What if Super Mario Bros. had more realistic sound?
Reading Material
Still recovering from being under the weather on Saturday and then playing a concert on Sunday, but need to get this stuff off my desk.
Have you signed up for our pick ’em yet? Why not?
- Big Shocker: Steve Jobs is misleading people about Android.
- Another big shocker: Limbaugh/Hannity parent company admits hiring actors to call their shows.
- Old case, but interesting discussion: Man receives oral sex, ordered to pay child support.
- How long does it take to beat a video game?
- Charles is an interesting looking HTTP proxy/monitor that allows a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet.
- Searching for torrents? Here’s a useful list of search options.
- I wasn’t aware that Google made a Car Home app. Naturally it doesn’t work on all devices (as I think it was originally designed for the Nexus or something) nor will it install via the Android Market. You can download the APK files here and install it directly onto your device (haven’t tried it yet). If you can’t get it to work, there are other apps that have similar features. With a good car mount, I could see this being very handy in the car.
- Speaking of Android, I’m now rocking this ROM on my phone. Biggest reason? Carrier IQ has been removed, which is basically a spyware package installed by Sprint/Samsung. I’m also now rocking some of these transparent widget skins.
- Need to calibrate your phone’s compass and/or accelerometer? Folks say this video has been useful, as have the tips here.
- Get the most out of Google Voice on Android.
- Conan plays a life-sized game of Angry Birds.
- Is Intel’s Thunderbolt cable a brilliant innovation or a worthless grasp at the past?
- This four-year-old has some great opinions on the world.
- Guess what? I just had sex.
- Golden Eagles are awesome, and can easily take down a mountain goat.
- The Force Unleashed II: Robot Chicken Commercial.
- Don’t let the government shut down the Internet. That’s the purpose of the Open Mesh project.
- F**K YEAH NOUNS!
- Hate RSS fees that don’t display the whole article? Problem solved.
- Upgrading through every version of Windows from 1.0 to 7.
Amazing Kinetic Art
I’d love to have one of this guy’s works in my house:
ET Is Back, And He’s Angry
Coming this Summer, ET-X:
Seriously, this movie really needs to happen.
FREE: Cascade Winds In Concert This Weekend
It’s cheap plug time again! The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, Central Oregon’s premier concert band, will present the second concert of their 2010-2011 season under the baton of music director Dan Judd, March 6, 2:00 p.m. at Summit High School auditorium. That’s this Sunday for those of you that aren’t keeping track! This concert is free of charge, although donations are gratefully accepted.
The pieces we’ll be playing this time around (it’s going to be a good one):
- Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion by P.D.Q. Bach. If you’ve never seen a P.D.Q. Bach piece performed, you’re really missing out as they’re hilarious.
- New England Triptych [Be Glad Then, America; When Jesus Wept; Chester] by William Schuman
- Continental Overture by Johan de Meij
- Folk Song Suite by R. Vaughn Williams
- “The Gum-suckers” March by Percy Aldridge Grainger
- With Pleasure [Dance Hilarious] by John Philip Sousa
These concerts are free, open to the public and suitable for all ages — and there are snacks at intermission, which is never a bad thing, right?
For more information visit www.cascadewinds.org or call 541-593-1635.
Ken Jennings Is Awesome
He decided to do an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit (his username? “WatsonsBitch”) and his responses are hilarious! The dude has a great sense of humor.
Time Killer For The Day
How fast can you click the frog?
Join The UtterlyBoring.com/CentralOregonAthlete.com NCAA Tournament Pick ’em
Selection Sunday is coming up on March 13 here and then it’s time for offices all over the country to create office pools for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (and for workplace productivity to grind to a halt). And it’s time for the readers of this site to compete for bragging rights (and some great prizes) in the sixth-annual UtterlyBoring.com Tournament Pick ‘Em. Last years contest info was here with final scoring here. babbage is looking to defend his title.
This year we’ve partnered up with Central Oregon Athlete to bring more exposure to the whole thing and to try and gather up some more prizes. I’ve known Josh at COA for well over a decade, and he knows his sports better than anybody around here, so I figured this would be a perfect partnership.
It’s free to play, and doesn’t require you to know anything about college basketball. So read on for the sign up information, prizes, and more!
It’s The Inequality, Stupid
From Mother Jones, eleven charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America.
I Want To Meet This Guy
He looks like he’d be a blast at parties: