Randomania
Thursday, 7. August 2008, 17:43:05
I use CSS to create space between items in the lists I use in Randomania posts. As you can see, there is no space betwen items in this list. The CSS is identical to that used in my last post, which does have space between list items. I'll trouble shoot later, but if you read before I figure out why there's a problem, I'm sorry it's all so scrunched together.
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I did a post on online msic players (and various other things) the other day. I came across this new entry to the field, since then: playlist.com. You sign up, search for songs, and create your own playlists, which you can then embed like this:
It's not too tough to use, but it's not rocket science.
And, if you think finding music videos on youtube yields unpredictable results, try Cleepr.
- From the "Silver Linings Department," finally something to be happy about with regards to high gas prices. Seems companies are offering employees four day work weeks to reduce the cost of commuting.
- Beatthat.com. Finally, social networking for bargain hunters!
- When will Atom Keep add My.Opera support? It's a nifty gadget for synching
allmostsome of your social networks. - I'm not one to get too worked up over frivilous lawsuits. It's my feeling that the court system is the best way to keep companies from producing really harmful products. I know government oversight isn't the way to go. And where the government is stepping in, they are way off base. Having cleared up all the other dangers in the world the world of consumer products, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has decided that it's finally time to crack down on drawstrings.
- There are a couple of things you really shouldn't do drunk: perform brain surgery... drive a school bus. Speaking of drunk, how drunk do you have to be to cause the full evacuation of a five star hotel? Pretty drunk, it turns out.
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Harry Chapin needs to add a verse about a buffalo. This banana spill is 5,000 pounds short of a load, but who's counting?.
- If you're having a rough day at work, consider this fellow's first day on the job. Rawr!
- Craig's List: a great way to engage in reckless, possibly criminal behavior that you don't want your wife to find out about.
- Cool story about a detective who wouldn't let go of a case that haunted him since his childhood.
- If you weren't concerned about cancer when you woke up this morning, you will be before you go to bed: it looks like some types may become contagious.
- News Flash! Women who need state support for their children often purposely misidentify the father! When I used to sit in on the paternity docket, I'd hear mothers identify 12 or 14 potential fathers, sometimes. Oy!
- Hungry dog eats what!!??
- If I ever have to face a lion in the wild, I want Super Aunt beside me. Wow.
- Here's a PSA for you ladies. The guys at Girls Gone Wild are not nice guys. They get young people drunk, and talk them into behaving badly. They make millions, and they give the girls t-shirts for their part in the debauchery. The owner is in jail for tax evasion, and at least one employee can't take 'no' for an answer. Free drinks aren't worth it.
- Jenna Jameson is pregnant. The father is her boyfriend, ultimate fighter Tito Ortiz. The baby is expected to have fabulous fake bewbs and a wicked right hook.
- DIY
- If you're going camping, you need to carry toilet paper. Here's a handy way to keep it drier and well contained, using an old CD spindle package.
- Make a protective workbench cover from old mouse pads.
- Make scented candle.
- It's summer. You need to clean the grill! With an onion. Of course.
- How to store paint.
- How to "Bump" a lock.
- How to make a skate board sail.
- How to shine your shoes. Well.
- How to hide valuables in a soda bottle.
- Sometimes, what goes around comes around faster than you expect.
- How many chearleaders can you fit in an elevator? Actually, it's the getting them out again that's a real challenge.
- How do you improve on a catfight? Make sure the participants are strippers, of course!
- If God hadn't wanted us to engage in road rage, he wouldn't given us handguns. Methinks the preacher doth need a wee bit of anger management training.
- New diet food: eggs! I wonder if you can slather them with melted cheese?
- Britney Spears is straightening up, it looks like. She's back in shape, and getting back to work. Well, not exactly straightening up.
- The city of Pickering, Ontario is a Police State.
- If you are interested in seeing when Olympic events take place, you can learn a lot with a simple Google search. Simply type the event you are looking for into the search box, along with the word "olympics," and see what happens. Look at the first result for this example: "swimming olympics"
- Here's a three-part blog series on how to make time for a number of things that you might want to do, but can't.
- What country do they live in? The US Flag stamp has 14 stripes. You know, one for each of the original 14 colonies...
- You're a State Representative, a rising star of the Republican right, you're a foster parent, you sponsor legislation that toughens penalties for sex offenders. How do you spend your free time? Well, if you're the guy who got busted in Missouri, you find a mistress who wants to let you have sex with her 14 year old daughter.
- HearWho provides you with a text box. Enter the text you like, and it will convert it to an audio (mp3) file that you can download. How cool is that?
- Five Mushrooms searches multiple recipe sites with just one click. Cool!
- Want to download YouTube videos to your desktop? There are a number of ways, but none is easier than Unlockforus's simple download.
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Tony Robbins explains motivation:
- People in "the lifestyle" may think it's all fun and games, but it's dangerous. No punchlines here, just a cautionary tale.



Matthew # 7. August 2008, 18:00
Too bad. "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" is one of my favorite Russ meyer's films.
Archon # 7. August 2008, 20:00
I was looking for the song Fidelty by Regina Spektor for quite a while now. It was a couple of times on VH1 and, each time, I somehow mahaged to miss the name\artist. So I only knew how the video looks. Which doesn't amount to much on the net.
So, thanks! :D
Is it me, or is the playlist.com thingy really, really loud?
