Yes, it may be on a kid’s site, but Whizzball is a fun puzzler that unfortunately has the stupidest username signup (you’re best off just mashing the keyboard to find an available username).
I Don’t Think This Guy Trained The Dog
I think the dog trained the guy to dance like this…
Bored?
Need something to do? This might help.
Because There’s A Video For Everything…
…here’s a dude speed-solving a Rubik’s Cube in 31.5 seconds while free falling from 14,000 feet sitting in a rubber boat.
Reading Material
- If you gave a pan handler a free credit card, how would they use it?
- Logic and thinking is hard for some people.
- Eight Clever Ways To Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail.
- SpongeBob dubs the classics.
- Why are people in the IT field so insecure and territorial? Read up.
- MonaVie Blackmails Me?
- How do you search for back doors from previous IT staff?
- An SNL Set is Built in Seconds.
- Free WordPress 3.0 theme for educational websites.
- Should you use that jQuery plugin or roll your own solution?
- Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium (I’ve always been for this kind of research).
- I’m looking into getting a new wallet, and these look interesting.
It’s Snowing. In August.
It’s August, and it’s frickin’ snowing outside. It was over 100°F last week, and this morning, it’s cold, nasty, and snowing in many places. Here’s what Mt. Bachelor’s Web Cam looks like right now:
The office web cam is giving me fits (and isn’t very good quality), otherwise I’d take an image from there, but we’re getting a mix of snow and rain right now in Sunriver.
As usual, Barney’s all over it.
Don’t Try This At Home
Seriously, how in the hell would anybody think this is a good idea (mildy NSFW)?
Time Killer For The Day
Treadmillasaurus Rex is…well…I’ll just take the description from Reddit:
You are a T-Rex running on a treadmill avoiding lasers and saw blades during which the Wheel of Awesome relentlessly spins and doles delights such as +1 Confetti or dishes determents such as +1 Obstacle. There’s also unlockable top hats.
That pretty much sums it up right there.
Reading Material
- Where’s my red turtle shell for that guy that just cut me off? Mario Kart Symbols appearing on bike lanes in Portland.
- If you have an iPhone 4, here’s a pretty good collection of wallpapers.
- I’m doing a bit of research on creating a iPhone-friendly version of a site for my day job and the UiUIKit CSS and HTML framework is going to help out quite a bit, I think. PhoneGap, Appcelerator and Sencha Touch also look interesting as well. Booking marking that all for my reference.
- I’m terried of older web developers because I’m becoming one.
- Introducing JITB. a Java-based Flash player that runs pretty dang fast.
- Because you never know when it will come in handy: File I/O in Every Programming Language.
- Looking for a way to compress JS and CSS? Convert it to a PNG.
- Great list of Lifehacker’s best Android apps.
- What’s my computer doing? is a simple way to figure out what programs are thrashing your CPU and hard drive.
- A graphic illustration of music industry licensing madness. That flowchart makes my head hurt.
- How to disable Facebook’s new “Places” feature.
- 12 Great Ways to Customize Your Facebook pages.
- Need to see if a site is safe for work before visiting? Variably Safe For Work might help.
- 100 Quality WordPress Themes.
- That’s going to sting a bit.
How Big Is It, Really?
One of the coolest sites I’ve seen in a while, this BBC project puts a dimension onto current events that makes the news much more interesting. For example, here’s how big Burning Man would be if it were held in Bend.