Yet more keen links one might want to share
Maybe a link isn't a "cool site of the day" eh?
Such as
this VW ad, that turns out to be a fake. Shame.
That's got to be the pinnacle of politically incorrect.
I laughed my ass off. :thumbsup:
Cool! I can't see them running that on telly here. It's got British plates on it though.
That's great! Maybe we could seed the middle east with a couple hundred, leave the keys in them...
4 year old
Marla Olmstead gallery. I like Mosquito Bite and Darlene's Bikini.
I liked
Face.
I have trouble believing that at 4 years old, she named each of these pieces herself.
This site isn't worthy of a "cool Link" designation but it's still worth wasting some time.
Bubble WrapThis site isn't worthy of a "cool Link" designation but it's still worth wasting some time.
Bubble Wrap
This is also from their site:
But
this mpeg is my favorite.
Place your order here. Be creative...
Virtual BartenderShe's hot...but all she serves is beer.
She's hot...but all she serves is beer.
Type in the word 'strip'. Funny.
"Sing" was pretty damn funny too. :)
push ups
jump
bend over
stretch
kick
TOPLESS <---mmmmm, boobs
boobs
kill <---hysterical ( same as run)
sleep
suck, lick
rub
blow
tickle
laugh
hat
dance
tattoo
arm
hair
mad
beer
serve
"kiss" is OK too.
i love you, man. thanks
not to distract from the beauty at the bar...
this is worth a laugh!
Remember to phrase your response in the form of a questionI haven't gotten into it yet, but it looks like a
fun little online war strategy game
It's still in beta, so if you sign up now, you get free "premium" membership while all the kinks are worked out.
I spent too much time at this, and then decided to try Google. Google is faster, but less fun.
Here are more commands for the virtual bartender:
banana
hummer
wet
jiggle
surf
macarena
light
number
switch
handstand
cap
pillow
cowgirl
orgasm
box
talk
bottle
pitcher
rope
playboy
model
cartwheel
gun
tongue
riverdance
think
http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
This is good. Could go in philosophy, parenting. When done well, the wonder factor approaches the level of a good close up magic trick.
That is really cool. Two of my siblings are teachers, I may pass this on. Though, like the guy says, it looks extremely difficult to do for a lot of subjects.
Exhibit 394208 in the case of "why teachers should be paid more than baseball players."
Wow, that was really fascinating to read. Thanks BigV!
Wow, that was really fascinating to read. Thanks BigV!
My pleasure.
OT, btw, how was Seattle?
Oh yeah, uh, we didn't end up going to Seattle after all. We're going to Washington DC a week from now instead. But rest assured, the reasoning behind that was entirely because a good friend lives there and offered to let us stay at her place the whole time, not because we considered DC to be superior in any way to Seattle. :)
not bothering to cross reference, my empirical reseach revealed these successes:
squeeze
wiggle
pout
mad
think
switch (careful, put your beer down first)
splits
top
strip==pants
*not a command... just wait and watch her become less patient*
tap
toes=bend over
hair
phone==number
doggy
lips==kiss
play
rock
light
/b-o-r-e-d to death waiting on exchange server maintenance...../
Oh yeah, uh, we didn't end up going to Seattle after all. We're going to Washington DC a week from now instead. But rest assured, the reasoning behind that was entirely because a good friend lives there and offered to let us stay at her place the whole time, not because we considered DC to be superior in any way to Seattle. :)
Well, they are both in Washington ...
hehehe.... good one.
Oh, and we are superior.
yeah, eddie vedder and starbucks. what more could you need. other than a whole day without rain, once a year.
I'm hoping global warming IS real, then I won't have to hear about either one of em anymore, except as a destination for glass-bottom-boat tours. ;)
you guys can move out first, though.
I was a little surprised at how high I scored as an anarchist ...
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Heh, me too.
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Though I gotta say, listing some of said beliefs might be more accurate than asking directly whether you support Mussolini...
Republican 100%
Anarchism 75%
Communism 58%
Socialist 50%
Green 42%
Fascism 17%
Democrat 17%
Nazi 8%
I was thinking green would be higher. I'm a Republicanarchicommunist. At least I'm not Dem or Nazi. :hafucking
HM, our anarchy numbers are close. There's hope for peace in the world yet.
I suspect the quiz might be more accurate if the label "Anarchism" was changed to "libertarianism".
Democrat 92%
Anarchism 83%
Republican 67%
Green 58%
Socialist 50%
Fascism 33%
Communism 33%
Nazi 0%
:thumbsup: Cool. I love modular origami. Unfortunately, the way I do my tapecraft, it's difficult to get a triangle and a square with matching side lengths.:(
... the way I do my tapecraft, it's difficult to get a triangle and a square with matching side lengths.
That's ok... the way I do tapecraft, I can't get the tape to tear off the dispenser without getting the tape stuck together, stuck to my shirt then my hair, tipping over the tape dispenser, knocking over my coffee which spills down the cord to the electrical outlet knocking out breaker which knocks out power to the whole floor.
Like Clint Eastwood said: "A man's got to know his limitations."
:)
Guess I've got to rethink my political views...
<table border='0' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0' width='600'><tr><td></td><td> You scored as <b>Anarchism</b>. <a href='http://imunimaginative.deviantart.com'><'Imunimaginative's Deviantart Page'></a><br><br><table border='0' width='300' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Anarchism</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='75' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>75%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Democrat</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='67' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>67%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Green</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='58' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>58%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Socialist</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='58' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>58%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Communism</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='25' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>25%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Republican</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='25' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>25%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Fascism</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='8' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>8%</font></td></tr><tr><td><p><font face='Arial' size='1'>Nazi</font></p></td><td><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='0' bgcolor='#dddddd'><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td><font face='Arial' size='1'>0%</font></td></tr></td></tr></table><br><a href='http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=6916'>What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?</a><br><font face='Arial' size='1'>created with <a href='http://quizfarm.com'>QuizFarm.com</a></font></table>
I think the poll may be a secret anarchist plot.
virtual bartender: type "kneel".
edit:
OMG type "smooch"...guys will LOVE this.
and this---> wet
Others:
flash
lick
blow
lay on bar
do the splits
dance
shake
pour
I think that political test considers "Libertarian" and "Anarchist" to be synonymous.
for the bartender ... ass, show me your tits, and fire.
Yeah, fight is really damn good.
Actually, if you're ranking that way, try this:
BoobleBut if you're just looking for the language fun, try
Google Translate.
Note especially
Elmer Fudd,
Hacker,
Esperanto,
Klingon, and the best of the best,
The Swedish Chef, BORK BORK BORK!
http://www.googlefight.com/
Apologies if this has already been posted.
http://www.googlefight.com/
Apologies if this has already been posted.
day-um funny. Reminds me of the opposite of googlewhack. Look it up. I've made few, they're pretty hard.
The animations of googlefight reminded me of stick death theater. Here are two competing links.
http://www.stickdeath.com/
http://www.sfdt.com/
Enjoy.
This is the most creative way I've seen yet for sucking thousands of dollars out of the PETA coffers :hafucking
http://www.savetoby.com/The banner ad I saw on that site was a flash ad where you try to squish a bug with your finger. Perhaps not the best choice when trying to get PETA money, but sorta funny.
I got "shoot the terrorist, win an iPod."
I'm trying to get my head around the idea that he (claims) already has gotten $21K.
It could be something along the lines of a panhandler starting the day with some cash in the cup already.
Or it could be legit.
d'jever wonder what the heck they meant with brb lol iirc irl? Or CMOS and LASER or hacker? Relieve your ignorance with the
Jargon File.You know you're from the South if you have a family tree that does not fork.
www.cousincouples.com
[/shame]
I know it's a lot to read, but it's really interesting. I don't know if I believe it or not, although some of it seems true...
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/8820/mindcontrol.htmlDon't know if this has been posted...
http://www.eviltree.de/zoomquilt/zoom.htm
Wow, as I was doing this I thought "This would make a great screen saver". Then I went to
http://zoomquilt.nikkki.net/ and found that they had it available as a screen saver.
This is just pathetic.
http://www.hshotties.com
(Note: this is not a porn site, at least, not in the sense of showing people without clothes.)
hey guys, i do most of my reading on my work computer these days. i get nervous about clicking links in this thread, could you tag them if they aren't NSFW?
thanks.
This is just pathetic.
http://www.hshotties.com
(Note: this is not a porn site, at least, not in the sense of showing people without clothes.)
Please tell me this is a joke.
Abbott and George W. do
Hu's on first...the
Starbucks Delocator
Lets say you would rather go to a "mom and pop" coffee shop instead of a Starbucks. You enable popups for this site and put in your zip code. It tells you what your options are if you don't want to go all corporate. It also lists the Starbucks, if that's your thing.
I added Ma's donuts to the site :) they have the best coffee on the island, and I like the owners- they deserve some free advertising.
psycho kittiesThis page shed some light on the reason why Asian attempts to translate things into English are so hilariously inaccurate. Turns out they have cooler, artier languages than us... :smack:
Still, I reserve the right to laugh at stuff like this:
Just in case you need to
look something up. (no pictures, but may not get past some office or school content filters)
Contains many terms missed by Webster and the OED.
ManyGood one wolf! Very instructive. Now maybe I can increase my chances of knowing when some hanky panky is going on. My friends (married now) once use the phrase "baking cookies" as a euphemism for sex. Probably just slipped right by parents radar. I have two older teens in the house, and I'll keep tuned to a couple of new phrases. Of course I couldn't digest the whole dictionary, but it was fun browsing around.
On a different note, these kind of
puzzles just drive me mad. I'm part the way through it and I took a break to pass on the link. I'll get back to the puzzle when I finish this post.....
Feeling the itch to be titilated in a different language?
Scratch here.I went to my local police to complain, but because my boyfriend lived in the Kinki Region ...
heh heh heh ... she said
Kinki.
Probably unintentional humor aside ... that is a terrible situation, but I amazed the Japanese are only just discovering this. The amount of ex-revenge of this type occuring here is probably pretty massive, judging from the amount of amateur porn available.
heheh... yeah, kinki. Actually, check out the sidebar articles. The Waiwai is a WHOLE SECTION of this kind of "news".
This is fabulous.
http://www.4q.cc/vin/
Vin Diesel cuts his penis off every night with baling twine only to find it fully regenerated the next morning. Only he and the billy goats know why.
This is fabulous.
http://www.4q.cc/vin/
Yes, fabulous AND educational. I never new
half those things!
:lol2:
(crying as I write this)
Vin Diesel once drank an entire keg of lemonade with his penis. Just to prove he could do it.
Vin Diesel is a strict vegan vegetarian in all respects except that he will eat shrimp. When challenged on this, he insists the shrimp are "the lettuce of the sea".
I'll stop now. My tummy hurts.
"Vin Diesel is simultaneously the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Except the Ugly part."
I am enjoying this totally too much.
(i just spent the weekend immersed in Vin Diesel movies ... watched Pitch Black, Dark Fury (which was unnecessary) and Chronicles of Riddick in one sitting ... oooh yeah!!
Oh my word. I have to go to work. I have to stop hitting the reload button.
"Vin Diesel is one of twelve men in the world with a license to hunt humans."
For Vin Diesel so loved the world, he gave us God.
Vin Diesel killed a hooker one winter, disemboweled her, and lived inside her evicerated body for 3 months until spring.
:mg:
It has been proposed by some people that Vin Diesel may not actually exist, and is simply a myth told to children to keep them in line. The reason these allegations are not well known is due to the fact that everyone who makes such allegations is found nude in a field with their skin removed and replaced by "Keep on Trucking!" bumper stickers.
Vin Diesel achieved literary success in the late 1800's after authoring the internationally reknowned narrative of human life during the Napoleonic Wars, War & Peace. What most Vin Diesel fans don't know is that when it was originally printed in the Russian language, the title actually translated to War: What Is It Good For?. It was also published under the pseudonym Leo Tolstoy, but this is common knowledge.
Oh my goodness.
Vin Diesel has solved all of history's greatest problems with ho-slappings and his unique ability to ejaculate anti-matter.
Holy shit.
Now, I know I posted this link, but I decided to read a few more before I left work ... I am sitting here giggling like a little girl. Thank god my editor is not in the office today.
Vin Diesel invented Manwich using meat he found in plastic bags behind Abortion clinics.
Vin Diesel doesn't like dogs. He eats three a day, just for spite.
Google is not a standard search engine, as once thought, but rather, an e-mail sent directly to the brain of Vin Diesel, who then immediately e-mails back the warranted response.
and with that i have to close that link. it is too much fun.
Contrary to what historians want you to believe the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not actually bombs at all, they were actually Vin Diesel's orgasms. Vin has not had sex since, and may god help us all if he ever does.
Vin Diesel is the third Olsen Twin
and
Vin Diesel landed on the moon and wrote his name in piss on the far side. He got off of the moon by jumping high enough he fell back into the Earth's gravitational pull. He landed on his feet in Bangladesh.
That is all
I have been playing with this for a while, have read your responses, and haven't hit a repeat yet. I know it HAS to. I hope it has to.
some gems from tonight at work:
Vin Diesel is the gatekeeper to the Apocalypse. He is also the gatekeeper to the trash bin behind the Denny's on 4th Street in Boulder Colorado. Both of these are listed on his resume.
Vin Diesel coined the phrase "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!" When Bruce Willis stole it from him, Vin Diesel killed him with a poison-arrow frog. This is the prologue to The Sixth Sense.
I've hit some repeats, but this is the first time i've read:
Contrary to popular belief, the brassierre was not invented for feminine breast support, but to function as a jockstrap for Vin Diesel's gargantuan testicles.
Will Smith once said, "I got to get me one of these." Vin Diesel does in fact have one of those.
i've only had one repeat so far and it was kind of lame.
what i have found is that these facts have a compounding effect. the first 2 or 3 don't make me laugh, but by the time i get to the 7th or 8th i have a wide open grin, number 11 usually marks the first audible laugh.
And now for something completely different,
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html#index
by Vin Diesel
As they say, because newer is not always better.
oldversion.comNASA captured a martian dust devil on camera two weeks ago.
NASA captured a martian dust devil on camera two weeks ago.
That's cool. I like the part about the thermocline being as close as 2 meters from the surface. I'd have warm feet and a cold head! Wild.
This one seemed a little interesting.....and I didn't do as well as I had thought I would :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/I demand a recount. Better yet an arbitrator. Some of there answers were pretty subjective. Like what tastes better. :p
Or
this. I got about 45 points. Who says we know nothing about the States? :eyebrow:
I got 12 out of 20 on the sense test. I have to agree that the taste combinations were arbitrary as hell.
All they wanted you to do was choose the sweet/salty combinations. But I think it's a little silly to expect most people to know what caviar tastes like.
It tastes like stinky, salty fish eggs...ick.
How does the test know what I like on my white chocolate??? Of the choices offered, I was very certain that I would enjoy it most with broccoli.
Caviar makes me puke (anything fishy does) so I ruled that choice out immediately!
A test. I got 14/16. It's tricky.
Might trip netnanny, but pictures are work-safe.
It tastes like stinky, salty fish eggs...ick.
MMmmmm :yum: I love the little crunch when they burst in between my teeth.
but pictures are work-safe.
:vomitblu:
Yech! I didn't want to look long enough to take the quiz.
This guy keeps a log of the funny, weird, sometimes wise things he overhears while riding the tube. The tube being the Brit equivalent of a subway. I don't get out much, I didn't know it was called that.
Anyway, some of the lines are pretty funny:
"Eventually, everyone in Asia will get adopted by Angelina Jolie. "
"No. She is not my identical twin. I'm male and she's female - we can't be identical"
"Apparently, all the koalas in Australia have chlamydia."
Haha, reminds me of:
www.overheardinnewyork.com
and
www.overheardintheoffice.com
I think I may have posted these before, but you should look again.
Teen guy: Come on baby, no one's home yet.
Teen girl: No, I can't.
Teen guy: You love me right?
Teen girl: Sure!
Teen guy: So what's the problem?
Teen girl: You know.
Teen guy: What?
Teen girl: I got my period.
Teen guy: No shit, again?
Teen girl: Be happy about that.
Teen guy: ...your mouth isn't on any period, is it?
--B train
Co-worker: I figure, if he sends me to jail, I'm just going to call the judge a cocksucker. 'Cause at that point, what can he do?
From MrNoodle's link:
10. Luke actually says "LOL" when he thinks something is funny... freak.
a cellarite perhaps?
You spend all day stuffing envelopes for refugees. It's not a great job.
it is starting to sound like DanaC...
I can't believe the fuss they make over a woman wanking off a pig.
BWHAHAHAHAHA
I just feel disgusting. You shouldn't shit on your own doorstep.
ya think?
When the dog explodes... I swear... it's the funniest thing you'll ever see.
IOTD?
Just because you think about him all the time, doesn't mean he cares about you.
Catwoman?
Are you sure you're meant to stick it up your arse?
better check those directions
Men who use Macs rather than PCs tend to have quite small cocks.
well, if it was heard in London, it must be true...
There are more Australians in London than in Australia
Jaguar?
Oh, we've had a lovely time. Jamie's spent the morning kicking pigeons.
sounds innocent enough for future serial killer.
and from BN's overheardinnewyork:
this is beautiful.
Heather Herself Has That Big Cock Addiction
Sorority girl #1: No, really, tanning is, like, my downfall.
Queer: Please, how often can you possibly tan?
Sorority girl #1: Constantly. I'm, like, a certified tanaholic. It's a real problem. Hey! Heather! What would you say my biggest addiction is?
Sorority girl #2: Um, I dunno...coke?
Awkward silence ensues.
--27th & Madison
Every time I read lookout's sig I have to go spend 10 minutes at that damn Vin Diesel site. A few new ones have popped up....
It is commonly believed that the RMS Titanic sank after a collision with an iceberg. In fact, the ship had struck Vin Diesel, who was swimming laps of the Atlantic Ocean. The icebergs were there, but they were being towed by Vin as something to chew on when he got bored.
and
Vin Diesel defeated the Red Baron by clapping his hands together once.
The silliness never fails to make my day. Damn you, Vin Diesel site.
For Steve Jackson fans, here's something along the lines of the Vin Diesel site:
Warehoues 23 BasementHM, why is this Steve Jackson material?
The Steve Jackson I remember gave the world Snit's Revenge and The Awful Green Things From Outer Space....
It's by Steve Jackson Games, inspired by, among other things, the Illuminati card game.
If you have some time and for broadband only.
www.oddtodd.comFound this on another forum that reads these:
Vin Diesel actually shot the sheriff and the deputy, he just let Eric Clapton take the blame.
That makes Eric Clapton, what? Bob Marley's press agent?! :eyebrow:
I just love
these guys. Don't leave without noting the instructions for idiots.
I read
this website for over an hour after I found it. It is hilarious!! Make sure to click on the "best rated" ones...
A test. I got 14/16. It's tricky.
I aced it. Do you think I might be looking at too much porn? :blush:
Sorry if this has been posted previously - too funny not to share again.
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/Spent waaay too much time
here. If you substitute these numbers for ...index.html, you'll see some of my faves. 18
43
49
70
86 (BLB RIP)
102
103
176
219
220
233
234
341
343
441
507
534
538
545
577
579
contrast 45 with 565
like i said way too much time...
More idleness. This time with insults.
BigV,
How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up is from the propaganda remix project. The guy took dozens and dozens of WW II propaganda posters nd updated them. Last I checked his page was here. Worth looking at.
http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.htmlNSFW
I can't imagine what you were searching that lead you there.
Please don't tell me. I don't think I need that information.
Actually, I wasn't searching for anything...stumble! just takes you to random places on line.....i've found some neat sites that way....this, well, I'm disturbed and amused by it all at the same time.
Perhaps it's the raise and promotion...i'm not sure
http://www.chaospro.de/scripts/related.php
Link to a link page of Fractal generator progs...
Some
mood music for the folks in the sex thread. :)
A Hoppin and a boppin, all night long
I don't know if I posted this before.. but If I didn't, I should have, the first time I saw them it made me laugh so hard I a.) blew beer out of my nose and b.) laughed so hard I nearly pissed myself
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html[SIZE=3]NSFW[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]NSFW[/SIZE]
[SIZE=7]NSFW[/SIZE]
That being said , i give you all
http://www.sexygames.dk/I don't know if I posted this before.. but If I didn't, I should have, the first time I saw them it made me laugh so hard I a.) blew beer out of my nose and b.) laughed so hard I nearly pissed myself
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
Mmm. Caucasian Slashliks. Fish Balls.
There was one thumbnail that I swore said "Incineration Soup"
This is pretty amazing.
American dogtags are often sold in Vietnamese roadside markets.
This person is trying to get them back to their original wearers, or their families.
Professor Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month! Great stuff!
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/fotm.htmlI was "stumble!'ing about today, and found this gem.
http://www.playingwithtime.org/
My favorite is the water balloon.
Dag
Cool site, I liked the New York stream changing seasons, the water balloon was pretty cool too!
Okay, so how many people think the models have absolutely no clue who he is, beyond understanding that he was an actor at some point in his life?
That depends on whether he was in his "I am Spock" or "I am not Spock" phase when he met them.
Interesting, but sometimes disturbing art
Safe for work. But possibly way too weird.
Oh, yeah. I heard that American McGee's Alice was being made. That could be cool.
Oh, Gods, no!!! Movies based on games I liked suck!! Not Alice! Alice is my creepy favorite delight!!
Move the mouse pointer closer to and farther away from the image.
What I thought was interesting is what I thought was about normal rate was actually much, much higher.
that is cool! (PUN ALERT!)
Poor little thing works its' "heart" out, doesn't it??
This is educational. My favorite part is this:
All of NYC was designated a Tow Away Zone under the State’s Vehicle and Traffic Law in 1959.
I'm Chocolate, but what the hell is a Pocky?
Mmmmm. Chocolate pocky. How can you wrong with chocolate?
Chocolate automatically fucking rules, so I know the stupid little test got things right, but that still doesn't answer the question about the product ...
What the heck are "Cap Cap Ice Cream Cookies"? I don't want to be something I've never heard of, although it was rather complimentary.........I think I'd rather be chocolate.
Last night, when I came home from band practice, my kids revealed to me that a friend had taken them to an Oriental market, and purchased about $65.00 worth of various Oriental snacks. A large selection was in fact laid out on my and my wife's desks for our sampling pleasure.
Most of the stuff was in original packaging, but some of it was in ziplok bags, having been doled out from apparent larger containers. One of these was a rather intriguing looking, sort of fish-shaped puffy cracker thingy, not unlike a puffy, curled up Goldfish cracker...which should have been my first clue.
I grabbed a small handful, shoved them into my mouth, and began to crunch...salty...a hint of teriyaki, perhaps? And something else...something not quite...crackerlike...but...familiar. Fish. It was a frigging fish (octopus, actually) flavored cracker.
Once I realized what it was, the compulsion to get the very, very lingering taste out of my mouth was rather pervasive. I yelled at the guilty kid, who thought it was pretty damn funny that he'd managed to dupe me into eating an octopus flavored cracker, and he came in a gave me a package of Pocky. Now, at this point, I am pretty suspicious of *anything* this monster is handing me, so I read the label. No eel. No tuna testes. No seaweed.
Good enough! I crunched down a whole package before I even paused. This then led me to research Pocky, whereupon I discovered that it was basically a pretzel stick with chocolate and other pleasant comestibles embedded thereupon. One site claims that it is the biggest selling treat in Japan, comparable to M&M's in the States.
Still, anything else Oriental and (allegedly) edible that comes into my house is going to be vetted for any signs of unexpected fish flavoring from here on out. I wish I could have read the package for those crackers, though, because I would really like to know...was it genuine octopus, or just artificial octopus flavoring?
one of the guys in my office ccasionally brings in "shrimp chips" - they're like fish flavored pork rinds or funyuns...........nasty.
(and where would you get artificial octopus flavoring? I guess from the same people who make imitation crab?)
You guys are lame. Shrimp chips, fish jerky (I bet you don't wanna know), dried seaweed - it's all soooo good.
My favorite is ... well, it's basically dry instant noodles with the seasoning on it. I eat bag after bag when I'm over there.
I do like alligator jerky - does that count?
There was some mention of Octopus jerky in our subsequent, err...conversations following the incident. That stuff is like rubber to begin with. I would think that Octopus jerky would make a pretty good organic tire.
I have no objection to the instant noodles with seasoning. I have yet to find Octopus flavored Ramen at Wal Mart.
Mmmm.. alligator :yum:
My experience with octopus is limited to sushi. It's ok, very mild flavored, more of a textural thing. I don't order it, but if its in my combo or chirashi I eat it. I'd probably skip the crackers though.
I'm completely addicted to seaweed salad right now, but dried doesn't appeal to me unless its completely different than the little bit of dried wakame I tasted before I put it in the miso. :dead:
...dried, a popular barroom snack.
Elspode, sorry *snicker* you were ambushed, but many many surprising / alien goodies come from my favorite Asian supermarket,
Uwajimaya.
rattlesnake isn't too bad either, as long as you get a piece without too many bones.
SUSHI ROCKS. and I agree on the seaweed salad, and BLECH to dried seaweed. do try gobo root though - my new favorite veggy/snack.
a good piece of octopus isn't too chewy - just not very flavorful. give me yellowtail or salmon any day.
A Chinese girl I knew in college tried to get us to eat the fishy nibbles once. It was not an overwhelming success, even among very hungry snack-deprived college students.
They look entirely too much like goldfish for their own good. I suspect a lot more get sold than eaten.
Suede Z. Sweetness
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http://www.playerappreciate.com/pimphandle.asp Chocolate automatically fucking rules, so I know the stupid little test got things right, but that still doesn't answer the question about the product ...
Pocky is a slightly sweet breadstick, not much thicker than a wooden kitchen match and about as long as a new pencil. They are made edible by coating with chocolate, except for one end which serves as a handle. They are a little light on the chocolate.
Suede Z. Sweetness
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I am the Reverend Eva Large ... which is strangely appropriate.
(A further attempt dubbed me "G. Digital Black Storm Ice")
Sticky fingers D. Beautiful. yeaaaaaah, buoy.
Snake Eyes Sean Love. motherfucker.
Took me awhile to get one that wasn't just stupid...but I like Pimp Daddy Patrick Dazzle a lot.
Bishop Don Richard Rockefeller
...dried, a popular barroom snack.
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you said
cuddlefish :lol:
food anomalies
click
Not sure which one I like better... :lol:
Silver Tongue shelby Gates
Ice Master shelby SweetnessDeaths of the Animals
hereice master shelby sweetness, no doubt. Err, I mean Word.
Deaths of the Animalshere
One correction to that rather gruesome page. The cat BBQ happened in Liberty, Missouri (not Mississippi), a suburb of KC. I remember it well. Fuckers got off, despite a vet trying to save the kitten and testifying that it died from heat and smoke inhalation.
After the assholes got off, they and their inbred fuck drunken shithead buddies proceeded to harass the woman who turned them in and testified against them to the point that she had to move out of the apartment complex.
So much for justice.
LMFAO! Mr. White Chocolate fred Jazz, Biatch!
hehe, yeah it is.
here's something cool i just recieved. anyone remember the blown fuel hydro boat the
Proud Mary?
Tricktickler K. Sneed
tee hee
any relation to the nascar driver dick trickle?
hmmm i wonder.......
D. Magical trickle Flava
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
mine is Trick Tickler, but looks like you got the Trickle...........haha!
my O.G. choice was Suede K. Shizzle - maybe I'll go with that, My Nizzle!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=psycho_mom
URL self-explanatory. Video starts automatically. Be sure the sound is turned down.
Um...this is very disturbing. That kid needs someone to help him get out of there. obviously I don't know anything about the situation but mom appears to be distraught enough to hurt someone. Yikes.
*shivers*
Call the police. Made me sick to my stomach just listening to it.
I feel really really bad for that kid. And the mom, actually.
And the eunuch husband/boyfriend
And the people who had to share the highway with her when she went to "get gas" (or buy some more meth)
If the roles were reversed (and the man were the aggressor), someone would already be dead, probably. Scary breakdown, that.
So that's what happens before the ambulance gets to the house.
The young man has clearly done this before.
So that's what happens before the ambulance gets to the house.
The young man has clearly done this before.
You mean to say he's a professional :stickpoke: ? I don't care if he is--mom needs an evaluation and some meds. I've a 15 year-old son and while he can be maddening I can't see myself losing it to this extent, shrieking and calling him a worthless POS, bastard, etc. I am, with all my faults, supposed to be the grown-up.
Having watched it in action this year via J, this appears to be what teenagers do. They try to exploit your weaknesses. Some adults do the same thing.
The teenager's probably an equal participant, on the days when he's not deliberately filming it for teh internet.
Forbidden Library
Banned and challenged books
The censored copies of Fahrenhiet 451 crack me up, but this just shocked me - who could challenge Shel? I mean, he wrote The Giving Tree!
Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. Harper. Challenged at the West Allis-West Milwaukee, Wis. school libraries (1986) because the book "suggests drug use, the occult, suicide, death, violence, disrespect for truth, disrespect for legitimate authority, rebellion against parents." Challenged at the Central Columbia School District in Bloomsburg, Pa. (1993) because a poem titled "Dreadful" talks about how "someone ate the baby." On the other hand, this book does present the negative consequences of not taking the garbage out.
:lol:
I have a clip of Tori Amos reading Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout...
--snip--... I am, with all my faults, supposed to be the grown-up.
Bottom line.
Even when I'm being poked with a stick, yanked by my chain, etc. Two thoughts: this is just the (longish) moment before the sh*t actually hits the fan, it is on an inevitable trajectory, we're just seeing it mid-fling. (Upon reflection, I think much poo has been flung to this point, and we're seeing a moment between barrages... :blech: )
Also, just before, and especially after impact, is an important time to remember the bottom line. This can be/should be a teachable moment. There is an optimum response here. Just based on the short clip we saw, I can't fairly say what it is, more this or less that, harder, softer, whatever. I can imagine many other much worse responses that weren't captured on tape, and that's encouraging.
Kids are
continuously probing the limits of their world, (think of all the reckless behaviors you and I know better than to attempt). Knowing where the edge of the parents' _____ (tolerance, flashpoint, devotion, etc) is is an important piece of figuring out the big unknown (though they'll choke before they admit it) world.
Parenting is one unending test, administered by the children and other circumstances. I got to pay attention or I fail the test and I fail the kid.
I ran into this link the other day looking for a information on King Tut. Check out the "Atlas of The Valley of the Kings" and all of the tombs therein. I'm not a real nut for ancient Egypt stuff, I just dig on historical stuff and awsome uses of Flash animation programming.
Theban Mapping ProjectFound
this nutty link about black power and such while browsing memepool today. I haven't decided if it's a joke or not. I laughed, but YMMV. The theme is supposedly "white lesbian feminists stole our women and we have to take them back" but there are about 10 pages (so far) that are just rants about black women who dye their hair "piss yellow". With hilarious pics.
Anyway.
Oops--that website noodle posted states they oppose lesbian feminism witchcraft. They've just made a powerful enemy.
Remember the falling woman? Here are
some mods. bin laden possibly nsfw, since his little weener sticks out
Bin Laden gets himself stuck in some very unusual postures, I must say.
And now for something different. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:
[size=4]
SKELETON MAN!![/SIZE]Awesome.
I've seen this before. I think it is very cool when Skeleton Man disses the inadequate tippers.
click
here to find out.
NASA has too much time on their hands.
You should not mock important science like that!
www.gofugyourself.com is a site that will cheer you right up. I like the archive on Britney the very best. Enjoy!
That's so funny! I was just thinking about posting Fug, as well as
http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/How Gullible Are You?
Your GF score is 79.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)
Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.
Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).
For anybody who follows the Philiadelphia Eagles and
Terrel Owens controversy.
How Gullible Are You?
Your GF score is 88.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.) <table align="center" width="600"> <tbody><tr><td align="right" width="100">Mind slave </td> <td bgcolor="#cc3333" width="352">
</td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" width="48">
</td> <td align="left" width="100"> Free thinker</td></tr></tbody> </table>
:jig: Woohoo! What do I win?
Your GF score is 79.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.) <table align="center" width="600"> <tbody><tr><td align="right" width="100">Mind slave </td> <td bgcolor="#cc3333" width="316">
</td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" width="84">
</td> <td align="left" width="100"> Free thinker</td></tr></tbody> </table>
How do I know they're telling me the truth about my score, though? :eyebrow:
How Gullible Are You?
76. But I put some protest answers, too. Milk DOES help you lose weight, if you drink it instead of eating a whole pie.
I think that in the case of this test "gullibility" is really a measure of "how closely do you follow the latest in conspiracy theories."
I follow them quite well, but consider some of them stupid bullshit.
Like the dental filling conspiracy. I know someone with poor dentition, virtually no money, and used what few $$ she had to have all of her amalgam fillings replaced with gold.
Her teeth are still bad, and she's still wacky.
Even more than "how closely do you follow the latest in conspiracy theories", it's "how closely do you agree with us on the latest in conspiracy theories."
Make sure you ask it "Are you really dead?"
"Do you ever give positive answers?"
Thanks! That'll save me a couple grand a month on psychics...
I follow them quite well, but consider some of them stupid bullshit.
Like the dental filling conspiracy.
You don't think mercury is toxic, or just not enough of a concern to spend money removing or...?
I don't think it outgasses from your fillings.
try this http://www.askthedead.com/
Who is the president?
Do you think George Bush is a Good President?
Is Bill Gates the Devil?
Do the Eagles Suck?
Looks like a new interface stretched over the same old Magic 8 Ball engine to me.
NSFW
Damn IT !!!! I missed it !!!! But it WAS on my Birth Day !!!!!!!
http://wngd.org/I never seen the 'NSFW' until I've clicked on the link. Dang!
The crying while eating website was part of a challenge to create a website that people would share in exactly this way.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2121384/This is the most uncomfortable thing that I have had to watch in my entire life and I've stuggle through the movie "Jack-ass."
after reading what 'toad linked to and what hobbs said.......thanks, but i'll pass.
Play God, make your own government.
www.nationstates.net
Here's my new country:
GasHeadtopiaHenry Earl has a problem.
Surprised he still has a liver.
He doesn't. But he does give a charming smile for the mug shot camera almost every time.
Henry Earl looks a lot better than I would expect given the span between photo#1 and photo#63
I know a lot of guys with very similar habits who haven't aged quite as well.
I like picture #42. He's swearin' to Goodness he won't do it again.
Suede Z. Sweetness
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Silver Tongue Berry Beautiful
uh..... ?
Henry Earl has a problem.
I like pic #60. Earl fell down and busted his ass while the cameraman howled.
I bet Earl is a riot to party with. Until he gets mean drunk.
The many hairstyles of Earl.
hell, #25 and 59 look like he was trying to pose for galmour shots!
After you get to know the photographer, you're much more comfortable ...
That is one impressive record of drunkenness. He was arrested on the same day he got out for the most recent offense. I am awed.
everyone's seen the pic of the guy in N.O. looting heineken, right?
he's got his own website dedicated to him. check it out
HereGeek Test
I rank 37.47535
Economic myths. Actually, yes, I do find this kind of thing interesting. Thank you for asking.
One of the finest you've linked, Biggie. It was VERY interesting. I never knew about Jefferson's agrarianist leanings.
NSFW !!!!!
That is ENTIRELY to Serious !!!!
Try this ,
http://www.incident.net/works/miseanu/nues.htmlOne of the finest you've linked, Zip. It was VERY interesting.
What an astounding number of those women have nipples that point in opposite directions. It was also interesting to see that the two I suspected of having implants were wearing very loose, shapeless shirts over them.
[COLOR=Lime][SIZE=2]
soundboard [/SIZE] [/COLOR]
Did you ever wonder if maybe you should buy those stocks that people email you about?
Wonder no more.
(I find the included Google ad bar ironic.)
If you shorted those stocks you would make a serious mint! :yelgreedy
Are you more
Blue or Red?More differences... The previous one was funny because it sounded true. This one is true and only sounds funny.
Men versus Women.If you shorted those stocks you would make a serious mint! :yelgreedy
Yeah, too bad you can't (according to what he said on the page).
If you shorted those stocks you would make a serious mint!
Most of those stocks end in .PK, which if I'm not mistaken is the suffix given to companies who have declared Chapter 7 (no restructuring, down for good) bankruptcy. At least that's the suffix my former employer got when they declared bankruptcy. I still don't understand how one can trade stock that doesn't technically exist anymore though...
NSFW !!!!!
That is ENTIRELY to Serious !!!!
Try this ,
http://www.incident.net/works/miseanu/nues.html
Click to turn...
Stumble sent me to
this page at the ACLU.
Even if you don't like the ACLU, the skit is funny.
Nice air race sequences...
http://www.redbullcopilot.com/air_race/launch.html
Ho-leee SPIT!! I want one, bad.
You'd only fly your eye out. :headshake
Ho-leee SPIT!! I want one, bad.
Wow. ditto
Damn.
These are cooler than the ones of the faery and the dragon that they have at the Walgreen's ... (discovered on al ink from eiffelenator's entry)
Check out the Big Box Mart here
http://www.jibjab.com/Home.aspxOne of these probably leads to the other ...
Tickle the girl
You da Sperm!The Onion has your weekly Presidential address.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41433go on.....take the
Asshole/Bitch test. you know you want to!
<div style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;width:150px;BORDER: 1px solid;PADDING: 5px;BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffc933; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px; font-size:12px;" nowrap><b>I am 40% Asshole/Bitch.</b><br><a style="font-size:10px;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fuali.com/test.aspx?id=dd4c0ca6-a554-4cbe-b0e7-bc17462a412e"><img src="http://www.fuali.com/testimage.aspx?img=f8828b94-f1d9-424a-b2d8-9b47d093da27.gif" alt="Part Time Asshole/Bitch." border="0" style="margin-top:5px"></a></div>I may think I am an asshole or a bitch, but the truth is I am a good person at heart. Yeah sure, I can have a mean streak in me, but most of the people I meet like me.<div align="center" style="margin-top:5px;" nowrap><a style="font-size:10px;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fuali.com/test.aspx?id=dd4c0ca6-a554-4cbe-b0e7-bc17462a412e">Take the<br>Asshole/Bitch Test<br>@ FualiDotCom</a></div></div>
But I don't look that good.
Only 33% for me. I need to try harder.
I am 43% Asshole and 57% Bitch. I knew it! :blunt:/:ivy:
Fear Me.
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76%. I fear no one. :rar:
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Nothing I didn't already know.
But since I know everything..........
<div style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;width:150px;BORDER: 1px solid;PADDING: 5px;BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffc933; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px; font-size:12px;" nowrap><b>I am 61% Asshole/Bitch.</b><br><a style="font-size:10px;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fuali.com/test.aspx?id=dd4c0ca6-a554-4cbe-b0e7-bc17462a412e"><img src="http://www.fuali.com/testimage.aspx?img=677b4d56-0480-46a8-9692-91c33814327d.gif" alt="Sort of Assholy or Bitchy!" border="0" style="margin-top:5px"></a></div>I am abrasive, some people really hate me, but there may be a group of other tight knit assholes and bitches that I can hang out with and get me. Everybody else? Fuck ‘em.<div align="center" style="margin-top:5px;" nowrap><a style="font-size:10px;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fuali.com/test.aspx?id=dd4c0ca6-a554-4cbe-b0e7-bc17462a412e">Take the<br>Asshole/Bitch Test<br>@ FualiDotCom</a></div></div>
Is that a picture of Howard Stern? How humiliating.
Lame, funny and just plain bad tattoos One section is not safe for work so watch what section you click on once you're on the home page. :speechls:
Yet another online test.
Which fantasy/sci-fi character are you?
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I'm Wesely Crusher?
Ewwww.
I'm Wesely Crusher?
Ewwww.
At least I've heard of him. Who the hell is Marcus Cole?
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At least I've heard of him. Who the hell is Marcus Cole?
From Babylon 5.
Hey, whaddaya know. I'm Marcus, too. I dunno. I may have answered some of the questions too nobly.
<p><a href="http://www.tk421.net/character/"><img src="http://www.tk421.net/character/yoda.jpg" width="199" height="313" style="border-color:#f8f8ff;" border="2" alt="Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?" /></a></p>I am incredibly flattered. And considerably taller, but only half as good looking. Thankfully, I have more hair, just not in my ears. :lol:
I be ELROND !!!!!
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Who in the flying crapballs is Raistlin Majere:
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?????
Dragonlance? Definitely D&D.
SonofV suggests
The Llama Song. It is silly, it is hyper, and it cracks him up! We're talking over and over again. Caution, if you have any tolerance for this kind of foolishness, the tune will be lodged in your head...caveat emptor.
edit: Presented for your listening pleasure, the lyrics to Llama Song!!
Here’s a llama there’s a Llama and another little llama fuzzy llama funny llama
llama llama duck
Llama llama cheesecake llama tablet brick potato llama llama llama mushroom llama
Llama llama duck
I was once a treehouse I lived in a cake but I never saw the way the orange slayed the rake
I was only three years dead but it told a tale and now listen little child, to the safety rail
Did you ever see a llama kiss a llama on the llama Llama’s llama taste of llama
Llama llama duck
Half a llama twice a llama not a llama farmer llama llama in a car alarm a llama
Llama llama duck
Is this how it’s told now is it all so old is it made of lemon juice doorknob ankle cold
now my song is getting thin, I’ve run out of luck time for me to retire now and become a duck
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venerated sage with vast power and knowledge, you gently guide forces around you while serving as a champion of the light.
Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not - for my ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life greets it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us, and binds us. Luminescent beings are we, not this crude matter! You must feel the Force around you, everywhere.
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SonofV's (aka BigLlama guy) character is represented by Susan Ivanova. (got to watch that sometime, but the bio is favorable. Sounds like him. Good kid.)
But when he saw the test, he instantly wanted to be Darth :vader1: Vader. Hehehe.. he don't know him(self) werry well, do he? [/tweety]
Hey! I'm Anakin Skywalker! That's little Darth Vader, right? Ehx-cellent!
:vader1: And, it really is appropriate coz more and more I AM turning to the Dark Side.
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didn't i play agent Smith, too?
19%? You so fucking lied on your test.
At least I'm half human.
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19%? You so fucking lied on your test.
No shit. Geez, LJ...how stupid do you think we all are, anyway? Wait. Nevermind. Don't answer that. I don't want to know. :headshake
http://www.choosetosave.org/
Several pages of savings tips, and many many many calculators. Very helpful, useful information. Check it out. I was able to forecast the difference in the amount of interest expense on my last credit card as a result of persuading the credit card company to lower my interest rate. The difference is >$500!! Woohoo!
go to
google
type in failure
hit "im feeling lucky"
Hall of Fame post underway. Waiting period waived. Get your induction speech ready.
edit: This is done.
I'm thinking that someone at Google has been tweaking the search results a bit. Not that it isn't true, just that it seems to be a coincidence beyond most statistical probabilities I can imagine.
I'm thinking that someone at Google has been tweaking the search results a bit. Not that it isn't true, just that it seems to be a coincidence beyond most statistical probabilities I can imagine.
...which diminishes its WTF and OMG and ROTFLMAO quotients
not at all. :notworthy:
hmmm. works for
www.google.com.br as well.
Yah, that's been a running joke for awhile, actually. No one seems to know who's responsible.
But, can you
recognize a pervert when you see him?Hey RS! Are you guys running some kind of Republican spin machine over there? Cause on
clusty.com, he only rates #2.
Veeeeeeeeedy eeeenterestink.
edit: testing my own post revealed GWB has leapt to the top of the pops! He's the number one!
Ahhhh....
****Spoiler Alert****
If you prefer your jokes unexplained, move on. If you are persistently curious, highlight at your peril...
[COLOR=white]Here's a
[COLOR=White]link[/COLOR] to why. It was funner when it was a mystery, though.[/COLOR]
Yah, that's been a running joke for awhile, actually. No one seems to know who's responsible.
But, can you recognize a pervert when you see him?
I got 11 out of 15.
I do much better in real life.
I got 11 out of 15 too, and I'm pissed. There were only two non-perverts in the whole sampling. I would have done better just by guessing that they were *all* perverts.
I started with that, and then realized that it was a run of pervs.
Weren't there three? The DUI, the forger, and the misc. drug charges guy?
Ooo. the test has changed in the last few minutes to "perv or druggie"
now it's kind of more funnerer
The most awesome lip-synching video EVER.
Two Chinese students doing one of those irritatingly catchy Backstreet Boys tunes. Watch the whole thing and don't smile -- impossible. :devil:
If it skips, just rewind and start over -- it'll play right then.
And a
disturbing exchange between a 9-year-old and his mom over whether or not he has to stop playing a video game, and whether or not she should bring him some "mother****ing chocolate milk".
The strongest support for corporal punishment (not for the kid, for the mom that lets her kid act that way) I've seen today. NSFW audio.
What a charming family. :headshake
That was the funniest thing I've watched all day! My favorite part was the fella in the back who's playing on the computer. He doesn't even have headphones on and he's not rocking out. I wonder how many times he had to listen to them practice.
Then again I think of our new college freshman and what he's up to when he could be studying. On second thought, I don't think I want to know any more than I already do.
Excuse me, but didn't we see enough of
this little f*cker in The Matrix?! :eek:
Very well-done, touching, beautiful and original flash music video:
http://www.jcbsong.co.uk/jcbvideo.aspTAke a look http://www.wereporters.com/geonews.htm
Interesting, but there was an Entertainment story datelined California that the map located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles off the coast of Gabon.
Seems like they are still working out a few kinks.
Okay, this is too funny. Here is the story that was floating in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa ...
A Roseville attorney has been sentenced to more than five years in prison on charges of forgery, battery and illegal possession of drugs.
Jonathan R. Tyrell, 38, pleaded no contest to the felony charges and to a misdemeanor charge of child molestation for videotaping young males as they held their breath under water.
At his sentencing Wednesday, Tyrell was also ordered to register as a sex offender, said Deputy District Attorney Jeff Wilson.
Tyrell's attorney, Barry Zimmerman of Auburn, had argued against prison time.
"Mr. Tyrell was totally an appropriate candidate for probation," Zimmerman said.
Tyrell had accepted responsibility for his actions and prison would prevent him receiving treatment and resuming his life, Zimmerman said, adding that he planned to appeal the sentence.
Tyrell came to the attention of law enforcement in December when he tried to stop an eviction against him by submitting a forged court order. The forgery was discovered when he confused two judge's names, Wilson said.
That discovery led authorities to two other falsified legal documents, Wilson said.
A search warrant served on Tyrell at his home uncovered drugs, drug paraphernalia and videotapes of young males in swimsuits submerging themselves in a bathtub in Tyrell's house, Wilson said.
Tyrell said the videotapes were shot as part of a scientific research project involving holding one's breath, Wilson said.
"We believe he did it for his own sexual gratification," Wilson said.
Very well-done, touching, beautiful and original flash music video:
http://www.jcbsong.co.uk/jcbvideo.asp
Really liked it! Made a friend of mine cry, bringing back old memories of riding on his dad's tractor.
Very well-done, touching, beautiful and original flash music video:
http://www.jcbsong.co.uk/jcbvideo.asp
Nice, put me right back in the day.
Silly String is saving U.S. lives in Iraq.
It's fun to browse around the
Stick Figures in Peril pool on Flickr. Here's a good one:
This one, I don't understand, but that is part of its appeal.
I seem to recognise the last picture -
Warning! Open Gateway to Another Dimension!
I actually find
this kinda funny. Try to read as many as you can
I liked the last one, about the cube.
Spencer Gifts used to sell a pyramid looking thing that did the same thing.
Phone system hell. You've been there and back. I offer these links to shorten your commute.
Paul English's website, the fella that methodically tracked down the specific steps for the shortcuts in and out of these circles of hell.
Writeup of Mr English's work in the local paper.
Quicklist of shortcuts from paper.
NPR story of same.A clock.
Why in the hell doesn't Microsoft make dynamic content available as an Active Desktop function? I'd love to put this on my work computer screen without having a browser open, but I can't do it.
Phone system hell. You've been there and back. I offer these links to shorten your commute.
Paul English's website, the fella that methodically tracked down the specific steps for the shortcuts in and out of these circles of hell.
Writeup of Mr English's work in the local paper.
Quicklist of shortcuts from paper.
NPR story of same.
I got caught up in one of those computerized recording loops when calling Qwest about a problem recently. The problem was static on my phone line. The computer on the other end kept asking me what I wanted and not understanding because of the static. I finally started shreiking into the phone "HUMAN BEING!" This apparently got thru over the static and I was switched to a live customer rep. :rolleyes:
You have seen it in the movies ,
How easy is it to shoot a lock open ???
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot5.htmThere is a reason that was part of Master's advertising campaign. Back in the 70s, wasn't it?
face recognition ,
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/tryFaceRecognition.php?s=1&u=g0&lang=EN&restore
what cleb from the last 200 years do you look like ,
this pic, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11268176@N00/67031306/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/26/67031306_a530d802cf_o.jpg" width="329" height="421" alt="happyme" /></a>
was reconized as this dude ,<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11268176@N00/67031814/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/28/67031814_f7dd6fe4c0_o.jpg" width="165" height="270" alt="him" /></a>
eveadently a smart motherfucker from the Nobel prize he won ,
http://www.fkf.mpg.de/klitzing/Ha! Thanks Zippyt, this thing is awesome!
I entered in two reasonably different pictures of myself, and it did pick a lot of the same people twice.
Now, how do I tell my husband his top seven faces were all women? :lol:
Books for children are sure
smutty in Germany.
Most excellent. This pic
gets me arty film director Gus Van Sant
and Johnny Ramone
Wolf, I ran your pic from 2003 Forks. Is there something you're not telling us? It was a tie between Redford and Saddam Hussein.
Interesting, because I ran three different pictures and the result was "no matches."
(Despite rumors to the contrary, I am all original parts)
How are you saving the resulting celeb photo?
LJ got Bob Dylan, Ron Reagan, Hillary Duff and Gerard Depardieu. I got Sharon Tate, Christina Aguilera and Katie Holmes.
How are you saving the resulting celeb photo?
LJ got Bob Dylan, Ron Reagan, Hillary Duff and Gerard Depardieu. I got Sharon Tate, Christina Aguilera and Katie Holmes.
SHIFT-PRINT SCREEN, paste into editor (Irfanview or Microsoft Paint) and crop.
My gallery seems heavily into science and arts. It must be the beard and glasses. I always thought I looked like Pavoratti, so I'm surprised he's not the first on the list.
Oh yeah. That thing's great. You look JUST like Carl Lewis. Separated at birth.
Wolf, do I detect a teensy bit of sarcasm there? Becuase I know that I am the spitting image of Sharon Tate, so this thing must be right on.
[size=1]It was her autopsy photo, but still...[/size]
They gave me Tony Blair for my first one.
Then Marlon Brando for my second.
I should have stopped there.
No Comment. :eyebrow:
HA! On the first pic, the closest one is Hugh Grant's mugshot. Swell. :right:
The other pic has the benefit of lowered eyebrows, lending a satanic, moviestar quality. But still the fucking Hugh pic.
None of those people even remotely resembles me, but you can bet I'm gonna make a point to show this to any potential dates. It's a smorgasbord of wacko cultists. Meh.
iirc, Michael Moorcock wrote the Elric of Melnibone series, about the sword, Stormbringer, and some guy, Elric, who carried it around. Not uncool, dude. A little more eyeliner and you could double Peter Gabriel, though.
I tried this and came up with "No Matches". All my twins must have broken the cameras aimed at them too.
Hugh heh!
I like how my proceding hairline was scanned through the cap. I should run a goatee pic through but I'm lazy er cerebral ya like a young Ginsberg or an Oppenheimer.
Mother Theresa, Penelope Cruz, Annika Sorenstam, dude from Abba for Pete
Sophia Lauren and Briget Bardot fer mini Pete (the Hillary match was an ugly glitch)
and Oliver Hardy fer mini me sans stem (She got Nicole Kidman as well but the soul is really Hardy's.)
Is it wrong to have a thing for Jen Cap?
noodle, you are very cute (which is why it's very sad that you insist on practicing Christianity...sigh) but you need to smile and not stare at us with that crazed, "I am a homeless man willing to kill you for cough syrup" look on your face. That's why it said you matched Anton LeVey. I may be recalling someone else saying this, but wasn't it you who said your naked body was "mesmerizing"--? Well. I'm game. Put it up there. Let's see!
And, Glatt: is that pic circa 1988? :D
And, Glatt: is that pic circa 1988? :D
I just got chills! It was February or March 1988. Seriously. How did you know?
I just got chills! It was February or March 1988. Seriously. How did you know?
I totally had that same hair-do! ;)
smiling is not metal.
as for naked pics, this is the internet. there are bound to be some out there. in the meantime, just imagine a deflated tire resting on hipbones that have been attached to a telephone pole, and you're just about there.
Oh, and a ginormous elephant trunk is under the tire.
I think you paid me a compliment in there somewhere, thanks :) \m/
Real or Fake?
(couple IOTDs in here, I think)
78%. Recognize a few fakes from Worth1000. (Hello everyone - been kinda busy since the move from L.A. to CO, and got blocked from the Cellar at work. Double bummer - miss you guys.)
36 out of 40, 90%. Lots of past IOTDs.
I think the thin air has gotten to my memory..............what were we talking about?
You answered 33 items out of 40 correctly.
Your score is 83%. Great job!
30/40
75%
the animals messed me up.
You answered 34 items out of 40 correctly.
Your score is 85%. Great job!
35/40 -- missed the Toronto blackout one, the USA jets, the forest fire, the hillbilly wedding (but I know people like that), and...I can't remember the last one.
38/40. 2 I though were real with strange explanations and not what they appeared, but nooooooo. :lol:
Gallery of bad videogame cover art. It's in portuguese, but I could pick out most of the descriptions. Funny stuff.
I have a couple of those.
I rarely consider cover art in my game purchases. I'm big on back-of-the-box descriptions, though.
The best RPG ever. Very difficult to stop playing.
A little essay on mall Santas --
with picsA fun little time waster, reminds me of pachinko...
gridgame.Clear your desks, students. We have a pop quiz. The topic is Greek Mythology. It comes in two parts.
Ready?
Begin part one.
My score, part one
You have got 15 correct out of 20 questions. Your score is 75. :( disappointed.
part two:
You have got 13 correct out of 20 questions. Your score is 65. (better quit while I'm ahead)
FIVE for the price of one!!
Click "videos". I laughed at all of them. I don't know what that says about the fella's puppetry skills, I fear what it says about my humor threshold. Enjoy.
14/20=70
Also face recognition gave me kevin spacey as a first choice. True, everyone says it. Oddly, they didn't suggest john cusack. In my younger days I was a dead ringer for him.
Clear your desks, students. We have a pop quiz. The topic is Greek Mythology. It comes in two parts.
Ready? Begin part one.
My score part I
You have got 16 correct out of 20 questions. Your score is 80.
Part II
You have got 12 correct out of 20 questions. Your score is 60.
FIVE for the price of one!!
Click "videos". I laughed at all of them. I don't know what that says about the fella's puppetry skills, I fear what it says about my humor threshold. Enjoy.
Loved it!
Been a busy day for me in this thread... :where is the busy beaver smilie?:
Ready for (another) one of those "which character am I?" survey thingies? .... Well, silence is assent, as I've heard, so here goes.
What D&D Character Are You? My results below. I would rate the result as flattering and mostly on target. This comes on the heels of a radio story today casting Seattlites as "earnest" and "satire challenged". Perhaps. I've been characterized that way before. Interestingly, the quiz coincided with a stretch of Jethro Tull on the iTunes shuffle play with a little Doors thrown in. Fine RPGing music for my money.
<b>I Am A:</b> Neutral Good Elf Ranger Cleric
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Neutral Good</b> characters believe in the power of good above all else. They will work to make the world a better place, and will do whatever is necessary to bring that about, whether it goes for or against whatever is considered 'normal'.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Elves</b> are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Clerics</b> are the voices of their God/desses on Earth. They perform the work of their deity, but this doesn't mean that they preach to a congregation all their lives. If their deity needs something done, they will do it, and can call upon that deity's power to accomplish their goals.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Mielikki</b> is the Neutral Good goddess of the forest and autumn. She is also known as the Lady of the Forest, and is the Patron of Rangers. Her followers are devoted to nature, and believe in the positive and outreaching elements of it. They use light armor, and a variety of weapons suitable for hunting, which they are quite skilled at. Mielikki's symbol is a unicorn head.
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Neutral Good Half-Elf Ranger Fighter
I am a Neutral Good Elf Ranger Bard with Mielikki as my Goddess (Lady of the Forest)
<b>I Am A:</b> Chaotic Good Human Ranger Fighter
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Chaotic Good</b> characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Humans</b> are the 'average' race. They have the shortest life spans, and because of this, they tend to avoid the racial prejudices that other races are known for. They are also very curious and tend to live 'for the moment'.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Fighters</b> are the warriors. They use weapons to accomplish their goals. This isn't to say that they aren't intelligent, but that they do, in fact, believe that violence is frequently the answer.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Shaundakul</b> is the Chaotic Good god of travel and exploration. He is also known as the Rider of the Winds. His followers are typically rangers, and work to protect the land. They typically wear leather armor, and carry long swords and short bows. Shaundakul's symbol is a white hand with the index finger raised.
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Neutral Good Gnome Bard Mage
Follower Of Oghma
<b>I Am A:</b> Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Druid
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Chaotic Good</b> characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Elves</b> are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Druids</b> are a special variety of Cleric who serves the Earth, and can call upon the power in the earth to accomplish their goals. They tend to be somewhat fanatical about defending natural settings.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Solonor Thelandria</b> is the Chaotic Good elven god of archery and the hunt. He is also known as the Keen Eye, the Great Archer, and the Forest Hunter. His followers respect nature, and only hunt when needed, but are quick to defend the forest from intruders. Their favorite weapon is the bow, and they tend to be extremely talented with it. Solonor Thelandria's symbol is an arrow with green fletchings.
<b>I Am A:</b> Chaotic Good Elf Druid Mage
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Chaotic Good</b> characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Elves</b> are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Druids</b> are a special variety of Cleric who serves the Earth, and can call upon the power in the earth to accomplish their goals. They tend to be somewhat fanatical about defending natural settings.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Mages</b> harness the magical energies for their own use. Spells, spell books, and long hours in the library are their loves. While often not physically strong, their mental talents can make up for this.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Rillifane Rallathil</b> is the Chaotic Good elven god of woodlands and nature. He is also known as the Leaflord, the Wild One, and the Great Oak. He is appears as a huge oak tree. His followers believe that everyone should be free to spend their lives doing what nature has meant them to, and they protect the forests from those who would abuse them. Their preferred weapon is the quarterstaff. Rillifane Rallathil's symbol is an oak tree.
I'm a: Lawful Good Dwarf Fighter Ranger
follower of Moradin.
So, no chaotic evil gnome monks? I guess UG hasn't had time to try out.
<b>I Am A:</b> Lawful Good Half-OrcFighter Ranger
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Lawful Good</b> characters are the epitome of all that is just and good. They believe in order and governments that work for the benefit of all, and generally do not mind doing direct work to further their beliefs.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Half-Orcs</b> are a cross between a human and an orc. Generally, this kind of mating does not occur willingly, so half-orcs are almost never raised by a full set of parents. They tend to be less intelligent and attractive than humans, but are generally stronger and hardier. Violence is a part of their nature, and few half-orcs manage to overcome this to follow other professions. They are generally treated with disdain by other races, if not outright hostility.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Fighters</b> are the warriors. They use weapons to accomplish their goals. This isn't to say that they aren't intelligent, but that they do, in fact, believe that violence is frequently the answer.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Tyr</b> is the Lawful Good god of justice. He is also known as Tyr Grimjaws, Wounded Tyr, the Maimed God, and Blind Tyr. He appears as a warrior, missing his hand. Followers of Tyr are concerned first and foremost with justice - discovering the truth and punishing the guilty for their crimes. They wear blue and purple robes with a white sash, a white gauntlet on the left hand, and a black gauntlet on the right, to symbolize Tyr's lost hand. Their preferred weapon is the warhammer. Tyr's symbol is a set of scales resting on a warhammer.
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I Am A: Lawful Good Half-OrcFighter Ranger
Now
that's a combination you don't see very often, if ever.
the half Orc part bother me , other than that I am ok with it
Lawful Good Elf Ranger Mage
Follower Of Mielikki
:3_eyes:
Here is the
Sony BMG XCP Exchange at UPS. You click on your titles, print a pre-paid shipping label, and ship them from any UPS location.
It's not too onerous a process, depending on how long they take to get the un-infected replacements back to you.
Here is a faithful graphic novel adaptation of
War of the Worlds. It started at about the same time as the movie came out, and just finished.
<b>I Am A:</b> Neutral Good Elf Ranger Bard
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Neutral Good</b> characters believe in the power of good above all else. They will work to make the world a better place, and will do whatever is necessary to bring that about, whether it goes for or against whatever is considered 'normal'.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Elves</b> are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Bards</b> are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Mielikki</b> is the Neutral Good goddess of the forest and autumn. She is also known as the Lady of the Forest, and is the Patron of Rangers. Her followers are devoted to nature, and believe in the positive and outreaching elements of it. They use light armor, and a variety of weapons suitable for hunting, which they are quite skilled at. Mielikki's symbol is a unicorn head.
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Me and 'Noodle are the same! :lovers:
<b>I Am A:</b> Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Bard
<br><br><u>Alignment:</u><br><b>Chaotic Good</b> characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.
<br><br><u>Race:</u><br><b>Elves</b> are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.
<br><br><u>Primary Class:</u><br><b>Rangers</b> are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.
<br><br><u>Secondary Class:</u><br><b>Bards</b> are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.
<br><br><u>Deity:</u><br><b>Solonor Thelandria</b> is the Chaotic Good elven god of archery and the hunt. He is also known as the Keen Eye, the Great Archer, and the Forest Hunter. His followers respect nature, and only hunt when needed, but are quick to defend the forest from intruders. Their favorite weapon is the bow, and they tend to be extremely talented with it. Solonor Thelandria's symbol is an arrow with green fletchings.
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Hey Brianna, LFG? wink wink nudge nudge
Meat.
Could reasonably be found in current merry christmas vs happy holidays thread, intelligent design thread, so I'll split the difference and post it here.
Here is a faithful graphic novel adaptation of War of the Worlds. It started at about the same time as the movie came out, and just finished.
Outstanding, thanks HM. :thumb:
Fantastic! Now I have to figure out what box or corner my copy of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version ended up in ...
OOOOOLA!
That being said ,
a site that you can pick berast size and see how they will look with what sized implants !!!
http://www.otsuka-biyo.co.jp/lineup/bust/simulation.html
:D :D :D :D :D :D :eek: :eek: ;) ;)
That is cool. Reminds me of
these guys:
That being said ,
a site that you can pick berast size and see how they will look with what sized implants !!!
http://www.otsuka-biyo.co.jp/lineup/bust/simulation.html
:D :D :D :D :D :D :eek: :eek: ;) ;)
For a second there I thought the site was broken. The default view is straight on and I did not notice any difference when I tried a D + 500cc combination. I had to select the middle tab to get a 3/4 profile to see results.
It's certainly an interesting application of the Internet.
That is cool. Reminds me of these guys:
That was a great show. The Shadows were wild!
Initially I didn't like Bab5 ... because it suffered from bad pilot disease (explain to me again how you can poison someone through an environment suit with a contact poison?) but it grew on me when I had to tape season 5 for my boss because he didn't have cable.
check this out ,
http://ueba.com.br/forums/index.php?showtopic=20717
That is one heck of a way to dispose of a Christmas tree.
A baboonaphile
A man who prefers his women to have difficulty shaving and a enough body hair to grab ahold of.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=A+baboonaphileCheck this one out I just submitted that the other day :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: my husband often tells me I am suffering from this condition
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blondeheimersChicks with bricks come...
My second all-time favorite Dr Seuss book, behind Green Eggs and Ham, of course!
Check this one out I just submitted that the other day :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: my husband often tells me I am suffering from this condition
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blondeheimers
That's not you next to the dictionary entry is it?? :cool:
Chicks with bricks come...
no wonder your a happy monkey...
:eyebrow:
That's not you next to the dictionary entry is it?? :cool:
Why yes, yes it is....
:p
no wonder your a happy monkey...
:eyebrow:
You don't know the half of it. Chicks with bricks come, chicks with blocks come, chicks with bricks and blocks and socks come!
Chicks with bricks come, chicks with blocks come, chicks with bricks and blocks and socks come!
Ahem... Chicks with bricks and blocks and
clocks come. It's the 3-year-old's favorite book. :)
Doh! It's been a while...
Stumble led me to this
oops page of flight mishaps. All of the ones I looked at were embarrassing but non-fatal.
Check out the Wyoming wind sock!
There is a wealth of stuff
here ... images, movies, and, well, just other.
It's pretty other.
Much of what's there is NSFW. As a matter of fact, there are quite a few of the videos that I would not recommend for anyone to watch, because it's very, very difficult to take steel wool to the inside of your brain.
Guys, trust me. You don't need to watch the penis piercing video.
Do, however, make sure that you check out the video labelled "Nazi Problems." The best bit is at the end.
intresting little game , tougher than it looks ,
http://online.sector.sk/hra.aspx?game=1568Well zippyt, I just lost about 20 minutes off of homework thanks to that game :)
intresting little game , tougher than it looks ,
http://online.sector.sk/hra.aspx?game=1568
Yeah, tougher because the keys were reversed. Up=down, fast=slow..grr fughedaboudit.
Come to think of it,
this wasn't very funny, either.I got a little addicted.
I noticed that there's a tendency for the plane to nose down when it's flying left, and it stays level when flying right.
filling the plane is much easier going from left to right
Come to think of it, this wasn't very funny, either.
No, but ironic as hell. ;)
Wire tap for freedom also check out Stupedous Man while you're there. :lol:
So...Cracked is coming back as a potty-mouth mag instead of just a mere knockoff of Mad? Cool.
Where in the world have you been ???
http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries
I have been to these places ,
<img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=USMXISCNJPMYPHSGAU"><br/>
<a href="http://www.world66.com/myworld66">create your own visited country map</a>
or check our <a href="http://www.world66.com/europe/italy/veneto/venice">Venice travel guide</a>
How about YOU ?????
<img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=CAUSMXCRIE"><br/>
<a href="http://www.world66.com/myworld66">create your own visited country map</a>
or check our <a href="http://www.world66.com/europe/italy/veneto/venice">Venice travel guide</a>
The disease is spreading.
<img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=CAUSMXVIADATBEBAHRCZDKFRDEGRISITLILUMKNLSMYUESCHUKVAAUNZ">
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or check our <a href="http://www.world66.com/europe/italy/veneto/venice">Venice travel guide</a>
Cruising rocks.
Chicks with bricks come...
I was really confused about this until this weekend when I read fox in socks for the first time. I was laughing my head off and no one could see why fox was so funny.
SonofV can easily read that one better than I can. I am not the agile performer he is. It is an all time favorite.
http://www.alycesantoro.com/
I saw this artist on a blog the other day.
Before and after photos of meth users courtesy of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. And while it is very sad that some people destroy their lives in this way, I just ended up laughing at the effects of meth of hairstyles...
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/index.html#I get to see that live. It's far more unsettling in person.
Yikes.
Well Sundae Girl, at least we have a new phrase to use when our hair is being unruly.
"drat - I've got meth hair today!"
You can see the look in their eyes that says there broken. Very sad.
This is why you DON'T Fuck with a Bull !!!!
http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/dogfight.html
Notice the flying dogs ??
and the two dogs down , with the Bull standing in the middle of the road !!!!!!!
They don't look like thet'll be getting back up, either.
Speaking of...
Brokeback to the Future
Amazing how dramatically the perception changes based on how something is presented, isn't it?
This is why you DON'T Fuck with a Bull !!!!
http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/dogfight.html
Notice the flying dogs ??
and the two dogs down , with the Bull standing in the middle of the road !!!!!!!
Ouch. How would you like to have to get a dog off your lip by flinging him across the road. That's gonna hurt.
I had one of those "So THAT's what happened to her" moments just now. A totally unrelated web search (no, not for porn) discovered
the website for artist Ariana Richards. She was the blond girl on Jurassic Park. Cool, huh?
She's talented too. Good for her.
Just keep clicking the image.
Classic advertising and concept art.
Dick Sargent? I liked Dick York better, but it looks like Sargent had the background for the Darren role.
Wow wolf! That's really cool!
I will return to it later--too much there to be digested in one sitting. I'll post a couple of my favorites. Nice link, thanks.
Dick Sargent? I liked Dick York better, but it looks like Sargent had the background for the Darren role.
Different Dick Sargent, apparently, based on the birth and death dates. I did, however, enjoy the juxtaposition of Dick Sargent the ad art guy vs. Dick Sargent the actor playing an ad art guy.
Whack your boss
15/15. That was cathartic. I like the ruler best, some others were entertaining.
I haven't decided if I prefer the rolling chair or the scissors best, although I loved the coup de grace with the stapler.
I'd like to know how he got exposures that are at 1/100,000,000ths of a second. :eek:
[font=Arial][size=3]Listening to Stan Rogers on Pandora, I did a little search on privateers and found this.[/size][/font]
Dan Conlin's do-it-yourself Letter of Marque
[left][size=3][font=Arial]Of course, being a Canadian site, this letter authorizes the seizure of United States vessels, so this might put you at odds with Homeland Security.
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[/size]to apprehend, seize, and take the Ships, Vessels and Goods Belonging to the United States of America, or to any persons being Subjects of France, according to His Majesty's Commission and Instruction aforesaid[size=3]
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[/left]
[font=Arial][size=3]
[size=3]You would have to edit this
actual copy of a US marque from 1812 to be more legal in the US.
[/size][/size][/font]authorizing Nicholas Millin captain, and William Stetson lieutenant of the said Brig and the other officers and crew thereof, to subdue, seize, and take any armed or unarmed British vessel, public or private, which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, or elsewhere on the high seas, or within the waters of the British dominions,[font=Arial][size=3][size=3]
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Ah, a little Barretts Privateers! His brother plays the Night Eagle in Oxford once in a while. Gotta see that. Stan is on my list of favorites who I got into after their deaths. :sniff:
Somebody bought over 5000 slides from a Mountain Brook (Birmingham), Alabama estate for $150 and posted a number of them on
Flickr
This guy had a high paying job and traveled on business. He went to Europe 6 times, Cuba, Hawaii, Japan, and many US trips. Slides include sporting events, inaugeration parades, people, travel, World's Fairs and so much more.
He's posted 177 of them, from the '50s and '60s, including many national parks, '64 Words Fair, '65 Seattle, '61 Idlewild Airport and much more, including a graduation at Oberlin College in '59. The cars and street clothes are cool and the quality of the pictures is befitting someone that can afford an expensive camera. ;)
great link. Very good quality and all interesting.
Thanks, Bruce. :thumb:
What a nice vacation. I enjoyed all 183 pictures. What a steal for $150. I've been to many of the places in the current set. Of course I could name the street intersection for most of the Seattle pics. That is the most appealing tour of New York I've ever seen. I kept expecting to see Rock Hudson or Doris Day stroll across the frame.
I've been most of those places, also. Interesting to the changes.
I vividly remember the World's Fair in '64, so those pics jarred my memory.
I had to laugh at the Idlewild '62/JFK'65 pictures, nothing like that today. There was actually open, vacant, unused, parking spots. :lol:
NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW
That being said , check this out !!!
http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/bounceometer/shock.htmlSurprisingly entertaining online billiards.
You can turn off the music, and the product placement doesn't interfere with the gameplay.
Toons, the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons. Very cool. :D
History of Band Names Any day I learn something new about Jethro Tull is a good day.
Christ I'm bored today.
This might help with your taxes (with sound). :D
For those with
this type of oral fixation
Congressional Biographical Directory searchable by position (congress, president, etc), name, party, or state. The database goes back to the Contintental Congress.
I don't know....it bothers me that a 4 star general is a pussy.;)
This is the most annoying popup I've ever had to endure. I clicked on a link to watch a video, and instead of the promised content, I started hearing this C-grade salesman and his lame ass pitch. Took me forever to go through my taskbar buttons and find the offender.
Not really worth clicking on -- I just wanted to vent.
Just read this very positive article in today's
SF Chronicle about this new website,
www.imow.org
Looking forward to exploring it...
Place your order here. Be creative...
Virtual Bartender
i tried. . . she just keeps shrugging her shoulders all cute-like. can she make a sandwich?
Because Bobby Carburetor is easily the coolest guy on the face of the earth (who plays drums) ...
You can again hear the
REAL version of All You Zombies. It is nothing like that watered down piece of crap that the rest of the country got with their MTV.
I've been listening to Scared by Science on repeat for the last half-hour or so. I don't usually do this with a single song, but I haven't heard it since some time in the early '80s, and it was always a favorite.
Please view and listen to this excellent site.National Association of Manufacturers blog. Every saturday they post a new video tour of some factory or manufacturing process.
Like the "Industry on Parade" films they use to show on TV when the ball game was rained out.:D
i tried. . . she just keeps shrugging her shoulders all cute-like. can she make a sandwich?
try things like
booty
fight
lick
suck
actually i think thats on the VB2 one
etc and anything else dirty
A poster made up with/from using the entire script from Reservoir Dogs. Very cool.:D
Very, very... Hope they ship to Europe...
I think I'll try this new linking feature.
What "they" used to think a home computer would be in 2004.
http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpgI think I'll try this new linking feature.
What "they" used to think a home computer would be in 2004. http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpg
Wait, you mean
yours doesn't look like that?:lol:
I would like to know what the giant wheel was for. I doubt they predicted "Grand Theft Auto".
I would like to know what the giant wheel was for. I doubt they predicted "Grand Theft Auto".
whell that would be WAY better than the SUCKY ASS little NON Linear steering wheel that I bought !!
That was actually a Fark photoshop contest entry, but since then has been sent along as real by many many more people than sent it along as fake. It's taken on a life of its own.
