September 30, 2009

Note to self – write to Pfizer: If you guys ever make
a canine version of Viagra for breeders, a good name
for it would be Knick-Knack-Paddy-Wack, because then
you’ll have a ready-made jingle for the commercials.

Top of the Heap: Too Cool: A 800 megapixel, 360 degrees picture of the Milky Way, as seen from Earth
http://www.sergebrunier.com/gallerie/pleinciel/index-eng.html

Top of the Heap: Create your own adventure with Goby (This thing's AWESOME!)
http://www.goby.com/#_top

Top of the Heap: Solutions for 10 Potential Travel Disasters
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2009/09/solutions-for-ten-potential-travel.html

Debunking a Dozen Travel Myths
http://guides.travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1083446

Practically an entire Website Wednesday in one post - 10 Timewasting Websites
http://webupon.com/web-talk/10-wonderful-websites-with-which-to-waste-time-at-work-2/

This could come in handy - Tune Your Bass or Guitar Online!
http://www.tunemybass.com/

In this week's I-Want-Me-One-of-These Department: The Wand!
http://www.firebox.com/product/2481/The-Wand-TV-Remote-Control

For the geek in all of us - the Holiday Tech Gadget Preview
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,172257/printable.html

I saw Terry Fator in Vegas last week - best show on the Strip, and now YOU can be IN it!
http://www.imyourpuppet.com/

Top 10 Ways to Get More From a Cameraphone
http://lifehacker.com/5368294/top-10-ways-to-get-more-from-a-cameraphone

Double Feature Finder (hee hee hee)
http://www.doublefeaturefinder.com/

Small Town Gems presents the best small towns in America
http://www.smalltowngems.com/browsetowns.html

Free Tutorials
http://learnthat.com/

Photographic Evidence That Your Parents Used to be Cool
http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com/

Addictive Game With the Lamest Name of the Week - the Ability Game
http://www.yoarcade.net/ability/fig.8_content.html

¡ʇxǝʇ dı1ɟ ʎɹʇ ¿uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ ʇuɐʍ
http://www.fliptext.org/

Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Geeky Movies
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/top-10-unanswered-questions-in-geeky-movies/

Number One Rule: Never Get Caught Looking
http://www.lazypalace.com/caught-looking/

Some great candies will be introduced soon, including Milky Way Simply Caramel and 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp
http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/candy_tease_september_2009/#When:17:40:44Z

Fat Guy Shirts
http://www.fatguyshirts.com/

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Whack-A-Kitty
http://imagechan.com/img/7358/Whack%20a%20Kitty/
The 7 IQ Tests For Blondes
http://www.gngnet.gr/stuff/blondes/


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September 23, 2009

I'm going to be rich as soon as my perpetual
calendar hits the marketplace! Unfortunately,
the damn thing hasn't finished printing yet.

Top of the Heap: Calming and Cathartic - the Raindrop Melody Maker
http://www.lullatone.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/raindrop.swf

10 Craziest Baseball Rules
http://jockandballs.com/2009/09/08/10-craziest-baseball-rules/

Addicting Game of the Week: Effing Hail
http://www.intuitiongames.com/effing-hail/

Jack found this one, but I snagged it before he could put it on his Sunday Paper - (see below). I have no idea what it is, but it's addictive.
http://www.cesmes.fi/

On a related note... I have no idea what this is, but it looks awesome!
http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/

Have you ever heard about Honest Tea? Well, apparently, not so much...
http://anerroroccurredwhileprocessingthisdirective.com/2009/09/15/honest-tea-not-so-honest/

The World's First Gadgets
http://www.zoombits.co.uk/blog-bits/first-gadgets/

Looking for that special domicile? How about an old missile silo?
http://www.vbs.tv/palladium/missle-silo-homes

How to Throw a Boomerang (Throwing one is a piece of cake. Making it come back is an entirely different thing.)
http://www.wikihow.com/Throw-a-Boomerang

21 Interesting Facts About "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Well, actually only 20, since #5 and #19 are the same)
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/09/interesting-facts-about-indiana-jones_18.html

Here's something *I* can use: 9 Tips for Insanely Busy Travelers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32867462/ns/travel-tips

Six Things Windows Users Should Know Before Switching to a Mac
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-things-windows-users-should-know-before-switching-to-mac/

6 Facebook Hack Codes and Tips to Show Off Your Geeky Skills
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-facebook-hack-codes-and-tips-to-show-off-your-geeky-skills/

The Best Sounds For Getting Work Done
http://lifehacker.com/5365012/the-best-sounds-for-getting-work-done

September 16, 2009

You know what's funny? Stuffing your pockets with Alka
Seltzer, then jumping in the pool and screaming, "ARRRGGGGHH!!!!!
Somebody filled the pool with acid!!!" You know what's not funny?
Lifeguards. They have absolutely NO sense of humor whatsoever.


Top of the Heap: Top 10 Kanye West Interruption Parodies
http://mashable.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west-parodies/

The Crystal Cave of Giants (Thanks, Kevin)
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Caves/Naica/Naica.html

The best Kid Sites on the Internet(s)
http://www.kidsites.com/

Very possibly the best Wikipedia page, ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_pranks#Common_pranks

Brilliant Negative Space Illustrations
http://www.pixelelement.com/brilliant-negative-space-illustrations-by-noma-bar/

Parents of the Year
http://artsytime.com/parents-of-the-year/

Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Probably Shouldn't (this actually looks pretty cool)
http://www.graysci.com/

The Top 10 Tactics for Protecting Your Stuff
http://lifehacker.com/5357929/top-10-tactics-for-protecting-your-stuff

The Great Geek Manual - your one-stop source for geek culture on the web. (You know who you are)
http://www.thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/

6 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Gmail
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2009/09/6-smart-gmail-tricks-to-help-you-get.html

The Awesome Internet Guide to the Movie Addict
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-internet-guide-to-the-movie-addict-pdf/

13 Things That Don't Make Sense
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html

13 MORE Things That Don't Make Sense
http://www.newscientist.com/special/13-more-things

11 Yearbook Photos That Musicians Wish We'd Never Seen (the last three are EPIC)
http://www.11points.com/Music/11_Yearbook_Photos_That_Musicians_Wish_We%27d_Never_Seen

Eight Myths about the Freemasons
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090915-lost-symbol-dan-brown-freemasons-book.html

The Unhealthiest Food Items at Popular Chains
http://lifehacker.com/5359878/fast-food-chart-rounds-up-the-unhealthiest-items-at-popular-chains

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Let Me Google That For You
http://lmgtfy.com/
The Drama Button
http://www.dramabutton.com/
National Geographic's Map Of The Universe
http://www.jointquest.com/jointquest-old/NationalGeographicTheUniverseMap.jpg


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September 9, 2009

Between the divorce, the new job situation and one frantic
work deadline after another, it feels like I've become buried
in my own life and lost touch with the rest of the world.
Sometimes I think the only thing keeping me going is looking
forward to that Michael Jackson concert next month.


Top of the Heap: Sci-Fi's Most Beautiful Stars, 1933-2008
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=6190

You're Doing It Wrong: How to Properly Buy, Maintain and Use a Knife
http://gizmodo.com/5348996/youre-doing-it-wrong-how-to-properly-buy-maintain-and-use-a-knife

Related (and kind of cool): Learn to Throw a Knife
http://lifehacker.com/5346186/learn-to-throw-a-knife

Hey! Something for ME! Top 10 Hard to Kill House Plants
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-hard-to-kill-house-plants.php

Jack will like this one - For the Pen Fetishist - 10 Cool Pens
http://www.oddee.com/item_96796.aspx

Top 10 Tactics for Productive Travel
http://lifehacker.com/5348115/top-10-tactics-for-productive-travel

Free Family Things to Do in Each of the 50 States
http://travelingmom.com/table/free-in-50-states/

Living Wage Calculator: See what you should be making, depending on where you live, in order to survive
http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/

Raindrop Melody Maker - very Zen, very soothing
http://www.lullatone.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/raindrop.swf

Is There a Scientific Way to Measure How Bad a Fart Smells? Sadly, yes.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/there-scientific-way-measure-fart-smell

