May 19, 2010

I bet more kids would sign up for the debate team in high school
if they only knew how vital it would be in kicking total ASS during
lunch-hour pop culture arguments in the Best Buy breakroom someday.


Top of the Heap: The Dealmap - best local deals, coupons and discounts from all over the freakin WORLD!
http://www.thedealmap.com/#DynamicContentContainer

Yet Another Top of the Heap: Use the Facebook Privacy Scanner bookmarklet to see how exposed you are on Facebook
http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/

Good morning, beautiful bacon!
http://www.baconbabble.com/index.php/2010/03/25/good-morning-beautiful-bacon/

10 Must Have Camping Tools for Nerds
http://alturl.com/9ko3

6 Absurd Gender Stereotypes (That Science Says Are True)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18529_6-gender-stereotypes-that-are-actually-true.html

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 10 Craziest Moments
http://www.ranker.com/list/sheriff-joe-arpaio_s-10-craziest-moments/calistylie#start=0&format=blogstyle_view

Wedding Dress Revenge
http://izismile.com/2010/05/13/wedding_dress_revenge_34_pics.html

6 Things You Should Know Before Buying an iPad
http://alturl.com/b9mg

10 Phrases That Can Sink Your Resume
http://telework-hawaii.com/home/2010/05/11/10-phrases-that-can-sink-your-resume/

Optical Illusion of the Week: Motion Induced Blindness
http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html

10 Amazing Phenomenon of a Normal Human Mind (I think they meant "Phenomena," but I nitpick....)
http://www.smashinglists.com/10-amazing-phenomenon-of-a-normal-human-mind/

Awesome collection of free reference sites
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/mars/marspubs/marsbestfreewebsites/marsbestfree2010.cfm

13 Unusual Flip-Flops
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-unusual-flip-flops.html

May 12, 2010

In biblical times, if you loved your wife,
you'd let her ride your ass all day.
I guess some things never change.


Top of the Heap: Will They Build It? Cold Stone Creamery's "Every Topping Under the Sun-dae"
http://topcultured.com/cold-stone-creamery-every-topping-under-the-sun-dae/

28 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Traveling
http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/28-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-traveling/

Incredible, interactive 360° view of the Sistine Chapel (Thanks, Debb!)
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Your Iron Man 2 Character Primer
http://techland.com/2010/05/06/your-iron-man-2-character-primer/

The Art of Sandwiches
http://www.inewidea.com/2010/05/01/30575.html

15 Fascinating Facts About Your Dreams
http://www.mritechnicianschools.org/211/15-fascinating-facts-about-your-dreams/

See if taking combining a drug with something will cause problems at MedHelp Drug Interaction Checker
http://www.medhelp.org/druginteractions

Extract text out of any image with Free OCR
http://www.free-ocr.com/

Bender Converter downloads and converts online videos for free
http://benderconverter.com/

5 Silly Initiation Rituals of Famous Sinister Organizations
http://alturl.com/whys

Top 10 Secrets of Effective Liars
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extreme-fear/201005/top-10-secrets-effective-liars

Best and worst hotels for Wi-Fi
http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/annual%20wifi%20report

10 Worst Travel Rip-offs and How to Avoid Them
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/deals/inside/2010-05-06-top-ten-rip-offs_N.htm

May 5, 2010

I lie awake some nights worried about the
state of the world, with its ever-encroaching
slate of inescapable problems. Bad as that
is, it sure beats the hell out of the other
nights, when I lie awake wondering if zombie
chickens would think humans taste like them.


Top of the Heap: NOW we're cookin' - Homemade Pop Tarts! Mmmmmm, Pop Tarts!
http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/homemade-pop-tarts/

60 Insider Secrets to College Admissions
http://www.onlineuniversitylowdown.com/2007/08/60-insider-secrets-to-college-admissions.html

15 Dorm Room Essentials You Didn't Know You Needed
http://www.bestcollegesonline.net/blog/2010/15-dorm-room-essentials-you-didnt-know-you-needed/

The Breathing Circle - a tool for combating stress, anxiety and panic attacks
http://www.oneletterwords.com/4-square-breathing/

Teabonics
http://www.cracktwo.com/2010/04/teabonics.html

7 Astounding Beach Scenes
http://www.killerdirectory.com/blog/travel/beach-scenes.html

Explore U.S. Government Data About Your Community With "This We Know"
http://www.thisweknow.org/

10 "Bad" Foods That Are Actually Good For You
http://www.budgetlife.com/blog/good-bad-foods/

A brilliant innovation - the bullet train that never stops
http://softhunder.blogspot.com/2010/04/train-that-never-stops-at-station.html

