Archive for March, 2005
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
How to talk like Yoda (YodaJeff's Yoda Page)
My kids always get a kick out of it when I talk like yoda.
Talking like Jedi Master Yoda is a fun and easy way to make a joke amongst your fellow Star Wars fans. His unique style of reversing the words in a ...
Posted in Humor, Movies | Comments Off
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
DesMoinesRegister.com
Guy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa drums himself out of a job.
Maybe we need an "Iowa" category?
Soon after he was hired, customers complained to store manager Judi Moorman that the 46-year-old Garcia was constantly playing an imaginary set of drums - using real drumsticks - while listening to music through headphones. ...
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
The Original Dog Powered Scooter
I wonder how well Demon would do mushing James around the neighborhood?
Focus your dogs energy and enjoy the new sport of Urban Dog Mushing.
You have many needs to fulfill with your young strong energetic dog:
- exercise for health
- time constraints on you
- control during exercise ...
Posted in Pets, Transportation | Comments Off
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Mike Davidson: Mitch Hedberg - Rest in Peace
Such a great comedian. RIP.
Mitch Hedberg has died.
Posted in Humor | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
mezzoblue § Too Far
I am guilty of this, too. Use tables for tabular data -- don't waste time making the CSS do the table tags job..
Here's a code sample from someone who obviously misunderstands the fact that "it's okay to use tables for tabular data", and probably ...
Posted in CSS, Web Stuff | Comments Off
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Globetechnology: Dan McLean - Having a problem with IT? Blame the sales rep.
Hmmmm.
A pet peeve expressed at the meeting was that many IT companies overstate their products' capabilities. In some instances, it was reckoned that an overzealous salesperson sold a bill of goods that fell well short of what ...
Posted in Business | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Wired 13.04: La Vida Robot
A well written article that explroes the human side of the undocumented Mexican immigrants who beat an MIT team in an underwater robotics competition.
Even though Lorenzo had never heard of MIT, the team from Cambridge scared him, too. There were 12 of them - six ocean-engineering ...
Posted in Gadgets, R0bots | Comments Off
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Eight foot NES controller
A bit too big, but still could be cool. Follow the link trail to get to TechTV/G4-whatever video of them playing & making it.
Just know that if you%u2019ve always found those rectangular units too small for your meaty paws, for $400 and 20 hours worth of ...
Posted in Gadgets, Games | Comments Off
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Amazon.com: Software: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Save $35 by pre-ordering.
Availability: This item has not yet been released. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Welcome to "Rite in the Rain"
Neat. I almost never write on paper, but one of these might be just the thing to sit on my desk and think about writing in.
"Rite in the Rain" is a truly amazing paper that is created specifically for writing field notes in all ...
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Zeldman has a good article on making a business around your blog.
Should your blog have a business?
Another favorite panel at this year's SXSW Interactive was "How to Build Your Brand With Blogs," hosted by Blog Business Summit's DL Byron (AKA the Clip-n-Seal® guy). What ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
silver
Get your minerals (well, one of them anyway) and make your poo sparkle!
Pure silver passes straight through the body
and ends up in your stool[...]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
THE WORLD'S UGLIEST CAR IS RESTORED BY MECHANIC ANDY SAUNDERS, DORSET, BRITAIN - MAR 2005
I still think it's a close call between this and the Scion xB.
THE WORLD'S UGLIEST CAR IS RESTORED BY MECHANIC ANDY SAUNDERS, DORSET, BRITAIN - MAR 2005
Posted in Transportation | 2 Comments »