January 28, 2009

One thing I learned when the kids were little
was that, despite a high coolness factor, it
turns out that teaching your toddlers to
repeat, "Red-RUM! Red-RUM!" also puts one
in the market for a new daycare provider.


Top of the Heap: This is just too freakin' cool - Glow in the Dark Mountain Dew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61QUXtBqi3s&e

Barack, Paper, Scissors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2mcdS6ioo8

The Most Commonly Misspelled Words Quiz
http://www.businesswriting.com/tests/commonmisspelled.html

Here's yet ANOTHER list I didn't quite make (must've been #21)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List

Yes-s-s!!! Bacon Cupcakes!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6632953

Pinky, the Pet of the Week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KFUImd6z5k

For Maynard and the kids across the Pond - Signs You've Been in London (Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, etc.) Too Long
http://demonicious.com/20090122/signs-youve-been/

This is pretty cool - an interactive Zip Code decoder
http://benfry.com/zipdecode/

This one lost me about halfway through - How to Imagine the Tenth Dimension
http://www.break.com/index/how-to-imagine-the-tenth-dimension.html

Addicting Game O'the Week - Detonate (thanks, William)
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Detonate.html

Amazing 1,474 megapixel image of the Obama Inauguration
http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/

Great bar trick - switch places between whiskey and water
http://www.5min.com/Video/Switch-places-between-whiskey-and-water-3604

The Emergency Yodel Button
http://www.emergencyyodel.com/



And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Come Fly With Me
http://jimspages.com/Comeflywithme.htm

Coupon Generator
http://www.couponfu.com/lb/generate/

Men In Plaid
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/7/79/Meninplaid.jpg

January 21, 2009

Man, it's just my luck. I just thought of a GREAT
tagline for Website Wednesday and my pen ran ou


Top of the Heap: Star Wars Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)
http://vimeo.com/2809991

10 Incredibly Accurate Impersonations by People You Wouldn't Recognize
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/11/12/10-incredibly-accurate-impersonations-by-people-you-wouldnt-recognize/

2009 Inaugural Celebration, from Space
http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/gallery/detail.aspx?iid=220&gid=1

Movie Trivia from The Princess Bride
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/11/movie-trivia-the-princess-bride/

The Satellites that Surround Earth
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030714.html

Ever had a shrimp, squid, tuna, mayonnaise, broccoli, and onion pizza? Check out the Japanese Pizza Hut Menu
http://caitlinomara.com/2008/06/pizza-hut-japan/

Sean Connery wants to play a Bond villain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-547869/Original-007-Sean-Connery-wants-James-Bond-baddie.html

Fascinating Facts About Smoking Cigarettes
http://listverse.com/science/30-fascinating-cigarette-smoking-facts/

The Stupidest 22-Year Old on the Planet
http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html#Comments

How far away is the horizon?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/15/how-far-away-is-the-horizon/

Very strange.... drag the bar
http://www.adobecards.com/container.swf

12 Things You Don't Want to be Caught Doing Abroad
http://reasonpad.com/?p=1843

55 Beers That Will Knock You Flat On Your Ass
http://www.mybadpad.com/fun-stuff/55-beers-that-will-knock-you-flat-on-your-ass

Oh yeah, this one has Grammy written all over it (Damn. now that song is stuck in my head)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nkJquHnAU

Superuseless Superpowers
http://superuseless.blogspot.com/

Stupid Gun Mistakes Made by Writers
http://dixonverse.net/articles/guns.html


And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

The First Ever Looping Waterslide
http://www.maniacworld.com/most-extreme-waterslide-ever.html

January 14, 2009

Michael Phelps' amazing performance winning at the Beijing Olympics
has inspired me to try and get in shape so I can be more like him.
I'm starting off by increasing my food intake to 10,000 calories per day.
Eventually, I'm hoping to learn how to swim, but hey, one thing at a time.



Top of the Heap: 20 Hilarious Newspaper Clippings
http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/2009/01/20-hilarious-newspaper-clippings/

Addicting Game O'the Week - Pyro (thanks, William)
http://www.addictinggames.com/pyro.html

Calvin's Snowmen
http://www.witte-family.net/snowmen.htm

How the yellow football line is made
http://www.wimp.com/slickadd/

Strange Sounds from the Earth (and one from Space) (with audio goodness)
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/08/strange-sounds-earth-bloop-hum-mistpouffers/

At the Stove: A Dash of Science, A Pinch of Folklore
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/science/06cook.html?_r=1

How to be a badass and shave like your grandpa
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/

How to Speed Up a Sluggish Computer
http://www.ehow.com/how_4668777_speed-up-sluggish-computer.html

Simpsons Map
http://www.carnagecorp.com/pub/pictures/simpsonsmap.png

1957 Jukebox (thanky, George!)
http://hfm3.com/jukebox/jukebox.html

The Best Neighbor, Ever
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/28/mf.mrrogers.neighbor/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