Wasn't that image of a submarine trainer or something?
I think it's part of the set from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
"with teletype interface and the fortran language..."
so naive
When I saw It, the caption was not future but early computer. I even sent it to UT for IOtD..... for which he slapped me about the head and shoulders. :lol:
Sometimes education is painful.
Capitol Steps. Very funny.
Cooler than GoogleEarth, higher resolution in a lot of cases.
I was able to identify individual cars from the parking lot at work.
It's that good.
It's clear alright. But the picture for my area is years out of date.
Oh that is too goddamn much! After looking at my house the only question is, who left the garage doors open?
I was able to identify individual cars from the parking lot at work.
Well, heck...I can identify individual cars from the parking lot at work. Now, identifying individual cars from *space*. That's a good trick. :lol:
How do I get a picture? I'm not in the database I guess
I had the same problem, Brian. Look in the upper left corner. You'll see "road" and then "aerial". Click on "aerial".
dont seem to good for australia. in fact...its shit house
I want one of
these. It's a small remote controlled drone. Spy plane. With video camera on board. The LAPD is beginning to use them to supplement expensive helicopters.
Of course, if everyone gets one of these, I may just have to research how to build a high powered radio signal jamming device. Not that I would ever build an illegal device like that.
I buy flowers at least once every two weeks for my g/f and happened on this link
http://www.click2houston.com/houseandhome/8510672/detail.html having to do with preservation. i thought i'd give it a try and also share it with y'all......
That's for growing them with stunted stems and normal blooms. They're like kids....once thet're grown, it's too late. :D
I want one of these. It's a small remote controlled drone. Spy plane. With video camera on board. The LAPD is beginning to use them to supplement expensive helicopters.
Of course, if everyone gets one of these, I may just have to research how to build a high powered radio signal jamming device. Not that I would ever build an illegal device like that.
Well, you could just take up
kite-flying as a hobby. Kites as in fighting kites, with glass and metal coated strings. Think of it as a poor mans
barrage balloon.:cool:
Give someone a little
piece of the old farm!!
*scroll down the page and on the left is the "Testimonials" section. Check out the women's pool team. What about
http://www.idleaire.com/?
I have been looking at this for months now. It beats idling all night, saves fuel and my hearing, offers a few bennies to go along with it all.
All for the low low price of $1.85/hr.
Opinions?
Sounds like a good idea when it's available. Of course all the options are to try to get you to spend more but that's up to you....they only provide the temptation. :lol:
It has to be better than running that big ole diesel all night. What other costs to you over the hourly rate?
I have seen these yellow tubes hanging at truck stops befor , I figured it was heat and AC but not all the other stuff , SLICK Idea !!!
I have used idleaire and I loved it. phone, cable, and internet. Muy betchen.
That's the only cost to me. The diesel can cost over $2.50/hr to idle depending on the cost of fuel. And if I get my idle hours down far enough (Big Brother keeps track) I can get a fuel and idle hour bonus of up to $50/month
That will pay for the Idleaire time right there. I have to pay for phone calls and internet usage of course but if all I want is cool/warm air, I'm all set. I decided to give it a try and bought the window adaptor (mandatory) for $10 and put $30 prepaid on my account. I can add to it when I activate the umbilical with no charges for that internet transaction.
Brian
This guy is going for a new house and he started with only
[COLOR="Red"]one red paper clip[/COLOR]Jesus help us, Elspode......that's criminal!!
[SIZE="1"]Now where was that bookmark button?[/SIZE]:yum:
Surprisingly comprehensive quotes site.
I was trying to track down a news article related to a local murder tonight, and found this site. It has some obscure stuff ... quotes from one of the most sleazy lawyers in my county. Pretty amazing, really.
A Spherical Cellular Automaton Very cool, if you have Java. :D
OMG xoB. ive had that theory for ages but never heard anything about it elsewhere until just now. ive spent so many nights trying to explain that the earth is one organism ( the logical next step in life from a multi-cellular organism) for a long time. now i know im not the only one!
OMG xoB. ive had that theory for ages but never heard anything about it elsewhere until just now. ive spent so many nights trying to explain that the earth is one organism ( the logical next step in life from a multi-cellular organism) for a long time. now i know im not the only one!
So does that make me a parasite like a flea, or am I more of a
mitochondrion.
Am I merely a captive organelle?
Someone must know, but they just won't tell.:D ive spent so many nights trying to explain that the earth is one organism ( the logical next step in life from a multi-cellular organism) for a long time.
Maybe if it ever reproduces (terraforming and settlement of other planets)...
which will happen, as it is already in the minds of humans
A Spherical Cellular Automaton Very cool, if you have Java. :D
Somewhat similar, but perhaps a bit more prosaic...you can easily see a lot of real-world effects in
that simulation.
Interesting to see Earth Day come and go again. I well remeber cutting high school to attend the first Earth Day in Philadelphia on Belmont Plateau.
Instead of posting links one-by-one, my favorites are
tagged at del.icio.us
OMG xoB. ive had that theory for ages but never heard anything about it elsewhere until just now...
You must not have been looking very hard... :-)
They certainly do have a different idea about advertising in Europe than we have here...or at least more of it.
http://kamascooter.com/Vespas are gay or ghey or whatever.... and there's plenty wrong with that. For people, fine, whatever blows your skirt up, but for motorized, two wheel transportation, it's disgusting. :(
Stars Wars fanfilm.
Part American Civil War reenactment, part kung-fu movie, this is a very nice 5 minute Star Wars fanfilm of a light saber duel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMPElN02DQCheck this out , where a satalite is on google maps ,
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=23192[SIZE="4"]NSFW[/SIZE], if you please.
how is that nsfw? theres no mutilated penis on that page
I like to crush buildings. I am
buildingcrusher.
"this building is quite comfortable, too bad it's about to collapse under my enormous weight"
I like to crush buildings. I am buildingcrusher.
"this building is quite comfortable, too bad it's about to collapse under my enormous weight"
This should aslo be in the WTF, cause I find myself saying WTF :eek:
Sorry V , that pic ain't bad but a few of the others in the set ARE NSFW .
My bus , My bad :(
how is that nsfw? theres no mutilated penis on that page
My back is to the cubicle door, opening onto one of two thorougfares in the cubemaze here. When I see a woman's tatooed torso painting onto the screen, I don't wait around to see the blackbar that makes it "safe" for work. Not. A. Good. Idea. No biggie. I just have to keep the bosskey handy.
dumb dinosaur
duuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Star-Bell Sneetche
http://www.flickr.com/photos/casoulbyrd/2170443/in/set-13676/
Could that be a Dead Kennedys reference mayhaps?
Star-Bell Sneetche
http://www.flickr.com/photos/casoulbyrd/2170443/in/set-13676/
Outside of increasing her aggregate level of unattractiveness, I don't get it ... unless she's trying to entice only prepubescents.
Could that be a Dead Kennedys reference mayhaps?
No...
Motre like UN-holy *****! :D
TV on the net. Music videos, News, sports of everykind, old time catoons!!
hey I watched those.
http://www.channelchooser.com/This is pretty funny in a, well sick, kind of way. I think. maybe not. It's all about the boobs.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/109961/men_know_what_they_like/No...
Ah, but yet it is, whether you knew so or not.
Youre a star-belly sneech
You suck like a leech
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass like a bitch
So you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you
http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/index_e.htm
Unrealised bombastic building projects from the Soviets.
This is pretty funny in a, well sick, kind of way. I think. maybe not. It's all about the boobs.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/109961/men_know_what_they_like/
This one too. :D
Edit ~ good find Pi.
Here ya go Bruce , a twirly thing you can build ,
http://www.davidkitecam.com/helicopter.htmlCheck out this
Tool
..here is a quote from his fan page...
hey blaze, how can i get an autographed picture man? u
sound old skool, thats the best rap that has ever
been produced, its that laid back rap spittin style
that everyone can understand u know?
http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/
May have already been posted, but its a good laugh.
http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/index_e.htm
Unrealised bombastic building projects from the Soviets.
So cool. I see them as a collectible set of zinc paperweights a la Bruce McCall.
I esp. like the industry one with the bridges.
This one too. :D
Edit ~ good find Pi.
Funny Bruce! I didn't see the punch line...coming.
Check out this Tool
That guy's demo video has been making the rounds lately. It looks like he's put some more money into his career. I think it would be hilarious if he made it big. (listens for the sounds of 1000 rap musicians simultaneously slapping themselves in the head)
Here ya go Bruce , a twirly thing you can build ,
http://www.davidkitecam.com/helicopter.html
C'mon Zip, that would never lift me.;)
That guy's demo video has been making the rounds lately. It looks like he's put some more money into his career. I think it would be hilarious if he made it big. (listens for the sounds of 1000 rap musicians simultaneously slapping themselves in the head)
Please tell me that that's a pisstake.
Via Boing Boing. Ever wonder what ants' tunnels look like? Well, what if you pored special dental plaster down into the holes, let it harden, and then dug it up?
Here are a bunch of images of what various species of ants' tunnels look like. This is my favorite:
That's pretty cool. Probably worth an IOTD...
seconded.
take a good look at that pic and imagine being an ant. That must take a lot of walking. There must be some ants that never get aboveground.
self Explanatory
Cool! New outfits!!
The last time I played with it, it had mostly Christmas dress up stuff ... santa and elf suits, reindeer antlers, etc.
the ants go marching one by one hurrah, hurrah!...
[COLOR=#008000]$229,322.00[/COLOR]
Nice!
xoB pointed that out to me.
I told him if he could get anyone to offer that price I would split it with him. And the next day we register cellarforums.org or whatever else is available.
my own name is worth 1,835.00.
let's see what foot3 and my sock puppet's names are worth.
foot3 is worth 3,750. squirell nutkin was only 1500.
We found these words in your domain name:
DOMAIN NAME CVS SALE VALUE SALE DATE
jerichorealestate.com 86 $500.00 01/23/2006
hardsteel.com 122 $500.00 03/06/2006
satchart.org 52 $250.00 04/03/2006
gamecharts.com 126 $1188.00 12/13/2005
How did they know?;)
Bill Machrone, one of the editors at Ziff-Davis [PC Magazine and others] has a web site where he lists stuff that he thinks is the best of its kind. One of the recent entries is a project he did where he built his own bass guitar. For anyone interested in woodworking and/or music, it's an interesting piece.
The Hard Way to Build a First BassAhh I think I know why we haven't heard from Slang in a while ,
http://worksafevideos.com/photos/unique/shooting.htmlI'm amazed they can do that in only 840kb. :eek:
Ahh I think I know why we haven't heard from Slang in a while ,
http://worksafevideos.com/photos/unique/shooting.html
ahh, holy mackeral
I stole this from Tse Moana's Blog ...
Your Brain's Pattern
Structured and organized, you have a knack for thinking clearly.
You are very logical - and you don't let your thoughts get polluted with emotions.
And while your thoughts are pretty serious, they're anything from boring.
It's minds like yours that have built the great cities of the world!
What Pattern Is Your Brain?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatpatternisyourbrainquiz/Have fun touching your balls. Girls can play too and I'm happy to say there's a turn off the music button.
edit: hiscore 14k plus. your toucher gets bigger as you play and the yellow balls slow it down a notch. Fun!
for MaggieL but quite enjoyable for all others.
Why, yes, I am having a Stumblicious time tonight, thanks for asking. :p
I liked the one with the fan, trashcan, and paperball better.
I stole this from Tse Moana's Blog ...
W00t, someone other than my direct friends read it!
Thanks!
Not true, Tse Moana.....WE'RE direct friends. :D
Ahh I think I know why we haven't heard from Slang in a while ,
http://worksafevideos.com/photos/unique/shooting.html
I especially like this part:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Nice. The .44 Magnum he nearly killed me with is out of sight.
[/SIZE][/FONT]
Nope, it's probably at the bottom of a river. It's Slang alright.
Not true, Tse Moana.....WE'RE direct friends. :D
Aw shucks, :redface: :D
Mr. Sun, a North Carolina native and one of my favorite bloggers, has blogged the National Spelling Bee for the last couple years. This year he is going all-out in support of North Carolina's representative in the Bee, Saryn "The Hook" Hooks.
Bestest minigolf evar!
46 woot!
45...would have been a lot better, but the 18th hole is a bitch.
http://www.umop.com/rps25.htm
Wow. I like how they differentiate between woman and man.;)
NSFW
http://www.madblast.com/index.cfm?action=view&id=1753
The booby match game.
My score:
12 pairs in 3:05.4 with 78 card flips
NSFW http://www.madblast.com/index.cfm?action=view&id=1753
The booby match game.
My score:
12 pairs in 3:05.4 with 78 card flips
12 pairs 1:46.5 with 68 flips
I'm boobcentric
NSFW !!!
Here ya go ,
Bri I DARE ya , I Double Dog Dare YA !!!
I give you Pants off Dance off !!!
http://fuse.tv/upload/pantsoff.phpI thought this was very cool pi :D
Well just found it, didn't invent it ;)
NSFW http://www.madblast.com/index.cfm?action=view&id=1753
The booby match game.
My score:
12 pairs in 3:05.4 with 78 card flips
The booby match game.
My score:
12 pairs in 00:54.6 with 48 card flips
Booby match Game: 46 flips, 0.58.4.
:p
This link is very cool too.
http://www.larrycarlson.com/digitalart.htm
If you are an artist or appreciate art. :)
HEY! I POSTED THAT FIRST!
Well, kinda...
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=10567
The booby match game.
My score:
12 pairs in 3:05.4 with 78 card flips
I got 12 pairs in 2:27.7 with 52 flips.
:devil:
12 pairs 1:46.5 with 68 flips
I'm boobcentric
1:38.2 with 42 flips.
Probably because I was able to concentrate on the color and halter styles.
awfully strange (read: bordering on bizarre)
http://www.subservientchicken.com/There's a bar one out there too with a blonde waitress who will do as you command.
these interactive links are amusing. . . ^ ^ :) i have stripper as well. . . . but she doesn't do everything you ask :cool:
I have to show that to my wife.:lol:
I am glad you liked it :D
Here is a Led Zeppelin video my son found. Young Jimmy Page @ age 14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXeC40P80o&search=jimmy%20page%2014Wow, great links, glatt.:thumb:
Shopping Channel
AK-47 sale. Well done piece of commentary.
Amazing new images I had
never seen from the Chernobyl disaster and emergency response.
More Chernobyl disaster pictures. I bet all these brave workers a dead from cancer.
The pics from the second set has a few from within the first few days after the event. You can see smoke rising from the reactor building, but not enough to think that it was necessarily the day after, or at least early the day after. The accident happened at night.
The guys with the moon suits didn't hit the scene until much later ... I think late the first or early the second week, off hand (too lazy to check, yes I am) but those poor bastards were doing things like directly handing chunks of radioactive graphite that had been spewed out of the reactor core when it exploded. They were Red Army Soldiers, a lot of whom had no clue what they were dealing with. The moon rover looking vehicle was one of the remote control bulldozers that were a spectacular failure in the radiation-heavy atmosphere of the plant. That's why they brought the Red Army guys into clean up by hand.
(I read Grigory Medvedev's book on Chernobyl last year, and just started Zhores Medvedev book (Legacy of Chernobyl) this week.)
Shopping Channel AK-47 sale. Well done piece of commentary.
I'll take a half-dozen, if they're on easy pay and I get the shipping discount. Do they have them in the cherry as well as the oak? ... but they're missing the mark if they want me to feel bad about the child soldiers and such.
The death rate from Chernobyl is way lower than you might have expected!!!
Experts have estimated that around 4,000 people will die from the effects of the 1986 accident at Chernobyl.
...
The report finds more than 600,000 people received high levels of exposure, including reactor staff, emergency and recovery personnel and residents of the nearby areas.
The predicted 4,000 death toll includes 50 emergency workers who died of acute radiation syndrome in 1986, and from other causes in later years; nine children who died from thyroid cancer and an estimated 3,940 people who could die from cancer as a result of radiation exposure.
The report says there is "no convincing evidence" that there has been a rise in other cancers because of Chernobyl.
It says confusion over the incident's impact has arisen because many emergency and recovery workers have died since 1986 from natural causes which cannot be attributed to radiation exposure.
Most people who died from Chernobyl, died from drinking milk from cows who ate contaminated grass, which concentrates the radiation in such a way that you get thyroid cancer.
People older than me, who have been through civil defense instruction during the cold war, remember that
iodine pills can be given to prevent this precise problem.
Don't know about you, but I am in favor of nuclear energy.
Don't know about you, but I am in favor of nuclear energy.
In theory, I am too. Unfortunately, I also worry about nuclear power in the hands of
these guys or
these guys.
I'm all for private ownership and the free market. Unfortunately, the free market is not always free. In the worse case, a company can negligently kill or injure thousands of people and avoid responsibility. Any attempt to hold them accountable financially would be met with cries of 'tort reform' and finding any one individual criminally responsible in a corporation is difficult.
The buck never seems to stop anywhere. Forgetting 3 Mile Island for a moment, tell me who was responsible for the 1994 blackout. Was it the control room staff, the repair teams, or the executives who were tasked with making sure enough money was spent to make sure that they were properly trained and equipped?
In many ways the CEO of First Energy knew before the blackout that he would never be personally accountable for any failure, so when he and his board were looking at budgets and making cuts, they probably didn't have a 'worst case' mentality. They were operating focused on budgets, not safety. This is the kind of mentality that put too few lifeboats on the Titanic.
Do I want him and his buddies in charge of a nuclear reactor in my back yard? Not unless Congress passes a law that he and his family have to live within 10 miles of it.
o nobody's surprise, the final report on the blackout released by a U.S.-Canadian task force Monday puts most of blame for the outage on Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp., faulting poor communications, inadequate training, and the company's failure to trim back trees encroaching on high-voltage power lines.
A silent failure of the alarm function in FirstEnergy's computerized Energy Management System (EMS) is listed in the final report as one of the direct causes of a blackout that eventually cut off electricity to 50 million people in eight states and Canada. The alarm system failed at the worst possible time: in the early afternoon of August 14th, at the critical moment of the blackout's earliest events. The glitch kept FirstEnergy's control room operators in the dark while three of the company's high voltage lines sagged into unkempt trees and "tripped" off. Because the computerized alarm failed silently, control room operators didn't know they were relying on outdated information; trusting their systems, they even discounted phone calls warning them about worsening conditions on their grid, according to the blackout report.
People older than me, who have been through civil defense instruction during the cold war, remember that iodine pills can be given to prevent this precise problem.
Did you remember to pick yours up when they were giving them out at the firehouse a year or two ago?
Only firefighters who were directly on the roof of the reactor building fighting the fire died ... the ones who were putting out fires on the rooves (coated in flammable material, for some reason only Soviet Planners understand) of the machine building and other reactor buildings spent time at the special radiological hospital, but survived.
http://www.musicovery.com/
Nice music sampler
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wow, Just part of the information from the link in the previous post. This is very interesting and it makes one wonder if the thyroid 'epidemic' is something caused by our enviroment rather than mearly biological.
Prophylactic Use of Potassium Iodide (KI) in Radiological Emergencies*: Information for Physicians
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ki/ki_md.htm
The risks of stable iodine administration include sialadenitis (inflamation of the salivary gland), gastrointestinal disturbances, allergic reactions and minor rashes. In addition, persons with known iodine sensitivity should avoid KI, as should individuals with dermatitis herpetiformis and hypocomplementemic vasculitis, extremely rare conditions associated with an increased risk of iodine hypersensitivity.
Thyroidal side effects of stable iodine include iodineinduced thyrotoxicosis. This is more common in older people and in iodine deficient areas, and usually requires repeated doses of stable iodine. Iodide goiter and hypothyroidism are potential side effects more common in iodine sufficient areas, but they require chronic high doses of stable iodine. Therefore, individuals with multinodular goiter, Graves' disease, and autoimmune thyroiditis (most likely to be adults) should be treated with caution, especially if dosing extends beyond a few days.
Oh my word. I will never sleep again.
Tell me what keeps you up at night k?
Help
screech keep his house. And yeah the packing part, I only
heard about it on Stern!
Tell me what keeps you up at night k?
The thought of the Hillabeast becoming president.
That's really about it.
Slept like a baby after the decomposed, mummified, mouse-nibbled, maggot-strewn, dead guy pictures.
The thought of the Hillabeast becoming president.
That's really about it.
Slept like a baby after the decomposed, mummified, mouse-nibbled, maggot-strewn, dead guy pictures.
Her own people gave it to her pretty good yesterday, she is hopefully fading.
Gosh, I was looking forward to Hillary and Condi, stripped to the waist, up to their coochies in jello, going at it. :blush:
On Leno last week: "A person was apprehended after throwing a package over the White Fence and then climbing over. Turns out it was just Hillary with some carpet samples."
...carpet samples."
I know there's a lesbian joke in there somewhere...
I don't think this has been posted yet.
http://isnichwahr.de/redirect11648.htmlHow do I make it so that the link comes up as a word instead of a URL?
That's Ibram in his bedroom, Brian. :D
Write what you want to appear, highlight it, then click the globe/chainlink thingy.
When the pop-up opens insert the URL and click "OK".
Ole Tyme Radio
http://www.otr.net/
Very cool, sky. Thanks.
How do I make it so that the link comes up as a word instead of a URL?
Try right-clicking and then clicking on properties. Sometimes that works.
I always like going to
www.waiterrant.net
A very funny, well written guy. The stories are usually pretty good and gives a bit of insight on the waitstaff life.
Good stuff there. He can write.
I wonder where StaceyV is...I hope she's ok.
Good stuff there. He can write.
He's got some links on there to other webpages, but none as good as his.
I like his style, I'll bookmark the Waiter.:thumb:
http://www.illwillpress.com/sml.html
I love this site! I think I have watched every cartoon on it, I love the squirrel.
Back in the early 80's, when I was in college, I attending the occasional convention. A group of us went down to Delaware and found Nancy and her button booth. In addition to her catalogue, we had custom buttons made up.
Fast forward to a year or so ago and I came across the 20+ year old printed copy of her catalogue I had brought home. I was curious and did an Internet search to see if she was still in business but did not find anything.
So I was surprised when I tried recently and found
this. It's an expanded button/bumper sticker catalogue, with thousands of
pithy and humorous choices.
Guns, 1st and 2nd amendments, insanity. The funny thing is that a local bookstore near my house still has a cache of her buttons that are about 15 years old. Every once in a while I buy one out of the bins.
BTW, every time you refresh the page, it changes the random slogan.
A few I found funny.
If you can read this, you're in range
If it still has feelings, it isn't cooked enough
Conservatives should learn the difference between a sin and a crime and liberals should learn the difference between a virtue and a requirement
I don't brake for incumbents
I don't care if *they* get the government they deserve, but why do *I* have to get the government they deserve?
If you could print all the money you wanted, and steal all the money you wanted, couldn't you manage to stay out of debt?
:D
I might be getting the Paypal ready.
If only I had known. I think I met Nancy at ForksBob's ... I've corresponded with her on a Philadelphia-based elist for years. I have a couple of her buttons from cons as well.
Back in the early 80's, when I was in college, I attending the occasional convention. A group of us went down to Delaware and found Nancy and her button booth. In addition to her catalogue, we had custom buttons made up.
Fast forward to a year or so ago and I came across the 20+ year old printed copy of her catalogue I had brought home. I was curious and did an Internet search to see if she was still in business but did not find anything.
So I was surprised when I tried recently and found this. It's an expanded button/bumper sticker catalogue, with thousands of pithy and humorous choices.
Guns, 1st and 2nd amendments, insanity. The funny thing is that a local bookstore near my house still has a cache of her buttons that are about 15 years old. Every once in a while I buy one out of the bins.
BTW, every time you refresh the page, it changes the random slogan.
A few I found funny.
:D
I might be getting the Paypal ready.
This one is awesome!
So this is how liberty dies, to thunderous applause
One morel.
Hello. My name is Oedipus. You are my father. Prepare to die.
Want
help with a math problem? :confused:
Want to know
when to buy plane tickets? :confused:
Jesus dandrain, that's gross. Do you know the sick mother that made that? :eyebrow:
If only I had known. I think I met Nancy at ForksBob's ... I've corresponded with her on a Philadelphia-based elist for years. I have a couple of her buttons from cons as well.
Wow, it's too bad I wasn't at that one.
Here's a few that seem a little obtuse for buttons
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt stars
It's like brother Nietzsche said--being human is a complicated gig, so give that dark night of the soul a hug and howl the eternal yes
and a cute one
I gave my books their own room. Now they want the whole house.
Ok, one more
Does it have enhanced IR vision, a particle beam weapon with target acquisition, highly amplified arm/leg systems, self-contained atmosphere, and a small nuclear plant? No? Not much of a "power suit", is it?
For one of my D&D groups it would have been really cool to have one made that said "Is it made of human skin?"
The PCs were ALWAYS asking that, and it became a running gag.
Sounds like a good site to stay away from until people that have the capacity to deal with bad consequences have checked it out. :eyebrow:
Safe to click on, really. And good site too, I kinda wish I'd known about it before, get to see the countdown and stuff.
Jesus dandrain, that's gross. Do you know the sick mother that made that? :eyebrow:
I'd rather see goatse any day.
How to give
hand jobs NSFW :blush:
They look pretty blue....too bad the real ones aren't blue in real life. And blueberry flavoured.
Excellent V, I found a real good one there I'll take to Relationships. :D
Attention the Earth is flat!
http://www.conservative-kids.com/
It's tha' pocky-lypse.
I like how it follows the one before it.
Fellatio Cwac Cwac for my legal first and last name.
as last name only "wolf" ... Dr. Kool.
Huh. "Fellatio Kool"---kinda eery how accurate.
My son is "Ass Machine Juice"--weird
Take a
virtual tour of "Steve's Weird House" in Seattle.
This, my friends, is
the king of doodads. :notworthy
Heh, I am "Ass Machine Teapot, Yo"
Take a virtual tour of "Steve's Weird House" in Seattle.
This, my friends, is the king of doodads. :notworthy
Dude has a frigging bazooka hanging from his ceiling.
Heh, I am "Ass Machine Teapot, Yo"
I'm "Rock Hard Teapot, Yo". The funny thing is I actually do have a teapot at work. So along with the rest of it, they're %100.:D
Space Invaders recreated by stop-motion animation of people sitting in auditorium seats. :D
http://www.newlongmarch2.com/Default_en.asp
Billy, that's a great link. I read the whole site, to date, and really enjoyed it. Thanks.:thumb2:
http://abalatoninyar.fw.hu/
Animated commercial for a Hungarian resort.
I am Sam I Am. Despite this result, I do not like green eggs and ham, primarily because they are probably tainted.
These pictures are definitely not safe for work, but they are beautiful. :blush:
These pictures are definitely not safe for work, but they are beautiful. :blush:
The maple syrup one was very classy, but the
peach hummer wins for originality:cool:.
Try this
game out. I think the goal is to find things around the garage to get the motorcycle out. Im kinda stumped! ooh well.
One of those games where you have to figure your way out of a locked room. I love these games, always a little trickier than you first thought they might be. If you know of any more let me know, please!
One of those games where you have to figure your way out of a locked room. I love these games, always a little trickier than you first thought they might be. If you know of any more let me know, please!
I have a love-hate relationship with these games. I hate this one now. Too much time on it, and I'm so close, but can't figure out the last clue. They only give portions of the numbers for the last code. Am I supposed to plug all the combinations in? How tedious.
I have a love-hate relationship with these games. I hate this one now. Too much time on it, and I'm so close, but can't figure out the last clue. They only give portions of the numbers for the last code. Am I supposed to plug all the combinations in? How tedious.
The other half is there. Hint:
One half: [COLOR=white]mirror[/COLOR]
Other half: [COLOR=white]tire[/COLOR]
front tire + mirror = last code
Thanks guys. I went back this AM and solved it quickly. Although they changed the codes from the last time I played, so I had to do the whole game over again.
I can't figure out how to combine, or use object. I can get them into inventory but then what? I went to the home page but I can't read Japanese. Help?
Select the object in your inventory by clicking on it, then click in the room where you want to use the object.
And to combine objects, like use a key on the breifcase, select the briefcase and click the button to examine it, then while you are still examining the briefcase, select the key and click on the briefcase.
nightmare house.
I tried to play this at work the other night, but couldn't sustain the amount of concentration needed because it was way too busy.
I really liked playing with the toilet, probably too much.
This is just plain silly, but pretty funny.
I liked that silly fun cartoon richlevy.thanks for that!:D
playing nightmare house right now wolf. Pretty fun.
That song is in my MP3 playlist and came up just this afternoon. Other drivers must have been wondering what I was singing and laughing about! :D
Anyone gotten out of "this is not a bike locked in a garage?"
I finally did. I'm not impressed.
I think it's more for advertisement than intricate game value!
How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet at WikiHow. I love Wikihow, which I get whenever I visit Google.
Gaffer's tape es mas macho que duct tape.
How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet at WikiHow.
I met a guy, years ago, who had an all-duct-tape wallet. He was the drummer for
Cactus Jaw, and I was talking to him after a show at the
Tattoo Bar in Fort Worth, Texas (which isn't there anymore, but used to be next to the world famous
Randy Adams Tattoo Studio) . . .
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
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Ow. Now my brains are leaking out of my ears.
I watched the video and focused really hard. When it was done I noticed my wallet was missing.:D
Of course, it did bring up a lot of questions, like, does the publisher do drug screenings? If they expanded that into a 90 minute movie, it would probably beat 2001 as the one to watch while chemically altered.
Still, it was a great intro to the theory of everything.
I watched the video and focused really hard. When it was done I noticed my wallet was missing.
ha ha ha . . . Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
I met a guy, years ago, who had an all-duct-tape wallet.
Haha, my SISTER has a duct tape wallet... its a lame one though.
How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet at WikiHow. I love Wikihow, which I get whenever I visit Google.
Thanks for that. I just got an email from my brother who was looking for something to amuse him because he was bored at work. I imagine by the end of the day he will be sporting a duct tape wallet!
Shiny balls of mud. I never heard of this before. Hikaru dorodango is a hobby in Japan where you make a mud ball, kind of like a snow ball, and you keep polishing it until it becomes a thing of beauty.
NSFW! This page is technically art. It is composed of about 50 strips, each composed of 7 photos. The first is a girl in street clothes, and the rest are nude side, front, and back photos.
The 50 strips compose different races and body types.
Clicking on the photos will take you to the main site, which is an adult site.
NSFW! This page is technically art. It is composed of about 50 strips, each composed of 7 photos. The first is a girl in street clothes, and the rest are nude side, front, and back photos.
The 50 strips compose different races and body types.
Clicking on the photos will take you to the main site, which is an adult site.
I wish they were labeled, so we could discuss more easily and get a sense of what their backgrounds might be like. I love tits!
OK, listen up ladies. your signiican other suddenly announces your going on a cruise to the Bahamas:D ....or a weekend at the lake/shore.:) ...alright, a pool party a a lodge members house.:rolleyes:
Well, anyway...you know hard it is to buy a bathing suit in August. The damn stores are full of parkas and long johns by now.
Here (nsfw?) is the salvation.
OK, listen up ladies. your signiican other suddenly announces your going on a cruise to the Bahamas:D ....or a weekend at the lake/shore.:) ...alright, a pool party a a lodge members house.:rolleyes:
Well, anyway...you know hard it is to buy a bathing suit in August. The damn stores are full of parkas and long johns by now. Here (nsfw?) is the salvation.
Wow. That looks like a
5 point safety harness. How do they get in and out of the them?
I've no idea how they get into it, only how they get out. ;)
Looking at that post, I can see I didn't proof read or spell check. :redface:
NSFW! This page is technically art. It is composed of about 50 strips, each composed of 7 photos. The first is a girl in street clothes, and the rest are nude side, front, and back photos.
The 50 strips compose different races and body types.
Clicking on the photos will take you to the main site, which is an adult site.
An "animated" version, featuring alot of the same women.
* * * NSFW * * * Well, anyway...you know hard it is to buy a bathing suit in August. The damn stores are full of parkas and long johns by now. Here (nsfw?) is the salvation.
Hmm...smut *and* online lingerie shopping. Great concept.
Smut? Where? Did I miss it? Why didn't you call me?:eek:
A shaven mons protruding around a nearly transparently thin piece of fabric is smut, my good man. And decent smut, at that.
[SIZE="1"]Looking down and making arcs in the dirt with toe[/SIZE]
Gosh...I was just trying to help the ladies with their shopping.
[SIZE="1"]Looking naive & innocent[/SIZE]:blush:
I thought it was art......well not art, but art's girlfriend.
I'd submit this as an IotD candidate, but it's in Quicktime VR format, so I don't think it would work. Found it through Boing Boing, so maybe you've already seen it.
Fire spewing giant Praying Mantis art performance in Prague.I'd submit this as an IotD candidate, but it's in Quicktime VR format, so I don't think it would work. Found it through Boing Boing, so maybe you've already seen it.
Fire spewing giant Praying Mantis art performance in Prague.
Whoa. That's shmokin! :D
An "animated" version, featuring alot of the same women.
* * * NSFW * * *
That is so cool. It does bring home the fact that I suck at picturing women naked, at least when it comes to correctly assaying attributes.
I like the fact that it is a virtual carousel, and that if you leave you mouse off center, each of the girls moves to the center of the screen and disrobes. Still, intentionally or not, it makes an artistic statement. Maybe add a soundtrack of "California Girls" while it spins.
I will admit that it is objectifying. It reminds me of those sandwich machines that rotate until the desired contents are available.
In some ways it's the guys answer to the girls game 'Dream Date', where they opened the cardboard door and found scruffy guy or prom guy.:rolleyes:
Probably NSFW, This
site has a bunch quicktime clips of a fashion model (wearing only underpants hence the nsfw) putting on, moving around, and taking off, different fashions in an anechoic chamber. They recorded the sound, different clothing and materials make.
I found the link at a Cellar member
site."The Sound of Clothes"?
I want to see what happens when someone with OCD (or is it Tourette's) watches that. Getting it stuck in your head that a shirt has to sound right while you're putting it on or you have to start over.
That site made me almost have an episode of that.
"The Sound of Clothes"?
I want to see what happens when someone with OCD (or is it Tourette's) watches that. Getting it stuck in your head that a shirt has to sound right while you're putting it on or you have to start over.
This is a rough description of my job. :) For the record, fabric foley (just like fabric animation) can be some of the hardest to get just right..
These sorts of things would be more fun if we could still paste html...sniff. :(
Stiltwalkers
A nicely done, short animated film. :D
Stiltwalkers
A nicely done, short animated film. :D
Very nice. It looks like someplace I'd like to visit. It reminded me of a Terry Gilliam movie.
I guess it's because I'm a non-geek, but that kind of thing impresses me to no end. To be able to create that world, and the creatures in it, must be like playing God. :eek: Nice find, lulu. :thumb:
Some of the artwork in this, particularly the young boy, reminds me of the
work of a friend of mine, Steven Sanders.
Steve is a rising talent in the illustration world. Check out his first really big success,
"The Five Fists of Science".
Steven is hot on the trail of working for DC or Marvel someday in the not too distant future.
Ronald Rae is a Scottish carver who works big. He has an
exibition at Holyrood Park, Edinboro. I'm big on his Highland Cow.
Financial Literacy Quiz
My score:
Congratulations you earned $29 (Of a possible $30)!
This quiz has been taken by 576 people with the average person earning $25.
...for all the
useless posts I reluctantly add to this wonderfull site,
here is something
usefull
Plus it is free!! Yay for me.
23/30 on the financial thing, and I have a splitting headache from trying to read it.
29/30, and I'm stealing a box of pencils for the other buck.
bigw00dy, if I sign up and they send me an alert, if I find her first can I keep her?:o
bigw00dy, if I sign up and they send me an alert, if I find her first can I keep her?:o
Well, it certainly fits the notion you get from the URL..."page cannot be found" was what I got.
Oh, for the love of...
Eating right and excercising isn't enough. Taking vitamins isn't enough. Now we need to take
vitamin eye drops, to give our eyes "the nutrition they need."
Edit: I realize now that these are pills, not drops, so they are just regular vitamins with different packaging. Never mind.
Oh, for the love of...
Eating right and excercising isn't enough. Taking vitamins isn't enough. Now we need to take vitamin eye drops, to give our eyes "the nutrition they need."
Edit: I realize now that these are pills, not drops, so they are just regular vitamins with different packaging. Never mind.
They work to slow the progress of Age Related Macular Degeneration, which could lead ultimately to blindness. So, kids, make sure you eat your red meat and green, leafy vegetables (except the spinach in the bag - it's infected with e-coli)
They work to slow the progress of Age Related Macular Degeneration, which could lead ultimately to blindness. So, kids, make sure you eat your red meat and green, leafy vegetables (except the spinach in the bag - it's infected with e-coli)
Umm, does this mean waxing the dolphin is ok again?:o
Get to know it intimately, my friend.
Get to know it intimately, my friend.
We've never really been estranged, but now I don't have to lie to my eyes about why I need glasses.
Those are fun!
I know.. you can puke on the Cellar.
I made a Dino walk on the Pope.
Want to read about, or look at pictures of, military vehicles and weapons?
Venik's will keep you entertained for weeks.
When I see things like these stop motion movies, it makes me want to go out and try them. It looks like it was fun to do. It's infectious.
We did this when I was a kid, with my father's super 8 movie camera.
I saw a dance performqnce like this. the stage was absolutely dark and you couldn't see anything. The dancer had a remote trigger for a strobe inher hand and as she ran around the stage leaping in the air, she'd click the trigger and fire the strobe. The effect was that she was floating motionless through the air.
I can't remember the company's name. Maybe Ellen Sinopoli?
Corny but cute.
Wait for the entire screen to load up with all four horses and a fence in front of them. Then click on each horse. Make sure your sound is on. Re-click on any horse to make it turn off or turn it back on again. Somebody did some real wizardry of programming to coordinate this! Try clicking on the horses from left to right then right to left then just one or two at a time...
HorsesThey work to slow the progress of Age Related Macular Degeneration, which could lead ultimately to blindness. So, kids, make sure you eat your red meat and green, leafy vegetables (except the spinach in the bag - it's infected with e-coli)
What do you recommend for those of use who are so nearsighted we already have macular problems??
Anyway. This is beyond disturbing.
http://www.mytwinn.comCool! Its MyClone Barbie! No! Wait! Better yet, "My Little Clonie"...
...Anyway. This is beyond disturbing.
http://www.mytwinn.com
"...and I shall call him freaky-lifeless-MINIME..."
"...Get out from under my feet! Go and play with yourself in the yard, not the kitchen!"
What happens when someone's little brother gets hold of one of them and decides to play Voodoo?
[shudder]
My friend has started a blog about the little village in which we live. I agreed to write a weekly blog called "Extreme Gardening"
You can read it here Also, there are some great photos by various contributors, and it gives you an idea of what our village is like.
A while back I linked to the WikiHow on
How to Create a Duct Tape Wallet. Now, for those individuals nervous about RFID cards, here are instructions on
How To Create an RFID Blocking Duct Tape Wallet. The author claims that 27 micron thick aluminum will block RFID signals.
So how about an aluminum foil wallet to go with your hat?:tinfoil:
"neighbor’s hateful trees"? Why you silver tongued devil. :lol2:
Let me know when you write about the ho's.
"neighbor’s hateful trees"? Why you silver tongued devil. :lol2:
Let me know when you write about the ho's.
Oh the Ho's! Thanks Bruce. I was wondering what my next piece would be about. I'll get right on it!
Sorry that link should be:
http://cambridgebuzz.blogspot.com/
The other link is to only one article and not the whole blog.
[LEFT]The
Gender Guesser is a utility that takes writing samples (over 300 words works best) and attempts to guess the gender of the author.
I have been feeding it some posts from here, but except for TW, not many people consitently write posts that long.
Have fun.
[/LEFT]
Hmm... a blatantly feminine email to my grandmother (covering topics such as cooking, house cleaning, my relationship with my parents, and repeatedly including the words "pregnant," "breastfeeding," and "baby") was classified as weak male. I think it needs work. :)
Hmm... a blatantly feminine email to my grandmother (covering topics such as cooking, house cleaning, my relationship with my parents, and repeatedly including the words "pregnant," "breastfeeding," and "baby") was classified as weak male. I think it needs work. :)
Well, it does say it's only %60-70 accurate, which is slightly better than flipping a coin. I think that it looks for passive versus active patterns and the use of more common words rather than subject.
'I bought the brown shoes' would be scored differently than 'The brown shoes were bought by me'. I'm assuming that the bigger the sample, the more accurate it gets.
and multiple samples, so says the info.
What do you recommend for those of use who are so nearsighted we already have macular problems??
See a retinologist regularly. Sorry.
"...and I shall call him freaky-lifeless-MINIME..."
"...Get out from under my feet! Go and play with yourself in the yard, not the kitchen!"
What happens when someone's little brother gets hold of one of them and decides to play Voodoo?
[shudder]
A buddy I used to work with (way before personal computers) and I had the idea that we could make action figures that look like individuals. Just mail us a pic and you will get a fully poseable action figure that looks like you!
Sigh.. a great idea before its time!
Why do I have visions of fuel-injected rototillers and explosives being used for planting row crops?
See a retinologist regularly. Sorry.
My ophthalmologist thinks I've stablized and don't need to go to the retinologist at the moment, but when I was going several years ago I was generally the only person in the waiting room under 70. (Or at least it seemed that way.)
OK how did you find that?
You's think there'd be better choices for the
name of your web site.
world's biggest earwig
You totally made me think of that damn Night Gallery episode. Now I won't be able to sleep ...
What the hell is Google's secret?
How do they do it?
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html :D
Battle of the Bands (animation built from classic album covers)
It may have already been mentioned....but I just discovered googleearth.com and it's so cool! The view that you get when you change the satellite view from one address to another makes it feel like you're riding the satellite...flying across town, or across the country, way up there in the sky....I stayed on there for hours!
Be careful with that. It could cut into your cellar time! I flew from my ancestral home to here and gave some serious thought to them doing it by sailing ship and horse. impressive
New pictures that look old plus in the "installations" section, an interesting take on the Camera Obscura. :D
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=198544645148924109&q=genre%3Acomedy&pl=true
Pingu!!!
I may not understand any of the language (except for idiota)- it's still funny. Beware- I don't think it was ever completed.
~ I apologize if this has been done before. I've come extremely late to this party.
Ohh I have like 6 or 7 Pingu DVD's, he rocks!!! 'tis fun to make up your own commentary, but that maybe just me.
It may have already been mentioned....but I just discovered googleearth.com and it's so cool! The view that you get when you change the satellite view from one address to another makes it feel like you're riding the satellite...flying across town, or across the country, way up there in the sky....I stayed on there for hours!
First time I discovered Google Earth I spent nearly 2 hours in that one program.
http://break.com - Videos
http://bahb.net - Videos
http://explosm.net/comics - Funny comics (no main story line, just comedy)
Ohh I have like 6 or 7 Pingu DVD's, he rocks!!! 'tis fun to make up your own commentary, but that maybe just me.
Really? How long is an average episode? I had no idea.... Maybe I can special order them?
Really? How long is an average episode? I had no idea.... Maybe I can special order them?
Pingu each episode is about 4-5mins I think??
Pimp my LADA???This might be a repeat, sorry in advance if it is. But this is pretty cool. It's a painting that has 50 hidden movies (dark/horror) in it. So far i've only been able to guess 20 out of the 50. Play along and help me out!
http://us.mms.com/us/dark/http://www.pelourinho.com/movies/c003702/
Scribbler.
That reminds me of this- Just draw something a watch it happen:
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/This might be a repeat, sorry in advance if it is. But this is pretty cool. It's a painting that has 50 hidden movies (dark/horror) in it. So far i've only been able to guess 20 out of the 50. Play along and help me out!
http://us.mms.com/us/dark/
17 out of 50 after 15 minutes.;)
22 in about half an hour. I'm stuck.
Nixon now.
Guess before clicking. Nope. Guess again. Nope.
More for the surprise factor than the great googly moogly factor. Here's a (non)clue: I gleaned the link from this month's Boy's Life magazine.
Watch out! This one is addictive......That being said....have fun.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/I kept killing my little penguin :(
Me, too. I can't draw a regular enough line to keep the bumps from putting him all out of kilter.
Scribbler.
That reminds me of this- Just draw something a watch it happen:
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/
yep :)
http://www.abelic.net/Watch out! This one is addictive......That being said....have fun.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/
OMG, I....killed...him. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Well, with all the guitar aficionados, I thought I should post this photo that I found when browsing around some photography web sites.
http://www.glamour1.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=26840I am hooked on this penguin sledding!!! Thank you cicero!
Search youtube.com for "line rider" and see what people have done with this.
I can't believe it! I haven't gotten one loop Yet!!!:mad:
Back to the drawing board.....Oh! and my addiction was almost over.....You guys are so bad............That backwards loop is where it's at. Looks like I have my work cut out for me.....:D
You know...I go along, thinking I might be at least a little bit creative, then I see stuff like this.
Shit.
Yea so much for my "genius". I guess I'm not going to take my act on the road just yet.......
Really cool stuff! Can one buy his works?
that's surprising. i've seen that as compared to american incomes, but it's a bit more staggering vs. the world.
Yeah, compared to the world, if you have a PC and internet connection to go to that site, you're rich. ;)
I'm the 357,078,374 richest person on earth!
Humbling thought.
I work with pharmacists & GPs who are on 2 to 5 times my salary and often part of a working couple (ie their household income can easily be 6 times mine). I've felt like the poor relation for a long time - the only one who waits for payday, who can only buy treats the first week of the month etc.
I do give to charity (monthly straight from my bank account) but perhaps I should look at the bigger picture and give what I can, which is more.
On a happier note, I've sent the penguin to my Dad (still recovering knee operation) and my ex colleague currently waiting for job interview results. Hey - we do what we can to cheer up the world!
"Test your musical skills in 6 minutes!"
Supposedly diagnoses tone-deafness. According to this, I got 83.3% right, and have "excellent musical abilities" :right:
Neat test. I got a 66.7%. It seemed like more of a memory test to me than a test of tone-deafness. But what do I know? Maybe if I had perfect pitch, it would be easier to remember those longer tunes.
Some funny stuff
Example:
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"]Five ideas I’ve had for family theme restaurants
November 13th, 2006 [/SIZE]
1)B.F. Skinner’s Original Stuffers - The poultry skin of your choosing is stuffed with a la carte selections from “th’ fixin’s bar,” deep fried to a golden brown, and served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
2)Bobby B. Butterworth’s Old Fashioned Dairy Funshack - A frozen quarterpound stick of salted creamery butter is hand-battered, “flash fried,” and served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
3)Long John Silvers’ “Dripper” Hut - Offshoot of the fast-food seafood franchise offers “mini-buckets” of their leftover fried shortening flecks, served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
4)Mouth Meat Mel’s - 450º pizza — sure to immediately scald the roof of your mouth — is served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces. (note: first-time members of “The Mel’s Mouth Meat Makers” receive a colorful “I damaged the delicate tissues of my mouth at Mel’s!” adhesive ribbon)
5)Dippin’ Dippin’ Dippin’! - The “Dippin’” sauce of your choice is served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.[/COLOR]
Another:
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="3"]Five terrible fake scripts from a notional fourth season of Gilligan’s Island
June 15th, 2006 [/SIZE]
1)Ginger gets badly hooked on coconut-based diet pills
2)Gilligan quietly begins surreptitious relationship with Mary Ann’s cut-offs
3)Mr. Howell acquires Skipper in stock-only buy-out
4)Intact Coast Guard ship lands in lagoon; Professor disassembles parts to construct ersatz wooden “rescue telephone”
5)Cousin Oliver arrives, reviving the tired franchise with his inspired island mayhem[/COLOR]
For all you musician types, there are good ones for you as well. Check it out!
You're rich....yes you are....c'mon, fess up. ;)
wow. If forbes expands their nnn richest list by a couple of decimal places, I'll make the list. I take that means there are only x people richer than me where x is the number you get in red after entering your income and pressing "show me the money".
Maybe
this, which is kind of bright and flashy for work.
Or
this which you better turn the sound off at work, but that would spoil it. ;)
You're rich....yes you are....c'mon, fess up. ;)
i was surprised to see mine. interesting.
i had a client today that let me know they MUST increase their withdrawals (they received an inheritence) because things are just "too tight around the old homestead it we keep scrimping like this". their retirement withdrawal makes them the 31,849,353 richest person in the world based on annual income.
interesting - anything over $201,000 doesn't change your ranking from 107,570
Might be a rerun?
It's new to me. Nice one, too.
Deer in yard. Slow, maybe overload??
http://www.pelorian.com/deer.htmlSinging dogs & links to good tutorials.
http://www.heron-productions.com/You're rich....yes you are....c'mon, fess up. ;)
Wow, I dont even work or get a paycheck, other than a small weekly allowance, and I'm the 3,360,000,001th richest person in the world
reminds me of this tiny earth. url somewhere
http://web.yes.com/yes-nation/
Interesting way to list radio stations around the country.
A treasure trove of
biographies. :thumbsup:
Here's that program be-bop mentioned in the Vista thread that will scan your current system and tell you what problems Vista might have with it software and hardware wise.
Just download and install
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx
edit[ woo 800 posts go me!
Guys,
is this real? :eek6:
Here ya go... thought you guys might like this... send your friends messages on someone's hairy back LOL
http://hairy-mail.comreminds me of this tiny earth. url somewhere
http://www.miniature-earth.com/Here are some fun games ,
http://www.lineflyer.com/I love this thing. I can't post it enough so go see it and enjoy!
http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swfFashioned after the popular
game show without Howie or the pretty girls.
I've only won 181000 as a high score. 400 as low.
I've only won 181000 as a high score. 400 as low.
Got 300k the first time, 400k the second. Bring on Howie.
Pretend rape, half way down the page. :eek:
That is absolutely sick bruce..
I just occurred to me, even if they cut all the offensive scenes, or scrap the project for that matter, there is a fortune to be made in marketing every inch of it, underground. I'll bet it's already been copied more than once.
That's just an afterthought and has no bearing on the crimes already committed. :mad:
Pretend rape, half way down the page. :eek:
I hated that site with everything within me.:greenface
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http://www.exoticguitars.com/instruments.html
This is the one I would want.
Check this out ,
Abandoned and Little known air fields
Hell there is an old air field ( Well the impression of one ) Not far from here !!!
Check this out , Abandoned and Little known air fields
Hell there is an old air field ( Well the impression of one ) Not far from here !!!
I love this site. It's got the only real mention of my Uncle Joe's airfield on Long Island that I've seen. He owned/ran
Zahn's airport for years before retiring (scroll down to see a picture of Joe Zahn, my grandmother's brother.) It was always fun visiting him. He had a big house on a canal/waterway. We'd visit and he's take us out on his big boat onto the sound. I never got a tour of the airport, but he was big into flying. Had a cabin up in the Adirondacks decorated with old wooden propellers. He was a great guy and had cool toys to show us kids.
That's pretty interesting, glatt. Starting in the 30s and building up to....
The business expanded, and Zahn's Airport became at the time the largest privately airport in America.......
.....It eventually grew into the region's largest general aviation airport, with more than 200 resident aircraft & helicopters.
A 1953 article in Flying Magazine described Zahn's Airport as having a 4,200' paved runway, which was described as "handling DC-3s with ease."
The airfield had a total of 35 T-hangars & two larger concrete hangars. Two more concrete hangars (described as "being large enough to house four DC-3s) were under construction, as was a 3,000' east/west runway & runway lights.
A National Guard unit had 40 L-19s & two Navions based at Zahn's, and it had a new hangar under construction for 10 helicopters which were planned to be based at Zahn's.
On a good Sunday afternoon it was not unusual to be 8th or 10th on downwind with every mix from J-3s to twins. "With that traffic, after moving to the Comanche I learned a lot about slow flight.”
We're talking serious operation here, not a grass clearing in the outback.
And then.....
Zahn's was bought by the town in 1980 & turned into an industrial park.
What? Just like that? Gone?
NO no no, there has to be more to it. There has to be a story. People fed up with the noise.... angry public meetings..... behind the scenes meetings and skullduggery...... the Mafia, the FBI, Soviet spies, connected competitors. Something? :worried:
Maybe MaggieL is in the know, but I always figured lawsuits insurance and such changed the trajectery of cheap flight for the masses and killed the local airstrips.
That's pretty interesting, glatt. Starting in the 30s and building up to....
We're talking serious operation here, not a grass clearing in the outback.
And then..... What? Just like that? Gone?
NO no no, there has to be more to it. There has to be a story. People fed up with the noise.... angry public meetings..... behind the scenes meetings and skullduggery...... the Mafia, the FBI, Soviet spies, connected competitors. Something? :worried:
I wish I knew more about it. I was just a kid. This website has taught me more than family history has. I remember Uncle Joe, and I knew he had an airport on Long Island. That's about it.
Wow, has anybody tried this??
http://news.com.com/Into+the+wild+blue+virtual+yonder/2100-1043_3-6144347.html?tag=nefd.lede
http://www.vatsim.net
It makes me want to run out & buy a copy of Flight Simulator (which I haven't owned since a monochrome version in 1987, and which I couldn't land without crashing). Though really.. I can imagine hopping up and down the east coast. Doing a coast-to-coast or transatlantic flight in real time seems like a bit much.
Run out and buy? Why not
download it? :confused:
This site has a virtual
Enigma machine you can operate.:compute::cool:
In French and sorta bloody , but Well done ,
http://www.hystericpeople.com//ooooohhhh.. that is cool... I Know they were 'evil' and all.. but I gotta say that they were the best dressed army ever.
the enigma link
Maybe MaggieL is in the know, but I always figured lawsuits insurance and such changed the trajectery of cheap flight for the masses and killed the local airstrips.
The expansion of suburbia hasn't helped, either.
People who moved into my town within the last few years keep trying to supress the expansion of/close down an airport that has been there since 1930, and has historic importance (The AOPA was formed there), not to mention local public safety importance (the medevac helicopter is based there).
They've successfully killed the building of a hospital, which probably means that flushed with their success, they'll take another try at Wings.
Damn - can't do screen print!
Trust me (as it was pure fluke - I didn't get the game til halfway through)
Bounces: 293
Accidents: 4
Final Score: 9959856
Don't Shoot Your Eye Out
My first game was about 40,000. My second game, I hit the fence just right but the damn counter actually rolled over past 10,000,000 and reset.:mad:
My third game the counter reset but I still got a good score.
Just for the record (although I have easily been bested)
So glad I printed this - I can't screen print, this is a photo of a printout. Was just experimenting at the time, but 7 games later have realised how flukey my fluke was...
I've since found if you don't move (having a trackerball mouse helps) you will get a fence ricochet almost every time.
Just got this score:
Bounces: 2395
Accidents: 4
Final Score: 7414449 (as this resets it's pretty damn useless)
Good fun until I learned the trick though :)
Try this one.
http://www.guessmygift.com/
It's a Christmas version of 20 questions. Eerily intelligent.
;) How did I do it?! [COLOR="White"]Photoshop![/COLOR]
Did you guys know you can pump the rifle more than once? [COLOR="White"]You can also cheat by changing the score in an image editing software.[/COLOR]
Yeah, but it didn't help me at all!
You have to see
these.
Check these worst-dressed pictures. What the hell is up with Natalie Portman looking like a malnourished Star Trek reject. Or Lindsay Lohan and her "heroin not-so-chic" look? Trust me, you WILL feel better about yourself. All the money in the world doesn't buy style or class!
Try this one. http://www.guessmygift.com/
It's a Christmas version of 20 questions. Eerily intelligent.
Wow. Is this thing HAL9000 or what?
Try this one. http://www.guessmygift.com/
It's a Christmas version of 20 questions. Eerily intelligent.
Last Christmas I got a handheld version called 20Q. I can see how the online version could learn and get smarter over time, but this hand held can't do that. It's amazing how well it can deduce the answer. :whofart:
Originally Posted by richlevy
Try this one. http://www.guessmygift.com/
It's a Christmas version of 20 questions. Eerily intelligent.
Last Christmas I got a handheld version called 20Q. I can see how the online version could learn and get smarter over time, but this hand held can't do that. It's amazing how well it can deduce the answer. :whofart:
I was amazed. I put in harmonium, a somewhat obscure instrument, and it still guessed it after about 16 tries. I doubt anyone else on the Cellar could do better.
I can see how the online version could learn and get smarter over time, but this hand held can't do that. It's amazing how well it can deduce the answer.
I think they're the same product, Bruce--that is, they let the online version run for a couple of years (I remember getting a link to it back in '03 at least) until they felt it was smart enough, then just loaded the program onto the toy to sell.
Edit: Well, close. I just went to the original website and learned that it was a separate toy company that licensed the AI from the website people.
Try this one. http://www.guessmygift.com/
It's a Christmas version of 20 questions. Eerily intelligent.
Thanks everyone, inch nearly shit himself on my lap. His assessment:
"I don't like that one, I don't think it is very good."
I think they're the same product, Bruce--that is, they let the online version run for a couple of years (I remember getting a link to it back in '03 at least) until they felt it was smart enough, then just loaded the program onto the toy to sell.
Edit: Well, close. I just went to the original website and learned that it was a separate toy company that licensed the AI from the website people.
But on the original website, if you beat it, it asked what the answer was. That could allow it to learn. The hand held doesn't do that. It's a good thing the hand held is in the form of a yo-yo shaped piece of plastic, rather than a Chucky Doll. :worried:
Thanks everyone, inch nearly shit himself on my lap. His assessment:
"I don't like that one, I don't think it is very good."
Which means two great laughs for me from one simple website - fantastic ;)
This guy does some cool stuff with only a sheet of A4 paper.
Amazing. There are some artists that I would like to see hooked up to an MRI while they work. This guy is creating a 3 dimensional sculpture bounded by the remains of a 2 dimensional cutout. I'm curious as to how much he plans these creations. If he does them all in his head, I don't ever want to play chess against him.
Check
this one of his works out.
The results from every Mythbusters show... all of them.:D
http://mythbustersresults.com/results/all.htmlNSFW Would you like to see pictures of a male to female sex change operation? :whofart: NSFW
http://www.annelawrence.com/meltzersrs01.htmlhttp://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702
I dunno.. this struck me as really really cool though.. a quick flash animation that sort of follows a sketch.. I know it's a lame explaination.. but. .just take a look at it.. geez!
NSFW Would you like to see pictures of a male to female sex change operation? :whofart: NSFW
http://www.annelawrence.com/meltzersrs01.html
It dont even look like a PUSSY!!! :eek: :worried:
[SIZE="4"]* * * NSFW * * * NSFW * * * NSFW * * * [/SIZE]
When you read the title of this video, you'll have to watch it.
[SIZE="4"]* * * NSFW * * * NSFW * * * NSFW * * * [/SIZE]
(Here's a tip: wait until the end to see... well... you'll see.)
***NSFW***
www.nude-in-public.tv
Oh those crazy Europeans.
For you Foots !! 4 hours of
Sifl + OllyThanks Zippy. I actually have nearly every episode on tape. My sister gave them to me as a birthday present about 6 years ago. I haven't really watched them much after I memorized practically every friggin show.
That's what I get for not watching TV. I rewatch all my vids over and over again... D'oh
I'm thinking someone might like it.
http://readymech.com/From
here
Five nicknames I would find unbearable
1. Li’l Plug
2. Baloney Maurice
3. Chicken Hitler
4. Penis McGarnicle
5. Nacho
Five hip-hop pseudonyms I’ve considered for myself
1. MC Chalk (because I’m brittle and very white)
2. Professor Adipose
3. Tavis D
4. Sedentary Larry
5. 2 Weak
Five favorite Hee Haw performers
1. Roy Clark
2. Junior Samples
3. Grandpa Jones
4. the cartoon donkey
5. Cathy Baker
Five nouns to which I enjoy prepending an unnecessary definite article
1. The Flickr
2. The AIM
3. The Jesus
4. The Google
5. The El Niño
Five potentially novel new year’s resolutions
1. authentically behave as though you’re living in an unending Ronnie James Dio song
2. renounce thermodynamics as prideful conceit borne of modern secular culture
3. eat only animals that have appeared in Richard Scarry illustrations
4. lick unused cutlery whenever people aren’t looking
5. finally finish building backyard shrine to Karen Black
It dont even look like a PUSSY!!! :eek: :worried:
Well that was brutal! :worried:
any body want some bones ???
http://skullsunlimited.com/I bought a bear skull from them, years ago. :thumbsup:
Interesting site that tells you how to get rid of stuff.....all kinds of stuff... like inlaws. ;)
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/
Great name too.
The 50 best football (soccer) goals ever... that they could find on film, anyway. :D
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiizd_top-50-football-goalsIf you go to
http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp and plug in your birthday.
It will tell you;
Date your Mom conceived.
Your birthday on the Julian, Chinese, Hebrew, Mayan and Hijra calendars.
Chinese animal and Native American zodiac animal.
Lot's of stuff about the year you were born.
Egyptian month you were born.
How old you are in years, in months, in weeks, in days, in hours, in minutes and in seconds.
Your birthstone.
Your tree.
How many US ounces of water the candles on your next birthday cake will boil.
And a bunch of other stuff. :D
Here is a great idea for a Valentine gift(for men to give to their ladies)
I hate Steven SingerYes, it's a commercial site that sells blenders, but the videos are funny.
It answers the age old question:
"Will it blend?"Wow. My favorite are the tape measure and the two Dancing Princesses.
Yes, it's a commercial site that sells blenders, but the videos are funny.
It answers the age old question: "Will it blend?"
I linked to "Will it blend?" from
BLINKER FLUID.COM (STUPID LINKS TO STUPID SITES)
which has some interesting stuff occasionally, like
Best 25 Gaming Tattoos Ever.
http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/
I really haven't read much there, but what I have has been kind of interesting.
Found via:
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/ keen kinks? well, I've got this eensy teensy llama fetish . . .
what's that you say?
oh.
links. Links, oh! well then . . .
here are ALL my links:
http://del.icio.us/violet.westhttp://del.icio.us/grant_austin
I'll jump on the bandwagon.
My links include quite a few old imported bookmark files...who knows what you'll find?
I love del.icio.us! I think people are put off because of its "bare bones" interface, but once you get used to it, it's very easy. I also like the fact that it's user-driven. If you search for something on Google, for example, your results are often influenced by economic reality. If you search for something on del.icio.us, you know that real people think the pages are important.
The only thing that's frustrating sometimes is:
1) people are lazy and don't add comments. I always comment mine; and 2) frustrating because sometimes I want to talk to the people who add things, and the only way is to "network" them, which isn't direct. I see you don't have anyone in your network yet, grant. (but I added you to mine).
1) people are lazy and don't add comments. I always comment mine; and 2) frustrating because sometimes I want to talk to the people who add things, and the only way is to "network" them, which isn't direct. I see you don't have anyone in your network yet, grant. (but I added you to mine).
I almost never add comments. In fact, I've hardly ever been to the actual del.icio.us site; I just use the firefox plugin.
I really just like the fact that all of my bookmarks are in one place. Tags aren't my favorite organizational method though...
I didn't even know you could network people until I clicked onto yours.
hey Grant, I notice you have some Wil Wheaton links, but you don't have his "in exile" blog:
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/I've been trying to figure out how to use del.icio.us to store legal research, but not sure how it would work with subscription services.
I like the comments, because it lets me remind myself what I liked about the site.
I like the network thingy, because people's hobbies fascinate me.
WARNING! I have a lot of links to body modification sites and slash fanfiction sites. (If you don't know what slash fanfiction is--do NOT click on them)
I've been trying to figure out how to use del.icio.us to store legal research, but not sure how it would work with subscription services.
WARNING! I have a lot of links to body modification sites and slash fanfiction sites. (If you don't know what slash fanfiction is--do NOT click on them)
It should work fine for legal research if the links are static. You might have to log in or something, but it should work.
Yeah, I clicked through some of the fanfic links. I knew what it was but never sought it out. I'm not judging, just not my thing.
I think bodymod can be hot, but I'd never do it to myself--I've got enough holes in me already.
hey Grant, I notice you have some Wil Wheaton links, but you don't have his "in exile" blog: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/
It's in my bloglines account:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/ga9068ah! well good.
so much 'Net--so little time.
Hey! I see Undertoad on there. But he's new.
Since I am usually on my work computer and home computer every day, I find that having my bookmarks available on the 'Net soooo helpful; plus they were getting a little out of hand on my browser. This way, I have my work favorites available to me at home etc.
There are other shared bookmarking sites, but del.icio.us is the one I found first, so there you are. Although it's conspicuously populated by nerds, normal people (like I'm one--suuuuure!) use it too. You can make your bookmarks private, too, if you don't want to share.
If you want to search what other people have saved under, say . . . . sex (cough) or poi, just to name an example, just put /tag/[your search term] after del.icio.us in the browser box.
I also go to the main page and search the popular and recent tags. I've found so many interesting things that way. It's also why I put comments on all mine--I'm very much more inclined to click on a site that has a comment rather than the bare title page descriptor.
I checked it out because y'all were talking about it. I don't know that I can get into it enough to make it useful. I have my own system of bookmarking offline, that I've honed for years.
as long as it works for you; that's fine. It's a major convenience if you regularly use more than one computer. You can upload all your present links, too if you want.
This is one of the most robust Constitution viewers I have used, possibly because it's being used as a demo for a commercial product somewhere between Adobe Reader and Lotus Notes.
I considered posting this in a Politics thread since I sometimes think that some people here seem to mentally add and subtract from the Constitution at will.;)
BTW, who here remembers School House Rock's song on the Constitution.
Lyrics are
here.
I found a Youtube that uses a remake of the Schoolhouse Rock song.
While I was searching, I also found a Youtube of the Simpson's clip on how a bill becomes a law:p.
I placed the Youtubes in
this post under the Ye Olde Video Clip thread.
[
BTW, who here remembers School House Rock's song on the Constitution.
.
That's how I remember the preamble! I sing that song! :)
I've got the clip of the legislative process saved. I am a bill, I am only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill . . .
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Bill.htmlCheck out this abandoned
Russian embassy in Bangkok. :eek:
Magazines!
I love magazines, but real life magazines cost a lot and cause clutter. So I always check out online magazine sites. I've found that some are much better than others. The worst online magazine sites just feature a pic of their cover and say subscribe. The best include lots of free content that's actually useful and complete. Keeping in mind that I'm a girl, and my selection reflects my personal interests, here are my picks for the best online magazine sites:
Lucky[COLOR="Navy"]Although the clothes are a bit young (and pricey) for me, the site has web exclusives and contests, and lots of shopping links[/COLOR]
Mother Earth News [COLOR="navy"]Many good simple living guides here, and indispensable resource for living green[/COLOR]
People [COLOR="Navy"]Although you have to dodge the "subscribe" begging, the site has a Star Traks celebrity photo feature that changes every day--a quick celebrity fix without having to wade through all the dreck[/COLOR]
Real Simple [COLOR="Navy"]Lots of nifty tips and tools. [/COLOR]
Shape [COLOR="navy"]lots of well-illustrated exercises[/COLOR]
Style [COLOR="Navy"]the online home of Vogue and other Conde Nast publications, what I like here is the cool pics slideshows from all the runway shows, both for women and men--a very efficient and comfortable way of viewing designer clothes[/COLOR]
Sunset [COLOR="navy"]a leading Western style magazine which used to have a crappy website--now lots of free and tasty recipes[/COLOR]
and one booby prize:
PC Magazine A venerable computer magazine whose site is ironically prone to errors and hang-ups
Shopping? Exercise? Noooooooo,
shoot stuff. :lol:
LOL! I almost said, I'm a girl so they'll be no, you know, gun magazines here. :)
Guys like shopping and exercise too, you know. Even macho guys.
. . . okay, not shopping. The women are the hunters and gatherers.
shoot stuff--aw that's cute!
No no no, men are the hunters, women are the gatherers.
Men stalk the primeval forest, pitting his skill, knowledge and bravery against the raging beasts. :vikingsmi
All women do is the work.
When a
22 just won't cut it...
Puny .50 cal,
try a
20mm Hispano
The .50 bmg is on the top
The Smithsonian Magazine online is excellent for thoughtful and curious people:
Smithsonian Magazine article on tattoos: read it here
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/january/tattoo.php
also includes in the related inks, to article on new technology for removing tattoos
Most everyone has seen pictures of the billboard for the Canadian restaurant that say, "There's plenty of room for all God's creatures....right next to the mashed potato."
Well, the restaurant has put it on a Tee shirt along with two other billboard designs.:D
www.saskatoonrestaurant.com/shop/items/moose.htmWOOOOWWW, Zippy, that is amazing. Kills, guts, skins, and cooks a deer with one shot ;)...
2000-grain bullet- that is unimaginable. A typical .50BMG is 750, and my Dad's .44-mag is 240.
Suprised at the short range, though. must be due to trajectory?
Oh you want RANGE ??
Check This Bad MoFo !!!
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn63-e.htm
CheyTac papers state that the entire System is capable to deliver sub-MOA accuracy at the ranges of up to 2500 yards (2270 meters).
This design allows the standard 419 grain (27.15 gram) bullet to retain its supersonic velocity at the ranges beyond 2000 meters (2200 yards). At the ranges beyond 700 meters the .408 bullet has more energy than the standard .50BMG ball bullet. The .408 cartridge also is lighter than .50BMG cartridge by about 1/3, and generates less recoil. But my All time fav is this one ,
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn46-e.htm
Idon't think it ever got out of developmental stages though
I highly recommend a look at Leroy Roper's Gothic Vogue art here (warning! some nudity and piercings, so don't click if it's not your thing):
Gothic Vogue
takes a while to load, but worth it
I ran across this on another site. It is work safe. Kind of ashame!
linky hereIt is work safe. Kind of ashame!
I read that as Kind of ashamed, and wondered what I'd find. As you said it was safe for work I thought perhaps fluffy kittens and puppies :)
But what a great site. And yes, it does seem a shame....
I ran across this on another site. It is work safe. Kind of ashame!
linky here
There's something definitely wrong.... That's so bad and nasty, then there's
this.
Ever wonder what the most expensive wedding dress cost? How about the most expensive wine?.... car?.... yoyo?.... watch?..... house?
They're right here and more. :D
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/expensive.htmlWill it Blend?
You are going to just have to
click and find out!
Here are some Cafe Press t-shirts for the evolutionists here:
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/church+stateYou want shirts? How about NSFW shirts? I mean really NSFW.
http://www.foulmouthshirts.com:80/offensive-t-shirts/ :blush:
This one is fun.....
linkyAre you living in CHAOS? (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Here's a cool site I found with daily coaching to unclutter your home. A bit too cutesy, but extensive, and well organized:
http://www.flylady.net/index.aspHere's a cool site I found with daily coaching to unclutter your home. A bit too cutesy, but extensive, and well organized:
One would hope...
I know, I know, I caught the irony as I was typing it. You're too sharp for me, HP!
This one is fun.....linky
I have to say I am disinclined to click on a blind link like that.
I have to say I am disinclined to click on a blind link like that.
By my post count, i could be considered an untrustworthy Cellarite. But I promise, I will not
intentionaly lead you to internet destruction.
...on a side note, just hover your mouse over the link and look at hte bottom left hand corner of your internet window, it will display the site.
...on a side note, just hover your mouse over the link and look at hte bottom left hand corner of your internet window, it will display the site.
That is a very helpful tip, which I never noticed before; I appreciate it.
I'm just a little leery, having read that Urban Dictionary entry on that term . . . which I cannot remember! . . . meaning a link which misleads people into opening the giant asshole picture.
Anyone remember this term?
yep, that's the one!
thanks
. . . a link which misleads people into opening the giant asshole picture.
You mean
like this?
You mean like this?
:lol2:
Plushy sex doll $700. -v- $5000+ for a Real Doll ,
No I ain't no expert on such , just curious
nsfw ???
Teddy Babes
I find it inherently humorous that you felt like you should put the question marks after the NSFW tag...as though there was some doubt about a fuckable stuffed toy being inappropriate for the average American workplace. :D
Okay, I was going to post this in the Got Wood? thread, because of the 10 electronic devices made of wood, but then I saw the 10 weirdest vibrating devices . . . and the 10 bizarre bathroom thingies list.
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,2052359,00.asp
Oh, I want the pimped out bathroom! and the green glowing tub!
Edit: OMG! The pimped out bathroom has a
beer tap! You'd never need to leave!
Well it IS just a plushie doll , you could have it fully clothed sitting in your office , and call any body that asks if it is "Fully Functional ??" a PERV !!!
Oh. fuck. "things to do in NZ when you're bored"
Buahahaha
NZ's #1 Matching Making Site
lol...one of the sheep is named Britney Shears.
The sheep should be insulted. :D
I plan on checking
this place out over the weekend.
I only live about 15 miles away and never heard about it until today.
I plan on checking this place out over the weekend.
I only live about 15 miles away and never heard about it until today.
Wow, that place would be great to visit!
I plan on checking this place out over the weekend.
I only live about 15 miles away and never heard about it until today.
Thank you! I'm about 60 miles away but I'm there!
Yeah i plan on going tomorrow(Sunday). Although most items are over my budget, i have been in the market for wrot iron fencing. I am optimistic!!
God Checker is a fun encyclopedia of gods from almost every culture. Pantheons, Top 10 lists, etc.
With a new section for Christian saints.
And yes, they do have a gift shop.
check this guys work out ,
http://shawnlani.com/INDEX.html
Verrry Cool !!!!!
I found this grossly facinating and wasn't going to post it but it's just too strange not to share plus I thought ,"after all it is the first day of spring AND it does have a bunny in it!" :angel:
http://www.10mg.nl/http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/drum.php
God Checker is a fun encyclopedia of gods from almost every culture. Pantheons, Top 10 lists, etc.
With a new section for Christian saints.
And yes, they do have a gift shop.
I thought the god checker was interesting too.
http://douweosinga.com/
This site has some cool things to do under 'Projects' and 'Google Hacks'.
