June 17, 2009

SKIPNOTE: I'm going to be on vacation starting next week, so regular "Website Wednesday" mailings will resume on July 15. I've tried to make this one a bit longer to make up for the missed weeks.

When I'm feeling down, I try to think happy thoughts.
When that doesn't work, I get even more depressed,
so I try to think even *happier* thoughts.
Inevitably that fails, so I suddenly rip out as many
nose hairs as I can grab between the nails of my
middle finger and thumb, and that *always* results
in me rolling on the floor in rapturous laughter
-- right alongside my writhing, screaming co-worker.


Top of the Heap: Universal Studios Free Photo Booth Prank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSVP5Z95c8

"If I Watch This I Hope the Moon *Will* Hit the Earth" (Wait... I'll be on vacation and I'm going to have to miss it. Rats.)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/15/if-i-watch-this-i-hope-the-moon-will-hit-the-earth/

In the "Looks-Like-a-Saturday-Night-Live-Sketch-But-It-Isn't" Department - the Comfort Wipe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM&e

Laugh With Your Fingers!
http://hahahaha.fr/

Pretty cool - a Full Earth Rise, as recorded by Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=080414-Kaguya

A nice collection of early Beatles pictures (when they were the Quarrymen)
http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/2621410/Fotos-ineditas-de-los-beatles-en-sus-comienzos.html

R2D2 and C3PO in Raiders of the Lost Ark
http://imperialwizard.tumblr.com/post/121377790/mindingmybusiness-inothernews-r2-d2-and

Wondering Why India's Kung Fu Movie Industry Failed?
http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/10/wondering-why-india%E2%80%99s-kung-fu-movie-industry-failed/

Movie Rumor Roundup
http://cinestuff.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/the-round-up120609/

The 50 Most Frequently Looked Up Words on NYTimes.com
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/ny-times-mines-its-data-to-identify-words-that-readers-find-abstruse/

The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company - the online purveyors of high-quality crimefighting merchandise
http://www.superherosupplies.com/

The Worst Job in the World
http://www.photoshoptutors.com/2009/06/worst-job-in-the-worldworst-job-in-the-world/

Interactive Psychedelic Kaleidoscope (try it on "Full Screen")
http://lsdex.ru/fla/interactive-kaleidoscope/

How to read Wine Label Information
http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-label.htm

This could come in handy - the Affluent Pauper - Learning to Live Large on Very Little (read: "free stuff")
http://affluentpauper.blogspot.com/

40 Examples of Incredible Photo Manipulation
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/40-examples-of-incredible-photo-manipulation/

12 Terrifying Pieces of Furniture That Will Give Your Children Nightmares
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/furniture-will-give-you-nightmares

If wedding invitations are the bomb, this one is the Weapon of Mass Destruction
http://metalmother.com/motherboard/index.php/2008/11/married/

Currency Collages
http://www.bextim.com/mark-wagners-currency-collages.html

Creating a Nation of Wimps (Amen.)
http://www.freemindsmedia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&catid=1

10 Things I Learned From Superman
http://trueslant.com/mikeharvkey/2009/06/16/10-things-i-learned-from-superman/

10 Fantastic Futuristic Materials That Actually Exist
http://weburbanist.com/2009/06/16/10-fantastic-futuristic-materials-that-actually-exist/



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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupckaes
http://amypaul.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cupcakes/
Most Of Us Have Seen It Before, But IT's Still Funny: Old Guy Laughing
At The Comedy Barn
http://www.videosift.com/video/Old-guys-laugh-totally-upstages-comedian-115
Awesome Simpsons Intro
http://www.geekarmy.com/funny-pictures/994/awesome-simpsons-intro/


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June 10, 2009

If you receive an email from the
Department of Health telling you
not to eat tinned pork because of
swine flu - ignore it. It's just spam.


Top of the Heap: Bill Nye, the Science Guy (uh!) IS William Shatner! This is AWESOME!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otkW4TlgC5w

How to Be Obnoxious in French
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mongoose/french/

According to this, we should hit the 1 millionth English word TODAY! (Go, us!)
http://www.languagemonitor.com/

Ellen Degeneres' Tulane University Commencement Speech (Thanks, Debb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvSbmd5ZFs&e

Green Lantern trailer, with Malcolm Reynolds goodness! (Thanks, Tally!)
http://moviestinger.com/fan-made-green-lantern-trailer-better-than-real-movie/

THIS is why you shouldn't mess with spiders!
http://www.sharenator.org/This_is_why_you_shouldnt_mess_with_spiders/

Shark diving in Roatan, Honduras - where *I'm* gonna be in 11 days....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5FdKxp2bw

One of the reasons the movie "Serenity" was so cool - the "Bar Fight" rehearsal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9F2iyJLCw

