April 15, 2009

Since beef is "What's for Dinner" and pork is the "Other White Meat,"
I think the poultry industry should trademark "Chicken: What Everything
Exotic or Visually Off-Putting Ultimately Tastes Like -- Only Cheaper!"



Top of the Heap: The Sound of Music - Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

Never judge a book by its cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

"It's Magic Time!" To commemorate, here are 6 Odd Historical Tax Facts
http://www.livescience.com/history/090413-tax-facts.html

10 Things the IRS Won't Tell You
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/taxes/10-things-the-irs-will-not-tell-you/

10 Old Wives Tales Debunked
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Conditions-Diseases/10-Old-Wives-Tales-Debunked.html

10 Great Websites to Add Effects to Your Photographs
http://www.webupon.com/Services/10-Great-Websites-to-Add-Effects-to-Your-Photographs.637343

Create your own word search puzzle
http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php

Zoom in. Oh, wait...
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1233008904_17d9a1b.gif

How to Spot Counterfeit Money
http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-spot-counterfeit-money

The 8 Most Shamefully Stupid "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Episodes
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/04/the_8_most_shamefully_stupid_star_trek_the_next_ge.php

Stimator will tell you how much a website is worth (SHOC is currently valued at a whopping $5,978!)
http://www.stimator.com/

Kids Say the Darndest Things - a Tribute to Art Linkletter (Thanks, George!)
http://carolynspreciousmemories.com/Videos/kids_artlinkletter.html


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Custom Motel Sign
http://www.custommotelsign.com/menu.php
Woman Brings Balance
http://www.inbetweenmeals.com/2009/03/good-woman-can-bring-balance-to-your.html

April 9, 2009

As part of my new exercise routine, I tried
one of those conditioning drinks. It wasn't
as refreshing as I expected. Plus, I don't get
why the store keeps it in the shampoo aisle



Top of the Heap: What to Do Right Now to Get Into College Next April
http://www.examiner.com/x-766-College-Admissions-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Advanced-Admissions-what-to-do-right-now-to-get-in-next-April

Coloring Eggs
http://www.barefootkitchenwitch.com/the_barefoot_kitchen_witc/2009/04/coloring-eggs.html

Six Things You’re Yet To Back Up and How To Back Them Up
http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/03/31/what-to-backup/

Are your eyes playing tricks on you?
http://trinixy.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-your-eyes-playing-tricks-on-you.html

Cool Things in Random Places
http://coolthingsinrandomplaces.com/

119 Quick Cheat Sheets (for some of the most widely used tools on the Web)
http://dreamcss.blogspot.com/2009/03/119-quick-cheat-sheets-for-some-of-most.html

Do you think they MIGHT have thought of a better name for their product than THIS???
http://www.hollywoodtoysandcostumes.com/Child-Predator-Hands_15RU68155.html

Epic fails from around the world
http://www.yellow-llama.com/epic-fails-from-around-the-world/

How come they didn't have cool contact lenses like these when *I* wore 'em?
http://www.lensshopper.com/contact-lenses/special-effect-contact-lenses.asp

I'm considering buying one of these. Whaddya think?
http://ecocrumbs.com/2009/04/hi-tech-fuel-efficient-the-2010-toyota-prius/

Car Talk's Recently Hired Staff
http://www.cartalk.com/content/about/credits/credits.html

Wanna Feel Small?
http://gifbin.com/bin/1232964987_we%20are%20small.gif

Greg Miller's Guide to Lock Picking for Beginners
http://www.gregmiller.net/locks/

Top 100 Sites of Apple and Mac
http://www.dagorret.net/2009/04/07/top-100-sites-of-apple-and-mac/

April 1, 2009

The only problem I have with McDonald's
"Shamrock" shakes is that when I'm
going through its Dumpster out back,
I can't always tell which ones are still good.



Top of the Heap: A little shameless self-promotion with a Music Jukebox
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2009/03/music-jukebox.html

Diving Deep into the Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef (AWESOME pics)
http://www.thetravelen.com/great-barrier-reef-australia/

42 Unusually Brilliant Business Card Designs
http://trinixy.blogspot.com/2009/03/42-unusually-brilliant-business-card.html

8 Tips to Help You Stay Rich After You Win the Lottery
http://www.cosmoloan.com/loans/8-tips-to-help-you-stay-rich-after-you-win-the-lottery.html

Taglines and Slogans, and which company they go with
http://www.taglineguru.com/sloganlist.html

The entire season of Carl Sagan's Cosmos, online, for free. See you in about 13 hours.
http://www.hulu.com/cosmos

Looking for a unique gift? Try the Sound Waveform Bracelet
http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/?p=1073

Free online Japanese dictionary
http://www.nihongodict.com/

The Dirty Dozen - the 12 most responsible for the financial crisis
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26868968/the_dirty_dozen