Oh you want RANGE ??
Check This Bad MoFo !!!
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn63-e.htm
CheyTac papers state that the entire System is capable to deliver sub-MOA accuracy at the ranges of up to 2500 yards (2270 meters).
This design allows the standard 419 grain (27.15 gram) bullet to retain its supersonic velocity at the ranges beyond 2000 meters (2200 yards). At the ranges beyond 700 meters the .408 bullet has more energy than the standard .50BMG ball bullet. The .408 cartridge also is lighter than .50BMG cartridge by about 1/3, and generates less recoil.
Very cool. I will tell you that having seen the .50 cal Barrett in action, it is a very good gun. This should give it a run for the money.
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/
the name says it all.. although they also give away other types of programs. today is the cc+ file transfer.
that could have been so much better
I found this grossly facinating and wasn't going to post it but it's just too strange not to share plus I thought ,"after all it is the first day of spring AND it does have a bunny in it!" :angel:
http://www.10mg.nl/
I can't get his damned intestines to stay out of the way!
Given up in frustration - I've killed four bunnies already and I don't need any more on my conscience.
Great site though.
Yeah, it's cool, but it would be much cooler if you could navigate at your own speed.
click where you will--you're the master of your own mouse!!
I can't get his damned intestines to stay out of the way!
Given up in frustration - I've killed four bunnies already and I don't need any more on my conscience.
Great site though.
Got it on the 3rd try. Very strange.
OK so I tried it again, (3rd) because I like very strange.
10 mg of what?
This site has some cool things to do under 'Projects' and 'Google Hacks'.
Those are pretty cool. I love the little features Google hides.
[youtube]J9SK_M_nVWA[/youtube]
Dammit, you, you, uh, you ruiner of fun, you!
if i had not fallen for it...
I like The Laundry Alternative.
http://www.laundry-alternative.com/
I live in a small apartment with no washer/dryer, or way to hook them up. It sucks. So, I got a portable washer (mechanical); and a spin dryer from them. They work great, and are far more environmentally friendly. The spin dryer removes an amazing amount of water, and I just hang the clothes up over night.
The only thing it doesn't work well on are very large items like blankets, very heavily soiled items, like kitchen rags, and--getting pet hair off all that black cotton I seem to wear.
better than that ('cause you can actually eat them):
Custom Printed M&MsI love this. Celestia
That's a coincidence. Last night I had Celestia up. I was following Saturn, setting the clock to run at 100000x so that each second was about 30 hours. At that speed the satellites spun around Saturn and Saturn was moving against the stars. If I had had a really large screen, I would have put it put there and put on some nice classical music. At once point I had the speed up at 1,000,000 and was watching the galaxies spin by. I think I ended up in the year 2525 (song reference).:)
Here is my view of Saturn. I have max stars and constellations turned on so the screen is a little crowded. If I turn up the speed, the moons of Saturn become apparent since they being to move faster than the stars.
Very cool program.
Have you tried using some of the add-ons? There are many good ones for it. :)
For those with widescreen here is a good site for wallpaper.
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=ratingsHave you tried using some of the add-ons? There are many good ones for it. :)
I almost wish you hadn't told me that. I downloaded 1/2 gig of add-ons. I couldn't resist adding in the 2001 spacecraft, even though they are obviously fictional (the monolith is supposed to be included but I can't seem to find it yet-feel free to speculate on the meaning of THAT).
Anyway, I installed all of the add-ons I picked, which included practical items like guided tours of planet and space mission, and I ended up crashing Celestia. I solved this by uninstalling and resintalling Celestia, which retained that add-ons but let me change some settings to get it working.
I've already taken some tours, so thanks for the info.
BTW,
kubrick2001.com has a nice Flash presentation on "The Meaning of 2001".
You should get the earth 64k textures and some fictional solar systems. :)
And here is a fun space game.
Orbiter Space Flight SimI love this. Celestia
I can't get it to work. Downloaded it, installed, and it crashes about 15 seconds into starting up. Dang!
You might be having a driver issue with it. :(
Rubik's cube is cool.
I wish I had known how stupid that Lost thing was before I clicked on it. Perhaps a short description next time?
It isn't stupid at all. Well, not much.
It's interesting, and a good idea.
yes, if I see just "click here" without an explanation, I will mostly likely NOT click
It isn't stupid at all. Well, not much.
It's interesting, and a good idea.
Sorry, didn't mean to sound so bitchy.
I think I just didn't get the concept, and didn't spend a lot of time reading the material. My apologies.
But to save me the time, would you explain it? The gist I got was that it was to see how many people you could get to visit and sign up based on what you sent them, and you get points for being creative. Sort of like a web-based chain letter? Thanks! :blush:
You're pretty much right.
Basically, you try to invite as many people as possible to join the game, by linking them to your unique address (mine is 42ace). You get a point for everybody who joins through your link, half a point for everyone they invite, and points for creativity. If you fail to invite someone within a month, you get shoved off the site. Apparently there's some sort of prize for the person with the most points after about a year.
Oh, I see. I wondered how they knew I got there from your link...it's the address. That makes more sense.
Make your own custom VW !!!!!
http://busselecta.com/
Back in a bit with my selection !!!
This is a concept fastback ,
Swimming purple people eater and busta move.
I'll be happy with this one...
This is the car I learned to drive on. I love VW buses.
my favorites:
Neatorama - My favorite blog
Fark - Weird News
Mental Floss - A blog for the mensa minded
Tech-E-Blog - The name speaks for itself
Engadget - Like Techeblog, but more device oriented
IGN - The best site I've come across for video game news, walkthroughs and cheats
Rotten Tomatoes - This site not only gives you an average rating for movies by critic, but also by regular users
ThinkGeek - cool little geek merchandise site, lots of cubicle goodies
Hammacher & Schlemmer - it's like sharper image on steroids
iSketch - the coolest free online pictionary game I've ever seen
Ebaumsworld - this one you should just know
That Video Site - cool vids to pass the time
Filecabi.net - probably my favorite video site
I'm headed for a cruise...
Somebody PLEASE solve this !!!!!!
http://www.supuzzle.com/Somebody PLEASE solve this !!!!!!
http://www.supuzzle.com/
No one will ever solve that problem because there is no solution. It cannot be solved.
Good !!!then I don't feel like so much of an Idiot
came across this site while perusing during my break. What the hell....its FREE!!
Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:
Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?
Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.
We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you
PandoraNo one will ever solve that problem because there is no solution. It cannot be solved.
Only if you
CHEAThttp://tocmp.com/
The Old Car Manual Project.
Interesting fodder for old car buffs.
There's probably a way to prove that supuzzle can't be solved by using Graph Theory. Wonder what it is.
Phillyisfunny really is funny. It helps if you're familiar with local politics (which are hilarious all by themselves), but not necessary for a good chuckle.
came across this site while perusing during my break. What the hell....its FREE!!
Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:
Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?
Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.
We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you
Pandora
I love Pandora. It's a fun way to find stuff you might not otherwise have heard of.
I do not know if this one has been posted already but I like this site.
Visual DictionaryThe Visual Dictionary is pretty cool, but I have to say it has an odd subset of categories. I mean, biology -- and transportation and musical instruments?
What was the number one song the day you were born? Or any day, for that matter:
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htmWhat was the number one song the day you were born? Or any day, for that matter:
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Shawnee...Thanks for that one!! 1/2 hour plus of fun we had with this one in the office.
What was the number one song the day you were born? Or any day, for that matter:
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
WHAT FUN! Thanks.
Mine is: [FONT=Arial Narrow]"Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds[/FONT]
Mine was Baby Love by the Supremes
Will it or won't it? You be the judge!
http://www.willitblend.com/Oooh, I got "Love me Tender" by Elvis. Pretty cool!
Kaleidoscope
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
this one's pretty cool, too!
What was the number one song the day you were born? Or any day, for that matter:
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Grumble grumble :bitching:
"Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
:sniff:
A site I had forgotten about...good for a laugh or two...
Click on the Store, then click inside the pic, then scroll down...
http://www.despair.com/"Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby
this one's pretty cool, too!
glad you liked it! :)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070522.html
Cool video of the surface of the sun oozing and changing.
http://jbirdblog.blogspot.com/
Just promoting my younger brother's blog. If you have time, it's a funny read. If nothing else, the section about Zeke (his golden retriever who recently passed away, my nephew) is wonderful. Mostly he's just a funny guy. I'm not proud of him or anything. ;)
http://web1.canon.jp/camera-museum/tech/l_plant/index.html
How Canon makes lenses. tour a virtual factory.
That's hot! No sound though. Boo.
That's hot! No sound though. Boo.
Did you have your speakers on? I had sound.
Balloon
creations.
Damn, I wish I could do this!
This
site is so ridiculous, it's funny...and NSFW.
This site is so ridiculous, it's funny...and NSFW.
You have to try the penis name generator.:lol:
storys with zombie game
http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~lee/deanimator.html
The game has a problem. You can't choose your targets and it ignores zombies within 6 feet of the character, so the bullets only hit the zombies farther out.
I can't make it past the 1st level.
Every major Islamic protest in Srinagar, India, at least.
I can see why he would attract the cameras.
This site is so ridiculous, it's funny...and NSFW.
dude! they have cock puppets! they call them dickorations....but i know a cock puppet when i see one.
ps...the pdf cutout downloader is afu. bummer.
I was going to post it by just saying "Cock!", but I didn't want to steal your trademark.
Neatorama has some great background on the most popular comic strips.
Cause he looks like a monkey?
Funny!
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34244097/
Hopefully no one has posted this yet........
Wordie
Like Flickr, but without the photos.
Wordie lets you make lists of words—practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. See who else has listed the same words, add citations and comments, and discuss. Try checking out a random word.
Dress up the poor
naked squirrel. Use your computer's "Print Screen" (or equivalent) key and the image editor of your choice to save your creation.
This is silly.
I know we've discussed
Skippy here before ... I just found out today that there's a blog.
Not bad. Not Paper-Doll Jesus, but not bad.
Our Latest Favorite Amusement at Work
"Most Shocking" has the most entertaining videos.
Once you play the first one, the rest will automatically play in sequence. After the first dozen or so, it is acceptable just to bop around in the list watching the ones with good descriptions.
typo in the link...just fix it and go on
Tips on traveling with illegal drugs.
I hope they weren't written by that mexican smuggler...
Ten things your IT department won't tell you.
Sometimes these links disappear, so I'll repeat part of the excellent article.
Admit it: For many of us, our work computer is a home away from home.
It seems only fair, since our home computer is typically an office away from the office. So in between typing up reports and poring over spreadsheets, we use our office PCs to keep up with our lives. We do birthday shopping, check out funny clips on YouTube and catch up with friends by email or instant message.
And often it's just easier to accomplish certain tasks using consumer technology than using the sometimes clunky office technology our company gives us -- compare Gmail with a corporate email account.
Security expert Mark Lobel of PricewaterhouseCoopers describes the most common things employees do on the internet to jeopardize company security.
There's only one problem with what we're doing: Our employers sometimes don't like it. Partly, they want us to work while we're at work. And partly, they're afraid that what we're doing compromises the company's computer network -- putting the company at risk in a host of ways. So they've asked their information-technology departments to block us from bringing our home to work.
End of story? Not so fast. To find out whether it's possible to get around the IT departments, we asked Web experts for some advice. Specifically, we asked them to find the top 10 secrets our IT departments don't want us to know. How to surf to blocked sites without leaving any traces, for instance, or carry on instant-message chats without having to download software.
But, to keep everybody honest, we also turned to security pros to learn just what chances we take by doing an end run around the IT department.
For hacking advice, we asked Gina Trapani, editor of Lifehacker.com, an online guide to being more productive on the Web; Leon Ho, editor of Lifehack.org, a blog with a similar mission; and Mark Frauenfelder, founder of the wide-ranging blog BoingBoing.net and editor of the do-it-yourself technology magazine Make.
To find out the risks, we talked to three experts who make a living helping IT departments make the rules and track down the rogue employees who break them. They are: John Pironti, chief information risk strategist at Amsterdam-based IT-consulting firm Getronics NV; Mark Lobel, a security expert in PricewaterhouseCoopers's advisory practice; and Craig Schmugar, a threat researcher at security-software maker McAfee Inc.
THE JOURNAL REPORT
Here, then, are the 10 secrets your IT department doesn't want you to know, the risks you'll face if you use them -- and tips about how to keep yourself (and your job) safe while you're at it.
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1. HOW TO SEND GIANT FILES
The Problem: Everybody needs to email big files from time to time, everything from big marketing presentations to vacation photos. But if you send anything larger than a few megabytes, chances are you'll get an email saying you've hit the company's limit.
Companies cap the amount of data employees can send and store in email for a very simple reason: They want to avoid filling up their servers, and thus slowing them down, says messaging-research firm Osterman Research Inc., of Black Diamond, Wash. And getting your company to increase your email limit can be a convoluted process.
The Trick: Use online services such as YouSendIt Inc., SendThisFile Inc. and Carson Systems Ltd.'s DropSend, which let you send large files -- sometimes up to a few gigabytes in size -- free of charge. To use the services, you typically have to register, supplying personal information such as name and email address. You can then enter the recipient's email address and a message to him or her, and the site will give you instructions for uploading the file. In most cases, the site will send the recipient a link that he or she can click to download the file.
The Risk: Because these services send your files over the Web, they're outside of your company's control. That makes it easier for a wily hacker to intercept files during their travels.
How to Stay Safe: Some of the services are more reputable than others. YouSendIt, for instance, is a start-up run by a former Adobe Systems Inc. executive and funded by well-known venture-capital firms. Others offer little information on their sites about themselves and could be more susceptible to security holes that could let a hacker steal your information.
If the site's backers aren't immediately apparent, there are other clues that can help. Look for a "secure" icon -- in Internet Explorer, it's a little lock on the bottom of the screen -- which signifies that the site is using encryption to protect its visitors' confidential information. A logo from a security company such as VeriSign Inc., meanwhile, means VeriSign has confirmed the identity of the site's owner.
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2. HOW TO USE SOFTWARE THAT YOUR COMPANY WON'T LET YOU DOWNLOAD
The Problem: Many companies require that employees get permission from the IT department to download software. But that can be problematic if you're trying to download software that your IT department has blacklisted.
The Trick: There are two easy ways around this: finding Web-based alternatives or bringing in the software on an outside device.
The first is easier. Say your company won't let you download the popular AOL Instant Messenger program, from Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit. You can still instant-message with colleagues and friends using a Web-based version of the service called AIM Express (AIM.com/aimexpress.adp). There's also Google Inc.'s instant-messaging service, Google Talk, accessible at Google.com/talk. There are Web-based equivalents of software such as music players and videogames, too -- typically, skimpier versions with fewer features than the regular programs.
The other approach to this problem is more involved but gives you access to actual software programs on your computer. All three of our experts pointed to a company called Rare Ideas LLC (RareIdeas.com), which offers free versions of popular programs such as Firefox and OpenOffice. You can download the software onto a portable device like an iPod or a USB stick, through a service called Portable Apps (PortableApps.com). Then hook the device up to your work computer, and you're ready to go. (But if your company blocks you from using external devices, you're out of luck.)
The Risk: Using Web-based services can be a strain on your company's resources. And bringing in software on outside devices can present a security problem. IT departments like to keep track of all the software used by employees, so that if a bug or other security problem arises, they can easily put fixes in place. That's not the case if you've brought the program in on your own.
Another thing to keep in mind: Some less reputable software programs, especially underground file-sharing programs, could come loaded with spyware and make it possible for your own files to leak onto the Web.
How to Stay Safe: If you bring in software on an outside device, says Mr. Lobel, make sure you at least tweak the security settings on your computer's antivirus software so that it scans the device for potential threats. That's easy to do, usually through an Options or Settings menu. Likewise, if you use a file-sharing service, set it up so that others can't access your own files, also through an Options or Settings area.
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3. HOW TO VISIT THE WEB SITES YOUR COMPANY BLOCKS
The Problem: Companies often block employees from visiting certain sites -- ranging from the really nefarious (porn) to probably bad (gambling) to mostly innocuous (Web-based email services).
The Trick: Even if your company won't let you visit those sites by typing their Web addresses into your browser, you can still sometimes sneak your way onto them. You travel to a third-party site, called a proxy, and type the Web address you want into a search box. Then the proxy site travels to the site you want and displays it for you -- so you can see the site without actually visiting it. Proxy.org, for one, features a list of more than 4,000 proxies.
Another way to accomplish the same thing, from Mr. Frauenfelder and Ms. Trapani: Use Google's translation service, asking it to do an English-to-English translation. Just enter this -- Google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.blockedsite.com -- replacing "blockedsite.com" with the Web address of the site you want to visit. Google effectively acts as a proxy, calling up the site for you.
The Risk: If you use a proxy to, say, catch up on email or watch a YouTube video, the main risk is getting caught by your boss. But there are scarier security risks: Online bad guys sometimes buy Web addresses that are misspellings of popular sites, then use them to infect visitors' computers, warns Mr. Lobel. Companies often block those sites, too -- but you won't be protected from them if you use a proxy.
How to Stay Safe: Don't make a habit of using proxies for all your Web surfing. Use them only to visit specific sites that your company blocks for productivity-related reasons -- say, YouTube. And watch your spelling.
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4. HOW TO CLEAR YOUR TRACKS ON YOUR WORK LAPTOP
The Problem: If you use a company-owned laptop at home, chances are you use it for personal tasks: planning family vacations, shopping for beach books, organizing online photo albums and so on. Many companies reserve the right to monitor all that activity, because the laptops are technically their property. So what happens if your -- ahem -- friend accidentally surfs onto a porn site or does a Web search for some embarrassing ailment?
The Trick: The latest versions of the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers both make it easy to clear your tracks. In IE7, click on Tools, then Delete Browsing History. From there, you can either delete all your history by clicking Delete All or choose one or a few kinds of data to delete. In Firefox, just hit Ctrl-Shift-Del -- or click Clear Private Data under the Tools menu.
The Risk: Even if you clear your tracks, you still face risks from roaming all over the Web. You could unintentionally install spyware on your computer from visiting a sketchy site or get your boss involved in legal problems for your behavior. If you're caught, it could mean (at best) embarrassment or (at worst) joblessness.
How to Stay Safe: Clear your private data as often as possible. Better yet, don't use your work computer to do anything you wouldn't want your boss to know about.
* * *
5. HOW TO SEARCH FOR YOUR WORK DOCUMENTS FROM HOME
The Problem: You're catching up on work late at night or over the weekend -- but the documents you need to search through are stuck on your office PC.
The Trick: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask unit have all released software that lets you quickly search your desktop documents. On top of that, some will let you search through documents saved on one computer from another one. How does it work? The search company keeps a copy of your documents on its own server. So it can scan those copies when you do a search remotely.
To use Google's software -- among the most popular -- follow these steps on both your work and home PC. First, you'll need to set up a Google account on both machines by visiting Google.com/accounts. (Be sure to use the same account on both computers.) Then go to Desktop.Google.com to download the search software. When it's up and running -- again, do this on both machines -- click on Desktop Preferences, then Google Account Features. From there, check the box next to Search Across Computers. After that point, any document you open on either machine will be copied to Google's servers -- and will be searchable from either machine.
The Risk: Corporate technology managers offer this nightmare scenario: You've saved top-secret financial information on your work PC. You set up desktop-search software so that you can access those files when working from home on your laptop. Then you lose your laptop. Uh-oh.
Getting hold of your company's internal documents could give others insight into your plans, and losing certain information could have legal repercussions. In particular, myriad state laws regulate how a company has to react when it loses private information about customers or employees; most require notifying those people about the breach in writing. Sending those notifications can be costly for your company -- not to mention damaging to its reputation.
On top of that threat, researchers have found vulnerabilities in Google's desktop-search software that could let a hacker trick a user into giving up access to files, says Mr. Schmugar of McAfee. (Those vulnerabilities have since been fixed, but more could crop up, he says.)
Matt Glotzbach, product management director for Google Enterprise, says there are bound to be vulnerabilities in any software and that, to the best of his knowledge, none of the Google Desktop vulnerabilities were exploited by hackers. He adds that when Google finds out about a vulnerability, it quickly fixes it and notifies users.
How to Stay Safe: If you have any files on your work PC that shouldn't be made public, ask your IT administrator to help you set up Google Desktop to avoid accidental leaks.
* * *
6. HOW TO STORE WORK FILES ONLINE
The Problem: Desktop search aside, most people who often work away from the office have come up with their own solution to getting access to work files. They save them on a disk or a portable device and then plug it into a home computer. Or they store the files on the company network, then access the network remotely. But portable devices can be cumbersome, and company-network connections can be slow and unreliable.
The Trick: Use an online-storage service from the likes of Box.net Inc., Streamload Inc. or AOL-owned Xdrive. (Box.net also offers its service inside the social-networking site Facebook.) Most offer some free storage, from one to five gigabytes, and charge a few dollars a month for premium packages with extra space. Another guerrilla storage solution is to email files to your private, Web-based email account, such as Gmail or Hotmail.
The Risk: A bad guy could steal your password for one of these sites and quickly grab copies of your company's sensitive files.
How to Stay Safe: When you're thinking about storing a file online, ask yourself if it would be OK for that file to be splashed all over the Internet or sent to the CEO of your company's top rival. If so, go for it. If not, don't.
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7. HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVACY WHEN USING WEB EMAIL
The Problem: Many companies now have the ability to track employees' emails, both on work email accounts and personal Web-based accounts, as well as IM conversations.
The Trick: When you send emails -- using either your work or personal email address -- you can encrypt them, so that only you and the recipient can read them. In Microsoft Outlook, click on Tools, then Options and choose the Security tab. There, you can enter a password -- and nobody can open a note from you without supplying it. (Of course, you'll have to tell people the code beforehand.)
For Web-based personal email, try this trick from Mr. Frauenfelder: When checking email, add an "s" to the end of the "http" in front of your email provider's Web address -- for instance, https://www.Gmail.com. This throws you into a secure session, so that nobody can track your email. Not all Web services may support this, however.
To encrypt IM conversations, meanwhile, try the IM service Trillian from Cerulean Studios LLC, which lets you connect to AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and others -- and lets you encrypt your IM conversations so that they can't be read.
The Risk: The main reason companies monitor email is to catch employees who are leaking confidential information. By using these tricks, you may set off false alarms and make it harder for the IT crew to manage real threats.
How to Stay Safe: Use these tricks only occasionally, instead of as a default.
* * *
8. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR WORK EMAIL REMOTELY WHEN YOUR COMPANY WON'T SPRING FOR A BLACKBERRY
The Problem: Anyone without a BlackBerry knows the feeling: There's a lull in the conversation when you're out to dinner or an after-work beer, and everyone reaches for their pocket to grab their BlackBerry, leaving you alone to stir your drink.
The Trick: You, too, can stay up to date on work email, using any number of consumer-oriented hand-held devices. Just set up your work email so that all your emails get forwarded to your personal email account.
In Microsoft Outlook, you can do this by right-clicking on any email, choosing Create Rule, and asking that all your email be forwarded to another address. Then, set up your hand-held to receive your personal email, by following instructions from the service provider for your hand-held. (That's the company that sends you your bill.)
The Risk: Now, not only can hackers break into your personal account by going online on a computer, they can also break into it by exploiting security vulnerabilities on your mobile device.
How to Stay Safe: There's a kosher way to access work email on some devices, by getting passwords and other information from your IT department.
* * *
9. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
The Problem: If you do have a BlackBerry, you've probably got a different problem: You want to get your personal email just as easily as work email.
The Trick: Look at the Settings area of your personal email account, and make sure you've enabled POP -- Post Office Protocol -- a method used to retrieve email from elsewhere. Then log in to the Web site for your BlackBerry service provider. Click on the Profile button, look for the Email Accounts section and click on Other Email Accounts. Then click Add Account and enter the information for your Web-based email account. Now your personal emails will pop up on the same screen as your company email.
The Risk: Your company probably uses a whole bunch of security technology to keep viruses and spies out of your files. When you receive personal email on your BlackBerry, it's coming to you without passing through your company's firewall. That means viruses or spyware could sneak onto your BlackBerry via a personal email, says Mr. Schmugar of McAfee. Worse yet, he says, when you plug your BlackBerry into your work computer, there's a chance that the malicious software could jump onto your hard drive.
How to Stay Safe: Cross your fingers and hope that your personal email provider is doing a decent job weeding out viruses, spyware and other intruders. (Chances are, it is.)
* * *
10. HOW TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE WORKING
The Problem: You're doing some vital Web surfing and your boss turns the corner. What do you do?
The Trick: Hit Alt-Tab to quickly minimize one window (say, the one where you're browsing ESPN.com) and maximize another (like that presentation that's due today).
The Risk: The good news is that there are no known security risks.
How to Stay Safe: Get back to work.
Wow - that was a plethora of info. The thing that I like about IE7 is the tabs up top - I have the MSN homepage 1st and then the Cellar @ Tab 2 and then anything else I tab as well, if I want to get to it quick.
Useful info there, but it seems as though high school kids are finding these things out faster and faster. I know I used to use proxies to go to the NRA website (back when it was still banned by my school system) and to hit up various other sites back in HS.
Ah yes... nearly forgot the link. Nifty list for those of you who play console RPGs.
http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.htmlI know there are billions and billions of freeware sites out there, but I thought I'd share my preferred site for software that don't cost me nuffin.
http://www.freewarefiles.com
Sorry if it's already been posted in this thread, but I didn't feel like browsing thru 76 pages. :D
That's a keeper Woody, thanks!
And here's some old pictures of Atlanta.
http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/My pleasure!!
I now have a years worth of screensavers!!!
Wow, I just had to share this site with such sweet little embroidered tops . . .
with slogans like, "will fuck for shoes" and "sorry, darling, good girls don't swallow" (with ribbons and embroidered swallows )
http://lochers.com/collection16.htmlWow, I just had to share this site with such sweet little embroidered tops . . .
with slogans like, "will fuck for shoes" and "sorry, darling, good girls don't swallow" (with ribbons and embroidered swallows )
http://lochers.com/collection16.html
Awesome! Nice work Cloud. Looks like momma's got a new brand! I like to wear that kind of stuff to work- because no one pays any attention.
It reminds me of the shirt I used to wear a lot with the Japanese looking Conji that actually said Stoopid in english- got a lot of compliments on the Conji though. Sometimes I would point that out- and sometimes I would just let it slide.
:)
:)
some of 'em have the slogans on the back, so as long as you don't take off the jacket . . .
definatly me....or maybe the flying pig one or the one of the lady on the guys doorstep. * shrug*
I thought of LJ and Jinx
definatly me....or maybe the flying pig one or the one of the lady on the guys doorstep. * shrug*
I thought of LJ and Jinx
What a coincedence. We always think of YOU when we play "Masked Cock Ring Toss"
I usually wear a ball gag too, tho.....and jinx is much slimmer than that red head.
You're so kooky!
hey I was able to make fun of myself too. I mean come on..the batman get up ...big large huge...
If you are offended I appologize.
see I can poke fun at myself too. :)
The kind of dates I get. I could lay nakid on a doorstep ...and well the rest is history.
The one with the heart on the plate could serve as one of my alter- egos.
Thanks Sky!
hey I was able to make fun of myself too. I mean come on..the batman get up ...big large huge...
If you are offended I appologize.
Not offended at all. And thanks for picturing me naked. ::big long slow wink::
Wow, I just had to share this site with such sweet little embroidered tops . . .
http://lochers.com/collection16.html
There are so many of them i want want want! Excellent!
The one with the heart on the plate could serve as one of my alter- egos.
Thanks Sky!
Me too, sistuh! :o
there are some cool pics on that blog!
I thought so too Cloud. :)
Check this site out. Everyday they give away free licenced software.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/One of my most favorite sites of all time!!!!!!!!!
There are some great reads on the site
sucker a sucker
On a side note, if you are not familiar,
google 419www.FeralChildren.com has stories,old and new, of feral children.
Does being the bastard child of Wolfman Jack count?
Oh that's so nice I'd like to vomit.
*oh*
The
real story behind the "Great Escape" from Stalag 17 (Stalag Luft III).
How to build a
hot tub for $1200 bucks.
I am exploring Ursi's blog.:thumb:
Stalag 17 escape is interesting. LOL @ all the furniture they 'borrowed'
and they escape hole fell short but it dosn't actually say if they made it to the cover of trees.
They did an amazing job.
Here is a
puzzle for you all!!
(Who is KING??)
I commend anyone who can get all the way to the bottom of the page without suffering a severe headache!
This is the greatest site ever.
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/
Hundreds of different shows, documentaries, etc. All streaming video and all free. Dunno about the legality of it, don't care. They even have some Sifl and Ollie.
I'm not sure if
this belongs here or in the Food and Drink forum.
You decide.
Drive from Seattle to Boston.... in 15 minutes.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=159_1188488099This is the greatest site ever.
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/
Hundreds of different shows, documentaries, etc. All streaming video and all free. Dunno about the legality of it, don't care. They even have some Sifl and Ollie.
Excellent link.
Wow! Just go there. There is something for everyone.
I found the Traveling Wilbury's videos an outstanding Dean Martin roast of Frank Sinatra.
http://mapsforus.org/
They have maps you want, but didn't know it.
Maps of real and fictitious places, maps of games and strategies, map of Human skin color distribution and Kentucky deer collisions.
I really liked the thinking maps on there, Bruce. Mindmap configurations for different types of problem solving are given, and I think that would be a useful thing to try out.
I've found the coolest parenting site:
DadCanDo
It's geared toward Dads, particularly weekend dads and single parents, but any parent and kid can use it. It's got soooo cool projects, like making a Harry Potter wand with paper and a glue gun; templates for building models of things like the TARDIS; Toys From Junk, and lots of other, very clever, ideas.
This is the greatest site ever.
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/
Hundreds of different shows, documentaries, etc. All streaming video and all free. Dunno about the legality of it, don't care. They even have some Sifl and Ollie.
Thanks for the link. I just watched the pilot to 'My Favorite Martian'. I even corrected the IMDB entry for the show.
BTW, in the credits for the show, the Roman numerals mistakenly place the show in 1943 (MCMXLVIII) instead of 1963 (MCMLXVIII).
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen5/f23_yokohama.html
Holycow do I love StumbleUpon! There's a dropdown menu in the top right to look at more of these too.
Here's a great site on an exhibit of mythical creatures at the American Museum of Natural History in New York:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythiccreatures/
Check out the dragon pictures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdPKkZS6Pk
A demo of Russia's awesome military might, with really cool music. Even if you are not Russian, this music feels patriotic to the Motherland.
Here's a really good source for free online courseware. Just in case anyone might want to learn something:
http://www.fathom.com/index.htmlhttp://www.photojpl.com/
architectural eye candy
http://www.photojpl.com/
architectural eye candy
The ''Autumn in Alaska'' show is excellent.
I couldn't stay away from the Ste-Étienne church. Who needs god in a place like that. wow.
Then I went to Pont de la Tournelle et Notre-Dame.
For the Alaska thing but you have to download another plug-in. I am still wondering if it's going to be worth the trouble. :p another plug in ugg
For the Alaska thing but you have to download another plug-in. I am still wondering if it's going to be worth the trouble. :p another plug in ugg
Yes.
I really don't know if its Safe for work, but it def. is twisted. But I guess in states like pennsylvania, it is legal as long as parents consent.
http://marryourdaughter.com/
kidd chris out of Phiily interviewed the creator of the site today on his show.
The Kidd Chris Show Website is currently being updated and changed around. Please check back in the next few days. Thank You
Bruce..
it takes a minute to load up. For some reason, That message is always at the top of the page. You can hear the interview If you click on podcast and replay the 4pm hour yesterday.
It's got to be a joke. I mean, look at their "testimonials" page.
"At first we were worried that Janine was too young to get married, but then her new husband bought her a house and a car and jewelry and the money we got let us buy a house for ourselves. Getting out of the trailer park at our age was the best thing that ever happened to us, and it’s all thanks to Marry Our Daughter!"
“Our 15 year old daughter Mary wasn’t very popular and did nothing but mope around the house bringing everybody down, so we decided to marry her off through your site. Now our house is a lot cheerier and we love our new swimming pool and Jaccuzi! We’ve told our youngest that when she turns 15 we’re going to marry her off too!"
If nothing else, the people using this site wouldn't all have perfect spelling and grammar.
Well, they must have cleaned up the quotes for public consumption...
I went to view the 'Autumn in Alaska' and it's gone!:eek:
*sob* I snoozed -- I loosed* :sniff:
Looks like it's been replaced with Bryce Canyon.
Someones shadow too no less.
Sea Monsters. This one almost belongs in wtf thread.
http://www.nanok.com/hav/What is the face of London, New York, Paris? What does a Londoner, a New Yorker, a Parisian look like?
The Face of Tomorrow is a concept for a series of photographs that addresses the effects of globalization on identity.
http://www.faceoftomorrow.com/home.asp
Click on the 'faces' tab.
Wow, I just had to share this site with such sweet little embroidered tops . . .
with slogans like, "will fuck for shoes" and "sorry, darling, good girls don't swallow" (with ribbons and embroidered swallows )
http://lochers.com/collection16.html
Gutted - I can't even save up for one, my busters won't fit into any of their dinky sizes :mecry:
It did give me an evil genius idea about getting one for my 13yo niece, but £40+ shipping to make my sister hate me even more probably isn't worth it...
A hilarious
comic book from 1972, published by Syracuse University, to honor the 204 Public TV stations that aired "VD Blues", as part of a national campaign to fight the exploding rate of venereal disease.
The comic portion WAS funny in contrast to the text part which was informational. I had not ever seen anything like it.
An animated cartoon with a small message at the end.
http://souljerky.com/_media/swf/alan_watts_life.swfThose are Annie leibovitz photographs.
Those Annie leibovitz photographs I found intriguing for some reason. Not my style but they drew me in.
More photos. I guess I'm hooked on them. :neutral:
These are very good animal shots. ( remember to use the 'shuffle' tab )
http://www.animal-photos.org/shuffle.phtmlThere's something about broken ceramics.
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/still_life/07sl.php
Still Life
Interview by Rosecrans Baldwin
Martin Klimas destroys a lot of clay to make his art. Combining the silence of Eadweard Muybridge’s horse pictures with the association-rich composition of a still life, Klimas breaks recognizable objects so they become something else, and stops us just at the moment of transformation.
Some good ones:
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
Oh thank you, thank you
Worrying that I've written too many of them in my head...
Me too! I put the "ssive"s in passive and aggressive. ;)
Some good ones:
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
Ha Haa! Thanks Shawnee! Been needing a laugh. The one from portland that lives alone is obviously responding the best way he knows how to the Sock Gnome and his buddy- Kitchen Utensil Gnome....
Maybe my husband isn't the only person that believes in these creatures....
:D
I can't wait to show him....
Follow
this link, plug in your ZIP code, and learn all about the demographics of your area.
Wow, much has changed - about time for a new census isn't it?
2010, I believe.
bwahaHAHA!
scf, gotta remember that when making my early morning scan...
bwahaHAHA!
scf, gotta remember that when making my early morning scan...
[size=1]Um... I don't know if you're laughing with me or at me... I mean, they do it every ten years (I'm pretty sure) and the last one was in 2000 (I know because I remember where I was living when I filled out the form for me and my housemates). Am I a secret comedy genius or an idiot? [/size]
[size=1]Um... I don't know if you're laughing with me or at me... I mean, they do it every ten years (I'm pretty sure) and the last one was in 2000 (I know because I remember where I was living when I filled out the form for me and my housemates). Am I a secret comedy genius or an idiot? [/size]
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Although, I wouldn't cash that comedy genius check just yet, I have been fairly described in the past as "easily amused". Still, dang funny![/SIZE][/COLOR]
Even though you have trashy taste, you have lots of company! (myself included!)
Ah well...I found it using stumble...
can't help UT hogs all of the cool stuff on the internet, and finds it before me :p
You wont believe this
You just WILL NOT believe this
:eek: INNSANE!?@$! :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKc4F_Nsa0kids playing rugby? are you a youtube spammer?
innsaneink, meet TheMercenary, he referees that madness.
kids playing rugby? are you a youtube spammer?
Its a keen link I wanted to share...OK?
[SIZE="1"]BTW...its rugby l
eague[/SIZE]
If theres a problem or its innapropriate, my apologies....
Who's the mercenary?
No problem. Themercenary, merc for short, made the post right above yours. He's one of those rugby crazies.
Its a keen link I wanted to share...OK?
[SIZE=1]BTW...its rugby league[/SIZE]
If theres a problem or its innapropriate, my apologies....
Who's the mercenary?
no prob..just...the build up...i wont belive it? i guess i dint really watch the whole thing.....what was so unbelievable?
Sorry champ....but would you have looked if I described it as "kids footy"?
Its the net...we're all prone to exaggeration.
My sons team, something Im into, I understand most others arent,though the kids get a buzz out of being 'stars' and 'heroes', even if only just for one day.
No problem. Themercenary, merc for short, made the post right above yours. He's one of those rugby crazies.
Cool....just a slight correction....rugby union is usually described as 'rugby'...this is rugby
league...usually described as rugby league or footy, quite a difference once you know, and yes us leagueys can be quite pedantic about it, but if we dont educate those that are unknown...well, were just being derelict in our duty.
Nice to /meet/ you guys.....this forum looks pretty good.
Lets see now, rugby played by the big guys is rugby and rugby played by kids is footy? Oh, and soccer played by anyone, is football, right?
Cool....just a slight correction....rugby union is usually described as 'rugby'...this is rugby league...usually described as rugby league or footy, quite a difference once you know, and yes us leagueys can be quite pedantic about it, but if we dont educate those that are unknown...well, were just being derelict in our duty.
Nice to /meet/ you guys.....this forum looks pretty good.
Rugby leagueys are SPLITTERS! That's not
real rugby, that is girls rugby. :D
Mate.....we have girls/womens comps in all forms of football - rugby league, rugby union, AFL and soccer....the NRL is THE toughest form of football anywhere on this earth, and those boys playing it in the video above are from the junior league of the team that won the whole damn kit and kaboodle two short years ago.
Now....getting padded up from head to toe with fibreglass shoulder pads, rib protectors, thigh pads, arm guards, breats plates, pinky covers, chin guards, helmets etc etc etc ...all to run around for 3.4 seconds only to have the game stop for five minutes whilst everyone has a rest, and then do it again this time for 5.7 seconds, lose the ball and then the DEFENSE comes on...that to me my friend is just a tad feminine, soft...or girly.
Now....getting padded up from head to toe with fibreglass shoulder pads, rib protectors, thigh pads, arm guards, breats plates, pinky covers, chin guards, helmets etc etc etc ...all to run around for 3.4 seconds only to have the game stop for five minutes whilst everyone has a rest, and then do it again this time for 5.7 seconds, lose the ball and then the DEFENSE comes on...that to me my friend is just a tad feminine, soft...or girly.
[unreconstructed female] *cheers happily* [/unreconstructed female]
the incomparable Olivia de Berardinis has re-vamped (hah!) her site for an official online gallery. These are pinups, if you don't know her name:
http://www.ozoneproductions.com/the incomparable Olivia de Berardinis has re-vamped (hah!) her site for an official online gallery. These are pinups, if you don't know her name:
http://www.ozoneproductions.com/
I love the Olivia pics. Always very well done. Penthouse use to have some of the racey ones, more of a fetish style.
Try out this mobile phone tracker, it's great, using a satellite map
track any connected mobile phone with coverage anywhere in the world!!!!
Log on to
http://www.satellite-gps-locator.com2030.6 on my second try. dont know if it's good, but it was a lot better than the 1400 i got the first time. love those games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw
I have to say that this horse has rhythm.
LOL WTF set of shots with a Russian couple living with some sort of wildcat
don't miss the NSFW shot where she bathes with the thing
don't miss the thing pwning a freshly killed chicken and massive catfish
What is that thing Hell-kitty is playing with at the end ... to my civilian eyes, it looks like a grenade. Wouldn't surprise me, these people are a little odd.
And does the black and white kitty look a little ... nervous ... to you? They're friends so far, but wait until the humans forget dinner!
looks like the blister for a blood pressure taker thingy
Wow - what a beauty.
But given the fact that Dylan climbed up my back with his claws today, ending up with one in my cheek, I don't think I could handle anything larger than my mini cats.
I really laughed at the mad eyes of the black and white cat being licked :lol:
Looks a lot like an
Ocelot, but Russia's a bit out of their native territory. Then again, there's no saying that the pictures originated in Russia...
See if
this is a correct representation of yourself!
Some cool pics of Murmansk Military objects from Google earth.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=554Those are neat. I love Google Earth. They have recently put up higher resolution pictures of Camp David.
The State of Pennsylvania spent almost $4200 bucks to produce a video of a rapping rodent named G-Hog to try to get high school kids to pick careers in health.
Personally, I'm not sure I want to put my life in the hands of someone whose sole motivation for becoming a nurse or technician was a 'kewl' rapping groundhog.
Story
here
Video
hereI'm sure some of the XP nerds here already know this one, but here it is anyway:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=331Pilot vs iPhone smackdown
Please continue beyond the end of the article to the spirited discussion below. Very good!
See if this is a correct representation of yourself!
I am my favourite god in the Egyptian pantheon, hurray! Nothing like me of course, bearing in mind Anubis had he head of a jackal and was primarily concerned with funereal rites.
Still, I would have accepted Sobek, the crocodile headed god. Whose name I confused with Offler, the crocodile headed god in the Discworld. So we ended up calling him Scoffler when walking round his temple at Kom Ombo. How blasphemous.
this is Geb:
As a guardian of life, Geb harbors the positive virtues if sweetness, submission and peacable firmness. As a symbol of memory, he predisposes those born under his sign to careers of writers, administrators and counselors. This original nature of protection by the earth shines through in their psychological make-up. The Geb personality is attractive and so highly sensitive that it is very impressionable. Their modesty and ability to empathize with the feelings and upsets of others can be a disadvantage, but Geb's cosmix ascendancy naturally lifts is above self-love and vanity.
I don't know.....lemme think....
uh.... no.
Damn. Elfed myself but it doesn't link.
Ah well, there was something a bit creepy about watching my head bob about anyway!
Put in your ZIP code and find out about your neighbors.
http://zipskinny.com:80/Zip code thing is cool, to bad the data is from 2000, should be more interesting if they update it after the next census.
Yeah - If I'm not mistaken, they update it every decade
2 words-------1 reaction
google "[COLOR="Red"]grandmalibby[/COLOR]"
Go elf yourself.
I sent this out at work, and my friend sent one back with her whole family dancing at once (including the one year old girl.) It was hilarious because they weren't quite dancing in sync...I was crying! Didn't know you could do multiple elves.
Edit: Duh, it's pretty obvious now that I look at it again. I just made one with me, my niece, Barbara Bush, and the blow up guy/auto-pilot from
Airplane.I'd like to share this quality retailer,
MetPet where you can buy the absolute best thing for your cat-- a cat Walking Jacket.
It's like a harness, but MUCH more secure on these slippery critters and much more comfortable.
Cloud's post reminded me, I'd also like to offer an awesome retailer I just discovered:
www.firebox.com. Interesting/humorous/techie gifts for the whole family. I found a good half-dozen presents and stocking stuffers there for different people.
hey, cool stuff there! I like the money monter machine, and the voodoo knife block! What did you get?
Well, technically I haven't bought anything yet, but so far I have bookmarked:
this bag for my mom the hippie
one of these for my dad the constant traveler
this goofy thing for my brother the lazy bum
a toy for my stepdaughter (there are many similar products available out there, but this one is small enough to take in the car, claims it has a smarter version of the software from the original, has an "undo" button the others don't have, and it's the cheapest of this particular model I've found)
a stocking stuffer for Mr. Clodfobble
and
something to add to my own wishlist. :)
cool. That cell phone thing is pretty nifty--ever notice that the cell always dies JUST before an emergency? The toaster thing looks perfect for dorms! But professional chefs always say that knife sharpeners ruin your knives. Which weirdly ensures my knives are always dull.
I'm so getting some toastabags! Absolutely friggen awesome.
:santa:
haha
perhaps this has been posted elsewhere, but I found it pretty funny.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/120407-microsoft-santa-bot.htmlSantabot in real life
Someone may have already posted this.
www.globalincidentmap.comCloud's post reminded me, I'd also like to offer an awesome retailer I just discovered: www.firebox.com. Interesting/humorous/techie gifts for the whole family. I found a good half-dozen presents and stocking stuffers there for different people.
I bought 6 gifts from Firebox this year. 2 were shipped from the states and arrived in a couple days. The other 4 were shipped from England and took about a week. Good service, but I don't know about returns, because I haven't tried that.
Someone may have already posted this.
www.globalincidentmap.com
Interesting. Especially
this one, cuz it's my state.
I sure this one's rather common, but WTH, here it is anyway:
High Quality Desktop Wallpapers @ WallpaperVillage1800 free online courses from MIT
NYT article with links to physics lectures
Wow! That rocks jinx. Thank you!
First you pick the color of your number... so you've narrowed it down to only 5 choices.
Then later you pick the house. Your five choices are each inside one house. You've just told them your number. Everything else is crap.
You're smarter than the average clodfobble. As a matter of fact, you're the smartest clodfobble I know.
Eeeew! Check out how they made the first contact lenses, on the second page.
Oh creepy! And look how big they are, they cover the whole eyeball.
the richness of our planet is unbelievable. Why don't people realize what a treasure we have?
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/299112
Courtesy of Google Earth Community.
Of course I do, that's why I want to be King.
Drax, I loved the farting squirrel.
Even mentos commercials are weird in other countries.
I want to make a railway system like that someday.
Obscure Google Search Tips There's one for you in there, cloud!
OMG... why didn't I think of this?
a mp3 meta-crawler/player!OMG... why didn't I think of this?
a mp3 meta-crawler/player!
3 :right: Hours later and I'm back among the living....
Thanks....I think.....
Do you remember that 80's song by Lionel Ritchie,
Hello? Or more specifically, the video for it? Lionel was with some beautiful blind woman, and she made this amazing clay sculpture of his head just by feeling his face.
Well, this art class tried to reproduce that idea, and the results are pretty neat.
http://www.leanmeanfightingmachine.co.uk/hello/Check out their famous signs!!!!
Don't worry...its safe for work!
NSFW! hand-conditioned hemp rope plus instructional videos.
Quote:
Historically, Japanese bondage was done with only 21 foot lengths of rope. As the art form migrated to the West, practitioners found that a longer length was needed for western body shapes. Over the years we have expanded our rope lengths to accommodate the wide variety of customers and their play styles.
and you can get a custom color, too! It would be so cool to learn how to do this. [COLOR="White"]Even cooler if I could actually persuade another human to join me.[/COLOR]
Cool link Cloud, thanks :)
Obscure Google Search Tips There's one for you in there, cloud!
Hey! I missed this before, thanks!
Check out their famous signs!!!!
Don't worry...its safe for work!
This is why it's never a good idea to take foreign (or domestic) policy advice from cheesy Italian restaurants.
Hey! I missed this before, thanks!
Quite useful...srsly.
But the sign guy changed his opinion -
Check out the "Mushroom House"...
http://www.themushroomhouse.com/
...and eat your heart out.
http://www.rulesofthumb.org/
Yeah, rules of thumb.... like;
When walking downhill, always be sure of your route. If you're going the wrong way, you'll have to hike uphill to get back.
Hope this doesn't come across as spam;
Easily change yer start button.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work with XPs "Classic" theme.
But the sign guy changed his opinion -
That reminds me. Did I post
http://www.says-it.com/?
No, but many have before you :rolleyes:
Find out what that acronym stands for.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/OH crap. Sorry UT. Do you have fire insurance?
oooooohhhh - try the chainsaw
Because Washington is Hollywood for ugly people
:thumb:
I like this one.
http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/
Wow...I love his artwork and his convoluted thinking that allows him to design such intricate pieces.
Thanks for that one.......
Free lightweight disk drive space analysis tool.
DisktectivePostsecret.com
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Rolling exibition.com. I saw this guys story. Someone I would love to meet.
Read the artist statement for full appreciation.
http://www.therollingexhibition.com/Felons
Plug in an address and check out the felons living in that 'hood.
That last one is entirely bogus for me. Click the address, a bunch of pins show up where nobody lives. Click it again, all the pins move.
That felonspy thing doesn't work - everytime I put in the same address the info changes and more felons appear while others disappear. Many apparently live in the state park and on the golf course too.
Is anybody familiar with
this?
List of the day: Olan Mills photos. lmfao!
http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-olan-mills-photos.html
If thoughtful Lance/mirthful Lance doesn't make you laugh you are not alive. (Hope noone here is Lance.) My friend and I used to laugh at HS double photos like that, saying it looked like their twin accidentally walked into the shot.
Thoughtful Lance/Mirthful Lance is my hero!
That's pretty awesome, good find Bruce. That amazes me as my design would have stopped at the "get sheet of plywood and 4 milkcrates" stage.
List of the day: Olan Mills photos. lmfao!
http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-olan-mills-photos.html
If thoughtful Lance/mirthful Lance doesn't make you laugh you are not alive. (Hope noone here is Lance.) My friend and I used to laugh at HS double photos like that, saying it looked like their twin accidentally walked into the shot.
I had to go make sure my graduation photo wasn't on there! I only say because my entire graduating class ended up laminated on a table in a pizza joint.
Ya neber know!:)
Stuff trucks spill on the highway,
gallery.
oo ooo
I got some of those too. Sometimes I see really good accidents, but it's too dark or unsafe to snap a picture.
Love that site, Bruce!
I especially like the (old) one of the Werner truck embedded in a storefront. Same model as mine too!
Scented Candles for men
The Ballpark - The smell of fresh-cut grass, dirt, peanuts and beer make this candle smell just like a day at the ballpark. This candle will take you "out with the crowd" for a sunny afternoon of fun on the diamond.
Hot Wings - The smell of just deep fried hot wings smothered with wing sauce. The combination of butter and hot sauce is enough to drive you nuts. You'll be on your way to Hooters 10 minutes after lighting this candle!
Bacon Cheeseburger - The delicious smell of a big, meaty bacon cheeseburger. This candle will ignite the fire within your man as he hungers for flame-broiled beef. This man-scent smells so much like a burger you'll think the grill is on!
Baseball Glove - A leather scented candle that smells just like a freshly broken in baseball glove. A perfect summer scent, this candle brings you back to your Little League days when bubble tape and big league chew reigned supreme.
4th of July - The combination of gunpowder and sulfer gives this man candle the distinctive fireworks smell all guys appreciate. What man won't love the scent of colorful explosions?
Beer - What guy doesn't love beer? The perfect candle for our 16oz pint glass, this beer-candle gives that barley and hops scent that any beerdrinker will recognize. No drinking until the candle is gone!
Dirt - It's a fact - guys like getting dirty. This manliest of man candles has a fantastic earthy scent every guy knows. Perfect for the fisherman, athlete, hiker, camper or just a plain-old dirty guy!
Sawdust - The Manterns sawdust candle is for the rugged handyman that just can't get enough of that workshop scent. Any woodworker, lumberjack or craftsman will recognize this familiar scent of freshly cut wood.
Cinnamon Buns - A tribute to Mitch Hedberg! It's as if a pan of cinnamon buns have been baking in the oven all morning. The sweet smell of cinnamon and icing gives hope that a real batch of cinnamon buns are ready to enjoy!
Whiskey - A candle Mr. Daniels and Mr. Beam would be proud of. This whiskey candle has the rustic smell of a glass of whiskey on the rocks. The perfect candle for our 8oz whiskey glass size.
The Woods - Perfect for the outdoorsman, this forest-scented candle combines the distinct smells of trees such as cedar, pine and oak with a touch of dirt for a unique scent that, until now, only a day in the woods could provide.
Tennis Ball Can - Who doesn't love the scent of a freshly opened can of tennis balls? The perfect combination of rubber and flourescent yellow gives this candle that distinct smell any sports-lover will recognize.
In a beautifully-written piece, getting a lot of linkage today,
Major Brian Shul describes what it was like to pilot an SR-71.
One day, high above Arizona, we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the mortal airplanes below us. First, a Cessna pilot asked the air traffic controllers to check his ground speed. 'Ninety knots,' ATC replied. A twin Bonanza soon made the same request. 'One-twenty on the ground,' was the reply. To our surprise, a navy F-18 came over the radio with a ground speed check. I knew exactly what he was doing. Of course, he had a ground speed indicator in his cockpit, but he wanted to let all the bug-smashers in the valley know what real speed was 'Dusty 52, we show you at 525 on the ground,' ATC responded. The situation was too ripe. I heard the click of Walter's mike button in the rear seat. In his most innocent voice, Walter startled the controller by asking for a ground speed check from 81,000 feet, clearly above controlled airspace. In a cool, professional voice, the controller replied, 'Aspen 20, I show you at 1,742 knots on the ground.' We did not hear another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast.
Several teeth-gritting tales, including a climax where they reach Mach 3.5 while in a climb, being chased by missiles over Libya.
http://www.mp3gle.net/
After search "doctor who", and getting anything but, I tried another searh, and kept getting "Service Temporarily Unavailable. The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later."
I think I'll stick to MP3Sparks for now.
Automatic ball-tosser keeps dog amused and exercised all day long!
In a beautifully-written piece, getting a lot of linkage today, Major Brian Shul describes what it was like to pilot an SR-71.
Several teeth-gritting tales, including a climax where they reach Mach 3.5 while in a climb, being chased by missiles over Libya.
Alright - those are some great stories. I thought I might buy the book - until I saw that it was over $400 :eek:
Scented Candles for men
What, no "Whore Ass" [SIZE="3"]
???[/SIZE]
Why Hitler hasn't been killed by
time-travelers from the future.
Theory of Relativity
explained using words no longer than four letters.
Speaking of Hitler and time travelers...
Why Hitler hasn't been killed by time-travelers from the future.
So tw posts under the name Silverfox in that forum.
Here's a plane banner generator:
http://www.glassgiant.com/plane/passive aggressive notes ... people are funny
Theory of Relativity explained using words no longer than four letters.
I find that incredibly hard to read. Genius idea though.
Here's a plane banner generator:
http://www.glassgiant.com/plane/
Here is a new twist (to me anyway) on the use of variable data.
I know the site is Spanish, but it is very interesting to see.
1. GO TO THE FOLLOWING SITE:
http://www.tatuagemdaboa.com.br/
2. TYPE YOUR FIRST NAME ON THE 1st LINE
3. TYPE YOUR LAST NAME ON THE 2nd LINE
(SKIP your e-mail address.)
4. Click on 'Vizualizar' and watch what happens ... & don't ask me how they do that!
link not working, classicman.
Whatever happened to the Cool Site of the Day?
Are there no more worlds to conquer?
Whatever happened to the Cool Site of the Day?
Link to thread
here.
link not working, classicman.
Thats a bummer - it worked this am - oh well.
http://www.mp3gle.net/
Nice link Skysidhe. Thanks. Playing the music right on the site works great, however, when I download a song and play it on my pc it plays much s-l-o-w-e-r than normal. Anyone else have that problem &/or know how to cure it?
Want to check up on your favorite white collar criminal? Don't remember which big house uncle Benny is in? The
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator will show you where. Each listing contains a handy link to a facility information page so you can check their accommodations.
Here are a few to try.
Jeffrey Skilling - Enron
Bernard Ebbers - Worldcom
John Rigas - Adelphia
Bob Ney - Former Congressman (R-Ohio)
James Traficant - Former Congressman (D-Ohio) (What's with Ohio?)
link not working, classicman.
I didn't have any problem. It was pretty funny. :lol:
Yeah - its workin again
The site is in Spanish.
1. GO TO THE FOLLOWING SITE:
http://www.tatuagemdaboa.com.br/
2. TYPE YOUR FIRST NAME ON THE 1st LINE
3. TYPE YOUR LAST NAME ON THE 2nd LINE
(SKIP your e-mail address.)
4. Click on 'Vizualizar' and watch what happens ... & don't ask me how they do that
That's a good one; though, I believe it's in Portugese.
I'd rather it happened with a cute bloke... but hey, I liked it anyway :)
Do you remember that 80's song by Lionel Ritchie, Hello? Or more specifically, the video for it? Lionel was with some beautiful blind woman, and she made this amazing clay sculpture of his head just by feeling his face.
Well, this art class tried to reproduce that idea, and the results are pretty neat.
http://www.leanmeanfightingmachine.co.uk/hello/
THAT is what is making me cry with laughter today
classic
So...regarding MP3gle...when you download a file, where does it go?
Nice link Skysidhe. Thanks. Playing the music right on the site works great, however, when I download a song and play it on my pc it plays much s-l-o-w-e-r than normal. Anyone else have that problem &/or know how to cure it?
So...regarding MP3gle...when you download a file, where does it go?
I don't download music unless I know where the source is from. Sorry I can't help.
Don't have the plugins :(
Each listing contains a handy link to a facility information page so you can check their accommodations.
Here are a few to try...
Bob Ney - Former Congressman (R-Ohio)
James Traficant - Former Congressman (D-Ohio) (What's with Ohio?)
I think it's pretty obvious, what's with ohio.
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE
HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE
BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE
THE FARMS OF OHIO
HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS
AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR
FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS
SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock ~ Joe Satriani
http://www.satriani.com/podcast/Satchafunkilus/Joy! It's a vacuum cleaner cord that never breaks and never unplugs from the wall and whips across the room to break the lamp! Just what I'm *always* wanted.
And by always, I mean, since I was about ten years old.
Here you go. A nice game to keep you occupied. You have to click on the options in the right order for everything to grow, etc.
http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2005/09/grow_cube.html#monsterHere you go. A nice game to keep you occupied. You have to click on the options in the right order for everything to grow, etc.
NOT a nice game - driving me crazy!!
So very addictive
NOT a nice game - driving me crazy!!
So very addictive
I actually solved the cube game and the RPG game. I have moved on to the island and can't figure it out.
I think it's pretty obvious, what's with ohio.
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE
HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE
BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE
THE FARMS OF OHIO
HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS
AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR
FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS
SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
I have often wondered what Chrissy thinks of Limbaugh using this music as his main show theme.
She fought it until he made a big donation to an animal organization.
lol! I have been having fun with this text/voice program...Yep...I've been calling people and leaving messages with strange computer voices! You have to try "the fly" if you download it. 'Tis free. Juvenile bored moment.
:)
"The shit-talker"
http://unaesthetic.net/st/index.htmlhttp://www.phatfusion.net/googledrive/
Type in the name of the city you want to drive in
You can have this guy do things for you.
http://davidhorvitz.com/if/index.htmlmain page
http://gallery.neosynthesis.net/artists
I wish I could have saved these to my pc. :(
http://gallery.neosynthesis.net/photomanipulations/viceversabymelyannam7kb
http://gallery.neosynthesis.net/photomanipulations/Drvozraci
http://gallery.neosynthesis.net/Digital-Window/heavenlybodY
I wish I could save a couple of these. There are alot of great galleries and you can't right click on a one of them. *sigh*
Press the arrows to progress along.
[COLOR=lemonchiffon]ps. Banana ghost is scary. [/COLOR]
They can, screen capture them.
I simply MUST have one of
these!
HS connection preferred.
I simply MUST have one of these!
HS connection preferred.
That would be awesome to take with you on the road. You could pop him out at night an project on the side of the trailer! (You'd just have to convince the company that it wasn't a weapon...
Wow, only $2700. Me want. :D
The coolest clock ever. (Father's Day, anyone?)
Looking for terror?
http://terrorlist.us/search.html
This deserves it's own thread I think....
Just in case you need to look something up. (no pictures, but may not get past some office or school content filters)
Contains many terms missed by Webster and the OED.
Many
I was able to open that URL, but searching for "blumpkin" immediately provoked a blocked webpage message.
http://www.thefunnyweb.com/2008/05/20/bodyart/
You should check out the kuma sutra chocolate and the flower people too!
Oooh, I love painted ladies.
You probably like the Pink Floyd Painted Ladies too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVfABRPfcyk
This next silly site has personality traits via bunny for all astrological signs. The methods for each sign are listed at the bottom of each bunny pictutre. ( yeah I am easily amused)
http://www.freewebs.com/jennygirlz/crazyspookyweirdness.htmA click through map of Ireland
http://www.irelandscape.com/primary_map.php
Beautiful. Thanks.
Huge list of links to online sketchbooks.
http://www.sketching.cc/You're welcome! Hey u check this out too!
It's a virtual tour. nice!
http://www.nli.ie/yeats/main.htmlhttp://www.readatwork.com/
Stumbled on this. Very funny and great for folks at work. The page opens a browser window which looks like windows opening up. the screen looks just like a desktop with icons and the standard windows theme. When you click on folders to open them you'll see authors and titles. The files open in powerpoint and the text looks like some ppt presentation along with phony graphs and charts.
Very clever.
http://www.helpineedhelp.com/bored/
@ foot. I just stumbled on that faux desktop too. I thought it very realistic looking :))
Cute desktop.
Disappointed that Margaret Mahy isn't mentioned - she's a stunning children's writer (Carnegie Medal winner) and the only NZ author I know.
I approve of anything that gets people to read though.
Great links Sky - as always. Yours is one of the names I always hope to see as the most recent poster on this thread. I now know who Alessandro Moreschi is. It's bound to come up in conversation at some point. Well - I say bound to come up, not for poor old Alessandro.
ʇxǝʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn
˙ʇno ǝɯoɔ llıʍ ʇı ʍoɥ ɹǝpuoʍ ı ˙ǝuoɥd s,ǝɟıʍ ʎɯ oʇ ǝƃɐssǝɯ ʇxǝʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn uɐ puǝs oʇ ʇɐɥʇ pǝsn ʇsnɾ ı
I like the Ireland pictures--very pretty; and the farm history site.
(sigh). I luuves surfin' the Internets.
http://www.reneiamthebestartist.com/page7explanation.html
I met this artist about 30 years ago. He is a pretty amazing person. He actually walks the walk he talks. His art is pretty much about vaginas, so he's got that going for him...
˙ʇno ǝɯoɔ llıʍ ʇı ʍoɥ ɹǝpuoʍ ı ˙ǝuoɥd s,ǝɟıʍ ʎɯ oʇ ǝƃɐssǝɯ ʇxǝʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn uɐ puǝs oʇ ʇɐɥʇ pǝsn ʇsnɾ ı
It became gibberish. It was gibberished.
http://www.reneiamthebestartist.com/page7explanation.html
I met this artist about 30 years ago. He is a pretty amazing person. He actually walks the walk he talks. His art is pretty much about vaginas, so he's got that going for him...
That's worth starting on the first page.
http://www.reneiamthebestartist.com/Talking about vaginas and knowing knowing vaginas are two different things. The reason I never go to a guy gynecologist.
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Staircases. A contrators nightmare.
http://www.homeinteriorszone.com/interior-decoration/15-creative-and-modern-staircase-designs/˙ʇno ǝɯoɔ llıʍ ʇı ʍoɥ ɹǝpuoʍ ı ˙ǝuoɥd s,ǝɟıʍ ʎɯ oʇ ǝƃɐssǝɯ ʇxǝʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn uɐ puǝs oʇ ʇɐɥʇ pǝsn ʇsnɾ ı
ɥoʍ ɐƃonʇ ndsıpǝ poʍu ɐup qɐɔʞʍɐɹps¡
Cute desktop.
Disappointed that Margaret Mahy isn't mentioned - she's a stunning children's writer (Carnegie Medal winner) and the only NZ author I know.
I approve of anything that gets people to read though.
Great links Sky - as always. Yours is one of the names I always hope to see as the most recent poster on this thread. I now know who Alessandro Moreschi is. It's bound to come up in conversation at some point. Well - I say bound to come up, not for poor old Alessandro.
*sniff* thanks S.G.
Hey, S.G. You'll hate this one. I did but it must be watched for art sake.
The Academy-Award® nominated animated short-film tells the story of a lonely inventor, whose colorless existence is brightened only by dreams of the carefree bliss of his youth.
By day, he is trapped in a dehumanizing job in a joyless world. But by night, he tinkers away on a visionary invention, desperate to translate his inspiration into something meaningful.
When his invention is complete, it will change the way people see the world. But he will find that success comes at a high price, as it changes himself, as well.
http://www.happyproduct.com/more1.html
Click on the quicktime link bottom of page.
Staircases. A contrators nightmare.
http://www.homeinteriorszone.com/interior-decoration/15-creative-and-modern-staircase-designs/
Very cool designs. Most of them wouldn't pass code inspection. You'd have to put them in
after you got your C of O.
Code inspector apoplexy, is more like it. :eek:
Lots of pictures of Secret Service agents working.
http://cryptome.info/usss-hands/usss-hands.htmGreat link Bruce!!
Some of the agents kinda look like the guy from the matrix who was after Keanu Reeves..
Gonna bookmark this one.
Those are interesting, but every one is an attempt to make the viewer feel guilty about something.
I love the cans Seurat.
The skeleton makes me need a cigarette, probably not the effect it was supposed to achieve.
It takes a lot more than that to make me feel guilty.
website generators and other things I'll never use but someone might.
http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/calgen/Funny Ameriquest
commercials...all five.
Magnets!
I'm not sure what to do with them, but if you have a devious plan, have at it!
Those are interesting, but every one is an attempt to make the viewer feel guilty about something.
No, it's trying to make you think.
Two million plastic beverage bottles every five minutes?
106,000 cans every 30 seconds?
What should be stirred is not guilt. Guilt doesn't help anyone. Instead you should think about what you do with your plastic bottle/ can/ piece of paper when you've finished with it. We don't have infinite space for landfill - recycling/ reuse is a no-brainer and I think this is a clever way to bring it home.
Mackerel, Holy, One each.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
Interesting. Of course, I could easily see this guy being beaten to death with a hammer by his roommate. Holy crap, we get it people suck. now what?
Two million plastic beverage bottles every five minutes.
1.2 billion people globally lack safe water to consume.
Awareness = education, with twice the concern and half the critical facts.
We don't have infinite space for landfill - recycling/ reuse is a no-brainer and I think this is a clever way to bring it home.
We'll run out of oil to make all those nifty plastic bottles long before we run out of space to put them. REcycle isn't the no brainer we're led to believe; there is a pretty crappy ROI in recycling, in some cases it uses more resources to recycle. The real thing we need to think about is not creating so much garbage in the first place. Less packaging, and maybe making things which can be repaired instead of replaced. for starters. Just my .02
Free, online flash drum machine. Lots of fun. Here's a little groove I wrote on it:
Your song is nice and all, Flint, but it still needs a little something:
What's wrong with cowbells?
You loved them at the beginning of "Low Rider" by War, didn't you?
Brian, they are referring to this:
[youtube]YvqB0uwLj0k[/youtube]
Okay, I have to share this link.
Office War!I just wasted another 1 minute and 12 seconds of my life. Thanks Bri.
But what would your alternatives for that 1 minute and 12 seconds have been?
That's what I thought.
Any time Joe. What're friends for?
http://www.snarg.net/blorgzap/snargframina.html
http://www.snarg.net/fraf_quang/squeee_quang/index5.html
Fixed. For some reason, maybe a brain fart, but I couldn't find the damn edit button to revise my original post....
http://www.freerice.com/
Vocab game/charity site.
;)
Love it jinxer! One game that actually makes me feel like a smarty-pants. (and a good donator)
I'm scared...what does it mean!!!
I don't know how to explain these two sites...but I will tell you that they are
SAFE FOR WORKI don't know how to explain these two sites...but I will tell you that they are SAFE FOR WORK
Not my work :(, silly restaurant thinks I should be serving customers or something.
Come fly with me... by moving your cursor over the screen.
http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.htmlre: boots. I would have put my pass in the window where it is sposed ta be, then called the company and went major ballistic on them "WTF? are you guys blind? you frigging booted me and I have a pass, yadda yadda, call the cops have them come see. Chances are they don't photograph every car they boot, even if they did, you could claim photoshop...
Or tell them to come get the boots, kill them, and take a plane to Chicago.
Oh, and cut your hand on a broken glass.:cool:
Fight the boots.
http://www.parkingenforcementforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3
wow. i'll have to watch for that on the news.
Fight the boots.
http://www.parkingenforcementforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3
Crazy. Seems like the guy is doing the right thing and going about it carefully.
I was reading about
There.com in an old issue of Discover magazine. It looks interesting but I'm hoping others have already explored it and will share opinions and observations. Keen or no?
If you have young children this is a nice site. It is an international online library. The books are in full color and even if you get one in another language the pictures are still nice to look at.
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/Don't pay for cable or satellite...
www.hulu.comThe series of telegrams between Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas, leading up to WW I.
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Willy-Nicky_Telegrams[youtube]AgqEIp2YmtE[/youtube]
SysAdmin humor.
Not for everyone. Especially that dork in sales.
Find /lose a camera? post the pics and see if the owner recognizes them.
http://www.ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com/Don't pay for cable or satellite...
www.hulu.com
I love you for this.:D
Just a simple site with pictures of Pandas after the earthquake. They have that 'awww' factor.
http://www.animaltalk.us/for/Animals/pandas-after-the-earthquake/
http://www.animaltalk.us/for/Animals/pandas-after-the-earthquake/
I call for LOLpandas!
[SIZE=5][/SIZE]
Bejing Olympic gardens
http://www.nhfgc.org/olympic_gardens.htm
Very beautiful, wish I could see them in person. Especially the hand with flowing water, and the hand pouring the tea, and the dolphins, and that one wall, and all of it.
I love you for this.:D
Does that mean you'll marry me?
Neat time waster.
http://thisissand.com/
Left click to add sand, press the "C" key to pick a color, and arrow keys to toggle between the last two colors chosen.
Gray Eagles site and a touching video (SFW)
Send your name to the moon aboard NASA's LRO. Deadline July 25, 2008.
Gray Eagles site and a touching video (SFW)
Hey, I was at the
Gathering of Mustangs and Legends mentioned in the video. I love Mustangs. They had some flights that mixed Mustangs with a modern fighter - the Mustangs must have been peddling as fast as they could while the fighter was standing on the brakes in order to keep formation, but it was a great photo op. Thanks for that link. I'm going to send it on to those who attended the show with me.
@ morethan....are you my sister? I swear she said the same things about both.
( j/k) I know you're not but she did say those things too! :)
A cute time waster that actually works.
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/sunny.htm
like frogs! see photoshop winners. I thought them pretty artistic.
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/photoshop-contest-07-round-1-winner-announcement-109.aspxSweetwater...the stock Mustang was capable of 351 mph. Not too hard for a modern jet fighter to keep up.
Modified versions (read: the Type 61 Merlin) can hit 408 mph at sea level. With modern tolerances and machining, even an older Type 40 Merlin or a basic Dart engine can likely hit 375.
The Mustang was a damn good fighter, but I'd match it to the F8F Bearcat any day. It was faster, more maneuverable, had the (arguable) advantage of a radial engine versus the water-cooled Merlin.
I can talk planes all day but it might be better to do it in PM or another thread to prevent topic drift.
I can talk planes all day but it might be better to do it in PM or another thread to prevent topic drift.
Or you could start a thread so the rest of us can learn something?
You can start here to know what the planes look like.
http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.htmlIsn't one of the P38's flying this tour "Glacier Girl", the Lightning that was excavated from the Greenland glacier and restored?
Glacier Girl was one of three P-38s at Chino in 2007. I don't know if this is the same airshow but I do have a picture of Glacier Girl and 23 Skidoo together:
@ morethan....are you my sister? I swear she said the same things about both.
( j/k) I know you're not but she did say those things too! :)]
Maybe we're related! I have a bunch of family I don't know, and my grandfather was adopted, so we don't know his roots.
Interesting...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=231720787
this guy asked me to be his friend. He's been very stalkerish towards my older sister for about 6yrs.
Send your name to the moon aboard NASA's LRO. Deadline July 25, 2008.
I kinda like the idea... But I question the ethics of sending more people to the moon. I'm beginning to think exploring space is a pointless waste of money, energy and resources.
Don't pay for cable or satellite...
www.hulu.com
USA only :(
USA only :(
Those bastards! Maybe there is a UK version, I know it was founded by NBC Universal and News Corp. But probably not since since you'd think it would mention it in the "about" and I didn't see it.
got mine all picked out...a
Mustang!
Build your own plane.
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/index.html
Looks like it will get ya all the way to the crash site.
He's been very stalkerish towards my older sister for about 6yrs.
6 Years? Obviously he doesn't want to come on too strong...
OK, morbid curiosity forced me to check out his myspace page. He's a Cancer, fer crissakes. As if he'd ever get his ass out of his bedroom, much less his house.
Maybe we're related! I have a bunch of family I don't know, and my grandfather was adopted, so we don't know his roots.
Interesting...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=231720787
this guy asked me to be his friend. He's been very stalkerish towards my older sister for about 6yrs.
6 years? there isn't probably anything to worry about. well not unless he's digging a dungeon. :p j/k
6 Years? Obviously he doesn't want to come on too strong...
OK, morbid curiosity forced me to check out his myspace page. He's a Cancer, fer crissakes. As if he'd ever get his ass out of his bedroom, much less his house.
I concur foot but then what is his moon sign? That tells alot. Mine is scorpio yet my mars is in cancer. Talk about living under a rock.
6 Years? Obviously he doesn't want to come on too strong...
Well when he seems to have backed off some since HS. He still sends letters but now they're imploring my sis to work in his lab (she's a math major) instead of marrying him.
OK, morbid curiosity forced me to check out his myspace page. He's a Cancer, fer crissakes. As if he'd ever get his ass out of his bedroom, much less his house.
He's told me he has Asperger's autism. I don't know how true that is. Yeah he was weird, but I went to school with him for years (in my grade) starting in 1st grade. I would think he would've had serious discipline or learning problems and I never observed that, just social probs.
6 years? there isn't probably anything to worry about. well not unless he's digging a dungeon. :p j/k
No but his last letter asked my sister to come help him in his lab at the top of the
tower he is building.
