January 27, 2010

I think the Denver Mint should charge
an admission fee for tours of their facility.
Think how much money they could make!



Top of the Heap: 50 Kick-Ass Websites You Need to Know About
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/50_awesome_websites

Top of the Heap #2: 10 (More) Helpful Websites You Have Never Heard Of
http://www.toptenz.net/10-helpful-websites-you-have-never-heard-of.php

In this week's "I-Want-Me-One-Of-These" department - a personal flying suit!
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/nasa-announces-designs-for-personal-flying-suit/

The Top 10 Gadget Patents We Hope Will Turn Into Real Products
http://www.pcworld.com/article/186973/article.html?tk=nl_bex_h_topstories

Gordon Shumway (ALF) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Verified_ALF

Related: Complete episodes of ALF, for free
http://www.youtube.com/show?p=qDhquq4o-uU&feature=fvsp

Along that same line - here are all the episodes of "The Greatest American Hero"
http://www.youtube.com/show?p=8_QMobVz6-A&s=1

Rare Photographs of Celebrities
http://izismile.com/2010/01/20/rare_photographs_of_celebrities_125_pics.html

What Makes a Good Teacher?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/good-teaching

Aliens Unmasked: The faces Behind Movie Monsters
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/arts-entertainment/2010/01/aliens-unmasked-the-faces-behind-movie-monsters-from-outer-space.html

The 10 Strangest Calendars for 2010 (Bunny Suicides is my favorite!)
http://inventorspot.com/articles/happy_weird_year_10_strangest_calendars_2010_36745

Kinda cool - the Color Picker Pen
http://www.tuvie.com/color-picker-by-jinsun-park/

In the Ain't-it-Cool Department: Wingsuit Skydivers Mistaken for UFO's
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1245282/Skydiving-wingsuit-record-Jumpers-mistaken-UFO.html

Thibidaux & Boudreax jokes, How to Talk Like a Cajun and Cajun Recipes all over at The Cajun Porch!
http://cajunnet2.cajunnet.com/~griffins/

"Whimsical wardrobes, darling dressers and other magical movables" from Straight Line Designs
http://www.straightlinedesigns.com/flashsite/straightline2.html

How to Amp Up a Laser Pointer
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Amp_Up_a_Laser_Pointer

7 Places to Find Free eBooks
http://alturl.com/g6sq

How to Use a Semicolon
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

Find out about your favorite musical artist(s) on One Page Artist
http://www.onepageartist.com/

Bouncing Water Drop at 2000 frames per second (Thanks, Billy!)
http://www.flixxy.com/water-drop.htm

Wanna see what the Feebs have on you? Here's how to get a copy of your FBI file (Thanks, Jackie!)
http://www.everything2.com/title/How+to+Get+a+Copy+of+Your+FBI+File

January 20, 2010

Sure, I *like* my coffee like I *like*
my women: hot, fresh and strong.
But sometimes, I have to settle for what
I can get: old, cold, bitter and ready
to be thrown out by just about anybody else.

Top of the Heap: Visuwords is the coolest dictionary / thesaurus / word site ever
http://www.visuwords.com/

Another Top of the Heap: Superuseless Superpowers (This one made me spit coffee)
http://superuseless.blogspot.com/

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. No, really.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c43_1263177517

Logos With Hidden Meanings
http://theroxor.com/2009/10/22/23-brilliant-logos-with-hidden-messages/

The Top 15 Fictional Firearms
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/01/16_awesome_fictional_firearms.php

When Animals Invade: The Six Species That Are Trying to Take Over the World
http://www.spike.com/blog/when-animals-invade/91115

Seven Classic Movie Moments You Didn't Know Were Improv
http://www.spike.com/blog/top-seven-classic/91367

Apparently, *some* people have way-y-y too much time on their hands - Toothpick Artwork
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/10-Top-Notch-Toothpick-Artworks.html