Do-It-Yourself Kaleidoscope
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html

I, for one, welcome our new, noisy alien overlords
http://i.gizmodo.com/5128146/nasa-detects-mystery-booming-sound-in-deep-space-origin-unknown

How to Hallucinate Using Ping Pong Balls and a Radio
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/

Free Online Science Dictionary
http://www.thesciencedictionary.com/

25 Classic Movie Monologues
http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2008/12/25-classic-monologues-in-cinema.html

The Slingshot Man
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0

Strange Facts About Microsoft
http://www.althafahmed.com/strange-facts-about-microsoft/

5 Sites That Will Change the Way You Work with Digital Photos
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-that-will-change-the-way-you-work-with-digital-photos/

If Movie Posters Were Honest
http://www.holytaco.com/if-movie-posters-were-honest

Primarily for the Jack - 8 Ways to Make Mac and Cheese
http://www.slashfood.com/2009/01/13/ways-to-make-mac-n-cheese-slashfood-ate-8/

And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Thank You...(Takes About 24 Hours To Finish... I Stopped It After 4)
http://www.hallmark.com/wcsstore/HallmarkStore/images/products/ecards/nfg2687.swf?message=Thanks%20a%20million,%20StumbleUpon%20User!

January 7, 2009

I shot the sheriff *and* the deputy.
Now there's nothing that's stopping
Aunt Bea and I from being together!
Muuuuuhahahahahahahahahaha!


Top of the Heap: Japanese Tablecloth Pulling Championships (with extra Whiskey Tango Foxtrot goodness at the end!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_jzFHj0MhA

Fastest Gun in the West (probably the WORLD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AJzv8gb2A&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div

The Sky in Motion - TSIA
http://www.theskyinmotion.com/

Fun Facts About Smoking
http://hubpages.com/hub/Fun-facts-about-Smoking

Something I've rarely been accused of: Tips For Shaking Your Shyness
http://www.shakeyourshyness.com/Tips.HTM

Who says TV anchors have no moves?
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/headcandy/2008/12/who-says-tv-anc.html

Wii Tips and Tricks
http://www.techjaws.com/wii-tips-and-tricks/

10 Awesome Animated and Interactive Astronomy Websites
http://www.scienceray.com/Astronomy/Night-Sky-Delight-10-Awesome-Animated-and-Interactive-Astronomy-Websites.432509

Logic Test
http://www.think-logically.co.uk/lt.htm

Do You Speak 2009? Buzzwords for the New Year
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/do-you-speak-2009-the-iiosi-buzzword-glossary-1224219.html

A Collection of Cool and Creative Billboards
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/01/05/clever-and-creative-billboard-advertising/


And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

A Cup of Cursors
http://www.gamefudge.com/A-cup-of-cursors

What Cats Do When Looking Inside the Toilet
http://www.you.uz/2008/10/what-cats-do-when-looking-inside-toilet.html

December 31, 2008

There was a movie a couple of years ago called "The Ring"
about a video that kills you if you watch it. If I ever
saw such a video, I'm pretty sure my last words would
be, "It was STILL better than 'The Love Guru!'"


Top of the Heap: Jib-Jab's 2008 Year in Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEP93NVTaw&e

The Top 10 Best Top 10 Lists of 2008
http://popten.net/2008/12/top-ten-best-of-2008-lists/

50 Things We Know Now (We Didn't Know This Time Last Year), 2008 Edition
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/dec/22/50-things-we-know-now-we-didnt-know-time-last-year/life/

The 50 Best Astronomy Pictures of 2008
http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html

10 Things That Won't Survive the Recession
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/23/10_things_that_wont_survive_the_recession_1.html

2009 Kicks off 365 Days of Astronomy Podcasts
http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner~y2008m12d31-New-Year-2009-kicks-off-365-Days-of-Astronomy-podcasts

Back to my old traffic reporter days - some things about traffic that may surprise you
http://tomvanderbilt.com/traffic/some-things-about-traffic-that-may-surprise-you/

How to make Brits and Aussies Sound American (You know who you are. Maynard.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-actor-accents-1229dec29,0,4403795.story

Ambiguity
http://www.skytopia.com/project/illusion/ambig.gif

In the "I-gotta-try-this" category: How to Blow Out a Hardboiled Egg
http://www.infobarrel.com/How_to_Blow_Out_a_Hardboiled_Egg

Pretty cool - an automatic text summarizer
http://search.iiit.net/~jags/summarizer/index.cgi

10 Web Tools to Save Your Butt in School
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-web-tools-to-save-your-butt-in-school/

Be the master of the all-you-can-eat buffet
http://icanhashappy.com/?p=781

10 Flimsy Paranormal Hoaxes Everyone Bought Into
http://ty.rannosaur.us/10-flimsy-paranoramal-hoaxes-everyone-bought-into/

I thought *I* had the most fun job in the world. Nope - this guy does
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1103046/Is-fun-job-world-The-man-travels-globe-testing-holiday-resort-waterslides.html