10 Fun Gadgets That'll Freak Out Your Guests
http://www.oddee.com/item_97055.aspx

Hear, hear. "PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html

6 True Stories About Disneyland They Don't Want You to Know
http://www.cracked.com/article_18511_6-true-stories-about-disneyland-they-dont-want-you-to-know.html

Rats! Yet ANOTHER year that I didn't make the list for the 10 Highest Paid Public Speakers in the World
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/04/10-highest-paid-public-speakers-in-the-world/

Instructions on how to delete your account from social networks, shopping sites, etc.
http://www.deleteyouraccount.com/

Funny Motivational Posters
http://thechive.com/2010/04/26/monday-motivational-posters-29-photos/

Culture Crossing is a large collection of customs and etiquette guides for different countries
http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php

15 Little-Known Geek/Nerd Holidays and Observances
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/30/15-little-known-geeknerd-holidays-and-observances/

The Top 10 Things You Didn't Know Google Maps Could Do
http://lifehacker.com/5525758/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-google-maps-could-do

I'm trying to decide if this is cool or not... every location on earth simplified to one word/phrase
http://mapcut.com/

In your lifetime you will...
http://www.executivehm.com/news/in-your-lifetime/

Stephen Hawking on How to Build a Time Machine
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1269288/STEPHEN-HAWKING-How-build-time-machine.html

Mind-boggling 45-gigapixel panorama of Dubai is world’s largest, zoomable “down to girl in bikini.”
http://gizmodo.com/5529528/worlds-largest-panorama-shows-dubai-down-to-girl-in-bikini

24 Mind-Blowing Money Illusions
http://moneymumbojumbo.co.uk/fun-articles/money-illusion

April 28, 2010

It's nice to be proven right. The very first time
I saw "Predator," I said to myself "You know, any
one of these guys would make a great governor."


Top of the Heap: NOW we're cookin' - a recipe for a Homemade Snickers Candy Bar!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Snickers-Candy-Bar-Recipe

Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Awe and Discovery with Zoomable Image
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/13/image/a/

Speaking of zoomable, check out the Scale of the Universe
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7107207.ece

What's so special about this number?
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html

Addicting (and slightly disturbing) Game of the Week: Phage Wars (Thanks, Jack!)
http://www.stoneagegames.com/games/1230/phage-wars

Jack will like this one: New features for the Barnes & Noble Nook
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Barnes-and-Noble-Nook-Now-Has-AndroidBased-Games-616533/

The Top 10 Outrageous Comic Book Advertisements (Sigh. I remember each and every one of these)
http://www.toptenz.net/comic-book-advertisements.php

Stunning new images of the Sun released by NASA (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/21apr_firstlight/

10 Fast Food Items Worse For You Than The KFC Double Down
http://consumerist.com/2010/04/10-fast-food-items-worse-for-you-than-the-kfc-double-down.html

25 Un-Tooned Portraits
http://www.holytaco.com/25-un-tooned-portraits

The Top 10 Douchiest Music Videos of All Time
http://www.zeitgeistyreport.com/articles/2010/04/22/top-10-douchiest-music-videos-of-all-time/

Hong Kong architect transforms tiny 330 sq. ft. apartment into a 24-room house. Wow. (Thanks, Jack!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak

Downloadable Tree of Life with over 3000 branches
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/antisense/DownloadfilesToL.html

Maxed Out: Testing Humans to Destruction
http://www.newscientist.com/special/maxed-out-testing-humans-to-destruction

April 21, 2010

I can confidently say, without fear of
contradiction, that I am the best, in the
history of the world, at overstatement.



Top of the Heap: I love this! Instant Rimshot Buttons
http://instantsfun.es/

Double Down: How KFC Sold America the Vilest Food Product Created by Man
http://alturl.com/9scz

And... Double Down: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pulmonary Embolism
http://www.geekosystem.com/kfc-double-down-review/

Enter your zip code and find out when and where the next satellite flyovers will be visible
http://spaceweather.com/flybys/

Wikipedia's List of Misquotations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations

The 7 Most Soul-Crushing Series Finales in TV History
http://alturl.com/ncg2

The Alot is Better Than You at EVERYTHING
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Stubbon Stain? Check out the University of Illinois Stain Removal Solutions
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/stain/

Why We Hate the Dentist (and What the Dentist Thinks About Them)
http://www.sanedentist.com/here-are-5-reasons-why-we-hate-the-dentist-and-what-a-dentist-thinks-about-them.html