That stick that the dog swallowed isn't really small, is it? Then again, neither is the dog...
ooh - 14 stripes. Well, more the merrier.
HearWho works pretty well. Especially considering that it's free. I know there are almost life-like voice generators, but those are far from free, and pretty huge as well. So, thumbs up!
I've never needed anything like Unlockforus - the simplest way to do that is - take the video out of the cache.
Listening to Tony Robbins was very interesting, and I think he's a great speaker. I don't agree with EVERYTHING he said, but I won't rant about it.
Matthew # 7. August 2008, 20:19
I don't have control over the volume of the playlist - but there is a volume control in your browser.
The dog was big, but that stick... oy!
There are 50 states now. We should probably add some stripes to the flag, anyway!
HearWho was so busy that it bogged down on me, or I would have included an audio file in the post. I used it the other day, though, and it was pretty neat.
I agree that snagging files from cache is easiest, but not everyone knows where to find them. I neglected to mention that, having snagged the file, you still have to convert it, for it to be useful. There are a c ouple of free converters around. I'll look 'em up.
Tony Robbins alternately impresses the hell out of me and irritates the hell out of me. I thought this clip was quite insightful.
Archon # 7. August 2008, 20:50
Nah, the volume control was no big deal - just one click away. It just blew my ears in when Smile so suddenly began (like that song too... as a matter of fact, I like all of these - great tastes, man:)).
The 100 days song has a strong " 'nam" feel about it, no?
We once had a this cat - I notticed that something was hanging from her mouth. It was a couple of centimeters of sewing thread. I pulled it out (turns out it was more like a whole meter) and on the end of it was a needle. A sharp one too. And the cat was fine afterwards too. Animals can sometimes swallow anything. But a stick of that size? Did he run into it, or what?
You don't really need to convert the files - you just need the FLV codec. I'm not sure where we actually got it, but if you need it I'll snoop around and give you a link. So, I lost it - does Unlockforus convert or not?
Tony robbins... hmmm. Maybe he gives too much credit to the human race. He's really a romantic, it seems. But, better to have more guys like him, than guys that think that killing random people, or invading countries will make the world a better place.
PainterWoman # 8. August 2008, 00:04
especially about the cancerous tasmanian devils.
Nice story about the detective never giving up on that old case.
Now the drunk lady who emptied out a ritzy hotel....well, I've never been THAT drunk...but in reading the article, this is what made me LOL:
"Two fire appliances rushed to the scene to discover it was a false alarm."
Fire appliances?
p.s. Love the music, especially the songs by Kate Nash and Amy Winehouse.
Karen # 8. August 2008, 01:55
Eliane a/k/a Elly # 8. August 2008, 02:11
That is scarey about cancer.
Matthew # 8. August 2008, 03:22
Wow. There's an image. I had a large black lab. He went about 120 pounds in the summer when he was muscled up, and about 100 in the winter, when he was more sedentary. He would pick up a mouthful of food, wander into the living room, drop it all on the floor, and they ly down and eat it one kibble at a time. At the same time, I had a dalmation that never chewed anything, and I swear he once at a whole chicken in one huge bite. That'll teach the neighbor's chickens not to wander into our yard!
I like all the singers I posted, though Lily Allen is a little too prone to taking pleasure in someone else's pain for my tastes. I hope Amy Winehouse figures out how to live without killing herself
Fire appliances sound like tools to start fires, don't they?
I agree, Mom, the bumping is scary. So easy a kid could do it. Like the neighbor kid who wants what's in your liquor cabinet...
Donny # 8. August 2008, 08:32
I'm with you with the Amy Winehouse idea.
Anyway, most codec pack today come with FLV support. I know that after installing CCCP, you can run all of your flvs.
Will watch the videos probly.
Matthew # 8. August 2008, 15:54
Archon # 8. August 2008, 16:20
Matthew # 8. August 2008, 16:53
Donny # 8. August 2008, 17:52
Matthew # 8. August 2008, 18:06
Matthew # 8. August 2008, 18:23
Aadil # 8. August 2008, 20:55
Eliane a/k/a Elly # 9. August 2008, 20:52
Poor Amy Winehouse, I hope she straightens out, too.
Babs # 15. August 2008, 10:53
Aadil # 23. August 2008, 21:04
Matthew # 24. August 2008, 02:17
Aadil # 24. August 2008, 08:23
A booby trap includes the use of some sort of weapon. And since it's illegal to allow a weapon to be automated, that applies here too.
Razor wire and electric fencing is standard practice for those who can afford it. Not to mention the burglar bars alarms and armed response.
Matthew # 24. August 2008, 12:58
I was thinking "passives" meant booby traps.
Aadil # 24. August 2008, 17:26
PainterWoman # 24. August 2008, 17:53
Saw a 'monster car' event there plus a jet propelled car race one Mother's Day.
Matthew # 24. August 2008, 23:39
We had SIR (Seattle International Reaceway) in Western Washington, and Raceway Park in Indianapolis. This weekend is Grand Nationals for the NHRA, and that means 250,000 spectators!!
Suntana # 29. August 2008, 02:33
That truck thief getting carjacked WAS hilarious.
Matthew # 29. August 2008, 02:47
Irony is often hilarious.
Suntana # 29. August 2008, 03:00
Matthew # 29. August 2008, 03:03