If you want to spice up your morning, here's a gadget for you:
It's caled a Zuse and it's by Inseq Design in Austria. When you place a piece of bread in it, an optical sensor recognises it, and then prints a 12x12 dot matrix-style image on your toast. Here is what Brian Krepshaw at the CNET Crave Blog said about it:
"Is it art? Is it a toaster? I'm not really sure, but I do know I like it. The fact that we soon may be able to find out what a Space Invader (I think that's what that is) tastes like has got to be worth something."
Ok, so this is probably for those of you out there with kids, but for those of us who used to acutally use dot matrix printers, it's kinda nostalgic, too...
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!This clip might not be entirely work friendly... no actual nudity, but people dancing around naked with the 'black out bars' across all their fun bits...
This is pretty funny..
... but Microsoft wants to help. So, they have put together a book that you can share with the wee tykes about what a home server is, does, and how it can help them.
So about a week or so ago, I was flipping through channels on TV and happened upon an ad for the TV Land Awards, staring all your favorite stars for TV Series gone by, and it got me thinking...
Just what are the TV Land awards based on? How many awards the show won when it was originally on the air? How many spin offs or copies of the show there are now? How many of it's stars are now in rehab?
I am sure there is a legitimate reason for having another awards show, but I can't seem to figure one out, especially for a channel that shows reruns of shows that were originally on the air 10, 20, or even 40 years ago...
Now, this isn't a generic 'I hate police' or 'I hate constuction' rant.. I'm going to be very specific...
Monday evening, I was on my way home from an outdoor soccer game. After picking up Haley from my parents house, I begin what Google Maps, Mapquest, and other route-giving websites say is the fastest way from their house (in the Stafford Area of the Portland Metro Area) to my house (in the Salmon Creek area of Vancouver): I-5 North.
When coming past Hwy 217, I see the first sign: 'Accident I5 Northbound AT Lombard. All lanes blocked. Washington Traffic use I84 East to I205 North.' (my emphasis on 'AT') The 'at' part is the thing that is the problem here...
I think 'At Lombard, no problem.. just hop off at the Greely exit past the Rose Quarter, take Greely to R on Lombard to L on Denver, which becomes Interstate, and back onto I5 North, about 3/4 mile past where the accident is said to be. Cool.' None of this 25 miles out of my way stuff to get home.
All is going according to plan, until we get to the 'back onto I5 North' part... the on ramp at Interstate is being blocked by the cops. Ok, it had been raining pretty good most of the evening, and perhaps the tunnel is flooded or something.. just pop down the offramp toward East Delta Park and get on the freeway on that side. Nope. Another of Portland's finest blocking that on ramp, too.. but in looking up the on ramp, there are ODOT trucks with yellow flashy lights just past the tunnel, so again, it could be having a problem down there... no worries...
Around East Delta Park past the Joe's, up to Marine to get on I5 North just past the Expo Center... only to find a long line of traffice there, as well.. why? Because the accident is actually up at Jantzen Beach, not Lombard... all manner of emergency vehicles from fire trucks to police to ODOT Commet trucks to ambulances and perhaps the coast guard are all over the freeway...
Now I GET to travel down Marine Drive past the airport to take I205 North.. a scary drive when it's daylight and dry, nevermind pitch black out and wet on the roadway...
I know, I know.. just do what the sign said, right? They're never right, though... and this is further proof. If they would only have given even close to a correct location of the wreck, or changed the wording to more precisely say 'Accident I5 Northbound, CLOSED at Lombard' I would have gladly gone across town on the Banfield.
As Dennis Miller used to say, 'I don't want to get off on a rant here, but...'
I'm shocked. I didn't think that I listened to THAT much Barenaked Ladies. I do like them a lot, but I was expecting Dave Matthews Band, Pink Floyd, or even Jamie Cullum to be at the top of this jumbled mess of audio goodness. Hey, where is the Dave Matthews Band? Must be more of a car audio group for me...
It's an interesting chart, but it is not completely accurate. It is based on my last.fm profile, which is fine and all, but it only scrobbles (gets info on what I am listening to) for the major music players like Windows Media Player, WinAmp, iTunes, etc. What is doesn't take into account is things like Nexus Radio or Pandora, which I listen to a lot of the time if I want chill out/techno/downtempo/etc. stuff. So, I guess this is only half the picture of what I listen to...
Oh, and BTW, Thomas Leer is actual a group called ACT... they were cool, but then again, they WERE from the 80's, so, of course...
While searching through an old friends blog I came across and old link to a Super Villain poll, which still worked. So, I took the quiz and...
Your results: You are Dr. Doom
Dr. Doom
54%
Lex Luthor
51%
Apocalypse
51%
The Joker
51%
Magneto
48%
Mystique
45%
Riddler
44%
Green Goblin
41%
Juggernaut
41%
Catwoman
39%
Mr. Freeze
37%
Venom
37%
Kingpin
37%
Dark Phoenix
35%
Poison Ivy
28%
Two-Face
17%
Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.
I guess about a year ago, the USPS set up several hundred R2-D2 skinned mail drop boxes. At the same time, but with much less fan fare, they released a .pdf for a paper version that you can sit on your desktop. Although I don't know how since I didn't even hear about the full sized versions until today.. At any rate, here's a view..
Photo courtsey of paperkraft on flickr
Well, here's the link to the .pdf to make your own:
On March 29, 2008 (that's THIS SATURDAY) at 8 PM, the idea is to turn off all of your lights for one hour.
The reason people can get behind this sort of movement is that it is very simple to understand, and easy to do. And I am sure that you can find something to do for an hour in the dark...
I love the stuff at Stupid.com .. Here is but one example:
These mints are bacon flavored. Yum. Here is a bit of the description:
"Wouldn't it be great to eat bacon in a classroom, during a board meeting, or even at a funeral? Sadly, you can't. In fact, there are literally thousands of places where it would be inappropriate to eat bacon. (A Bar Mitzvah, for instance.)
Well, we've found an amazing substitute called Uncle Oinker's Bacon Mints. Each mint tastes like a scrumptious slice of crispy bacon, with a slight hint of mint to give it some extra pizzazz."
I don't know about the 'hint of mint', though.. don't know that mint goes with bacon...
Your results:
