December 30, 2009

In kindergarten, we spent weeks learning the
alphabet. I wasn't very good at it, so I got an
F when they tested us. At least they *told* me
it was an F -- I had no way of knowing for sure.


Top of the Heap: Top 10 Top 10 Lists of 2009
http://alturl.com/fv55

If there's something you only get to do once a year AND once in a blue moon, tomorrow just might be your lucky day
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/22/its-a-blue-moon-new-years-eve-party/

List of TV series and movie marathons and specials for New Year's Eve weekend 2009
http://www.tvtango.com/news/detail/id/136/235-tv-series-and-movie-marathons-and-specials-for-new-years-eve-weekend

The Year’s Best Pictures of the Sky, Space and Stars
http://izismile.com/2009/12/22/the_best_pictures_of_the_sky_space_and_stars_20_pics.html

Why we should call the new year Twenty-Ten, not Two Thousand-Ten
http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/why-we-should-call-the-new-year-twenty-ten/1061075

Dave Barry's year in review: 2009
http://linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?cmd=go;id=148970

The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834,00.html

Where were YOU when the world ended? Y2K in Y2K10 - Ten Years Later
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/23/y2k-in-y2k10-ten-years-later/

The year's most amazing scientific images
http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

6 Terrible Names People Are Trying to Give This Decade.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-decade-with-no-name/

US Timeline 2000-2009
http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline2000.html

The 50 Funniest Celebrity Quotes of the Decade
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-50-funniest-celebrity-quotes-of-the-2000s

The Top One-Liners Of The Decade
http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/one-liners-of-the-decade

Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the Decade
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/

Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade.
http://gizmodo.com/5430073/ten-science-stories-that-changed-our-decade

Top 10 Space Stories of the Decade
http://news.discovery.com/space/top-10-space-stories-decade.html
The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-20-best-gadgets-of-the-decade-2000-2009.html

Most Popular Free iPhone Apps of 2009
http://linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?cmd=go;id=148912

2009 List of Banished Words
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2009.php

The Top 10 Embarrassing Sports Moments of the Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJg9N0SKj4

The 12 Most Shocking Moments of the Year
http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20319348_20331173,00.html

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Ogori Cafe
http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/ogori-cafe-service-with-a-surprise.html
MacWorld Cover Creation
http://peterbelanger.com/posts/36-cover-creation


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December 23, 2009

You'd be surprised how gracious the other patrons
of a cash register line can be when you arrive jumping
up and down, hugging a 24-pack of toilet tissue.


Top of the Heap: 2009 Finalists for the Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/cat/top-10-finalists/2009/

Top of the Heap #2: Every misconception imaginable. The Book of General Ignorance
http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/esheline/Book_of_General_Ignorance/Mitc_9780307405517_oeb_c01_r1.htm

Top of the Heap #3: The Results of Slate's "Write Like Sarah Palin" Contest
http://www.slate.com/id/2237261/slideshow/2237294/fs/0/entry/2237295/

2009 Last Minute Holiday Geek Gift Guide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185241/2009_lastminute_holiday_geek_gift_guide.html?tk=nl_cox_h_crawl

How to type upside down and backwards on the Web (tip O'the hat to the Bardgal!)
http://www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html

Tweet from the Large Hadron Collider Twitter account
http://odemo.blogaliza.org/files/2009/12/LCH-grande.png

15 Uses for Incredibly Inexpensive White Vinegar
http://tinyurl.com/ybsfxl6

Most Popular Free Mac Downloads for 2009
http://lifehacker.com/5427165/most-popular-free-mac-downloads-of-2009

10 Questions to Ask Before Picking a Major
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2009/12/16/10-questions-to-ask-before-picking-a-major.html

10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who've Been Screwing You
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/144679/10_ways_to_screw_over_the_corporate_jackals_who%27ve_been_screwing_you

What Was Popular Mechanics Thinking?
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=10506

10 blue characters that are cooler than the aliens in "Avatar"
http://www.asylum.com/2009/12/18/10-blue-characters-we-like-more-than-avatar-aliens/

Top 10 Strangest Moments in Movie Monster Science
http://listverse.com/2009/12/22/top-10-strangest-moments-of-movie-monster-science/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

School Answering Machine
http://www.break.com/index/hilarious-answering-machine-message.html

At First, But Then (Skipnote: If you laugh at this, you're doomed)
http://narf.at/pix/9f3377515da9932da4994be63be0c7a9fb924494.jpg


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December 16, 2009

My most favorite part of Christmas shopping: Shuffling over to the desk
with my robe draped open, cradling a warm cup o' java and stroking the
three-day-old growth sprouting on my jawline, at which point I sit down,
give my knuckles a nice healthy *CRAAAACK* and proceed with to
order a whole bunch of stuff online. My least favorite part would
probably be getting kicked out of OfficeMax before I was finished.