He really does freak me out but my sister doesn't see him as a threat and isn't willing to take any steps against him. She just ignores everything he sends (which her current address is unlisted and he still found it out), which he usually doesn't send more than a letter or two a year. Has called my parents house several times, and even called her in college one time. The roommate answered and pretty much convinced him the girl he was searching for didn't live there.
Looking for a pen pal?Oh, why not? To foster better British-American relations, we can now
translate each others' language.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=97
I thought I was all political and all. Turns out I'm merely trivial. 4/10. Ouchie.
7/10
I missed filibuster, lame duck, and the quote about negotiation. I was just guessing on the last one, but I was pretty sure about the first two. Oh well.
@ more than pretty.
Finding out someones address is stalking and dosn't have anything to do with a disability.Writing letters and asking to help with towers to someone he dosn't know isn't a symptom of social shyness either. I am kind of creeped for you now.
I say just forget it but tell your sister not to help anyone with a broken arm put anything in a truck or for that matter a tower. S.O.L.
I say if he isn't asking to do something social that would appeal to a girl then forget it. Oh but maybe she's a nerd and likes building towers? * shurg*
ok enough about that.
and now a simple game.
http://www.pplbucket.com/7/10
I missed the specifically American 3 and 5 and I simply didn't know 9.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=97
I thought I was all political and all. Turns out I'm merely trivial. 4/10. Ouchie.
4? 40%? You must be ashamed....
.... of getting the same as me.;)
hehehe... I am ashamed of my score, but never of my association with you, sir.
7/10 missed whip, filibuster, and lame duck.:sniff:
8/10
I guess lucky on a couple and missed lame duck and the negotiation quote.
Creative use for default Windows sounds!
Very cute. But I call foul, since he technically pitch-shifted a ton of those sounds to make different notes. You could make a whole song out of a single sample, if you're allowed to pitch-shift. [/nitpick] But it's a nice composition, at that.
@sky
My sis is very safety conscience being a 100lb single female, she very aware of her vulnerability. But she does have plenty of aid if anything happens, and I'll be the first one there at the slightest incident. If we need to we can easily find this guy, its the possibility of there being others we don't know about I'm more worried about. Thank you for your concern, many of us (females especially) could use a little more caution.
6/10 on the political test...thanks for making feel dumb Sundae.
http://en.genzu.net/sokumen/
My name is Cruelty Envy Cruelty. I wonder if there is something to that....
thanks morethan! Yer nice :)
oh look.....This is panorama of Valley of the Kings!
http://www.panoramas.dk/2008/flash/valley-of-the-kings.html
edit- on the upper right corner is a drop down menu of other 360's.
Now you can
see your favorite music. :thumb:
http://www.musanim.com/index.htmlNow you can see your favorite music. :thumb:
http://www.musanim.com/index.html
I thought LSD was for that.
I got 7/10 on the quiz. I'm fairly proud of that. Some of that shit was ob-fucking-scure.
Now you can see your favorite music. :thumb:
http://www.musanim.com/index.html
I think this is, officially,
the coolest thing I have ever seen:
[youtube]9LrD1-4U5q0[/youtube]
There are some definite similarities here to what music "looks" like in my head.
I see it side-scrolling, kind of, but there are more "shapes" and "textures" ...
this a hard little game , but fun to mess with
http://fantasticcontraption.com/You'll be fascinated to know, then, that the MAM was first invented and perfected over a century ago.
Player piano roll. This is exactly the same thing as the MAM, only it's the 1900s version.
And you thought sequencers were invented in the 70s.
Don't tell me what I thought.
Edit: Oh! Check this out:
[youtube]5GwyWocP6eA[/youtube]
Meet the mini pigs.
http://www.greenexpander.com/2008/05/29/meet-the-mini-pigs/
This is the strangest animal for we either want to love them and keep them as pets or eat them or even both at the same time.
How can we love them and eat them at the same time? It's a weird thing.
Chris Murray needed 9 years and 24 generations to develop a breeding programme that resulted in the minitature pigs you’ll see below.The smallest pigs the farmer created are the ones below, that are no bigger than your standard tea cup. The pennywell miniature pig is a variant of a rare breed of pig from New Zealand and make excellent pets.
sorry, maybe I should have put this on the WTF threadGORGEOUS!
(IoTD maybe?)
I've always loved pigs and always wanted to eat them - no dichotomy for me.
As I get older however I am less fond of me - it's so much more apparently flesh to me.
Or maybe that's the anti-depressants.
That'd make a good County Fair food: Pig on a Stick.
sorry undertoad. I don't know how to search to make sure something hasn't been used before.
Fantasy art . The images are quite good and I am not really into the stuff but these are a little unique.
http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/886487/Megapost-Imagenes-Fantasticas.html
misc. photos I thought interesting.
http://www.freewebs.com/ngocjhoof/trncaonhnxungdt.htmNice pictures...I kept a few as fodder for my random wallpaper generator. I just wish they were captioned in english so I know what I'm looking at.
I'm glad you liked those. I noticed too I couldn't read them either Brian.
This guy is making art from nails.
http://franksemails.com/pics/nail-art/[SIZE="1"]Psssst[/SIZE]
IOtD :lol2:
I found this after reading an article. This free site ties together public information on everything from traffic violations to assaults from every state.
Not everything is on there, but I have found one person I know and one Cellarite on the database.
www.criminalsearches.com
I tried some celebrity arrests.
Kenneth Lay's federal conviction did not show, but some other violations did.
Mike Tyson only had three offenses.
Britney Spears has no arrests.
I did find this one from Texas, but the birth date is off by 7 months.;)
Man, don't go searching in that database lightly. I just found a friend on there, on charges I knew nothing about. That turned my evening rather uncomfortable...
I'm not in there, despite several traffic tickets over my life.
There are several entries under my name but different race/age/location for offenses ranging from fishing w/o a license to theft and carrying an unlicensed weapon.
Not too accurate, IMO.
Meh...there are forty thousand million people with my name. My murderous rampage arrest never even made the list.
I think I'll refrain from prying into cellar dwellar's lives, though. Seems like it's none of my bidness.
My namesake has 4 traffic offenses...
I can see how it would be fascinating if there was a chance I'd see someone I actually knew. But then perhaps Clod is right. I'm too nosey for my own good and would keep looking til I found something I didn't want to see!
It says on the main page that some states include traffic offenses in their reports and some don't.
And despite my own admonition, I kept playing with it, and found two of Mr. Clod's previous coworkers as well. I guess the reporting for Texas is more thorough.
I just stumbled upon the
WMFU 365 days project recently and it's a goldmine of weird and wacky recordings. WMFU has converted old records (and sometimes times tapes and video) into MP3s, each day for a year in 2003 and 2007. 2007 is better mainly because they tend to post the entire album instead of a few tracks. As they say:
Some words to describe the material featured would be... Celebrity, Children, Demonstration, Indigenous, Industrial, Outsider, Song-Poem, Spoken, Ventriloquism, and on and on and on. The best thing to do is to simply listen.
Amazing artifacts here and some of my favorites so far are:
Picking Up Girls Made Easy! from 1975. From the album cover: "The pick-up system no girl can resist! This amazing new record album will soon have you picking up girls automatically!" Slightly NSFW audio in a creepy 70s kinda way. I will not be surprised if a few dwellars owned this at one time ;)
Slightly NSFW picture (previously seen on the cellar) and definitely NSFW audio on
Sexual Pleasures, a record to accompany a late 60's "documentary". The narrator's delivery is what sells this one.
45 Detritus includes various weird stuff. Especially check out the Knack/Beatles mashup and the Finnish disco covers.
The Gaylords - Sing American Hits In Italian. From the 50s and the title says it all.
Esther Rolle - Maybe It's. TV's Florida Evans sings in 1975.
A Collection of Children's Records. This is actually the page that helped me stumble upon the project. My wife and I were trying to find a copy of her favorite childhood record,
Down By The Station, which is included here with some other records. Her favorite tracks are The Subway Train, The Happy Helicopter and Chocolate Train.
If you find any more gems, please post them here, I'm still trying to wade through all the fun...
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=97
I thought I was all political and all. Turns out I'm merely trivial. 4/10. Ouchie.
The Language of Politics: A Word Origins Quiz
Do you work at the Library of Congress?
You got [COLOR=#CC6600]7/10[/COLOR] correct.
Missed 'lame duck' and 'pass the buck (etymology of)'. The correct answer for 'party whip' was my second choice.
Make spiffy animated lettering.
http://textanim.com/http://www.cuil.com/
The cuil browser, created by former Google employees.
Cuil search for "The Cellar"
The Cellar comes up as the top hit, although results are not "listed" in a linear fashion.
Cuil (pronounced [kuːl], "cool", according to the creators) is a search engine that organizes web pages by content and displays relatively long entries along with thumbnail pictures for many results. It claims to have a larger index than any other search engine, with about 120 billion web pages.[1] It went live on July 28, 2008.[1][2]
Unlike other search engines[3] Cuil's privacy policy states that it does not store records of users’ search activity or IP addresses.[4]
Cuil is managed and developed largely by former employees of Google: Anna Patterson, Russell Power and Louis Monier.[5] The CEO and co-founder, Tom Costello, has worked for IBM and others.[6] The company raised $33 million from venture capital firms including Greylock.[7]
Interesting. It comes up with weird thumbnail images sometimes. Like if you search for "keen links one might", this thread is the top result, except there's this image alongside it that doesn't seem to be related to the Cellar at all.
I was amused that a Google search for "cuil browser" brought up a negative review on the first hit.
Nice... the actual cuil.com webpage is only the tenth result, and it's a random FAQ page--and the preview text Google pulls out of the whole page is the part that talks about what to do if you have Firefox.
are you
Dixie or Yankee?
I'm down to 40%, meself.
60% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category
!!!
Although some I had to just go with the closest answer.
Imaginationland:
In this uncensored Director's Cut, the doors of the world's imagination are thrown wide open and the boys of South Park are transported to a magical realm in their greatest odyssey ever. Stan, Kyle, and Butters find themselves in Imaginationland just as terrorists launch an attack that unleashes all of mankind's most evil characters imaginable.
With the world's imaginations spinning out of control, the government prepares to nuke Imaginationland to put an end to the chaos. Racing against time to prevent nuclear annihilation, the citizens of Imaginationland realize their only hope of salvation lies in the mind of the unlikeliest of heroes: Butters. Ignoring the impending apocalypse, Cartman goes all the way to the Supreme Court to get justice for his case of dry balls.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/imaginationland_movie/I thought so, I just threw it out there because I'm too lazy to Google it myself.
Oddee creates odd lists.
10 cleveryly suggestive ads (probably safe for work, although you might have some explaining to do)
http://www.oddee.com/item_95300.aspx
10 Incredible magazine covers (I soooooo want the radio hat)
http://www.oddee.com/item_94900.aspx
Unfortunate bodies
Does anyone remember the end of 'Shallow Hal?'. Most of these cases are tragic, but some, like the man with a 13 inch tail, are interesting. The woman with the nipple on her foot sounds like an interesting date.;)
http://www.oddee.com/item_92015.aspx
Worlds most dangerous airports (watch the video of a standard approach 20 feet above the highway next to the airport)
http://www.oddee.com/item_93109.aspxPeriodic Table videos.
http://www.periodicvideos.com/#
Hey those are cool! I watched carbon and hydrogen. It's going to take about 10 hours to get through all of them.
Periodic Table videos.
http://www.periodicvideos.com/#
I've now watched all 118 videos, plus the intro video. I've watched 13 of them twice.
:) Meez
:D
Heh...Yes this is what i did with my morning! My husband is next!!
Holy Moly! I got this from sky's site!
http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=306
Wooo!
You passed up the giant flower carpet of Brussels for that! It has spinny objects too and it smells nicer.
http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=856
giant flower carpet
Sexy vs Plain.
This woman tries to get things for free testing the sexy vs plain look but I found her method to be different depending on how she dressed. She should have used the same wording, the same kind of persuasion with the same personality but she didn't.
http://video.aol.com/video/sexy-vs-plain/2203828?icid=100214839x1208354402x1200499919I think the personality switch was part of the test.
I got a Niii -kon cam'ra, I love to take phooo -tographs, Mama don't taaake my Kodachrome awa-a-ay!
I got a Niii -kon cam'ra, I love to take phooo -tographs, Mama don't taaake my Kodachrome awa-a-ay!
:D
I love me some Paul Simon.
early Kodachrome images
Genuinely fascinating.
We had a series on tv recently showing very old home movies - the similarities and differences in everyday life were wonderful to watch.
:D
Heh...Yes this is what i did with my morning! My husband is next!!
A tarot reading avatar? Cool.
I get enough quizzical looks from my co-workers, thanks. ;)
posting and you
I thought this link was so funny I posted it to another forum -
twice in 2 days. Do'h! :eek:
http://www.gigglesugar.com/854010?sidcheck=1&idcheck=1
So cute. Stick with Plan B, little one. :)
Awesome negotiation skills! You know an initial request to go to Disney will be rejected so you ask for something much bigger (or possibly smaller) and when that is rejected you offer what you really wanted in the first place as your consolation compromise.
She's prolly got a really big IQ :eek:
Great Moments in Technology Presents: The Invention of Photoshop
:lol: You can do that with Irfanview...and it won't cost you 1000 bucks.
http://www.touristpictures.com/foodfight/index.htm
I like this. It is a history of conflicts from WWII to present day with all the countries represented as food.
I really like that, bbro!
Here is a Sports Illustrated article written from the viewpoint of Yankee Stadium. Very nice. I hate to see structural history go away. My little brother sent me the link: mom just sent him and his wife to a Yankees game so they could see the stadium before it went. I think the game was rain-delayed or canceled but they did get to see YS. My brother also saw the Boston Garden before it was torn down. Sad, really.
I love this line, so true:
I am tangible Americana, like Independence Hall, the Alamo or Graceland. How to tie your shoes.
Yeah! That reminds me of
Dynamite Magazine, they had a shoe-tie article once.
Yeah! That reminds me of Dynamite Magazine, they had a shoe-tie article once.
Why do you keep posting all my memories?
It's a gift, and a curse!
I looked back at some of the old covers and 6th grade came roaring back to me. Good stuff.
Held hostage by a pig?
Sorry, I meant to say does your machine download updates automagically from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday?
Does your machine's native search function now invoke Windows Search instead of the old search my computer?
Want the old one back?
Here you go.
Too lazy to click? Here you go:
It’s time to remove that and bring back the Good ol’ dog (I’ve actualy removed that dog as it was very anoying. Tweak XP has a nice setting to use the classic search in Explorer - still the best search tool Microsoft has made… how sad)
Here is how you bring back the Dog or the Classic search in Explorer:
[QUOTE]Open RegEdit (Start > Run > regedit).
Find the following : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Desktop Search\DS
Double-click on ‘ShowStartSearchBand’ and set the value to ‘0′.
Close that and you’re done, the next time you click ‘Search’ in explorer, the old, reliable search companion will appear.
This applies to operating systems before Windows Vista
Happy searching.[/QUOTE]
Here's
another one with a .reg file you can click.
HalfTime Basketball Creighton University Omaha Neb
The only thing that would make that funnier would be if there was 2 of them.
That was awesome. It made me happy. Very simple, but totally cool idea.
There's a group that do a whole show with those things. They were appearing at one of the Atlantic City Casinos this summer.
Yes,
The Aluminum ShowThis is a link to a thread in another forum. It's a building forum, and one of the guys there is a farmer who makes ends meet by designing trusses at a day job. The rest of the time he farms with his extended family.
He started a thread two years ago to describe life on the farm (with lots of pictures included.) I've been following that thread for a long time, and am always pleased when there is a new entry. It's got a couple thousand posts in it right now, but if you just skim through reading his (BossHog's) posts you get to see what it's like working the land, repairing equipment, dealing with mother nature, etc. etc. all from a simple point of view. He's not a smooth, eloquent writer, just matter-of-fact.
It's a perfect example of what make the internet beautiful. You read about his experiences and you come away thinking that you "get it." You know what it's like to be a farmer. Or at least hanging around with one.
I'm pretty sure you need to register to read the thread, but I think it's worth it.
Want a job with
M16? If not, well it's still fun to take the tests.
Why would I want a job with a machine gun?
It's fun to go out with them after work and do shots? They're a barrel of fun? Working with them triggers your inner talents? They get fired a lot but then they just get loaded? They have good stock tips?
Why wouldn't you?
Why wouldn't I?
Shoot, I'm not just afraid of getting fired, it would kill me. I can just imagine it: round and round we'd go, blazing away at one another, until some little misfire jams everything. NOW I'd have a potentially explosive problem on my hands.
OK, OK, y'all just take a break now. Relax. I know better, really! I think the error was 'triggered' by the physical appearance of the letters and number, and I guess my fingers just tapped away all by themselves. They have no brains.
As neither do I. Or something! :Flush:
[stage whisper]
we're joking. j-o-k-e. you made a simple typing error, and a minor one at that. I picked up on that, as a joke, and s123, took my post and decided to pun with it. I returned fire and that was that. Just havin some fun. srsly.
[/stage whisper]
I know, I'm LOL-ing louder than most, I think! It's worth the :o to inspire so many gun puns.
It's fun to go out with them after work and do shots? They're a barrel of fun? Working with them triggers your inner talents? They get fired a lot but then they just get loaded? They have good stock tips?
Why wouldn't you?
'Cause it's so
noisyThe Great Schlep by Sarah Silverman.
My sis in law in NZ sent this, and it's the second time someone has told me she reminds them of me due to her sense of humor!
I dont think so...your sense of humor is MUCH funnier.
Cyber Tic-Tac-Toe
I never could win that freaking game. You bitch.
;)
for you palin haters
I don't hate her. I think she's completely wrong for our country. That site is pretty funny, though.
I never could win that freaking game. You bitch.
;)
.
Bwah ha ha hah.......
http://palinaspresident.com/
for you palin haters
I sent that on to some Republican supporters.
Thanks.
If you didn't get to see the comedy roast you should.
It was nice to see Obama and McCain yukking it up.
Too bad this link only provides snippets.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/obama.mccain.dinner.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCVideoDan Aykroyd is insane. Or else he believes we are.
Introducing
Crystal Head Vodka.
It's filtered through diamonds!
Awesome. I need some of that for my days of the dead celebration. Awesome!
There are a couple on e-bay.
WWI Color photos....
Absolutley Stunning!!
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/
Want to hear something really stupid?
I don't think of war as taking place in the sunshine. It makes it all the more chilling and reminds me those muddy soups of killing fields were once countryside that would have looked the same as that I grew up in. And probably does again now, just with fewer old buildings.
Thanks for that.
WWI Color photos....
Absolutley Stunning!!
Wow. I've seen grainy B&W photos of the big rail guns, but
in color and detail this is pretty cool.
I'm searching through hoping to see a color photo of a blimp or zeppelin.
Puppy vs. Lion Cub
There are other collections at that same web site, too.
You are going to feel all gooey and have a silly smile on your face if you start watching
this.
Especially for the dog lovers here!
You are going to feel all gooey and have a silly smile on your face if you start watching this.
Especially for the dog lovers here!
Ummm... the link is just showing a very short slide show now. It's off air, but it is a web cam on a litter of Shiba Inu pups. Maybe the show will start again.
Is that what that is? I thought it was today's special at the Korean restaurant.
You are going to feel all gooey and have a silly smile on your face if you start watching this.
Especially for the dog lovers here!
Ummm... the link is just showing a very short slide show now. It's off air, but it is a web cam on a litter of Shiba Inu pups. Maybe the show will start again.
Working again now - and they're awake.
Bah, sleeping and twitching again.:(
go see if your desired username is available...
all over!
Bah, sleeping and twitching again.:(
I hope you're feeling better.
go see if your desired username is available...all over!
thanks for that link. i forgot i had an account on
pandora. what a cool site.
xoxoxoBruce is "taken" at, Gmail, LiveJournal, Yahoo & Youtube, and none of them are me. :headshake
I think the Gmail, livejournal, and Yahoo tests are broken. I put in a nonsense name (ghpx249 if you're curious) and it said that username was taken at all three sites.
The Shawnee who came up on myspace after using that tool is definitely not me!
it said a couple of the ones i currently hold were available too. meh....
There's a direct link in post 1644.
That's OK, everytime I checked in they were sleeping. :haha:
ferocious little buggers, aren't they?
That's OK, everytime I checked in they were sleeping. :haha:
Try tapping on your screen next time! ;)
Oh, thanks a lot... now I've got fingerprints on the damn screen. :mad:
The Facebook of Genesis
(God's facebook account)
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764710The puppies are awake, and they're all wrastling.
I've been watching them a lot, and they seem to have about a half-hour and then they conk out. Very cute.
The Facebook of Genesis
(God's facebook account)
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764710
That was sooooooo funny.
*Fake Dinosaur Fossils*
*God is thinking he probably should have taken the week off*
:lol:
I loved the "why don't you go beget some kids or sumthin?"
Good stuff, wish it were expanded.
saw on Boing Boing the other day that Life Magazine and Google have put 10 million of Life's photographs
into Google. It's really pretty cool. You search any term and all the pictures that relate to it pop up. You can stumble upon a lot of really neat old pictures that just show random life back in the day. I searched "Boston" and
this picture of kids hanging out in the 1940's on a street corner was one of the ones that popped up.
I searched "Tucson" and
grooming habits of a 1965 hottie showed up.
Look at this one marked
"cellar".
Or
Raquel Welch.
Rocking butter churn.
It's a real time waster.
saw on Boing Boing the other day that Life Magazine and Google have put 10 million of Life's photographs into Google. It's really pretty cool. You search any term and all the pictures that relate to it pop up. You can stumble upon a lot of really neat old pictures that just show random life back in the day. I searched "Boston" and this picture of kids hanging out in the 1940's on a street corner was one of the ones that popped up.
Very cool! Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/live
This looks like a nice party.
Heard about this at a big
EMC (Centera, etc.) to-do.
Mozy.com offers 2 GB free online backup, or unlimited backup for 5$ a month.
Yes, I hid in the shadows, biding my time, for all these years, waiting for my chance to pounce and plug EMC software partners.
A great x-mas gift for that special someone...
http://bmfwallets.com/Atlas Shrugged,
updated for the current financial crisis.
Atlas Shrugged, updated for the current financial crisis.
I've been thinking about the modern-day
piracy depicted in Atlas Shrugged...
[SIZE="1"](only in that case, the pirates were stealing raw industrial supplies to build a secret utopian society)[/SIZE]
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/
Do yourself, your kids or whomever and post them here or somewhere.
Elfyourself is fun. I did one of my boss at one job and sent it to him on email.
Can't tell an
lol from a
yduwtk? Here's your resource.
http://www.noslang.com/index.phpVery funny.
Read it from the start (2002)
http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20020523.htmlOnce again it's time to catch up on what's going on at
5ives.com:
Five rejected names for a single-serving meal product
Quiet Evenings
Me & the Kitties
Lonesome Bites
Monomunches
Singles…for Life
Five rejected names for “Cooter” on The Dukes of Hazzard
Daniel Poon
Mr. Strange
Steve the Sleeve
Snatch Adams
Ol’ Vag
Five more terrible fake reality TV shows
Are You Smarter Than an Ottoman?
Project Segway
Would You Eat This for Money?
America’s Next Top Preclear
Who Wants to Be a Cultural Footnote?
"Elf" your pet - or at least
make a greeting card from them.
For Bruce: If you haven't seen it.:)
It's a long one but worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kMExcellent! I love it when a herd comes together.:thumb:
That's actually pretty cool. As far as I know, it's impossible to buy a coloring book in a store in 2008. There are activity books with stickers and crap like that, but if you want one of those pulpy paper coloring books, you aren't going to find one. I've looked several times in various drug stores and dollar stores.
I'd heard of Easter Seals...
As far as I know, it's impossible to buy a coloring book in a store in 2008. There are activity books with stickers and crap like that, but if you want one of those pulpy paper coloring books, you aren't going to find one. I've looked several times in various drug stores and dollar stores.
They have lots of them here... but the titles are in Spanish. El Gran Color!! :)
I'd heard of Easter Seals...
You don't remember
Christmas Seals?
try our
reaction time.
I got a .185, might be better with a mouse and not my touchpad.
Like
Spirograph?
Like Spirograph?
Spirograph was fun!
one more
make an animated GIF
boringest spirograph ever
Spirograph was fun!
... and not just in the 1970s
(see earlier cellar post)That's actually pretty cool. As far as I know, it's impossible to buy a coloring book in a store in 2008. There are activity books with stickers and crap like that, but if you want one of those pulpy paper coloring books, you aren't going to find one. I've looked several times in various drug stores and dollar stores.
If you seriously want any, Glatt, just PM me.
We have stacks of them in this country, and with the pound weak against the dollar even the shipping wouldn't be excessive.
Thanks! But, I printed out about 300 pages from that link. It was on my lunch hour, so I only stole toner and paper from my employer, not time. This way, the sheets are loose, so you don't have to go to the bother of tearing them out.
Need a bit of humor? well I know you've heard this about cats before but it is still funny and if you don't think so there are more links at the bottom of the page to answer other age ole questions.
http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.phpI think this must have been a lecture and someone animated it.
http://www.neticons.net/prickles/http://www.dailyrepublican.com/constitution-test.html
That's nice except it was written when Clinton was President.
And I bet radar loves this part:
76)
* 9. The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution.
Wow, the auditorium was amazing. It took me a few minutes to figure out the rules. It was worth it. A very subtle harmonic puzzle.
The U.S. Constitution Test
Wow. An intelligent person could answer half those questions without even knowing the answers:
21. What do we call a change to the Constitution?
22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
23. How many branches are there in our government?
24. What are the three branches of our government?
25. What is the legislative branch of our government?
...
35. What is the Executive branch of our government?
36. What is the Judiciary branch of our government?
@clod. I have no idea how many changes or amendments there are to the constitution.
This has nothing to do with government
http://wallout.com/lsd_vs_alcohol_vs_treehttp://www.infomercialratings.com/
Ever look at that stuff on TV and wonder if it works as advertised, or even close? This site reviews infomercial products, including 'financial plans'.
@clod. I have no idea how many changes or amendments there are to the constitution.
Sure, but look at that question paired with the one before it. The first one asks "what do we call a change" and the second one says "How many changes
or amendments..." The second one answers the first. Maybe later in the test they say, "Which of the 27 amendments to the Constitution prohibited alcohol?" and then they'll ask, "After the 18th Amendment outlawed alcohol, which amendment repealed it?"
:lol2:
Hadn't thought of it that way.
how many branches of gov't?
of the three branches what are they called?
what does x branch do
what does y branch do
What color was Geo. Washington's white horse?
Who's buried in Grant's tomb?
(I got credit in HS for answering this question with something like "no one is buried. It's a tomb. It's above ground.)
Always thinking outside the casket.
And the technical truth is both Grant and his wife are interred there. You know, if you like to be a smartass, like I have on occasion. :)
And the technical truth is both Grant and his wife are interred there. You know, if you like to be a smartass, like I have on occasion. :)
Absolutely. Those who answered that had the correct answer. Like I said, my brain doesn't work quite like everyone else's brain. :) I was just excited that I got credit because it is true, it just isn't the preferred answer.
What color was Geo. Washington's white horse?
Gray
There are true white horses, but they are very rare.
London, eerily
abandoned.
oh, wow.
Sniff. Those were the days.
September 2010 will be the Cellar's 20th anniversary.:eek:
There
must be a
party.
BTW, thanks for the Celestia link Merc. My version was out of date.
A shitload of links to Photoshop tutorials that will show you how to do everything you want... except make her say yes.;)
http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/60-most-wanted-photoshop-tutorials-brushes-psds-and-resources.html
BTW, thanks for the Celestia link Merc. My version was out of date.
No prob. I just found it. Thought it was pretty wild.
I checked out Celestia several years ago; is it greatly different since then?
I'm going to show it to the kids. The boy has a revolving solar system above his bed.
Just saw this over on BoingBoing.
It's a website that automates the process of doing tilt shift photography where you take a regular picture and make it look like it's a little miniature set.
Here's a really intricate model I built of me in Venice.
A sarcastic article from the onion. It would be funny if it wasn't SO true.
http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/im_really_gonna_missObama's limo is equipped with, among other things,
bottles of his own blood in case he needs a transfusion.
Thanks for the garden planner! I will be able to do a small garden next year and that will be useful.
You're welcome. :D Now's the time to plan and get the seed/plant order together.
ooh garden planner. nice!
Here's one for container gardening. I've got this one bookmarked.
http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/pots-containers/winter-fire/
These murals are nice too. Old news but still nice.
http://www.muralmosaic.com/Cochrane.htmlI enjoyed the jam with my toast and coffee this morning. Thanks.
I have no idea what these are suppose to be but some of them are beautiful.
http://www.ritter-royals.com/instruments-available.phpI like the dude on the bicycle staring at them.
He wanted to be part of the action, but didn't have a costume.
I think it's all staged. First they don't see the van, then one of them spots it.
Then they both look at it, and take their places as it rounds the corner
Then they continue the epic battle.
Until there is a victor and a dude is down.
thanks merc.
This is a true story. If you tab the video to full screen it makes it even nicer!
Who packs your parachute?
http://www.slideshare.net/kleow0/who-packs-your-parachuteGoogle street view captures a great battle. (See it before Google takes it away.)
sweet
Old Time Radio on your puter.
http://www.otr.net/Google street view captures a great battle. (See it before Google takes it away.)
I just read about this in the newspaper this morning. It was all planned in advance by an art group in Pittsburgh and had Google's blessing. They told Google what they wanted to do, and Google told them what time the car would be driving by so they could do it. If you continue down the street past the epic battle, there is a marching band and a huge crowd of people dancing around and waving to the Google camera car.
Check out
488 Sampsonia Way and a block or two in each direction.
I wondered how they knew the google car would be going by.
I've been standing outside every day for 4 months looking for it. I was going to moon it. Maybe I should give them a call.
He's apparently drawn to the music of the garage band.
WTF is this?
The Pod People have arrived. That is proof right there! :gray: :borg:
The Internet was new news.
Why are all these weird things on streetview happening in Pittsburgh?
Free sound fx
http://soundfx.com/
A soundboard
http://soundboard.com/index.aspxWhy are all these weird things on streetview happening in Pittsburgh?
'Cause Pittsburgh is weird. :haha:
I guess so , or there many weird things on streetview that we just haven't come across yet?
A buddy of mine saw his wife's car at her ex-husbands house on Google Earth a couple weeks ago. Yes. The fan has been shitten.
Those pictures can be years old! The one of our house is I know that much.
ours is at least 4 years old
how long has she had the car?
Our area was updated last year. I can go to the house where I work and I can see a section of fence they were repairing including the string across the top and an orange tape measure on top of one of the posts. They repaired the fence last spring.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks interactive site of dive sites and pics of sunken ships.
http://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/explore_map.cfmSo it was a year ago? So she could have been there for any number of reasons. Thats just silly, they're probably having other unrelated problems and thats why this is such a big deal.
I regret not taking these guys up on a job now that they are up. Sure..I am kicking myself. I should have moved. But whatever. This is a music site.
Better than Pandora:
www.lastfm.comA buddy of mine saw his wife's car at her ex-husbands house on Google Earth a couple weeks ago. Yes. The fan has been shitten.
how long has she had the car?
Long enough to develop trust issues? :p
Gotta know the whole story.
These people's whole relationship was (and still is) an issue.
Heh...I hope they didn't catch a pic here, my ex was just here checking up on me. :)
I meant in a good way. My ex-husband is still one of my best friends. He stops over every now and then. I guess that's why I found your original post on this subject interesting; I forget that we are an unusual case.
YOU ALWAYS CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR MONITOR SCREEN. DID YOU KNOW IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO CLEAN THE INSIDE?
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW...
http://appraisercentral.com/cleanscreen.swfCome on, peeples. I thought this was damn good. And when were through we can eat the dog. Nah.
It was cute. I've just seen it before. However, I did let the little cutie clean my inside computer screen. :)
http://www.solardeathray.com/gall.html
The commentary can be pretty funny. Including "boob-shackles" and "This demonstration used an imitation infant instead of a real baby, primarily because of the costs and poo involved when working with real babies."
You're not my father, you were never murdered by criminals, and you never will be!
*chuckles*
"Brutally murdered by (post it note) ticks."
For Facebook Users, privacy concerns.
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
Privacy is as quaint a notion as the Geneva convention. Thank god for the patriot act, we no longer have to worry about moth eaten ideas like privacy.
Shawnee and I were separated at birth. She's the bad one.
Hey shawnee. Have you seen a paradoxataur around? :)
Demetri Martin:
The thing about paradoxataurs that has bothered students of logic:
If you think it exists, it doesn't. If you don't think it exists..it does.
Or something like that........I can't find the link.......lol
He gave up law to become a comedian. That's also funny. lol
I like this
email interview.
His sense of humor is a lot like yours, Cic, which is like mine, which is like...(several other dwellars.)
We must make him join!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html
A great interactive map of the US, showing where the immigrants settled from 1890 to 2000. Click on the country they came from in the box, then move the slider along the timeline. :thumb:
The 20th Anniversary of the Internet. Scroll down to see
Sir Tim Berners Lee presenting the concept of linked data.
Listen to him, and then do what he says. This guy invented the internet! (No, really. I'm serious. He really did.)
Didn't like that one? Okay, here's
another project for you:
I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms Windows XP etc. but has the same style. It does not need to run on a mac but all the other PCs. It's supposed to have a stylish look with clear edges etc. And ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A REDESIGNED WINDOWS as I'm going to sell that operating system later on.
These are some important points :
It should have ALL THE FEATURES that Windows Xp Professional has.
ALL the files that run on Windows XP ust also run on the BlueOrb OS.
It must have a very user-friendly interface (like MS WINDOWS XP)
When it gets Installed, the user needs to insert a serial number.
It HAS to be HACKER SAFE!
It must be quick and good looking.
Oh, I did that yesterday morning. Maybe I could sell it to them.
I wonder how he determines where your code will fall in the "$ 20-100" range.
http://www.pornfortheblind.org/ (NSFW)
This website has audio clips which describe the features of various porn sites for the visually impaired.:cool:
You really can find anything on the Internet.
Everything you should have seen by now.
I saw a few things I had missed.
could not resist
They are cute, except when they first come out, and then only if they belong to someone else.
They usually come with a woman attached. Just sayin'.
A list of radio call sgns from around the world and their original meanings, for example;
2LO [COLOR="White"].........[/COLOR] London, England [cOLOR="White"]...........[/COLOR] L)o)ndon
CBM [COLOR="White"]........ [/COLOR]Montreal, QC [COLOR="white"]............... [/COLOR] C)anadian B)roadcasting M)ontreal
KGGR [COLOR="white"]....... [/COLOR]Dallas, TX [COLOR="white"]...................[/COLOR] G)reat G)ospel R)adio
WDAS [COLOR="White"].......[/COLOR]Philadelphia, PA [COLOR="white"].............[/COLOR]D)annenbaum a)nd S)teppacher
http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.htmlOh, works for me now too. Sorry. Nevermind.
They usually come with a woman attached. Just sayin'.
Only for about 10 seconds or less. Then they are unleashed on the world and are free to make life miserable for others. :D
Need tips or wonder about weird behaviour in Windows & M$ Office (ok, it's normal)? Undocumented features? This site may be of help. It was to me.
http://www.logicaltips.com/omygosh!
This is so cool. Well to me it is.I hope someone enjoys it as much as I did.
http://homepage.mac.com/gcasler/AllSites/EagleWar/EagleWar.htmlOne of a kind set of pictures huh.
Yes, I sent the like to a couple people and got rave reviews. Would have made a good IOtD.
Kings Firecrackers perform at the Naval Academy.
I didn't know jumping rope was THIS much fun!
Farm Aid 2 concerts
http://www.smn.com/I have been enjoying the
Adam Carolla podcast.
What a cute little robot!! It's tweenbot! :)
http://www.tweenbots.com/Best of Craigslist
There is some funny/poignant stuff here!!!
Some of my faves
Con U muslim lesbo looking for sweaty "ententes" with Jewish McGillian <-- Wow! World peace or world piece?
Republican at CPAC <- Is this how Larry Craig got started?
Dear Mr. Scammer..I am sorry - m4w <- scambaiting at it's finest
Woman seeks Man for Manly Duties <- I can think of a few women on the Cellar who could write something like this
I love the Woman Seeks Man entry...very funny.
The Capitol Steps are a political satire musical group.
http://www.capsteps.com/
Check out "Obama Mia":D
They remind me of Alan Sherman.
Thought some of the more musically inclinded dwellars would like this link.
Hobnox. The Audio Tool. I pretty much don't get it, but still had fun playing with it :)
This is kinda cool...
Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
Jinx, very good link. I can use that one thanks.
Those links just went out to friends and family!
Audio and video live from shuttle missions.
Will be silent at times.:)
Just came across a link to
this project. It is an interactive Google Earth map of fallen American & Coalition servicemen & women who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afganistan:
This Memorial Day I would like to share with you a personal project of mine that uses Google Earth to honor the more than 5,700 American and Coalition servicemen and women that have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have created a map for Google Earth that will connect you with each of their stories—you can see photos, learn about how they died, visit memorial websites with comments from friends and families, and explore the places they called home and where they died.
You need Google Earth 5.0 to view the map.
http://www.bindlestiff.org/ <-- main site
and
http://www.thebindlestiffs.com/ <--- Just webisode documentary
I saw these guys featured on an HBO series. They go from kiddie shows to 'adult themed' shows. Watching the webisodes is a great way to see how the small circuses are still operating when all anyone seems to hear about is Ringling Brothers and Cirque du Soleil.
Audio and video live from shuttle missions.
Will be silent at times.:)
Awesome.
You can also listen to them on your scanner if you can receive ham frequencies. They are listed on the NASA page, IIRC.
http://www.bearforcesamerica.com/view/
Just happened upon a link for these on some webpage I was viewing. I think it is a neat idea.
Historic Aerial photographs.
It doesn't have anywhere near complete coverage of the US yet, but my town is covered, and yours may be too. I can look at aerial pictures of my neighborhood in 1949, 1962, 1979, 2002, and 2003. It interesting to see what my neighborhood looked like before it was bisected by Route 66. All these streets that currently dead end at a sound barrier wall used to pass through and connect the neighborhood. You can even see the construction of the highway in the 1979 shot.
The site is not as good as Google Earth, but if you are patient, there's a lot to see there. And Google Earth won't take you back in time. There are lots of annoying watermarks, but if you pan around and zoom in and out, they will shift to different locations.
5 Psychological Experiments That Expose Humanity's Dark Side
http://www.mindpowernews.com/5Psychological.htm
I don't believe test #5,#2 or #1
Numbers 1 and 2 are the ones I've heard (and seen video) about so I tend to think all of these are true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experimentThey made a movie about the prison experiment. It was so messed-up. Don't remember the name.
Here you go.
Stanford Prison documentary.
No, this was a fictionalized version that followed closely to the actual events. Damn. Wish I could remember the name of it.
Do you mean The Experiment from 2001?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/
Hollywood is also trying their hand at it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420293/I think this is, officially, the coolest thing I have ever seen:
[youtube]9LrD1-4U5q0[/youtube]
There are some definite similarities here to what music "looks" like in my head.
I see it side-scrolling, kind of, but there are more "shapes" and "textures" ...
[SIZE="6"]I like this series --- There are lots of them [/SIZE]
[youtube]QStm3ZyzgY0[/youtube]
I had an Animusic DVD, but I loaned it to ...
somebody ... don't remember who. Dangit.
Do you mean The Experiment from 2001?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/
Yes, Das Experiment. Thanks!
Numbers 1 and 2 are the ones I've heard (and seen video) about so I tend to think all of these are true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
#1. The Milgram Experiment (1961)
And people wonder how we could have prisoner abuse.
theradio.com
like satellite radio on your computer.
win.
theradio.com
like satellite radio on your computer.
win.
My fave is
last.fm
Based in England, but still works well in the states.
My profile:
http://www.last.fm/user/guitar_town
Lots of awesome features...
#1. The Milgram Experiment (1961)
And people wonder how we could have prisoner abuse.
Milgram got in a bit of trouble for that experiment because:
a) he proved something people that didn't want to think about
b) some of his subjects were very disturbed by what they did in his experiment.
When I was in college I watched a video of another Milgram experiment, where he set out to explain the
Kitty Genovese incident, in which a woman was stabbed and noone helped. Milgram and others theorized that in larger groups, many people find it hard to initiate any action, figuring that 'someone else' will do it.
Of all the things on the internet...
ratemyturban.comHahaha...apparently turban ratings only range from OK to Super. I had no option to pick "well that just looks stupid."
Get book recommendations at
www.bookseer.com. Put in a book you liked and it will recommend others.
5 Psychological Experiments That Expose Humanity's Dark Side
http://www.mindpowernews.com/5Psychological.htm
I don't believe test #5,#2 or #1
I have known about all these experiments before from reliable sources. But once we know what our natural reactions are we can use our high brain to do something about it.
use our high brain to do something about it.
wait what? We were supposed to be high?
Apparently, Facebook is being a little bitch and trying not to catch the evil eye from Iran's government by attempting to squash the account of a vocal protester within the country:
http://coedmagazine.com/2009/06/23/is-facebook-helping-to-squash-the-green-revolution/Get book recommendations at www.bookseer.com. Put in a book you liked and it will recommend others.
Can't wait to play with this more! Hmmm... it doesn't seem to know The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. Not as "Magister Ludi" either.
I put in Jane Eyre, since it wasn't recognizing Updike or a few others I was thinking of, and got nuttin'!
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I love the galleries.
wait what? We were supposed to be high?
It might not hurt, but I was more referring to our conciseness.
Also
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/cle/1182062727.html
A dweller on craigslist?
Get book recommendations at www.bookseer.com. Put in a book you liked and it will recommend others.
www.bookarmy.com is another site that serves the same purpose. you make a proflie, kind of like last.fm actually, and then rate books you're read and it gives you recommendations.
thanks a lot, the last thing I need is more books on my shelf!! :)
Animations showing how all the different kinds of engines work.
http://www.animatedengines.com/index.shtmlTrade books! Browse for books you're interested in, or post books you'd like to trade. The only cost is mailing the books. Also, you can donate to charities, such as children's hospitals.
http://bookmooch.com/http://www.poptranslator.com/
Pop culture translator. Kind of funny. Clod, did you do these voiceovers? :)
http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/
I have been really enjoying this and sad I missed the launch. Slightly more reliable audio (WMP only)
here.
Absolutely incredible, what they accomplished.
Get your modern kilt now.
http://www.utilikilts.com/No way. The
Dialectizer.
Use the cellar url, so far I've picked redneck and elmer fudd. :D
I am overcome with snorting laughter at
Upside Down Dogs.
I have been really enjoying this and sad I missed the launch. Slightly more reliable audio (WMP only) here.
Absolutely incredible, what they accomplished.
Just had touchdown on the moon.
Just had touchdown on the moon.
I managed to catch this while at work, today. Really cool to hear it in full. Now waiting for the hatch to open and the ladder descent.
This makes me wish that full TV newscast coverage from this night 40 years was available today.
I was glued to the TV that day. Pissed me off that I had to drive my wife to a baby shower and pick her up later. ;)
Wow. A friend of mine who works in customs bureacracy got sent this link from a work contact...
The original
customs declaration from the Apollo 11 flight. Because they were leaving and re-entering the country, and procedure has to be followed! (It's a very hi-res PDF, so it may take a moment to load.)
WTF!! :eek:
Yeah...he laid it all out on his site...pre death. Kinda sick.
You have to go to
georgesodini.com
then type in the date of death: 20090804 (August 4th 2009)
Great link - I needed that.
Hours of fun: http://www.moillusions.com/
Coincidence!
Their current first image is body art by Emma Hack.
She is an Adelaide girl.
I used to work at a pizza shop with her.
I even let her practice on me when she was doing a make-up course. She made a plaster cast of my face and made some face-masks with it - one zombie one, one all covered with cornflakes.
Now she does awesome body art.
I liked to think that I helped, just a tiny bit, in developing her talent. Having no noteworthy artistic talent myself, I have to count whatever I can. :p
The Dog Food Project
Haven't you wondered why dog food is so filled with products these days and notice your dogs itching, biting, hair falling out?
I found a great site about dog food and health.
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=grading_kibbleI almost forgot the reason I logged in.
What the world eats.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html
link taken from the more serious article here:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily
Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
ironically talking about pigs right after I found that cute pig pic
For people that enjoy documentaries.
http://documentaryheaven.com/so you really joined the cellar to get us to go to your blog?
so you really joined the cellar to get us to go to your blog?
Not 100% of the time,
He ain't sellin stuff so it aint spam.
I seem to be channelling Zippy today.
Apologies if this is a repeat link--96 pages of posts is a daunting read. :mg:
http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/
I clocked in at 80.
I have killed many hours at this site
www.plus613.com . The gallery has 2,659 pages of thumbnails over 40,000 images.
A short interesting true story about cd baby Derek Sivers.
http://sivers.org/mistakehttp://www.lime.com/meditation_room
What are these rooms for? Could wound up people sit through them?
After watching these do down people then become comatose?
I think these are for middle of the road days when you just want to see some pretty pictures. How could a person appreciate it at either of those other extremes. That's what I am think'n anyway.
How to Cook a Wolf. (my apologies, wolf)
How to Cook a Wolf. (my apologies, wolf)
Beautiful place. The food reminds me a little of Hash-House-A-Go-Go in Las Vegas.
BTW, I signed up for their mailing list when we visited recently, and I've been getting all of these great special offers by e-mail. Which is very frustrating considering the closest location is 2000+ miles away.
http://www.lime.com/meditation_room
What are these rooms for? Could wound up people sit through them?
After watching these do down people then become comatose?
I think these are for middle of the road days when you just want to see some pretty pictures. How could a person appreciate it at either of those other extremes. That's what I am think'n anyway.
I might actually be able to use this at work, a little something to keep me from choking people.
How to extract DNA.
I thought this was going to be pron.
Rotten Tomatoes and the 100 worst movies of the decade. I am proud to say I've not seen one of them.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst_of_the_worst/Rotten Tomatoes and the 100 worst movies of the decade. I am proud to say I've not seen one of them.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst_of_the_worst/
Um, I actually liked "The New Guy", "Boat Trip" and the "Yours, Mine, and Ours" remake.
Of course, I even found some things to like in "Gigli" (did not see entire movies) and "Pluto Nash". There's a place in this world for filet mignon and there's a place in this world for scrapple.
I'm glad "The Fog" remake got hammered. They cut out the part played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the original. They replaced Janet Leigh with Sara Botsford. And finally, they replaced Adrienne Barbeau with Selma Blair.
Corky Romano, I did see it and it does deserve a tomato.
Serving Sara and Good Luck Chuck? I liked them both.
Zoom. Acceptable.
Whole Ten Yards. Acceptable.
The Perfect Man and Because I Said So? Not too bad.
BloodRayne. I saw parts of it. Cool action if you don't mind gore.
Battlefield Earth. Found some cool scenes, but it deserves a tomato.
The In Crowd. Pretty good thriller.
Meet the Spartans. Stupid and funny. I actually saw this before I caught part of "300" on cable. The parody was actually more entertaining than the original movie.
The Master of Disguise. Saw it. There aren't enough tomatoes in the world.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. Saw parts of it. Bad, but not as bad as The Master of Disguise. I don't know why it's number one and The Master of Disguise is number eighteen.
Hahahaha
There's a place in this world for filet mignon and there's a place in this world for scrapple.
I don't know what scrapple is, but if it means 'shit' then no, there is no place in my world for it.
I'm glad "The Fog" remake got hammered. They cut out the part played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the original. They replaced Janet Leigh with Sara Botsford. And finally, they replaced Adrienne Barbeau with Selma Blair.
But the original was so bad, too.
Sexy lady voice: "Hey all you sexy sailors, this is (adrienne barbeau) on K334 (or whatever), there's a fog bank coming in."
Drunken sailor: "She's crazy, there ain't no fog bank out thar."
Swigs budweiser, mumbles "ain't no damn fog bank"
Drunken sailor (looking out porthole) "HEY! There's a fog bank out thar!"
Ominous fog rolls in, everyone dies.
;)
Hahahaha
I don't know what scrapple is, but if it means 'shit' then no, there is no place in my world for it.
Close.
Scrapple started out as a legitimate way to stretch meat scraps by mixing them with cornmeal and flour. The Amish do this. Then local meatpackers came up with their own idea of what kind of scraps to put in (shudder).
To this day, scrapple is the only food product I have ever encountered with the word 'snout' on the list of ingredients.
From
here.
Ingredients
Pork Stock, Pork Livers, Pork Fat, Pork Snouts, Corn Meal, Pork Hearts, Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices.
/Dundee/
"Tastes like shit but you can live on it."
Small world.
Is this the same thing as "souse"?
No, souse is mystery meat chunks, with that clear jell shit, formed in a loaf.
Scrapple is mystery meat chunks, and slaughterhouse floor sweepings that aren't good enough for hot dogs, ground fairly fine.
No, souse is mystery meat chunks, with that clear jell shit, formed in a loaf.
Scrapple is mystery meat chunks, and slaughterhouse floor sweepings that aren't good enough for hot dogs, ground fairly fine.
What I don't get is how this is the only snout food out there. When noone wanted to eat chicken wings, they created Buffalo wings. When noone wanted the skin left on pork, they created pork rinds. Where is the killer snout product.
Snoutstix? Schezwan Snout? Nacho Noses?
Seems like you could go the pickled pigs feet route with snouts as well.:sick:
I read on a can of vienna sausages that one of the ingredients was spleens. Ever since then I've called them spleeny weenies.
Don't forget that potted meat has lips and peckers.
Gotta get the USDA suggested minimum of tits, lips, and assholes from somewhere.
When I started working at the bar, a hundred years ago, they had one of those big jars with those hot sausages...I don't think I ever sold one. Yuck. I read the ingredients one day, and the first one listed was "beef lips."
Gee, uh, no thanks.
shoot it
That's kinda creepy
Here's a contribution to this fine thread.
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/
Check out some of the pics. :)
Hahaha...yep, Madman. That's them! I thought it was just OUR walmart. ;)
Some of the comments are hilarious!
I thought you were supposed to be like that when you're at WalMart.
www[dot]heycobra[dot]com/kiddchris
[SIZE="7"][COLOR="Red"]The link above is a modern day Auschwitz in internet form[/COLOR][/SIZE].
I am not even going to hyperlink it...It is that dangerous. Once clicked on, it opens a million internet windows that have pretty disturbing images. Along with a repeating sound track.
I came across this link by accident and found out real quick that my new mac keyboard doesn't have control/alt/delete like my old keyboard had. It didn't do any real damage. I actually called a friend of mine who is crafty with MAcs. He assured me!!!
I have been using it when replying to those shitty emails I get that fill up my yahoo account. Have fun with it.
http://www.thebeatles.com/#/
Stumbled upon this Abbey Road video.
There are some good image links at the bottom of the page but
it reminded me of the time a neighbor gave me Abbey Road when I was 13. I was forever singing those at the top of my lungs. I especially liked Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
This animation is great.
http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/The_Opening_Cinematic http://www.carloslabs.com/node/20
View projected effects of various nuclear weapons or an asteroid impact on any location accessible by Google Maps. Maps for Thermal/Pressure/Fallout zones.
Depressing.
Dorothy Dale Kloss is the word's oldest showgirl.
And at 85, dances better and has better looking legs than you. :p
Dorothy Dale Kloss is the word's oldest showgirl.
And at 85, dances better and has better looking legs than you. :p
Amazing. Shows what exercise (and the right genes) can do for you.
While searching for a weather widget I found this. I thought the animation of the wings was nice plus the ability to change the text and color. Kid stuff but fun.
http://www.magicwidgets.com/fallen-angel/House designs. Unique and contemporary at the bottom of the page.
I like this one though.
http://www.digsdigs.com/californias-house-on-the-cliff-with-private-beach-villa-rockledge/I so regret peeking over the neighbor's fence when I heard giggling. The girls next door were skinny-dipping and they told their dad, who called my parents and told them I was a voyeur.
I so regret shooting that starling with my friend's air-rifle when I was 10. I could hear its babies calling in the nest. It has haunted me for 33 years.
I so regret organising that threesome. Guess who is the odd man out now?
I So RegretWow - there are some really good ones on there.
Good regrets? I know what you mean, it just struck me as strange. :haha:
google skins
http://www.startskins.com/
I regret reading too many of those regrets.How to hollow a book 'Cause ya never know when you have something to hide. ?
http://howto.rivers.pro/hollow-a-book/http://www.choicekills.com/
Oh my god, you've just got to listen to Judy, the talking embryo! :eek:
have you seen this? It's a Google mashup of war ('conflict") around the globe, with a time slider.
http://www.conflicthistory.com/#/period/1944-1952I thoroughly enjoyed that cloud.
thanks; it's cool, but sad
I am completely fascinated by this site. If this is well-known, I apologize in advance. If it is not well-known, it should be.
wolf, I thought you might enjoy this.
The Lives They Left Behind--Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic(particularly Willard Psychiatric Hospital in the Finger Lakes Region of NY)
http://www.suitcaseexhibit.org/indexhasflash.html
edit: further reading shows the institution was near Seneca Lake, where I spent some time when I was married as my ex's sister's family owned a cottage there (at the lake, not the hospital.) I don't remember hearing of it before.
When I use a calendar wallpaper I usually end up with one of these. The site updates monthly.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-november-2009/When I use a calendar wallpaper I usually end up with one of these. The site updates monthly.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-november-2009/
Thanks, I just downloaded 2 sets of November calendars, 1 each with calendar and just picture.
Very nice.
y.w.
I've downloaded both sets too.:)
I thought posting crap on the cellar was the height of pathetic boredom/thrill seeking. lol
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225687/Getting-close-personal-lions-Werribee-Open-Range-Zoo.html
I wasn't looking for this one. Ha but I am right when I said when in doubt don't use an apostrophe. A web page said so. It's gotta be true.:cool:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225687/Getting-close-personal-lions-Werribee-Open-Range-Zoo.html
further toward the bottom of the page is more funnies
Like this cartoon
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/zombie_how
ok one more and this one is nice. I haven't opened it yet though.
http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
http://murff.net/bacon/
Play wikibacon! I found Kevin Bacon in eight links, on the second try. Depends on the starting link: white-faced ibis might be harder to link.
That was fun.
I started on the page for the North American Confederacy. I visually scanned the links on the page until I saw a path that I thought should work. I was right.
Click 1. Robert Heinlein
Click 2. Starship Troopers (the book)
Click 3. Starship Troopers (the movie)
Click 4. Denise Richards
Click 5. Wild Things (the movie)
Click 6. Kevin Bacon
I was disappointed that it didn't congratulate me or anything once I got to Kevin Bacon. It should at least tell you the number of steps it took.
Yeah, I don't remember my path. It's a great idea but would be nice if it kept some kind of track, and statistics.
Fun, though. My first try was, I can't even remember it was so obscure. The second one was a country, from where I went to US, then to Media...finally found academy award winner listings and A Few Good Men. Voila!
I liked that tartan maker. Mine was teal and burnt umber.
Type in any Christmas song and see what the chin puppets do.
http://www.sundog.net/carolofthechins/flash/card.swfFree LCD TV.Yes it works perfectly.Yes it has a remote. No i wont deliver. Why is it FREE you ask????? My room mate thought it would be "hysterical" to pause gay porn on my TV while my girlfriend and I were on vacation for 2 weeks, thus burning and image into the screen. So...If you dont mind a sillouette of a skinny white guy taking a load in the face from the biggest black penis in recorded history forever adorning your new TV, Its yours.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ele/1498514993.htmlfresh leak internal fund-raising Silentlology video
6 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NYmB9yvQKkWell you really can't argue with Bart Simpson when it comes to investing in eternity.
I don't know what one of those things are or what they do but I know they want my money.
Maybe this belongs in the global warming thread...
http://qntm.org/?destroyVery funny
And :welcome: to the cellar Qice
fresh leak internal fund-raising Silentlology video
REMIX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNA-3bZl_gAlthough I think this personality test may be inaccurate, it was fun to take!
http://www.personaldna.com/It got me fairly well, but it's suggestions...well let's just say no.
Although I think this personality test may be inaccurate, it was fun to take!
http://www.personaldna.com/
I took it and it was fairly spot on.
Thanks Toranokaze! It's a pleasure to be here.
Watch unemployment grow from 2007 up.
http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html
Well the North Slope of Ak still looks promising. Maybe Sarah could get us a job.
Although I think this personality test may be inaccurate, it was fun to take!
http://www.personaldna.com/
I enjoyed that. It was pretty damm close.
I enjoyed that test too cic although I was expecting a surprise and didn't get it. lol Sometimes we just look for great insights for some reason.
I don't know if this has already been posted.
http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/12/2778Pretty interesting article on Boing Boing today.
Apparently, studies of human DNA samples from around the world show that we are all very very closely related genetically, and that the human race almost went extinct.
Turns out, somewhere between 130,000 to 190,000 years ago, the human species was reduced to less than 1000 breeding individuals--just a few thousand people in total.
This would have been probably the most important event in the "history" of the human race.
"History" is in quotes because it wasn't written down.
Well duh. Who doesn't know the bearded clam saved the human race from extinction? :right:
The womb of the human race. Where else would one find a pearl.
Christmas Crafts
http://www.favecrafts.com/Christmas-Crafts/101-Easy-Christmas-House-CraftsThis guy can ride a bicycle...
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=21337502001
Check it out. Shouldn't have a problem seeing it from work.
His rims must be made of unbendium. :mg:
If you want to find Archival Sound Recordings
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Anyone else notice the fast yellow at 2:15? I wonder if they have a red-light camera there. A half-second yellow is even faster than the short yellows that El Paso is known for.
Gift wrapping is fun and necessary for many occasions, but there are the environmental costs of resource extraction, manufacture and waste disposal to be considered. You can create attractive gift wrap yourself by reusing paper, fabric or even using the Sunday comics. If you prefer buying gift wrap, look for recycled content gift wrap paper whenever you can find it.
Here are some suggestions for gift wrapping with minimal environmental impact.
Some interesting ideas here.Larry's Truck and Electric, a junkyard for trains. Little sad but very cool stuff.;)
I love old trains. Those are all engines. I would like to see some old passenger cars. I think a few put together would make a cool house.
Pretty interesting article on Boing Boing today.
Apparently, studies of human DNA samples from around the world show that we are all very very closely related genetically, and that the human race almost went extinct.
This would have been probably the most important event in the "history" of the human race.
"History" is in quotes because it wasn't written down.
Fascinating.
Five reasons pigs are more awesome than you.
Here's one for jinx:
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Anyone find a bigger graph than "read"?
I think "hand" comes close, but it's hard to tell because they're laid out a little differently.
Here's one for jinx:
Groovy, thanks!
I think "hand" comes close, but it's hard to tell because they're laid out a little differently.
It's a tie at 39 (not counting central word)!
And so is object. And so is thing. And so is have.
I wonder if that's a limit on the software.
This is like the feeding the dogs by pressing a button except this is a toolbar you search by and then donations of rice are sent to the hungry.
There are games and puzzles to earn more grains.
The only problem is it starts out at ten grains. Your total will grow the more you use it.
http://www.freerice.com/index.phpHere's one for TW.
http://moneyfornothingthebook.com/
Actually, I agree that the level of inbreeding in corporate boardrooms is frightening.
Those are really awesome, but Avast went crazy when I started downloading the ones I liked.
Beautiful stuff - See - isn't math fun?
Those are really awesome, but Avast went crazy when I started downloading the ones I liked.
:confused: AVG let me download, and Malwarebytes said the download was clean?
I did download three before the warning sirens went off. I might go back and try some more...they make great desktops.
interactive planetarium with selectable dates/time and mouse over star/planetary body identification.
The
Cheezburger Network Site Directory. Links to, among many others,
I Can Has Cheezburger?
Very Demotivational
FAILBlog
Engrish Funny
That Will Buff Out
There I Fixed It
Autocomplete Me
Ugliest Tattoos
Oddly Specific
Need a valid e-mail address for 10 (or 20) minutes? Want that coupon or free sample without the spam? This is the site for you.
http://10minutemail.comThat's what gmail accounts are for.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/ (I posted this one mainly for Sarge to check out.)
They got some cool shit.
Tired of dreary winter? Go
here and every click will grow a flower. ;)
Tired of dreary winter? Go here and every click will grow a flower. ;)
bootyful
[SIZE=2]7 Common Survival Tactics that Will Get You Killed[/SIZE]
http://www.cracked.com/article/18370_7-common-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/
I found #5 humorous.
Interesting link. I had heard as a kid that you could kill a tree by driving a copper nail into it. That the copper was poisonous to the tree. These copper coins pounded into the trees seem to disprove that theory.
All of the pictured trees were horizontal. One of the commenters theorized that they only do it to dead trees.
Yes, copper will kill live trees, and copper filings will cause stumps to rot, pronto.
MTV - When it was the hottest thing since sliced bread.
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=298314272371Watching the world change in real time.
Apparently to kill oneself, one should give up on suicide and spend simply just more time behind the wheel.
Interesting site.
An absolutely amazing woman sky.
There is a great movie currently on HBO about her as well.
I think she is amazing too and I wish wish wish I had HBO.
Ever wonder how the Union Jack came to be, and how to tell if it's upside down.
Wonder no more.
Japanese magic. Never mind the language. You don't have to know what he's saying to be amazed.
Do want to watch something truly frightening?
I couldn't watch it all.
http://trololololololololololo.com/Uh, we did a
whole thread on him.
Japanese magic. Never mind the language. You don't have to know what he's saying to be amazed.
busted:
Uh, we did a whole thread on him.
ugg
Japanese magic. Never mind the language. You don't have to know what he's saying to be amazed.
That's childs play, check out his
street magic.Of course these are ONLY ILLUSIONS. But the dude is good. Just saying.
Yes, he's very good. But slight of hand with coins, cards, and objects at hand, I can understand. Whereas how he gets his body through that security gate, or his arm through a plate glass window, boggles my mind.
Yes, he's very good. But slight of hand with coins, cards, and objects at hand, I can understand. Whereas how he gets his body through that security gate, or his arm through a plate glass window, boggles my mind.
I think he has his left hand concealing a hole in the table top the whole time he is polishing and flourishing...I guess the table top rotates some how. the camera dips down at a certain point to conceal that movement.
Those folks are sitting there trying to bust him out. Surely they'd have caught it. The hand is quicker than the eye? I doubt it.
I watched a magician at a party not too long ago. I was seated front and center, and spent all my energies trying to catch a clue of 'how tf did he do that'. Never did. he was good too.
We need to hold onto the wonder of a child.
I was reminded of this clip of Johnny Carson and a kid, one of my favorites. Wait for Johnny's last line.
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Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics. They explain things so clearly you can understand them immediately. Now I know what those figure skaters are doing, and the cost of pets, psychotherapy, and 4th of July picnics.
Megan Jaegerman produced some of the best news graphics ever while working at The New York Times from 1990 to 1998. Her work is smart, finely detailed, elegant, witty, inventive, informative. A fierce researcher and reporter, she writes gracefully and precisely. Megan has the soul of a news reporter, who happens to use graphs, tables, and illustrations--as well as words--to explain the news. Her best work is the best work in news graphics.
more4 guys take a 33 day hike through Wrangell St Elias National Park.
Glaciers, bears and beautiful scenery, with a zillion captioned pictures.
4 guys take a 33 day hike through Wrangell St Elias National Park.
Glaciers, bears and beautiful scenery, with a zillion captioned pictures.
Simply awesome. Thanks for the link Bruce.
Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics. They explain things so clearly you can understand them immediately. Now I know what those figure skaters are doing, and the cost of pets, psychotherapy, and 4th of July picnics.
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Remarkable graphics. She really did do a great job with them. I can remember seeing a lot of them in print as that was just as the internet really started to take off and I read the Sunday Times on a regular baisis. Cool stuff about the handguns too...
That's good to know. All the criminals that read the times will change the way they walk so you can't tell they're packing. I will continue to walk normally, so they know I'm packing.
I carry in the small of my back. It does not change my gait.
Honey, does this holster make me look fat?
Honey, does this holster make me look fat?
"Hell no! I seen you naked!"
BCCT
:vomit: thanks for that mental image - :headshake
Yea, think of a crowd of Redux MoFo's, you will upchuck in a heart beat. :D
Please - You and Bruce were bad enough.
Here's a little macabre reading for the afternoon: wikipedia's
list of unusual deathsPlease - You and Bruce were bad enough.
I thought it was funny....just another display of Merc's childish churlishness.
SO keeping to the theme: keen links/childish churlishness:
Top 10 Ridiculous Quotes about Health Care Reform.
I thought it was funny....just another display of Merc's childish churlishness.
SO keeping to the theme: keen links/childish churlishness:
Top 10 Ridiculous Quotes about Health Care Reform.
:lol: Back at you whore monger...
Top 10 Ridiculous Democrat Quotes on Health Care
1. “I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.” -- President Obama at an August 6 at a rally in Virginia
2. “They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care.” -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an August 5 interview
3. “What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?” -- Rep. John Conyers (Mich.) at the National Press Club, July 24
4. “These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views -- but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.” -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Md.), writing in USA Today, August 10
5. “The last time I had to confront something like this was when I voted for the civil rights bill and my opponent voted against it. At that time, we had a lot of Ku Klux Klan folks and white supremacists and folks in white sheets and other things running around causing trouble.” -- Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), on MSNBC
6. “What we’re seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics.“ -- Rep. Brian Baird, (Wash.) told a local newspaper
7. “The last time I saw well-dressed people doing this, was when Al Gore asked me to go down to Florida when they were recounting the ballots, and I was confronted with the same type of people.” -- Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
8. “I hope people will take a jaundiced eye to what is clearly the Astroturf nature of so-called grassroots lobbying ... The Astroturf nature of grassroots lobbying, which is largely the term for, you know, this is manufactured anger.” -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs
9. “Republicans and their allied groups -- desperate after losing two consecutive elections and every major policy fight on Capitol Hill -- are inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right-wing extremists funded by K Street lobbyists to disrupt thoughtful discussions about the future of healthcare in America taking place in congressional districts across the country.” -- Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse
10 (tie). “These are nothing more than destructive efforts to interrupt a debate that we should have, and are having. They are doing this because they don’t have any better ideas … It’s really simple: They‘re taking their cues from talk-show hosts, Internet rumor-mongerers and insurance rackets.” -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.)
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.” -- Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), responding to a town hall participant
This MoFo is ready to have that moderated discussion anytime you want to man up!
No name calling, no bulllshit, no unilateral charges of "failed" because you dont like a response.
mano a mano...you and me dude, one on one. :)
boy this thread is great now.
boy this thread is great now.
Tell me....how did
this post of Merc's fit in the thread?
Ask yourself....Would you have let it go w/o comment if I posted that about you?
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I thought it was funny....just another display of Merc's childish churlishness.
SO keeping to the theme: keen links/childish churlishness:
Top 10 Ridiculous Quotes about Health Care Reform.
Firefox can't find the server at politicalhumor.about.com.
Comic Book Cartography has lots of cool information on the geography and equipment of comic books. Fantastic 4's building, Batman's tool belt, etc.
Totally digging Comic Book Cartography!
Along similar lines of entertainment.
http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/I lol'd ... a couple times
LinkI'm so gonna try that game later. I love newsground games, and kongregate.
Was your health insurance provided by United Healthcare (or one of its two-dozen underwritten subsidiaries) at any time since 1994? There's a class action lawsuit that you may or may not get properly notified about. Go
here to read the notification and print a claim form to mail in. Counting up all the years between both of us and all four kids... it comes out to over $1000 for us. Worth looking into.
I stumbled across this website and thought it was pretty cool. Typical of the thing I love about the internet. Coming across cool information that some guy has laboriously put together and you would never find anywhere else.
Fossils in the Architecture of Washington, DCI stumbled across this website and thought it was pretty cool.
Welcome to the cellar, glatt. :3eye:
As people, we get around.
I think it was xoB who bought the package from I think it was National Geographic? where you could send them a cheek swab, and they could track back your Y chromosome and tell you where your distant ancestors had come from?
This really cool animation shows everything we know as a result of that Y chromosome, combined with archaeology, fossil records and climatology. Be sure to click on the little cloud symbol where it appears, and you'll get additional notes about climate change during that period. Don't miss the dramatic turn of events 74000 years ago!
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/?I don't think I buy the 40-19 thousand years ago slides though.... seems like they try to explain the Meadcroft rock shelter with the Bering straight crossing, because they have to somehow, but then completely ignore Topper and other pre-clovis sites further to the south because it's just too much of a stretch.
Remember "fridge magnet" poetry?
If you saw:
twenty good time
under water artichokes
make this computer run
...that was me.
invisible people
keeps messing
with my rhymes
As people, we get around.
I think it was xoB who bought the package from I think it was National Geographic? where you could send them a cheek swab, and they could track back your Y chromosome and tell you where your distant ancestors had come from?
This really cool animation shows everything we know as a result of that Y chromosome, combined with archaeology, fossil records and climatology. Be sure to click on the little cloud symbol where it appears, and you'll get additional notes about climate change during that period. Don't miss the dramatic turn of events 74000 years ago!
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/?
I was looking at the slides and thinking, "It took them 10,000 years to go from
there to
there? I could do that in a weekend.
If you saw:
twenty good time
under water artichokes
make this computer run
...that was me.
Hey, great job there.. uh... Nostradamus. Maybe don't quit your day job...
Blog of Really Awful Bookcovers
Mainly Science Fiction, some Fantasy.
All really awful. They set the awfulness bar pretty high, and keep crossing it.
The 11 most endangered historic places
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/19/endangered.historic.places/index.html?hpt=C2
Slide 11: former dwellar?
Slide 12: Walmart is a fucker.
Blog of Really Awful Bookcovers
Mainly Science Fiction, some Fantasy.
All really awful. They set the awfulness bar pretty high, and keep crossing it.
I own three, just on the first two pages:blush:
This site will take anything you input and translate it to teenager chat-speak with the press of a button.
Copy/paste
this Hall of Fame post and watch it lose it's zing.
Eric Fischer has created maps of locations of photographs taken by tourists and residents.
On flickr.
This guy took a look at the mapping information for all the pictures in major cities around the world, as posted to Flickr and Picassa. Then he looked at when the pictures were taken. If they were all taken within a short period of time (like a week or so) the person was considered a tourist. If they were taken months apart, the person was considered a resident. Residents' pictures were plotted with blue dots, and tourists' were plotted with red dots. You can see where the tourist destinations are in each city, and also where the local hot spots are.
I zoomed in on the
super high resolution picture for
Washington DC, and see a handful of images were taken in my backyard. I didn't know where they came from but then saw in my Picassa account over the last couple years, I've mapped a few pictures to my back yard. I'm confused though because I wasn't sure how public I had made them when I posted them.
Anyway, I think this is really cool information. These "maps" show where different types of people like to spend their time taking pictures.
That is VERY cool glatt, thanks for sharing.
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nothing current or exciting, but I found this by accident and it made me smile...
goodnewsblog.comYarr! Discover ye pirate name!
http://gangstaname.com/names/pirate
I be High Pitched Gwyn
25 odd ball Knock off products
Super robot transformer Tomas the tank engine would have covered all bases for the boys a couple of years ago.
Super robot transforming Titanic, probably still.
Steve, don't eat it! is some of the best writing on the interwebz. At least I think so, and I'm the only one I listen to, so...
....or could be that I need a restart...
I know I'm EVIL but here it is.
[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]Teehee![/COLOR]
At first this doesn't seem very interesting. But, like a lot of things, once ya start playing with it, it gets more interesting. It's a census-info-derived map of who is moving where. How many. And which direction.
For every county in the United States.http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/
Imo, it should be called wallyworldweirdness.com.
Some of
these are pretty funny.
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/
Imo, it should be called wallyworldweirdness.com.
I'm just waiting until I see someone I know. (ditto for text from last night)
An
info-graphic: CSI vs. Reality
World's stupidest inventions
Pick your favorite - there are some
real winners This is even
stupider.
Or maybe it's nukular.
wow. That's really high resolution. And I'm amazed at how busy it is. If I were a local, I'd be annoyed at all those tourists walking back and forth getting their pictures taken.
I head some horns honking a short while ago. :D
I had the sound turned off. I'll have to listen.
This guy, Sergey Larenkov, makes these amazing images. He's got dozens of them on his livejournal page. He takes a historic old photo and then goes to the location and takes a photo of the same spot today. Then he photoshops them together to have a blending of the old and the new in the same image. It's kind of like seeing the ghosts of history. I really like the effect.
Wow, extremely cool. No offense, glatt, but your chosen example doesn't really do his style justice, IMHO. It looks like he just split the picture down the middle. See below for a better shot of his blending skills:
What amazes me is how he goes out and gets a shot today that matches so closely the original. I don't have any idea how he could do that. Obviously, you need to take the original picture with you when you go out with your camera, but you need to be in the exact right spot, at the right height, with the camera using the correct focal length lens.
ThisOldHouse.com has
Home Inspection Nightmares AKA American Ingenuity/Insanity.
I admit I've done one thing in my attic that might wind up here but in general it makes me feel good about the condition of my old house.
Two examples (from the site, not my house:) ), showing a car radiator/floor heater and some crazy pipework:
WatchThatPage.com
Awesome free site that emails you updates on websites. I never was a fan of RSS and this site is simple but still very configurable. Works great to monitor
craigslist searches.
Skysidhe, those SunJars are crap. I gave out a half dozen of them for Christmas, a couple years ago, and they all failed almost immediately.:(
As people, we get around.
I think it was xoB who bought the package from I think it was National Geographic? where you could send them a cheek swab, and they could track back your Y chromosome and tell you where your distant ancestors had come from?
This really cool animation shows everything we know as a result of that Y chromosome, combined with archaeology, fossil records and climatology. Be sure to click on the little cloud symbol where it appears, and you'll get additional notes about climate change during that period. Don't miss the dramatic turn of events 74000 years ago!