Introduction to Wolfram Alpha (turn your speakers on - Thanks, Uncle Mel!)
http://www72.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

How to Safely Cook Bacon in the Nude (SFW)
http://open.salon.com/blog/jodi_kasten/2009/06/02/foodie_tuesday_how_to_safely_cook_bacon_in_the_nude

Like the Rockstar energy drink? Guess who's intimately involved with the company?
http://consumerist.com/5283320/rockstar-energy-drink-doesnt-want-consumers-to-know-about-connection-to-shock-jock-michael-savage

How to Write to Your Congressional Representative
http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=29#

14 Cool Vending Machines from Japan
http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/06/08/14-cool-vending-machines-from-japan/

15 Movie Characters in Real Life (cool, except for the sleazy shark dude)
http://gawno.com/2009/05/15-movie-characters-in-real-life/

35 Tip Jars Designed to Make You Give More
http://topcultured.com/money/35-tip-jars-designed-to-make-you-give-more/

June 3, 2009

If "Star Trek" has taught us anything about
the future of science and technology it is
that red shirts are not safety garments.


Top of the Heap: Amazingly accurate! The Astounding World of the Future (BEST SHORT FILM - New York Comedy Film Festival)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJjUVIIYptE&e

Top 10 Coolest Places to Swim in the World
http://www.supertightstuff.com/05/26/pictures/tight-pictures/the-10-coolest-places-to-swim/

Today is National Running Day (yeah, I know... it doesn't make any sense to me, either)
http://www.runningday.org/

High resolution of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field photograph - Wow...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg

10 Lessons for New Grads
http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/

Oh, yeah - here's a place where I'd love to eat - a Hospital-Themed Restaurant
http://www.moolf.com/travel/hospital-themed-restaurant-in-latvia-hospirestaurant.html

Interstellar GPS
http://gizmodo.com/5271710/how-do-you-avoid-hitting-stars-at-warp-5-a-pulsar-positioning-system

Why Does My Body Do That? Discover the reason for 14 peculiar bodily functions.
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Why-Does-My-Body-Do-That.html

Artcyclopedia - a guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet(s)
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

If I ever got a tattoo, it might be one of these
http://www.uniquescoop.com/2009/05/scientific-tattoos.html

100 Terrific Productivity Tools for the Bored or Unemployed
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/05/26/100-terrific-productivity-tools-for-the-bored-or-unemployed/

And, if that's not enough, here are 5 More Excellent Ways to Waste Time Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-more-excellent-ways-to-waste-time-online-post-in-may/

Ever wonder which movies have extra scenes during or after the credits? Check out Moviestinger
http://moviestinger.com/

Rules of Thumb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rules_of_thumb

80's Lyrics Quiz - How many can you get without using Google?
http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html

100 Amazing Online Tools to Learn About Outer Space
http://www.photography-colleges.org/100-amazing-online-tools-to-learn-about-outer-space/

Creative and Funny Advertising
http://www.nuffy.net/misc/pics/creative-and-funny-advertising.html

More than likely, the coolest picture of the Orion Nebula you will see this week
http://www.dualmonitorbackgrounds.com/albums/astronomy/OrionNebula3.jpg

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Wormhole
http://members.shaw.ca/ecto135back/Cannot%20find%20planet.htm

Amazing Spray Paint Art
http://www.wimp.com/slickart/

May 27, 2009

The boys and I had such a great time over the
holiday -- first we took turns mixing various
combinations of 2% and 1% milk to see if we
could taste-guess the resulting milkfat levels,
then we examined each others' sunburns to
see if we could ascertain the SPF of the
lotions we selected while blindfolded.
How did *you* spend you Numerial Day?


Top of the Heap: 100 Most Creative Business Cards (Once again, mine must've been #101)
http://www.cracktwo.com/2009/05/100-most-creative-business-cards/


The utter awesomeness of Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2009/05/brown-sugar-bacon-waffles.html

Winner: The Best Visual Illusion of the Year
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/2009/the-break-of-the-curveball/

Addicting game-of-the-week: Learn to Fly (thanks, William!)
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/action/1380.htm

NASA video of descent onto Titan - incredibly cool info display
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/148081main_PIA08117_titan_data.mov

Here's another one - male or female?
http://ineedfile.com/optical_illusion_twins.html

40 Useful and Creative Infographics
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/40-useful-and-creative-infographics/

Crossword puzzle got you stumped? Try Crosstips
http://crosstips.org/

What to Buy If You are Homeless - Budget Suggestions for the Extremely Poor
http://www.squidoo.com/what_to_buy_if_you_are_homeless

The Problem With Young People Today... (language is a little salty)
http://crabbyoldfart.wordpress.com/

A List of Band Name Etymologies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_band_name_etymologies

Sorry, No Moustache - famous people without facial hair
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2804

Common English Errors
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html?

Very possibly the coolest astronomy picture you'll see this week
http://seedmagazine.com/slideshow/the_long_shot/#8

Except for maybe this one
http://www.christensenastroimages.com/clusters/m45_large.html

Or this...
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090526.html

The Drama Button - for all of life's unnecessary drama
http://www.dramabutton.com/

May 20, 2009

Nutritionists claim that you can reduce the
calories in a dish by substituting applesauce for
the fat in the recipe. Maybe I'm picky, but the
French fries I boiled in applesauce *sucked.*



Top of the Heap: The Camera That Changed the Universe
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/05/the_camera_that_changed_the_u5.php

RunPee will tell you when it's safe to make a bathroom run during a movie, and what you missed
http://runpee.com/#app=3e1a&e1bd-RunPeeID=0.0.0&28e1-selectedIndex=0

Funny Science T-Shirts
http://teenormous.com/lists/funny-science-t-shirts-23

Better late than never
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/05/08/better-late/

25 Messages With Hidden Logos
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/hidden-logos-in-graphic-designing/

Everything You Need to Know About Slings & Slingshots
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html

Wanna know how the new Star Trek film reflects the previously established continuity? Click here...
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/05/12/star-trek-movie-annotations/

Eye Candy. Just click and enjoy. Probably better if you're a bit buzzed...
http://bestiario.org/research/eyecandy/

More maps than you'll ever need
http://mapscroll.blogspot.com/

The Top 8 Methods of Sneaking Out of Work Early (and Often)
http://www.examiner.com/x-3040-Minneapolis-Life-in-the-Cubicle-Examiner~y2009m2d4-Top-8-Methods-for-Sneaking-Out-of-Work-Early-and-Often

100 Best Blogs for Gadget Lovers
http://becomingacomputertechnician.com/?page_id=39

Forget the destruction of you-know-what and the loss of you-know-who. Spock's lowest point was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

May 13, 2009

I wonder when McDonald's is finally going to get
around to finishing that second Arch in St. Louis?


Top of the Heap: Susan Boyle will still probably win Britain's Got Talent, but Stavros Flatley is going to give her a run for her money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tu0PAbW75A&e

Want to see the Hubble Space Telescope & Shuttle? Just enter your zip code.
http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/

This coming Friday is "Skip Tucker Day" at the Marvelwood School.
http://www.marvelwood.org/news/15814/Campus-News-Skip-Tucker-Day-08.htm

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
http://fravia.com/realicra/basiclawsofhumanstupidity.htm

Make a Mess
http://www.messmaker.com/

Cool keychain gadgets
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/05/cool-keychain-gadgets.html

Trek Yourself
http://www.trekyourself.com/

33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/33-rules-to-boost-your-productivity/

Interesting read - Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

The Best and Worst Brain Foods
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/31477/best-and-worst-brain-foods/

Star Trek's Six Most Ridiculous Alien Races
http://www.cracked.com/article_17317_star-treks-6-most-ridiculous-alien-races.html

Ever wonder what the Chinese curses in "Firefly" and "Serenity" mean?
http://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/

Awkward Family Photos
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

Fanciful Fads of the Fifties
http://www.webphemera.com/2009/05/fulminant-fads-of-fifties.html


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Coolest Schoolbuses
http://www.coolcarsandgirls.com/2008/10/coolest-school-bus.html

Quad (super fun)
http://www.norbain.com/games/quad/play

May 6, 2009

Haikus are silly.
I would never waste my time
counting syllables.


Top of the Heap: The New Math
http://www.morenewmath.com/

Slang From the 1920's
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

"My God, it's full of stars!"
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/30/chandra-cuts-through-the-fog/

Timeline of a Car Crash
http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/02/23/timeline-of-a-car-crash/

Underwater Photography Contest Winners, 2009
http://rsmas.miami.edu/support/advancement/uw-2009/uw-2009-winners.html

The World's Largest Stuff
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/04/worlds-largest-stuff.html

May be a bit of an oxymoron, but here are some Great Redneck Inventions
http://interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-redneck-inventions.html

50 Tools Everyone Should Own (With Tips!)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/tools/4314786.html

Maybe You Shouldn't Buy That - a collection of the most expensive and most worthless items in the world.
http://maybeyoushouldntbuythat.com/

Well THIS will have you feeling all chipper: "Where Are You in the Movie?"
http://www.amberdigital.com/where/

For the adolescents among us... How to Make a Booger Ball
http://www.averyswellidea.com/swellideas/BoogerBall.html

"My father was a locksmith..."
http://craigslisting.tumblr.com/post/87642523/unhappily-married

13 things that are probably impossible, except they are supported by scientific evidence.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html?full=true

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

The Size Of Our World
http://www.gifbin.com/982041
Greyhound Vs. Amtrak
http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2007/10/29/greyhound-vs-amtrak/