I Made You a Beard

Sara found this through Design*Sponge, one of her favorite sites. It's belongs a friend of the Design*Sponge author.

She makes beards. Go and see. They're kind of nice. Odd, but nice.

I Made You a Beard

Lego my guts...

I'm not sure about this. Not sure at all...

1800s Vampire Killing Kit

Why didn't I buy this? Why, why, why, why, why? At almost 15,000, it's a steal!

Or maybe I could make my own, with some old junk I find.

Yeah, that's the ticket

Antiques and the Arts Online

Cake Art

MMMMM! Beer and fish cake? More please!

For those of you who like decorated cakes. The claim is they can all be eaten in their entirety. However, I'm not so sure I want to.

English Russia - Cake Art

Wrong.

You're doing it wrong.

It's an internet mantra. It covers a host of events.

There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything. This is a shrine to the wrong way.

I meant to do that. Yeah, right.

Earthquake in the future?

Web Bots foresee a West Coast / Vancouver area large scale earthquake around December 12, 2008.

Okay, these Web Bots. They make predictions. Some say they Predicted a US, then a global economic collapse as early as February for an event due October 7th, 2008.

Spot on, wish I'd moved my money.

Quoting persons who know more about it:

Webbots track words and the way the words are connected, BUT they don't track the subject matter of what is being discussed. Over time, the inter-relationships of these words change and those changes "paint a picture" of what we might expect in the future.

Did that make any sense? It's a way of tracking the Global Consciousness for changes. Those of you who read the Foundation Trilogy by Asimov are familiar with the idea.

So, let's wait and see. [new post December 12, 2008]

100 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups

While we're on the subject of Google maps, let's talk mashups. That's when someone combines two things into one new thing. Here is a fantastic list of ways people have used Google maps to figure out stuff.

I haven't gone through them all, but I REALLY like #63, how to create a running route. I had been wanting to know how to figure out those distances for a long time. Now, it's easy.

#67 shows the limitations, and how not every effort succeeds. I inputted my zip code, and the restaurant finding capability of this mash-up was underwhelming. But hey, they'll probably be a couple of these that really make you happy.

You're welcome.

100 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups

Street with a View

Here's some awesomeness. For those of you familiar with Google Maps, you also know about street view. Well...

This one street decided to put on a show. SO, they designed various tableaus for the cameras, and sure enough, it's all on google maps. It could be the first art exhibit purposefully designed for google maps.

Actually, I think there's been some fields plowed into pictures for google maps, so lets say, the first art for google street view.

Anyway, it's cool.

Street With a View

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Those of you who know me know I like the French, funny cat videos, solar furnaces, and DC Comics (but NOT Marvel).

This game looks like it won't suck! But then, Justice League looked cool, and it was just alright...

Quote from my son: "Awesome! but Lex got owned, which wouldn't happen." True, true. Love the Joker dance. Love it.

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The Mysterious Coral Castle...

I think I referenced the Coral Castle in another post. So here is yet another reference. I'm not obsessed. It's just unique, and nice. Not as big as it would seem from video and pictures though. Really, just kinda dinky. But nice.

Environmental Graffiti

Nom, nom.

Glub, blub.

Creepy Eye thing...

I don't think I can explain this. It's sorta like a chameleon, I guess. Creepy. Fun to play with.

It moves. Weird.

Yeah. Weird.

Sunbelt Eye

Maru, the scottish fold cat!

ANOTHER CUTE VIDEO??? OH YEAH!!!

Those who know me know I like funny cat videos more than I like the French or Solar Furnaces.

So look out for Maru, the fat Japanese Scottish Fold cat with mad, er, something skills to tickle you! He can sure jump in a box! Watch the finishing leg position! EXCELLENT!

Here is the link to his owner's Channel. You can watch all of Maru's videos. Watch him drink! Watch him lie in a sink! Watch him jump in more boxes! Watch him walk around with a bag on his head!

EXCELLENT! http://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu#

Baby Pigmy Hippo!

Comment from Cute Overload! :)

"Yeeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!

How on EARTH are those women silently washing him/her??? There should be massive amounts of squee-ing, bathy-bath sounds, scubbity-ubbity-chubbity commentary, etc. They are...stoic! [and lucky!!!]"

Up too early...

He's the King of Righteousness.
He's the King of the Ages.
He's the King of Heaven.
He's the King of Glory.
He's the King of kings and He's the Lord of lords.
That's my King.