How to Shave Your Legs (ostensibly for cyclists, but hey...)
http://coachlevi.com/cycling/how-to-shave-legs-guide-for-cyclists/

Oddest Bacon Products, including Bacon BEER! (Thanks, Donna!)
http://www.asylum.com/2009/08/17/has-bacon-madness-jumped-the-swine-with-bacon-beer/

How to Sell a Car to a Teenagers' Parent
http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/cto/1355615384.html

Slydial - a voice messaging service that connects you directly to someone's voicemail
http://www.slydial.com/

This is pretty cool - the O.R.B. (Tip O'the hat to BarriDawn!)
http://www.hybratech.com/orb.php

Worst Movie Accents
http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/09/02/worst-movie-accents-readers-picks/

The complete lyrics to "The Song That Never Ends"
http://www.zutroy.com/stuff/neverend/index.htm

Enter a movie title and listen to the Soundtrack
http://momupl.com/

For the Munchkins:
A collection of over 300 audiobooks for kids
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/
100 Best Science Sites for Kids
http://onlinenursepractitionerschools.com/?page_id=41

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Addicting Games:
Dots
http://www.wildstyledesign.com/dots/
Pick The Perp
http://picktheperp.com/


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September 2, 2009

Lately I find myself forgetting little
things. I think I may have micronesia.


Top of the Heap: Choose an effect to Eff Your Pic - this is fun!
http://www.effmypic.com/

70 Outstanding Out of Bounds Photos
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-outstanding-out-of-bounds-photos/

Click on the guy who played Hitler. Something seems a bit off here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_-_Dead_or_Alive

The Ice Cream Headache
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-cream_headache

Incredible pictures: In Flight
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/in_flight.html

The Strategy of Coin-Flipping
http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/the-coin-flip-a-fundamentally-unfair-proposition

Your Complete Guide to Fall Science Fiction TV ("V" and "Flash Forward" look promising...)
http://io9.com/5344534/your-complete-guide-to-fall-science-fiction-tv

The language is a bit salty, but the concept is spot on: Two Phrases That Destroyed American Culture
http://www.violentacres.com/archives/59/two-phrases-that-destroyed-american-culture

The People of Walmart
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

Naked eye astronomy, anyone?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8224433.stm

Dated Movie Review of the Week: Star Wars III - Hilarious!
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/05/23/050523crci_cinema?currentPage=all

Bad Parents
http://1ta.blogfa.com/post-245.aspx

Amazing and breathtaking Aviation Pictures
http://submitarchive.com/upload/plane.php

Cool Optical Illusion (if you don't believe it, print it out and try it for yourself)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Beyond-Belief-and-Back-in-30-secs-An-Optical-I/

This could come in handy: Sound Sleeping: Sounds to Promote Sleep and Relaxation
http://www.soundsleeping.com/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Subliminal Messages
http://www.artistmike.com/Temp/SubliminalAd.html


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August 26, 2009

You know that cool thing the stars do in Star
Wars when they make the jump past light
speed? I found I can make a good imitation
of it on the bathroom mirror, if I floss real
close to it after eating a big, chewy steak.


Top of the Heap: 100 Totally Fun and Weird College Courses You Can Now Take for Free
http://www.onlineclasses.org/2009/08/11/100-totally-fun-and-weird-college-courses-you-can-now-take-for-free/

The Stupidest Table Manners (and How to Resist Them)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/radicaleater/top-10-most-ridiculous-table-manners-ghl

The Diver and the Whale (Wow!)
http://www.scubadivemaldives.com/the-amazing-story-of-the-scuba-diver-and-the-whale.html

A Back-to-School Guide for College Students
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10313158-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

And, along that same line, 15 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2009/08/19/15-secrets-of-getting-good-grades-in-college.html

10 Amazing Truths You Already Suspected (Tip O'the hat to Troy)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/08/07/notes080709.DTL

For the Geeks (you know who you are) - MATH TATTOOS!
http://www.bowlofserial.com/2009/08/19/interesting-mathematic-tattoos/

Interesting article that's pretty much guaranteed to piss off "District 9" fans....
http://thefinecut.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-keeping-it-real-goes-wrong.html