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/?
Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
The most robust statistical examination to date of our species' genetic links to "mitochondrial Eve" -- the maternal ancestor of all living humans -- confirms that she lived about 200,000 years ago. The Rice University study was based on a side-by-side comparison of 10 human genetic models that each aim to determine when Eve lived using a very different set of assumptions about the way humans migrated, expanded and spread across Earth.
Stupid
unicorns. Grrrrrrrrr.
Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
Yes but she was such a slut, National Geographic has to say who's your daddy, by checking Y chromosomes. :haha:
Skysidhe, those SunJars are crap. I gave out a half dozen of them for Christmas, a couple years ago, and they all failed almost immediately.:(
humm
too bad
:(
but,I actually came looking for the night sky link. That bright star in the sky? That's Jupiter. I need to confirm.
humm
too bad
:(
but,I actually came looking for the night sky link. That bright star in the sky? That's Jupiter. I need to confirm.
Jupiter is never "bright". It's probably Venus.
humm
too bad
:(
but,I actually came looking for the night sky link. That bright star in the sky? That's Jupiter. I need to confirm.
This is what the eastern sky will look like around 2 am EST 8/29/10
I think you are looking at Jupiter because it has really been bright the past few nights, along with the full moon.
humm
too bad
:(
but,I actually came looking for the night sky link. That bright star in the sky? That's Jupiter. I need to confirm.
this?This is what the eastern sky will look like around 2 am EST 8/29/10
I think you are looking at Jupiter because it has really been bright the past few nights, along with the full moon.
Yep! Thanks :)
this?
Yep! Yep! That's it!
I found PBS.org and Hubble-site.org before finding Neave again.
We've all seen high speed photography. The droplets. The bullet through the apple. The popped balloon.
This guy combines two of them.
Place your order here. Be creative...
Virtual Bartender
She's hot...but all she serves is beer.
Apparently Gromitspapa's link expired, since leenco12 tried it last night.:eyebrow:
http://www.themomi.org/museum/mfa/Montage.html
The Museum of Musical Instruments. The Guitar.
For all you "easterners" here is a
link to an Oregon cultural icon.
Grant McOmie started doing his "Grant's Getaways" several years ago on Oregon Public Broadcasting.
His weekly TV segments were 10 - 20 min long and covered all kinds of places, people and strange things in Oregon.
Once you hear his voice, you'll recognize it forever.
There was almost a public up-rising back in 2008 (?) when Grant and OPB came to a parting-of-the-ways.
He was so popular and a major fund-raiser for public broadcasting.
Now (Hooray !!!) Grant's Getaways are being broadcast again,
but on the local TV (KGW), and many segments are available,
but the more recent are usually very short (2 - 3 min)
To know what Oregon is really like, I invite you to these links.
Enjoy
That's almost as bad as those cat-clocks with the eyes that shift
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
back-and-forth
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !
Didn't Pete post something like that earlier?
NYC click through map of neighborhoods :)
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/Find the going price of pot.
http://www.priceofweed.com/Like I'd put my email address onto a site like that :headshake
Only if you want updates. You mght get some interesting mail.
This is interesting. My brother sent it to me to watch my schools college football game live on tv, and it has a bunch of links to other tv programs. It is free. I watched a stream of South Park episodes and the quality was pretty good.
Check it out.
http://atdhe.net/Awesome story of a woman who tracked down the jerk who broke into her car. A cautionary tale for would-be-thieves in this digital age.
Or at least, it's an awesome story until two years from now, when he gets out of prison and comes back to her house to kill her for getting him locked up.
it is a prettty great story! and a cautionary tale on several levels
http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/
This girl is my new idol! :)
Well then don't click on the update link,
http://thechive.com/2010/08/11/a-word-from-jenny-16-photos/
A hint,
Chives (
Allium schoenoprasum) are the smallest species of the
Onion family...
;)
Awwww shoot, wish I'd looked at the update. Oh well, cute anyway.
And, when i win the lottery, I'm going to do something very similar IRL.
:)
PZ, that is quite dramatic.
Now someone will say that curve balls don't really curve.;)
But my first thought was about confusing (bird) hunters when they are trying to zero in on a moving target
The relative size of everything, from Planck Length Quantum Foam, to the 93,000,000,000 light year Universe.
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/Fun drawing game
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/
Draw in the box, then hit "done drawing" and then "start scribbler" on the left.
[COLOR="LemonChiffon"].[/COLOR]
Alison Murray's documentary from 2000 where she embarks on a hobo's journey across Canada and the US. Watching her hop trains is inspiring, in an I-would-never-do-that kind of way. Bonus: The soundtrack is a rare example of Beck granting permission for his music to be used.
http://vimeo.com/2252756Grav, that is pretty cool !
BBC website that puts various things into a scale you understand. Your neighborhood.
http://howbigreally.com/
For example, how far has the
Mars Rover traveled?And the
Apollo 11 astronauts, walking on the moon.
Could someone please remind me...
...the link to that website where you can build a graphic of the number of people who move into or out of a specified geographical area?
And the Apollo 11 astronauts, walking on the moon.
I know, when I punched in my address I saw that they went across the street to my neighbor's house, then crossed the other street and stood on the side walk. Lazy lima beans.
Neat making of Empire Strikes Back photo essay over at
Vanity Fair. Apparently there is a new coffee table book coming out, and these are select pictures from that book.
The moon is smaller than I thought.
Could someone please remind me...
...the link to that website where you can build a graphic of the number of people who move into or out of a specified geographical area?
I think I posted that...I'm looking.
At first this doesn't seem very interesting. But, like a lot of things, once ya start playing with it, it gets more interesting. It's a census-info-derived map of who is moving where. How many. And which direction. For every county in the United States.
Flint, is this what you were looking for?
Not pumpkins,
Pornkins.
And for those of you waiting to jump down my throat, see the word "porn" up there? Yeah, no skin, but NSFW-ish.
I know, when I punched in my address I saw that they went across the street to my neighbor's house, then crossed the other street and stood on the side walk. Lazy lima beans.
I'm using Lazy lima beans for my sig. OK?
good.
I'm using Lazy lima beans for my sig. OK?
good.
One of my favorites from "In Living Color" it was from the skit "Hey Mon" about the Jamaican family running the airline.
[YOUTUBE]Jpu5_3qk4KM[/YOUTUBE]
That was great! I forgot about that episode. Thanks for the post. We love Jamaica.
"I guarantee you will be the smartest person in the room after 8 rounds of beer."
[YOUTUBE]n3TEc3OkF68[/YOUTUBE]
Have fun with your fingers.
:lol2:
http://vimeo.com/2252756
That link is now dead. I'll bet Shawnee killed her, thinking she was a hobo.:D
Flint, is this what you were looking for?
That's it. Thank you very much!
A bit of irony in fact-checking...
The photo with the caption " ... right under that hotel" is a
pic of Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood in Oregon.
I think that was the author's ad-lib.
Here is a link to identify (live) marine traffic on-line...
I'm in Portland, OR so it may open there, but it works world wide...
There is an enormous amount of information available.
You can
download free posters from Cornell, which identify Hummingbirds of North America, Eastern Feeder Birds, or Western Feeder Birds. (pdf)
You can also join
FeederWatch, and help with their ongoing bird census.
Hear recorded accents from around the world, there are a shitload of them.
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_atlas.phpWithout going into how I got there...Have you ever done a Google image search for
"jailbait" [COLOR="Red"](link NSFW)[/COLOR]? In their entirety, the first three
pages are demotivators. I found this result interesting and unique. And disturbing.
[COLOR="Red"]NSFW[/COLOR]
And
no I'm not a pervert. Really.
The first three pages are demotivators.
Not if you turn off "safe search". :o
I never turn on SafeSearch. Mine's off.
Safe Search:
Strict. Moderate. Off.
With safe search off, I get non-Demotivators on the second page. More on the third.
Chocolate vodka?:vomitblu:
With safe search off, I get non-Demotivators on the second page. More on the third.
Now that I think about it, there are some pics w/more skin in 'em that prolly get filtered out...
I imagine this makes ppl w/teenage daughters worry, at the least.
Cool Bruce. Thanks for the link on Feederwatch.
I have 5 feeders in my back yard. I should join Feederwatch since we get a lot of migrating birds. My fav is the Painted Bunting.
5 feeders? How much seed do you go through?
Feederwatch only wants a count on the birds that eat and leave, not the ones you feed and cook. :haha:
5 feeders? How much seed do you go through?
25 pounds a week.
Instructions on how to print a blank sheet of white paper. Pretty funny.
Here.i Tunes U for your i phone.
http://www.apple.com/education/ipodtouch-iphone/
While you’re shopping for music on iTunes, you can also choose from more than 350,000 free course lectures, videos, readings, and podcasts from universities and institutions worldwide. It’s all on iTunes U.
Now I want an iphone
This website allows you to better visualize the population of The Cellar. Or any other site.
25 pounds a week.
Americans spend $2.7 billion annually feeding wild birds, and another $832 million on bird feeders, birdhouses and bird feeding accessories
from:
501 PetsWhen they could be putting that money in the Cellar tip mug.
verra interesting, Gravdigr...
Every once in a while I go on a kick of scanning through photography images (e.g., Google images).
Yesterday, Merc posted a series of
National Geographic images,
and Spuck's posted a
smoke ring from Mt Etna.
These set me off again.
Here is a website with photos of smoke as an art form and sometimes as a Rorschach test...
Smoke, Fire, clouds photography and Artwork
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Babar Asif in Artwork, Photography
This woman sold calligraphy buttons to us when I was back in college decades ago. I still have a dog-eared copy of the old button catalog with a bunch of smarmy quotes.
I just bought some buttons yesterday, mostly to replace the "Happiness is the planet earth in your rear view mirror" button that was pinned above my rear view mirror and that I lost when I bought the new car.
I like this better than any of the big button/shirt sites because it's easier to search. I also like to minimalist approach to the website.
This isn't a product endorsement, I just like reading through the catalog.
http://www.nancybuttons.com/
One of my favorites:
I had no shoes and wept. Then I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Hey man, got any shoes you're not using?"
Historical Atlas of the 20th century.
I like!
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htmThat's nice, the illustrations are vivid.
Very detailed. I could get lost for awhile, just clicking and reading, reading and clicking.
Inventions.
Extensive list of what, when, who and where.
I invented something. It's a patio door lock, but I made it out of something else.
I suppose that's not a true invention. It's not string, or a stick. It locks the lock in position so it cannot be moved. The apartment manager said I should patent it.
Inventions need to be original or unique and not made out of something else, like those in the bruce's link.
Inventions need to be original or unique and not made out of something else, like those in the bruce's link.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
So a rock doesn't count ? ;)
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
I like that!
So a rock doesn't count ? ;)
No, a rock is only good for throwing at someone's head.
This is an attachment. My cat liked to play with the latch and it would fall down out of locked position. I do have an alarm on it, but I like what I did better. Anyone could figure it out if they looked around for ordinary household items.
jam a twig or toothpick in there - worked for me at college.
Actually we started with a rubber band from my roommates braces, but he needed them and we were going through them too fast
jam a twig or toothpick in there - worked for me at college.
Actually we started with a rubber band from my roommates braces, but he needed them and we were going through them too fast
He probably needed to go to class too. ;)
This is a wire shower curtain hanger. The small u shape end fits on the underside of the lever and the wide semi-circle fits nice and snug on top of the handle. It's tight and the cats cannot pull it down.
Thought you meant one of these.
It is a sliding glass door.It works like this. The little locking lever is what the cat likes to play with.
The shower curtain hangar is an excellent fix, good thinking.:thumb:
Thanks!
Now I'm greedy for another good idea.
hummm
but but but - you didn't like any of mine???? humph
Toothpicks won't get me into the extensive list of what, when, who and where, let alone keep the bad guys out. :)
I cannot argue with you there.
Make your own snowflakes - virtually
http://www.flurrious.com/Scriv, that's pretty cute. I'm setting in aside for my G-daughter's next visit.
Sky, that list deserves a thread of it's own.
(I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know Virginia Wolfe was a real person. The name, for me, was just a of play made into a movie :o)
Inventions.
Extensive list of what, when, who and where.
cool.
Sky, that list deserves a thread of it's own.
(I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know Virginia Wolfe was a real person. The name, for me, was just a of play made into a movie :o)
At least you can say that you were never afraid of her. ;)
That's ok Lamp. Madonna caught me by surprise.
I still am a little surprised.:unsure:
This woman sold calligraphy buttons to us when I was back in college decades ago. I still have a dog-eared copy of the old button catalog with a bunch of smarmy quotes.
I just bought some buttons yesterday, mostly to replace the "Happiness is the planet earth in your rear view mirror" button that was pinned above my rear view mirror and that I lost when I bought the new car.
I like this better than any of the big button/shirt sites because it's easier to search. I also like to minimalist approach to the website.
This isn't a product endorsement, I just like reading through the catalog.
http://www.nancybuttons.com/
One of my favorites:
I'm not God, I'm your GM. Consider me your Angel of Murphy.
Never trust a smiling GM!
Are my favorite so far
I caught Lil Griff working on this
snow day calculator.
WARNING CAUTION BEWARE
You could end up pissing away hours, make that days, at this Google Labs site, comparing the appearance frequency of words and phrases used in books, from 1500 to date.
I warned you. :D
You're right ! I just spent about 30 minutes there
It's interesting to see how some words have peaks and valleys,
and then try to imagine why.
I'm looking for a keen link.
Is there someplace where I can look up road conditions? I want to drive from Maine to Northern NJ tomorrow morning. Are all the different highways between here and there in good shape? Google maps will tell you about traffic and construction, but does anyone tell you about snow and ice clearing? I've tried looking at different webcams, but it's nighttime now and they are all dark.
Try Google for "Road Conditions" + your state or where you're going
The 511 Road Conditions gives quite a bit of information
e.g. "road conditions virginia 81"
Good news: I know of just such a site, and it's great!
Bad news: It's run by the Texas Department of Transportation, and will not provide any information on your state(s). But you should check with the Maine DOT, they might have something similar.
Thanks. I guess I was hoping for a magic site like Google maps where I could get directions and it would tell me the road conditions all along the route. Having to look up each of the 6 states and look through all their alerts takes time. I'm sure the highways will be fine.
Build that website, and make a million $$$.
Lead Paint Comics, a collaboration between Mike Cornnell, a writer at a Philadelphia B2B magazine, and Dana Wulfekotte, a professional animator and illustrator in NYC. I like it, check out the archives.
edit, I've been reading this comic for months, with great results. I post the link here and they put up a clinker.:(
If you like raceing games here is a free one
Need for speed world
Free , fun , and full of AWSOME !!!
You can race for prizes or just tear Ass around the roads , BIG Map !!!!!
Oh side swipe a Cop and the chase is ON !!! evade them and get Goodys !!
Just watch out for the Rinos !!!
Im Zipper63 , Lets RUN !!!!!!!
thanks. now i can't get up from the computer. this game is cool as shit! crank up the graphics and go! now i see what you meant on the phone! shadows and graphics are really really really good! took forever and a day to download the updates but very well worth it!!!
i'm plthijnx (note the no "i" in jinx. when i created this account i typo'd my damn name years ago whilst drinking heavily over at NBN's house. whoops.)
http://www.khanacademy.org/
To brush up on mathematics for all levels up to Calculus and beyond.
I'm a sucker for pics of dogs and natural scenery.
Here is a link to another internet forum and a thread named "
Random photo thread"
Lots of dogs, kids, Pacific NW scenery, and other random shots... maybe the best thread on that forum !
Some pages may be slow to load because the number of pics, but I think they are worth waiting for.
Do a Google image search (safe mode OFF) for Peggy Hill.
[Jules]I dare ya. I double dare ya motherfucker, image search Peggy Hill one mo goddam time![/Jules]
[COLOR="Red"]ETA: Unbelievably NSFW.[/COLOR]
http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday
Hey Sky, did you watch it (yet)?
It's an hour and a half long and I could not find a "pause" button
so I did miss some segments during dinner.
But it was worth watching.
I particularly liked segments on skydiving, what do you fear ?, and
being alone/
And there were several others. Even the credits at the very end are good too...
a snail finally eats the last message !
Thanks for posting the link as I would have missed it.
notepad++
Flint, UT, HM, ... who else deals with text files? This is an extremely capable editor that I've adopted as my default textfile editor. And free too. Sweet, you'll really like it.
Hey Sky, did you watch it (yet)?
It's an hour and a half long and I could not find a "pause" button
so I did miss some segments during dinner.
But it was worth watching.
I particularly liked segments on skydiving, what do you fear ?, and
being alone/
And there were several others. Even the credits at the very end are good too...
a snail finally eats the last message !
Thanks for posting the link as I would have missed it.
I am glad you got to see it lamp. It was something I wanted to see but was busy handing in assignments so I missed it.:sniff:
There will be another showing sometime this year. I'll probably forget about it, just like the first time. rats
Interact with real live cats online.
Awwwww!
The Oregon Humane Society has set up a playroom where you can log in and control robotic toys for real cats to play with. And of course being real cats they sometimes simply ignore them, but the idea is so cool I've been watching for about 30 minutes. Well, if I wanted to play I have my own bundle of fur and claws who is happy to indulge me.
Here you are. Just join the queue if you want to control the toys, the waiting time is also shown. Oh and there's a small live chat box to the side if you want to talk to other catlovers while you wait (or while the cats wait).
Extremely gross but fascinating personal account of dude recovering from flesh eating bacterial infection.
Lots of disgusting pictures.
Not safe for lunch.
Seriously, it's cool but don't click on it if you have a weak stomach.
linkNot safe for lunch.
He says as he posts on the lunch hour. ;)
I'm curious, I am. But I just had a slice of pizza. Maybe later!
The amazing thing is that one of the bandages uses a vacuum system just like somebody building a boat and laying down fiberglass or carbon fiber and vacuuforming it. It sucks blood out of the surrounding tissue and towards the wound to aid healing.
Paper lilies and other crafts for the kids.
I used to love doing things like this.
http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/eastercrafts-03-handprintsliliescraftforkids.html
Originally looking for a homemade bird feeder. I made one out of a flat plastic Heinz ketchup bottle. Took the labels off, inserted clear plastic spoons and it looks great.
( underneath the large azalea )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbian7/1084255740/Extremely gross but fascinating personal account of dude recovering from flesh eating bacterial infection.
Lots of disgusting pictures.
Not safe for lunch.
Seriously, it's cool but don't click on it if you have a weak stomach.
link
Oh wow, glatt. That's pretty hard to look at. Can you imagine going through it? I couldn't. Neat though, what they do.
I liked Banana (the NOT a scottish fold but looks like one cat)
I had a hard time looking at it on the screen. Imagine if you were looking down at your own leg and saw that? I'd faint. I don't know how he was taking pictures of it.
No more skin biopsies for me, evah! :eek:
I did enjoy the irony that he had written about a biological weapon utilising this disease just a few months earlier, though.
That was gru-awesome Glatt!
My favorite comment from that page:
"Holy fucking shit. I don’t even… wow. "
Interact with real live cats online.
Awwwww!
The Oregon Humane Society has set up a playroom where you can log in and control robotic toys for real cats to play with. And of course being real cats they sometimes simply ignore them, but the idea is so cool I've been watching for about 30 minutes. Well, if I wanted to play I have my own bundle of fur and claws who is happy to indulge me.
Here you are. Just join the queue if you want to control the toys, the waiting time is also shown. Oh and there's a small live chat box to the side if you want to talk to other catlovers while you wait (or while the cats wait).
I succeeded in interrupting the black cat from his dinner. But all he did was look up and over his shoulder at the toy. And then I think I gave the tabby a shock, as he was sniffing one of the toys when I activated it . He gave a little jump and then just walked away. This is such a cool idea, but Im wondering if they aren't getting a little blase with the whole thing :).
I had a hard time looking at it on the screen. Imagine if you were looking down at your own leg and saw that? I'd faint. I don't know how he was taking pictures of it.
I totally failed. I manged to scroll down to the second pic, but my hand was already in front of my eyes. I couldn't click out fast enough.
I succeeded in interrupting the black cat from his dinner. But all he did was look up and over his shoulder at the toy. And then I think I gave the tabby a shock, as he was sniffing one of the toys when I activated it . He gave a little jump and then just walked away. This is such a cool idea, but Im wondering if they aren't getting a little blase with the whole thing :).
The need to adapt this to annoying prisoners: "Pay-per-Poke" would soon address those budget defecits...
:bolt:
(Running Man, Hunger Games..... :eek:)
The @ symbol, a history thereof.
1448?!:eek:
Not an artist's rendering, but the real deal from the Cassini spacecraft. The pics taken have been cleaned etc. but the movie was made from the original pics.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110315.htmlNot an artist's rendering, but the real deal from the Cassini spacecraft. The pics taken have been cleaned etc. but the movie was made from the original pics.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110315.html
gorgeous
The Zogg are here. They walk among us. Fear them.
[SIZE="1"]At the link keep clicking "Next".[/SIZE]
it keeps going for twenty pages
4 year old Marla Olmstead gallery. I like Mosquito Bite and Darlene's Bikini.
I have trouble believing that at 4 years old, she named each of these pieces herself.
Get your pranks polished. Tomorrow is April Fool's day.
Here's one that's a little mean.who has that kind of free time?
Use my brother's trick, year after year after year. Put a rubber band around the rinsy wandy handle thing in the sink, so when they turn the kitchen sink water on it sprays out the rinsy hose into their face.
I think I'll just put some food coloring in the milk jug. I think we've got the milk in the opaque jugs right now. Hope so.
Another easy one is to switch the plastic envelopes of cereal within the cereal boxes. You know, put the Wheaties in the Cheerios box, etc.
Oooh, oooh...if you have the kind of salt and peppar shakers with the screw on lids (the glass restaurance kinds work best)...you can take a napkin and make a shallow well in the top of the, say, salt shaker. Pour pepper in it. Screw lid over napkin and pull off napkin bits.
Looks like a salt shaker. There's clearly salt in it. WHY IS PEPPER COMING OUT?
My son pulled the ketchup packets under the toilet seat one on me once. He also did the rubberband on the rinser once, too.
Are those teeny giraffes for real? Am I naive? They can't be real. Can they? Are they?
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Are those teeny giraffes for real? Am I naive? They can't be real. Can they? Are they?
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Their diet is bonsai leaves? :eyebrow:
:lol: and :blush:
The giraffe cam never moves. I clicked on "me want giraffe" and it said I liked them on facebook and am the 8 hundred thousandth person waiting for a petite giraffe.
Yeah, I'm naive. :D
It would be cool though, wouldn't it? I'd like one too.
Giraffes are such cool animals. I'll believe anything magical about them.
Did you see the commercials?
Did you see the commercials?
:p:
I get dumber by the minute.
Make your own blues song
http://www.thebluesmaker.com/
#2311 - No eagle cam! :(
the-difference-between-great-britain-england-the-united-kingdom-and-a-whole-lot-more
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/02/03/the-difference-between-great-britain-england-the-united-kingdom-and-a-whole-lot-more/
If you weren't confused before, the speed at which this person talks might be your undoing.
You could get lost in these, Scroll down the left side to see different issues.
http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/You could get lost in these, Scroll down the left side to see different issues.
http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/
That is an awesome link. Thanks Merc. Brings back memories of my childhood. I miss that kind of illustration, it has so much more mystery and possibility than what passes for illustration these days.
I couldn't believe some of the old ones that I remember from the 60's and early 70's. Great detail. Zoom function. Really awesome.
I couldn't believe some of the old ones that I remember from the 60's and early 70's. Great detail. Zoom function. Really awesome.
Yeah there are a couple of books I wish I could remember from then and see if I could find used copies.
Anyone know of any good cheap computer chess games for a MAC? Seems like there are a bunch out there, I have not played on a puter for quite some time.
Anyone know of any good cheap computer chess games for a MAC? Seems like there are a bunch out there, I have not played on a puter for quite some time.
It's old school, but Battle Chess was great fun back in the day. 3d, and you can rotate/spin/turn/tilt the board to get a better angle, and when you take a piece, a little animation plays wherein the two game pieces physically battle each other.
And, I think it's available for Mac.Trashlog.
Exhibiting and photographing a piece of street trash every day from 5 May 2002, until 4 May 2005.
how to make the mold and the candy. I can't believe how well this seems to work! Wish i had the time and resouces....
http://www.instructables.com/id/LeGummies-brick-shaped-gummy-candies/How free is YOUR state?
http://mercatus.org/freedom-50-states-2011
Ohio? 42nd in your program, number 1 in your hearts.
(I'm not surprised.)
Interesting that CA, NY & NJ are the worst three.
In places where you have a dense population, you have to be mindful of others, and you are less free.
Then what about Alaska and Washington?
Then what about Alaska and Washington?
Sarah Palin.
Then what about Alaska and Washington?
Alaska is the bomb. I would live there in a heart beat if I could convince my wife that living off the grid would be a grand adventure. I suspect they are high on the Freedom list.
44th and 40th respectively.
Alaska is the bomb. I would live there in a heart beat if I could convince my wife that living off the grid would be a grand adventure. I suspect they are high on the Freedom list.
Actually, I think it's the
Matanuska Thunderfuck
:joint:
Alaska is the bomb. I would live there in a heart beat if I could convince my wife that living off the grid would be a grand adventure. I suspect they are high on the Freedom list.
Yeah, and the summer gets up over 70 degrees... this year it's July 7th.:rolleyes:
Yeah, and the summer gets up over 70 degrees... this year it's July 7th.:rolleyes:
Last time I was there the temps were 40 below at night, that was in Feb. Keeps the rif-raff away!
Half the year it's daytime and half the year it's night time. Gorgeous though.
Last time I was there the temps were 40 below at night, that was in Feb. Keeps the rif-raff away!
Which is it, Merc? Were you there or weren't you?
rif-raff (n.) 1. a person who doesn't like cold temperatures that will kill you 2. a person who will not go near merc if the temperature falls below zero.
:confused:
;)
Which is it, Merc? Were you there or weren't you?
I was there. Last time was in 1997. Started in Anchorage and flew out in a C-130, jumped into the snow from about 1200 feet, stayed 3 weeks. Northern Warfare Training School in Black Rapids, AK.
rif-raff (n.) 2. a person who will not go near merc if the temperature falls below zero.
:confused:
;)
Yea, I turn into the man-bear-pig. :D
I was there. Last time was in 1997. Started in Anchorage and flew out in a C-130, jumped into the snow from about 1200 feet, stayed 3 weeks. Northern Warfare Training School in Black Rapids, AK.
Damn, that sounds like too much fun. I love winter the most because there are no bugs. also it's more 'play for keeps' than temperate weather.
I figure I'll be cold when I die. Until then I will keep my extremities thank you very much!
Damn, that sounds like too much fun. I love winter the most because there are no bugs. also it's more 'play for keeps' than temperate weather.
I will have to dig up some pics. I have some from guys on the ground at the jump as well as thermometer pegged out at -35 F. I think they recorded the temp that night at -50 or something.
I will have to dig up some pics. I have some from guys on the ground at the jump as well as thermometer pegged out at -35 F. I think they recorded the temp that night at -50 or something.
Shit, not to mention wind chill factor during the free fall.
brr
Interesting link for those out of a job, worried about their job and the general state of the economy.
http://outofyourrut.com/blog/In places where you have a dense population, you have to be mindful of others, and you are less free.
New York just passed gay marriage but I'd guess the guys at George Mason won't give that much weight.
[YOUTUBE]wM6lGNhPujE[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.morningwoodacademy.com/Home_Page.html
What were they thinking!
Morningwood...
It's never too early.
It's never too hard.
Take matters into your own hand.
merc, until I started reading the names of the staff (snicker) I thought it was real!
This is nuts: you can see every face of every person at the U2 concert in Chicago. You can tag yourself if you were there. Take tags off and zoom in to see even the folks way way in the back.
http://www.u2.com/gigapixelfancam/110705/I bought a 2 quart slow cooker. Gone are the days when the manufacturer included cooking instruction manual. I found one downloadable from a site! In case any of you are in need of a guide, I'm posting the link.
http://www.yummycrockpotrecipes.com/crock-pot-recipes-for-two.htmlI've gotten several recent appliances that should come with cookbook/instructions manuals that didn't.
Damn treehuggers.
Speaking of treehuggers ...
One of my friends is starting a forum. It's supposed to be a nice, friendly forum, where people can come and share experiences and "become the change you want to see in the world."
yeah, buncha hippies.
Because of the niceness rule, it's going to be heavily moderated, I'm afraid.
If you can play by the pool rules, you're welcome to join.
Oh, and fair warning, it's on one of those free hosts, so there are some annoyingly flashy banner ads.
Project Phoenix Fire
She tried this before, but the person she chose as administrator disappeared, never gave anyone else admin powers, and never revealed the passwords. The mods don't get full admin like they do here ... they restrict you to certain board areas. No idea why, other than these are people who don't really "get" the internet. Or they have power and control issues. The old admin even made moderators pass a test before they would get approved outside of the testing board. (I had the test done before she finished constructing it)
I bought a 2 quart slow cooker. Gone are the days when the manufacturer included cooking instruction manual. I found one downloadable from a site! In case any of you are in need of a guide, I'm posting the link.
http://www.yummycrockpotrecipes.com/crock-pot-recipes-for-two.html
We use our slow cooker often.... have had one for years. It is great for people with busy lives and college students who want a good meal at the end of a long day.
I used mine today. We call them crock pots. Put some wet aged primes in with a bunch of potatoes and some onion soup mix and beef broth. Turned out really good. I think I should have posted that in the food forum.
One of my friends is starting a forum.
You've got an avatar! Ha ha! Looks pretty rules heavy but I can see why. If people spend a lot of time on personal philosophy one grumpy teenage boy could ruin the whole site. Good luck to your friend, I'll check in occasionally.
The
U.S. debt visualized.
Nope, it's a different one.
Dunno how long this will be up, but there is some amazing photography
hereBoston.com's '
The Big Picture' has the same pix all on one page.
ETA: Easier to look at, and, bigger pix, too.
[SIZE="1"]from cracked.com[/SIZE]
Six Laws You've Broken Without Realizing It
Most of us are breaking #4 right now.
It starts:
None of us can claim with a straight face that we've never done anything illegal, be it speeding, drunkenly stealing a shrink-wrapped pickle from a bowling alley or hunting the homeless for sport.
Okay, who ratted????!!!! The first rule of Hobo hunting club...
ETA: And I think we're okay with rule 4.
using a false name during an online registration process. After all, in both cases you're gaining access to a computer in a way that its owner didn't authorize ...
I think registering with a handle here
is authorised.
Wired's Geek Dad came up with a list of the 5 best toys. Just in time for Christmas. They look fun.
If you're in the market for T-shirts, books, artwork/posters, and amusing crap, I've found these people reliable and great fun to deal with. Two thumbs up.
http://topatoco.com/hey/[YOUTUBE]Cb0w1Jc3YuQ[/YOUTUBE]
Need to fix it? Try
here.
A
kaleidoscope. On da interwebz.
Mouse around on it.
OK that hurt till I got my mouse over to the top left and it changed much slower. Very cool
If ya mouse to the left juuuuust right ya can almost make it stop while the mouse is moving, then when the mouse goes 'off screen left' it gets slow enough to actually enjoy.
Here is a "bookmark" or "Favorite" link that may be useful when you are searching Craig's List.
It allows a search of all Craig's List sub-areas in a given state with only one entry.
Just change the name of the state in the link:
I have the default set for "oregon"
http://www.themccumbers.com/simple?page=cities&state=oregonpadmapper to map your craigslist housing needs
I've been wasting a lot of time on this site lately.
www.marinetraffic.comI've been wasting a lot of time on this site lately. www.marinetraffic.com
That is a neat site... been there, done that too much (too) :rolleyes:
Direct Attack.
So much here, you've been warned.
I think this or something similar, was posted in the past
Scale of the UniverseDude works on enlarging his basement over the last 9 years using his remote controlled toys. I can think of worse hobbies. This actually looks pretty cool.
Use the remote control shovels to fill the remote control trucks.
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I can think of worse hobbies.
Taking drugs, maybe.
Think of the giant calluses he must have on his thumbs from the controllers.
:lol:
Whatever.
reminds me of that scene in Huckleberry Finn.
Pass me a case knife.
Collection of cool images captured by Google Street View:
http://9-eyes.com/
Here's an example of a random one. A fox squeezing through a gate.
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There some great pictures, and some funny ones, on there.
note to following dwellars, it is a long link loaded with many many many pictures. worth it, but don't be discouraged by the numerous false summits as you approach what seems like the end of the page.
glatt, I really enjoyed the pictures on that site.
This one keeps coming back to haunt me. Does anyone know where it is?
Probably the people who live there know where it is. And maybe the UPS driver.
Does anyone know where it is?
Put it in the "Where is this?" thread, and TonyE will tell you.
Put it in the "Where is this?" thread, and TonyE will tell you.
agreed.
Not to keep beating a dead link, but some of these pictures are pretty amazing.
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And some are merely WTF. (Look for it.)
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What a fabulous site - THANK YOU!
Much pleasure.
Some were so obviously British.
But then others so patently not so.
Still others I had to look closely at street signs and wonder.
I liked the domestic and the foreign ones.
Obviously the two women in the windows is surely Amsterdam, but cars cannot get into the Red Light District proper, so they can only be from the outskirts.
Still - at least those whores are inside and have a union. Unlike the rest of the parade of whores-around-the-world. Sad.
The Sistine Chapel like you'll never see it any other way...
Breathtaking.
What are you, some kind of joker?
oh ferfuxsache ... link fixed.
*snickers*
I wondered too, but I didn't want to keep picking on you. ;)
Oh, and omg that is a cool link!
Didja zoooooooooom in too?
Oooh, I just did.
Incredible. That's probably the only way I'll ever get to see the Sistine Chapel, but wow it almost looks like you're there.
That's pretty cool!
I was there in the 80's but it was before they cleaned it up, so it was all drab and soot covered. And it was very crowded. Like a freakin' mosh pit of pilgrims and nuns. Nothing like this.
I got a little dizzy till I learned move my mouse REALLLLLL slowwww.
That's pretty cool!
I was there in the 80's but it was before they cleaned it up, so it was all drab and soot covered. And it was very crowded. Like a freakin' mosh pit of pilgrims and nuns. Nothing like this.
Words you never thought you'd hear in succession in your entire life. :D
Classic, that's a fantastic link... I've not seen anything like it.
I still can't get over the (cleaned) new colors. One thing that struck me was
that I don't remember anyone pointing out about the tile designs of the floor !
Another thing that impressed me was the number of images on the walls and ceiling.
No wonder Charlton Heston was so pissed with the Pope.:bolt:
Thanks.
My daughter found it. She was GLUED to her computer last night.
After almost an hour, I finally asked her what she was looking at and she sent me the link.
She is planning her dream family vacation for us to all go see it together.
A fox squeezing through a gate.
I'm not completely sold on the 'fox'. Not any fox I ever seen before.
I mean...she's kinda cute 'n' all, but...
Was your health insurance provided by United Healthcare (or one of its two-dozen underwritten subsidiaries) at any time since 1994? There's a class action lawsuit that you may or may not get properly notified about. Go here to read the notification and print a claim form to mail in. Counting up all the years between both of us and all four kids... it comes out to over $1000 for us. Worth looking into.
Woot! I had forgotten all about this until the mail came today. We actually got a check! Only ended up with about $400, but still. Free money two years later is still free money.
Good for you guys. That will more than cover a few small plastic containers. ;)
That's freaking awesome. Woot!
http://blog.tastebuds.fm/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/
Some of these may leave young children scarred for life.
Whoah, nerdgasm.
I almost made a new thread for this, but,meh.
http://htwins.net/scale2/
This is a zoomable visualisation of scales from quantum foam to the estimated universe.
Like whoaaaaaah, dude.
That is fascinating... very well done.
I think I was most impressed/surprised by the relatively long
scroll-distance between the Hydrogen atom (-11.7) --> Uranium nucleus (-14.4).
Also, the nutrino is a little bugger, isn't it.
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Heh... every object has a description, if you click on it:
Beach Ball
80 centimeters
Beach balls were invented in 1938, which was over 70 years ago. Beach balls are also colorful. In addition, they are very fun! The only beach ball that isn't fun is the beach ball of death.
The 1940 US Census records are now public. Have been for a couple weeks.
I know people who were alive back then. It's fun to see the records of your parents when they were babies.
Finding the records is a challenge. You have to go the the government
archives site and look at the maps for that year to see what
enumeration district the home was in, and then look up the census
schedule for that enumeration district and read through the census schedule to find their entry. But once you find it, you can just read down the list to see the neighbors'
entries too.
I found that my grandfather was the wealthiest guy on his street. His neighbors were mostly farmers, and he was an engineer who built roads. One thing that I found amazing was that his annual income was about the same as the value of his house. My income is about one eighth the value of our house. Housing costs were different back then.
show my street . com is neat if you type your address rather slowly. . .
and by slowly, I mean one character at a time till it catches up.
show my street . com is neat if you type your address rather slowly. . .
...and if your street is on StreetView.
Great...
Hackers Reportedly Access 6 Million LinkedIn Passwords
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405391,00.aspand that belongs in this thread why?
I guess he wanted to share that link.
OK, here's a neat link. This is a utility to check if your LinkedIn password was one of the leaked ones. You type in your password and it converts it to a hashed password and compares it to the list of leaked passwords in hashed format. That's maybe a useful tool. Maybe not. Maybe it's safe to type your password into this random utility, and maybe it isn't. But, the reason I found this to be a neat link is that you can type in random passwords and see if other people have used that password. It's a way to see how unique a password is.
Go ahead. Try it. Just make up some passwords and see if any of the 6 million other people out there have come up with that same password for their account.
I thought I was clever with some of the passwords I use, but they are all used by someone else too on LinkedIn.
Some random actual passwords I've found just by typing shit in:
fluffy
tiger21
undertoad
monster
glatt1
glatt11
loveyou
fuckyou
skippy
washington
sillyboy
wilding
doglover
catlover
sugartits
suckme
asslips
Maybe I should come up with better passwords.
anh4lslohs isn't taken, and it's easy to remember:
A New Hope (4th Star Wars film) Luke Skywalker Lea Organa Han Solo
I like to use the first letter from each word in Shelley's Ozymandias.
Maybe I shouldn't have told that.
Oh, and I add a 1.
A started putting in random presidents
washington, jefferson and franklin were all hacked!
bush and obama were not - lol.
bush is probably too short. I think a password has to be 6 characters there.
Try bushsucks
whatthefuck was hacked too.
But bushsucks, obamacommie and obamasucks were all good.
I guess he wanted to share that link.
Correct. Go figure. A thread to share links was questioned when I shared a link.
Cuttlefish rock.
And that octopus camo was insane.
http://www.coincutart.com/servlet/StoreFront
I bought some US dimes he cuts into 12 piece jigsaw puzzles, and they are incredible. I can't see the cuts without a magnifying glass.
OK, here's a neat link. This is a utility to check if your LinkedIn password was one of the leaked ones. You type in your password and it converts it to a hashed password and compares it to the list of leaked passwords in hashed format. That's maybe a useful tool. Maybe not. Maybe it's safe to type your password into this random utility, and maybe it isn't. But, the reason I found this to be a neat link is that you can type in random passwords and see if other people have used that password. It's a way to see how unique a password is.
Go ahead. Try it. Just make up some passwords and see if any of the 6 million other people out there have come up with that same password for their account.
I thought I was clever with some of the passwords I use, but they are all used by someone else too on LinkedIn.
Some random actual passwords I've found just by typing shit in:
fluffy
tiger21
undertoad
monster
glatt1
glatt11
loveyou
fuckyou
skippy
washington
sillyboy
wilding
doglover
catlover
sugartits
suckme
asslips
Maybe I should come up with better passwords.
anh4lslohs isn't taken, and it's easy to remember:
A New Hope (4th Star Wars film) Luke Skywalker Lea Organa Han Solo
I heard that the most popular passwords used were, in order:
link
1234
12345
123456
I went to look up "gorram" to make sure I was using it in the proper context (I was). On the way, I found
http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Firefly. This is the "Firefly" page and there are many, many others. My favorite on this page is "Bun tyen-shung duh ee-dway-Ro", or for those of us who are not fluent in Firefly, "
Stupid inbred stack of meat". LOL!
I Stumbled across that long ago. And looked at every one of them, just to make sure I was up on the current slang. And cultural references.
I cannot believe the below clip didn't make the list, so I humbly offer it up as #100
this oneThis flowchart concerns the definition of an assault weapon...in California.
Wow.:3_eyes:
Pretty cool - lots of diagrams connecting different companies and their relationships to our gov't.
http://geke.us/VennDiagrams.html
For example:
http://www.adherents.com/
Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.
Sorry if this has been posted before, but it's getting some play in the news today...
I believe the link at the end of this post is safe for checking your computer for the malware.
APP
LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
7/5/12
Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday
WASHINGTON — The warnings about the Internet problem
have been splashed across Facebook and Google.
Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.
But hundreds of thousands of people around the world may still
lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check
of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines
more than a year ago.
<snip>
The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam
to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world.
When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year, agents realized
that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers,
all the victims would lose their Internet service.
In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net.
They brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take over
for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose their Internet.
But that temporary system will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday (0401 GMT), July 9.
<snip>
[COLOR="DarkRed"]To check whether a computer is infected,
users can visit a website run by the group brought in by the FBI:
http://www.dcwg.org [/COLOR].
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Have you heard about the half n half 68 Camaro State Farm built? It's kinda awesome. Article mentions it having "massive air brakes", though...Wonder if they meant non-power brakes?
The driver's side of the car is a "proper" factory stock-looking restoration, the other half is a typical backyard-built hot rod.
It's an interesting read. Pictures, too.
They probably just mean it has vented discs (rotors).
And
this guy had an interesting experience w/a hummingbird.
I've held a hummingbird in
my hand too, but I didn't get pics. Prolly won't get another chance.
Reduce the file size of your photos by up to 5x, while keeping their original quality and JPEG format!
http://www.jpegmini.com/I tried this out, and I have to admit it does a great job. I uploaded full sized images, saw how much they were compressed by JPEDmini, then compressed the originals in irfanview by the same amount and then compared the two resulting image files. Irfanview was slightly lower quality every time. And for some reason was about twice the file size. I obviously don't know how to use irfanview to compress an image to a specific file size.
Anyway, this shows that JPEGmini is better at this than Irfanview. Smaller files, better quality. The compressed images are virtually indistinguishable from the originals.
Below is an excerpt from their (JpegMini.com) Privacy Policy (bold mine):
Information Collection
In the course of using this Site and/or Partner Sites, you may provide us with personally identifiable information. This refers to information about you that can be used to contact or identify you, and information on your use of and activities at our Site that may be connected with you (.Personal Information.). Personal Information collected may include your name, email address, phone number, gender, birthday, account credentials for Facebook, Google, Flickr and Picasa and information regarding your use of our Service. Personal Information may also include information you supply concerning your preferences and interests expressed in the course of use of our Site and/or Partner Sites.
When you visit the Site and register to our service, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a Site. This information may include, but is not limited to, technical information about your computer such as memory, bandwidth etc., Internet Protocol address, browser type, the web page you were visiting before you came to our Site and information you search for on our Service. Such information is collected by us for technical reasons and in order to improve our Service. We may also collect statistical and other data related to your use of the Service, usage patterns and/or other behavioral information. This information is collected and used as non-individually identifiable information.
"Account credentials"?
They say this is so they can upload pics directly to your various accounts.
It would be cool if sites could set up multiple credentials for your account, with multiple levels of permissions. I'd like to use something like mint.com, if the password I gave it to my bank account was to a read-only version.
I'd like to make you aware of a site called FreeKibble.com.
Freekibble.com was launched in 2008, as the vision of then 11 year-old, Mimi Ausland. Mimi wanted to feed the hungry dogs and cats at her local shelter. "There are 10's of thousands of dogs and cats in animal shelters across the country, all needing to be fed a good meal." With this goal in mind, Freekibble was created.
Today, the Freekibble Network reaches over 500,000 passionate pet-lovers. This loyal community has helped us feed over 8 million meals to homeless dogs and cats in shelters, rescues and food-banks across the country (see map).
There are slideshows w/cute dogs/puppehs, and w/cats/kittehs. They have a daily trivia question, too, that, when you play, somehow helps FreeKibble come up with said kibble.
I dig it when kids start something.
I'd like to make you aware of a site called FreeKibble.com.
There are slideshows w/cute dogs/puppehs, and w/cats/kittehs. They have a daily trivia question, too, that, when you play, somehow helps FreeKibble come up with said kibble.
I dig it when kids start something.
excellent site!! I love animals; and helping. I volunteer at a shelter; and have found many new homes...
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WOW. Excuse me Miss Clips, we have Cirque duSoleil on the phone for you.
I'd date her, she has remarkable ball-handling skills
And on top of that...
...she's a redhead.
:yum:
How many slaves work for you?
www.slaveryfootprint.com
click 'Find Out/Take Survey'
10 questions (eleven is not a question)
Give (much) more detailed answers with the tab on the left.
Very interesting/thought provoking.
FYI: Like golf, you want a low score.
Gadgets killed me.
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You'll have to remove their cookie to take the survey again, as I could only get to my results page post survey.
I could not get it to work. :(
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However, this one worked for me. Also cool.
http://jimspages.com/States.htm
My score:
86% 43/50 perfect, average error 25 miles, 339 seconds.
I could not get it to work. :(
I found it pretty annoying. Too fancy for its own good. The graphics and animations got in the way of the information.
Heheh, I went exactly the opposite direction. I was annoyed by all the info distracting me from the survey.
That, digr, is the highlight of my day. Thank you.
You are quite welcome, sir.
I employ 40 slaves. My wife's addiction to health food and my addiction to gadgets got me.
22 Slaves Work For You. Now What?
Here's an awesome one. 99 simple but brilliant ideas to make your life just a little easier.
Two examples:
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Thanks Glatt... great link.
I have an intense hatred of plastic packaging, and am going to try this tip next time...
If it works as advertised, I'll be a much happier camper.
Yeah, that was an excellent one too.
Some of the hints are obvious, or not applicable to me, but some are fantastic.
Who knew how many good uses there were for cardboard toilet paper rolls?
Very cool.
Only I get a page error when I go to the link. All I see is the dustpan, some weird person's side of they haid, and something about using a staple remover. I'll try going in through firefox.
That first one posted makes me grin. It could also say "avoid this situation altogether by buying a trash can." Far be it from me to cast asparagus: I'm the exact opposite of 'domestic.' ;)
To see them all, I had to mouse over the image and then scroll down.
http://www.diyphotography.net/
The love child of two of my favorite obsessions, photography and doing it myself.
Awesomeness!!
In Armageddon, a NASA guy comments that a plan to shoot a laser at the asteroid is like “shooting a b.b. gun at a freight train.” What would it take to stop an out-of-control freight train using only b.b. guns?
—Charles James O'Keefe
Very clever life hacks. Except maybe the one about making toasted sandwiches by putting both slices in one slot in the toaster.
This is a real time map of the commercial flights in the world.
Curious what that plane is flying over your house? Where are those people going? Where are they from? You can click on the plane and see its details.
http://www.flightradar24.com/
The data is real time for the yellow planes and 5 minutes old for the orange ones.
Portrait photographs of adults, retouched (photoshoped) to look like children. They're amusing and a little freaky.
http://www.cristiangirotto.com/39828/907549/portfolio/lenfant-exterieurOh nooooo ...... so creepy!! :worried:
Sorry, Bruce, they're more than freaky. I think you can't go home again - at least, you can't turn back the clock. :runaway:
(I'm sure others will like them. Maybe this is a manifestation of some deep neurosis of mine. If so, I'm still going to hide behind the sofa.)
This is a real time map of the commercial flights in the world.
Curious what that plane is flying over your house? Where are those people going? Where are they from? You can click on the plane and see its details.
http://www.flightradar24.com/
There's a plane a few miles off the coast of Ireland right now, a Cargolux flight, CXL661. It's going from Mexico City, Juarez to Houston George Bush. I think it's lost.
I think they're cool. I'd like to see a Pixar movie with all these characters.
I'd also like to see actual childhood photos of the models, to see if there's any visible correlation.
Glatt, that site is super cool! I added to my favorites so I can come back for tips. Can't remember everything. :p:
this may have been posted before but i just found out about it reading our local paper...it's a 3D view of the asteroids in our solar system
http://asterank/3d/
i like how you can select the different orbits and change views etc.....cool site
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After all your years there, they didn't give you a speaking part? Ungrateful bastards.
They didn't give me any part. I crashed the bit I was in. they don't see me back in my office slaving over a hot desk, so they don't think of me.
Happens with coffee runs too, most times.
Two interesting thoughts from a former taxi driver:
I used to drive a taxi. I made a lot of money doing it. I learned very early on to never drive someone to their destination if it was a route they drove themselves, say to their home from the airport, or from their home to work or vice versa. Everyone prides themselves on driving the shortest route but they rarely do. Often people develop a route that is based on need -say going by the day care, or avoiding an intersection where they once had an accident or to avoid driving by an ex’s house or skirting road construction long since resolved- but as they become habituated to it, they fail to reorganize their strategy when their needs change. When I first started driving a cab, I drove the shortest route -always, I’m ethical- but people would accuse me of taking the long way because it wasn’t the way they drove. So, I learned to go their way ending up with a lot less grief and a lot more money. If you’ve ever wondered why a seeming professional cab driver will ask you how to get to your destination, this is why. Going your way means they’ll make more money and they won’t be accused of ripping you off. Not to say that in the beginning, I wasn’t stupid. I’d try to show the customer the route on a map but they’d usually be offended that I was contradicting them. It was to their house, if I’d never been there, how could I possibly know better than they did? In the end, experts they consider themselves to be, people are a tangle of unexamined emotional impulses and illogical responses.
Oh, and here’s a tip I hope you never need: if your car is ever stolen, your first calls should be to every cab company in the city. You offer a $50 reward to the driver who finds it AND a $50 reward to the dispatcher on duty when the car is found. The latter is to encourage dispatchers on shift to continually remind drivers of your stolen car. Of course you should call the police too but first things first. There are a lot more cabs than cops so cabbies will find it first -and they’re more frequently going in places cops typically don’t go, like apartment and motel complex parking lots, back alleys etc. Lastly, once the car is found, a swarm of cabs will descend and surround it because cabbies, like anyone else, love excitement and want to catch bad guys. Cabbies know a lot of stuff*. I found a traveling shoplifting ring in Phoenix once. Professional shoplifters always take cabs. So do strippers going to work but that’s another story.
Jim, that reminded me of Street of Crocodiles. It's about 20 minutes. Best to watch it with full attention when you have a chance. Based on the short story by Bruno Schulz.
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I could spend some serious time at this site I just came across.
Home made tools forum.
All sorts of home made tools here, from your standard home made hand planes, to specialty tools like a pinion puller.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-426919.html
This thread discussing farts is nearly worthy of us. Very funny read.
I farted whilst reading that thread. I thought you should know.
I farted whilst reading that thread. I thought you should know.
Did it smell like a catalytic converter?
Roses.
As usual, sigh....
I could spend some serious time at this site I just came across.
Home made tools forum.
All sorts of home made tools here, from your standard home made hand planes, to specialty tools like a pinion puller.
Very cool.I had actually seen that a couple weeks ago when I went to Wandel's website. He used it to make a wooden grave marker for his dad. He's an evil genius. Except he's not evil.
I have two for you this time.
The first, is a CNN nationwide active map of meth lab distribution.
By county, no less.
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The second, O. M. G!!!
Cellar, I present to you
FreeCabinPorn.
No porn, but have a towel handy, anyway. You know, for the
cabingasms.
Yes, cabingasm
s. As in, multiple.
I shorted out my keyboard with drool.
Don't believe me?
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Interiors, and detail shots, too.
Louisiana may shoot the crap out of people, but Ohio sure has its share of meth labs. Woohoooo. Way to go OHIO!
I did have a cabingasm. I want I want I want.
So Imma sneak in pics of my brudder and sissy-laws cabin. There's another one on their property but it's going to need torn down. This place is as awesome as it looks, summer or winter. See the wild turkeys? I saw a family running by my window once, then the big old Tom comes swooping in. Fascinating.
(You hunters would luvz my brudder.)
Beautiful inside, too. They've really fixed it up nice. I just want to live there (wish the other cabin wasn't in such bad shape) and go to HockingCollege to be a student of one of these natural resources programs. ;)
Natural Resources
Archaeology
Ecotourism & Adventure Travel
Equine Health & Complementary Therapies
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I could spend some serious time at this site I just came across.
Home made tools forum.
All sorts of home made tools here, from your standard home made hand planes, to specialty tools like a pinion puller.
:drool:
re: cabin porn--I don't have a cabin. but.. as I read through it, on one of the pages I discovered / recognized a page from a book that I *do* have.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688012264/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688012264&linkCode=as2&tag=cabinporn-20(You hunters would luvz my brudder.)
For access to that place, I'd make love
to your brother.
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Like computers? 'Doctor Who' fan?
Click here.
You're welcome.
An intern, Emma Hurst, spent months archiving home movies from the 1920s through the 1970s. I have no idea where these movies came from, but they were in some archives.
Anyway, she went through and got stills from some of the most interesting one, and created
this tumblr of just stills. I had trouble deciding which was the best sample to show here, so here are three images. There are hundreds more at the link. Vacation pictures, birthday parties, holidays, burning cars on the highway, etc. etc.
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Maybe that bear is Irish for beers?
Like sculpture? Click on "Works" at the link.
Yong Ho Ji sculpts animals, hybrid animals, and people out of used tires. Awesome stuff.
He calls this one 'Wolfman'.
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I'd like to see him on a mountain overlooking a city, draped in white silk (the rubber monster, not the city.)
I'd like to see him on a mountain overlooking a city, draped in white silk (the rubber monster, not the city.)
Yeah, Christo is rather 90s...
My daughter sent me this link about a good friend of hers in the Seattle area who built a huge model of Hogwarts out of LEGO bricks and parts. It's pretty amazing. I think her husband works for Microsoft or one of the other bit technology companies.
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2013/02/26/alice-finch-builds-massive-lego-hogwarts-from-400000-bricks/There are some really hilarious bad photgraphy/shops in this link. I had one I wanted to post, but there is no longer a 'picture manager' like I was used to that reduced the pixels and crap so I could post the image without making it a postage stamp.
Oh, and found out Windows 7 ALSO doesn't allow password protecting zipped folders anymore. WTF? I did all this work for a report, screenshots of the process, organized them, zipped them into the final folder, tried to password protect to send on...only to find out FINALLY from a google search that Windows 7 don't play that. Which is really stoopid.
Anyway...here's the site. I wanted to post one of the pics of a woman holding screaming babies (twins I guess) but the funny part is the facebook posts which reveal their names are (drum roll please) Rayne and Shyne. :facepalm:
http://youarenotaphotographer.com/Tell me how this one ends.
My toes cramped and I :eek: :mg: :facepalm: at the 2nd scene of the tightrope walker.
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I totally want to do that shit before I die. Hopefully not the moment before I die, but long enough before that I can enjoy it afterwards.
Did you watch the Behind the Scenes video linked at the end? They give you contact information for the people who can take you up there and set it up.
Do it. Doooo eeeeeet.
Have a ball with your kids... or without 'em, doing nifty stuff from this 1820 book called
Endless Amusement.
Oh, you'll need a good supply of things like Aqua Fortis, Salt Peter, Mercury, Phosphorus, and Sulfur, for the best ones. But some need almost nothing.
So your mommy and your teachers said you can be anything you want to be, to which you said, I want to be an astronaut. Well reality bites, the US space program devolves and dreams fade.
But buck up bubby, there's an alternative, you can be an aquanaut.
You can be a
Saturation Diver.
The deeper you dive, the more you get paid. In his second or third year an apprentice may be promoted, or “broken out,” to a full-time diver. His salary will increase to between $60,000 and $75,000. He will start as an “air diver,” diving as deep as 120 feet while breathing regular air. Jobs at this depth might include retrieving tools from the worksite, or cutting and retrieving the polypropylene cord that runs between the surface vessel and the underwater worksite. Next the diver will be assigned to more complex jobs below a hundred feet, for which he must breathe mixed gas in order to avoid suffering the effects of nitrogen narcosis while working with heavy machinery. A full-time mixed-gas diver can earn more than $100,000 a year. He will perform jobs at ever greater depths, with higher degrees of technical difficulty, until his diving supervisor deems him ready to graduate to saturation diving. Sat divers can make $200,000 a year. Sat’s where it’s at.
And it's great fun.
Most divers have horror stories. Paul Spark, who is currently a supervisor on a dive support vessel in the North Sea, worked as a diver for twenty-nine years. During his very first dive, in 1977, to repair a blow-out preventer 410 feet below the surface, his diving bell flooded with water, almost drowning him and his partner. Later he was very nearly crushed by a thousand-pound blind flange, a plate used to seal the end of a pipe; a “rather large wolffish” bit his foot, drawing blood; and while performing salvage work on the Kursk, the nuclear-powered Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000, drowning all 118 aboard, there was a loud explosion. Spark had been using a high-pressure water jet to bore holes in the submarine’s pressure hull when it occurred. He was unharmed, and returned, dazed, to his diving vessel. He never found out what caused the explosion.
So when you finally call home, there will be plenty of stories to avoid those awkward pauses. ;)
So your mommy and your teachers said you can be anything you want to be, to which you said, I want to be an astronaut. Well reality bites, the US space program devolves and dreams fade.
But buck up bubby, there's an alternative, you can be an aquanaut.
You can be a Saturation Diver.
And it's great fun.
So when you finally call home, there will be plenty of stories to avoid those awkward pauses. ;)
A friend of mine once posted something about not taking any form of transportation that you can't walk home from if it breaks down. I think this might be a similar situation.
This guy, Steven Mis????? ovich, set,at the time a world record for underwater pipe welds. He stopped diving when someone cut his air off. I welded with him for Brown & Root. Think was 1979.
Not too long after, he passed away from Leukemia. Think his estate got bucks from B&R
Excellent link, Bruce.
I'm struck by the different economic levels and the houses just as much as by the toys.
Look at all that insulation in the wall of the Swedish house! And the dirty (actually coated with earth) sheets in one of those mud huts in Africa. And all the kids are proud of their toys, regardless of economic level.
Lifespan Calculator
Only 13 questions.
Accuracy? I'll let ya know in about 15 years.
Congratulations??? I don't think so, Scooter.
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I'm already dead. :rolleyes:
I got 91, but I don't believe that for a second. No-one in my family has made it past 82, and most have died in their 60s and 70s.
I'm already dead. :rolleyes:
Hang in there, Bruce.
Maybe you'll get over it.
88, but I haven't saved that much money. I might have to sell a kidney to finance the last decade.
It put me at 93 - 96 depending on how active I say I am ... :lol:
Just one little question they forgot to ask.
90. That's a long sentence. I could get time off for bad behavior.
Melancholy Accidents, is a collection of newspaper clippings from the 17 and 18 hundreds. Apparently it was a common practice to call accidental shootings, melancholy accidents.
How to, make zip guns, BBQ anything, steal from Walmart, make rainbow brownies, etc.
Good one, buster. :thumb:
http://imgur.com/gallery/FalZ6
Some cool examples of minerals or materials with amazing properties.
Crystals that melt in your hand, liquid that freezes as you pour it onto a surface, powders that explode when tickled with a feather...
http://imgur.com/gallery/FalZ6
Some cool examples of minerals or materials with amazing properties.
Crystals that melt in your hand, liquid that freezes as you pour it onto a surface, powders that explode when tickled with a feather...
...god damned lousy rain.
Unusual web site of illustrations from medieval manuscript margins. I don't know if it's legit. It looks like it is. Anyway those medieval illustrators has some weird ideas. Here are a couple.
Daphne being turned into a tree.
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I'm not going to embed medieval goatse.
You'll have to click the link.
I think it's legit, as there have been articles about the practice from several websites this past winter. One showed a bunch of Hares hunting down a dog, bringing it to court for trial, hanging and burial, then another dog digging up and chewing the first dogs bones. All over the margins of several pages and rather gruesome.
The Daphne thing is an old Greek legend. Apollo, the horny fellow, was chasing her with sexual intent. She was about to be caught so she prayed to her father, Zeus, to save her, and he turned her into a tree. Insert "woody" joke here.
Renaissance artist Bernini (who TOTALLY should have had a Ninja Turtle named after him) did a #$%&ing brilliant sculpture of this. See
https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&gs_rn=9&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=8ZGJz2e94ubG0vPd_NJIAA&cp=14&gs_id=b8&xhr=t&q=bernini+apollo+and+daphne&biw=1280&bih=617&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45373924,d.dGI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=0IJwUY3sJaSiiAeO64DgBg
for some sample pics.
Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3RSRrUL1Os
This is my favourite piece of art, evah.
Check the knothole for squirrels. ;)
This is my favourite piece of art, evah.
Sometimes a painting or sculpture is so perfect it seems real and is therefore less interesting. This sculpture is absolutely perfect. I have a hard time not being bored by it. But it IS absolutely amazing.
Wired
has a link to some abandoned websites.
:lol: to be fair, Hale-Bopp was correlated with closure for the Heaven's Gate mob.
The Daphne thing is an old Greek legend. Apollo, the horny fellow, was chasing her with sexual intent. She was about to be caught so she prayed to her father, Zeus, to save her, and he turned her into a tree. Insert "woody" joke here.
Renaissance artist Bernini (who TOTALLY should have had a Ninja Turtle named after him) did a #$%&ing brilliant sculpture of this. See https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&gs_rn=9&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=8ZGJz2e94ubG0vPd_NJIAA&cp=14&gs_id=b8&xhr=t&q=bernini+apollo+and+daphne&biw=1280&bih=617&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45373924,d.dGI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=0IJwUY3sJaSiiAeO64DgBg
for some sample pics.
Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3RSRrUL1Os
This is my favourite piece of art, evah.
That is just a brilliant piece.
Interesting article about an open pit copper mine landslide almost two weeks ago.
This mine near Salt Lake City is the largest in the US and produces 17 percent of all US copper. The landslide closed the mine, resulting in a small jump in copper prices. The interesting thing in the article is that this isn't just going to impact copper prices while they get the mine up and running again. It will increase to cost of copper permanently because the landslide was not predicted using current methods. Insurance will pay for this accident, at least in part. But the insurance companies calculated copper mine risk based on old methods. Those old methods said this mine was safe. So either mining has to change, which will be more expensive, or insurers will have to charge more to account for the increase in risk. Or both. Either way, the price of copper is going to go up around the world. Electronics, wires, pipes, fertilizer are all going to take a little hit.
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Had it gone in another direction, Utah might have it's own "Great Salt Lake tsunami".
It's an interesting piece, right up to the point where he talks about the prices and the global ripples. At that point the author slipped and fell and hurt his head and will need hospitalization to recover.
Copper prices have been steadily falling, including in the last two weeks despite this event. And despite this event, worldwide production will outstrip demand in 2013.
Goldman Sachs said so less than an hour ago. May futures are down.
NEW YORK—Prices of copper futures eased as Goldman Sachs GS -0.02% cut its price forecasts for the metal on mounting worries about economic growth in the world's top consumer.
The most-actively traded copper contract, for May delivery, recently traded down 1.75 cents, or 0.6%, to $3.131 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Futures were on track for their lowest settlement since October 2011, slipping deeper into bear-market territory. A drop of 20% or more typically signifies a bear market, and futures on Friday settled down 21% from their February 2012 high of $3.97 a pound.
Goldman Sachs on Monday lowered its forecasts for copper prices this year, citing rising global stocks of the metal and mounting worries regarding China's growth outlook. The nation accounts for 40% of global copper consumption, and a reading last week on first-quarter economic activity showed growth unexpectedly slowed.
Goldman slashed its forecast for copper prices a year from now by 12%, to $3.17 a pound, from $3.62 a pound previously.
The cut "reflects market concerns about Chinese growth," Goldman analysts wrote. Still, they said economic activity there was stronger than the market was accounting for. Copper prices would likely rebound in the next three to six months, the analysts said, before pointing lower afterward as more mine production comes online.
Well, that's good. The article mentioned that this mine accounted for 1% of world production, so the loss of its production didn't seem like it would be that huge. I wonder about the insurance angle. Goldman Sachs has probably already accounted for that though.
The increased use of plastic for plumbing/piping, and the drop in new housing drove the prices down.
Copper will continue to decline until all the empty houses in Detroit are stripped. :haha:
Start saving your pennies... they may go on the endangered specie[COLOR="Wheat"]s[/COLOR] list
Do you have a zinc to that. :haha:
12 Internet Firsts
Very interesting.
Don't know why it's in 'Finance'.
I found this video on Conan O'Brien chatting with four other writers from the Simpsons. They talk about the history, dealing with FOX, dealing with guest stars, and a lot of things that happened behind the scenes.
It's long, very long, 81 minutes, but interesting to fans.
One tidbit was the show with Michael Jackson guesting. They sent him a rough draft and asked if he would do a show. He sent it back with a couple very funny jokes penciled in, and said he'd love to, So they sent him the final script, and he showed up knowing his lines and very cooperative... unlike some guests.
So they are taping away and it comes time for him to sing the first of his songs, he stops dead, and motions to one of his entourage to come in the booth. Everybody's looking at each other like WTF, and this little white dude comes in the booth and starts singing Jacko's song.
Turns out the dude was the Lennon Sister's little brother, and he sang it perfectly, just like Jacko. There was some kind of contractual problem with Jacko singing on the show. I didn't know they had singing voice doubles, it makes me think of Milli Vanilli, but of course Jacko could sing.
Oh, they all agreed Johnny Carson was probably the finest human being in show business.
There's much more. It tells me my browser is not supported, both in IE and Firefox.
Me, too.
They can choke on a turd.
This was on the YouTube home page today... from 2008
Don't blink or you'll miss her skill move at 0:18
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Here's a video about the "ring nebula" from the
Science Recorder
Scientists have known of the Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57, for centuries.
French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix first spotted it in 1779,
and German nobleman Count Friedrich von Hahn made repeated observations
of it over several years leading up to 1800.
Von Hahn recorded seeing changes in the cloud’s middle:
He saw a faint star at the center in his first sightings,
but no more central star in his latter sightings.
Scientists eventually concluded that this nebula has a hollow middle
and ring-shaped—hence came its present-day moniker.
But the latest analysis, led by Robert O’Dell, a physics and astronomy professor
at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, arrived at a wholly other conclusion.
The nebula’s center is quite full, O’Dell and his team state.
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His final gesture is worth the wait...
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I watched Darius Rucker's performance last night--this kid is much better.
and good on him.
A suitable response:
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thumbs and ammo
Photoshop the guns out and replace them with a thumbs up. A whole collection of images.
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www.google.com
in the text box type the word "gay" and press enter.
An edited digest of every comment that can be made about the removal of pubic hair in every online discussion ever.
http://the-toast.net/2013/07/02/all-you-can-say-about-pubes-online/
29. I am a lesbian, and I eat more pussy than you could ever imagine in a thousand years of fapping to fake lesbian porn, and if you’re getting hair in your mouth you’re doing it wrong. Are you, like, dabbing at the mons with your tongue, or something?
30. I am also a lesbian, and I give amazing head, and I could probably collect all the hairs I’ve ever gotten in my teeth from it and thread them on a loom to make a decorative wall hanging of Emmylou Harris. Wax that shit.
31. I’m Paleo, so I believe that accidentally eating pubic hair is natural, and certainly better than ingesting grains and legumes. But you still absolutely need to shave your legs, because women with hairy legs are disgusting.
http://imgur.com/a/I6ob7
28 of the wackiest aircraft ever built.
Since joining the Cellar, I've had my location as "Bottom lands of the Missoula floods"
Today, I came across
this website that has a lot of information, pics, videos and tidbits.
The geographical areas affected are huge...
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This fellow flies over some of the dramatic landscapes created by these Ice Age floods.
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The story really begins under the tab "The Mystery"
Warning: You may get hooked....
I'm already hooked and I haven't even clicked your link yet.
The Missoula Floods are a **fascinating** subject for me. The image of enough water to carve the Columbia River Gorge is... staggering. The Palouse looks like riffles you'd see at the beach, if viewed from a sufficient altitude. Just fascinating! Thanks for the link!!
I love this shed. Beautiful location, and wonderful construction.
Take a leaky old wooden boat, flip it over, throw together some walls with scavenged material, and put a black plastic tarp over the top so it won't leak.
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I love the "CAUTION Mind Your Noggin" sign.
Yo don't hear people using "noggin" often enough.
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You can check out the subsidies a Malwart near you has gotten from you.
http://www.walmartsubsidywatch.org/http://www.canistream.it/
How Can I Stream It? Works
CanIStream.It is a free service created by Urban Pixels that allows you to search across the most popular streaming, rental, and purchase services to find where a movie is available. If the movie you're looking for is not available, just sign-up, set a reminder and voila we will shoot you an email when your chosen service makes the movie available. It's simple and fast.
It looks for the title you provide in their database of movies or in their database of tv shows. It scans for your title in five different categories: Instant Streaming, Streaming Rental, Digital Purchase, DVD/BluRay, and Xfinity Subscribers.
There's an app for that too. Super awesome, consolidating searches to one place.
One thing I enjoy about the Cellar is following links into new ideas and images.
Today's IOD about Mt Etna and smoke rings somehow lead me to this web site.
I think it deserves it's own posted link...
20 Coolest Buildboards From Around the World
Here is one of them...
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During preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany,
Adidas created a variety of ad campaigns, commercial installations,
guerrilla marketing and billboards.
This vast image of Germany’s goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was attached to
a bridge at the entrance to Munich airport.
I was looking for the source of an image that looked like it might have been a Norman Rockwell paining, and I stumbled across this site because it has the words "Norman" and "Rockwell" in it.
I give you,
Small Town Noir.
This guy found old mugshots in the trash outside the New Castle, PA police station, and he saved them and then looked up what public information he could find on the folks in those pictures in order to write about their lives.
for example, check out
John Franell.
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John Franell, a lifelong resident of Altoona, was an honor roll student in elementary school and sang in his local athletics club’s barbershop quartet when he was in high school. After graduation, he worked as a produce clerk and spent a lot of time in bars. He was arrested a few times—fighting, disorderly conduct, a little light larceny—and was conscripted into the combat engineers in 1942.
After the war, John became a small-time thief, stealing crates of produce, frozen chickens and other groceries from warehouses and selling them cheap in bars and cafés. By the middle of the fifties, he had become a well-known figure in Altoona’s court house, and was told by a judge that he would face years in jail if he violated his probation again. He left Altoona for New Castle, but his arrest for drunkenness in 1957 is the only record of his time in the city. He was back in Altoona by the following February, when he was arrested for burglary.
John was homeless at forty-six, sleeping either in the streets, in the Rescue Mission or in the city jail’s drunk tank. Over the next few years, he was arrested for siphoning gas from a truck, stealing a car, burglarly, larceny and receiving stolen goods. He turned sixty while serving a three-year sentence in the workhouse.
John was never arrested for theft again but appeared in court countless times on charges of drunkenness, disorderly conduct and breach of the peace. In August 1974, by which time he was known to everyone as Whiskey John, he was arrested seven times in four days. Every few months he was hospitalised with lacerations on his forehead, contusions on his head, abrasions on his arms, chest and sides and fractured ribs—all injuries that he sustained when he threw himself in front of moving cars. Once, a car crushed his foot and doctors had to amputate his toes.
On April 4th, 1976, John was beaten to death in the hallway of an apartment where he was staying. He was seventy-one years old. There were no leads, and his killer was never found.
Poor man.
Looks hung over with those blood shot eyes. :greenface
Interesting but the server is located in Brazil and the domain nationality is Cocos, Keeling Islands near Australia.
Do you recognize this formula: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ?
[COLOR="White"]It's the Pythagorean theorem[/COLOR]
Recently I came across
this website with all sorts of articles, and was intrigued
by the one entitled: "Most-Beautiful-Mathematical-Equations"
Here are two from their selection:
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"The fundamental theorem of calculus (FTC) allows us to determine
the net change over an interval based on the rate of change over the entire interval."
"The Standard Model describes the collection of fundamental particles
currently thought to make up our universe."
I won't claim to understand all of them, nor even a single one of them.
But as I read their brief (layman's) descriptions, it seemed to me they represent
what education is all about... connecting the physical world with theoretical world.
Darth Vader, riding a unicycle, while playing one of the Star Wars themes on a flame-throwing bagpipe.
No shit.If he's not careful he's going to do an imitation of Isador Duncan.
Isadora, and stop making me learn stuff.
:D
A jaguar swims across a river to attack a 150lb caiman, and then takes it back across. Too many pics to post, so click
here to go to the HuffPo article. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]SFW,
and Safe For Lunch.[/COLOR]
The gross part was when it made shoes and a belt out of the skin.
Cool pictures. That's not something you see every day.
If you've got a minute or two, Dr. Chris Kraft would like to give you his opinion of today's NASA.
"So what you've got is a beast of a rocket that would give you all of this capability, which you can't build because you don't have the money to build it in the first place, and you can't operate it if you had it."
C'mon Chris, tell us what you really think. :haha:
Do you ever get sick of playing "Blister in the Sun"?
Ritchie: When we played Coachella, we could see the panorama of the entire festival. There are a number of different stages, and as soon as we started out the set with "Blister in the Sun," when that riff hit, it was like a swarm of insects coming towards our stage. They all started running from the other stages. [Laughs] When you can get that kind of reaction--I guess it would be like if the Rolling Stones started playing "Satisfaction"--it really never gets old.
Village Voice Violent Femmes interviewBadass of the Week - Mr. Jonathon R. Davis
All the heroes of olden time
Who have jingled alike in armor and rhyme,
Hercules, Hector, Quintus Curtius,
Pompey, and Pegasus-riding Perseus,
Brave Bayard, and the brave Roland,
Men who never a fight turned backs on;
Charles the Swede, and the Spartan band,
Coriolanus, and General Jackson,
Richard the Third, and Marcus Brutus,
And others, whose names won’t rhyme to suit us,
Must certainly sink in the dim profound
When Captain Davis’s story gets round.
thanks xoB, I like that one.
