January 26, 2011

It's so embarrassing when my Tourette's makes me scream

obscenities in church. At least that's the story I'm going with.

Top of the Heap: The Top 100 Blogs of 2010 (once again, SHOC must've been #101)

http://brainz.org/top-100-blogs/

Another Top of the Heap: The Best Time to Buy Anything in 2011

http://lifehacker.com/5736625/

This week's Cool Clock (after watching it, click on it) (Thanks, Kevin!)

http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html

How to Make the Most of Your Crappy iPod Earbuds

http://lifehacker.com/5719972/how-to-make-the-best-of-your-crappy-ipod-earbuds

This will leave you speechless (Thanks again, Kevin)

http://www.jokeroo.com/bin/player.swf?5f9f_f369

Interactive Map of the Most Common Names in America

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/geography/usa-surnames-interactive

For What It's Worth: The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110118/12431012712/companies-who-support-censoring-internet.shtml

40 Android Apps For The Serious Student (Thanks, Bella)

http://www.associatesdegree.com/2011/01/23/40-android-apps-for-the-serious-student/

12 Things That Will Be Cheaper in 2011

http://dealnews.com/features/12-Things-That-Will-Cost-Less-in-2011/426288.html

How to Find Out if Someone is Stealing Your WiFi

http://alturl.com/phcmd

50 Successful Diabetics

http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2011/01/50-famous-successful-people-who-are-diabetic/

"Badass Math" sounds like an oxymoron, but ... hey... different strokes...

http://alturl.com/ea8ov

Getting Started With eBooks: A Beginner's Guide

http://www.gliffy.com/publish/2059164/

The nominations for the 2011 Razzie Awards

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/razzie-awards-nominations-2011_n_812859.html#s228666&title=Razzies_2011_Worst

January 19, 2011

I'll bet the reason drag queens don't travel through time is

that they get tired of being mistaken for early presidents.

Top of the Heap: The New Zodiac Pickup Lines!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/zodiac-pick-up-lines-twitter_n_809267.html?ref=twitter#s224346&title=Judes_Dickey

Worried about your Zodiac sign changing? Don't be.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/horoscope-hang-up-earth-rotation-changes-zodiac-signs/

http://io9.com/5733004/your-zodiac-sign-may-have-changed-this-week

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/astrology.html

Addicting Game of the Week: Z-Type

http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/

Cheating at Sudoku with Google Goggles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdftOloAH9Q

12 Hilarious Sitcom Situations That Suck in Real Life

http://www.ranker.com/list/12-hilarious-sitcom-situations-that-suck-in-real-life/andrew-stroscher

Create your own meme with the Meme Generator (thanks, William!)

http://memegenerator.net/

I'm guilty of this. I'm so ashamed.

http://www.slate.com/id/2281146/

The Origins of 10 Common Words and Phrases

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-origins-of-10-common-words-phrases/

How Big is the Internet(s)? (Spoiler: pretty big)

http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2011/01/how-big-is-internet.html

12 Technologies on the Brink of Disappering

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/12_technologies_brink_disappearing

A whole buncha Genealogical Resources

http://www.onlinesocialworkdegree.org/genealogy-resources

The Top 20 Free Apps For Your New iPad

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-20-free-apps-ipad/

10 Common Medical Myths (That Are Completely False)

http://www.mastersinhealthcare.com/blog/2011/10-common-medical-myths-that-are-completely-false/

The Most Popular Boy's and Girl's Names of 2010

http://brainz.org/2010s-100-most-popular-boys-names/

http://brainz.org/2010s-100-most-popular-girls-names/

Nine Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

http://alturl.com/bsc97

A bizarre way to spend a little time - type it, and see it drawn.

http://www.hhepshed.com/

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January 12, 2011

I sure hope they find Paul Newman soon. I'm

getting tired of seeing his face on all those bottles.

Top of the Heap: Animal Voiceovers (Thanks, Billy!)
http://www.wimp.com/animalvoiceovers/

Beyond Huck Finn: Other Books in Need of an Image Makeover
http://flavorwire.com/141105/beyond-huck-finn-other-books-in-need-of-an-image-makeover

Get a Real Human on the Line - hacks to over 500 Companies
http://gethuman.com/print.html

Big Dog (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://alturl.com/4zu9p

The 12 Best Apps For Your New Android Device
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/12/30/the-12-best-apps-for-your-new-android-device/

Fan of BSG? How 'bout renting out Gaius Baltar's apartment?
http://io9.com/5725647/rent-out-gaius-baltars-vancouver-apartment

The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time (warning: some NSFW language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEYXWmEse8

The OTHER 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time (ditto on the language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWEZ_IjcSk

Dave Barry's 2010 Year in Review
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/01/v-print/1992746/dave-barrys-2010-year-in-review.html

The Buzziest Gadgets from the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show
http://flavorwire.com/141170/the-buzziest-gadgets-from-the-2011-consumer-electronics-show

10 Foods That Can Help You Sleep
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/vitality/10-foods-that-can-help-you-sleep-2433545/

Online Metronome
http://simple.bestmetronome.com/

An Interactive Map of 15 Years of UFO Sightings
http://www.slate.com/id/2278314/


The Most Complete Map of the Night Sky Ever Assembled (but you'd need 50,000 Hi-Definition TV's to see it)
http://io9.com/5730972/this-is-the-most-complete-map-of-the-night-sky-ever-assembled


Silk is an online art toy that can easily fritter away your productive work time, so don’t tell anyone else about it.
http://weavesilk.com/


Search for free mp3's with the fabulously-named Mp3Skip
http://mp3skip.com/http://mp3skip.com/


Search the most shared content on Facebook with All Things Now
http://www.allthingsnow.com/



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January 5, 2011

Mark my words: One day the South will rise again!
After that it'll fart, take a leak, finish off that half-
case of Budweiser and then go back to bed.



Top of the Heap: One final look back - the Best of 2010
http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2010.cfm

Okay - here's one they missed... National Geographic's Best Underwater Pictures of 2010
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101122-best-underwater-pictures-science-fish-diving-seahorses/

My head just asploded trying to figure out the map of American English Dialects
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/

Now and Zen - Click the Squares
http://safe.tumblr.com/safe/video/2509512839/500

The Longest Joke in the World
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2011/01/longest-joke-in-world.html

12 Awesome, Nerdy Things to Look Forward to in 2011
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/01/10_awesome_nerdy_things_to_look_forward_to_in_2011.php

Prey - a free app to track your stolen laptop and android
http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/1418-prey-an-awesome-application-to-track-your-stolen-laptop-and-android-phone-linux

Lake Superior State University 2011 List of Banished Words
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

Six Unlikely Pop Culture New Year’s Resolutions For Other People
http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/eight-unlikely-pop-culture-new-years-resolutions-for-other-people

100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2011/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_5.shtml

One-liners for Geeks
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/55-geeky-line-jokes/



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