Well, I wonder do you know Him.

My King is a sovereign King.
No means of measure can define His limitless love.
No far-seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supply.
No barrier can hinder Him from pouring out His blessings.

He's enduringly strong.
He's entirely sincere.
He's eternally steadfast.
He's immortally graceful.
He's imperially powerful.
He's impartially merciful.

Do you know Him?

He's the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizon of this world.
He's God's Son.

He's the sinner's Savior.

He's unique.
He's unparalleled.
He's unprecedented.
He's the loftiest idea in literature.
He's the highest personality in philosophy.

He supplies strength for the weak.
He's available for the tempted and the tried.
He sympathizes and He saves.
He strengthens and sustains.
He guards and He guides.
He heals the sick.
He cleansed the lepers.
He forgives sinners.
He discharges debtors.
He delivers the captive.
His promise is sure.
His life is matchless.
His goodness is limitless.
His mercy is everlasting.
His love never changes.
His Word is enough.
His grace is sufficient.
His reign is righteous and
His yoke is easy and
His burden is light.

I wish I could describe Him to you but He's indescribable.

-Dr. S. M. Lockridge

Super Mario Bros. 2 theme, gypsy-jazz style

Okay, okay, it's a three-link day. I try not to love-bomb you, but for my kids, this is EXACTLY what Papa used to sound like back before arthritis set in.

The fact that it is a Mario Bros theme is just a bonus.

An '80s Cartoon Quiz

I scored a dismal 40%. But this was 80s cartoons. Try me out on the 70s cartoons! Yeah!

An '80s Cartoon Quiz

Melting steel with solar power

Clip from James May's Big Ideas where bunch of hippies burn and melt stuff with their 'solar furnace', oh and it has something to do with making petrol out of thin air.


Those of you who know me know I love the solar furnace. This one's from a British show, and it shows the awesome potential for melting steel with Solar furnaces.

Lovin' the solar furnace.

Fixing Your Old Computer

Okay, so you have an older computer. Hey, it's not a crime. I don't buy mine until they are on sale for less than $500, so you can guess what I've got. Old computers.

But hey, that's no reason to put up with nonsense from your computer. My first one had 1/2 a MEG of total memory, and worked just fine. That's right, no hard drive, 512k of ram. Period. And it worked.

So how come my (comparatively) big whopping desktop with 750 megs of ram and 1.6 ghz processor is bogging and making me wait and watch a frozen screen, or p-u-t-t-i-n-g one letter at a time onto the screen as I type? No excuse.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO?

Here goes.

1. PC Pitstop - It offers a free test with no registering. Open it in IE, it won't work with firefox, and click on the key to get started. After you have gone through and followed the instructions you will have a very good idea of what is wrong with your computer. Fix it (they have instructions for that too). But don't bother with any driver updates just yet.


2. RadarSync -"Stop searching for drivers and apps updates, UPDATE FOR FREE WITH RADARSYNC!" That's what they say, and that's what they do. For free. This is a program you download and install, unlike the webapp you used for PC Pitstop, but it works great, with download links and installation routines built in. It even prompts you to make a System Restore Point.


3. EasyCleaner - You will find all kinds of tools for cleaning your hard drive up. Delete useless shortcuts, empty folders, clean your registry up, find duplicate and unnecessary folders. manage your startup items. A very useful tool.


4. Defraggler - You could use the built-in windows defrag utility, or you could use defraggler. I prefer the latter, because I can defrag what I like, not everything indiscriminately. I have never gotten my computer completely defragged with the windows utility. With Defraggler, for one brief shining moment, all my files are fragment-free. Mmmmm.


5. Process Lasso - Well, we're at the final stage, and it's a doozy! This little program is an old-computer owner's dream come true! It manages your memory, making sure that your computer remains responsive no matter how busy your processor gets. Meaning? Install this baby and feel like a young computer again. Lovin' the Lasso.

Well, that's about it. You could go through your programs and see which ones you don't really need anymore. You could go through your start-up items to see what processes run that you don't really need running all the time. But ultimately, this little guide will get you pretty far.

Now, get back to work.

CNN Hologram - Television first!

Election, smelection. Did anybody see this? It's amazing!

Holographic technology? You're KIDDING me! But I guess CNN isn't.

I had no idea we were at this point, technology-wise.

Can I order an R2 unit?

How could she resist bending over and saying "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope?" That would have been EPIC.