10 Telephone Prank Calls That'll Make You Squirm
http://www.yourofficeandpa.co.uk/blog/?p=8

The Odds of Airborne Terror (Hint: they're pretty low)
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/12/odds-of-airborne-terror.html

Top 10 clever kitchen repurposing tricks
http://lifehacker.com/5447528/top-10-clever-kitchen-repurposing-tricks

Hilarious Print Ads
http://spyrestudios.com/hilarious-print-ads/

Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka's collection of anomalous motion optical illusions.
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

Murphy's Law Calculator
http://andrew.triumf.ca/cgi-bin/murphy.html

7 Ways to Stay Connected to Facebook (Without Going to the Site)
http://socialmouths.com/blog/2010/01/11/stay-connected-to-facebook/

January 13, 2010

Considering that I live in the most technologically
advanced country in the world, it's eerie how many
women I meet who have disconnected phone numbers.


Top of the Heap: The Best Time to Buy Anything, All Year Round
http://lifehacker.com/5440376/the-best-times-to-buy-anything-all-year-round

From the Bardgal - Epic Win Pics
http://epicwinftw.com/

What if Shakespeare had written The Big Lebowski? Well, wonder no more, but instead hie thee to Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
http://runleiarun.com/lebowski/

Synthehol is just around the corner
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6874884/Alcohol-substitute-that-avoids-drunkenness-and-hangovers-in-development.html

Addicting Game of the Week - Tiger's Transgressions (thanks, Timmy. You da man)
http://www.atom.com/fun_games/tiger_woods_defense/?xrs=eml_121709

17 Reasons Your Mac Runs Slower Than It Should
http://www.chriswrites.com/2009/04/17-reasons-why-your-mac-is-so-unbelievably-slow/

The best sites to learn about the Vancouver Winter Olympics
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/01/10/the-best-sites-to-learn-about-the-vancouver-winter-olympics/

Rules for 'Zombie Chess.' Uses a normal board and requires multiple sets of pieces, but looks fun.
http://alizarin71.livejournal.com/9489.html

A Peek into Netflix Queues
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/10/nyregion/20100110-netflix-map.html

15 Cool Gadgets for your Bathroom
http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/01/05/15-cool-gadgets-for-your-bathroom/

10 Unexpected Elvis Covers
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/44643

And, for those of you who need a bit of encouragement, here are the Top 10 Bizarre Apocalypse Scenarios
http://listverse.com/2010/01/09/top-10-bizarre-apocalypse-scenarios/

See what your browser reveals to the sites you visit with the Web Browser Privacy Check
http://ipinfo.info/html/privacy-check.php

Cool Floors
http://www.floorstoyourhome.com/blog/2010/01/10-most-awesome-floors-ever-created/

10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ten-nasa-inventions.htm#mkcpgn=fb3

January 6, 2009

Sometimes it takes an impassioned plea by
a celebrity to increase our awareness of a
plight that might otherwise go unnoticed.
And thankfully, because of Sylvester, I, too,
will not rest until we alleviate the suffering
of the world's succotash population.


Top of the Heap: How to Do Almost Anything Online in 2010
http://mashable.com/2010/01/02/how-to-guide-2010/

In case you didn't get enough "End of the Year/Decade" lists LAST week, here's the Ultimate List of End of Decade Lists
http://www.brobible.com/Story/79924

2010 Banished Words List
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/discuss/?p=29

Addicting Game O'the Week: Shoot some hoops online
http://www.onlinegames.com/basketball/

Explore the cities of the world through 360º panoramic pictures
http://www.360cities.net/

ANOTHER Addicting Game of the Week - Endless Migration
http://www.kongregate.com/games/HotAirRaccoon/endless-migration

The World's Largest Spherical Panoramic Photograph
http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels

The darker side of Twitter
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=101619832&m=101613126

Little Girls Don't Grow Up to be Han Solo
http://authspot.com/short-stories/little-girls-dont-grow-up-to-be-han-solo/