You've seen the sites with tips and shortcuts about everyday annoyances. I think
this is a particularly good one.According to
Wiki, as of April 2011, there were roughly 1,225,452 lawyers in the US.
The website
Online Paralegal Programs, after what I would assume to be lengthy search, found 10 good ones. :haha:
[SIZE="1"]Gotta love the WGN on-air talent:[/SIZE]
Astronomers are horndogs.
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You've seen the sites with tips and shortcuts about everyday annoyances. I think this is a particularly good one.
I prefer the page title to the instructions.
Sustainable livestock production is possible.
Gosh ... putting animals on the land in small enough numbers to be sustainable. Who'd a thunk it?
Agribusiness/Monsanto/factory farms can suck it; should suck it. I eat vegan because every animal sourced food in the US is a product of the above. If I had the skill, I'd consider harvesting a deer or elk and putting it in the freezer. Until I do, or until I know someone with the skill to harvest humanely, I'll stay vegan.
Dear Vegans, If you really care about the animals, stop eating their food.
:p:
Just yanking the chain, Doc, just yanking the chain.
:D
Sustainable livestock production is possible.
As long as the fast food industry is going gangbusters, this is a pipe dream. So, yeah, its a pipe dream.
C i t i z e n S o u r c e
History | Economics | Government | Opinion & Policy | Issues | Volunteer | Media | Politics & Elections | Libraries
On a library façade, in a university in which one of us matriculated, are written these words: "In darkness dwells the people which knows its annals not." Portentious perhaps, but in a world where everyone with an ax to grind pretends history is on his side, it's likely high time we all knew from whence we came.
I cribbed the paragraph above from the intro to their section on History because I believe it and I believe it also applies to each of the other sections they have on the site. Knowing the description or attributions or contributors, etc are all important aspects for evaluating how trustworthy a given source of information is. This site lists many, many other sites (which aggravatingly open in the same window instead of a new window) with a very brief description of what can be found at the site. I *strongly* recommend spending some time here, well, only as a jumping off point, for trying to learn about other sources of information and the quality of those sources.
I've sometimes thought about this. The perception of time. When I was a kid in the 70's there was a show about the ancient time of the 50's called Happy Days. If that show were made today, it would be about the 90's, which are not ancient times. It just seems like yesterday.
Well, this article on Huffingtonpost tells it much much better than I could.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ryan/dazed-and-confused-20-years_b_4085398.html
On Thursday night, Dazed and Confused celebrated its 20th birthday with a special screening at New York Film Festival, which was attended by director Richard Linklater and a handful of cast members. I have to admit, the fact that Dazed and Confused is somehow already 20 years old didn't really surprise me -- this is mostly due to the fact that I remember where I was when the Dazed and Confused soundtrack used to play on a never-ending loop on my CD player in 1993.
....
What did surprise me was the realization that only 17 years separated the date that the events of Dazed and Confused took place (1976) and the date that Dazed and Confused was released (1993).
There's much more, and I think it's worth the read.
I like that. Would never have guessed they were models.
Most popular girls names in USA State by State for 60 years. Interesting to see new names pop up and then spread across the states
http://jezebel.com/map-sixty-years-of-the-most-popular-names-for-girls-s-1443501909Find the woman in
this pic. She's there.
That took longer than expected. Nice picture.
huh...my eyes went RIGHT to her. I'll say it was coincidence. but yeah.. like 1 second.
On my phone it was impossible until I zoomed in, and then I had to scroll methodically around. True story.
Yeah that took me a couple minutes.
When I saw the duck watching me, I ran away. :eek:
Www.gizoogle.net
I hope it hasn't been posted before...
Nice, blizzizzoke. Welcome to da crib. Cizzelar, that iz.
Scroll D
http://scrolldowntoriker.com/own to Riker
A few moments' amusement.
I was quickly bored with those glass lures...til I read they are typically around 20 inches long, and 12 inches high!
Pretty cool, overall.
Elephants are terrible piano players.
But they sure do enjoy it.
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Elephants are terrible piano players.
But they sure do enjoy it.
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This is fantastic! Watch Peter the elephant keeping time, and the other elephant shifting his/her hips to the beat. Never mind that Peter the elephant is a terrible piano player; the human wasn't perfect either.
That this video appears to have been made somewhere in middle suburbia makes it even more enjoyable. What would the angry middle-aged English teacher who lives across the street and guards the subdivision against incursions of abnormality have to say? Are the elephants breaching a local regulation against large animals playing music in the subdivision?
:D
... there goes the neighborhood.
I stumbled across
this website: Views of the Solar System" by Damian Peach, an "amateur astro-photographer"
Although he is an amateur - his work is professional.
Even his "about" page is interesting
Lots of images and animations
I took these in 2005:
I have slides of that phenomenon from the mid 70's. Flew over it from Vegas back to Grand Canyon Airport post river trip. So I guess it's not real rare but it does look cool... unless of course you've traveled cross country in a station wagon with a sulking spouse, unruly rug rats, and a sick pet, to gaze into the depths.
Honey, can you open this jar of pickles for me?
Sure, but, I'll need a handjob, first.
Everyone should get a
handjob. [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]NSFW Language, Autostart video[/COLOR]
:lol2:
Recent pics of New Wave stars from the 1980s
It's interesting.
Those were awesome! Oh My God, look at Boy George!
That elephant is RCOKING!
(typed by an elephant)
I was thinking how useful it must be for Boy George: he can go out in drag and be instantly recognizable, receive all the perks of celebrity; yet when he wants to just be a normal person he can grow a few days' stubble and put on a t-shirt and no one will have a clue who he is. I bet all celebrities wish they had that.
pretty sure they don't all covet the ankle bracelet and orange jumpsuit, though...
Damn. The years have been kinder with some more than others. I'm going to guess it's heroin vs. clean living that has something to do it.
Peter Gabriel hasn't aged well.
He's a little chubby, but not so shop worn. Check out Kate Bush. train wreck.
Yeah. She's a little scary.
Yeah. She's a little scary.
Right? It's fun to be young and cute and crazy, but once the youth and cuteness gives way to scary, crazy isn't so much fun any more.
I read somewhere that this lady is 80 years young. I'd like to have some of what she's taking. :bolt:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200710117088244http://www.krampus.com/
Home of the Holiday Devil!
https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/413352995297189888
I'm loving this habit Stewart and McKellen have got into of posting mad selfies all over teh interwebz
Just saw the McKellan episode of Extras. Brilliant stuff.
I have been fascinated by "code breakers" ever since movies
and books came out with their super heroic action stories.
This morning,
Sundae's post about Alan Turing set me off on internet surfing
to find out how he and 400 Wrens (and a lot of other people)
were
actually able to break the German Enigma codes
... with pencil and paper and a few ingeniously designed mechanical bombes.
This Wiki article about
BOMBE is close enough to layman's language to be "decipherable".
Here is a teaser:
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[QUOTE]A graph of the letters of a crib and ciphertext expressed
as a graph to provide a menu which specifies how to set up a bombe run.
This example is somewhat unusual in that it contains as many as three loops.
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I'm loving this habit Stewart and McKellen have got into of posting mad selfies all over teh interwebz
I keep expecting those two to pop up in a Lemon Party situation...They
do look to be having fun in those 'mad selfies', though.
have an interest in Bletchley (or Station X as it was called) because my Dad worked there in WWII.
When I ask him about it all he'll talk about is being stuck in a compound with 400 women!
best book (of many) I've read about it is 'Colossus - The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers' by Professor B. Jack Copeland.
Sounds dull but don't be fooled, it reads better than a blockbuster novel.
available on paper or amazon kindle.
Dude has two, complete, functioning dicks. I shit you not.
The above link is SFW-ish, no pics. [COLOR="DarkRed"]The links to the 'proof' .jpgs, are
NSFW.[/COLOR]
You gotta see [Strike]it[/Strike] them.
best quote:
He's amibdicksterous.
wow.
Man hasn't bathed in sixty (
60) years, won't drink clean water, and smokes dung out of a 3-inch diameter pipe.
Oh, his favorite food is found, been-dead, rotting porcupine.
Really.Man hasn't bathed in sixty years
EEK, if I don't shower at least every other day I feel icky.
Yeah, I can get by for a day with a whore bath in the sink, but, I gotta have m'shower.
If I'm gonna skip a day, I don't bother with a whore bath. Too much trouble. In fact, I can't recall ever taking a whore bath.
Grav, you might enjoy this.
Critique Your Dick Pic...
If I'm gonna skip a day, I don't bother with a whore bath. Too much trouble. In fact, I can't recall ever taking a whore bath.
My 1st country wife called that a spit off.:bolt:
Grav, you might enjoy this. Critique Your Dick Pic...
It is like a train wreck, I can't take my eyes off it. I'm afraid, very afraid.
Grav, you might enjoy this. Critique Your Dick Pic...
There seems to be an awful lot of dicks on that site...perhaps there was a misprint in the link?
:D
[SIZE="1"]Going to look for the Critique My Coochie Pic site...now there's something I could get into.[/SIZE]
Speaking of...
Welcome To The Winter Olympics, here's my crotch.
Hilarious article, [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]SFW[/COLOR].
Do you think of the wild west when you hear steam engine?
Get up to date at
Streamlined Steam Locomotives.The People's Cube
Whatever happened to the original thread? Cool Website of the Day or something?
How Our World Would Look To Us If We Were Birds via PixTale.net
Lofty title for a bunch of aerial pix. They have some really nice pix, though.
Here's one of them: Tulip Fields in The Netherlands
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This pic is resized, and lost a little of its
zing in the process. Looks better from the site.
Hey, the
Vancouver one was shot by the guy who bought my
old domain name.
I remember because now he's with the other 1,000 people I've emailed for a few days, many years ago, and now every social media and device wants to friend him and include him in my contacts.
That's even better than a field of roses on our piano
Giants play Bocci Ball in vineyard.
New boulders rolling to get close to an old one in the vineyard:
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I thought I found the video here, or else I woulda done posted it.
ETA:
House is 300 years old.
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Looks
great in HD.
Giants play Bocci Ball in vineyard.
New boulders rolling to get close to an old one in the vineyard:
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Ummm... holy crap.
One hundred famous movie quotes represented by various charts
That's tricky, at the link you click on the chart to embiggen it, but still can't read it. Then click on the expand button in the upper right to make it readable.
We need an emoticon for tearing one's hair out.
It's interesting that, in 1938, bras were apparently optional but girdles weren't. Yikes.
Re: optional bras, And again in 1968 if memory serves.
Girdles held up stockings, no pantyhose until the late 50s.
Ah, that's true. By the end of the '60s, garter belts had become an alternative to girdles for the (we) young things who didn't need the 'control'. Pantyhose didn't become ubiquitous until the end of the '60s, I'd say.
Plane Collides With Skydiver's Parachute - photo stream - [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]SFW, btw, happy ending[/COLOR]
Wow. Poor freaking bastards. Glad they were ok.
Last words on cockpit voice recorders, July 1962 to April 2010.
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/lastwords.htmFirst publicly browsable high resolution images of the polar region of the Moon.
It's a lot like Google Earth.
Check out this tight crop of a valley on the sunlight side of the hill in the center of Plaskett crater near the north pole. Looks like footprints, those several rocks that rolled down the hill.
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well, there damn sure ain't no moss on it.
The Rolling Moonrocks just doesn't have the same ring to it.
A Burning Balloon And A Flaming Plane Are On Final - Who Goes First?
A short quiz:
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Scroll back up after the quiz to see where you went wrong/right.
You're a Flight Instructor!
You Scored 71% - You're in the top 56% of pilots!
I was guessing. :blush:
You're Chuck Yeager!
You Scored 86% - You're in the top 29% of pilots!
Huh.
Chuck, I started to say "You're dead!", but, you ain't. You turned 91 last month.
:welcome: to the Cellar, Brandon!
All kinds of live, maybe not cams. MS. Bear cam is off line.
http://www.ustream.tv/explore/allAha, I didn't realize the last car gets yanked. :vikingsmi
You pays yer money an' takes yer choice ... cervical strain or lumbar strain.
She put dogshit in his shoe...he superglued a dildo to her forehead. Good times, man, good times. May be considered [COLOR="DarkRed"]NSFW[/COLOR], there's a dick on her forehead.
:lol2:
Prepare to navigate past a floater ad, and a pop-up screen. Or two.
Portraits by George W. Bush - He has a definite style, which isn't totally awful.
I read a headline somewhere online, but never made it to the article. an art critic was saying something like 'I want to hate GWB's art, but I just can't.'
He doesn't suck too much. It's pretty good, really.
Better than I was expecting.
Putin's portrait reminds me of the Jesus monkey done in that church a while back.
Smart gamble. If you're going to risk a bunch of other peoples money plus state and federal help, building a playground for the 1% is a much safer bet than pitch-n-putt.
Cellar member Alan Bellows' website,
Damn Interesting. It always has interesting short articles like Mental Floss or Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.
This is the best Facebook page I've ever seen.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506
Seriously. So many FB pages are just boring and so vain, but they do the best job on this page of anyone at keeping it interesting.
Wha --
You are kind for saying such a thing! I do try to copy everything here that I put on FB, but lately I haven't kept up entirely, especially with the food pics. (I get more response here)
I want to post another link I just came across, but before I do, I have to explain the previous one. It was supposed to be a prank. See, when you click on that FB link, it takes you to your own Facebook page. I thought it might generate a few lols when several different people were all talking about how the link was about them. But it looks like it doesn't work with phones, and lots of dwellars visit through tapatalk. Plus, many don't do Facebook. So it kind of fell flat. But maybe you can imagine how it might have been funny. Heh, heh. Right? Guys?
I just came across this blog.
My Husband's Stupid Record Collection.
After moving 5 times in 9 years and packing up and unpacking her husband's collection of 1500 vinyl records, a woman decides she's going to listen to each one and write her impressions. A to Z.
It's neat to hear her impressions, and also to see what this guy has in his collection. And what he doesn't have. She is kind of young, and doesn't know a lot of the stuff. Or doesn't know she knows until she hears the one song on an album that she does recognize. I'm going to book mark this one and revisit it as she continues her project.
I want to post another link I just came across, but before I do, I have to explain the previous one. It was supposed to be a prank. See, when you click on that FB link, it takes you to your own Facebook page. I thought it might generate a few lols when several different people were all talking about how the link was about them. But it looks like it doesn't work with phones, and lots of dwellars visit through tapatalk. Plus, many don't do Facebook. So it kind of fell flat. But maybe you can imagine how it might have been funny. Heh, heh. Right? Guys?
You got me with it. :dunce:
dag nabbit... why I oughta...
Took me to a log in screen.
I like
big airplanes, cuz they can hold a lot of shit.
What can we fit inside a C-5 Galaxy?I like big airplanes, cuz they can hold a lot of shit.
What can we fit inside a C-5 Galaxy?
I've been inside one of those monsters!
's true! It was at an airshow waaay back in the day in California. It's really staggering. I remember (not doing the research; sue me) they said it could hold four tennis courts or something like that. Truly cavernous.
Unlike the SR-71 which I also saw that day. Truly stunning in a completely different way. Well, not completely, the SR-71 is no C-5A, but is itself a biiiig airplane.
NASA has switched on the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment, an internet stream that shows the station's view of our planet in real time...
Read about it, and look at it
here.
Or,
just look at it.
Multiple cameras/views, and, (they say) astronaut chatter.
When I checked in yesterday, it was on the dark side, so nothing to see. You can go to an iss tracking website to see where it is at the moment. Day or night. Wish the cameras were sensitive enough for city lights
Yeah, I read that the connection would frequently be off for various reasons, like being on the dark side. It does work, I swear.
The ISS orbits like once every 90 minutes or so (I think), so I guess 45 of those would be on the dark side?
25 websites where you can find out. Find out what? Most anything.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6WnQyRAt
this website, "every week, you will find a new recording here of one Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1080 works, performed by The Netherlands Bach Society and many guest musicians."
Cool. Music is universal, but you would think a society lauding a composer would be located in the composer's own country.
Read about it, and look at it here.
Or, just look at it.
Multiple cameras/views, and, (they say) astronaut chatter.
On right now!
No 32 second ad. :headshake
Something broken?
Here's help.
High five?
It's actually kinda cool. Ima start doing this.
You may remember when playable (sorta) phonograph records showed up in magazines, on cereal boxes, and other strange places.
The story of how
ECHO, The Magazine You Play On Your Phonograph, came to be, and why it died.
Also, this is the story of The
Flexi Manufacturing Process.
I almost forgot, I found you the
Official Rules for Strip Chess. No, no, don't thank me, I knew you needed them and I'm more than happy to help. After all it's the beginning of summer here in the northern hemisphere, and you're ready to get your game on. ;)
An entertaining speech tying together online privacy, the dangers and benefits of personal data gathering, and how it powers the web.
All of us are early adopters of another idea— that everyone should always be online. Those of us in this room have benefitted enormously from this idea. We're at this conference because we've built our careers around it. But enough time has passed that we're starting to see the shape of the online world to come. It doesn't look appealing at all. At times it looks downright scary.
~snip~
The online world is very different. Online, everything is recorded by default, and you may not know where or by whom. If you've ever wondered why Facebook is such a joyless place, even though we've theoretically surrounded ourselves with friends and loved ones, it's because of this need to constantly be wearing our public face. Facebook is about as much fun as a zoning board hearing.
~snip~
Google's answer is, wake up, grandpa, this is the new normal. But all they're doing is trying to port a bug in the Internet over to the real world, and calling it progress.
You can dress up a bug and call it a feature. You can also put dog crap in the freezer and call it ice cream. But people can taste the difference.
~snip~
Much of the current debate around the NSA involves making minor changes to this secret mechanism. Americans have an almost perverse faith in the rule of law. They believe that, as long as the secret courts are making sure the secret police obey the secret laws, our democracy is safe.
~snip~
These big collections of personal data are like radioactive waste. It's easy to generate, easy to store in the short term, incredibly toxic, and almost impossible to dispose of. Just when you think you've buried it forever, it comes leaching out somewhere unexpected.
~snip~
Recall that advertising is when someone pays you to tell your users they'll be happy if they buy a product or service. Yahoo is an example of a company that runs on advertising. Gawker is a company that runs on advertising.
Investor storytime is when someone pays you to tell them how rich they'll get when you finally put ads on your site. Pinterest is a site that runs on investor storytime. Most startups run on investor storytime.
One was on the boom and the other was on the way to the boom when the call came in from a JTAC (Joint Terminal Air Controller) for close air support for troops under intense fire. The F-16 on the boom immediately disconnected, hit the brakes and rapidly dropped back about a hundred feet, popped off its external fuel tanks and took off like a bat out of hell with the burner lit. The other F-16 made it to us, topped off its tanks, and kept its externals on after fueling.
Since they had much less fuel on board now, we flew directly over the area where our troops were being attacked and stayed on station while they did bombing runs on the enemy. Eventually the A-10's that had scrambled out of Baghram Air Base arrived on scene and took care of everything.
The same A-10s that save the day repeatedly, and which the USAF wants to shitcan. :mad2:
When Ed Lowe died in 1995, he owned 22 homes, a 72-foot yacht, a stable of quarter horses, a private railroad, and an entire Michigan town. Where did he get that much money? He invented
Kitty Litter, making cats an indoor fixture and shaping the internet.
Have you a burning desire for your very own Viking ship?
Have you always dreamt of owning your own authentic Viking Ship, built by craftsmen in the ancient Nordic capital of Roskilde?
The Viking Ship Museum are now in a position to build a Viking Ship to order, from a range of models. Why not go for the full battle cruising Gokstad Ship measuring nearly 10 meters!
Viking Ship Museum
Here are just some ball-park figures (excluding sales tax) - call if you want a unique Viking artefact!
Skuldelev 6
(12 meters, 7 pair of oars and sail): €250,000 - €400,000
The Large Gokstad
(10 meters, 6 pair of oars and sail): €113,000 – €160,000
The Little Gokstad
(6,5 meters, 2 pair of oars, sail): €33,000 – 53,000
£113,000 for a ~thirty foot rowboat?
For £113,000, Ima need a bigger boat.
When Ed Lowe died in 1995, he owned 22 homes, a 72-foot yacht, a stable of quarter horses, a private railroad, and an entire Michigan town. Where did he get that much money? He invented Kitty Litter, making cats an indoor fixture and shaping the internet.
Have you a burning desire for your very own Viking ship?
Viking Ship Museum
I see where you're headed here.
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omg I just saw that! It's hilarious, and I realize I never paid an ounce of attention to the lyrics to The Immigrant Song! To sing along was nothing more than making approximate noises...worse even than Potato Wave.
Thanks griff...good laugh for the morning.
Yeah, those lyrics...
I never was a big Led Zep fan. I had no clue what he was singing about, til I read the lyrics.
Thank God for kitteh Vikings, huh?
Whispered tales of Thor, not Gore. dumb kittehs
Whispered tales of Thor, not Gore. dumb kittehs
you might be right, but out the top dozen hits I only found that one that supported your transcription.
Unless your site is one from here...? Which, like Grav and IM, I've been singing all these years...
I'm pretty sure I remember Robert Plant speak that line on an interview. No way I'll ever find that.... Anyway, listen to it. It's clear to me.
I was wondering about "where the hot springs blow". Springs, hot, or, otherwise, don't blow. They flow.
The Kittehs also do a bunch of other songs, like Gay Bar and Independent Woman covered by Elbow:[YOUTUBE]zSQDR1yF3uQ[/YOUTUBE]
Hidden amid the foliage and scrap metal, abandoned fleet of WWII fighter planes lie rotting in the backwoods of Ohio
They ain't lying:
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Well, I don't think I saw any WWII
fighters...maybe they are simply mistaken, instead of lying. Then again, maybe I'm mistaken.
Looks like a B-25, and a couple of jets, and some other junk. One mans trash is, another mans treasure.
I simply must find out where one gets one's hands on planes like these. There is a MiG 15 and an FB-111 near my house, rotting in the weather. One of these days, I wil ask the owners where they got them.
Scrap aluminum is $.50/pound here.
As the KKK diehards are reduced, or at least the ones willing to come out, the rest of the citizens must pitch in to help them demonstrate. ;)
There are nice people doing nice things for reasons known only to themselves, all over the world. If you aren't involved, or at least know someone who is, you probably won't hear about it unless it's a verrrrry slow news day. Sex and violence sells better than human interest.
True. All the more reason to acknowledge Gravdigr shedding light on it and thus brightening my day.
I love this story. Thanks Grav.
You are welcome.
It hit me right when I needed a good dose of good.
ETA: I particularly liked the part where the complete stranger said she was a kinder person just for having read about that girl.
I was thinking about how when I look at the "train wreck" news stories, I see more of them suggested when I look at news. People have often talked about how the only news that gets reported is the awful stuff, but I wonder how the face of news today might change if people studiously avoided all the negative disaster rape horror shit and just went after positive and upbeat stories. Would we eventually see a shift in news reporting and human behavior? There was a study recently on FB that had something to do with a similar idea, if I'm not mistaken.
Along the lines of the idea that reporting school shootings and such creates copycats and glorifies the perps, the inverse should hold true. What if we put our collective attention on the positive?
Perhaps as a cellar-wide not challenge, per se, but experiment. Suppose we all decided for a week or maybe two, to consciously avoid reading or psoting any train-wreck type news and instead focused on what is great? Not in a glurgy or make me gag pollyanna way, but sincerely good stuff.
I'd be really curious to read how that might affect us individually and as a group. What if all the "What I'm pissed off about threads were left alone and instead we started to focus on what we are grateful about?
Lately, I've begun to be really fed up with hearing complaints coming out of my mouth, I can only imagine how others must feel who are subjected to it.
Just a thought.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe on the net where you pick and chose your stories from the headline, but TV-Cable-Print news have not gone away just yet. :headshake
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Eye on the TV
'cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavour
It happens to be like;
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son
She used the poison in his tea
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies
Don't look at me like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother
Holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying
Why, oh why?
'cause I need to watch things die
From a distance
Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
You all need it too, don't lie
Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
The writers of stories sold
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance
Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same so
Why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down
Drawn on grave and ground
Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmittal
Sing to the death rattle
La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie
Credulous at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men.
Pull your head on out your hippy haze and give a listen.
Shouldn't have to say it all again.
The universe is hostile. so Impersonal. devour to survive.
So it is. So it's always been.
We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire
Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I
Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe on the net where you pick and chose your stories from the headline, but TV-Cable-Print news have not gone away just yet. :headshake
Each of those is still equipped with an off switch or can be put down. There's a galactic-shit-ton of bad food out there, but I'm still in charge of what I put in my mouth.
People don't do that, not human nature to shut off the news if an unpleasant story pops up. You extol possibilities, I describe realities.
Go forth, climb the highest peak, plant the banner of civility... you won't even make the 6 o'clock news.
Oh, you went where the wild things are. That's nice, this will pay the rent, how?
A link to 40 charts and graphs showing
how the US gets fed... more interesting than it sounds. :haha:
That link is amazing. You could spend an hour or two digesting (hee hee) it all.
I've been thinking about my diet a lot lately, and it's interesting to me to see the 3-4 charts on the rise of obesity in this country and how it matches almost exactly in increase in daily caloric intake, and an increase in grain and fat consumption. Americans need to eat fewer grains, less meat, and more fruits and vegetables. The food pyramid from a decade or two ago with grains on the bottom really fucked up this country. I think a lot of people still think grains are good and should be eaten in abundance instead of limited. I know I did. Fuckin' Wheaties.
Wow. You've done a Wheatie 180.
I'm so disillusioned right now.
People don't do that, not human nature to shut off the news if an unpleasant story pops up.
I stopped watching televised news altogether. Never see it. I got real tired real quick of the newsmouth telling me how and what to think about each and every story, or not reporting the story at all if they couldn't figure a way to skew it toward their agenda. I only listen to my local AM radio noon news, almost daily, read by a marble-mouthed fuck who is an embarrassment to our community.
I read my news mostly from YahooNews (yeah, I know). Where I can pick and choose what I read.
I stopped watching televised news altogether. Never see it.
Hey now, we're talking about normal people here, not us. :p:
I'd never heard of Stormfront. Assuming
this is what we're talking about...
Guess I haven't gotten to that particular corner of the web...
Kentucky is lagging behind, PA leads the way with a large and varied choice of hate groups. After all, this is the age of specialization. :rolleyes:
Kentucky is lagging behind...
As usual.
The suitcase :unsure:
I recommend clicking on the link at the end which goes to the pdf journal translation.
Glatt, there is more evidence linking HFCS to obesity than grain. Not that grain is all that great.
Except for barley.
A niche blog called
WTF Visualizations. They collect charts, graphs, and other visuals from articles, reports, print and digital. No explanation beyond the visual itself so a lot of them are real head scratchers. I found a lot of them amusing.
This one pisses me off. It means I'm doomed to never ending sales calls.
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The circle charts there...uh, I'm confused.
2% = about half the circle chart. ?
3% = 25% of the circle chart. ?
Lather, rinse, repeat.
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And 10% and 80% look the same. Oh, and it doesn't say those contacts are with the same potential customer. There's a lot they don't say. :haha:
I think the blog is mocking these infographics.
Heh. I didn't even look at the graphic. Just the numbers.
All I can say is that, for me, a sale (medical equipment etc.) is made on either the first or second contact. I evaluate the product and decide. After that, contacts are utterly unwelcome.
Come to think of it, most approaches fit that paradigm.
I think the blog is mocking these infographics.
Definitely. :yesnod:
The Measure of America project by the Social Science Research Council, came up with some interesting conclusions about how the quality of life is affected by things going on around us.
YMMV because Asians living the longest with Latinos second, may or may not concern you.
Why the
post office pays private shippers $3200 a pallet to fly Coke/Pepsi to rural Alaska.
Mapping the Spread of the Military’s Surplus Gear
My county has received from Uncle Sam 43[COLOR="DarkRed"]*[/COLOR] assault rifles, 5 pcs of body armor, 2 pcs night vision equipment, and 2 shotguns.
[COLOR="DarkRed"]*[/COLOR] We don't even have 43 officers, city and county
combined.
Interesting. I went to pull up my county, and it is not highlighted and has no data. If I'm reading this correctly, then that means is didn't get any equipment from the DOD.
But that doesn't mean they don't have any equipment. I've seen this guy in parades. It even showed up for an elementary school Halloween parade as an escort vehicle two years ago. How very appropriate to be used for a holiday when children dress up in costumes.
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That's a lot of night vision scopes. I guess so they can see all the zombies coming in from Detroit just to the south of them.
We only got two mine resistant vehicles.:(
McLennan County, Texas. Waco, 300,000 people, I-35... 7 Helicopters?
0 in my county. The hillbillys are still better armed than the police.
This is a little interesting.
DC got a bunch of planes, but doesn't have a runway within its borders.
It has some helipads, but no runway.
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Doesn't have a runway that the Pentagon will admit to, anyway...
24 Last Photos of People Who Couldn't Ever Be [Photographed] Again
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not in the best of taste, and/or a tad gruesome (no blood and guts, no dead bodies, I don't think).
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Worth the click.
Lenin is a dead ringer for Manson.
Maybe this belongs in Current events, but here's a s
urprisingly good article in GQ about the North Pond Hermit, who was just released from jail.
A long read, which is rare these days.
Here he is at his capture.
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If you just need to add a few pennies to make up the amount to get free shipping on Amazon, use this search. Not sure if there's a way to change countries, but I'm sure there must be similar links around.
Slick FillersThis one pisses me off. It means I'm doomed to never ending sales calls.
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where is this information from? And what is the definition of "contact"?
Let's imagine Comcast is your only Cable TV option. :rolleyes: they call/mail once a month to try and persuade you to upgrade your plan. (I'm bring generous here) you tell them to fuck off or recycle the mailing. then it's the Olympics and you decide you need a sports TV package. So you wait for them to call so you can get a better deal than you might if you went to them. That might make it look like they were successful after x number of contacts. no?
Maybe this belongs in Current events, but here's a surprisingly good article in GQ about the North Pond Hermit, who was just released from jail.
Damn. That
was a good read. Shockingly, I saw a few (too many for comfort, actually) similarities between Mr. Knight and myself. I would love to get in this man's head and have a nice long look around. I like the guy.
Solitude did increase my perception. But here's the tricky thing—when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. With no audience, no one to perform for, I was just there. There was no need to define myself; I became irrelevant. The moon was the minute hand, the seasons the hour hand. I didn't even have a name. I never felt lonely. To put it romantically: I was completely free.
Thanks for posting that, Glatt.
Thanks. I can also see some of myself in him. The funny thing is, as much as we like him, he would dislike us. We're bleeding our emotions all over him just by talking about him.
That's true.
I'm not going to miss you at all.
40 Of History’s Most Brilliant One-Liners
No guarantee of truthiness in those quotes.
I'm not picking on you digger when I say this, but I'm not sure about links like that. Not as a mod for the Cellar, but as a web surfer.
You click on the link, and there are the promised quotes. Actually, there is the first quote along with 9 advertisements, 2 links to share the thing on FB, and 8 more click bait stories at the bottom enticing you to get into another clicking and ad serving loop. And then a handful of FB comments written by strangers. To get to the next quote you have to click the "next" button. And you get the next quote, as promised. But this time there are 11 ads instead of 9, and one of them is an auto playing commercial.
I'm not going to keep clicking through to see the rest. If the rest are like the first two, at 40 pages, that would be over 400 ads, and 320 click bait stories.
The web used to be pretty cool, but more and more is being replaced by this crap. If a web page's goal was to share cool stuff for the good of mankind, they could easily fit all that stuff on one page, but their goal is advertising revenue.
...but their goal is advertising revenue.
:eek:
I thought they just liked me.
What does that link look like with ad blocker?
It's still clickbait, but manageable. Firefox w/ Ghostry + Adblock Plus.
I just get sick of clicking 'next' all the damn time. On the principle of the matter, I resent it when reputable organizations (The Atlantic, here's looking at you) arbitrarily split articles into two pages just for the clicks.
Does anyone not use adblocker?
I don't. I don't go to enough sites with ads to make me bother with it.
I had it on my old PC but forgot to load it on this one when I got it.
I just looked at the photo w/the one liner, and the 'next' button.
'Problem' solved.
No ad block needed. It doesn't matter how many ads are swirling around the periphery, Stay focused and ignore them.
Other than having to click each quote the site runs very smoothly. A lot of that type site have a long delay after you click, which is exasperating and makes me bail.
A lot of that type site have a long delay after you click, which is exasperating and makes me bail.
I assumed that's the ads loading, but maybe they have some sort of countdown timer on the page that keeps it from loading a new one for a set period of time so you have more of a chance to read the ads.
...so you have more of a chance to read the ads.
Just don't.
The Secret Lives of America's migrant Farmers.
Authorized by Congress in 1965 as part of President Johnson’s Great Society program, the MEP provides educational services, from supplemental classes to private tutoring, to migrant children who struggle to keep up as they move from one school to another.
Here is something special, a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Museum room by room, watch it in full screen. It's great technology, 360 degree viewing by using your cursor. Follow the blue arrows on the floor to move into new rooms.
Shows inside and outside of the museum and there little cameras here and there which show detailed info on certain things. If you click on the floors (upper right corner) you get a floor plan of that floor and you can click on a blue circle and go directly to that room.
Use the roller on your mouse to move in and out, or the +/- on the screen. Look for the "arrows" on the floor and click on them, they take you to other places.
Fun for children of all ages. :D
Wow. It's so empty. I've gotten there when it opens, and it's still packed with people.
p'raps it was shot during some night at the museum.
That's pretty cool. I remember visiting the Smithsonian a few years back. It was a pretty enjoyable experience, though it was pretty packed.
http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/youtube-kutiman-give-it-up/?fbdd
Using 23 videos from random YouTubers playing instruments including drums, keyboards, guitars, saxophones, and even two cellos, Kutiman formulated a song that will astound you. Kutiman somehow manages to incorporate all of the players, from a six-year-old girl apparently practicing for a piano recital, to a guy busting out a guitar solo at the end.
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That was completely awesome.
But, good God, can you imagine how much time that took to assemble?
:devil:
You would have to be half technician, half musician too.
Some free coupons over at wwpbelieve.org Won't print with crome, sorry
You would have to be half technician, half musician too.
And a pro YouTube surfer.
Some free coupons over at wwpbelieve.org Won't print with crome, sorry
Assuming you meant ww
w.believe.org, does the site you were talking about look like this?
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I couldn't find anything about coupons there.
I went to
www.believe.
com, also, couldn't find any coupons there, either.
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OK, I get it, now. I'm a moron sometimes.
It's
www.wwpbelieve.org. Just like he said.
Click "coupons", on the right.
Famous Movie Scenes Before and After Special Effects Were Added
Also:
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You punctuated the sentence correctly.
Just got through looking at the special effects link. That was fun, but I wouldn't say any of those scenes were famous.
Night Night MonsterNight Night Dolls INC is a nonprofit organization registered in New Jersey that launched globally in 2011 to help traumatized children between the ages of five and fifteen who are suffering from severe nightmares and night terrors.
With the help of volunteers, Night Night Dolls INC gifts these children, free of charge, handmade Night Night monster plush dolls to comfort them, aiding their growth so they can overcome their fears and sleep peacefully.
We work with hospitals, orphanages, and individual families worldwide.
Soldiers' Itemized Military Kit - from 1244 - 2014.
Hi there. Is that a trench club in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
It would behoove them to take their valet along. :haha:
Re: 1916 private soldier, Battle of the Somme.
It tended to be the more experienced soldier who survived the first day of the Battle of the Somme due to having ditched his kit at the earliest opportunity.
This reduced the likelihood of his becoming bogged down in the mud and presenting the enemy with an easy target.
Vagina cookies.
Yep,
vagina cookies.
Seeking some light reading this morning, my gaze fell upon a newspaper article by the BBC’s Economics Editor, Robert Peston, about political leaders being less than willing to discuss the minor matter of the national debt in the months preceding a general election. I’ll just pluck this sentence from the article:
For those of you wondering what all the fuss is about, it is mainly that paying interest to lenders on a huge debt is not a desperately productive use of taxpayers’ money.
I suspect that few people would disagree with that sentiment. The UK National Debt is a horror story.
UK National Debt Clock
Equally horrific, perhaps more so, is the US National Debt.
Read and weep, gentle reader.
US National Debt Clock
If they've been mentioned before apologies are due.
One thing is for certain, neither will be the same as the last time you looked.
Debt per taxpayer (that's me) $152,941. I don't like that.
But I do like the fact that the big number on the federal deficit is going DOWN.
You don't hear that too often, but it's good news.
...less than willing to discuss the minor matter of the national debt in the months preceding a general election.
Speaking of the impending election, I saw gasoline in NJ and MA for less than $3 a gallon this past weekend.
Speaking of the impending election, I saw gasoline in NJ and MA for less than $3 a gallon this past weekend.
On my first visit to the US in 1999 I was staggered to find fuel at 94c/gal in deepest WY.
I don't think that it had increased that much the last time I visited in 2004.
ETA Irritatingly, in the UK fuel is priced as pence/litre. This morning I bought 29.30 litres @ 120.9p/l = £35.42.
I think that I have calculated this correctly, but that works out at $7.32/US gal. (£1 = $1.60)
I don't drive very often.
There was a lot of talk about $5 a gallon but it didn't happen.
There were MA stations less than $3 but the statewide average was something like $3.30ish.
Be still my beating heart!
September
Pylon of the month was the site's 50th pylon.
She's a little on the thin side. Kinda bony.
Be still my beating heart!
September Pylon of the month was the site's 50th pylon.
Pffft... Chicken feed.
Now you're talking:
thebigtower.com :eek:
King of Click - The story of the IBM Model M, the greatest keyboard ever made.
There was a lot of talk about $5 a gallon but it didn't happen.
There was this one gas station in DC, near the Kennedy Center, that went over $5.
The explanation I heard was that they wanted to be just a garage, but they had to be a gas station to keep the franchise, so they overpriced the gas to keep gas customers away (and, as a bonus, anyone who used them anyway would be extra-profitable).
They are now gone, and the new station is in line with others in the area. I.e. still expensive, but not as much.
edit -
Here's a thread talking about this station. And a
Washington Post article that mentions it.
Don't you mean
Indigenous Peoples' Day?
Mayor designates Indigenous Peoples’ Day, asks mutual respect
It’s official: In Seattle, the second Monday in October is now Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Mayor Ed Murray signed the measure Monday.
By Daniel Beekman
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray called for mutual respect among the city’s diverse communities Monday while signing into a law a resolution designating the second Monday of each October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The resolution, approved by the City Council last week, angered some Italian Americans because Columbus Day, a federal holiday associated with the celebration of Italian heritage, is on the same date.
...
"Italian heritage"??? what the heck?
That was a plot point on The Sopranos. The gangsters were all bent out of shape over an effort by Native American groups to stop celebrating Columbus.
Anyone for Bartolome Day?
The Oatmeal missed the point. Columbus was sent by European power, the same power that writes history, therefore the resident savages, and visiting Vikings, Asians, Africans and Polynesians don't count.
And Bartolome? "He gave up his land, freed his slaves, became a priest, and spent the rest of his life fighting the brutal colonization of the New World." What a dumb move, what European Monarch, you know, the ones with power, is going to listen to a pauper priest? I doubt the Vatican was much interested either.
As a wealthy plantation owner he might have been able put a bug in the ear of some players at court, at least brought up the subject with the "loyal opposition", but of course their life expectancy was almost as short as the Indians.
Tabletop Whale.
A science illustration blog using charts and animated GIFs. You'll like it or your money back.
That was a plot point on The Sopranos. The gangsters were all bent out of shape over an effort by Native American groups to stop celebrating Columbus.
Yep. Solid in my memory.
Hey, you know
C.J. Wilson, pitcher for the Angels?
Well, I was reading
this article at YahooAutos about the wild-super-awesome paint job on his McLaren P1 (cerberus pearl polychromatic paint, btw:right:). The article had a link to more photos of Mr. Wiiiiilson's car. The link goes to a photo archive of pics Mr. Wilson has taken during the off season(s).
Mr. Wilson is a fairly awesome photographer.Scientists resurrect extinct 700 year old virus from frozen caribou poop.
Great. They brought back an old virus and tested it out and it successfully infected a modern day organism in a lab environment.
Why would you do this?
As Arctic ice melts faster with climate change, it could release ancient viral particles into the environment—some of which could remain infectious, the team warns.
Because understanding this new virus in laboratory conditions allows us to learn more in a safer, controlled condition. Indeed, there are gazillions of viruses out there, we live in and amongst them literally all the time. Learning about this one in the lab doesn't mean we haven't already been exposed to it, we just know more about it. Also, "successfully infected" means transferred from one organism to another. "Infected" has emotional connotations that don't apply in the context of the lab experiment.
Additionally, this fellow does this as a hobby, finding new viruses. Apparently there's a lab coat for every petri dish too.
Why would you do this?
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A nice controlled virus sure could solve some problems for the military, just sayin...
Soaking Behemoth – The Mack Super Pumper Was A Locomotive Engined Fire Fighter That Could Extinguish Hell Itself
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The water pump on this monstrosity was powered by a 2,400 horsepower engine.
:devil:
Live
Polar Bear Cam from Canada.
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Best image yet of planets being formed.
This image was made by ALMA, an array of
radio telescopes in Chile. Those dark rings in the cloud are areas around the star where matter is clumping together into planets, pulling more nearby matter out of the cloud disk.
Once these planetary bodies acquire enough mass, they dramatically reshape the structure of their natal disk, fashioning rings and gaps as the planets sweep their orbits clear of debris and shepherd dust and gas into tighter and more confined zones.
The new ALMA image reveals these striking features in exquisite detail, providing the clearest picture to date of planet formation. Images with this level of detail were previously only seen in computer models and artist concepts. ALMA, living up to its promise, has now provided direct proof that nature and theory are very much in agreement.
This image was made by ALMA
That chick that married Clooney? She's pretty good.
ETA: Nevermind, I got lysdexic for a moment...
:p:
Suicidal bunnies - from
"The Book of Bunny Suicides" by Andy Riley.
First in a series.
Example:
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Simple, but, funny cartoons by Shaghai Tango
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Love Tango, very original.
Oh they're really good! Love the wifi pizza slices.
[eta] Oh god, the suicidal bunnies. First couple were mildly amusing, but as you go through them they just get funnier and funnier.
This site featured in an article in one of today's newspapers.
Curiosity got the better of me so I had a look.
The site describes itself as 'an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard'.
Forgive me if it has been mentioned before.
http://postsecret.com/OH dear, Marshall College has
denied tenure to Assistant Professor Henry Jones Jr. ;)
heh heh. I always thought the same thing about him.
I spotted this article on the BBC website a couple of days ago:
What baffles you about the British?
Rather a lot, it seems, if the thousands of comments on a reddit thread are anything to go by.
Tired of all the discussion threads poking fun at his compatriots, an American user said he wanted to turn the tables for once: "Non-British people of Reddit, what about Britain is stupid/baffles you?" he asked.
The question drew more than 25,000 comments in less than a week - from people of many different nationalities, not least the British themselves.
BBC
Quite frankly, the video is a fairly lazy piece of journalism but the Reddit thread is worth reading.
I don't bother looking at Reddit all that often because navigating the posts is a pain in the arse. That's definitely British, by the way.
Non-British people of Reddit, what about Britain is stupid/baffles you?That is a good read, Carruthers. I just learned, for example, that the pink bunny whose batteries last longer than anyone else's was originally the
Duracell Bunny, until Duracell failed to renew their patent in the US, and Energizer stole it from them. In the UK they apparently talk about the Duracell Bunny in the exact same way we talk about the Energizer Bunny.
That is a good read, Carruthers. I just learned, for example, that the pink bunny whose batteries last longer than anyone else's was originally the Duracell Bunny, until Duracell failed to renew their patent in the US, and Energizer stole it from them. In the UK they apparently talk about the Duracell Bunny in the exact same way we talk about the Energizer Bunny.
Of all the things that are difficult to accept, but I am learning to deal with, this one gives me an opportunity to exercise the right to refuse to believe something even when cited by a reliable source.
In the UK they apparently talk about the Duracell Bunny in the exact same way we talk about the Energizer Bunny.
No,
they do it with an accent.
No, they do it with an accent.
Sir! I am an Englshman, everyone else speaks English with an accent. ;)
Sir! I am an Englshman, everyone else speaks English with an accent. ;)
That's because out of any random 10 Englishmen, you can't find more than three who sound alike. :p:
I see they gave Ellen DeGeneres credit for the picture that millions of people witnessed Bradley Cooper take.
Probably because it was her camera and her idea. The plan was to ask Streep to step out of the group and take the picture as a joke. Then Cooper insisted on taking it, and that bunch is like wrangling cats, take the shot, now or never.
I just did a site-specific image search using Teh Cellar.
Click
this, and see if any of your photos are there. I saw several of mine.
It's kinda fun, remembering the pics, the convos that went them, and finding your own, of course.
Click the pic, and then click "visit page", takes you to the thread, and the page the pic is on, imagine that.
Good one Digr, I didn't know Australia is moving north 3 inches a year.
Gawrsh! I had a Planets record back in the day and it was fabulous. Hooks galore. They should have been bigger.
You folks make fun of me for my predilection for porn...
...but, really,
I'm just trying to help put these girls through law school.If you ever thought you had weird, irrational fears, worry no more. Illustrator Fran Krause has spent the last few years accumulating tons of people's deepest, darkest, most embarrassingly strange situational fears and turning them into web comics called Deep Dark Fears.
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That's weird, perverted, disgusting... I've bookmarked it in all my browsers. :rollanim:
Everything I Know: 42 Hours of Buckminster
Fuller’s Visionary Lectures Free Online (1975)
Transcripts too.
Pictures of
New York City... at night... from a helicopter... at 7500 ft. Extraordinary.
Wow, and I'm not even a fan of NYC. But those pictures are gorgeous.
You can't see the grittiness from that high.
a couple of those pics look a LOT like SimCity™
I'm not a huge fan of the tilt shift ones. I mean, the effect is neat, but kind of gimmicky. I expect that 10 years from now, they will seem incredibly dated.
From that article...
Had we gone just a few thousand more feet up (around 11,000-12,000 feet) we would have needed oxygen masks!
One veteran pilot that we often fly with refused to go up to the altitude we were at ... He said that "helicopters are not meant to live in that realm" - which I kind of agree with following this flight.
Guess that pilot didn't have any Chinook experience. :haha:
What looks like satellite, but might be aerial photographs of upwards of 700 US prisons.
http://prisonmap.com/That's a lot of prisons.
Many of them are built on old airports.
A few of them seem to just be pictures of active commercial airports. Maybe there's a holding cell in the airport for unruly passengers.
Reminds me of the rumor I've heard from the boy down the street that there is a small jail in the Eagle's football stadium because the fans there are so bad.
Caution, this could shoot your evening. :haha:
This page has links to lists of the top 101 cities that...
•Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely homosexual households
•Top 101 cities that people commute into (largest positive percentage daily daytime population change due to commuting)
•Top 101 cities with the least cars per house, population 500+
•Top 101 cities with the most people having Doctorate degrees
•Top 101 cities with the lowest number of arson incidents in 2006 per 10,000 residents
•Top 101 cities with the largest humidity differences during a year
•Top 101 cities with the most full-time local library workers per 1000 residents
•Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Armenia
•Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Management occupations: (population 5,000+)
It goes on an on, plus lists by countries, or zip codes.
Another link from the Amusing Planet site... A zoo the way a zoo should be.
Amusing Planet - 1/20/15
Biopic Valencia: The Immersive Zoo
Bioparc Valencia is a small (25-acre) zoo in Valencia, Spain,
with a large collection of African animals.
Unlike your average zoo where animals are locked in cages,
the animals in Bioparc Valencia appear to roam freely in the park.
But there is no need to be afraid.
Bioparc Valencia is what is called an “immersive zoo”
– a concept of immersing visitors into the animals' habitat and not vice versa
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The link has several more pics.
OK, they aren't prominent, but there are fences, to protect the wild animals from the dangerous humans. ;)
OMG.:eek: Adventures of a
NHL dentist.
It does look nice. It reminds me of the
Woodland Park Zoo, here in my neighborhood. There are several exhibits that have that same naturalistic design. Some of the vantage points make the visitor feel like they're not separated from the (other) animals at all.
The pictures at the link are from a more website-centric perspective, not like the link for the other zoo that showed the visitors' perspective.
I tried to check out that NHL Dentist link, but I was too squicked out. ***shivers***
Over at Mental Floss, miss Cellania has posted
"12 Web Toys to fill Snowbound days" but you don't have to swear or affirm you're snowbound.
Warning, track of time diminishing, your family misses you. :haha:
The FBI issued a report,
Terrorism 2003-2005, but in the report they list a "Chronological Summary of Terrorist Incidents in the U.S. 1980-2005".
Daily beast claims 42% were Latinos and 6% Muslims. I noticed a lot of Jewish Defense League, and the Animal/Earth Defense wackos.
help, i'm trapped in the kaleidescope videos and I can't get out!
Go to the sign up page and it says free trial, but just skip over the sign up, and have at it.
I've arranged for you all to get Google Earth Pro for free. ;)
https://geoauth.google.com/gev0/free_trial.htmlI loaded that yesterday, but the only tool I saw in pro that was better than in free was the polygon measuring tool. So now I can measure the acres of my yard.
I thought resolution was supposed to be better, but I didn't notice a difference.
I could not get it to work, no place to log in or anything. I downloaded it twice and neither time did it work. It says it works with macs but based on results, it is a piece of shit.
Try this. This link worked for me yesterday (on a PC)
http://www.cnet.com/news/get-google-earth-pro-for-free/
I didn't have to register to get the Pro version.
Keryx made it work for me, I guess i'm not as smart as I think I am. Sorry for my earlier rant.
A site to kill your social media or public profile accounts. Can't vouch for it though.
http://www.accountkiller.com/en/There are so many places I know nothing about... This link is one of them, and has several more pics.
Amusing Planet
Qasr al Farid: The Lonely Castle of Mada'in Saleh
Mada'in Saleh is an ancient city of pre-Islamic period located in northern Saudi Arabia, about 1,400 km to the north of capital Riyadh.
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I've never seen that one before. Cool!
Stunning. Great find Lamp.
There are so many places I know nothing about...
I know, not even a clue they exist. I laugh at people who have seen it all because they've flown to major cities in 50 countries. All that seat time is an opportunity to read about it, though. :haha:
I've driven through 49 states, Mexico, and all the Canadian provinces. Now I can say with confidence what I've seen is miniscule percentage of North America.
Here's a British book from 1974 describing the Policeman's job. Access the whole book for free.
I have fond memories of Ladybird Books from my childhood, however I don't recall reading that one.
Or any quite like it. Strange really.;)
No way. That can't be real.
Edit: OK, I clicked the link. So now I wonder who messed with the book and how it got there. I like it though. It's funny.
No way. That can't be real.
It isn't, it's very much a spoof.
I don't know, things were different back in '74. :haha:
No way. That can't be real.
Edit: OK, I clicked the link. So now I wonder who messed with the book and how it got there. I like it though. It's funny.
I think that the humour is magnified because the Ladybird Books originate from a very different, and much more innocent, age.
Generations of people in the UK will have fond memories of them from childhood.
I'm betting it started as a genuine book then someone has changed only the text.
I thought maybe the archive site was spoofed, but the book is there.
https://archive.org/details/Police.
I'm betting it started as a genuine book then someone has changed only the text.
Here's the 1962 Edition.
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The spoof version appears to be based on the 1974 edition.
The frontispiece seems genuine.
They really were great books for kids who were just starting to read.
The frontispiece seems genuine.
That's what
she said.
:drummer:
OK, I found the book on the genuine archive site, come back and post the link, but the link goes back to a different page in the all media tab, instead of the book in the texts tab. Must be some of that Brit magic that Rowling woman is always raving about.
I think
this guy has as good a guess as any as to the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
He doesn't
know, mind you, but...
It's an interesting read.
I soon realized the germ of every TV-news segment is: “Officials say X.” The validity of the story derives from the authority of the source. The expert, such as myself, is on hand to add dimension or clarity. Truth flowed one way: from the official source, through the anchor, past the expert, and onward into the great sea of viewerdom.
I think he left out the point where the story passes through the offices of Cover-our-Ass, Protect-the-Bottom Line, and Most-Politically-effective-Story-Presentation.
<snip>
It's an interesting read.
Agreed.
It's an interesting read.
That was an interesting read. It would make a good movie.
Are you fascinated by the stories of god's wrath on Boston this winter. Are you having trouble Processing 100 inches on snow?
Want some of it?
Does this deal include 'dirty snow'?
I discovered
John B Henry is a friend of a friend.
Batch of colorized WWI pictures - with the bonus of lots of interesting info/stories amongst the pics.
Goodness, John B. is rather fond of those knife pistols. $5895 -:speechls:
I understand John B travels the world buying and selling these items, very much on top of the market.
Those colorized picture are fascinating, they allow picking out detail I'd need a B&W copy twice the size to see, if at all. :thumb:
Damn you Digr, through great personal determination and grit, I just escaped that colorization site after 2 1/2 hours. :haha:
Did you know 1,007,671 WW I bayonets, were shortened in WW II, from 16 to 10 inches for use with the M1 Garand? Or that Singer sewing machine got an order for 500, M1911A1 pistols in an experiment to see how quickly a company with zero weapons-making experience could become a military supplier? And those guns go for $20,000 to $40,000 today? That's only a taste of the information that pulled against my escape.
Five-o'clock shadows...
Not withstanding an occasional trimmed mustache and/or beard,
I noticed that almost every soldier was face-washed and clean-shaven.
In all that muck and mire, how did they all manage that ?
The Brit's are a strange, but impressive lot.
Whiskers were too scared to come out. :unsure:
Five-o'clock shadows...
Not withstanding an occasional trimmed mustache and/or beard,
I noticed that almost every soldier was face-washed and clean-shaven.
In all that muck and mire, how did they all manage that ?
The Brit's are a strange, but impressive lot.
A World War is but a minor inconvenience in the great scheme of things.
Certainly no excuse to let standards slip, old chap. :)
Mental floss has an article about seven Charities which can use help from yarn crafters.
1. Afghans for Afghans
2. Binky Patrol
3. Knots of Love
4. The Baby Bird Nest Craft-along
5. Knitted Knockers
6. The Mother Bear Project
7. Leggings For Life
That looks like a good day trip. thanks bruce!
A fascinating instagram feed from a traveler in China. You can get lost in here going through her posts and looking at her pictures.
One example:
I'm experiencing the phenomenon of collaborative drunk driving. After a day of drinking Bai Jiu alcohol and BBQing with the fish farmers of #QingshuiRiver in #guizhou, we are heading back to the village to sleep. Our host has had way too much alcohol to stand up straight, but he's the only one who knows how to drive the van to the village. The road is a mix of rocks and concrete. To my left is a cliff with no guardrail, to my right is a mountain with signs of ongoing rock slides. To my front is a curve where incoming cars alert other cars by honking as there are no "lanes." There are a total of 7 grown ups and 1 baby seated in a 4-row van. The front seat passenger and the two people in the second row are leaning forward to actively watch the road for the driver. Their body language displays an alertness to the road, as they make slight utters to keep him attentive. His wife, the front seat passenger is saying, "hey keep your eyes open." Inside the van, It's a very convivial mode as everyone is laughing about the difficulties of driving after drinking. People burst out into laughter when one person says that his brother prefers to drive drunk because the mountain road becomes wider. During our whole trip, the driver doesn't swerve. He is navigating the vehicle at an exceptionally slow speed with other cars passing us. At one point the person sitting behind me jokingly said, "hey you're driving too slow, speed up!" While there are no social norms or laws around drunk driving in this part of rural China, the jokes amongst the riders and the collaborative navigation of the road reveals a recognition of its risks.
Five-o'clock shadows...
Not withstanding an occasional trimmed mustache and/or beard,
I noticed that almost every soldier was face-washed and clean-shaven.
In all that muck and mire, how did they all manage that ?
The Brit's are a strange, but impressive lot.
The Art of Manliness makes the case for cold water shaving.The Art of Manliness makes the case for cold water shaving.
Don't show this to UT or Classicman.
They would demand references to the "The
Science of Manliness",
the credentials of the author(s), and to know who really paid for the study.
Don't show this to UT or Classicman.
They would demand references to the "The Science of Manliness",
the credentials of the author(s), and to know who really paid for the study.
Dismiss the rabble, I find this truth to be self evident.
‘Only think of the inconvenience attending the common practice! There must be hot water; to have this there must be a fire, and, in some cases, a fire for that purpose alone; to have these, there must be a servant, or you must light a fire yourself. For the want of these, the job is put off until a later hour: this causes a stripping and another dressing bout: or, you go in a slovenly state all that day, and the next day the thing must be done, or cleanliness must be abandoned altogether….How many a piece of important business has failed from a short delay! And how many thousand of such delays daily proceed from this unworthy cause!’
:noevil:
Blade Runner model shop pictures. I had never seen these before. Star Wars gets all the attention, but just as much went into making Blade Runner. This is getting to be ancient history, over 30 years ago. 142 images you've probably never seen before.
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A Whale Without A Tail
A gray whale spotted off Southern California appears to have to lost its tail, somehow.
It's doing fine, apparently. Short vid at the link.
Don't show this to UT or Classicman.
They would demand references to the "The Science of Manliness",
the credentials of the author(s), and to know who really paid for the study.
Oh that's good!
You got the reading part down, next we move on to comprehension.
A .gif showing the
evolution of the Batmobile.
In about six seconds.
Don't show this to UT or Classicman.
They would demand references to the "The Science of Manliness",
the credentials of the author(s), and to know who really paid for the study.
Why you gotta be a dick? :eyebrow:
Gentlemen, relax your sphincters.
Look at
these pics of damaged B-17s that actually made it home.
If they still had most of two wings, propulsion, and a way to keep them right side up, they'd fly. Amazing.
Here's one story.The Most Googled Product Categories -
For Every Country
Scroll past the world map for individual continent view.
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Uno más por el toro!
:cheerldr:
Definitely
Sent by thought transference
Gentlemen, relax your sphincters.
Look at these pics of damaged B-17s that actually made it home.
Reminds me of that movie, The Memphis Bell.
Funny but the writer of the story didn't know how to spell "Miraculously"
Pics of various cruise ships.
From above.
Example:
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Those are cool, but the one that caught my attention was...
WTF? One arm? OK, squadron leader, desk job... but standing beside HIS fighter???
1940-41, Eight kills (two at night).
February 1941, loses arm.
1941-42, five kills, (all at night)
1942-43, USA lecture tour.
1943, three kills, shot down over France, Germans reported he was a POW, but died in a hospital.
Wiki says...
James was not academically talented although he did excel at poetry and attracted trouble from his school masters by forming libelous rhymes about his contemporaries and members of staff. He played rugby and enjoyed rowing but was not a sporty child. He enjoyed wildlife and animals. It encouraged in him a fascination with biology, and he regularly supplied rabbits and other specimens to the laboratory. He was never appointed a prefect and did not rise to a notable rank in the School Officer Training Corps. He engaged in carpentry and metal work. He and his friends built and manufactured a .22 pistol in the workshops. It test fired and worked. Keen to acquire a real firearm, he obtained a service revolver but shot himself in the hand.
But the lad could fly... boy, could he fly. :eek6:
Here’s how much of your life the United States has been at war
Washington Post - Philip Bump - May 25,2015
<snip>
We used whole years for both the age and the war,
so the brief Gulf War is given a full year,
and World War II includes 1941.
These are estimates.
But the beginning of the conflict in Afghanistan in (late) 2001 means that
anyone born in the past 13 years has never known an America that isn't at war.
Anyone born after 1984 has likely seen America at war for at least half of his or her life.
And that's a lot of Americans
Upload a picture of a bird to
Merlin, and it will ID the bird's type.
Wow. That works very well.
Thanks for posting that, Bruce.
It got everything from hummingbirds to wild turkeys. It had a bit of trouble with mockingbirds, though. They were in the possibles list, but, pretty far down. It called my wild turkey a turkey vulture, but, the next thing on the list was wild turkey. I assume you're helping it learn when you click "This is my bird.".
My work here is done... YoYo Copper, awaaaayyyy.
Wordinary helps you find any of the 411331 English words in the dictionary.
wild turkeys
The one bird I have no problem identifying ;p
A vid of kids doing awesome shit, and some of that shit pretty damn awesome.
"a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase"
The Internet Archive has a complete scan of James Redding Ware’s wonderful 1909 treatise “Passing English of the Victorian era: a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase,” ganked from the University of Toronto’s Robarts library.
A vid of kids doing awesome shit, and some of that shit pretty damn awesome.
The kid at 0:16 sec's gets my vote !
Impressive, yes. But my favorite was the young lady ninja at 1:45. And the phase-shifting soccer striker at 1:51 is the most baffling. Excellent video Gravdigr.
Where old clothes go.
Trailer...
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The full 15 minute video.Danny Luckett made Louisville Sluggers for 45 years, nine months, and eight days.
Among other notable bats, he made the bat Hank Aaron used to swat homerun number 715. Many of the bats he made are in museums.
After it got computerized, I wonder who he made bats for, just certain teams, certain players, special orders?
Google Maps Streetview Player.
The google maps streetview player will take in either a starting point and end point, or a provided file of a route and provide a playthrough of the google streetview images that are available.
I tried this out by putting in my house to a friends just over the river in Jersey. Google did it, but instead of just bopping over the Barry bridge, it took the most round about route possible. Across the county, through Philly, then not even the Walt Whitman bridge, but up over the Ben Franklin Bridge, and down the Jersey side. Your mileage may vary. :(
Try this Declaration of Independence quiz - its pretty good...
I missed 4, but one was the (pick all that apply) and I got two of those correct. Good stuff.
I don't know shit about that Declaration of Independence. And I just proved it.
5 out of 12
:(
Adequate? Adequate! They sound like my ex wives.
A 50 Year Timeline of Hard Drives
1979: IBM's 3370 uses seven 14-inch platters to store 571MB, the first drive to use thin-film heads.
Cellar member
Kisrael makes a video every month consisting of one second from the videos he takes each day of the month. Only 30 seconds long, but always some WTF seconds. :D
Attended an outdoor wedding in the parking lot at Nubble Point with the lighthouse in the background. Nice!
Maine lighthouses are teh beautiful.
It's an interesting video. I wonder if I could get a second of interesting video each day?
http://www.xn--vi8hiv.ws/
It's supposed to make URLs into wingdings.
That's fun. Too bad it doesn't work here.
When you look at the source, it creates a tinyurl kind of link. I linked to the Cellar and when you inspect the source of the resulting link I got this for mine.
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Gerry & Ginny are selling their house.
And their model train collection. Their daughter-in-law typed up an inventory of the train collection.
It was 45 pages long.
Nice little story, pics of the collectionLinguist Jack Grieve posted a bunch of maps that show swearing geographically, based on geotagged tweets.
There are 18 of them, from mild to wild,
here.
Your goddamn link is f*cking broken.
Your goddamn link is f*cking broken.
Sorry, it's
here or LJ posted it
here. :blush:
What your zip code says about you. And the other bastards that live around you.
Kind of general because the township I live in is covered by zip codes of adjoining areas that are very different.
Cellar member Allen Bellows(can't remember his screen name at the moment) at
Damn Interesting is having trouble with Dollop podcast stealing his material. :(
"The Zero-Armed Bandit" @ DamnInteresting is damned interesting.
Hot pastrami
Yes, thank you. :crone:
"The Zero-Armed Bandit" @ DamnInteresting is damned interesting.
Yes it is, lots of interesting stories, well written with minimum fluff.
I must have become completely jaded.
Are these new creations in art and technology - or more of just: "What did you expect ?"
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http://touchpianist.com/
I am no more than a casual listener, but I'm reasonably familiar with a couple of the pieces featured and found it an interesting exercise.
However, I have no musical ability whatsoever, so the purist might well frown upon this site.
thanks for the carpal tunnel syndrome!
This was new to me... it starts very slowly but that just helps set the mood.
Or, you can jump over to almost the 2 minute mark...
You do need to click the button for viewing on VIMEO
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Yeah! I want to go there someday to see that. But then I realized it will never happen. You would only want to go on a solstice or something like that, and you know if they open it to me, they will be opening it up to throngs of people. And who wants to be crammed in there with 100 people?
http://touchpianist.com/
I am no more than a casual listener, but I'm reasonably familiar with a couple of the pieces featured and found it an interesting exercise.
However, I have no musical ability whatsoever, so the purist might well frown upon this site.
This is even more fun on a phone. The tapping is easier and you can increase volume by tapping on different parts of the screen.
Congratulations Philly!!
You made the top ten!
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It's the city of brotherly love.
25 Unexpected Celebrity Voice Actors
Ok,
some of them are unexpected...
Like these three, for instance:
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Isn't there a thread somewhere here about the voice over/voice acting movie "
In A World"? I was gonna put this there, but, damned if I can find it.
The Really Big One
An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when.
Just north of the San Andreas, however, lies another fault line. Known as the Cascadia subduction zone, it runs for seven hundred miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, beginning near Cape Mendocino, California, continuing along Oregon and Washington, and terminating around Vancouver Island, Canada. The “Cascadia” part of its name comes from the Cascade Range, a chain of volcanic mountains that follow the same course a hundred or so miles inland. The “subduction zone” part refers to a region of the planet where one tectonic plate is sliding underneath (subducting) another. Tectonic plates are those slabs of mantle and crust that, in their epochs-long drift, rearrange the earth’s continents and oceans. Most of the time, their movement is slow, harmless, and all but undetectable. Occasionally, at the borders where they meet, it is not.
~snip~
Under pressure from Juan de Fuca, the stuck edge of North America is bulging upward and compressing eastward, at the rate of, respectively, three to four millimetres and thirty to forty millimetres a year. It can do so for quite some time, because, as continent stuff goes, it is young, made of rock that is still relatively elastic. (Rocks, like us, get stiffer as they age.) But it cannot do so indefinitely. There is a backstop—the craton, that ancient unbudgeable mass at the center of the continent—and, sooner or later, North America will rebound like a spring. If, on that occasion, only the southern part of the Cascadia subduction zone gives way—your first two fingers, say—the magnitude of the resulting quake will be somewhere between 8.0 and 8.6. That’s the big one. If the entire zone gives way at once, an event that seismologists call a full-margin rupture, the magnitude will be somewhere between 8.7 and 9.2. That’s the very big one.
~snip~
When the next very big earthquake hits, the northwest edge of the continent, from California to Canada and the continental shelf to the Cascades, will drop by as much as six feet and rebound thirty to a hundred feet to the west—losing, within minutes, all the elevation and compression it has gained over centuries. Some of that shift will take place beneath the ocean, displacing a colossal quantity of seawater. The water will surge upward into a huge hill, then promptly collapse. One side will rush west, toward Japan. The other side will rush east, in a seven-hundred-mile liquid wall that will reach the Northwest coast, on average, fifteen minutes after the earthquake begins. By the time the shaking has ceased and the tsunami has receded, the region will be unrecognizable. Kenneth Murphy, who directs FEMA’s Region X, the division responsible for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, says, “Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.”
Toast? Like Rocky horror Picture Toast?
link Dear xoB,
Thank you for that lovely bedtime story.
We hope you sleep well and have good dreams too.
Your friends,
The Jelly Family on Toast Ave
Kickstart a city! (not technically kickstart, but indiegogo doesn't verb well).
Well, at least they have their sights set on something realistic...
Ever wonder what a certain bird sounds like? The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's
Macaulay Library claims they have for your listening (and viewing) pleasure, the world's largest archive of wildlife sounds and videos. Go wild! :blush:
The Spruce Goose - some assembly required.
Some of those laws don't seem that weird, like salvaging road kill.
Thanks, I wondered what that was about.
http://micro-universe.tumblr.com/
bunch of cool scanning electron microscope images
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for 2015.
The winner is Dr Joel Phillips of West Trenton, New Jersey. An Alabama native, Joel teaches music theory and composition at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.
This is the winning entry, but the others are well worth reading.
VOX has an article entitled,
"Tech nerds are smart. But they can't seem to get their heads around politics". The first part sings the praises of Tim Urban's
WAIT BUT WHY, for digging deep into, and explaining in plain English, subjects many people are fuzzy about.
In the majority of the article, David Roberts, explains why he thinks Urban, like many tech nerds, get politics wrong, when not shunning it in disgust. He goes on with his explanation of why Congress is gridlocked, and his reasoning is far beyond money. He explains how the roots, trunk, and branches of American politics, grew to the tangle it is today.
It sound logical, reaffirms things I knew, dispels some misconceptions I had, and clarified a lot of fuzzy WTFs. You may like it, or not, but I think you'll come away with a clearer picture.
First, independents are not independent. In fact, "independent" may be the second most myth-encrusted, poorly understood phenomenon in US politics. The key thing to understand about independents is that they generally vote like partisans. As political scientist John Sides says:
"They tend to be loyal to their party’s candidate in elections. They tend to have favorable views of many political figures in their party. They are not much more likely to identify as ideologically moderate. To be sure, independent leaners are not as partisan as the strongest partisans. But they resemble weaker partisans much more than they do real independents. In actuality, real independents make up just over 10 percent of Americans, and a small fraction of Americans who actually vote."
Second, the most myth-encrusted phenomenon in US politics is the "moderate." The popular conception of moderates is that they gravitate toward the political center, splitting the difference between the mainstream positions of the two parties.
If that's a moderate, then America doesn't have many of those either. In fact, the relative prevalence of moderates in popular polling is almost certainly a statistical artifact. A voter with one extreme conservative opinion (round up and expel all illegal immigrants immediately) and one extreme liberal opinion (institute a 100 percent tax on wealth over a million dollars) will be marked, for the purposes of polling, as a moderate. What's really being measured is heterogeneity of opinion, not centrism. In fact, most moderates have at least one opinion that is well outside the mainstream of either party.
How would someone be classified if they don't care about the candidate's positions at all? ie, just vote against the incumbent; just vote to split congress/president; just vote on personality? Is that independent or moderate?
Sort of; I guess they would be "independent"; but the relevant paragraph was about super-rational voting, by people who pick without regard to party. I read that as caring only about issues, and how the issues happened to lay out at the time (as in, right now I consider issue X is most important, I agree most with candidate Y on issue X, so I vote for Y). It doesn't quite line up with people who are apathetic about issues, but they probably would fall into the "independent" bucket anyway.
The notion that every concept has to be on a left-right line, with everyone falling exactly one place on the line and all reasoning being a debate between one side or the other... is some serious bullshit once you stop and think about it
Our educational system, our media, our entire society wants to push every single goddamn thing under the sun into this continuum. Except that almost no actual issue works that way; and people's ideas don't even work this way. The only thing this represents now is a rough divide of some forms of schools of thought. Not even philosophies, just groups of people who use mob behavior and group-think to decide how they should describe the world and its problems, that's our continuum.
Should we use that to decide on anything in the world?
I fail to buy into the author's worship of this continuum, and as a result I just want to kick him squarely in the nuts. Yawn, another Vox article that "explains" how if you are very smart you will agree with the author.
The notion that every concept has to be on a left-right line, with everyone falling exactly one place on the line and all reasoning being a debate between one side or the other... is some serious bullshit once you stop and think about it.
That's what he said, but recently in Congress, it seems if one side say they support something, the other side automatically are against it, even stupid little shit. That makes it look like fer us or agin us. Any Congress critter who agrees with the "enemy" gets jumped on by their party leaders and challenged at the next primary.
Our educational system, our media, our entire society wants to push every single goddamn thing under the sun into this continuum.
That's true, they want to point out the differences aren't that great so there's no reason not to get along. Kumbaya.
However, isn't that what Congress is supposed to do? Hammer those differences into a workable plan... even if it takes fisticuffs on the floor? :haha:
In the past there has been a lot of horse trading in Washington, if you vote for my bill, I'll vote for yours. Even that seems to have disappeared in the current polarization. I get the feeling the populous isn't as polarized as the politicians, and are generally sick of it, except for maybe a pet peeve issue.
What I got out of it is all the polls and discussing voting blocs is bullshit, if it depends on taking their word for the size of any group and anyone's ability to predict the voting behavior of that group. Mostly because people who are assigned a group, really shouldn't be, and the ones who are don't agree on many issues. The only groups that are anywhere near reliable at the poles are the hard liners in each party, and they're pretty small. There's a whole lot of people who vote on single, or maybe two issues, with no thought to compromise. The Tea party and Trump have been very good at zeroing in on those hot buttons of the disgruntled. People who don't like this or that about the government but don't understand what's really going on, so they'll support anyone who claims to be able to fix it.
UT you have always shown a way above interest in the political system, and were in fact involved for awhile. Monkey has been close to the workings in DC by blood. You guys ain't normal.
"Business Booms and Depressions Since 1775: An Accurate Charting of the Past and Present Trend of Prices, National Income, Federal Debt, Business, Stock Averages and Commodities with a Special Study of Wages and Postwar Industry," Tension Envelope Corporation, 1943.
In 1943, as American businesses tried to guess whether wartime relief from the Depression would translate into postwar prosperity, the Tension Envelope Corporation printed this chart for customers. The infographic folded into a pamphlet and could be displayed on the wall when opened. (The online archive of the Federal Reserve, FRASER, has digitized a PDF of the pamphlet, which you can view here.)
I didn't bother with a link to the Fed PDF because it's too small to see shit. but further down the
Slate article you can click on the chart to go to a zoomable version. Lot of history and a better picture of exactly what the "good old days" actually was like. So much information you can cherry pick support for any argument imaginable. :lol:
I could spend some serious time at this site I just came across.
Home made tools forum.