Top of the Heap: I never knew the Universe could be this colorful!
http://www.chromoscope.net/#

The Geek "Must Do Before You Die" Checklist (sort of a birthday present for Luis)
http://dailycupoftech.com/2009/05/04/the-geek-must-do-before-you-die-checklist

Top 10 Quirky Science Tricks for Christmas Parties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_f3SkxTWxc

I present to you the city in the United States with the least creative street names ever. Take a look around.
http://alturl.com/987o

Christmas Around the World (thanks, Billy)
http://www.nightingalecreations.com/MerryChristmas2009.html

The 10 Most Depressing "My Life is Twilight" Entries
http://www.moviefill.com/THE-10-MOST-DEPRESSING-MY-LIFE-IS-TWILIGHT-ENTRIES-19573/

This is going on in every cell in your body right now. Any questions?
http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/show_thumbnails.pl

The Kung-Fu Movie Script Generator (tip O'the hat to Ken)
http://www.onlyknives.com/diy-kung-fu-movie-script

The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-50-best-protest-signs-of-2009

The 12 Days of Christmas, as you've probably never heard it played before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=povDqicuf-4

For the Grinch McScrooges out there, Care4Less is for you!
http://care4less.org/

Find the odds of a white Christmas in your area
http://www.communitywalk.com/united_states_of_america/what_are_the_odds_of_a_white_christmas/map/449720

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Nothing this week... Jack's been studying and working for the closing week of the school play. HOWEVER, he sends out some pretty good stuff every week (chip off the old block), so if you want to subscribe to Jack's Sunday paper, send him an email (iamcylon12@gmail.com) and let him know. You won't be disappointed!

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December 9, 2009

Someone asked me what I'd do if a Grizzly bear ever
attacked me when I was in Alaska. I thought about it
for a minute and said, "Whack him with a golf club."
Then he asked me, "Gee, do you think that'll work?"
I responded, "Why not? It works on Tigers in Florida."

Top of the Heap: Golf Tips for Elin Nordegren (Mrs. Tiger Woods) and Other Raging, Club-Wielding Celebrities
http://www.zipgolfer.com/golf-tips-for-elin-nordegren/

Animator vs. Animation (thanks, Kevin!)
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf

A bit late, but here's a Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent_1.html

The Chinese National Space Agency is actually Starfleet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Space_Administration

How to Buy a Christmas Tree
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-buy-a-christmas-tree

The importance of resting meat
http://alturl.com/vu3k

The speed of light from Earth to the Moon (animation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Speed_of_light_from_Earth_to_Moon.gif

The Top 10 Things From Your 20's You'll Regret When You're 40
http://coedmagazine.com/2009/11/27/10-things-from-your-twenties-youll-regret-when-youre-forty/

YouTube New Year's Countdown
http://www.youtube.com/newyears

A sneak look at the next Harry Potter movie
http://www.filmsnmovies.com/movie/2850/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_hallows_part_i_2010/

The Best of the Best Lists of 2009
http://kottke.org/plus/noughtie-list/

Worldface is a social networking site for nations to interact.
http://www.teamfishcake.co.uk/worldface/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Mozilla Sunbird
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

December 2, 2009

I don't like to name-drop or brag, but I've
been told by some of the biggest names in show
business that I've been part of a great audience.


Top of the Heap: 10 Views of Earth from the Moon, Mars and Beyond
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=earth-from-space

Related - views of our Solar System
http://www.gunn.co.nz/astrotour/?data=tours/retrograde.xml

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Twitter
http://www.curledesign.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-twitter/

Something to lighten your day - The Top 10 Craziest Moments of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Il
http://alturl.com/z9ct

Yawn - it's one of the best things you can do for your brain
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1109/expert.html

Style Thoughts for Men
http://www.baxterofcalifornia.com/article.php?id=55&mytag=article

When the End of the World arrives, take your survival tips from the movies!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/26/AR2009112600176.html

20 Things Worth Knowing About Beer
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer

15 Toys NOT to Buy Your Kids This Christmas
http://alturl.com/ype4

How to send spy messages with shoelaces
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/01/spy-shoelaces/

Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids
http://www.freshtrend.com/2009/12/kids-2009-christmas-gift-guide.html

Create magazine covers with your photo
http://www.magofun.com/

The 5 Weirdest Moments in Television
http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weirdest-moments-in-television/

The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade
http://birdieguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/20-best-gadgets-of-decade.html

The 10 Best Family Guy Fights
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/11/30/videos-of-fights-from-family-guy/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Perspective
http://www.sonnyradio.com/perspective.htm