10 Ways Car Dealers Make Money Off You
http://listverse.com/2009/03/09/10-ways-car-dealers-make-money-off-you/

Over 150,000 movies to watch online at Movie Monitor
http://moviemonitor.com/

I covered this on the House of Chaos, but here's the link to Starfleet Wetsuits!
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2009/05/scuba-show-2009.html
http://www.roddenberry.com/rdt-custom-wetsuit-7mm.html#

Top 10 Mysteries (and Conspiracy Theories) of Outer Space
http://listverse.com/2009/12/31/top-10-mysteries-of-outer-space/

5 Real Buried Treasures That Can Make You Rich (or Kill You)
http://www.cracked.com/article/18358_5-real-buried-treasures-that-can-make-you-rich-or-kill-you/

Unleash your inner chef with the Spice Encyclopedia
http://www.spiceadvice.com/encyclopedia/index.html

10 Technologies That Will Rock 2010 (Thanks, Paul!)
http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/10-technologies-that-will-rock-2010/

20 Photoshop Tips and Tricks That You Should Know About
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/20-photoshop-tips-tricks-that-you-should-know-about-part-one/

December 30, 2009

In kindergarten, we spent weeks learning the
alphabet. I wasn't very good at it, so I got an
F when they tested us. At least they *told* me
it was an F -- I had no way of knowing for sure.


Top of the Heap: Top 10 Top 10 Lists of 2009
http://alturl.com/fv55

If there's something you only get to do once a year AND once in a blue moon, tomorrow just might be your lucky day
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/22/its-a-blue-moon-new-years-eve-party/

List of TV series and movie marathons and specials for New Year's Eve weekend 2009
http://www.tvtango.com/news/detail/id/136/235-tv-series-and-movie-marathons-and-specials-for-new-years-eve-weekend

The Year’s Best Pictures of the Sky, Space and Stars
http://izismile.com/2009/12/22/the_best_pictures_of_the_sky_space_and_stars_20_pics.html

Why we should call the new year Twenty-Ten, not Two Thousand-Ten
http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/why-we-should-call-the-new-year-twenty-ten/1061075

Dave Barry's year in review: 2009
http://linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?cmd=go;id=148970

The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834,00.html

Where were YOU when the world ended? Y2K in Y2K10 - Ten Years Later
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/23/y2k-in-y2k10-ten-years-later/

The year's most amazing scientific images
http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

6 Terrible Names People Are Trying to Give This Decade.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-decade-with-no-name/

US Timeline 2000-2009
http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline2000.html

The 50 Funniest Celebrity Quotes of the Decade
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-50-funniest-celebrity-quotes-of-the-2000s

The Top One-Liners Of The Decade
http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/one-liners-of-the-decade

Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the Decade
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/

Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade.
http://gizmodo.com/5430073/ten-science-stories-that-changed-our-decade

Top 10 Space Stories of the Decade
http://news.discovery.com/space/top-10-space-stories-decade.html
The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-20-best-gadgets-of-the-decade-2000-2009.html

Most Popular Free iPhone Apps of 2009
http://linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?cmd=go;id=148912

2009 List of Banished Words
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2009.php

The Top 10 Embarrassing Sports Moments of the Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJg9N0SKj4

The 12 Most Shocking Moments of the Year
http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20319348_20331173,00.html

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Ogori Cafe
http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/ogori-cafe-service-with-a-surprise.html
MacWorld Cover Creation
http://peterbelanger.com/posts/36-cover-creation


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December 23, 2009

You'd be surprised how gracious the other patrons
of a cash register line can be when you arrive jumping
up and down, hugging a 24-pack of toilet tissue.


