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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December 29, 2010

Okay, I think I’ve figured it out: They sell honey in a
container shaped like a bear because no one would
buy it in a container shaped like a bee's ass.



Top of the Heap: Just in case you party a little too much on Friday night - here are some hangover remedies (you're welcome)
http://www.besthangovercure.com/
http://cocktails.about.com/od/healthsafety/ht/hngovr_rmdy.htm
http://www.essortment.com/all/whatisthebest_rsws.htm
http://www.health911.com/hangovers
http://www.mahalo.com/best-hangover-remedies
http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-Hangover-Remedies

The Top 20 Comedy Movies of 2011
http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=14369

15 Guides That Really Teach You Useful Stuff
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pdf-manuals-round-up/

15 More Guides That Really Teach You Useful Stuff
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-free-guides-teach-stuff/

The Words of the Year
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/weekinreview/19sifton.html?_r=1

All things Space at Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://www.astronautix.com/

10 Android Apps to Keep You Fit and Healthy
http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/12/21/10-android-apps-to-keep-you-fit-and-healthy.html

A Guide to Free Kindle Books
http://mashable.com/2010/12/25/free-kindle-books/

Top 100 Free Audio Books
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/Top_100

Find out what the 2011 Tax Cut will be worth to you with this Tax Cut Calculator
http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/2011_Social_Security_payroll_tax_cut_calculator/

The Geek Alphabet. You know who you are.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/13/the-geek-alphabet/

December 22, 2010

A couple hundred years from now, when they're teaching students
about me, they'll probably call this my Website Wednesday period.



Top of the Heap: Happy birthday, Eldest Unmarried Son William! Wow. It seems like only yesterday you were 16.99726027!
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-birthday-william.html

Human progress over the last 200 years (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://cafehayek.com/2010/12/maybe-the-coolest-thing-ever.html

Every space mission from the last 50 years on one map
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/4002050596_0c2b6c4dd2_o.jpg

Mapping America - the results of the 2010 Census, city by city, block by block
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?view=raceethnicity&lat=40.6311&lng=-73.994&l=12

Apparently, Pluto isn't the only Mickey Mouse Planet out there. Depending on how you define a "dwarf planet," there may be hundreds
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/15/how-many-dwarfs-are.html

If Every Movie Got a Straight-to-DVD Sequel
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_152_if-every-movie-got-straight-to-dvd-sequel/

Here's a fun game: Test Your Stupid Skills
http://www.trutv.com/games/trupidity/index.html

Word Lens - a cool iPhone app
http://questvisual.com/

The dumbest tattoos of all time
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/dumbest-tattoos.html?curPhoto=1

Six Scientific Reasons Your Girlfriend's Father Hates You
http://alturl.com/az98u

Yes They Did - Barack Obama Comic Books
http://alturl.com/92ami

SAY GOODBYE TO CAPS LOCK!!!
http://www.slate.com/id/2277926/pagenum/all/

Search dozens of U.S. government databases with one search box at MetaLib
http://alturl.com/f5kgv

Mathway: the Online Math Problem Solver
http://www.mathway.com/


And, some stuff for Crimmus...

13 Things You Didn't Know About Christmas Traditions
http://alturl.com/yt7v3

BFF Donna and I are going to Club 33 today (with the Bardgal and Tommy), so here's a few facts about Christmas at Disneyland
http://www.disneylandclub33.com/
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/08/neatorama-facts-christmas-at-disneyland/

6 Controversial Christmas Carols
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/43204

Christmas Trivia
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/xmastrivia.html

December 15, 2010

I'm really glad neither of my parents had a sister named Christ, because
I'm thinkin' it would've been pretty scary to give Auntie Christ a hug.


Top of the Heap: Most Popular Top 10's of 2010
http://lifehacker.com/5709479/most-popular-top-10s-of-2010

Addicting Game of the Week - Entanglement
http://gopherwoodstudios.com/entanglement/?n=1a

10 Valuable Coins That Could Be in Your Pocket Right Now (but probably aren't)
http://www.advanceloan.net/blog/2010/11/10-valuable-coins-that-could-be-in-your-pocket-right-now/

Stars so weird they make black holes look boring
http://io9.com/5710012/quark-stars-and-strange-matter-a-guide-to-the-weirdest-stars-in-the-universe

The 22 Dumbest Things People Do on Facebook
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/dumbest-things-people-do-on-facebook.html

This is what happens when you get tired of your job as a copywriter
http://www.inkcartridges.uk.com/Remanufactured-HP-300-CC640EE-Black.html

A life-sized picture of a Blue Whale. No kidding.
http://www.wdcs.co.uk/media/flash/whalebanner/content_pub_en.html

Tips For Finding a Good Mechanic Who Won't Break the Bank
http://alturl.com/ufmc7

Calling Dan Brown! Hidden code discovered in Mona Lisa painting!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8197896/Mona-Lisa-painting-contains-hidden-code.html

Google Zeitgeist 2010 - How the world searched
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2010/

How to Hate the Beatles
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/12/how_to_hate_the_beatles.html

6 Essential Android Apps for Business Travel
http://alturl.com/n48tr

Related: 100+ Essential Android Apps and Tips
http://android.appstorm.net/roundups/100-absolutely-essential-android-apps-tips/

December 8, 2010

I've started a new business, delivering hot drinks straight to the customer.
However, I've been advised to change the name of the business.
Apparently people will be put off by the links to crappy service and
reliability problems. It's a shame, too. I thought Tea-Mobile had a nice ring to it.


Top of the Heap: 10 Really Cool DIY Gadgets That Will Take You No More Than 5 Minutes
http://alturl.com/fe2i7

Especially for Jack: Inception in Real Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHBlYJ-tKcs

Christmas on TV: 1,010 Holiday Specials, Episodes, Movies and Marathons for December 2010
http://alturl.com/mhmhx

Here they are: WikiLeaks mirror sites
http://wikileaks.ch/mirrors.html

In this week's "I-want-me-one-of-these" department - a flying car (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=635469588001

The 5 Nominees for Best Mobile App
http://alturl.com/ec26d

Flight and Expulsion - and interesting, interactive infographic
http://www.niceone.org/lab/refugees/

Words cannot express the weirdness of True American Dog
http://www.trueamericandog.com/

Massive collection of behind-the-scenes pics from Star Trek
http://www.coolcrack.com/2010/11/massive-star-trek-behind-scenes-121.html

The 12 Scams of Christmas
http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3707

The complete list of Grammy nominees
http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Lie to Me: Phrases that announce "I'm lying"
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/11/14/i_hate_to_tell_you/

Good Witch Glinda: the Greatest Movie Villain Ever
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/11/14/i_hate_to_tell_you/

Fake iPhone Text Generator
http://www.fakeiphonetext.com/

The Best Space Pictures of 2010
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101130-best-space-pictures-2010/

Pick the Perp (hint: pretty near impossible)
http://picktheperp.com/

For the Calvin Connoisseur: Rare Bill Waterson Art
http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cbillart.html

5 iPhone Apps For Avoiding International Business Faux Pas
http://alturl.com/a9qf3