As this video shows so very well (totally safe for work, don’t worry):
Category: Video
I Suck
I’ve been so busy at both work and the minute I leave the office lately that I rarely want to turn on my computer when I get home. I’d rather just plop myself on the couch after going all frickin’ day and watch some TV. Even though we canceled our cable last month (we’re poor), there’s still plenty to watch with Netflix, Hulu, and the network channels (and a Windows 7 HTPC to allow us to do it all easily).
Just the same, this blog hasn’t gotten nearly the personal attention it deserves. I suck. I certainly wouldn’t deserve a Best Of Central Oregon nomination (but wouldn’t argue with you if you were to submit this site for a nomination). While uber-blogger Jon will probably get the nod (deservedly), it’d just be nice to knock that egotistical jerk off his high horse.
(Note: Before the hate mail comes in, Jon and I go way back, and anybody who knows Jon or I know that neither of us have egos, especially Jon. I just like to poke fun at him, as he would do to me.)
Anyway, back to the link dump for the evening:
- How to Break Into A Windows PC (and prevent it from happening to you).
- Secret button sequence bypasses iPhone security (Apple’s confirmed this, will release a patch).
- Why you should make sure you never sign into your Facebook account in a public place.
- Billy Joel’s coming to Rock Band 3 out of spite.
- There are some dang good ideas here for the enterprise developer.
- How to create a shortcut that kills every running Windows process.
- Incredible 360° view of the entire sky.
- Fun little toy: Complete vector graphics editor that will run in a browser.
- Follow up pictures from an aforementioned little girl’s day out.
- 50 Powerful Time-Savers for Web Designers.
- Free Content Delivery Network using DNS cache.
- “Green” toilet paper? Yup: one brand is going tube-free.
- A husband of wife whose unborn child had a congenital deformity with no chance for survival decided to confront abortion protesters.
- Want to hide from Facebook’s various services? This will help.
- If you set up things right, Google will change their logo for you on your birthday.
- If you’re a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Junkie, this site’s for you.
- Just because Google exists doesn’t mean you should stop asking people things.
- Need to keep track of what time zones major cities are in and what time it is there? Every Time Zone might help.
- The GOP’s doing their best to kill NPR, and NPR’s doing their best to expose the lies of the GOP.
- Amazon’s AWS now has a free usage tier.
- This is hardcore: Hosting backdoors in hardware that can bypass any anti-virus.
- Google has open-sourced their auto-update software.
- Anybody a Quickbooks and Windows 2003 Server whiz? I could use your help.
More tomorrow, as I have a bunch of videos to share…
Sometimes It’s Better To See It
As sometimes you’ll never explain things right…
Fail
Some of these really had to hurt:
Reading Material
- Anatomy of the recent 64-bit Linux exploit.
- Good selection of minimalist wallpapers, though this one might become mine soon.
- In case you didn’t notice, full half-hour newscasts are back on KOHD after they killed them off earlier this year.
- Speaking of local media, KTVZ’s experimenting with their own social network (I keep telling them that I’ll sell them — or anybody else — bendforum(s).com for stuff like this).
- Speaking of social networks, Facebook is secretly building a phone.
- What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republicans? I’ll tell you what they did ….
- Intel’s plan to put anti-virus vendors out of business.
- Maps of Europe according to stereotype.
- Satellites orbiting earth by country and it also shows how many are dead and how many are still functional.
- The stories of the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten emerge.
- Want to kill some time? Play astroids and blast any Web page.
- Apparently Jesus plays for the Lakers.
- Good collection of typographic sins (the PDF is really handy).
- ISPConfig looks like a pretty good open source control panel software.
- Google Voice comes to iPhone.
- Those anti-vaccine folks need to get beaten senseless: 9th baby in California dies from whooping cough.
- Great interview from 1986 with early programming pioneer Grace Hopper on David Letterman.
- I’m done building Facebook apps for clients.
- jQuery plugin for radical Web typography.
- How to crack a forgotten Windows password (though most of the it’s easier to just reset it using something like Ultimate Boot CD).
- It’s amazing (and disgusting) what can be done in Photoshop.
- Free real-time continuous backup software using Genie-soft Free Timeline.
- Looking for a Groupon for Bend? ZingDealz is about as close as you’re going to get.
- Why I’m starting to not trust banks: Lauderdale man’s home sold out from under him in foreclosure mistake.
- If you’re a fan of Dexter (I don’t have cable, let alone Showtime), you’ll probably like this reddit thread started by Masuka (aka C. S. Lee). I thought the guy was awesome in Chuck.
- Why? No idea…A web server written in PostScript.
- Simple way to have an automatic e-mail reminder.
- AMD’s retiring the ATI brand, so here are 20 important moments in ATI’s history.
- Need a simple business card idea? How about a simple “Google Me” card (with template)?
- A bunch of designers redesign American currency
- 100 Best First Lines from Novels.
- In case you needed to kill off many hours of time, here’s an Open Source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
- Good to know they’re being productive with their time: UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens.
- The words Google Instant doesn’t like.
OK, that’s enough for now.
Real Bird’s Eye View
I’ve always had an appreciation for really fast birds, but seeing what they see makes things much more amazing:
There’s a whole collection of amazing Animal Camera videos here
Close Calls
Seriously, these people are lucky to be alive (though some of them are just plain stupid and put themselves into that situation):
(Update: New embed code.)
Reading (and Watching) Material
- Top Gear’s “Stig” Revealed and subsequently canned, called a “Greedy Twat” by one of the hosts. Apparently the upcoming U.S. version of Top Gear will have a stig as well.
- 25 Mario Facts for the 25th Anniversary.
- Speaking of Mario, here’s an adaptive Mario game that gets easier or harder depending on how and where you die (or how quickly you finish the level).
- You may have read Stuff White People Like, but here is the real stuff that white people like.
- From Canada to Mexico on a single tank of gas.
- Three Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website.
- More Facebook news: Facebook lets publishers contact “Likers.”.
- AMD to take stand against laptop stickers. Too bad the problem stickers on most laptops are put on by the manufacturers and are usually a pain to get off cleanly.
- Turn your blog into an iPad Web app with Padpressed.
- 10 Free WordPress Themes for Small Businesses.
- According to one politician, Girl Scouts breed “pro-abortion” lesbians.
- A good post 9/11 column by the late Hunter S. Thompson that everybody should read.
- Young gamer goes back and tries playing games older than him, and gets his rump kicked by a couple classics (I finished Contra with a friend of mine, but only because of the Konami code).
- I’m amazed that space shuttles can ever take off, consider the amount of satellites orbiting our planet. You can see the entire mess in Google Earth.
- Why our government never gets anything, reason #4817: obscene flowcharts.
- Install the new versions of iTunes without the bloatware.
- A local blogger (and friend of mine) is working on an Oregon XC Documentary and I’m sure I’ll know quite a few people in the final product.
- Every app has a scary basement.
- A good list of netbook operating systems to Windows.
- A stamp I need for the oddball crap that ends up on my desk.
- Ozone allows you to get instant suggestions from 15 sources to find what you’re looking for fast.
Check out some videos after the jump.