All sorts of home made tools here, from your standard home made hand planes, to specialty tools like a pinion puller.
Jon here from HomemadeTools.net.
I know this thread is an old one, but thanks for the kind words :beer:
To celebrate our 20,000th homemade tool, we made a new ebook featuring our top 50 homemade tools. You guys are welcome to it for free:
http://download.homemadetools.net/50MustReadTools.pdf
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I'd cut someone slack for responding to a shout out from this site.
Thanks Bruce!
Sent by thought transference
I have been unsuccessful in finding a way to bring this video here.
www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/923232114386312/
Col. Ty Seidule, history professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, dispels any doubt the Civil War was about any thing but slavery. He shoots down States Rights, social differences, economic differences, and more.
I thought he sounded like he had fully worked through all the arguments and had formed solid responses. I had to laugh at him telling about the guy from Mississippi complaining about New York's states rights. :haha:
I have been unsuccessful in finding a way to bring this video here.
Here's the video on Youtube. Their Youtube channel has many videos examining various issues.
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Excellent. I saw it embedded in a messy website which wouldn't give me the location. later I found the facebook location which was much cleaner to link. How did you locate it on youtube?
I bet he went to YouTube and searched "Was the Civil War about slavery?".;)
Worked for me.
Congratulations, Philly!! Ya made the top 200...and you're consistent!
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America's Best Drivers, according to AllstateI searched for the university website and then went to their link to their youtube videos.
Congrats PA & KY, we made the headline!
From Intercourse, Pa., to Monkey’s Eyebrow, Ky., how U.S. places got their names
At least
we (KY) got mentioned in the article. Barely. :eyebrow:
Intercourse is fuckin' simple, but Monkey's eyebrow is kinky. :lol:
Jon here from HomemadeTools.net.
I know this thread is an old one, but thanks for the kind words :beer:
To celebrate our 20,000th homemade tool, we made a new ebook featuring our top 50 homemade tools. You guys are welcome to it for free:
http://download.homemadetools.net/50MustReadTools.pdf
:thumbsup:
I *love* the dovetail vise / bench featured on the cover in the lower left hand corner. And the spokeshave. And the stick welder. And I'm not done with the pdf yet. Thanks for this post Jon!
So are you going to buy the book from this spammer?
I don't think they sell a book. It's a free ebook with links to the projects.
OK, you're right. The first time I downloaded the PDF none of the links worked, not even the buy the book link. I tried again and found it would link to the site, then a daisy chain of links to a particular item build.
Idioms from around the world
Hey, don't throw a chicken at yourself, click the link, you might end up banging your butt on the ground. And I ain't hanging noodles on your ears, either. Even if I
do live in the butt of the wolf.
Them feriners talks funny.
Even if I do live in the butt of the wolf.
Wonder how Wolf feels about that?:sweat:
I thought being full of soup was to be silly, not fat
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Or:
Boobs, Beards, Bushes, Babies, (& Blazo)http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
Not exactly "cool", but interesting.
Using the very late 1940's and very early 50's, the "inflation calculator" doesn't work for my memory of:
gas: ($0.25/gal), cigarettes ($0.25/pack), a 2-bedroom suburban ranch-style house ($8,000), or a car ($3,000/Kaiser sedan)
Gas, housing, and cars are still essential for suburban living, but I don't understand how people can afford cigarettes today.
Gas, housing, and cars are still essential for suburban living, but I don't understand how people can afford cigarettes today.
People shouldn't want cigarettes anyway.
....but I don't understand how people can afford cigarettes today.
Don't have children. :haha:
A wooden space shuttle??
A wooden space shuttle.Here's
something interesting, but can be very time consuming, depending on your interest level. It's a website with a US state by state list of 1,982 abandoned airports, many of them military, with old and new photographs of the facilities and planes.
I've been to that site numerous times. My uncle Joe's old airport has a big entry. No direct link to
Zahn's Airport. You have to search for the name in the page.
He owned an apple orchard on Long Island not too far from NYC, and in 1936 he put in an airstrip in his orchard. It got more and more popular, and he wound up expanding the place and basically cutting down the whole orchard. He sold it in the 1950's but it kept his name. At one point, it was the busiest private airport in the US. It closed in 1980.
I've got a vague memory of visiting it as a kid. Just going to the parking lot and looking at a hangar with my uncle's name on the roof. I've got more vivid memories of visiting my aunt Emma and uncle Joe at their house on the water in Long Island. They had a big boat in a canal behind their house, and they took us out on the water for the day one time. He did well financially, turning that orchard outside NYC into an airport and selling it.
It's a shopping mall or industrial park now, but I understand there's a hunk of concrete behind one of the stores that was part of one of the old hangers.
That's my uncle on the right.
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and James Gandolfini in the plane?
' see, there's some gobbalgoo on the plane right here, joey '
I have a few links for you today:
The Dark Side Of Funny: Growing Up In George Carlin's Shadow
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Have you wondered whatever happened to Joe Pesci?
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A pretty decent interview with Lemmy Kilmister, of Motörhead. I say it's a decent interview, because, well, how many Lemmy interviews have you read?
Talking to the record label is like talking to the cat.
~Lemmy
Hey, remember
The Time A Tanker Saved A Fighter That Was Falling Apart Over The Atlantic, by towing it 160 miles to Gander, Newfoundland using the refueling boom?
That's nuts. But so is air to air refueling, for that matter. :unsure:
Foxtrot Alpha?
More like. Oscar Hotel Hotel Sierra India Tango!!!
Foxtrot Alpha?
More like. Oscar Hotel Sierra Hotel India Tango!!!
FIFY
A single speck of dust is half way in size between an atom and the Earth.
It's All About ScaleA Perfect Murder in the French Alps
A fairly long, very interesting, real-life murder mystery.
War Is A Racket by Major General Smedley Butler
Smedley Darlington Butler
•Born: West Chester, Pa., July 30, 1881
•Educated: Haverford School
•Married: Ethel C. Peters, of Philadelphia, June 30, 1905
•Awarded two congressional medals of honor:
1.capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914
2.capture of Ft. Riviere, Haiti, 1917
•Distinguished service medal, 1919
•Major General - United States Marine Corps
•Retired Oct. 1, 1931
•On leave of absence to act as director of Dept. of Safety, Philadelphia, 1932
•Lecturer -- 1930's
•Republican Candidate for Senate, 1932
•Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, June 21, 1940
•For more information about Major General Butler, contact the United States Marine Corps.
Chapter 1: War Is A Racket
Chapter 2: Who Makes The Profits?
Chapter 3: Who Pays The Bills?
Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket!
Chapter 5: To Hell With War!
Major General Butler writes about primarily WW I, the war to end all wars, and it's costs not only in blood and treasure, but the fucked up society it leaves behind.
It has been estimated by statisticians and economists and researchers that the war cost your Uncle Sam $52,000,000,000. Of this sum, $39,000,000,000 was expended in the actual war itself. This expenditure yielded $16,000,000,000 in profits. That is how the 21,000 billionaires and millionaires got that way. This $16,000,000,000 profits is not to be sneezed at. It is quite a tidy sum. And it went to a very few.
NASA has just released ~8400 re-scanned/remastered hi-res Apollo-era photos
through Flickr, with more to come.
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I should think spending a zillion dollars to send those guys as representatives of the US, they could have bought them a prettier truck. :p:
War is a Racket was a really interesting find, bruce. As was It’s All About Scale. That blew my mind.
It's scary that was written about 80 years ago and it hasn't changed, except, like you say, the size of the numbers.
In recent years with a full time military and drones/robots, the average citizen is far removed from the battles. The costs in humans is only late night ads for wounded warriors, unless some kid from your neighborhood gets hurt. Even then, it's only physical hurts, the mental hurts aren't talked about unless a tragedy happens.
So the contractors who own the congress critters, keep raping the coffers and Mr Citizen doesn't even know there's a war going on. Oh yeah, there was something on the news, but I was trying to tune in the ball game.:rolleyes:
I can top that.
I was locked up in Tennessee with a fellow, and his brother. One night their third brother came strolling into the dayroom wearing the orange jail get up. Both brothers jumped his ass about getting thrown in jail. They gave him a pretty hard time. Finally, they asked what he did. He had thrown a series of bricks/rocks through a series of downtown shop windows, with the plan of getting thrown in jail.
Why, you may ask, did he wish to be in jail? Missed the fam, perhaps? No.
He was hungry. (If you came in after the late meal (supper) is served, they gave you a sammich and a soda to hold you til breakfast.)
that link goes to a reply box, grav
Thanks, Jim.
The link in post #3157 should have lead you to
5 Laws That Made Sense On Paper, But, Were Disasters In Reality, instead.
Apologies.
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I'm not sure if a moderator would want to bother with deleting or correcting my mistake, post #3157, but, if one
did...:rolleyes:[/COLOR]
Anybody wanna buy a [strike]watch[/strike], uh,
chronograph?
It's a Bulova.
Some guy named Dave wore it while driving some funky little car around some place.
Oh yeah, it was The Fucking Moon!
Bidding starts at $50,000.:right:
No No No, the mods don't save you from embarrassing fuckups. :lol2:
FIFY
Yes, yes you did. Thanks.
Anybody wanna buy a [strike]watch[/strike], uh, chronograph?
It's a Bulova.
Some guy named Dave wore it while driving some funky little car around some place. Oh yeah, it was The Fucking Moon!
Bidding starts at $50,000.:right:
Why would I want to know Moon time. :p:
Amazing Aussie Doctor reattaches a baby's head.
Jackson had suffered what doctors refer to as an internal decapitation - the force of the 70mph crash broke his C1 and C2 vertebrae, separating his head from his neck.
"A lot of children wouldn't survive that injury in the first place, and if they did and they were resuscitated then they may never move or breathe again," Dr Geoff Askin told Australian news channel 7 News Melbourne.
He said that Jackson’s condition was the worst injury of its kind that he’d seen.
You won't find the article of much interest then. I wouldn't read it if I were you.
I had already read it, but thought I'd answer you anyway.
I'm reading this book about Bill Murray that was a gift, and it mentions Rick Moranis a few times. He sounded like a real creative force in his movies.
So, yeah, I wondered.
The Bill Murray book is kind of boring though. It feels like a chore reading it.
Cranberry harvest on Cape Cod. I was surprised when the guy who owned a Cape Cod cranberry farm told me all those wet harvested Cranberries go into juice or Cranberry products. The ones you but in the market are dry harvested.
A 17 year old Slovakian artist has made a
map of the world labeled with stereotypes.
Can't speak for the rest of his maps, but he's right on for Calif and Oregon.
I wonder why Baphomet in particular...
Representative of nonreligious plotters and schemers?
Reference to The Endless Maze, maybe?
how fast do you read?
Gradually speeding up to 500 wpm was not terribly difficult.
But the trick is that Spritz centers each word for you,
so there is no the need to change your focus.
right. I remember them doing something like that in reading class when I was in 8th grade. I think they just scrolled the words past a clear window at a speed to determine how fast you read. I read slowly, but my retention is really good.
I read pretty quick, but my retention is awful. My memory as a whole has gotten really sketchy the last 5 or so years. I blame it on the weeeeeeeed man.
Top 10 Funny Celebrity Reproductive Organ Stories
I don't know about
top 10, and none are particularly funny. Well, the first Penn Jillette story is kinda humorous.
The Lonely Death of George Bell
What happens when you die alone in New York City. It's a long, very interesting, somewhat sad read.
That that was good, maybe a little prophetic for many people. I sent that to a couple people the other day, who bounced it back with a 'take heed'. It makes a good case for not keeping a carnivorous pet. :haha:
I foresee my own eventual passing in that. I have few friends, none close.
No one would notice I died until I stink either. Happens to truckers sometimes. We die alone, in our little boxes and usually the first to notice is our dispatchers who wonder why we haven't delivered whatever to wherever. Sometimes it takes days to locate us. It's a big country, lots of truck stops and parking spots and a rig is so small in that.
I won't leave behind much. A few dollars in the bank, a few meager possessions, bills. I have a sister I do not talk to, a few elderly relatives I do, a handful of online friends who will likely not ever know of my demise unless they notice and do a determined search. I do not use social media other than the Cellar.
I worry that I will be labeled under the wrong name and gender, despite name changes and a will, which specifies that I be cremated and my remains sent, long with the remains of a friend I keep out of sentimentality, to a mutual friend in Canada, that we all be joined after our respective deaths.
My life won't take up much of an obit. My friend, Rita, who died three years ago, got one sentence, using her male name because her family didn't accept her name and gender change. I hope I get more than that. Maybe a paragraph. Proper grammar please! :D
But in the end, barring a lottery win, a cleanout service will go through my junk, cherry pick a few things, trash the rest and that will be that.
No fanfare, no funeral, no notice. I'll just be gone one day. I often say that no one is truly dead until they are forgotten. Some, like Ben Franklin, will never be forgotten. Others, like Mr. Bell, are forgotten quickly.
How will YOU be remembered?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:UB_Basel_Maps
Sometimes the internet shows a hint of promise, digitizing ancient maps for instance.
I love maps. Thanks Griff.
Great catch, Griff. That is a neat collection.
It amazes me that the map of Peru (1500-1599) is so accurate.
Here is Google's Map for comparison...
The Lonely Death of George Bell
What happens when you die alone in New York City. It's a long, very interesting, somewhat sad read.
That's one way to die alone. Another path is that you wind up in an assisted living facility and die there. Then you won't be alone and they will know who you are and what your story is.
...I often say that no one is truly dead until they are forgotten. ...
My belief too.
As long as there is The Cellar, Pamela and all other Dwellars will be not be "truly dead".
(That gives UT quite a heavy responsibility !)
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My belief too.
As long as there is The Cellar, Pamela and all other Dwellars will be not be "truly dead".
(That gives UT quite a heavy responsibility !)
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Internet Archive
Thank you, Bruce. I had not seen those before.
Many are now deceased. The Boones Ferry was replaced by the I-5 bridge a mile to the east.
But the Canby Ferry is still in year-around operation, and is a very important crossing, costing $4 / car
The Willamette river runs from the south (e.g., Salem) up north thru PDX into the Columbia River.
This part of the Willamette Valley developed on both sides of the river.
And without the Canby Ferry, it's a long, long, road trip to get from the East side of the Willamette to I-5.
I keep meaning to take a trip on
White's Ferry across the Potomac. Maybe 45 minutes from here. It's not really on the way to anything, but it would be a fun experience. For the kids too. I feel like I've been on a river ferry before, but can't picture where that would have been.
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Sounds like a cool thing to do... about 3 hours from me though. Kind of a long ride for that. Wonder if there are any closer to me.
Ya'll might find the following site useful:
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It's basically just an index of 29 different financial calculators.
Congrats, Philly!! You made the list again. You came in 54th. But your redheaded stepchild, Chester, PA came in 2nd. KY didn't even make the list.
"What list?", you ask?
Well,
The 100 Most Dangerous Cities In America, of course.
Virginia is not on the list. :sniff:
I have
Lapham's Quarterly bookmarked, but often forget about it, and I'm always happy to rediscover it. I'd describe it as a high rent readers digest, with lots of interesting stuff.
For instance where did "tar & feather" come from.
Richard, by the grace of God king of England, and duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to all his subjects who are about to go by sea to Jerusalem, greeting.
Know that we, by the common counsel of upright men, have made the laws here given.
Whoever slays a man on shipboard shall be bound to the dead man and thrown into the sea. But if he shall slay him on land, he shall be bound to the dead man and buried in the earth.
If any one, moreover, shall be convicted through lawful witnesses of having drawn a knife to strike another, or of having struck him so as to draw blood, he shall lose his hand.
But if he shall strike him with his fist without drawing blood, he shall be dipped three times in the sea.
But if any one shall taunt or insult a comrade or charge him with hatred of God, as many times as he shall have insulted him so many ounces of silver shall he pay.
A robber convicted of theft, shall be shorn like a hired fighter, and boiling tar shall be poured over his head, and feathers from a cushion shall be shaken out over his head so that he may be publicly known—and at the first land where the ships put in, he shall be cast on shore.
Under my own witness at Chinon.
The British Library has made available over a
million images, which are copyright free and downloadable. The images are from books in the library's collections, some hundreds of years old. Arranged in albums for easier searching.
Good find Bruce, when I have the rest of my life I'll sit down and go thru that.
So apparently this guy made the most AMAZING new winter coat, and I won't believe what it's made of. Should I click the link?
Watchu talkin bout, Willis?
Oh. I didn't include a link. My post was more of a commentary on the prevalence of click bait stories on the internet. This particular one was on FB. If the coat is so freaking amazing, just put in the headline what it's made of. Fuck them. I don't care what the coat is made of. If it's that great, I'll find out eventually through other channels. I didn't click the link and I don't know what the coat is made of.
If we boycott click bait stories, they will go away.
And if you are dying of curiosity, then use google to search for the topic, and then they won't know that their click bait headline drove your traffic there.
This time, I'll include a link.
Here is a cool collection of images of residential skyscrapers in Hong Kong. This photographer has a very good eye. His trademark appears to be centering his camera in a courtyard and aiming the camera straight up, but I also thought this particular image was a nice one.
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I like the brave soul with no bars over the door. I bet he's a gangster or something, everyone already knows not to fuck with him.
'cause he's the burglar. :haha:
LuckyGunner has conducted a fairly exhaustive ballistics test on 117 self-defense handgun loads in .380ACP, .45ACP, .40S&W, and 9mm (with more in the works), looking at penetration, amount of expansion, and muzzle velocity.
Check it out over at
Lucky Gunner.
ETA: They also have
free printable targets.
Whew, lot of information there. :rollanim:
"
The Disturbing Truth About How Airplanes Are Maintained Today"
In the last decade, most of the big U.S. airlines have shifted major maintenance work to places like El Salvador, Mexico, and China, where few mechanics are F.A.A. certified and inspections have no teeth.
What if the world lost all oxygen for 5 seconds?
I know some of that is basically correct, but is any of it just plain wrong?
Some sound pretty far out, but all the metal fusing together is wrong. Removing the oxygen for 5 seconds doesn't instantly remove the accumulated oxidation. There's also the little matter of paint, oil, and other coatings on said metal. They've taken a scientific known and stretched it to an unrecognizable fat tick, then call it a certainty, a "fact". Short on truth and long on hyperbole... commonly known as bullshit.
I think they're saying the element itself is removed, not just the free O2 in the air, and oxidized metal minus oxygen would be metal. And they do specify "untreated".
But I don't see how that would work in the "doubled" direction. That seems to be purely atmospheric.
If you have to add qualifiers to 'removing oxygen for 5 seconds', like oh, by the way, and 'all past effects of the oxygen', it make the statement hyperbole, alias bullshit. Any statement is true with enough modifiers, but this list is over the top. I can't address the other statements without research I don't care to invest the time in, but most sound highly suspect without a lot of qualifiers. I think most of the statements would require a lot of probablys, in-some-cases, generallys, and usuallys, to be valid.
FB thought I would be interested in this story, and I am, slightly.
This is the most expensive house currently on the market in the US. $159M
The rendering looks nice enough.
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Fly to it in Google Earth and the curb appeal is somewhat lower.
What an ugly service entrance for the utilities. This neighborhood is ugly to me.
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And the private docks for your yachts are on the other side of Route A1A! You have to walk across the street to get to your yacht! I suppose if you were the kind of person who lived here, you would drive down your driveway, but then you would have to park your Rolls Royce on the side of the road.
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The inside is extravagant, if you go for that kind of thing. And I suppose it's all about the inside. Maybe they will find the right buyer.
Yeah, but there's a guy building a spec house in CA which will be done in 2017, that's 100,000 sq ft,, for half a [COLOR="Red"]B[/COLOR]illion dollars.
He says most these super expensive houses are being snapped up by foreigners, to keep their money safe here, and only visit a couple weeks a year.
http://www.details.com/story/most-expensive-mansion-500-million-nile-niamiRandall Monroe writes the comic
xkcd.
Awhile back he wrote a book called "What If?" providing funny but accurate answers to highly theoretical and weird questions, which Minifob loved.
Now he's coming out with a new book called "Thing Explainer," which explains common scientific principles, but only using the 1000 most common words in the English language (which must be called "ten-hundred," because "thousand" isn't one of them.) To illustrate the concept and promote the book, he teamed up with a popular YouTube channel to create a sample video about becoming an astronaut, or "How to Go to Space." It's fucking hiliarious.
[YOUTUBE]2p_8gx-XHJo[/YOUTUBE]
Oh, that's how it works. ;)
"Speak English or GTFO", proponents are
not going to like this.
Every year, the US Census Bureau releases data on the languages spoken in American homes. Usually it groups the languages in 39 major categories. Now it has released much more detailed figures, which show that Americans speak not 39, but more than 320 distinct languages.
The bureau collected the data from 2009 to 2013 as part of the American Community Survey, which asks Americans all kinds of questions to create highly granular estimates on various demographic indicators. The new data estimate that more than 60 million Americans speak a language other than English at home.
The published list withholds 32 languages for which the government won't reveal the raw numbers, "out of concern that the number would be small enough to let anyone de-anonymize the data".
With only a couple of exceptions, many states are not represented.
I guess they all speak just one common language:
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WTF, why is New England orange... and cut off?
Maybe they ran out of yellow ?
The best advice if you find yourself in a terror attack: Do not play dead
That article contains
this link to the UK's National Counter-Terrorism Security Office's .pdf "Guidance Note 1/2015".
For you Brits.
The government is apparently very keen to hear our views on the proposed NHS mandate. But you’d better be quick; you have until 23 November to comment. And if you’re wondering how you missed such an important opportunity to comment on the future of the NHS, you’re not alone. Critics say the Department of Health has deliberately kept it quiet, with little publicity and only a month for the public to comment since the launch in October.
The mandate’s important. In its own words: “The mandate to NHS England sets the government’s objectives for NHS England, as well as its budget.” It “sets direction for the NHS, and helps ensure the NHS is accountable to parliament and the public”. A fresh mandate has to be published every year “to ensure that NHS England’s objectives remain up to date”. A new mandate is due to be published following the completion of the spending review, to take effect from April 2016. There’s a consultation document that sets out how the government proposes to set the mandate to NHS England for this parliament. And it’s this document that we’re invited to respond to.
Thank you. It's a well-kept secret!
Sent by thought transference
Terrorism in the US.
The RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents (RDWTI) contains data on terrorist incidents worldwide from 1968 through 2009. Terrorism is defined as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change.
If you buy their definition, they list 567 incidents in the US between 1968 and 2009.
The #1 perp group with 140 or 25% of the total, is anti-Castro Cubans.
The #2 perp group with 62 or 10% of the total, is the Jewish Defense League.
linkI guess the various white supremacist groups are considered as separate entities? We see more of those fucks around here, rural Amerika, than disgruntled Cubans and Jews. Still the Klan alone would put up some numbers.
Yes, I read PA has more white supremacist groups than any other state, and see a lot of it in Lancaster/York/Lebanon counties. I prefaced that ranking with "If you buy their definition" because the "goal of political change" is tenuous. I don't think the supremacists want political change, just someone to feel better than. Nobody wants be on the bottom of the totem pole. Interesting though, the bottom of real totem poles was the most respected and revered position. :lol:
The coffee-machine bacteriome: biodiversity and colonisation of the wasted coffee tray leach
Abstract
Microbial communities are ubiquitous in both natural and artificial environments. However, microbial diversity is usually reduced under strong selection pressures, such as those present in habitats rich in recalcitrant or toxic compounds displaying antimicrobial properties. Caffeine is a natural alkaloid present in coffee, tea and soft drinks with well-known antibacterial properties. Here we present the first systematic analysis of coffee machine-associated bacteria. We sampled the coffee waste reservoir of ten different Nespresso machines and conducted a dynamic monitoring of the colonization process in a new machine. Our results reveal the existence of a varied bacterial community in all the machines sampled, and a rapid colonisation process of the coffee leach. The community developed from a pioneering pool of enterobacteria and other opportunistic taxa to a mature but still highly variable microbiome rich in coffee-adapted bacteria. The bacterial communities described here, for the first time, are potential drivers of biotechnologically relevant processes including decaffeination and bioremediation.
Hah, die caffeine junkies, Bwahahahaha. :p:
I think it means, that coffee rots in the garbage. Coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer.
The fuck does that mean
Damifino, waiting for Ortho to come 'splain it. :blush:
What the hell is "coffee leach" and "coffee waste reservoir?"
Is that the spill tray under the cup? Is it the used grounds in the little pod you throw in the trash? Is it the reservoir for the clean water? Or are they swabbing surfaces that come into contact with the fresh coffee?
Speak English people.
They basically are saying "you think your shit's clean but it ain't."
The government is apparently very keen to hear our views on the proposed NHS mandate. But you’d better be quick; you have until 23 November to comment. And if you’re wondering how you missed such an important opportunity to comment on the future of the NHS, you’re not alone. Critics say the Department of Health has deliberately kept it quiet, with little publicity and only a month for the public to comment since the launch in October.
The mandate’s important. In its own words: “The mandate to NHS England sets the government’s objectives for NHS England, as well as its budget.” It “sets direction for the NHS, and helps ensure the NHS is accountable to parliament and the public”. A fresh mandate has to be published every year “to ensure that NHS England’s objectives remain up to date”. A new mandate is due to be published following the completion of the spending review, to take effect from April 2016. There’s a consultation document that sets out how the government proposes to set the mandate to NHS England for this parliament. And it’s this document that we’re invited to respond to.
...the hell?
What Glatt said, speakee English.
I posted that
here, evidently the Brits know what it's about, but we know how they murder the King's English. :bolt:
Dammit. Goddammit.
I quoted the wrong fucking post!
I got shit for brains more, and more.
I was gonna fix it, but, fuck it. Sorry for any confusion.
Calm the fuck down, it's no biggie. That's like me putting a post in a completely wrong thread, that had LJ scratching his head. :haha:
Interactive periodic table.
Apparently Helium is the only element that is a liquid at 1Atm at absolute zero.
And Rhenium stays liquid longest as the temperature goes up.
Save the mousies for teh Kitties.
Brendan is the real troll. I'd bet money that they are the same person. Or at least they're in cahoots. Brendan's consistent misuse of their they're and there is telling.
There's a pretty decent interview of David Letterman in the
Whitefish Review.
Damn, only four bass players. We've gotta do better, after all UT's not getting any younger, and can't do the bridesmaid thing forever. :cool:
http://zty.pe
Typing space invaders type thing
Good one. Makes me wish I could type faster.
Got to wave 9. Got screwed a couple of times because initial-letter typos left me "starting" a word I hadn't intended, then I had to look all over trying to figure out what word I had to finish. It was fun.
https://imgur.com/r/DIY/YBLeDlk
make your handwriting a font
Nobody wants my handwriting as a font.
Mine handwriting would be a secret cipher neither the NSA, nor North Korea, could break. :haha:
Ever wonder how Washington DC came about?
It's pretty interesting.
You probably know that the “D.C.” in Washington, D.C., stands for “District of Columbia” and that the district is not part of any state. But do you know why America’s Founding Fathers placed such importance on creating a capital outside of any state? We owe it all to piles of unpaid bills.
A very interesting article about eyewitness reliability to crimes.
In an excellent new paper, Too Good to Be True, Lachlan J. Gunn et al. show that more evidence can reduce confidence. The basic idea is simple. We expect that in most processes there will normally be some noise so absence of noise suggests a kind of systemic failure. The police are familiar with one type of example. When the eyewitnesses to a crime all report exactly the same story that reduces confidence that the story is true. Eyewitness stories that match too closely suggests not truth but a kind a systemic failure, namely the witnesses have collaborated on telling a lie.
What Gunn et al. show is that the accumulation of consistent (non-noisy) evidence can reverse one’s confidence surprisingly quickly. Consider a police lineup but now consider a more likely cause of systemic failure than witness conspiracy. Suppose that there is a small probability, say 1%, that the police arrange the lineup, either on purpose or by accident, so that the “suspect” is the only one who is close to matching the description of the criminal. Now consider what happens to our rational (Bayesian) probability that the suspect is guilty as the number of eyewitnesses saying “that’s the guy” increases.
The first eyewitness to identify the suspect increases our confidence that the suspect is guilty and our confidence increases when the second and third eyewitness corroborate but when a fourth eyewitness points to the same man our rational confidence should actually decrease. Even though the systemic failure rate is only 1%, that small probability starts to weigh more heavily the more consistent (less noisy) the evidence becomes. The red line in the graph at right shows–using a 1% systemic failure rate and realistic probabilities of eyewitness identification–that after 3 witnesses more evidence decreases our confidence and when more than 10 witnesses identify the same suspect we should be less certain of guilt than when one witness identifies the suspect!
Bold mine.
These emails show how upset NSA spies were with the film 'Enemy of the State'
The actual emails at the bottom of the article are an interesting read.
It didn't stop them from killing Paul Wellstone. :noevil:
Man, you can kill an awful lot of time over at
HiConsumption, a digital lifestyle magazine.
Be sure to click the [strike]three[/strike] four-bar-menu-thingy (upper left) for more categories.
I want almost everything they show/feature/review.
From V's first link...
Lots of folks from the US came to visit me during my time in Mexico. It felt great to be able to share my new life, and the days I spent with friends were some of the richest of the voyage.
So as nice as the freedom before the mast is, hanging with friends is better. Maybe just when you're the center of attention.
The Slow Death of Heavy Metal.
Although I read today Detroit has more lead in it's water than Flint, this is about other metals, like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Slayer.
These are strange days for classic heavy metal.
Many godfathers of the movement are in their 60s, some close to 70 years old, including members of Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. Several hard rock and metal luminaries—Ronnie James Dio, A.J. Pero (Twisted Sister), Jeff Hanneman (Slayer), Lemmy and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor (Mötorhead)—have passed away recently. Concert sales for some acts are still strong, others are waning. OzzFest is long gone, and the final nail in the coffin for the annual Mayhem Fest likely landed this past summer. Music sales overall have declined, and over the past decade the Billboard charts, radio airplay and music award broadcasts have been dominated by anemic pop music and hipster rock.
‘People listen to music differently now. They don’t have time to sit down and put the record on and give it 30 minutes…who will be the next giant metal band, I don’t know.’—Rob Halford
To top it off, Brent Hinds, guitarist for old school-style headbangers Mastodon, told Guitar Player earlier last year that he hates playing heavy metal, while KISS bassist Gene Simmons proclaimed that “rock is dead” two years ago.
Considering that many of the genre’s godfathers, who still inspire younger bands and dominate European festivals, will likely retire in a few years, where do things will go from here? Will we see heavy bands on the superstar level of Metallica and Iron Maiden ever again? Will that classic sound become a nostalgic relic relegated to oldies bins? Or will it mutate into something else?
Damifino?
Europeana Collections
Josh Jones of Open Culture says, "Of all the archives I’ve surveyed, used in my own research, and presented to Open Culture readers, none has seemed to me vaster than Europeana Collections, a portal of '48,796,394 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe,' sourced from well over 100 institutions such as The European Library, Europhoto, the National Library of Finland, University College Dublin, Museo Galileo, and many, many more, including contributions from the public at large."
Ooh, that sounds like a site one could kill some serious time in/at/on/wtfe.
I ain't even taking a peek right now.
Bookmarked, though.;)
I have no interest in basketball, amateur, collegiate, or pro, but every once in awhile I read numbers thrown around about sneaker deals that make me shake my head in wonder.
This short article explains the types, who gets them, and the strings.
To start, there's a common misconception among casual fans that only star players have shoe deals. When I tweeted out last month that Nick Young was signing a new shoe deal with adidas, the first response was, “Why is adidas giving Nick Young his own shoe?”
The truth is, only 10 players currently have their own signature shoe with a U.S.-based brand, but literally every player in the league has some level of relationship with a footwear brand.
From the brands’ perspective, they have an infrastructure in place to begin scouting and interacting with those players early on, and by the time known prospects turn pro after a year or two of college, they've already been scouted for as much as five years. Brands are spending increasingly more money at the high school level, sponsoring schools and AAU teams alike, to get their products worn by the top players, and in turn get access to a relationship with phenoms who’ll soon be pros.
Join the
campaign against sex robots, don't give a fuck. :lol:
OK, time to edumacate you in the basic social skills...
How to photograph running water.
How to read poetry aloud.
How to slurp ramen noodles.
How to make wood gears.
There, now you're ready for your debutante ball.
I made it 145. But I cheated.
If you carry a pistol in a soft (non-rigid) holster, or, no holster, you might want to read
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In a nutshell, dude bent to sit down in his car, and shot himself in the ass. There's a lesson in there, somewhere.
Should have quit when he was half shot in the ass. :rolleyes:
I'm officially a Brony now.
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This is an infographic explaining the differences between an A-Bomb, and, an H-Bomb. Basically.
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According to a 1988 Drug Enforcement Administration brief by Judge Francis Young, a marijuana smoker would "theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response." But even if you were to somehow smoke that many joints in such a short time, what you're likely succumbing to is asphyxiation.
From:
6 Marijuana Facts You May Not Have KnownOld Cellarite Alan Bellows at Damn Interesting, wrote a great piece on the real life
story of Colonel Sanders. I'd always figured the Colonel was just a gimmick to sell chicken. Turns out the son of a bitch was a man after my own heart. He was officially bestowed with the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel twice, by Kentucky Governors, once before the chicken business for being a good Samaritan. It's a good read.
Yeah he was kind of a jerk, so was Garlits, and Andretti. Oh, and Gurney. They had to be, highly intense people doing what they're best at, must stay focused. We play a game and it's win or lose They have the possible outcomes of win, lose, or die. Anybody with the free time and tons of money could go everywhere he goes, but will never equal his experience there because he's got connections.
Sorry Sir this area is closed to the public
Phone, bip bip bip, Hi this is Don Prudhomme...
Oh shit...
Why does sugar in cornbread divide races in the South?
The article has [strike]nothing[/strike] very little to do with race. It's about cornbread. And sugar.
Fascinating video of the approach and landing of the Apollo 11 LM.
Video is coupled with the spacecraft to ground radio traffic and the audio between the flight controllers at Houston.
www.firstmenonthemoon.com/http://sysach.com/circle-game/
i got 74!
it gets easier for a bit once your circle is bigger than most, but then it becomes increasingly difficult to avoid the really big circles. It's kind of like escapa. addictive
78!
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93!
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ok. I have to stop now. Told myself that if I cracked 100, I'd get back to work
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BOSNIA GOT BALLS!!!
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And, I didn't know it, but...
NAZCA GOT HOLES!!!
And, now they think they know why.
Bosnia's ball is not man made. It's just like New Zealand's Moeraki Boulders.
Fascinating video of the approach and landing of the Apollo 11 LM.
Video is coupled with the spacecraft to ground radio traffic and the audio between the flight controllers at Houston.
www.firstmenonthemoon.com/
This was interesting. I watched it a couple days ago, but neglected to post how cool it was.
Blanket fort? Not hardly. Treehouse? Not for your prince and princess. Concrete castle? Now we're talking. :thumb:
A castle fit for your darlings.One two three four, gas plant. (man made)
329 football fields
Damn.
Wow - that was way more interesting than I thought it would be
Absolutely, positively, everything you ever wanted to know and more, about flags of the world, by Sheldon Cooper.
Phone game app:
Sea Hero Quest
That's the website linked above, but you just go to your app store and search for Sea Hero Quest and it will pop up. I read about it in yesterday's paper. Dementia researchers work in conjunction with a game developer to make a game that reports your performance back to the scientists and allows them to get baseline information about dementia that would have taken multiple decades to gather using traditional scientific methods.
The idea is that one of the first thing to go in people who suffer from any dementia is spacial awareness. They get lost in their own neighborhoods. Scientists want to understand this better, and one of the things they need is an understanding of what normal looks like, so they can find anything out of normal. The game asks a few questions about your age and gender, and then you go on a quest in the game by trying to find goals after looking at a map. It's actually kind of fun, and gets harder and harder, so it's basically impossible to keep a perfect score. The scientists study how long it takes different people of different ages to start making the mistakes. With a sufficiently large sample, they can gain a tremendous insight into the progression of dementia.
The game tells you that you are helping research, and after you play it for a couple minutes, it tells you the equivalent amount of research it has provided. I've played for about 10 minutes and that's the equivalent of 2 days of dementia research.
I did play it while buzzed last night, and in hindsight, I think they should have a button you can click to let them know if you have been drinking.
It's actually kind of fun, so it's not just do goody stuff.
You're right, it's well-designed from a game perspective, which is unusual for researchy-based things. Neat find!
Decent little write-up on Eric Clapton (who has a new album, 'I Still Do', out May 20) from
USA Today.
Why do old statues have small penises? Some have big ones, but they all represented evil, or buffoons.
Wait, I thought that [strike]we wer[/strike] those were average size?
Actually, I always thought "Well who wants to get caught carving a giant cock?". Out of rock hard marble, no less...
My *phone* is so old that it isn't compatible with sea hero quest. My poor little old phone, demented.
That's cool, fun watching the watermelon vs grape race. :D
The Battle of Bermuda Bridge
Funny story about 400,00 US troops doing war games in Louisiana, when three boys ages 9 to 14, brought Patton's 500 car convoy to a halt with a Big-Bang carbide cannon until referees got there and stopped the battle.
I was surprised, on that day Patton was a Major General, and Ike was a Colonel.
The Battle of Bermuda Bridge
That's a great story.
This link is cool. Click on the state, click on the County, and it will show you the morning and evening commutes.
Now you'll never have to ask, "Where'd everybody go?"
What in the ever-loving fuck?!
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Ala. teacher suspended for math test about drugs, prostitution
:facepalm:
Wow, half a million bucks for a cargo ship. :eek:
And I thought paying $99 to cross the GW Bridge in a semi was an outrage!
Actually, I knew this. I've been through that canal before and saw the check the disbursing officer cut the pilot.
Basic knife skills... for the kitchen, not the alley.
Basic knife skills... for the kitchen, not the alley.
*That* was awesome. Thank you.
I think that second tomato looks delicious. And I see I've been doing the onions the hard way, potatoes too. But they seem to produce so much waste food. Really, how much $$$ did the potato waste amount to? A nickel? A dime? Still, it does go against my basic nature.
I love good food porn, and this ranks right up there.
People talk in terms of millions like it's something the fits in a pocket. Next time you hear 250 million cars or 300 million guns,
think of this.
bandcamp.com, a nice place to find new music of all kinds.
I'm not really sure if anyone knows of this website here or if it's been shared, but I absolutely adore this website for finding new music. It's got loads of new and interesting music, and many people put their music at name-your-price values, which is nice. You can put your own music here if you make any as well, and they have an app that allows you to stream all of your purchases or download them to your phone. If you buy an album or just download a free/nyp one, you get the files in a format of your choice. It's a pretty good site, I think, and if any of you are looking for some new music it's definitely worth checking out.
After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable
A short, very interesting read, a couple interesting pics...
An estimated 720 million shells were fired during the Great War, with approximately 12 million failing to detonate. At places like Verdun, the artillery barrages were so overwhelming, 150 shells hit every square meter of the battlefield. Concentrated barrages and driving rains turned the battlefield into a quagmire that swallowed soldiers and shells alike.
Irony you can taste.
every one genius
(even the ones that appear to have been intentional. I'm looking at you, forseen circumstances)
After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable
A short, very interesting read, a couple interesting pics...
My parents' neighborhood is a former WWI chemical weapons dump. Some residents got their whole yards replaced before they decided to just stop testing.
This story in today's paper is the best one I have read in a very long time. 50 years ago in DC a group of crazy kids plotted to meet the Beatles by pretending to be the opening act. They even convinced to police to give them a motorcycle escort to the concert.
Hope the link works in tapatalk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/their-goal-meet-the-beatles-on-tour-in-1966-their-solution-impersonate-the-opening-act/2016/08/14/f00593e8-5820-11e6-9767-f6c947fd0cb8_story.html
And the real opening band's one hit wonder from the time was this one:
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[YOUTUBEWIDE]EbDKN0dk54M[/YOUTUBEWIDE]
Wow.
Fuck yeah, where are the goddamned tissues?
Heh, I got a little damp-eyed at that myself.
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Cocks Not Glocks
:lol2:
From the comments ...
"Enjoy it while you can. Humor like this does not present itself everyday. It’s funny in a 5 year old tantrum sort of way.More funny is all those people marching around with didoes.How did we get to a point that people can infringe on others because their opinion is different? How does a tantrum make it justified? Oh well, I’m not the one fondling a cock for the media I guess in makes sense, if I want to protest colo-rectal thinking, I should wave rectums, colons anuses, and sphincters around screaming “get your head out of you ass” I don’t think the constitution covers the right to bear penises. Does it? Arms and genitals are three different things. Imagine, years from now they show their grand kids the great “Cocks not Glocks” protest. It is true, gun control sells guns and dildos. Interesting. Also interesting, it is not inclusive. Where are the pulsating vaginas, I say! There were no inflatable love dolls or animals! Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Bi, even Hetero should be offended for not being included.
Hypothetically, had a shooter event happened, wold they wave their dicks around and wait for help? Would some sneak behind and tickle their butts until help arrived? As a shooter it would be confusing to say the least.
Oh beautiful for spacious sky, for amber cocks we wave. It’s funny in the respect, a dildo bears a resemblance to a Glock. Makes me want to go out and buy a dildo with a high cap drop mag. I mean balls, I think. In the inner city, if a negroid pointed a dick at a cop, would he still get shot? Would they riot because he died with his cock in his hands?
Another argument, is one needs a background check for a gun but not a dildo. If that were the case, what would people do for three days, waiting for a vibrator, breed oh shit no. The key is not to regulate objects, but to regulate dicks and vaginas. Those things create stupidity, much more harmful than guns or dildos.. That is unless you hide a Glock inside a cock.. Expression and arms are not of the same specific amendments, but ok, VIVA the Dildo! Trading a bang for a bang!
Stay safe, support you local militia and gun shop. Above all, support your local dildo store. Happy Tails!"
Dildos are relevant because they are banned on campus. It's not just a random mockery, it's a direct comparison.
Seriously? Banned? Do they search rooms for illegal sex toys there now?
No, but, the local battery store has a watch list.
Here is a great interview/panel discussion with Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Michael McKean, and co-creator Peter Gould from
Better Call Saul.
I found it to be a really good read. But, then, I'm a fan, so...:D
A site with fantastic cutaway drawings of cars, planes, boats and shit.
http://www.foodman123.com/cut.htmSeriously? Banned? Do they search rooms for illegal sex toys there now?
Not illegal to possess them, you just can't openly carry or display them in public. Just like you used to be able to concealed-carry, but not open-carry, firearms. Now they've just recently allowed open carry of weapons, but you can still get arrested for carrying a dildo on your way to class. So everyone who wants to protest the open-carry law is waving a dildo around instead.
No, but, the local battery store has a watch list.
:facepalm:
Fuck all that noise. I'm happy.
Fuck all that noise. I'm happy.
Me too.
Or maybe we're all full of shit.
I am not happy, and do not pretend to be.
I'm not full of shit. I'm fine. Nothing, in this moment, is lacking. I'm happy.
You don't have to be. But you could be. If you wanted to be.
"Scoff. I'm not the ignorant masses' definition of happy."
Bitch, you don't know my definition of happy. He could have written that whole thing from the perspective of "happiness is not..." But instead he chose to write it as "I'm not like the rest of you." Which ironically makes him exactly like the rest of us, keening for uniqueness in a sea of people who are all just people.
people, who are people, are the happiest people...
If you wanted to be.
That statement is chock full of wrong. It indicates that in order to be happy, all you have to do is
want to be happy, which is whattheIdon'teven...
Everybody
wants to be happy, not everyone is.
But, if you
are happy, that's great. For you.
That's not what I said.
If you want to be happy, stop resisting your reality. Surrender to it, accept or change it.
I didn't mean wanting to be happy makes you happy. You have to do some stuff mentally, but anyone can do it. It's free.
That's not what I said.
If you want to be happy, stop resisting your reality. Surrender to it, accept or change it.
I didn't mean wanting to be happy makes you happy. You have to do some stuff mentally, but anyone can do it. It's free.
I didn't know my step son was a prophet. True wisdom.
tarheel
That's not what I said.
If you want to be happy, stop resisting your reality. Surrender to it, accept or change it.
I didn't mean wanting to be happy makes you happy. You have to do some stuff mentally, but anyone can do it. It's free.
Not being sarcastic here, that is a very Zen Buddhist approach.
I think I can. I think I can.
Two very interesting reads:
Confessions Of A U.S. Navy Submarine Officer - Not really confessions as such, but more like the daily intricacies of life on a sub.
Even More Wacky Submarine Terms You Never Knew You Wanted To Know - self explanatory.
I'd like to share a site I found, movie-sounds.org.
Audio clips, sound effects, famous quotes from movies.
The latest short film by Cory Williams -
Dreaming with ADHD :D
Since there are a bunch of "older" folks here (at 46, I ain't a youngin' myself), I thought y'all would get a kick outta this one:
Elders React to Deez Nuts
Also check out
Elders React to Slipknot. Yehuda apparently likes Metal.
O;k, I'm done for
Wow. That's a huuuge undertaking that man has in mind.
He should leave all that to Google when he dies. Maybe they could handle cataloging, and digitizing that much media, and perform yet another service to the world.
I could spend a looooooong time going through that collection before I got tired of it.
There's bound to be something in there I haven't heard that I'd actually like.
I'm now feeling that my little experiment to post video links in this thread has failed.
BTW, nice post, Bruce.
http://www.whosampled.com/
Look up samples by the songs they appear in, or vice versa.
I (finally) learned
the origin of one of my favorite beats.
The drummer is Darryl Brown, according to
Discogs.
Here's the whole song. The famous loop is the first six seconds.
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Here's an example of the speed I like to play it at, as a warm-up/accuracy exercise:
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Hey man did you catch the Vulfpeck stuff I posted with Bernard Purdie
Hey man did you catch the Vulfpeck stuff I posted with Bernard Purdie
I will search for it now.
The Purdie shuffle has become kind of 'my thing' lately. It works for blues, swing, country. When I'm sitting in, I just vary the amount of swungness on the hats and place the ghost note as necessary for desired shuffle level.
I play the Purdie shuffle for hours, all night. You can move the time over to the ride, or open the hats at different spots. I hardly ever play fills or hit crashes anymore.
Dang, nice harmony guitar solos.
Two very interesting reads:
Confessions Of A U.S. Navy Submarine Officer - Not really confessions as such, but more like the daily intricacies of life on a sub.
Even More Wacky Submarine Terms You Never Knew You Wanted To Know - self explanatory.
Very entertaining, thank you.
Another great article by Cellar member Allan Bellows, about the biggest tsunami ever.
Very frightening, thanks a lot
Thanks for the nightmare.
Read part of that the other day, finished just now.
I think I've read about Lituya Bay before.
Thanks for posting that.
*waves*
I see what you did there.
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You should get that looked at before it develops into something chronic, Clodfobble.
So what did I miss (apart from all of you fine humans)?
Clod can't help it; 'cause, we're under conditional mitigation. Shame the timing of your return brings you back to find us this way.
Since you last posted in May of 2015? Whew, ah, let's see... well from a purely selfish standpoint, I:
--Won the Cellar Fantasty Football League for the first time since its inception 10 years ago
--Got an agent and sold my book
--Did some NPR interviews and tried not to sound like an idiot
--Let my adult stepdaughter move in with us while she overcomes 18 years of emotional abuse and learns some major life skills on the fly
--100% taught said stepdaughter to drive
--Became inordinately interested in self-driving cars
--Maybe sold a second book, my editor still has another 5 days to respondbeforethedeadlineandIcan'tbreathe[size=1]*cough*[/size]
--Took the kids to DisneyWorld for the first time
--Did some laundry
How about you, hp? What you been up to?
Hey man. You missed the maturation of the cellar as a whole.
We're like an old married couple now.
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Sounds like you've been killing it, Clod! Way to exist.
Also from a selfish standpoint:
--I've mostly been writing. I won a Sydney award from the NYT and a Golden Giraffe from The Browser, those felt nice.
--I've learned how to narrate (largely by leveraging home-grown technology), so I've been reading my own podcast episodes. I've also been making the music for them, which is fun.
--I've been approached about hosting history-oriented television shows, but I'm not as good in front of the camera as our belumbered lumberjim.
--I've been approached by Hollywood producers who want to make movies from my articles, but I declined to let them own my soul, so they seem to be just side-stepping me.
--I got to attend a test of NASA's SLS system with a bunch of astronauts and NASA execs. That was neato torpedo.
That's all I can think of right now. I watched "Life Itself" today, the documentary about Roger Ebert, and it was great, but hard to watch, and it put me in a bit of a funk. I've long been fond of Ebert, and I was flattered when he linked to my works on a couple of occasions, so I was extra sad when he passed. So that's given my day an odd shape.
I keep thinking I need to start hanging out here again, but the up-catching is a daunting task.
Are your podcast episodes just read-aloud versions of your damn interesting articles, or are you hosting discussions with guests about your pieces?
Upcatching schmupcatching. Just tail post until you start to make sense.
I'm glad you're having a damn interesting life, brother.
Hey man. You missed the maturation of the cellar as a whole.
We're like an old married couple now.
Why do you embarrass us every time we have people over?
Hey man. You missed the maturation of the cellar as a whole.
We're like an old married couple now.
Why do you embarrass us every time we have people over?
Do you see? This is why we can't have nice dwellars.
Are your podcast episodes just read-aloud versions of your damn interesting articles, or are you hosting discussions with guests about your pieces?
So far only the former; a narrator (sometimes me) reads the article, and then I adorn it with music and sound effects. I've tried to tinker with the latter, but people have proven surprisingly squirrely. I have found people associated with topics that might have interesting things to say, and some have agreed to chat, but then I can never get them to commit to a time and place.
I suspect that it's due in part to my severe introversion subconsciously protecting itself. But I have a good interview recording setup ready, just in case.
Just tail post until you start to make sense.
Tail-nouning is your answer to all of life's problems, isn't it?
Well if you need anything, Clod does professional voice work, and I do semi-pro (which means I got paid for it once) (and my best friend is an audio engineer with a vocal booth and several expen$ive mics)
I actually have a background in semi-pro broadcasting (I ran my college's radio station) and secretly, desperately, want to do a regular show.
Why do you embarrass us every time we have people over?
Did you say something? I can't hear you.
I actually have a background in semi-pro broadcasting (I ran my college's radio station) and secretly, desperately, want to do a regular show.
My buddy has a regular radio show on the local independent community radio station in Arlington VA. Low power broadcast and internet streaming. There's got to be something like that near you.
A quick search turned up WPPM in Philly that is
putting together community radio shows. As of July, they were still looking for talent.
Well if you need anything, Clod does professional voice work, and I do semi-pro (which means I got paid for it once) (and my best friend is an audio engineer with a vocal booth and several expen$ive mics)
I have a pretty good setup nowadays, though it doesn't look like much. I invested in a nice mic, and I tacked soundproofing pads all over the inside of an underutilized closet, and it acts as a serviceable one-man recording booth.
The main thing I struggle with is eliminating wet mouth noise. The only thing I've found that helps is to munch on apple slices between takes. That's part of why I haven't done any discussion-style episodes--munching apples on-mic is off-putting, but without them my voice can sound like a cat trying to escape a bucket full of gelatin dessert.
I actually have a background in semi-pro broadcasting (I ran my college's radio station) and secretly, desperately, want to do a regular show.
If I may ask--and I ask out of genuine curiosity, not in a lazy attempt to be inspirational--why not just start a podcast? Is it lack of time, resources, ideas, motivation, interest, other?
If you have any technical questions about podcasting I can attempt to be helpful (though I have already derailed this thread pretty horribly, so elsewhere might be better). If it's just that you prefer broadcast radio over podcasting, I would say words to urge you to let go of the past and embrace the new.
If it's a shortage of ideas or material, I may also be able to be helpful since I have a surplus of both. But I also understand the human drive to pursue one's own ideas rather than another's.
(ETA: I would never work in the broadcast industry, or anywhere close to it, again. Famous Last Words. But in fact Comcast tried to recruit me a few months ago*. I ate their liver with some fava beans.)
On these kinds of things, I think I'm actually just waiting for inspiration. I did a single ep "Pawncasters" with my pawn shop co-worker when I was at the shop, and it was just so perfect and so right. Had tremendous topics, humor, and a dynamic between the two of us. I believe it would have become popular. I haven't seen something like that again. It's like a vision. If I ever see it I'ma jump on it though.
Despite being socially retarded, I don't believe in doing a show alone. It's just not all that interesting.
There are only a few podcasters in this world who can pull off a weekly show of a single person, just talking. After a few minutes, a single voice is just not that interesting. You need another point of view, or something to reflect off of. A tinge of drama always helps.
Mike Rowe is doing a Paul Harvey "The rest of the story" style thing, but that's only about 8 minutes at a time. Plus, it's Mike Rowe. Congenial, intelligent, a great radio voice, I would listen to him read the dictionary.
This gent
Mike Carano does it alone, in a weird stream-of-consciousness thought stream, and I enjoy listening to him from time to time, but I wouldn't copy that format.
*an indirect recruiter, for an uninteresting position in their advertising division (which is the only division I won't ever consider, Comcast)
Just listened to a "The Way I Heard It", Mike Rowe's "Rest Of The Story"-type thing. Very Paul Harvey-ish.
I liked it.
The main thing I struggle with is eliminating wet mouth noise. The only thing I've found that helps is to munch on apple slices between takes. That's part of why I haven't done any discussion-style episodes--munching apples on-mic is off-putting, but without them my voice can sound like a cat trying to escape a bucket full of gelatin dessert.
Before you open your mouth to start a sentence, separate your teeth and drop your tongue off your palate inside your still-closed lips. That keeps the sucking noise inside. In slow motion it is three steps, teeth-tongue-lips, at full speed it's opening your mouth from back-to-front instead of front-to-back. Practice enough and it just becomes the way you open your mouth, you won't even think about it anymore. It helps train the muscles if you try to keep your teeth slightly separated within your mouth throughout the day, even when you're not talking. This also, incidentally, can help with overall anxiety levels.
If it's a shortage of ideas or material, I may also be able to be helpful since I have a surplus of both.
If you mean you have a surplus of nonfiction ideas that need to be written about and/or spoken about, I'd happily write a few for you. I remember looking into your website several years ago, but the contribution guidelines said you had more writers than you could cope with, so I didn't pursue it further. That might have been before you were doing podcasts though.
Despite being socially retarded, I don't believe in doing a show alone. It's just not all that interesting.
I can understand that view. But if you cannot find someone to be a podcast partner, you could have your one voice be a host who interviews third parties, and let them be the other voices. A variation of the Science Friday format. Of course that requires reaching out to strangers to talk on the phone/skype/etc, the mere thought of which personally causes me to break out into a cold sweat.
Before you open your mouth to start a sentence, separate your teeth and drop your tongue off your palate inside your still-closed lips. That keeps the sucking noise inside. In slow motion it is three steps, teeth-tongue-lips, at full speed it's opening your mouth from back-to-front instead of front-to-back. Practice enough and it just becomes the way you open your mouth, you won't even think about it anymore. It helps train the muscles if you try to keep your teeth slightly separated within your mouth throughout the day, even when you're not talking. This also, incidentally, can help with overall anxiety levels.
Thanks for the detailed instructions! I'll see if I can master the process with any success.
If you mean you have a surplus of nonfiction ideas that need to be written about and/or spoken about, I'd happily write a few for you. I remember looking into your website several years ago, but the contribution guidelines said you had more writers than you could cope with, so I didn't pursue it further. That might have been before you were doing podcasts though.
Well, I do have such a surplus of non-fiction topics, my "write about this someday" folder tests the endurance of the scroll wheel. But here I was referring to a surplus of ideas/concepts for podcasts. If I didn't have to work a day job, I'd be tempted to launch a couple more podcasts, because there's such huge potential for niftiness. In fact, I'm working on a limited-run side podcast idea in my "spare time," likely to see the light of day approximately when podcasts fall out of style.
In regards to your interest in writing with us, it is still true that our problem is not too few skilled writers, it's too little editing bandwidth. But we do still occasionally welcome new writers who demonstrate considerable skill and interest. The challenge is helping them maintain that interest as they wait for their works to wind through our slow-moving machine. I essentially work three part-time jobs, so I am the bottleneck. But the good news is I *may* have found a way to whittle it down to a mere two part-time jobs, which will free up some time and energy.
I'm rambling. In short, if you really are interested in participating, and you possess a surplus of patience, there's a good chance we can make it happen. I have a Google Doc outlining our process and such, I can share it if you send me a Google Doc email address.
The Jargon File
credit to Happy Monkey "...on the gripping hand..."
Sarah Purcell.
That's a name I haven't thought of in decades. She was in something like That's Incredible, wasn't she?
Edit: Real People. Same thing.
Sarah Purcell.
That's a name I haven't thought of in decades. She was in something like That's Incredible, wasn't she?
Edit: Real People. Same thing.
We need a historical preservation society to foster and maintain awareness that That's Incredible and Real People were two different things...and which one was the one that had Fran Tarkenton...wasn't he a football guy...who did he play for...? etc.
The boredom of the British Empire...
From ten to eleven, ate a breakfast at seven;
From eleven to noon, to begin ‘twas too soon;
From twelve to one, asked “What’s to be done?”
From one to two, found nothing to do;
From two to three, began to foresee
That from three to four would be a damned bore.
Fran Tarkenton...wasn't he a football guy...who did he play for...? etc.
Vikings and Giants
Mike Firesmith started his annual Halloween story tonight, it will run each night for five or six days, and they're always good.
Could someone take a look at
this article and tell me if it's correct, close-to-correct, or, bullshit?
I am quite high atm, and don't know if I'm 'getting it'...
Also, I want whatever
this dizzy heifer is smoking.
Could someone take a look at this article and tell me if it's correct, close-to-correct, or, bullshit?
I am quite high atm, and don't know if I'm 'getting it'...
It's both true and bullshit. Depends on how you look at it.
On a micro scale, my dead cousin has about $10k in savings bonds. Back in the 80s and 90s he gave about $5k to the US government, and they gave him some pieces of paper in return. He died, and in 2017, I'm going to cash in those savings bonds, which matured years ago but are still accruing good interest, and the US government is going to pay his estate about $12k.
He actually worked for the government, so in his case, you could actually argue that they used the $%k he gave them to turn around and pay him his salary. And soon his estate will get $12k when I cash it in.
The US government isn't hurt by this deal until I cash them in, and then they have to cough up the extra $7k or so.
(I'm making those numbers up. But they are close.)
I'm more concerned by money being sucked out of this country and sent to China, et al.
Could someone take a look at this article and tell me if it's correct, close-to-correct, or, bullshit?
I'd say it's pretty close to correct. Calling treasury bonds debt is akin to calling bank accounts "debts" of the bank. Which is technically true, but usually meaningless. Unless there's a run on the bank, like in "It's a Wonderful Life", and everyone calls in the debt at once.
And when people actually did that during the Depression, the government just declared an indefinite bank holiday and basically said no, we won't pay it.
That was good, thanks Bruce.
The story of Billy Gibbons' (of ZZTop) 1959 Gibson Les Paul, known as Pearly Gates
"A Japanese gent" once offered Gibbons $5,000,000 for the guitar. He was turned down.
Oh good, then I don't have to go on a diet, the universe is accommodating. :lol:
Gondolas in DC.
If the District and Arlington were to decide to build a gondola to connect Georgetown to Rosslyn, it would be both a feasible and legal endeavor, according to a study released Thursday.
Leaders in both jurisdictions have floated the idea of building a cable-propelled transit system over the Potomac River to ease traffic on the Key Bridge and allow people to travel more quickly between Washington and Virginia.
For us non-nerds, here's an explanation of those cable connections and what they do
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/video-cables-explained-difference-vga-dvi-hdmi-ports/VGA can support resolutions up to 640 x 480 in 16 colors, although you can increase the colors to 256 by lowering the resolution to 320 x 200. This is known as Mode 13h and is commonly used when booting your computer into Safe Mode. It’s also the mode that was used in computer gaming back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Maybe true for the original spec, but modern VGA ports and cables can support resolutions at and above 1080p, though it's analog, and will not be a pixel-perfect image.
Open to Inspection
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the age of surveillance.
By now it goes without saying or objection in most quarters of a once freedom-loving and democratic society that our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness are closely monitored by a paranoid surveillance apparatus possessed of the fond hopes and great expectations embedded in the fifteenth-century Spanish Inquisition. Our local fire departments don’t grant permits for burnings at the stake, but our federal intelligence agencies (seventeen at last count, staffed by more than 100,000 inquisitors petty and grand) make no secret of their missionary zeal.
The growth of secret agencies and bumbling bureaucrats who have destroyed America over the last 99 years.
Quick, draw!
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/#
I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGER!
I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGER!
Awesome Family Guy reference...
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I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGER!
Awesome Family Guy reference...
I thought Ringo said it.
May have been a Ringo joke on Family Guy.
This is where I'm coming from:
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Apologies for quality.
Supposedly Ringo says it at the end of Helter Skelter but goddamn if I can find a listenable version.
And, of course, I have 27 Beatles songs, but, not that one.
I thought it was Lennon. Why would a drummer have blisters on his fingers, and Lennon was always whining about something
I couldn't find a answer from a trustable source. I found answers for both Ringo and John.
God forbid finding a listenable original version of Helter Skelter.
Anyway Stewie definitely said it.
Just maybe not 1st.:D
This website is both a time killer and educational. It tells you everything it knows about you. Turn sound on.
https://clickclickclick.clickC'mon, it's a Stratocaster--the most ubiquitous guitar shape in the world.
You drew that in 20 seconds? with a mouse?
It was Ringo.
I thought he was the walrus
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This website is both a time killer and educational. It tells you everything it knows about you. Turn sound on.
Interesting. I like how it is set up, but it was regularly saying wrong things about me (talking about my cursor being in places it wasn't, clicking in ways I definitely didn't.) I wonder if that's because the site is buggy, or I have some kind of masking ability, or I have a virus and my computer is secretly doing things I'm not aware of.
This website is both a time killer and educational. It tells you everything it knows about you. Turn sound on.
https://clickclickclick.click
bo-----rrrrrring. I saw the beginnings of my "Ivory medal" or whatever for one minute of my life. I'd have gonged it, if I only had a gong.
This 3-minute animation will change the way you see the universe
I don't know about all that, but, it is fairly interesting.
Powers of Ten did something similar to this back in the 70s, I think their approach was more accessible since the scale was changing by the same degree each time, rather than linking it to random objects.
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There is also this black hole comparison, if you really want to feel infinitesimal. (with suitably ominous music)
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Help bring a soldier home for the holidays. This guy has been doing this for a long time, and I believe it to be a very worthwhile cause. He provides plane tickets to servicemen & women around the world who can't afford them, so they can be with their families during the holidays.
Let's Bring 'Em Home is a 501c non-profit charity, so your donations are tax-deductible.:D
I used to donate $100 every year when he was in MA, but a couple years after he moved to FL he turned into an asshole. We had a falling out in a series of emails over one weekend, about the Iraq war.
He's definitely opinionated.
But, remember, you're not helping him...
Yes and no, helping service persons get home, but building his brand, his loyal following which means more income, and his ego.
Here in the UK, it is expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year and I suspect that the same can be said for the US and Canada.
Do you groan at the thought of being stuck in a traffic jam, fighting for a parking space or the prospect of being in a confined space with countless other people each possessed of a pair of extremely sharp elbows?
Are you run down, tired, nervous, listless and depressed or just plain pissed off on a dreary afternoon when it's dark by 1530?
Yes? Then what you need is Nukemap.
Just select the target and weapon of your choice and bring a warm glow to your heart (and everywhere else) as you survey the area of destruction and the predicted number of deaths.
Well, it must be better than trudging around Tesco or Walmart. ;)
Nukemap.I wonder if that default location upon opening the link is T R U M P T O W E R ?
I wonder if that choice was made thoughtfully.
Want to make music but can't afford an instrument?
Is that your problem Bunkie?
Well perk up because
here's the solution.
Free plans to build your own Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Violin, Fiddle, or Amp.
My all time favorite (as far as I can remember - which isn't saying much) Onion post.
http://www.theonion.com/article/all-yall-urged-to-go-fuck-yo-selves-4972
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[SIZE="2"]NEWS IN BRIEF
July 6, 2005
VOL 41 ISSUE 27
Human Interest[/SIZE]
DETROIT—In a strongly worded pronouncement to all y'all motherfuckers, Detroit resident Dwayne Combs urged all y'all to go fuck yo' selves Monday. "Y'all be bullshit," said Combs in a 3:17 a.m. address from the corner of Woodward Avenue and Grand Boulevard. "And yo' mama, too." Monday's statement marked the normally reclusive Combs' first since an October 1998 appeal to Detroit's city council to kiss his big, black ass. Representatives for all y'all have not yet responded to Combs' themselves-fucking offer.
fyi, somehow I have...idk...some kind of editing tool...on half my screen, with the reply to thread page on the other half.
An interesting view of
Putin’s Real Long Game.
In between were a hundred other exchanges — with Balts and Ukrainians, Georgians and Moldovans — that answered my question and exposed the new reality on the Russian frontier: the belief that, ultimately, everyone would be left to fend for themselves. Increasingly, people in Russia’s sphere of influence were deciding that the values that were supposed to bind the West together could no longer hold. That the world order Americans depend on had already come apart.
From Moscow, Vladimir Putin has seized the momentum of this unraveling, exacting critical damage to the underpinnings of the liberal world order in a shockingly short time. As he builds a new system to replace the one we know, attempts by America and its allies to repair the damage have been limited and slow. Even this week, as Barack Obama tries to confront Russia’s open and unprecedented interference in our political process, the outgoing White House is so far responding to 21st century hybrid information warfare with last century’s diplomatic toolkit: the expulsion of spies, targeted sanctions, potential asset seizure. The incoming administration, while promising a new approach, has betrayed a similar lack of vision. Their promised attempt at another “reset” with Russia is a rehash of a policy that has utterly failed the past two American administrations.
A really, really good article on Jason Everman, formerly of Soundgarden, formerly formerly of Nirvana, U.S. Army Ranger, Special Forces operator...
The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero
A good read.
National Motor Boat Museum.
lots of cool stuff including this Indian outboard.
I swear, you could NOT make this shit up.
The dog's name is 'Baby Girl' (I shit you not.). And she, according to police, is a "very aggressive" pit bull dog.
And Bradley Jean Hubbard is very fond of her.For some 30 years, a collection of nearly 4,000 slides sat undiscovered in a university basement in Sheffield. The lost collection of photographs, found inside a forgotten pile of boxes, has since been digitized by students of the University of Sheffield.
Interesting look at
England in the '60s.
GAH!!!
Giant spider on the building!
Giant spider on the building!!!!!
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from Bruce's link, above
There are a lot of those kinds of sites, the one I use is
https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php
You can design your own white noise with their equalizer.
If you are using brown noise you must at all costs avoid the
brown note.
Brown Noise, 8 hours of it
Holy hell!!!! I just found that same link on Thursday. Brown noise - whatever the fuck that is - is supposed to help with tinnitus. I was listening to if for almost an hour before I finally cracked and HAD TO MAKE IT STOP!!!
Nononono
Yeah, I don't like any of it. That stuff just keeps me awake.....wired. While married, I had to look for the quietest fan out there. He couldn't sleep without one.
If you ever pay the least bit of attention to it, you can't not hear it. That's when it gets to me. I also have a fan on in the bedroom, for the ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory(your taxes at work) has issued a report(PDF) entitled, "
Effect of Intake Air Filter Condition on Vehicle Fuel Economy". Actually that's misleading because they also get into performance pretty deeply. I found it interesting but it may not blow your skirt up.
Huh. That's not the result I expected, but it's understandable. Who's gonna go out and tell people that you don't really have to change your air filter diligently any more?
Certainly not the air filter people.
On modern electronically controlled engines, the computers will adjust for the available air flow.
However, it is still absolutely, positively, crucial to keep out as much dirt as possible.
Good find, Bruce.
Their viewer looks bit wonky, but, hey, free is free.
Hint: Go to the button that says '24 stacks' (top of page)...browsing seems to be easier to me that way.
When I saw all those issues of "Wood", I heard the "You've got mail." voice in my head, "You've got wood.":lol2:
L Ron Hubbard's Navy career :lol2:
I've been to
Cape Lookout! I've hiked to the top, probably have a picture around here somewhere...lemme look.
and that is a bit comical. you should check out Leah Remmi's scientology takedown show, it's awesome.
TEC DIVISION OF OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (TEC-DOE) says they have a telescope that sees anti-matter. You can get it on Amazon for a grand. :eek:
You're going to have to be more careful about running around naked. Google has sold it's in-house satellite network to
Planet, who plans to make a fifty-trillion-pixel resolution composite image of the Earth’s whole surface updated every damned day. :eek:
You're going to have to be more careful about running around naked. Google has sold it's in-house satellite network to Planet, who plans to make a fifty-trillion-pixel resolution composite image of the Earth’s whole surface updated every damned day. :eek:
math doesn't add up for that.... that makes about 254,000 pixels per square mile. so, about 500 pixels to the linear mile. about one pixel per ten feet.
I'm the pasty white pixel in the upper left corner of the map.
This constellation will have two components. A standard Planet satellite, which it calls a “dove,” is cheaply made. It is essentially an extra-large Cubesat, a widely used standard for building small spacecraft. It captures pixels that are three meters to a side. Each of the seven Terra Bella satellites, on the other hand, is about the size of a dorm-room fridge. A Terra Bella satellite detects pixels that are 90 centimeters to a side under good conditions.
There are example pics at the link.
When the whole earth daily picture goes up it will be at medium resolution, but they hope to go to high resolution soon. Right now only a third of the earth is covered in high resolution with the equipment they have.
Of course the military can see right through your roof when you're doing the nasty or taking a bath. :lol:
The
CIA has a Flickr account where they post declassified pictures, maps, spy equipment, etc. There's quite a bit there and some is interesting.
You've probably seen it but, if you haven't, enjoy some juvenile humour at Mr T's expense.
Takes a few seconds to load. Use your mouse to move and blow the trumpet. ;)
http://trumpdonald.org/Pictures of every damn
water tower in Poland. Free bread pisses people off.
Shavershyan says he gives out about 3,000 loaves of bread in a month. It’s pure charity, totally free, and many of the people getting the bread are regularly mad as hell about the whole thing.
That’s because many of the people receiving this food don’t believe it’s from Shavershyan, and instead suspect him of skimming off the top of a government welfare program. According to a report by the newspaper Kommersant, customers often berate the store’s employees, when the bread runs out, accusing them of stealing from Putin, the mayor, or the governor.
:facepalm:
Life is just better when you have a great ass.
Apologies for the Bacefook linkage, but it's worth it, trust me.
There's a tv show for kids on german tv since the 70's, I grew up with.
It airs every sunday morning and they have an intro where they show all the spots of that week's show first in german and than the same intro in an other language. Yesterday it was Klingon :
http://www1.wdr.de/kinder/tv/die-sendung-mit-der-maus/video-vorspann-maus-klingonisch-100.html
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Daffy duck tries to screw Porky Pig out of a job in "You Ought to be in Pictures"
I searched and searched for a youtube link but when I found it, youtube wanted to sell me the damn thing. :mad2:
It's under 8 minutes and of course a great cartoon if you like cartoons, but what really caught my eye was at about 6:40, Porky racing to the studio passes;
1934 Buick Series 40
1936 Chevrolet Master
a couple 1935 Fords
1937 Ford
1937 Packard One-Twenty
1929 Packard
1939 Plymouth De Luxe
and a couple 1936 Studebaker Dictators
All in 20 seconds.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1t7gb2_you-ought-to-be-in-pictures-1940_shortfilmsI wish I could see which was which.
If only you could annotate the video, frame by frame. :D
Look up each of those cars and find out what they look like, then you'll be able to tell.:p:
Not necessarily, that list was assembled on a forum that consists of guys who are dedicated to identifying old cars by the twinkle in their head/tail lights. :lol:
... but what really caught my eye was at about 6:40, Porky racing to the studio passes; ...
I now know one of your Cub Scot Merit Badges.
Mike Pence website is a riot.
A former U.S. congressman and governor for the state of Indiana, President Mike Pence is proud to serve the white and Christian population of America for more than two decades.
Born in Columbus, Indiana, on June 7, 1959, to wholesome heterosexual couple Edward and Nancy Pence, Michael Richard Pence was named after his grandfather Richard, who emigrated to America from the non-Muslim-majority country of Ireland, settling with his family in the American Midwest.
Mike Pence went to college.
Mike Pence won 3rd prize in the 1972 Indiana Junior Corn Contest.
Mike Pence likes to watch movies.
Mike Pence carries a tri-fold wallet in his right back pocket.
Mike Pence has won seven (7) penmanship awards.
Mike Pence has a “Family RV” a “Personal RV” and a “Permanent RV” aka his house.
There is also a tally board for "How many gays have returned to the lord". :lol:
Lion teaches tourists a lesson in Kruger National Park
Not much to see really, but, with a minimum of effort, Leo makes his point. 30 sec vid at the link.
Sketches vs. Objects Mashup
Example:
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Those are pretty clever. :thumb:
Doesn't sound like much of a fight.
Yeah, I think that guy might've flunked out of matador school.
This one was fun for me.
This BBC interactive website will tell you about you.
Enter your date of birth, sex, height, weight, and choose metric or imperial.
It will tell you what proportion of you is what elements and what they are worth. How many times your heart has beaten, how far your underarm hair has grown. How many cells of each type you have, and how many days they last.
How much poop you've made, and how many MB of data in your DNA.
And tons more about you.
Ha ha ha, that's great. And don't answer the phone, or leave a recording, "I'll call you back when we get back from the hospital." :lol:
It's funny how the hormones change. That link was hilarious to me just now. But back when the kids were very little, I remember seeing a cartoon--a drawing--of a toddler too near the water's edge, and it legitimately made my heart jump a little in discomfort. And the cartoon toddler was wearing a life jacket, for fuck's sake.
