Sunday, November 12, 2006
User Friendly Comics
That's the name of this daily technology cartoon. The cartoonist, J. D. "Illiad" Frazer, began posting on the Internet in 1997 and has been doing so every day since. Like most cartoons, sometimes User Friendly Cartoons are right on and other times they miss the mark. Anyone in tech is sure to find a couple cartoons to their liking.
Spam & Viagra--A Truly Odd Couple
I'm talking Spam as in the meat in a can variety. At Viagra Spam Recipes you can find a multitude of recipes that let you combine these ingredients into some truly interesting meals. Viagra Spam Mousse, a Viagra-shaped and engraved Mousse. The major ingredient? Spam of course. Then there's always Viagra Spam Tempura and Viagra Spam Musubi. Well, I think you get the picture. But just in case you don't there are plenty of photos of the finished products as well as photos of the preparation. Bon apetit.When is a USB Thumb Drive Really a Thumb Drive?
When it comes in the shape of a thumb of course. Visit ComputerWorld's site for photos and descriptions of some truly unique thumb drives. There's the sushi and shrimp thumb drives for those who prefer sea food, rubber ducky thumb drive, Swiss Army Knife thumb drive or a half dozen other freaky thumb drives.Take the Superhero Test
At Blogthings: Cool Things to Put in Your Blog, you can answer a few (5) brief questions and have a determination made of your superhero alter ego. This and many other fun "personality" tests are available at this site. If anyone is interested, I fit the Spiderman psyche. I guess anyone that keeps a blog like this must be as messed up as good old Spidey.
Weird Performer, Weird Song, Weird Lyrics... It Must Be...
Weird Al Yankovic. White and Nerdy is the name of one of the latest videos/songs from Weird Al Yankovic. One reviewer suggested it is the only song to contain the word JavaScript in the lyrics. It also contains the word Segway (the 2-wheeled, electric person mover). If you've never seen or heard anything by Weird Al this will be a treat. But then there's no accounting for taste. And you know it's going to be out of the ordinary when it gets posted here. Enjoy.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
3 Dimensional Tarot
I've always been fascinated with Tarot cards. I discovered at Reasonably Clever Tarot there are many different styles of representing the various major and minor arcana. Now for the first time ever there is a 3D version visible on line. It is made from Legos (R). All the major and minor arcana are here--including some rejects along the way.Halloween Diet
If you're looking for something a little different for your Halloween party this is not the place to go. This food is LOTS different! Here is a full seven course meal from the Chilled Brain Spread to the Bloody Heart Dessert. And my personal favorite, the Alien Autopsy Shooters for the aperitif. A collection of really creepy recipes can be found at A Successful Halloween Supper Party. NOTE: All items described are edible and also not made of what they look like.
What If You Were 18 Again
Do you remember a time when Google was not a verb? When passengers were allowed to smoke on U.S. airlines? Or perhaps a time when Disneyland only existed in the United States? Then you're probably older than 18. Every fall the folks at Beloit College in Wisconsin come up with a list of people, events, activities and facts that have changed only recently. It really allows college instructors to realize just how different their experiences are from their students. Entertaining and enlightening at the same time.Battle of the Bands (Album Covers)
Imagine your favorite album cover. Now imagine your favorite album cover animated--and violent. Watch these album covers do battle with one another in this intriguing video of album covers at war or Battle of the Bands.Sunday, October 15, 2006
Google Needs Your Help
Have you ever noticed how you sometimes get the strangest hits at Google Images? In an effort to eliminate this problem, Google has requested the assistance of their users. In order to make it a little more interesting they have created a game called the Google Image Labeler. You and another user are "partnered" and shown a picture. Then both users attempt to come up with a label for the picture. When you agree on a label, you get another picture. The trick is you only have one minute and 30 seconds per turn. For every picture you successfully label along with your partner you get 100 points. If you're real good you may make it to the top of the labelers list.You Have Absolute Power
In God's Playing Field game you have the power to kill anything that moves. There's no real purpose to the game and the novelty wears off after awhile. But it's an interesting diversion when you have a couple of minutes to kill. But then being God allows you to kill those minutes any way you want. Game Fudge is the host for this and other games if you want more.Tracking Fame
This site purports to track the famous and near famous celebrities and their works (movies, TV series, etc.). Humorous commentary on the various stars and trends in the entertainment industry abound at FameTracker.Friday, September 22, 2006
There's a Patent for That!?
Some of the strangest patents around can be found at the Delphion Gallery of Obscure Patents. Here you can find patent information about such useful items as: the inflatable rug, the bird diaper, and an apparatus for simulating a high five (pictured).Cleaning Out the Gene Pool
The Darwin Awards have a web presence. For those unfamiliar with this prize, it is usually given posthumously since the winner has successfully managed to remove him or herself from the gene pool. An example is the criminal who decided to rob a gun store by firing warning shots in the ceiling. He did this with a uniformed police officer and several armed patrons in the store . For more fun stories visit the Darwin Awards.
Do-It-Yourself Concert Tickets
Never again will you be embarrassed as you're forced to tell someone you missed a big concert. At the Concert Ticket Generator you can create you own concert ticket stub so you can prove you were there. I'm not sure why anyone would do this but then I wouldn't have much to write about in this blog if it weren't for sites like the Concert Ticket Generator.