Top of the Heap: 2009 Finalists for the Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/cat/top-10-finalists/2009/

Top of the Heap #2: Every misconception imaginable. The Book of General Ignorance
http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/esheline/Book_of_General_Ignorance/Mitc_9780307405517_oeb_c01_r1.htm

Top of the Heap #3: The Results of Slate's "Write Like Sarah Palin" Contest
http://www.slate.com/id/2237261/slideshow/2237294/fs/0/entry/2237295/

2009 Last Minute Holiday Geek Gift Guide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185241/2009_lastminute_holiday_geek_gift_guide.html?tk=nl_cox_h_crawl

How to type upside down and backwards on the Web (tip O'the hat to the Bardgal!)
http://www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html

Tweet from the Large Hadron Collider Twitter account
http://odemo.blogaliza.org/files/2009/12/LCH-grande.png

15 Uses for Incredibly Inexpensive White Vinegar
http://tinyurl.com/ybsfxl6

Most Popular Free Mac Downloads for 2009
http://lifehacker.com/5427165/most-popular-free-mac-downloads-of-2009

10 Questions to Ask Before Picking a Major
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2009/12/16/10-questions-to-ask-before-picking-a-major.html

10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who've Been Screwing You
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/144679/10_ways_to_screw_over_the_corporate_jackals_who%27ve_been_screwing_you

What Was Popular Mechanics Thinking?
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=10506

10 blue characters that are cooler than the aliens in "Avatar"
http://www.asylum.com/2009/12/18/10-blue-characters-we-like-more-than-avatar-aliens/

Top 10 Strangest Moments in Movie Monster Science
http://listverse.com/2009/12/22/top-10-strangest-moments-of-movie-monster-science/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

School Answering Machine
http://www.break.com/index/hilarious-answering-machine-message.html

At First, But Then (Skipnote: If you laugh at this, you're doomed)
http://narf.at/pix/9f3377515da9932da4994be63be0c7a9fb924494.jpg


If you want to subscribe to Jack's Sunday paper, send him an email (iamcylon12@gmail.com) and let him know. You won't be disappointed! (Go ahead. I dare you).

December 16, 2009

My most favorite part of Christmas shopping: Shuffling over to the desk
with my robe draped open, cradling a warm cup o' java and stroking the
three-day-old growth sprouting on my jawline, at which point I sit down,
give my knuckles a nice healthy *CRAAAACK* and proceed with to
order a whole bunch of stuff online. My least favorite part would
probably be getting kicked out of OfficeMax before I was finished.


Top of the Heap: I never knew the Universe could be this colorful!
http://www.chromoscope.net/#

The Geek "Must Do Before You Die" Checklist (sort of a birthday present for Luis)
http://dailycupoftech.com/2009/05/04/the-geek-must-do-before-you-die-checklist

Top 10 Quirky Science Tricks for Christmas Parties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_f3SkxTWxc

I present to you the city in the United States with the least creative street names ever. Take a look around.
http://alturl.com/987o

Christmas Around the World (thanks, Billy)
http://www.nightingalecreations.com/MerryChristmas2009.html

The 10 Most Depressing "My Life is Twilight" Entries
http://www.moviefill.com/THE-10-MOST-DEPRESSING-MY-LIFE-IS-TWILIGHT-ENTRIES-19573/

This is going on in every cell in your body right now. Any questions?
http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/show_thumbnails.pl

The Kung-Fu Movie Script Generator (tip O'the hat to Ken)
http://www.onlyknives.com/diy-kung-fu-movie-script

The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-50-best-protest-signs-of-2009

The 12 Days of Christmas, as you've probably never heard it played before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=povDqicuf-4

For the Grinch McScrooges out there, Care4Less is for you!
http://care4less.org/

Find the odds of a white Christmas in your area
http://www.communitywalk.com/united_states_of_america/what_are_the_odds_of_a_white_christmas/map/449720

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Nothing this week... Jack's been studying and working for the closing week of the school play. HOWEVER, he sends out some pretty good stuff every week (chip off the old block), so if you want to subscribe to Jack's Sunday paper, send him an email (iamcylon12@gmail.com) and let him know. You won't be disappointed!

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