Along that same line: How to Stop Being Afraid of the Dentist
http://www.ehow.com/how_2073080_stop-being-afraid-dentist.html

Cool text-to-speech website (Thanks, Janice!)
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal

5 TV Shows You Can Completely Watch Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-great-tv-shows-completely-watch-online/

Top 12 Websites to Download Free eBooks
http://technologytosoftware.com/top-12-websites-to-download-free-e-books.html

Wow. What starts off as WTF! manages to snowball into the strangest 911 call that I’ve ever heard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RK0SzlfGKM


Youngest Unmarried Son Jack's submissions:

Amazing World Clock
http://dalesdesigns.net/world_clock.htm

Incredible photo of the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-1674.jpg

Okay, this makes way-y-y too much sense. We'll probably never see it.
http://www.tuvie.com/last-drop-pumping-up-till-the-last-drop-from-the-bottom-of-a-bottle/

I, for one, welcome our new Intergalactic overlords...
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/04/mysterious-radio-waves-emitted-from-nearby-galaxy/

Piano Improv on Chatroulette Restores Faith in Humanity
http://tv.gawker.com/5493963/piano-improv-on-chatroulette-restores-faith-in-humanity

April 14, 2010

It turns out my butterfly collection has
grown dramatically since I gave up using
a net in favor of my car's radiator grille.


Top of the Heap: 100 Essential Cheat Sheets for Doing Business Abroad
http://www.onlinedegrees.net/blog/2010/100-essential-cheat-sheets/

20 Ways to Kill a Few Minutes Online
http://alturl.com/sabs

How to clean up your Facebook profile (Thanks, Timmy!)
http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/clean-up-facebook/

The 10 Craziest Food Abominations of All Time
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-10-craziest-food-abominations-of-all-time/joanne

Idiot of the week eating the hottest pepper in the world - the Naga Jalokia
http://www.woosk.com/2010/03/eating-the-hottest-pepper-in-the-world-the-naga-jalokia.html

5 Free Programs for Astronomy Buffs
http://www.komando.com/newsletter/DOTD_4-10-10.htm

10 Facts About Twinkies - the White Man's Soul Food
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/52452

Stuff You Probably Don't Know About Light
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/mar/20-things-you-didn.t-know-about-light

Tweeting 101 - a Twitter cheat sheet
http://alturl.com/5x47

How to Make Your Own Girl Scout Cookies
http://www.chow.com/stories/12084

Home Appliance How To and Repair Guides
http://acmehowto.com/

The Macaulay Library is the world's largest archive of animal sounds and videos
http://macaulaylibrary.org/index.do

A Geek's Guide to Travel Planning
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Geeks_Guide_to_Travel_Planning

100 Beer Hacks to Get You Through College (and Beyond)
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/04/100-beer-hacks-to-get-you-through-college/

Your Life in 2020 - your life is about to change
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/08/your-life-2020-technology-data-companies-10_land.html

April 7, 2010

I am the bridge-jumping friend that
your parents warned you about.


Top of the Heap: Clear, no-nonsense response of what the Health Care Bill means for you
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/what-health-bill-means-for-you/

Teabonics (HAHAHAHAHAHA)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/sets/72157623594187379

LBJ orders hisself some pants (Thanks, George!)
http://www.whitehousetapes.net/clips/1964_0809_lbj_haggar/

Wanna fly on the Vomit Comet? Got an extra 7 thousand bucks? Can I have some of that?
http://www.gozerog.com/

Want to make your resume look like it was done by an amateur? Here's how
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1ietrQ/jobmob.co.il/blog/10-resume-mistakes//r:t

Addicting Game of the Week: No matter where you work, this game is safe to play
http://cantyouseeimbusy.com/games/breakdown/indexFS.php?cname=Not%20a%20Flash%20Game

In honor of Geek Week - 10 Toys a Grown Up Geek Would Love
http://www.mania.com/10-toys-grown-up-geek-would-love_article_121600.html

More Geek Week stuff - The Geek's Guide to Getting Girls
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/bio/geek%E2%80%99s-guide-getting-girls

Find tons of theme park brochures and maps at Theme Park Brochures
http://www.themeparkbrochures.net/main.html

5 Tax Myths
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040102287_pf.html

Instant bartender with Mix the Drink
http://www.mixthedrink.com/

The Top 10 Coaching Scandals in College Sports (Thanks, Kaitlyn)
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/04/top-10-coaching-scandals-in-college-sports/

Enter a word and the talking online dictionary Howjsay will pronounce it for you
http://howjsay.com/

5 Quotes That Can Change Your Life
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2010/04/5-quotes-that-can-change-your-life/