Hey! Let's have lunch under the ocean!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel_laskowski/sets/72157610459861827/detail/

The Face Of A Boy Hearing For The First Time
http://www.buzzfeed.com/endswell/the-face-of-a-boy-hearing-for-the-first-time-3f2

10 Cases of Extreme Weather
http://www.supertightstuff.com/03/25/pictures/tight-pictures/ten-cases-of-extreme-weather/

A website dedicated to the paper cut received by my good friend Tim (I-taught-him-everything-he-knows) Hunter. Hang in there, Tim
http://www.hangintheretim.com/

Finally! Time to Make a Coffee Run - A great article on how caffeine increases performance
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/health/nutrition/26best.html?_r=2&hpw

When it rains, it pours - How to Get a Half-Decent Cup of Caffeinated Coffee
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/health/nutrition/26best.html?_r=2&hpw

101 Undiscovered Freebies - The List
http://www.pcworld.com/article/161674/101_undiscovered_freebies_the_list.html

What I Learned From Having My Laptop Stolen
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10165

How to Be the Perfect Girlfriend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqzcF7zxZNE&feature=rec-HM-r2

StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide
http://www.stilltasty.com/

Oh yeah - How to Fake a Clean House
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/fake-clean-house-00000000001136/

A Word Map of Legal Drinking Age
http://www.sloshspot.com/photos/blog/full/photo_1235095254.png

Find a...
Festival - http://www.festivals.com/
Health Club - http://healthclubs.com/
Factory Tour - http://factorytoursusa.com/
Local Hiking Trails - http://localhikes.com/
Pick-Your-Own Farm - http://pickyourown.org/index.htm#states
Wildlife Viewing Area - http://www.wildlifeviewingareas.com/
Food Fair or Food Festival - http://www.foodreference.com/html/upcomingfoodevents.html

Earth Hour, 2009 (Click on the pictures to see them fade)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html

Journey into a Black Hole (I started to read about and watch these, and then my brain asploded)
http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/schw.html

The major difference between using a credit vs. debit card
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/rnr/1100642575.html

Extreme Sheep LED Art (Tip O'the Hat to Grasshopper)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Star Trek vs. Star Wars (This Is Great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.babeled.com%2F2008%2F01%2F14%2F10-reasons-star-wars-is-better-than-star-trek%2F&feature=player_embedded
Abe Lincoln's Facebook Page
http://www.indyweek.com/pdf/020409/LincolnFacebook.jpg

March 25, 2009

I decided it was time to finally go on a diet
when I realized that none of my towels fit.



Top of the Heap: I have no idea what this is. But it's über cool.
http://balldroppings.com/js/

An eye-opening film about gun making in Pakistan (thanks, George)
http://www.vbs.tv/full_screen.php?s=DGFE2305DC&sc=1363196

Check for reruns of (most) any of your favorite shows
http://reruncheck.com/

ZipWho - the most fun you can legally have with Zip Codes
http://zipwho.com/

Old Fashioned Living: cooking from scratch, hand made crafts, old fahioned ideas, traditions, simple life and more
http://oldfashionedliving.com/index.html

Impossible, brilliant photo manipulation
http://gargantuaandpantagruel.blogspot.com/2009/03/impossible-brilliant.html

Way Beyond the Hundred Dollar Bills
http://b0yb4w4n9.blogspot.com/2009/03/way-beyond-hundred-dollar-bills.html

Gmail's new "Undo Send" feature
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-in-labs-undo-send.html

11 Damn Near Identical Movies That Were Released at the Same Time
http://www.11points.com/Movies/11_Damn_Near_Identical_Movies_That_Were_Released_at_the_Same_Time

The "Great Blue Hole" of Belize
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trw-offbeattraveler3,0,1541991.special

What your cat is trying to say to you
http://www.messybeast.com/cat_talk2.htm

How to share iTunes media with all your computers
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2009/03/how-to-share-itunes-media-with-all-your.html

The 13 Coolest Things Made From Recycled Bottles
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/recycling-old-bottles-460309

7 Ways to Fool Your Sense of Touch
http://www.newscientist.com/special/tactile-illusions

There is nothing wrong with your browser, but click here anyway
http://users.telenet.be/kixx/


Evolution of the spacesuit
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16737-spacesuit-gallery

Incredibly fast and cool dictionary (thanks, Jack)
http://definr.com/

March 18, 2009

Apparently, the people of Dubai don't find The
Flintstones funny, but the people of Abu Dhabi do.