25 Awesome Homeless Guy Signs
http://www.holytaco.com/25-awsome-homeless-guy-signs

Early Risers are Mutants (Guilty.)
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/813/2

The Truth is Out There - UFO Quotes from Presidents, Astronauts, Senior Military and More
http://www.squidoo.com/ufo-coverups

Being an amateur magician myself, these really hurt - 13 of the Greatest Magic Fails of All Time
http://www.epiccarnival.com/2009/08/13-of-greatest-magic-fails-of-all-time.html

An idea whose time has come - glow-in-the-dark toilet paper!
http://nerdapproved.com/approved-products/glowing-toilet-paper-helps-you-poop-in-the-dark/

21 Oddly Named Places and the Stories Behind Them
http://vacations.com/21-oddly-named-places-and-the-stories-behind-them

Forget Corvettes, Lamborghinis or Maseratis - the 1948 Tucker was the Coolest Car Ever Made
http://www.laubly.com/1948tucker.htm

High-resolution pic of the Moon
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d3/FullMoon.jpg

Insane Anamorphic Art
http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2008/08/29/unbelievable-anamorphic-illusion.html/

Star Trek Bloopers
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/07/03/an-awesome-collection-of-star-trek-bloopers/

Like humor? Monologue transcripts from all the late night comedians
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are Actually
the Same Movie
http://www.spitefulcritic.com/2009/06/hold-on-ive-seen-this-before-how-star-wars-star-trek-the-matrix-and-harry-potter-are-actually-the-same-movie/
Hammer Time
http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/11/44%20Hammer%20Time.jpg


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August 19, 2009

I always take the stairs to get to the upper floors
of a building. I tell myself that it's for my
health, but I know the truth lies in my being
ill at ease about getting into a machine whose
manufacture was overseen by Mayberry's town drunk.


Top of the Heap: 100 Websites to Teach Yourself Photography
http://www.photography-colleges.org/100-websites-to-teach-yourself-photography/

Remember Count Chocula and Frankenberry? The Breakfast Cereal Project does
http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_home.asp

Fall 2009 Sci Fi TV Preview
http://axiomsedge-scifi.com/wordpress/sci-fi-tv/fall-2009-sci-fi-tv-preview/

Everyone Loves Astronomy. Everyone.
http://www.deepastronomy.com/
And, along THOSE lines...
* An INTERACTIVE view of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field!
http://home.exetel.com.au.nyud.net/bmgoau/space/008_1561b2.html
* Same sort of thing with the Orion Nebula
http://home.exetel.com.au/bmgoau/space/008_1211.html

5 Ways to Spice Up Your (Firefox) Sidebar
http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/firefox-sidebar-tips/

(Classic) Addictive Game O'the Week - Snake!
http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=209

Bonus - Word Games!
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/index.html

10 Things Veterinarians Won't Tell You
http://www.smartmoney.com/spending/rip-offs/10-things-your-veterinarian-wont-tell-you-18069/?print=1

The Top 10 Greatest South Park Episodes
http://listverse.com/2009/08/09/top-10-greatest-south-park-episodes/

Free online photo retouching
http://www.pictreat.com/

You ever wonder how many people there are in Space right now?
http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/

What the Internet was made for! Tape Yourself!
http://www.tapeyourself.com/

Move over, Octomom...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207158/Tunisian-woman-expecting-12-babies-smash-record-octuplets-mother.html

Translation Party will translate a phrase back and forth from English to Japanese until it is pretty much unrecognizable. Enjoy.
http://translationparty.com/

61 Exceptionally Creative Wine Label Designs
http://weburbanist.com/2009/04/09/61-exceptionally-creative-wine-label-designs/

Not particularly newsworthy, but I love the title: George Michael Read Ends a Trucker
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090815/ten-george-michael-arrested-over-lorry-c-8a3eada.html


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

31 Awesome Divorce Cakes
http://smaknews.com/Entertain-Me/31-awesome-cakes-to-celebrate-your-divorce/

The 10 Most Unhealty Foods In The Supermarket
http://goodhealthnaturally.nourished.com.au/the-most-unhealthy-foods-in-your-supermarket-part-1/

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