For us geeks: The Top Infinite Number of Reasons Picard is Better Than Kirk
http://plaza.ufl.edu/joec/startrek_picardvkirk.htm

You know all those old jokes about how bad a singer Yoko Ono was? Have you ever *heard* her sing? (You have been warned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH3cZb8XZek&fmt=18





And, from Jack's Sunday Paper... (subscribe if you haven't)
Reaction Time Trainer
http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html

Hue / Saturation
http://sheepfilms.co.uk/b3ta/b3ta38.htm

Pretty freaky - a Kaleidoscope Painter
http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/

December 17, 2008

Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten.
Except what to do with pliers, a blowtorch and fire ants
once Peter Stewart, the school bully, was hog-tied in the
boiler room. *That* I didn't learn until the second grade.


Top of the Heap: The Top 10 of Everything for 2008
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10

Share this with anyone who wants to smile today
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1892182081

In this week's "I-wan't-me-one-of-these" department...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_-PQdrgw2A&e

The Eyeballing Game (I got a 6.17)
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%2525253A//woodgears.ca/eyeball/

An emotional farewell, he gets up to leave and... wait... did I just SEE that?
http://vids.eonline.com/services/player/bcpid1396519019?bctid=4256703001

Deck us all with Boston Charlie
http://www.pogopossum.com/deckus.htm

Every flight on Earth in 72 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR00_uLfGVE&e

The Plagiarism Checker
http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/?

Well, FINALLY.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081211/sc_livescience/doctorsadviceleavethetoiletseatup;_ylt=AssY19u1Vr2AaRuXcwrrobIPLBIF

The Future of Our World - a small glimpse into the timeline of epic scale (or not...)
http://thefutureofourworld.ytmnd.com/

The Top 40 Travel Songs of All Time (with video goodness!)
http://www.worldhum.com/features/lists/world-hum-top-40-travel-songs-of-all-time-20081208/

10 Surefire Stress-Busting Sites
http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Tension-Condension-10-Surefire-Stress-Busting-Sites.394049

This guy is so bad he's hysterical - the World's Worst Comedian
http://regretfulmorning.com/2008/12/worlds-worst-comedian/

December 12, 2009

Personally, I think Nature should learn
to be a little more tolerant of vacuums.


Top of the Heap: Sine Wave Speech - NOW I understand what R2D2 was saying!
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/sine-wave-speech/

No, wait - THIS is the Top of the Heap: Bacon Stocking Stuffers!
http://www.foodvu.com/content/bacon-stocking-stuffers

Another 10 Fascinating Food Facts (hint: Guess what used to be in 7-Up?)
http://listverse.com/food/another-10-fascinating-food-facts/

15 Looks That David Hasselhoff Can Pull Off But You Can't
http://nextround.net/2008/11/18/15-looks-david-hasselhoff-can-pull-off-but-you-cant/

48 Essential Resources for Student Writers
http://education-portal.com/articles/45_Essential_Resources_for_Student_Writers.html

Clichés: Avoid Them Like the Plague
http://www.suspense.net/whitefish/cliche.htm

Bunnies Suicide
http://alisher.city.tomsk.net/shared/bunnies/

The Most Important Image Ever Taken
http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-deep-field.htm

10 Wondrous Websites With Which to Waste Time at Work
http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Wondrous-Websites-with-Which-to-Waste-Time-at-Work.374831

Calvin and Hobbes - Snow Art
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8866/calvinsnowartsv1.png

Water is the source of life - incredible photos
http://thehomebased.com/?p=8

Movie guide to Summer, 2009
http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=906

100+ websites to help you Organize Your Life
http://mashable.com/2008/12/02/organization-applications/

Science the way it's supposed to be - fun
http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2008/bringing-back-the-dead-1208

Funny T-Shirt designs
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Glennz-Tee-Store-Designs/149088

Tips and Tricks with Google Maps (I particularly like the first one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Xv-cJE5NE&e

20 Movie Technologies That Should Have Been Invented By Now
http://www.memebox.com/futureblogger/show/1391-20-movie-technologies-that-should-have-been-invented-by-now-but-haven-t

The Best of Craigslist: Things I'd like to tell students that would probably get me fired.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/42105113.html

The Top (Bottom?) 15 Worst Joker Costumes
http://www.collegeotr.com/gallery/college_otr/the_15_worst_joker_costumes_16485/1

All of the Nations of the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgCUczHQ34

The back stories to 10 Christmas songs
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20711

Most Popular Top 10's for 2008
http://lifehacker.com/5099979/



BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

My son just started his own version of Website Wednesday called "Jack's Sunday Paper"
Here are a few of the postings:
Build your own Solar System
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Addicting Game O'the Week - Juggler
http://www.coldtomatoes.com/games/juggler/pongleur5.swf
Simple Pop-Ups You Can Make
http://robertsabuda.com/popmake/index.asp

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