 to write a blog about The Dukes Of Hazzard would be pretty nice. All he has to do is watch the reruns on CMT. Must be rough.
Flash Time Killer For Today
I got up to 150,000 points or so before I had to go home. (Let me know if the link goes down as I have it copied to my hard drive).
Concerts Start Today
Just a reminder that the aforementioned concerts start this afternoon. There’s a concert today (Sunday) at 3:00 and tomorrow at 7:30. The concerts are free, and they’re being held at COCC’s Pickney Center. If you’re local (and I know some of you are), I would really encourage you to come, as these concerts are going to be great! And make sure you tell me “Hi” while you’re there.
Oregon Prep Sports Blog
Another Bend Blogger, and this time it’s actually somebody I know! Josh Cordell is a guy I went to high school with. I worked on the school newspaper with him, ran cross country with him, and read his prep sports stories in The Bulletin when he was a reporter there. He’s an Oregon Prep sports whiz, and the perfect guy to start an Oregon Prep Sports Blog. Welcome to the party, Josh, and feel free to sign up for the Central Oregon Bloggers Mailing List.
Cascade Winds Concerts Coming This Weekend
Just a heads up to everybody. This weekend are the Cascade Winds final concerts of the season. The concert features several wonderful pieces that really show off a wide range of style in wind ensemble composition. We have traditional stuff from Shostakovich, Henry Fillmore, David Gillingham and Steven Reineke to some pretty crazy pieces by Eric Whitacre and James Barnes.
Not only that, one of Simone’s photos will be stuck alongside a mention in this week’s Source so hopefully that’ll get us a bit more publicity (it apparently made its weekly picks, as the issue’s already online).
Anyway, the concert info is at the above link. You will enjoy it, and if you don’t, you’re welcome to come slap me later. Really.
Holy Crap
Whoa. That’s all I have to say. Google is taking over the world, or at least mapping it very well with Google Earth (the site’s a bit slow right now, but give it time to load — it’s worth it). I’ve mirrored his page (minus the full-sized linked images and his stylesheet) here, just in case, as you can still tell a lot by the thumbnails.
Deep Throat Identity Confirmed
Wow. I never thought we’d hear the confirmed identity of arguably the most famous of anonymous sources out there. There have been various theories about who it was, especially after the release of the reporter’s notes, but the identity has now been confirmed.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – The Washington Post said Tuesday that a former FBI official, W. Mark Felt, was the confidential source known as “Deep Throat” who provided the newspaper information that led to President Nixon’s impeachment and eventual resignation.
The paper made its announcement on its Web site after Felt, 91 and living in California, talked to a lawyer who wrote a magazine article for Vanity Fair.
The Washington Post has a great deal of coverage on this as well (and here’s their confirmation).