Archive for June, 2006

BumpTop Prototype - HoneyBrown.ca

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

BumpTop Prototype - HoneyBrown.ca Interesting desktop idea. BumpTop aims to enrich the desktop metaphor with expressive, lightweight techniques found in the real world.

Google Romance

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Google Romance Another market taken over by Google? Pin All Your Romantic Hopes on Google When you think about it, love is just another search problem. And we’ve thought about it. A lot. Google Romance™ is our solution.

Games for Wii

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Games for Wii heh "We have received over 200,000 e-mails with complaints about the Wii, and the console name has been commonly associated with urine. We have been the target of many jokes, and we strongly believe that it's a bad thing for the company's reputation", says Mike, who works at the ...

Smile Lounge by David Trubridge

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

smilebydavidtrubridge Another interesting furniture idea to consider making. The forms he creates in this environment, his sculptures and furniture, speak of simplicity and the fragility of life, of man's dependence on his environment, of his preservation and his optimism for the future as a result of the sustainable development movement. ASH OR ...

Iron Sudoku: Free Daily Sudoku Puzzles and a Friendly Community

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Iron Sudoku: Free Daily Sudoku Puzzles and a Friendly Community I still haven't tried this puzzle but this one looks nice. Might have to try it some evening. Free Sudoku puzzles and a friendly community Put down that boring old newspaper or magazine puzzle and join the global Iron Sudoku web community ...

Beer Battered Deep Fried Bacon Double Quarter Pounder

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Beer Battered Deep Fried Bacon Double Quarter Pounder Eeek. Yes, it's pretty gross. This started out as a dare from a friend on IRC, one I immediately said "OK!" to. It took a few weeks to work up the courage to try. First off, it was surprisingly tasty - everything was kind ...

1000 Arten ein Bier zu öffnen

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

1000 Arten ein Bier zu öffnen 1,000 ways to open a beer bottle. Most of them, however, appear to be variations of using something sturdy to quickly pry the lid off.

Constitution of the Confederate States of America- what was changed?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Constitution of the Confederate States of America- what was changed? We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — ...

Fish oil ‘calms children better than Ritalin’ | the Daily Mail

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Fish oil 'calms children better than Ritalin' | the Daily Mail Maybe the old remedy of cod liver oil had less to do with what ailed the kid but keeping the parents sane. A daily dose of fish oil is better at treating hyperactivity than Ritalin - the 'chemical cosh' linked to ...

.9 Repeating Equals 1

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Polymathematics: No, I'm Sorry, It Does. .9 repeating equals one. In other words, .9999999... is the same number as 1. They're 2 different ways of writing the same number. Kind of like 1.5, 1 1/2, 3/2, and 99/66. All the same. I know some of you ...

HOW TO: Get Billions of Pages Indexed in Google

Monday, June 19th, 2006

HOW TO: Get Billions of Pages Indexed in Google - Merged.ca Interesting. Now I just need to find a way to duplicate this guys efforts. Even if one page in a million gets an ad click each day then he's getting 3800 ad clicks per day. Best guess ...

eBay Wiki (Beta)

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

eBay Wiki (Beta) Interesting The eBay wiki is a place to get and share knowledge about anything and everything that is relevant to eBay.

USATODAY.com - A life without left turns

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

USATODAY.com - A life without left turns A touching article about a guy's memories of his father. I should say I never saw him drive a car. He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet. "In those days," he told ...