Top of the Heap: Factropolis - a fun fact every day
http://www.factropolis.com/

Interactive Time Zone Checker
http://www.timezonecheck.com/

Awesome shoes
http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/products_classic_m.cfm

Exploring the Science of Shaving
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/10/exploring-the-science-of-shaving/

Addicting Game of the Week - Guesstimation
http://www.ninjakiwi.com/Games/Puzzle/Play/Guesstimation.html

20 Things You Didn't Know About Time
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/20-things-you-didn.t-know-about-time

Ressemblances dans les films Disney (which is French for, "Disney Ripping Itself Off")
http://www.koreus.com/video/disney-ressemblance.html

See where movies were filmed
http://www.filmaps.com/

Take the guesswork out of how much to cook for a party with Perfect Portions
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/perfect_portions

March 11, 2009

You know, I wouldn't mind so much having
all the voices in my head if they would just
occasionally include me in the conversation.


Top of the Heap: Your keyboard has now become a drum set!
http://www.ronwinter.tv/drums.html?bam!

This is incredibly awesome - unrelated YouTube videos edited together to make ThruYou
http://thru-you.com/?

"Sixth Sense," incredibly cool stuff, until she gets to the last sentence. Wait, what??
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

Funny Money
http://www.picdumps.com/picdumps-lustig-bemalte-geldscheine-2506.htm

Periodic Table of Cartoons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12093078@N00/2798919152

Turn your kid's closet into a space ship
http://www.electricboogaloo.net/wordpress/archives/2009/03/05/3-2-1/

Enter your zip code and see free WiFi networks nearby
http://pcworld.jiwire.com/

Just another reason to prefer Mary Ann over Ginger - she can peel a potato!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4W0qIPJmoo

Thought Spiderman 3 was bad? Check this out...
http://www.marvel.com/animation/Japanese_Spider-Man

What a trillion dollars looks like
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

Imagine if your science teacher was this cool?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qlb8X_ffO8

104 Ways to Hilariously Ruin the Watchmen Movie
http://i.gizmodo.com/5164202/104-ways-to-hilariously-ruin-the-watchmen-movie

1:140 Million Scale Model of the Solar System
http://hurculuj.blogspot.com/2008/12/1140-million-scale-model-of-solar.html

The All-Time Top 3000 Songs
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/

I wrote a review about this movie, but here are 10 Things People Don't Seem to Get About the Watchmen
http://justinkownacki.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-things-people-dont-seem-to-get-about.html

My little brother Ivan has been busy collecting websites for submission. Check these out:
An 80-year old guy, still working 40 hours a week - selling donuts!
http://www.stansdoughnuts.com/history.html
Screw up as a teacher in NYC and you're sent to the Rubber Room
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10education.html?_r=1
This light bulb has been burning continuously for over 100 years - the Livermore's Centennial Light Live Cam
http://www.centennialbulb.org/photos.htm




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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Top Ten Grammer Myths
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/top-ten-grammar-myths.aspx
Proofreading Marks
http://wadsworth.com/english_d/templates/student_resources/1413001890_burnett/UsageHandbook/edit_marks.htm

March 4, 2009

What is it with all these ads that say
"Get the credit you deserve"? I don't
want the credit *I* deserve, I want the
credit someone with good credit deserves!

Top of the Heap: Facebook Killed TV - Why TV Lost
http://www.paulgraham.com/convergence.html

Classy Move, Canada!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=622_1236062375

11 Ways to Get More Bacon Into Your Diet
http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2009/02/11-ways-to-get-more-bacon-into-your.html

12 Food Phrases Explained
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/23/12-food-phrases-explained/

Then and Now : A Fast-Forward Tour of Gadget History
http://technologizer.com/2009/02/24/then-and-now-a-fast-forward-tour-of-gadget-history/

Cascading magnet self-assembly in slow motion is a whole lot cooler than it sounds... (it would pretty much have to be)
http://cre.ations.net/creation/magnetic-self-assembly-in-slow-motion

Surprisingly addictive geography game
http://www.jeux.fr/jeu/Globetrotter.html

Being a mad scientist...
http://abstrusegoose.com/123

Hypnotically beautiful video of the Sun over one solar cycle
http://bolonifarkas.blogspot.com/2009/02/sun-over-one-solar-cycle.html

The Battlestar Galactica Reboot You DIDN'T See
http://io9.com/5162127/the-battlestar-galactica-reboot-you-didnt-see

Animaniac's "All the Nations of the World" (I used to sing this with the boys)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

The Un-invitation (pretty funny)
http://www.27bslash6.com/matthewsparty.html

An oldie but goodie - Some Rules Kids Won't Learn in School
http://www.oz.org/school.html

GeekTats at the Science Tattoo Emporium
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/science-tattoo-emporium/

Look thin and slim in your photographs instantly WITHOUT Photoshop!
http://www.labnol.org/internet/pictures/look-thin-slim-in-photographs/7655/

Amazing Pictures Taken at Sea Level
http://www.funtasticus.com/20090302/amazing-pictures-taken-at-sea-level/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Seasonal Food Chart
http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/online/seasonalfoodchart.php
Amazing Bubble Tricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I4VKj4d0WI