No, not for me, as my TV (which, because it’s old, has apparently made it really expensive) is fine. But if you’re shopping for a TV, this handy tool will allow you to upload a picture of your room and see how large of a screen you should get.
Telling It Like It Is: WTF Central Oregon
WTF Central Oregon is, as the creator puts it, “an uncensored view on Central Oregon life, news, and events.” Which means rants and rave with some naughty language thrown in, but his videos are still quite an entertaining look at Central Oregon. Here is his latest video (naughty language warning):
He’s right: Why should we waste tax payer money on the drunkards that float the river?
Building A Newsroom Time Machine
This sounds fun for an ol’ newsgeek like me. The FAU’s inagural All On Paper Project forces college journalists (and some seasoned pros) to get their hands dirty and produce a newspaper the old fashion way. Here’s how it went.
This Is What Happens When Grown Men Play With Children’s Toys
They make sweet stop-motion videos:
Time Killer For The Evening
Not To Scale didn’t seem like something I’d like at first, but it started to grow on me, then I had completed all the levels. The object of the game: Complete the picture in each level by swapping around the image fragments. However, to complicate things, some of the pieces are not to scale.
Holy Cow, That’s A Load Of Links
Finally getting around to a post-vacation link dump — hang on for the ride…
- Why John Mayer quit twitter.
- There’s an abundance of stock art if you’re doing stories about hackers.
- If you want to browse reddit at work, run this full screen (more details).
- Speaking of reddit, metareddit is all about reddit and why AskReddit is far more useful than Yahoo! answers.
- Spock is not impressed.
- This is just sad: Our security auditor is an idiot.
- How to make photos looks like pencil drawings quickly and easily.
- Yet another reason I will keep voting for Ron Wyden: Bill Would Force Intel Chief to Renounce ‘Secret Patriot Act’.
- A note to Google recruiters (and on Google hiring practices).
- While I like Amazon’s Free App of The Day, I can see where developers would hate it: Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core.
- Somebody has far too much time on their hands — and far too many dead flies.
- Just the Swearing: “The films and telly programs you like, but with the boring, non-sweary bits cut out.” (obviously a naughty language site)
- Has the Code of The Zodiac Killer Been Cracked? Possibly.
- D. B. Cooper is might be getting closer to being identified (NPR has a good story and follow up updates).
- I’m building my next server case out of Legos — just like this guy.
- It’s official: IE users are dumb as bag of hammers (Update: Or not — thanks Barney).
- If you’re designing sites or books for folks that have dyslexia, this font might be of use.
- John Gruber: On Succeeding Steve Jobs.
- How to configure your router for network-wide URL logging.
- Maximum PC’s guide to being online anywhere.
- The Oatmeal’s Summer State of The Web.
- You. Yes, you. You are not a photographer.
- What It’s Like to Interview a Celebrity: A GIF Story.
- Every city should be designed with more slides.
- Don’t Fear The Internet: Basic HTML & CSS for non-web designers.
- The 50 Things every creative should know (I need to forward that on to my designer sister-in-law).
- Little CSS Stuff Newcomers Get Confused About.
- Build your own 135 Terabyte Storage Server for $7300-ish.
- The advanced system recovery toolkit for times when you need to repair a buggered, locked, or virus-ridden system.
- Chosen is a great little plugin that makes select boxes more user-friendly.
- Did you know that you could have your loved one’s ashes put into bullets? Now you do.
- Did you know there’s an Opera house that’s built right on top of the border between Canada and the US and has a dividing line (that’s enforced) running through it? Now you do.
- Only in Japan: Clone yourself into what looks like an action figure.
My “pile o’ shortcuts” folder looks much better now. Video links coming tomorrow.
Back To Reality
Back at the office today after the trip (good time was had by all, though I could use another week or 12 off). I’m still going through all the email I’ve received, and will try to post a pile of links in the next couple days or so.
Did I miss anything fun?
Reading and Watching Material (and Bye For A Bit)
I’m about to head out of town on a much-needed week or so off where I will have limited cell phone access and nearly no Internet access, and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it. Everybody be good, converse among yourselves, enjoy some other local blogs and take in the following links and videos in the meanwhile (videos after the jump):
- The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors.
- Somebody has far too much time on their hands: A Minecraft Cruise Ship.
- How to Detect Counterfiet Money.
- I’ve mentioned this guy’s site before, but it’s worth mentioning again as it’s still going: Running From Camera.
- I’m going to be using most of these circles on my Google+ account.
- A Tour of the World’s Worst Photoshop Propaganda.
- 10 Greatest Unintentionally Hilarious Lines from Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- If I ever build a house, I’m bulding in slides.
- The first domain linked to on MetaFilter is now a place to share stories about the site’s history.
- Why the Wealthiest Americans Are the Real ‘Job-Killers’ (though they do keep one industry in business).
- Meet the ‘Keyzer Soze’ of Global Phone-Tracking.
- Are you listening, Steve Jobs? There are a bunch of fake Apple Stores in China, and the employees actually think they’re employed by you.
- So you think you can build a website? Follow this handy flowchart to see if you’ve got what it takes to make it big.
- One of these days I’m going to make a Hackintosh, and I need to make sure I have this site bookmarked.
- How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History.
- Windows 7’s no-reformat, nondestructive reintall.
- Plain Text Offenders, which chronicles sites that store passwords in plain text.
- Questions about 64-bit Firefox for Windows 64-bit users (you could always try Waterfox, which is a 64-bit build of Firefox). I’m not running a 64 bit OS, so I haven’t tried it, but report back if it works better.
- Photo Swipe is a nice image gallery for mobile and touch devices.
OK, video time — watch below…
If You’re Looking For Something For My Wish List…
..these 20+ geeky posters should definitely be on there.