Advertising All Over the World
For those that like advertisements and commercials, Ads of the World is the site for you. It contains ads from around the world. Media advertisements can be downloaded and played. Be warned this does not appear to be a "Best of..." site. Many of the ads are pretty bland. But there are some that provide a good laugh.Civilization, as We Know it, is Doomed
Here are 10,000 reasons why the statement above is correct. The 10K Reasons Civilization is Doomed site has requested viewers to send one (ONE only) reason why Civilization is doomed. There are nearly 5,000 posts so far. Soap operas, cheese heads, mullets and tv dinners have already been chosen. What reason would you choose?
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Yeti, The Ultimate Athlete
An earlier post provided one or two locations with Yeti (abominable snowman) taking batting practice with penguins. After several variations of this sport developed we now have the infamous Yeti branching out to other sports like soccer. There are even multiplayer versions available. Visit YetiSports.org for the latest information about this most amazing athlete. Warning: Some may consider this to be too violent for younger viewers. Parental discretion is advised.Monday, August 21, 2006
There's Always Room for...
If you should find yourself in the vicinity of LeRoy, New York, you simply must visit the Jell-O Museum. Somehow this one got under my radar. But it must be very popular because the site states "Reservations are encouraged." It's only opened to the public for six months (May-October) of the year. In case you can't get out there or can't get a reservation you can have the next best thing--the website. It doesn't have everything you can see at the museum but it does have the History of Jell-O, Historic Jell-O Recipes, and you can even enjoy some pictures of Bill Cosby's historic visit to the museum back in 2004. Don't forget to visit the gift shop.
Soap Opera on Booze
For those soap opera fans out there we now have TikiBarTV. The current episode (#19) is titled Space Cadet and it doesn't take much imagination to figure out what or who is the major focus of this segment.
Stackopolis
Stackopolis is similar in some ways to Tetris--yet totally different. With Stackopolis you are given some construction blocks and told you must create a particular form (building, park, landscaped mound, etc.) in a limited amount of time. You see the empty triangle at the bottom of the image above? That's where you start. Sounds simple? Give it a try.Error Messages from...
We've all gotten error messages before. And we all feel foolish when we discover we made a simple mistake. But sometimes the error message is a little difficult to interpret. Take a look at these posted errors at the Daily WTF Pop-up Potpourri.Fortune Telling 8-Ball
Remember when you were a kid and you or someone you knew got there hands on the 8-Ball? For those that don't know what that is, allow me to explain. The original 8-ball was round, water-filled ball. It was painted black and looked like an 8-ball from a pool table. There was a flat window that allowed one to look into and see a pyramid-shaped floating object. The idea was you would ask the 8-ball a question about your future, then turn the ball upside down, look to see what site of the floating pyramid came to the top, read the future. It might be something nondescript like "All signs suggest it will be so," or "Not in the near future." This electronic version is called a Magic Hate Ball. All the predictions are caustic and occasionally insulting.
Every Driver's License, Every State, Everybody
Driver's License U.S. and others like it have been around for some time now. But maybe you have some friends that haven't seen this yet. Try it out on them. Send the URL along with words of doom and gloom such as: "This is an invasion of our privacy and should be stopped right now." or "With all the identity theft fears in the air how can the Internet allow a site like this to be available to anybody who requests it?" Of course the the first thing most folks will do when they get this message is check their own data.
Disclaimer: If you haven't been to this site before, there is nothing to be frightened about. It is simply a site with a single joke.
Disclaimer: If you haven't been to this site before, there is nothing to be frightened about. It is simply a site with a single joke.
Worst Jobs in History
For those of you that are fans of the Discovery program "Dirty Jobs," you'll probably enjoy the BBC's "Worst Jobs in History." Instead of the dirty jobs of today, this show looks at the worst jobs of the past. How did the average, non-royal, person earn a living? Find out at this web site.
Science Myth Information
Electricity travels at the speed of light. Saturn is the only planet in this solar system with rings. Before Columbus, everyone thought the world was flat. Wrong! This comes from 10 Science Stuff You Got Wrong at School [sic]. It is part of a larger site called: Too Much Free Time to Spare. Visit the home page and link to such interesting trivia as: First Names You Didn't Know (Colombo, MacGyver, Sting, etc), Top 10 Greatest Imposters in History, 25 Most Bizarre Jobs, and more.
Ask, and You Shall Receive
Tom Locke decided to gamble with $39.00 in postage stamps. He took 100 $.39 stamps and wrote 100 snail mail letters to 100 assorted companies and asked them to send him something for free. He usually asked for free product. Sometimes he received free samples, while other times discount coupons, and yet other times promotional items like hats, cups, or t-shirts. Some sent him nothing. At this time the total value of goods received is $272.93. That's not bad for a $39.00 investment. His site, The $39 Experiment, lists all the companies he wrote to, the text of each letter, and the results and estimated value of the freebie.Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Yesterday, it was Da Vinci Code. Today, it's Norman Rockwell Code.
The Norman Rockwell Code is a 35 minute parody of the Da Vinci Code and it has some pretty funny moments. You definitely need broadband connections for this one. I don't want to give too much away but I'll give you a little hint: Instead of Tom Hanks think Don Knotts. Nuff said? Enjoy!
