Bend’s infamous pregnant man is pregnant again — for the third time.
If you didn’t even know Bend was (in)famous for the pregnant man, you have some reading to do.
Best. Mashup. Ever.
Nothing like a little Journey and Metallica:
Updated on 3/14/10: With new embed code, since Sony pulled the original.
Coming To A Gap Near You
Designed for Apple’s new toy are these new jeans: iGotaBigAssPocket.
Time Killer For The Evening
It’s silly and stupid, and is over in 10 minutes, but gunning down bears is fun.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro On Sale, Today Only
Thanks to Slickdeals, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) is on sale for $14.95 today only for a lifetime license (usually $25 or so). Why am I plugging a pay-for product for removing Malware and spyware when there are free ones out there? Because MBAM’s free edition has single handedly cleaned off obnoxious spyware on more systems successfully than any other product I’ve ever used. The paid edition offers real-time protection that goes above and beyond the protection offered by your anti-virus program (it’s meant to be used in conjunction with anti-virus programs, not in replacement as it looks for different stuff). I’d highly recommend spending the money — I just did.
Note: I’m not getting paid to do this (as folks who have e-mailed me suggested) — it’s just a dang good program at a good price. If you’d rather not use MalwareBytes, or want an alternative SuperAntiSpyware is also very good and I’ve used it a bunch, but neither will offer real-time protection unless you pay for them.
Olympic Reading Material
I know most of you are probably watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. I just watched the Georgian congregation walk out, and they were probably the only folks there that weren’t smiling, for obvious reasons (video here). I’m always amazed at the random African and other tropical countries that send athletes to the Winter games. Ethiopia just came through with a single skiier. Where does that guy practice?
BendBroadband subscribers will have access to the NBCOlympics.com videos, so I’ll probably be checking that out now and again.
Now, some reading…
- When Al Gore asks you to change part of a typeface, you listen.
- Exploration of the Beatles music through infographics.
- The east coast and southern parts of the US are getting killed with snow. So if global warming is real, why is it cold?
- One blogger had something to say to Google: F**k You.
- Speaking of Google, you won’t likely see this as a Google ad.
- Photoshop user? Here’s a keyboard shortcut cheat sheet.
- Good quick iPhone app reviews.
- Vimeo Videos as ASCII text art.
- Fantastic free tools to showcase your portfolio.
- American Express’ password policies are really insecure.
- Chat with random people with Chatroulette.
- Tights are not pants, says American Apparel.
Quick Time Killer For The Afternoon
gnop is Pong, backwards — you control the ball, not the paddles, and have to move through the levels. It’s a quick game to finish, but still a good way to kill some time.
One-Button Time Killers For The Evening
- One Button Bob is a game controlled entirely with a single mouse button — and that mouse button will get a work out.
- Speaking of single-button games, G-Switch can be played by multiple players on the same computer, all using a single button.
Central Oregon Symphony Children’s Concert This Weekend
I actually sent this to Jon last week (because, really, who comes to my site to look for local events?), but wanted to wait to post something here until I knew exactly what we were doing for the concert. The Central Oregon Symphony is putting on a family-friendly children’s concert this weekend. Whether you’re a kid of even an adult, this concert (which will last about an hour or so) will be an educational and fun experience for everybody. There will be music, demos of the various instruments, some audience participation, and a whole lot of fun (and some hand-on stuff afterwards).
The concert is free at 2PM at Bend High School on Saturday, February 13 (the full-length concerts are the following weekend). Hope to see you there!
Reading Material
- Setup a whole-house speaker system using existing phone lines.
- Cheap but powerful video card for HTPC use.
- The thickness of napkins in the programming world.
- SimpleFolio, a nice wordpress theme.
- If you missed the Super Bowl commercials last night, they’ve all been posted here (and the story behind the Leno, Oprah, Letterman ad is over here). Vote for your favorite here.
- According to teenagers, sites like mine aren’t cool anymore. Not that I’m losing sleep over losing the under-18 demo.
- Another high school, another overzelous administration conficating newspapers that do some real reporting.
- Always wear your seat belt.
- The anti-vaccine autism paper had catastrophic effects.
- Symbian Operating System is Now Open Source and Free — but will it matter?
- Relatively Portal.
- Netflix 28-Day Window Would Decimate Their Top Rental List.
- Kwedit, a new completely unreliable payment network.
- Calagator, open-source project for calendar aggregation (like Portland’s tech events).
- Run your own URL Shortener, and hopefully have better luck with spammers than my failed attempt (Ken is using it here).
- If you run a MovableType blog, this site might interest you.
- Licensing Delay Complicates Decision Between Open Source and Proprietary Video Players.