February 25, 2009

I just returned from Canada, where the *really*
tough kids want to grow up to be gangstre rappres

Top of the Heap: There goes your Wednesday, troops. 99 Things You Should Have Already Seen on the Internet(s)
http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/

Why Facebook is for Old Fogies (This describes me perfectly!) (Thanks, Melinder)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1879169,00.html

100 Insanely Useful Web Tools You Never Knew You Needed
http://www.accrediteddldegrees.com/2008/100-insanely-useful-web-tools-you-never-knew-you-needed/

99 Ways to Make Your Computer Blazingly Fast
http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/99-ways-to-make-your-computer-blazingly-fast/comment-page-1/

Movie Trilogies as Bar Charts
http://15.media.tumblr.com/IwM8PIQ02jtoio9fQMkOLehto1_500.jpg

Fun Facts About Beer. Mmmmm, beer.
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/18/neatolicious-fun-facts-beer/

Animated in bed - a great stop-motion video (Thanks, Susie!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVn0Urtc7U

"Serenity" bar fight rehearsal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9F2iyJLCw&e

Awesome webpage highlighter
http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

Don't like reading? Read on...
http://www.offbeatearth.com/dont-like-reading-other-uses-for-books/

How to Make Your Own Kettle Corn
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Kettle-Corn

This might be my new car
http://www.zoomilife.com/2009/02/19/hondas-big-surprise-2010-insight-averages-over-60mpg/

Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
http://www.vincentcheung.ca/shapecollage/

The BMW Hofmeister Kink: You've never noticed it before, but now that you have, you'll always see it.
http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/page/the-hofmeister-kink-a-lasting-bmw-design-detail

Here's something Tally will like (and probably no one else on Earth) - Canned Haggis!
http://ridiculousfoodsociety.blogspot.com/2008/07/canned-haggis-tatties-and-neeps-yum.html

This guy didn't *try,* he succeeded. (His girlfriend needs a little work on her job skills, though...)
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/feb/23/fataldrowning/

~~~~~~~

And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

This Would Make Me Stop
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/914475/still_smoking_watch_this/

11 Things You Should Eat On Your First Eleven Dates
http://www.11points.com/Food-Drink/11_Things_You_Should_Eat_on_Your_First_Eleven_Dates

February 11, 2009

My doctor's grim diagnosis: Multiple Personality Disorder.
The problem is that I'm not sure which one of us he meant.


Top of the Heap: Looking for that Strikingly Unconventional and Far-Fetched Gift for Valentine's Day? Here's 7 of them:
http://www.cultcase.com/2009/02/7-strikingly-unconventional-and-far.html

Addicting Game O'the Week - Shopping Cart Hero (via William)
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/action/1269.htm

What was the #1 Song on This Date in History?
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

All the places where movies are being filmed
http://www.onlocationvacations.com/

Find out what a website is worth (Skip's House of Chaos is worth exactly $589!)
http://www.stimator.com/

100 Blogs That Will Save You Time and Make You More Productive
http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2009/100-blogs-that-will-save-you-time-make-you-more-productive/

This looks like fun - an extreme mountain super-slide
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd9_1234085812

Yearbook photos of U.S. politicians
http://www.vetocorleone.com/2009/02/amazing-yearbook-photos-of-us.html

The day after tomorrow is Friday the 13th - Here's some information on Paraskevidekatriaphobia
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0212_040212_friday13.html

This is Why You're Fat (yeah, pretty much)
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

16 Unique and Impressive On-Screen Transformations
http://www.popcrunch.com/16-unique-and-impressive-on-screen-transformations/

The Absolute Best Self Defense Video You Will Ever See
http://regretfulmorning.com/2009/02/how-to-avoid-an-attack/

10 Sites to Turn To Before You Turn Off
http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Zeit-site-10-Sites-to-Turn-To-Before-You-Turn-Off.513551

~~~~~~~

And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Chain Reaction (My Highscore was 1228)
http://www.funny-games.biz/reaction-effect.html

February 4, 2009

I'm not fat; I'm just exceptionally
well-prepared for an extended food shortage.


Top of the Heap: The Top 10 Best Super Bowl Commercials
http://www.mannpill.com/content/top-10-best-super-bowl-commercials-w-video-evidence

5 Things You Didn't Know About Human Hair
http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/special_feature_250/250_special_feature.html

Now here's something you don't see every day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEfiULkwBbk

Okay, this is weird - Hal 9000's voice played 200 times slower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTi_HwdlJ20

Amazing underwater cave photographs
http://www.cultcase.com/2008/02/challenging-neptune-6-underwater-cave.html

Interesting chart of Cancer Survival Rates
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/images/0000MK-378.jpg

For the cost-conscious: 15 Cheap Valentine's Day Dates
http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/15-cheap-valentines-day-dates.html

Some new ones here - The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

Privnotes - send notes that will self-destruct after being read
https://privnote.com/

Nerdy stuff - energy scale
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/drenka2busy/Nerdy%20stuff/energy-scale-100-orders-of-magnitud.jpg

Compared to this guy, Rambo was a wuss - The Most Badass Soldier, Ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

FBI Warning
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/57275/FBI-Warning.png

It's been too long since we've had a bacon blog - The Making of a Bacon Man!
http://foodproof.com/blogs/view/post/bacon-man-435

Okay, just one more... Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog. (Thanks, Debb!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html?no_interstitial

Flip Cash - How money is counted in different countries
http://www.wimp.com/flipcash/

Play Hero on the Hudson (I *nailed* this sucker first try)
http://www.wpix.com/landing/?blockID=200417&feedID=1404

This is pretty hip - students calling the International Space Station with a home-built radio
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wcollegeradio0202/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090202.wcollegeradio0202

Whatever happened to the Mouseketeers?
http://www.menziesera.com/people/mickey_mouseketeers.htm

~~~~~~~

And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Come Fly With Me
http://jimspages.com/Comeflywithme.htm

Coupon Generator
http://www.couponfu.com/lb/generate/

Men In Plaid
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/7/79/Meninplaid.jpg

Error Message Generator
http://atom.smasher.org/error/?icon=Error&style=xp&title=Warning!&text=You+do+not+have+the+authority+to+access+this+because+you+don%27t+think+JACK!+is+awesome&b1=You+Should+Tell&b2=JACK&b2g=x&b3=He+Is+Awesome