Matador gored through neck in very first bullfight
Yay bull!:celebrat:
Doesn't sound like much of a fight.
He probably wasn't in it for the fighting.
Noisy neighbors?
Shake their booty. :blush:
Yeah, that will defuse the situation and get them on your side.
lumberjim's FACE will defuse the situation and get them on your side. wait.. the opposite
Kinda weird, but, I could see a use for it:
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Like it says, uppertolowercase.com
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How would ya like to do
this twelve hours a day?
Sorries for the Bacefook linkage.
Excellent. I loved that link to the foods. And the harvesters were impressive. I would have a hard time doing that for more than an hour or two.
A list of 7,000 banned licence plates in North Carolina
I wonder why they banned Police-1, Police-2, Police-3, etc? :eyebrow:
Some of my favorite eats.
Are the vanilla beans etched somehow or are those natural markings?
They look like they've been "branded" somehow. Maybe an anti-theft thing or marked with what tree they are from.
You kids get off my lawn with your repetitive lyrics!
Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?
(cool article with cool charts)
You kids get off my lawn with your repetitive lyrics!
Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?
(cool article with cool charts)
The songs that reached the top 10 were, on average, more repetitive than the rest in every year from 1960 to 2015!
Make sense, easier to learn and sing along will be popular.
Guy Sucks At Photoshop, Spends 10 Years Mastering Microsoft Paint To Illustrate His Book
The pics look stills from King Of The Hill. A lot.
I agree, similar palette and style to king.
He did a great job... the hard way.
We're doomed.
Signs that humanity is getting dumber
Remember, if there wasn't a problem, there wouldn't be a rule/sign.
It's a result of the lawyer plague. :mad:
Driving a long-haul tractor-trailer is as commonplace as the items that drivers carry, from blue jeans to blueberries, from toilet paper for Walmart to farm machinery bound for export. There are 1.7 million men and women working as long-haul drivers in the country. Yet truckers — high up in their cabs — are literally out of view for most Americans.
At a moment when President Trump has ignited a national discussion of blue-collar labor and even climbed into a truck during a White House event, trucking, which was once among the best-paying such jobs, has become low-wage, grinding, unhealthy work. Turnover at large for-hire fleets hauling freight by the truckload — the backbone of the industry — runs an astonishing 80 percent a year, according to a trade group. Looming over the horizon is a future in which self-driving trucks threaten to eliminate many drivers’ livelihoods.
Good read30 Facts About The Sit-com Cheers You Might Not Have Known
Examples:
The part of Frasier Crane was written for John Lithgow.
John Ratzenberger, who played bar know-it-all Cliff Clavin, improvised/ad libbed many of Cliff's little known
"facts".
Norm Peterson's first name was Hillary.
An interesting take on business becoming more diverse in staff by sticking to business.
If you want to build an inclusive culture, build a minimum culture. Build it around professionalism, boundaries, and work-life balance. Make sure your senior staff walks the walk, and spreads the word.
https://hackernoon.com/for-inclusive-culture-maybe-less-is-more-87b663662ceavery good article, thank you xoB.
Open Railway Map
If you always wanted to know where those tracks went, now you can easily see.
MAUDE - Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience
The official site of the FDA to keep track of complaints and comments by medical pros about medical devices for the last 10 years.
Pretty fucking gullible. I fell for that, like I was stoned.
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Isn't it heartwarming to know if you die suddenly your pet won't starve?
In 1997, a forensic examiner in Berlin reported one of his more unusual cases in the journal Forensic Science International. A 31-year-old man had retired for the evening to the converted garden shed behind his mother’s house, where he lived with his German shepherd. Around 8:15 p.m., neighbors heard a gunshot from the direction of the shed.
Forty-five minutes later, the man’s mother and neighbors found him dead of a gunshot wound to the mouth, a Walther pistol under his hands and a farewell note on a table. Most of his face and neck were gone—and there were tooth marks around the edges of the wounds. A half-full bowl of dog food sat on the floor.
The German shepherd was calm and responded to police commands. On the way to an animal sanctuary, the dog vomited some of its owner’s tissue, including skin with still-recognizable beard hair.
You snickering cat people think you're in the clear? You ain't. :headshake
This woman nailed it...
Like many Americans, I’m having politics fatigue. Or, to be more specific, arguing-about-politics fatigue.
I haven’t run out of salient points or evidence for my political perspective, but there is a particular stumbling block I keep running into when trying to reach across the proverbial aisle and have those “difficult conversations” so smugly suggested by think piece after think piece:
I don’t know how to explain to someone why they should care about other people.
can’t debate someone into caring about what happens to their fellow human beings. The fact that such detached cruelty is so normalized in a certain party’s political discourse is at once infuriating and terrifying.
The “I’ve got mine, so screw you,” attitude has been oozing from the American right wing for decades, but this gleeful exuberance in pushing legislation that will immediately hurt the most vulnerable among us is chilling.
Perhaps it was always like this. I’m (relatively) young, so maybe I’m just waking up to this unimaginable callousness. Maybe the emergence of social media has just made this heinous tendency more visible; seeing hundreds of accounts spring to the defense of policies that will almost certainly make their lives more difficult is incredible to behold.
I don’t know what’s changed ― or indeed, if anything has ― and I don’t have any easy answers. But I do know I’m done trying to convince these hordes of selfish, cruel people to look beyond themselves.
She strikes me as one of those people who, when talking about the other side, sounds exactly like the other side.
:neutral:
She strikes me as one of those people who, when talking about the other side, sounds exactly like the other side.
:neutral:
I don't think so, she's saying she can't discuss the issues with the other side because there is no common ground to start from. She and the other side have opposing base values. Like if one side thinks the Mississippi river should be cleaned up and the other side doesn't, they can never agree on why/how/who.
I think thic could have been written by someone on either side by changing details.
...could have been written by someone on either side...
;)
Watch the worldwide flow of refugees from 2000 to 2015.
Each dot equals 17 people, and I'll bet you'll be as surprised as I was.
Wow. My version of Firefox (51.0.1) didn't like that site at all.
May have just taken a long time to load, seemed to lock up FF cold, though.
Chrome takes about 12 seconds to load, IE10 doesn't like it.
“Of all the campaigns in my life—20 major ones to be exact—the one I felt the most sure of was the one I was deprived of waging properly. I could have won the war in Korea in a maximum of 10 days, once the campaign was under way, and with considerably fewer casualties than were suffered during the so-called truce period. It would have altered the course of history."
MacArthur's Plan To Win The Korean War
:3_eyes:
An interesting take on why middle America flocked to Trump and stick by him. Also, how smaller politicians are choosing to emulate him, while the democrats are still clueless.
west-virginia-tries-to-improve-broadband-competition-incumbent-isps-immediately-sue.
So by now you've probably noticed that the broadband industry is somewhat, well, broken. Unaccountable giant telecom incumbents, with a stranglehold on both federal and state lawmakers, work tirelessly alongside well-compensated lawmakers and covertly paid policy vessels to protect the status quo (read: limited competition, high prices, poor customer service). Often that involves quite literally writing and buying state laws that make it impossible for anybody to do much of anything about this dance of dysfunction.
And when it comes to highlighting the end result of this corruption, there's no better state than West Virginia. Whereas bigger incumbents in more populated states can often hide their stranglehold over a broken market under layers upon layers of exquisitely crafted bullshit, many West Virginia lawmakers and regional incumbent Frontier Communications lack the savvy and competence to mask what they're truly up to.
As a result, the state has been awash in controversy over its telecom policies for years now. Local Charleston Gazette reporter Eric Eyre has done yeoman's work chronicling West Virginia's immense broadband dysfunction, from the State's use of broadband stimulus subsidies on unused, overpowered routers and overpaid, redundant consultants, to state leaders' attempts to bury reports highlighting how a cozy relationship with Frontier has led to what can only be explained as systemic, statewide fraud on the taxpayer dime.
MADRID—The arsenal is a terrorist’s dream: 150 live hand grenades, 44 rocket propelled grenades, 1,450 9mm cartridges, 18 tear gas grenades, scores of triggers and detonators of various kinds, 102 explosive charges, and 264 blocks of plastic explosive. Such is the inventory of deadly materiel that was stolen from a military installation in Portugal on June 28 and is still missing.
Then, two days after that robbery, a van loaded with nitroglycerin was robbed in Barcelona, Spain. Those explosives have not been recovered either.
linkmozilla send.
A convenient free way to send somebody a file up to 1GB without an account with a file sharing service. File expires after one day or one download, whichever comes first. Encrypted too.
https://send.firefox.com/
Seems like it could come in handy.
LOL. You are sitting in the lounge waiting for the oil change to be completed and you see either that guy with the sledge hammer or the one with the giant pipe wrench walking up to your car. :eek:
Bravo-class submarine. Project 690
Flickr set of a Bravo class submarine. Maybe in Ukraine.
That is, literally, all the info I got.
Just need to run a sump pump for a couple hours to explore it more.
Class overview
Operators: Soviet Navy
In commission: 1967–1995
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
2,400 long tons (2,439 t) surfaced
2,900 long tons (2,947 t) submerged
Length: 73 m (239 ft 6 in)
Beam: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Draft: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 65
Armament: 1 × 533 mm (21 in), 1 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
Please, for your wallet, take a moment to read about The Surgery Center of Oklahoma, and their ilk, if you can find one:
They are a cash only [strike]hospital[/strike] surgery center.
Dude had his knee replaced, and spent his week-and-a-half recovery period at the Marriott Residence Inn. They even brought him an ice machine and extra pain meds. No extra charge.
That's an interesting set up to be created by two anesthesiologists who are the highest paid segment of the medical profession. Won't work for me because without insurance it can't happen, but a good deal for those who can use it.
I was reading recently about having procedures done in Mexico, especially dental. Most of the doctors go to US medical schools.
I had my upper teeth crowned in Mexico. $2500 including the anesthesiologist to knock me out so I would stop crying like a bitch.
Five years later, three have fallen off due to the dentist not leaving enough original tooth to cement the crown onto. Can't be repaired; must extract what little remains of the original, several root canals and implanted replacements.
No knockout this time.
Worth it? I dunno...
For me, "Mexican dentistry" is not a confidence-inspiring phrase.
I'm having a hard time believing walmart in VT sells more luggage racks, or in MA more tennis balls, or in AZ more toasters, than anything else. Nope, not buying that for a minute. If that were true the stores would close.
Most Surprising Top Sellers
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Top Sellers
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They are not talking about overall top selling items.
OK, so is AZ selling more toasters than other states? Or toasters is a top seller behind all the stuff people normally buy all the time? Basically it tells us nothing.
It's doing exactly what it says on the tin. You're over thinking it. I think. Everything is interesting...Look closer. But maybe not with a microscope.
It's just surprising things they sell a lot of in that state. It'd be plainer, I guess, if AZ's entry was winter parkas, I guess.
I take it that AZ's WalMarts sell a lot of toasters, compared to the nat'l average, and that therefore Arizonians really like toast, compared to the nat'l average. Not that they sell more toasters than anything.
It's not an especially valuable trove of info, I'll give ya that.
If they had said more than the National average that would be helpful but I guess half the states would be more than the national average. Guess they just picked out an item in each state that sold more than they expected. Interesting just poorly worded presentation.
For me, "Mexican dentistry" is not a confidence-inspiring phrase.
Well, my then-wife is his cousin and talked me into it. Apparently his clinic is only a block into Ciudad Juarez, he trained in the US and the clincher was an on-call knockout doctor. I am a dentist-phobe (and darn proud of it! :) ) and don't react well to pain. Most dentists on this side of the border only use 'conscious sedation' or good old Novocaine.
My experience was 100% positive at the time. I had all my upper teeth done over several hours. I awoke with NO pain at all, no wooziness like I had when I had an impacted wisdom tooth surgically removed in the hospital, not even a bad taste in my mouth. Once I was awake, the dentist came back in, made some small adjustments that were not possible with me asleep (painless but oh! that pneumatic grinder! <shiver>) and I walked right out the door. They provide a van to take me home, except the short walk through the border checkpoint which is required by immigration law and not a big deal and that was it.
He did say to let a few more hours go by before I tried to eat anything that required serious chewing to let the cement set up fully but that was no problem. I just had a light liquid lunch and was fully functional all day. Had a HUGE steak for a late supper though, as I had been on a full liquid diet for two weeks with the temporary crowns which would fall out if I talked too much and wound up super-gluing to hold them in long enough to get the permanent crowns made. I was hungry for real food and that one and a half pound T-bone was the best I had ever had! The biggest too! LOL
Note that I don't eat that much in one sitting but I treated myself that one time.
I'm just thinking now that the old saw about you get what you pay for does indeed hold true.
I bet Arizona sells extra toasters because it's full of old people who grew up on toast as a guaranteed breakfast item, but modern toasters are shit and break in a year because there's no market outside of old people.
Don't get me started on toasters. There's a thread around here somewhere....
We've had our Hamilton Beach toaster oven that we bought at Wal-Mart for 11 years. And it works as good today as when we first got it. Used it this morning for toast, it gets used used nearly every day. Just keep stuff clean and it will last along time.
Popdigr uses a toaster oven occasionally. I hate the thing. Heats up the house more than using the real oven. And besides that, it's Black & Decker, and I don't wanna eat something cooked by a power tool.
I use a toaster oven too. More often than my microwave even.
Cooks almost anything better than my gas oven with less heating of my place and a smaller counter footprint.
Except Tombstone pizza. THAT, I have to cut in half to make it fit inside.
But the fan motor gave out after six or so years so the convection part is useless but it still makes darn good toast/waffles!
I thought I was the only person to cut a frozen pizza in half and cook/eat half a pizza.
Welcome to my club, Pam!
This research paper is behind an paywall but you can see the highlights and abstract.
Highlights
•Many countries implement local-content schemes for public-sector purchases.
•The aim of these schemes is to support home employment especially in manufacturing.
•We use a detailed CGE model to analyse the U.S. scheme, Buy America(n).
•We find that Buy America(n) is an ineffective way of increasing manufacturing employment.
•Eliminating Buy America(n) would increase employment overall and in 50 out of 51 states.
Abstract
Like many countries, the U.S. implements local content policies. Through these policies, the U.S. government attempts to stimulate employment, especially in the manufacturing sector, by favoring U.S. contractors for public sector projects (Buy American regulations) and by insisting that these contractors themselves favor domestic suppliers of inputs such as steel (Buy America regulations). We refer to these policies collectively as Buy America(n). Enforcement of the policies is via complex legalistic processes and often contractors to the U.S. government adopt a cautious approach by favoring U.S. suppliers even when this may not be strictly legally required. In these circumstances, it is not possible to provide a definitive model-based quantification of the effects of Buy America(n). Nevertheless, as demonstrated in this paper, a detailed CGE analysis can give valuable guidance concerning the efficacy of these policies. In an illustrative simulation we find that scrapping Buy-America(n) would reduce U.S. employment in manufacturing but boost employment in the rest of the economy with a net gain of about 300 thousand jobs. Even in the manufacturing sector, there would be many winning industries including those producing machinery and other high-tech products. Employment would increase in 50 out of 51 states and 430 out of 436 congressional districts.
Having trouble buying this shit.:eyebrow:
in 50 out of 51 states.
Are they counting D.C.? Because unless Puerto Rico made some drastic moves in the last few hours...
The Pessimism Manifesto covers the 12 types of pessimism.
One may think that pessimism is widespread today. Everyone, on all sides, is outraged at injustices and worried about the problems we face. But just beneath the surface, everyone, on all sides, shares an optimism that progress is not only possible but likely. Everyone believes that once problems are identified, they can be solved, and in time they will be.
This myth of inevitable progress is our modern faith, and like many faiths before it, it is a false faith generated by deep-seated human desires. Only the pessimist can see clearly the problems we face, and at the same time understand that progress is unlikely, and that our future, in many ways, is likely to be bleak. It’s worse than you think – and here’s how:
This research paper is behind an paywall but you can see the highlights and abstract.
There might be a full copy on Sci-Hub, if you don't mind a little moral ambiguity.
Sci-Hub is a website with over 62 million academic papers and articles available for direct download.[2] It bypasses publisher paywalls by allowing access through educational institution proxies. Sci-Hub stores papers in its own repository, and additionally the papers downloaded by Sci-Hub are also stored in Library Genesis (LibGen).
Sci-Hub was founded by Kazakhstani graduate student Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, as a reaction to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls, typically US$30 each when bought on a per-paper basis.
Your tax dollars at work.
Very good imagery of the recent hurricane damage. NOAA flew over affected areas for Harvey and Irma and shares that imagery below. Much of it is better resolution than what you would see on Google Earth.
Irma
Harvey
I was wondering about the Boy Scout facility and undeveloped island that I stayed at in the summer. Couldn't get information anywhere, but with this imagery I could see where a kayak stand/tower on the island got blown across a lagoon and into the mangroves, and a bunch of composting toilet structures also got shredded and thrown into the mangroves.
For example, this is a trailer park in Big Pine Key
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OK, the links are maps, where are the pictures?
Everything is interesting...Look closer.
Zoom in to the shaded area(s). Way in.
And there is more. They have imagery of varying quality going all the way back to Isabel.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/Here is today.
Click 'Okay+'.
Cool, I can't wait for the end of the century. No, really, I can't. ;)
And there is more. They have imagery of varying quality going all the way back to Isabel.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/
They are adding to the Maria imagery in Puerto Rico each day.
This is a small part of a huge solar farm that got damaged. I imagine even the undamaged panels are producing no power if the connections broke.
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I thought that was gonna be a former trailer park.
At last I've found something I can say I've lived up to expectations as a member of the Silent Generation. I could even move up a notch.
All that free love in the 60s, I reckon.
V. cool but allowing that "actual location of artist may vary somewhat" :D
i was hoping that someone had been borne out of our Limey's Isle but no, they're all just Glaswegian up there. Not that there's anything wrong with that
Groan... the comments are worth it though. ;)
Here is a particularly interesting 'The Way I Heard It' by Mike Rowe:
A Little Dab'll Do Ya
(no, it's not Brylcreem)
This person has a disease. Maybe not a disease, but, they're sick.
Kramersapartment.comBaby Map
When a baby is born in a country, that country flashes yellow.
India and China are working overtime.
Ain't nobody birthing no babies in Greenland.
Smithsonian has a real interesting on reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
Long before Julius Caesar declared himself dictator for life in 44 B.C., essentially spelling the beginning of the end to the Roman Republic, trouble was brewing in the halls of power.
The warning signs were there. Politicians such as Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus (together known as the Gracchi brothers) were thwarted from instituting a series of populist reforms in the 100s B.C., then murdered by their fellow senators. Old and unwritten codes of conduct, known as the mos maiorum, gave way as senators struggled for power. A general known as Sulla marched his army on Rome in 87 B.C., starting a civil war to prevent his political opponent from remaining in power. Yet none of these events have become as indelibly seared into Western memory as Caesar’s rise to power or sudden downfall, his murder in 44 B.C.
After Rome conquers Carthage, and after they decide to annex Greece, and after they conquer Spain and acquire all the silver mines, you have wealth on an unprecedented scale coming into Rome. The flood of wealth was making the richest of the rich Romans wealthier than would’ve been imaginable even a couple generations earlier. You’re talking literally 300,000 gold pieces coming back with the Legions. All of this is being concentrated in the hands of the senatorial elite, they’re the consuls and the generals, so they think it’s natural that it all accumulates in their hands.
At the same time, these wars of conquest were making the poor quite a bit poorer. Roman citizens were being hauled off to Spain or Greece, leaving for tours that would go on for three to five years a stretch. While they were gone, their farms in Italy would fall into disrepair. The rich started buying up big plots of land. In the 130s and 140s you have this process of dispossession, where the poorer Romans are being bought out and are no longer small citizen owners. They’re going to be tenant owners or sharecroppers and it has a really corrosive effect on the traditional ways of economic life and political life. As a result, you see this skyrocketing economic inequality.
Either history repeats itself,
...or we intentionally view history through a modern lens so that it appears to.
I can't tell the difference any more, is there beer in the fridge?
...is there beer in the fridge?
Not mine. I'm drier than Oklahoma in the 30's, too.
Both links full of genius
9 minutes 53 seconds on the April 14, 2016 crossword.
Yeah, idk, that's the one that came up.
Thanks for the games link, Bruce, or is it
Scarface now?:stickpoke
Aaanywho...
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38 moar tweets that just nailed marriageFrom
Nature.Com An excellent read.
The science myths that will not die
False beliefs and wishful thinking about the human experience are common. They are hurting people — and holding back science.
Myth 1: Screening saves lives for all types of cancer
Myth 2: Antioxidants are good and free radicals are bad
Myth 3: Humans have exceptionally large brains
Myth 4: Individuals learn best when taught in their preferred learning style
Myth 5: The human population is growing exponentially (and we're doomed)
Even though it doesn’t seem like it, crime has decreased by 2.7% this year.
Yeah, but the crimes that did happen were yuge. :eyebrow:
This NY Times article about a guy from New Jersey who is selling private jets from his store in London. Kind of long but I found it s fascinating look at dealing with the top 0.0001%.
The fact that the administration backed a tax-reform plan that enshrines an exemption for private-jet owners has only confirmed for its critics their sense that Trump’s party cares inordinately for the well-being of the 1 percent. This is not the case; this solicitousness is rather more accurately geared toward the 1 percent of the 1 percent of the 1 percent. There are only around 22,000 private jets in use worldwide, and even a majority of these are simple minivan-size craft and other puddle-jumpers, commonly flown by hobbyist pilots; they would strike most observers as less luxurious than alarming. The number of truly elite planes is just 7,000, give or take, in the divisions that the industry calls “super midsize,” “large-cabin” and “heavy” or “bizliner.” Often they are technically owned by governments, large corporations and offshore shell companies, though irrespective of paper tenancy almost all of them are ultimately operated for, and exchanged among, a globalized confraternity of individual potentates: a commingled class of plutocrats, kleptocrats, oligarchs, financiers, technologists, real-estate and natural-resource barons and blue-chip celebrities. Imagine, if you will, in the unbreathably thin, cloudless, low-pressure air high above your head, our modern royalty aloft on their way to Davos, making enviable time.
Confraternity.
Hey, I learned a word.
Confraternity = a group of people who should be in prison. :haha:
UT, thought of you,
Social media is giving us trypophobia
In recent years there have been calls for regulators to have access to algorithmic blackboxes to lift the lids on engines that act on us yet which we (the product) are prevented from seeing (and thus overseeing).
Rising use of AI certainly makes that case stronger, with the risk of prejudices scaling as fast and far as tech platforms if they get blindbaked into commercially privileged blackboxes.
No one would now doubt these platforms impact and shape the public discourse. But, arguably, in recent years, they’ve made the public street coarser, angrier, more outrage-prone, less constructive, as algorithms have rewarded trolls and provocateurs who best played their games.
So all it would take is for enough people — enough ‘users’ — to join the dots and realize what it is that’s been making them feel so uneasy and queasy online — and these products will wither on the vine, as others have before.
A lot of people are predicting self driving trucks will put a million or more drivers out of work. But some others are saying no, it will make jobs for more drivers.
This is interesting, but time will tell.
But a counter-narrative is emerging: No, skeptics in the industry, government, academia are saying, trucking jobs will not be endangered by autonomous driving, and in the brightest scenarios, as in new research by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, there may be an increase in trucking jobs as more self-driving vehicles are introduced.
Swearing/cursing in Quentin Tarantino movies
That seems like
a lot of info on the bad words in his movies.
I'd say technically yes, but practically no.
I understand they have special shocks for a smoother ride. Other than that, I would say trucks.
I often wonder why it takes a thirty thousand pound truck to carry three ppl, a resuscitator, an O2 tank, and some band-aids.
You don't have to be into basketball to appreciate Steve francis' story.
Just think about this.…
At 18, I’m selling baggies on the corner in Takoma Park, getting robbed at gunpoint.
At 22, I’m getting drafted into the National Basketball Association, shaking David Stern’s hand.
Guess where the draft was held that year? Washington, D.C.
How the hell do you explain that?
The Military Industrial Powerpoint Complex.
A wide variety of powerpoints none of which reveal secrets but are interesting nonetheless. Things like...
This is a very good
article on driftwood and the relationship between forests, rivers and the ocean.
Driftwood makes an enormous if underappreciated contribution to the food web connecting the forests and the sea. From streams to estuaries to the deep ocean floor, driftwood shapes every environment it passes through. While there’s an awareness that temperate rainforests are enriched with nitrogen from the marine environment, delivered by decomposing salmon, less well known is the fact that dead trees from those same forests travel to the sea and become a vital source of food and habitat. Driftwood is in need of a PR campaign, celebrity spokesperson, or publicist at the very least. Driftwood, it turns out, is also rapidly disappearing.
I just saw an episode of Blue Planet 2 (excellent) that said that scientists now think that baby sea turtles spend much of their time growing to adulthood on and around a piece of driftwood they find. Without something to rest on, and a source of algae (when they're tiny) or crustaceans/limpets/small fish as they get bigger, they won't live long enough to do open ocean hunting.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary added these words the year I was born. Being during the Big One, WW II, some are expected, but a lot of them like Autism and Garbanzo bean surprised me.
ACTH, aerosolize, after-tax, agamospermy, airwave, allicin, amtrac, antigravitym, anti-radar, arrestee, autism, auxotrophic, babysit, banzai attack, battle fatigue, bigeye tuna, black-legged tick, block diagram, booster shot, boxer shorts, brain cramp, Bronze Star, buddy-buddy, bungee cord, butcher block, Byelorussian, caprolactam, carpet-bomb, chad, choke point, coliphage, collision course, corticosteroid, countercountermeasure, countercyclical, craton, crib death, cutthroat contract, cyclicity, dead presidents, death camp, debone, debrief, debug, deck shoe, depressurize, descramble, desert locust, deskbound, diapausing, dishpan hands, DNA, double-check, dough box, DP, echolocation, economy of scale, electromyography, electrophotography, elevon, encrypt, epoxidation, escalate, expressway, eye lift, FAD, fan fiction, federalese, flash back, flight suit, fluxgate, flying bomb, folate, footsie, forklift, garbanzo bean, garrison cap, gas-operated, gasser, general of the army, genocide, glop, gobbledygook, granulocytopoiesis, grease pencil, G suit, gunslinging, hardstand, hiatal hernia, in-flight, inseminator, island-hop, isoline, jade plant, jellied gasoline, jug-eared, jumpsuit, junker, kamikaze, kolkhoznik, kombucha, lamebrain, latchkey child, lawman, layaway, lead time, Lewis acid, lignan, limited-access, lithium fluoride, live-in, livetrap, lysergic acid, diethylamide, Markovian, MIA, microform, miracle drug, mouton, mud flap, multidisciplinary, musculoskeletal, nonbehavioral, nonsecretor, nose job, numero uno, offtrack, old-shoe, osmolality, pachygyria, palletize, palynology, paraglider, PBX, pec, perinatal, periodontics, permanent press, perv, PETN, photo-essay, photophase, place setting, platform rocker, ploughman's lunch, point man, Polonia, polyacrylamide, posttransfusion, potline, premenstrual syndrome, prepackage, prestructure, prill, primary atypical pneumonia, Progressive Conservative, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyrolysate, quiz show, radome, rappel, returnee, R factor, rimland, rotator cuff, rust bucket, sacrifice fly, scalogram, sclerotherapy, sealant, Security Council, self-worth, shigellosis, short subject, silicone rubber, sinusoidal projection, skimobile, small screen, snorkel, sock in, soilborne, spanakopita, spelunking, spider plant, spinto, spiral binding, split screen, split-second, stanine, staycation, streptokinase, streptomyces, streptomycin, superglue, swabbie, tephra, terminal leave, thalassemia major, thalassemia minor, theory of games, theta rhythm, thin film, thrift shop, top secret, tow truck, transdermal, transmembrane, transponder, trash fish, trickle-down, troland, turbojet engine, unadult, undershorts, V-1, V-2, vegan, vesting, videogenic, videophone, wingding, Winnie, zero-sum.
You can check on any year here.1967:
aerobics, agroecology, air ball, andropause, anti-marijuana, anti-pot, antisocial personality disorder, Asian carp, assertiveness training, audiocassette, automatic teller machine, b-ball, Beeb, bias-belted tire, bikie, biotech, blue flu, boardsailing, B-school, cannabinoid, cannellini bean, cephalexin, Chicana, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chump change, circular file, cluster bomb, cochair, codec, command sergeant major, conceptual art, crackback, credentialism, cutoff man, DBCP, delocutive, dextromethorphan, dietary supplement, dirtbag, dirty laundry, disintermediation, doobie, dork, DOS, downhiller, echocardiogram, ego trip, eiswein, el cheapo, encounter group, endonucleolytic, estrogen replacement therapy, fanny pack, fantasyland, fast-pitch, fast-track, fido, firmware, first world, flokati rug, floor-through, flower child, flower people, flower power, franchisor, frostnip, fry-up, full-bore, gap junction, gastric bypass, gazar, geminal, gofer, G-protein, green paper, group home, hand-holding, haplotype, heliosphere, hip pointer, hissy fit, honeybell, house dust mite, humongous, ibuprofen, idiotype, informatics, interrobang, Inupiat, jihadist, jukeki, Korat, Krugerrand, labelmate, land yacht, likuta, locked-in, loogie, love-in, low-tech, lunar module, maxi, max out, megacity, melanize, merc, microquake, midi, mid-rise, midsize, minicomputer, minipark, MIRV, monohull, muffuletta, mycoplasma-like organism, networking, no-fault, nonoxynol-9, nonprint, nonprogrammer, nonstory, nurse practitioner, ocicat, omega-3, on-target, original equipment manufacturer, overstored, owie, panda car, paramedic, Peter Principle, platemaker, postcode, prepsychedelic, preregistration, primary care, proabortion, proteoglycan, psychedelia, radioallergosorbent, recreational drug, resid, rip off, RV, samizdat, scag, self-professed, self-similarity, sene, seniti, shabu-shabu, she-crab, shiatsu, Shoah, sickie, side-scan sonar, slimmer, slimnastics, slo-pitch, slow-pitch, slow-wave sleep, sound-and-light show, spaghetti western, speed freak, SQUID, staff sergeant major, STP, stun gun, subemployed, subemployment, sudser, supergraphics, supermodel, tachyon, tae kwon do, technetronic, technostructure, teenybop, tender offer, THC, thebe, trackball, trank, tree ear, trijet, turfski, unflashy, user fee, verapamil, vibe, videoconferencing, videoland, voc-ed, water pill, wet bar, whacked-out, wideout, word processing, yada yada, Yanomami, Z, zaire, zester, zonked-out
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Calvin and Hobbes, and Bloom County, titans of newspaper comics pages, team up
Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County crossed over today in a throwback comics-page mega-team-up 30 years in the making. Pardon me, Avengers: Infinity War, this is the most ambitious crossover event in history.
The strip, titled “Calvin County,” ran today on Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed’s Facebook page. If you’re a fan of one or both features, or just have a deep nostalgia for 1980s popular culture (which may be keener because of a certain flick that’s out right now), go visit, read it, and say thanks.
Excellent short interview on shallow patriotism.
If you’re looking for a rose-colored view of the military, Marine and Iraq War veteran Matt Young’s new memoir Eat the Apple isn’t for you.
But if you want a glimpse of the regret and shame and confused pride that consumes many veterans after war, you’re in luck.
I’m also a veteran, and my feelings about my time in the service fluctuate between muted satisfaction and a sincere desire to forget it ever happened. Maybe this is why Young’s raw, disturbing, hilarious, and unsparing book resonated with me.
But his experience was also both dramatically different — and more difficult — than mine. He was, as he writes on the opening page, “exploded and shot at and made a fool of and hated and feared and loved and fellated and fucked and lonely and tired and suicidal.”
Laugh ya piece o' shit.
[size=1]ETA: That wasn't directed at anyone in particular...just laugh, damn yer eyes.[/size]
https://www.ausabl.com/
Here is a Philly local climber clothing line. If you go deep enough into their pics you will see my kid climbing a rock face wearing their made in Philly gear.
9.95 for a fucking bar of soap, I don't give a flying fuck what it smells like.
Nobody would buy that shit.
I knew somebody who bought
sperm on a rope soap for somebody. As a gag gift. Because get it? It's soap shaped like a sperm, and it's on a rope.
Movie T-shirts with slightly wrong catchphrases
"Live Long And Proper" actually still works pretty well.
9.95 for a fucking bar of soap, I don't give a flying fuck what it smells like.
I knew somebody who bought sperm on a rope soap for somebody. As a gag gift. Because get it? It's soap shaped like a sperm, and it's on a rope.
Yes, I suspect very few novelty soaps are bought for the use of the purchaser.
Chinese employers monitor workers, so does every other company in the world, BUT...
Workers outfitted in uniforms staff lines producing sophisticated equipment for telecommunication and other industrial sectors.
But there’s one big difference – the workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves, data that management then uses to adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows, according to the company.
The company said it could increase the overall efficiency of the workers by manipulating the frequency and length of break times to reduce mental stress.
Hangzhou Zhongheng Electric is just one example of the large-scale application of brain surveillance devices to monitor people’s emotions and other mental activities in the workplace, according to scientists and companies involved in the government-backed projects.
Concealed in regular safety helmets or uniform hats, these lightweight, wireless sensors constantly monitor the wearer’s brainwaves and stream the data to computers that use artificial intelligence algorithms to detect emotional spikes such as depression, anxiety or rage.
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Just finished Ready Player One and this would dovetail nicely with that.
I'm sure I have my 3.5" floppies with Doom on them around here somewhere.
Rats; they've got one of my favorite games from childhood (Willy the Worm 2), but it runs way too fast. But if you slow it down (CTRL-F11), then the audio (emulated pc speaker) and the death effect (screen flashes) plays way too slow. No nostalgia for me.
Excellent article on the diversity in the US. It focuses on the cities of Chicago, DC, and Houston, showing the changes and reasons for them.
But there is also a spot to type in any address and it will give you all the same information for that area.
Very comprehensive.Golf clap. As a service.
Click it.
And when ya get there...
Click that.
Left behind as in died, not forgot to check a closet. Besides, the painting sucks. :lol:
What the earth looked like 20 million to 750 million years ago in 25 steps you can choose. Pretty cool.
http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#450Yup that was pretty neat. I like how the coasts were flooded. They will be again.
A Soft Murmur
Online sound generator, with various sounds. And a mixer. And a timer.
Mike Ginn is pretty funny:
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What words first appeared in print in a particular year?
I suspect there are inaccuracies, or maybe they're marking particular meanings for particular words.
That's cool, HM, but when I get back to the WW II era it's a little overwhelming.
Partially because of all the new tech the war effort produced, and new politics.
Like 1944 listed 221 words/phrases. :facepalm:
Until Nov 16th, you can
vote for the oddest book title of the year.I remember hearing reports of some literary shindig or other where two of the more unusual book titles included 'Sidney the Bat is awarded the Order of Lenin' and 'Beat your relatives to a bloody pulp'.
I believe the latter was aimed at the Christmas market.
One of my favorite book titles:
"Pissing In The Snow, And Other Ozark Folktales" by Vance Randolph.
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In the past we've seen a bunch of cities put out fiberglass critters painted and sponsored by various business or civic groups. I was curious how this worked and in NYC where they did cows, artist Norm Magnusson tells how he got involved.
When my gallery forwarded me the call for entries, it was irresistible. Four to five hundred New York artists were going to decorate life-sized fiberglass cows which would then be placed all around the city during the coming summer. Each cow I painted would get me $2,000 and be sold to a corporate "sponsor" for $7500. A nice little business proposition for the CowParade company, but irresistible nonetheless.
I didn't suspect the promoter got them decorated then looked for sponsors.
I don't know how many cows total but they choose 54 to auction off for charity (avg $18,000 each) and sell the rest on ebay.
Interesting readShit.
Ima paint me a cow.
How ya get 'em to hold still?
Painting cows has now replaced cow tipping?
That's it!!
I'll paint 'em while they're asleep!!!!
Ima be rich! Rich, I tell ya!:jig:
I've seen pictures of women who were labeled as Cam Girls, and vaguely aware of what the do, but not having visited their sites didn't know how the operated. Actually I didn't know it is a profession, with some were making a good living doing it. :smack:
So I saw
this article linked from a site that wouldn't send me to click bait, and found it to be a real interesting read about starting in the business. Not just the hardware and contacts but the psychology of making it successful.
My credentials: I was a camgirl for five years. My highest earning month was $50,000, and my highest rank (on MFC) was #7, meaning I earned the 7th most money that month. I was, at one point, one of the most (if not the most) widely known working camgirls thanks to some viral content. My average income per hour was $200. Getting there was not easy and took a ton of mistakes and work, so I hope this helps you.
I don’t think women easily empathize with the life of unattractive men.
Women get constant messages that you are beautiful and you are desirable – they get social support and easily accessible casual sex, if they ever wanted it.
Men do not live in a world where people are supporting them even when nobody seems to want them. Men are lonelier and have fewer options of healing that loneliness. They also have a greater (initiatory!) sex drive, and are stuck with the social burden of being the one who has to act and pursue, because if they don’t, they will be alone forever.
And so for you to smile at them, laugh at their jokes, be warmly interested in what they have to say, to be willing to bare your body for them and feel pleasure with them – this is something that they crave.
Obviously money is involved. Obviously you wouldn’t do this without money and you shouldn’t feel obligated to do anything. It isn’t your responsibility to heal other people’s loneliness. But keep in mind that this is a fundamental yearning of the people you’re dealing with – they want you to approve of them, to deem them worthy of affection.
To maximize money, you should give out approval proportionally to the amount they tip you. You don’t have to maximize money in this regard, though, if you don’t want to. I paid more attention to higher tippers in general, but I also paid more attention to people I genuinely liked. Camming would have been unbearable for me otherwise.
When I trimmed trees, my fee for working in the rain?
$200/hour. That's what I'd bill out.
I coulda been a cam girl and stayed dry.:/
9% Kentucky's eligible age voters are disenfranchised, 26% 0f blacks.
Do you think anything will come of all this media attention to voter disenfranchisement, voter role purges, gerrymandering, and rigged elections in general? It's a hot topic at the moment, which is good, but maybe when the stock market crashes or something, we'll move on to other things?
9% Kentucky's eligible age voters are disenfranchised, 26% 0f blacks.
The "solution" is to not commit felonies if you want to continue to vote. Simple as that. But, no, people like the author of that piece feel the need to be hate mongers. To stir shit when there is no shit to stir. Don't make a damn what color you are, you do a felony, you don't vote. Simple as that.
Don't make a damn what color you are, you do a felony, you don't vote. Simple as that.
In 3/50ths of the States. So it's not as simple as that, it's as simple as what zip code you were born in. Without making a value judgement, you can observe that, at least, its a random variable.
What? There's nothing random about it. Felony. No vote. How is that random?
You do realize I, and Bruce, and the piece he posted, the one I quoted, are talking about Kentucky, and not some random fucking zip code?
How is it random?
But we are talking about one that does.
I'm still lost on 'random'.
Babies don't decide what state they are born in.
To be fair, babies don't commit felonies, either. Adult ex-felons could choose to move to a different state.
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm in favor of people who completed their sentences being allowed to vote again. I just think we should encourage people to leave Florida by whatever means possible.
Florida's changing that rule (unless they find a way to override/water down the referendum, which they will try).
It also was a prime example of why "Don't make a damn what color you are, you do a felony, you don't vote. Simple as that." wasn't true. Whether a felon got their rights back was completely up to the whim of the governor.
Additionally, which crimes are felonies, whether people are arrested, charged, charged to the maximum or minimum level, convicted, paroled, or pardoned are not color blind.
Babies don't decide what state they are born in.
Waiting for random...
Third post with no explanation of what you mean by voting-rights-being-denied-due-to-felony-convictions being random.
Now you're bringing
babies into it? What does a baby's lack of choice in birth location have to do with anything?
What does a baby have a choice in? Nothing whatsoever.
Just to remind you, because you seem to have lost track:
Felon voting rights, in KY. Not other states. Not babies. Not zip codes.
From HapMo's link:
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Flint - which three states are you talking about?
From the article,
Kentucky and Iowa are the two states that disenfranchise people convicted of all felonies for life. (Virginia law provides for this as well, but recent governors have mostly gotten around it with executive orders.
I guess it's a bit more clear from the map than the wiki text; I assume it's Iowa, Kentucky, and Virginia; Florida's the same color but they're changing the law to "Circumstantial".
ETA: Yeah, my wiki-skimming skills weren't great.
Waiting on random...
Four times.
There's not anything else to say, is there?
There's not anything else to say, is there?
Not for anyone with no explanation for their own goddamn words, apparently.
We're up to 6, I believe...
I double-dog dare ya to explain your 'random'.
Gonna go ahead and say it's 7, now...:right:
I double-dog dare ya to explain your 'random'.
8
Waiting on random...
Four times.
It's random because it's not punishment handed to most Americans for the same offence, just ones living in a couple of states.
Even in the state where getting busted for drugs worth over $500 is a felony, it becomes random in that there's no standard. A kilo of pot could be judged to be worth $400 and four joints worth $600, depending on who's calling the shots and who was busted. If you're white and daddy is a prosecuting attorney, there's a real good chance that pot won't be worth very much.
It's random because it's not punishment handed to most Americans for the same offence, just ones living in a couple of states.
Even in the state where getting busted for drugs worth over $500 is a felony, it becomes random in that there's no standard. A kilo of pot could be judged to be worth $400 and four joints worth $600, depending on who's calling the shots and who was busted. If you're white and daddy is a prosecuting attorney, there's a real good chance that pot won't be worth very much.
You're mixing standards as you speak. Drug crimes are not judged on what someone says the drug is worth. They are judged by weight of the drug. See that way
it ain't fucking random.
You posted a piece on KENTUCKY's felony disenfranchisement. That's what I was discussing. KENTUCKY's felony disenfranchisement. Not another fucking state, not a different subject.
I got busted with seven pounds of marijuana. Not $5,000 worth of marijuana. Not $10,000 worth, not $250 worth. Pounds. Not dollars. I've never read story where anyone was charged with a dollar amount's worth of dope. Never.
Obfuscate shit all you fucking want I'm done with this and both of you.
As for explaining anyfuckingthing to you, Flint, just choose a bunch of random words, you understand random, don't you? Oh, wait...Apparently you don't.
You posted a piece on KENTUCKY's felony disenfranchisement. That's what I was discussing. KENTUCKY's felony disenfranchisement. Not another fucking state, not a different subject.
How the fuck can you evaluate Kentucky's policy without looking at how it compares to the rest of the country?
Ha ha, the comments at the end of the good news are silly... :lol:
Alice December 29, 2018
The UK has become the first country in the world to jail people for Facebook posts. Making it the #1 country in the fight against freedom of speech. Way to go!
Alice December 29, 2018
France 🇫🇷 has become the first country to knowingly destroy its self through mass immigration. The streets are filled with human waste and crimes like child rape are covered up. Kinda like the UK and other EU countries. Hurray for you guys!
Alice December 29, 2018
Berlin has become the first EU city to allow over 100 “Shariah Police” to patrol the city and enforce Shariah Law. Google it! Coming soon to a EU country near you. Any country that stays in the EU is finished. How can you not know that? The story of the frog in the pan of water…. hello…. idiots.
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall :haha:
According to my Dad's mailbox forced Islamic worship is coming to the Elementary school in__________! A town which lacks an Elementary School and as far as I know a single Muslim.
Was it from a Russian account?
American as apple pie comrade! as far as I know, next time I'll work the provenance issue.
Allen Dulles 73 rules of spycraft
12. Booze is naturally dangerous. So also is an undisciplined attraction for the other sex. The first loosens the tongue. The second does likewise. It also distorts vision and promotes indolence. They both provide grand weapons to an enemy.
13. It has been proved time and again, in particular, that sex and business do not mix.
James Bond got some 'spainin' to do.
The 15 Darkest Secrets About Jessica Rabbit
I may have mentioned this in the past,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit cost me ~$1300. I was driving a 73 Monte Carlo (Vette 350, double hump 375hp heads, Quad, a bit of a cam) at the time, and about 5 miles from the theater, which was 25 miles from home, the engine decided to seize tight as a drum. Either the oil pump died, or something prevented oil from getting to the engine, I never looked inside it. The car I bought to replace that one cost $1300, but, damn if I can remember which one it was.:neutral:
We walked to a convenience store (mile maybe), and after about 30 mins a guy I knew by name (he knew who I was, too), but had never spoken to, came in and we caught a ride back to town with him. I'd never spoken to the guy before, and I'm almost certain I haven't spoken to him since.
... the engine decided to seize tight as a drum. Either the oil pump died, or something prevented oil from getting to the engine, I never looked inside it.
All that blamed on Jessica Rabbit who was bad? She was only drawn that way.
I don't blame JR, she's a fictional cartoon character, after all.
Robert Zemeckis, on the other hand, owes me a classic Monte Carlo.:eyebrow:
In white, w/black vinyl Landau roof, and Corvette Rallys.
That was my 2nd Monte Carlo. The first was a maroon 74.
And I dated a girl who drove a 70. She let me drive.:)
Anyone see what I did with those inlay thingies?
Yeah we saw and it was wonderful.
We saw the thing, with the face, and the scraping, and the stuff...:D
I can never follow most of the woodworking/handyman threads, but once they finally start to look like something, I get impressed. That's a damn guitar, LJ!
I'll expect a YouTube performance with it when you're done, naturally.
An article about how scientists and psychologists have based most of knowledge of normal on a sliver of the world’s people. Certainly not representative of the variation of human customs and cultures.
If a boy is to become a man among the Etoro people of New Guinea, he must ingest the semen of an elder member of the tribe, via ritualised fellatio. The same belief is held by the nearby Kaluli. But in their case, the ceremonies require the semen to be delivered via the initiate’s anus, not his mouth. The Etoro despise the Kaluli’s practice, finding it disgusting and unnatural.
If you were asked to sum up the nature of modern adolescence, the Kaluli and the Etoro would not be the first examples that spring to mind. But a few years ago, three researchers in Vancouver became convinced that much of what we think we know about humanity as a whole is in fact the result of studying a tribe that is just as divorced from the mainstream of human experience: the American undergraduate.
How a Dirty Old Waffle Iron Became Nike's Holy Grail
Even if ya already know about it, it's a pretty interesting read.
How a Dirty Old Waffle Iron Became Nike's Holy Grail
Even if ya already know about it, it's a pretty interesting read.
I half-ass knew the story, but this article was SUPER interesting. I didn't know they sold Nikes out of the trunk of a car, but it made me think of Chuck Taylor, the guy who sold Converse All Stars out of the trunk of his car.
I didn't even read 'em that time. I usually do.
I think I like
David Thorne, and I bet Simon is a total douche.
Good article from the N Y Times...
What we need is not to disagree less, but to disagree better. And that starts when you turn away the rhetorical dope peddlers — the powerful people on your own side who are profiting from the culture of contempt. As satisfying as it can feel to hear that your foes are irredeemable, stupid and deviant, remember: When you find yourself hating something, someone is making money or winning elections or getting more famous and powerful. Unless a leader is actually teaching you something you didn’t know or expanding your worldview and moral outlook, you are being used.
When you find yourself hating something, someone is making money or winning elections or getting more famous and powerful. Unless a leader is actually teaching you something you didn’t know or expanding your worldview and moral outlook, you are being used.
Two completely bullshit statements.
What we need is not to disagree less, but to disagree better.
Of course, there's always room for improvement.
And that starts when you turn away the rhetorical dope peddlers — the powerful people on your own side who are profiting from the culture of contempt.
These people are hired to counter the rhetorical dope peddlers on the other side; because, the other side is not turning away from theirs. Unilaterally turning away from those on your side is how one loses parity (i.e. unilateral disarmament).
As satisfying as it can feel to hear that your foes are irredeemable, stupid and deviant, remember: When you find yourself hating something, someone is making money or winning elections or getting more famous and powerful.
So, if you hate Nazism, racism, and genocide, someone making money or winning elections or getting more famous and powerful representing your sentiments is a bad thing?
Unless a leader is actually teaching you something you didn’t know or expanding your worldview and moral outlook, ...
Hmmm, our leaders are elected to teach others something they didn't know or expanding their world view and moral outlook (e.g. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).
… you are being used.
That's what losers always say to winners...
you're just a tool. I suppose it can be cathartic; but, it doesn't change anything.
All in all, the quoted excerpt from that article comes across as a bunch of smollett. YMMV.
...author of the forthcoming book “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt”
Well I'm on board
Love your enemies - the greatest and most radical advice ever offered to the human race
Meh, fuck 'em.
Before they fuck you, if possible.
Of course, there's always room for improvement.
There certainly is
These people are hired to counter the rhetorical dope peddlers on the other side; because, the other side is not turning away from theirs. Unilaterally turning away from those on your side is how one loses parity (i.e. unilateral disarmament).
Who, hired by whom, the pundits and talk radio hosts. He saying just because they are on your side of an issue doesn't mean they aren't twisting the truth to flat out lying. Don't listen to them at all.
So, if you hate Nazism, racism, and genocide, someone making money or winning elections or getting more famous and powerful representing your sentiments is a bad thing?
Yes, it's a bad thing, because it's rhetoric from a paid shill and will be received with a negative attitude from the getgo. No possible chance of anyone opposing that position even listening no less thinking about what's said.
Hmmm, our leaders are elected to teach others something they didn't know or expanding their world view and moral outlook (e.g. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).
Give me a break, the elected politicians are NOT our leaders. Who the fuck would follow some clown in Washington who's owned by abc or xyz corporation, or maybe Koch or Soros. Our leaders are those pundits and broadcasters people actually listen to... and believe.
That's what losers always say to winners...you're just a tool. I suppose it can be cathartic; but, it doesn't change anything.
They do, I've never heard that. Everyone is being used by a employer, customer, spouse, kids, sometimes willingly, often not.
All in all, the quoted excerpt from that article comes across as a bunch of smollett. YMMV.
I'm not surprised you feel that way since you didn't get it.
Well I'm on board
Love your enemies - the greatest and most radical advice ever offered to the human race
NO NO NO, it's not love your enemies. It's who are your enemies. Just because you disagree with someone about... say the height of a proposed flagpole, doesn't automatically mean you don't agree on what flag to fly.
Disagreeing with somebody does not make them your enemy, and that's what's happening. We're being played, both sides are being played and they're doing it by convincing you that the other guy is an enemy. He may be, but you shouldn't make that assumption.
You sound like any person I've ever met who backed a loser.
YOU start doing what that quoted paragraph advocates and we'll go from there. I'm not seeing it in your responses.
From the NY Times Opinion:
What we need is not to disagree less, but to disagree better. And that starts when you turn away the rhetorical dope peddlers — the powerful people on your own side who are profiting from the culture of contempt.
We wasted almost 5000 servicemen in Iraq on outright and intentional lies. Lies that were rhetoric. Facts (and numbers) exposed those lies. But extremists do not want reasons why. Extremists want to be told how to think. Peddlers easily manipulate the emotional naive.
An extremists is ordered what to think. He will deny anything that disputes rhetoric. A moderate learns facts. Then later comes to a conclusion. How to disagree better? Only become and listen to moderates.
With so many shrills and talk show hosts only pushing the "message of the day", we now have a severe shortage of moderates.
Extremists will not even discuss (admit to) moderates. Since the existence of a moderate quickly defines an extremist. Right wing extremists conclude anyone who disagrees must be a left wing extremist. That way, an extremist need not learn anything. Can ignore all facts to protect emotions. Then turns all discussion into cheapshots and personal insults.
An extremists is an adult who is still a child. He uses a reptilian brain to
feel his superiority and righteousness.
We know the Catholic Church has protected - all but promoted - pedophilia. How many are so brainwashed by religion as to deny that reality for so many generations? Even a Pope's closest advisor (from the Philippines) had to be convicted by a secular government - using facts that church always possessed - before the Pope would even consider this pedophile. Another example of an extremist. Facts intentionally ignored for an extremist agenda.
It took how many reams of facts over how many generations to get extremists to even admit the problem exists? First in Boston and then in Philadelphia, how many decades ago? Extremists still refuse to change laws (even in Pennsylvania where so much Catholic Church protected pedophilia was exposed how many times?). Extremists in PA protect pedophiles by obstructing prosecution. That is their decision based only in emotions. They deny facts to protect their rhetoric and emotional beliefs. Classic examples of an extremist. Moderates, instead, learn facts long before letting their emotional (repilitian) brain make any conclusions.
We disagree better only when facts are not intentionally ignored to make a conclusion. How many so hated America as to even believe intentional lies - that Saddam attacked the WTC? How many so hate well understood facts to claim the US government destroyed the WTC? How many are so emotional as to still know vaccines cause autism - because some blond bimbo lied and said it was true. All examples of what drives an extremist - and the resulting confrontations in places like Charlotteville NC, Rwanda and Burundi.
Moderates learn facts before making a conclusion. Wacko extremists knew Saddam had WMD only because liars even 'sexed up' the rhetoric. Extremism is predicated by conclusion generated by emotions - by even ignoring facts - ie climate change or genetically improved foods.
Emotion works when one is an extremist. Extremists subvert 'how to disagree' better. Even deny the existence of moderates to impose emotions (ie insults) into honest discussion.
Well you should've said all this before … you could've changed the world by now. Information isn't useful unless it's timely. Next time, speak up sooner!
You sound like any person I've ever met who backed a loser.
YOU start doing what that quoted paragraph advocates and we'll go from there. I'm not seeing it in your responses.
You've got that friend or foe military mindset, fer me or agin me. That's exactly why we have the split we do now. We have to be more flexible. Canada is a friend and ally, Israel is an ally but not a friend. We can work with both.
Your fellow Americans fall into probably dozens or more slots, and likely none you don't have something in common with. I'm not suggesting you go to Idaho and make friends with the survivalists, or Frisco and hang with the hippies/hipsters, or whatever is cool now. But for christs sake people you were friends with before this shit started shouldn't be written off as the enemy over one or two issues.
You've got that friend or foe military mindset, fer me or agin me. ...But for christs sake people you were friends with before this shit started shouldn't be written off as the enemy over one or two issues.
I specialized in unconventional warfare. I can work with friend or foe to accomplish the objective of supporting and defending the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. All it takes is one issue of sufficient magnitude; but, it could be the cumulative affect of multiple issues of lesser magnitude.
It seems that tw agrees with you which is irrefutable evidence that your position has no merit whatsoever.
OMG, I'm so sorry, I'll change my position immediately. :o
Thanks for the offer; but, I don't swing that way.
I specialized in unconventional warfare. I can work with friend or foe to accomplish the objective of supporting and defending the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
An extremist: interprets using emotions. Same mentality that so hated 5000 American servicemen as to believe Saddam had WMDs - because extremist inspired and 'sexed up' conclusions said he must.
Who did Hitler target for support? People who view the world in terms of that friend or foe military mindset. Conclusions derived from a reptilian thought pattern.
Moderates see the world in perspectives. So moderates can make successful leaders. An extremist sees evil hiding everywhere. The Timothy McVeigh mindset. A big dic mentality characteristic of extremists.
Of course you will deny all this. Your conclusions are predictable. Consistent with the Fox News, Hannity, and Trump propaganda where hate (KKK, Nazis, White Supremacists) concepts are respected and condoned. Where comments are justified by cheapshots and insults. By attacking moderates as if lefty communist rather than discuss the topic.
Extremists are incapable of understanding even major differences between a socialist and a communist. Since that also requires ignoring extremists propaganda. Same extremists rhetoric that wasted 50,000 American lives in Vietnam. And still deny "we have met the enemy and he was us."
Not now tw, we've got
Shababs on the grill and we're getting ready to feast. Go play in your room.
Your fellow Americans fall into probably dozens or more slots, and likely none you don't have something in common with. I'm not suggesting you go to Idaho and make friends with the survivalists, or Frisco and hang with the hippies/hipsters, or whatever is cool now. But for christs sake people you were friends with before this shit started shouldn't be written off as the enemy over one or two issues.
quoted for emphasis
Well you should've said all this before … you could've changed the world by now. Information isn't useful unless it's timely. Next time, speak up sooner!
quoted for perspective
quoted for perspective
Quoted for no good reason.
:p:
Fans of Public Radio Stations might want to look up schedules at
public radio fan dot com.A fascinating read.
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
Richards had previously estimated that the worldwide earthquake generated by the KT impact could have been a thousand times stronger than the biggest earthquake ever experienced in human history. Using that gauge, he calculated that potent seismic waves would have arrived at Tanis six minutes, ten minutes, and thirteen minutes after the impact. (Different types of seismic waves travel at different speeds.) The brutal shaking would have been enough to trigger a large seiche, and the first blobs of glass would have started to rain down seconds or minutes afterward. They would have continued to fall as the seiche waves rolled in and out, depositing layer upon layer of sediment and each time *sealing the tektites in place. The Tanis site, in short, did not span the first day of the impact: it probably recorded the first hour or so. This fact, if true, renders the site even more fabulous than previously thought. It is almost beyond credibility that a precise geological transcript of the most important sixty minutes of Earth’s history could still exist millions of years later—a sort of high-speed, high-resolution video of the event recorded in fine layers of stone. DePalma said, “It’s like finding the Holy Grail clutched in the bony fingers of Jimmy Hoffa, sitting on top of the Lost Ark.” If Tanis had been closer to or farther from the impact point, this beautiful coincidence of timing could not have happened. “There’s nothing in the world that’s ever been seen like this,” Richards told me.
If you have a few minutes I'd highly recommend this story of
Dr Seuss and Hans Conried making a movie.
If you don't have time... Make Time, Dammit.
You're very kind, Bruce. :)
It's a great article but then I'm bias, Dr Suess came from up home.
In Greyhound racing nobody likes a cheater, but everyone enjoyed a Cheetah.
Somebody did a lot of digging to uncover this story."Somebody" had a subscription to the British Newspaper Archives. :)
I know how much time it takes to do a piddling couple of paragraphs, can't imagine researching and composing a great story like that one.
I get the impression that domestic cats came from Cheetahs. The way they take to some people and ignore others, and rather than a go for the throat attack, they just reach out and cut you when you don't expect it. No muss, no fuss, tag you're it.
Photographer Visits Famous Tourist Spots, Faces The Wrong Direction…
I found it kind of interesting. Going to famous landmarks, and looking the other direction. Unless you've been there, ya don't ever see what's
behind the photographer.
Washington Post
The Ex-Im Bank loans money, your tax money, to promote business.
The borrowers;
#1 PEMEX Oil owned by the government of Mexico - $7 Billion.
#2 Emirates Airlines owned by the government of Dubai - $3.34 Billion.
#3 State-owned Kenya Airways.
#4 State-owned Air China.
#5 Russia’s state-owned bank VEB.
#6 Roy Hill mining, owned by Australia’s richest woman, a multibillionaire.
All the Democrats, and most of the Republicans voted to continue the Im-Ex Bank.
Photographer Visits Famous Tourist Spots, Faces The Wrong Direction…
I found it kind of interesting. Going to famous landmarks, and looking the other direction. Unless you've been there, ya don't ever see what's behind the photographer.
ƒucking LOVE IT. bookmarked. fascinating, to see that these are real, regular places
Washington Post
The Ex-Im Bank loans money, your tax money, to promote business.
The borrowers;
#1 PEMEX Oil owned by the government of Mexico - $7 Billion.
#2 Emirates Airlines owned by the government of Dubai - $3.34 Billion.
#3 State-owned Kenya Airways.
#4 State-owned Air China.
#5 Russia’s state-owned bank VEB.
#6 Roy Hill mining, owned by Australia’s richest woman, a multibillionaire.
All the Democrats, and most of the Republicans voted to continue the Im-Ex Bank.
To be fair, the loans are contingent on them using the money to buy US products. So the money still primarily goes to large corporations, but US ones.
How in the hell does Dufuckingbai need to borrow money from anyone?:eyebrow:
We're bribing them to buy US planes instead of Airbus.
Sounds like an anticipation of loss.
Hah! We ain't using our money for this shit!
I know where there's a shit load of 737 MAXs for sale. Cheap.
We're bribing them to buy US planes instead of Airbus.
Bribing? Surely not. ;)
I think such payments are known as 'commissions' in the Middle East.
From the NY Times:
BAE Systems, Europe’s largest military contractor, agreed on Friday to plead guilty to two criminal charges and pay nearly $450 million in penalties in the United States and Britain to end long-running investigations into questionable payments made to win huge contracts overseas.
Link
ETA Have a look at the 'Corruption allegations' section of this Wiki article:
LinkPics from inside an BDSM adult movie studio
Outside of a juggy, trussed up statue, it's surprisingly safe for work.
YMMV
Tiny Vehicles Made From Watch Parts
I thought
I had too much time on my hands...Good God.
Ah, Grav found pics of the old kink.com studios, while they were moving locations.
I have seen most of those sets in one video or another. Interesting to see them minus the "stuff" and performers.
I discovered the website of the New England Historical Society and was surprised it's loaded with short quick reads on historical New England.
I discovered the Cod Fish started the revolutionary war. One of the top 25 worst US tornados was in Worcester MA. The Scots-Irish immigrants, were really Scots who moved to Ireland for 60 or 70 years then came to the US, kept MA from takeing over NH.
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/So, I'm
watching the folks @ JPL build the Mars 2020 rover, LIVE...
...and I can't help thinking it looks like nothing if not a Daft Punk concert, especially when the two workers are side-by-side at the cart on screen right.
I make me laugh sometimes.:D
How Will The Internet Influence Democracy?
https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11618Part of a group of essays, from the year 2000, on "
What is today's most important unreported story?"
It's fascinating, because they are mostly wrong. People wrote about what they knew, what they figured was important.
Nobody wrote about Islamic terrorism, and nobody wrote about the weird financial instruments being created to game the financial system. Nobody wrote that the Internet was about to end half of retail. Nobody wrote that fracking was about to wildly change the game on energy and the US would become energy-independent. Nobody wrote about the rise of China, or the drop in global absolute poverty.
John Gilmore got it the closest with "
The World Isn't Going to Hell".
Rheingold got it mostly right, and I enjoyed this, "While all eyes are on e-commerce, relatively few know about public opinion BBSs, cause-related marketing, web-accessible voting and finance data."
Public opinion BBSes are about to take over! Everybody get ready!
Okay we'll just say the Cellar was a first shot at it while social media found its legs.
So, I'm watching the folks @ JPL build the Mars 2020 rover, LIVE...
They turned the wheels.
And I missed it.:smack:
How Will The Internet Influence Democracy?
The PC and the Internet changed that. Desktop video, desktop radio, desktop debates, digicam journalism, drastically reduced the barriers to publishing and broadcasting. These technological capabilities have emerged only recently, and are evolving rapidly. While much attention is focused on how many-to-many audio technology is threatening the existing music industry, little attention is focused on political portals. While all eyes are on e-commerce, relatively few know about public opinion BBSs, cause-related marketing, web-accessible voting and finance data.
Look at VoxCap, and the Minnesota E-Democracy Project, project, the California Voter's foundation, and scores of other unreported experiments. Imagine what might happen if more people were told that the Web could help them remain free, as well as enhance their shopping experience?
Your Surgeon’s Childhood Hobbies May Affect Your Health
Medical schools are noticing a decline in students’ dexterity, possibly from spending time swiping screens rather than developing fine motor skills through woodworking and sewing.
Could you tie a series of square knots around the neck of a teaspoon without, even slightly, moving the teaspoon? How about using tweezers to extract a grape from inside a roll of toilet paper, without piercing the grape’s skin or touching the sides of the roll? Aspiring surgeons should have the dexterity to accomplish such tasks. But increasingly, they don’t.
Faculty members at medical schools in the United States and Britain have noticed a marked decline in the manual dexterity of students and residents. Some say it’s because of fewer hands-on courses in primary and secondary schools — shop class, home economics, drawing, painting and music. Others blame too much time spent tapping and swiping screens rather than doing things that develop fine motor control like woodworking, model building and needlework. While clumsiness is a growing concern in medical schools, the extent and permanence of the problem are unclear...
It'll all be done by robots soon anyway...
OR, stop all surgery and just grind them up for Soylent Green.
If you have an interest in WW II aircraft nose art you can download an epdf of the
B-17 Nose Art Name Directory.
Pages 7 to 48 + 65 to 91 list the name, group, squadron, and serial#, about 125 per page.
I'm amazed how many repeats there are, for instance 11 Umbriago, 12 Stinky(jr), 17 Queenie, 11 Old Ironsides, 17 Liberty Bell(e), 12 Impatient Virgin, 12 Fearless Fosdick, 16 Boomerang, 14 Bad Penny. I didn't even try to count the ones starting with Texas, Big, or Heaven.
There's about 15 pages of photographs but they are very poor quality.
Photographer Visits Famous Tourist Spots, Faces The Wrong Direction…
I found it kind of interesting. Going to famous landmarks, and looking the other direction. Unless you've been there, ya don't ever see what's behind the photographer.
Ah, this photographer and my wife indeed has something in common, whether I like it or not.
Such a wonderful part of history. Will check out both links. Thanks!
The FCC has a website that explains the different types of telephone scams and what they're called. They only list about 56 of them. :rolleyes:
https://www.fcc.gov/scam-glossaryThis website examines the differences in land usage in EU countries between 1900 and 2010. You can zoom in if you like.
http://www.geo-informatie.nl/fuchs003/
(Too busy; didn't visit: since 1900, changes in agriculture have meant that a smaller amount of land is needed to feed everyone. Forest land has taken over abandoned crop land, and with the increase in CO2, has taken off growing. People's concentration in urban areas has helped permit that to happen.)
That means they're using more Soylent Green supplement. ;)
BoredPanda has 30 [of the]
Worst Advertising Slogans And Taglines
No way, just
no way, some of these are/were real.:lol2:
This the first one:
[ATTACH]68897[/ATTACH]
^^^ Be sure to read this.^^^
They're hilarious.
I just spent the last
way-too-damn-long on a thread about
Words/Phrases Your Grandparents Used. Fun waste of time.
A very interesting analysis of why the Nazi War Machine was a myth. Why when they failed to subdue Russia and take over their resources for materials and production on the first try, Germany was doomed to failure. It gives the production numbers of the war materiels for the axis and allies.
https://notesonliberty.com/2019/11/03/the-myth-of-the-nazi-war-machine/Very Interesting.
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The sexual adventures of the Smurfs. No pictures just text, but R rated I guess.
Let me guess...
Someone blue their load?
:jig:
This guy is a pharmacist in Canada with a masters in molecular genetics.
His passion is dispelling myths and banishing pseudoscience, separating truth, lies, and what we don't know one way or the other yet, using text and home-drawn cartoons.
That's good stuff. Thanks.
I just read
a very interesting article on this doctor, James DeLine, that works with the Amish (called The Plain People) in Wisconsin.
Almost 200 diseases are found in much higher proportions among Plain People. Scientists have developed a special Amish genetics test that screens the blood for more than 120 of them.
DeLine has seen patients with more than 30 of the diseases on the test and has at least two patients with diseases never described in medicine.
It's a really interesting read. 10-15 minutes.
They've done that in Lancaster county(PA) also.
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Killer Bunnies
At this site you can download free sound effects.
These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
They have everything except women farting which everyone knows never happens. ;)
Oh, Henry Quirk is gonna love this...
The IFF will become clear half way down the page but start at the top for the big picture.
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/why-taxpayers-pay-mckinsey-3m-a-yearThere is a swamp to be drained, we've tried hiring a criminal to drain it, now what?
Orange man isn't the only one...
Last year, the chair of the Republican caucus in Washington's state legislature acknowledged that he had written a manifesto on the “Biblical Basis for War.” In that document, the lawmaker argued that – as far as Jesus Christ was concerned – American Christians have the right to “kill all males” who support abortion, same-sex marriage or communism (so long as they first give such infidels the opportunity to renounce their heresies).
:facepalm:
LINKHere's some more light reading...
Alabama Police department flaunting all the homeless people they've arrested.
Woman who Accused 2 Cops of Rape Dies after Falling from Sheriff's Moving SUV
Jorden Simms had removed her handcuffs, belly chain and ankle restraints before opening the door.
Cops handcuff man and his 12-year-old granddaughter for trying to open a bank account while being indigenous
Paterson police (NJ) sergeant arrested as FBI corruption investigation widens, cops say
He's the 8th one.
Police seize couples entire life savings along with all their valuable possessions because their adult son bought 3 grams of weed.
And the beat goes on, la de da de de, la de da de da.
linkAn interesting read...
Artificial Morality
By Bruce Sterling
“The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI” conference.
It’s like the ethical difference between being two parish priests and becoming Pope.
Of course the actual Pope will confront Artificial Intelligence. His response will not be “is it socially beneficial to the user-base?” but rather, “does it serve God?” So unless you’re willing to morally out-rank the Pope, you need to understand that religious leaders will use Artificial Intelligence in precisely the way that televangelists have used television.
orange man bad
Well, yeah.
Pretty good write-up (five pages) on George Patton, immediately-post-war til his death, over at
National Interest.
My ancient version of FireFox didn't love the site. It worked, just pretty laggy.
Introduction
Unbiased political media coverage is vital for a healthy democracy (1). Most Americans want their news free from political bias; indeed, a dominant majority (78%) of Americans believe that it is never acceptable for a news organization to favor one political party over another when reporting the news (2). Journalists hold strong norms to eschew bias in their coverage of politics (3). However, when asked about the coverage of news organizations in America less than half can identify a source that they believe reports the news objectively, less than 30% trust the media to get the facts straight, and less than 20% trust the media to report the news without bias (4). Since 1989, the number of Americans stating that there is a great deal of bias in news coverage has nearly doubled (4).
Simply put, many Americans believe that the news media do a poor job of separating facts from opinion (4). With the strong influence that the media exerts on citizens (5–7), the increased salience of fake news (8–10), and “unprecedented” levels of violence against journalists (11), understanding the potential biases of the media is vital. Ideological bias is central to the concerns that Americans harbor about the news media. Concerns about liberal media bias are widespread. Many Americans believe liberal media bias is prevalent and pernicious.
According a 2017 Gallup poll, 64% of Americans believe the media favors the Democratic Party (compared to 22% who said they believed it favored the Republican Party). Indeed, consternation over the liberal bias in the mainstream media runs rampant— making its way into commentary of the state of the news media from political pundits (12) and academics (13), into too many social media discussions to even begin to mention, and even into the stages of presidential debates and townhalls.
There are reasons to expect that this perspective may comport with reality. Some evidence suggests that journalists have more liberal views than the general public (14). Given this, we might expect political ideology to fundamentally shape journalists’ views about what is and is not newsworthy (15). Yet, it is also possible that the public perceives ideological bias because they are psychologically motivated to see bias in the news (16).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ifmpw7fr7w9p8q6/HHM_Media_Bias_Science_Submission.pdf?dl=0TL;DR:
Even though the ideology of journalists looks like this (from the study):
...journalists of every stripe are writing about both Trump and AOC
So there is NO LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS
...in the news political journalists choose to cover.
Kids, are they lying more than they used to, or maybe less than they used to?
They have been doing these polls for years, I assume they're anonymous questionnaires, but who knows what information is
gathered only that it hasn't ever been revealed. Kids today know about data breaches and how fast shit travels on the net which
makes participation in this a little more intimidating.
You can check out how many people it takes to get accurate data on
Electroejaculation in the Rhinoceros.
Go ahead... you know you want to... you're dying of curiosity.
Your rhino porn is less than complete.
Either through censorship or good taste it's limited to those three pages.
Just a reminder about, the
Animal Rescue site, Greater Good.
Every time you go to that site and hit the "Click to Give" button they donate bowls of food to animal shelters.
The reason for the button is they get to show you two pages of ads instead of one. But it's cool because you don't have to sign up or give them your email or find the hidden button or anything, they are working strictly on page views. I've been doing it for years, I've even bought a couple gifts from them, stuff cool and cheap, plus more bowls of food with buying stuff but not necessary.
The reason I'm telling... actually reminding, you about it is traffic is way down. The rule was once a day (unless you cleared cookies;)), but now 4 times a day, every 6 hours. It takes all of 15 or 20 seconds to do and I'm sure the critters would lick your face. Please think about it.
Very good gentlemen as a reward I give you the
Girl Museum.
Oh boy, ya done good, they were up about 10,000 bowls yesterday, thank you.
Thank you.
Now
check out June Almeida, the smart but poor Scottish girl who became so proficient with an electron microscope she invented protocols they still depend on.
She was the first one to see a corona virus, in fact the first 2 times she saw one and wrote a report they didn't believe her. (Dumb broad wasting the time of those educated scientists.) But in 1964 she spotted one for the third time and they finally believed her... of course they took most of the credit.
Almeida went on to identify a host of viruses including rubella, which can cause complications during pregnancy. Scientists had been studying rubella (aka three-day measles) for decades, but Almeida was the first to see it.
The website is, “The Imaginative Conservative”... I know, I know, bear with me.
The title is, “Higher Education Is About to Implode”.
I think it's well researched and written, brings up valid points, and worth a read.
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/04/higher-education-implode-alexander-zubatov.htmlI think our society's lack of upward mobility puts the last nail in the coffin.
Hang your college diploma in the break room at walmart. :eyebrow:
Landslide in Norway. It would suck to live in that house.
https://youtu.be/6QcBSbQo4XAThree articles on...
why
police
violence.
I found these on my computer. Don't know where I got them or when.
I tried a couple of sites and they worked but some may be dead.
I found these on my computer. Don't know where I got them or when.
I put them there years ago. You finally found them?
Have you found the Gefilte fish yet?
no, no, no, no.
can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish? what are you, new?
can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish?
Some of use are not Hasidic. It still smells like rotten fish no matter what it is called.
no, no, no, no.
can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish? what are you, new?
You didn't get into a lutefisk eating contest one time? :eyebrow:
What? :idea: Oh, I get it, I fucked up switching names. duh :o
A recap of 2020
"I'm still in January"
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