Archive for August, 2005

For Mr. Matt

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Watch all 3 hrs. of Elegant Universe online.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_t.html

More Useful:

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

I copied this from here. It only takes a second to do, it’s easy, and it’ll make you’re browser work better, according to these nerds:
Firefox Memory Leaks/Other Issues.
So if you’ve used Firefox you’ve probably noticed that it suffers from what can be described as a fairly harsh “memory leak”. The main cause of the problem [...]

Useful(for PC people):

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Tray It:
http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm

Another one of those little things I never learned to do:

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

Temper Tantrum

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

http://retrospection.net/videofiles/hurricanekat.php

Excellent Firefox extension:

Monday, August 29th, 2005

http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/

Sigh… summertime in Japan

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Even some women in Japan have gone as far as to work topless for the sake of keeping cool.
Both the public and private sectors saw a sharp increase in the number of indecency and sexual harassment complaints following the introduction of the “Cool Biz” campaign in June, leading many firms to abruptly discontinue the initiative [...]

Damn

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Damn… this one light my imagination up with all the magical possibilities in the universe. It sucks to find out it was all bull crap:
http://www.snopes.com/risque/penile/reef.asp

Pumping Out Buttons

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Have you been wondering where all those god damn little square buttons have been coming from lately? I have. I probably shouldn’t be giving this out, they’re like a disease:http://www.lucazappa.com/brilliantMaker/buttonImage.php

Trash Land

Monday, August 29th, 2005

If you ever go further into Brooklyn, to the place where the hipsters do not dwell, you will discover a magical land covered in garbage.
In some of Brooklyns depressed neighborhoods everyone throws everything on the ground. Especially on the main strip where the T-mobile store, the liquor store and the nail salon are. Ride [...]

Martha Washington

Monday, August 29th, 2005

The answer to “Liberality”(the previous post below):
I read this graphic novel, “Give Me Liberty” maybe twelve years ago and thought it was fantastic.
Comic books can be so rigid and super heroes are too often belligerently patriotic cheese balls. Thank god for Give Me Liberty. Martha Washington is a black woman who has been stepped on [...]

What A Bunch Of Douche Bags

Monday, August 29th, 2005

It is the year 2021, tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of 9/11. It is up to an underground group of bio-mechanically enhanced conservatives led by Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North to thwart Ambassador Usama Bin Laden’s plans to nuke New York City …And wake the world from an Orwellian nightmare of [...]

Some Russian Guy Has Your Account #

Monday, August 29th, 2005

I guess after installing yer free copies of Zone Alarm and Ad-Aware you gotta put this thing on yer computer now. There are a lot of devious little jerks out there trying to get into your computer and inflict maximum damage or just steal from you. I still don’t understand why special satellite connected password [...]

Tweaked Off

Monday, August 29th, 2005

You know how sometimes you’ll be writing an email and an alert box will pop up right in the middle of the screen with some kind of yes or no question about your system? Well, among tweaking a plethora of other things, this free Windows Powertoy, Tweak UI, has a setting that keeps that alert [...]

How To Feel Better

Monday, August 29th, 2005

1 - Drink some water2 - Go take a #23 - If step 2 isn’t possible - drink coffee4 - If step 3 isn’t possible - drink decaf5 - If step 4 isn’t possible - read a book and wait6 - Go outside7 - Walk around the block and take your time(smell the flowers)8 - [...]

Akinori Oishi

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

I know Parrot will really like this:
we make money not art: Akinori Oishi

The Beagles

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

A collection of misunderstood song lyrics:
The Beatles’, “Help!”
Misheard Lyrics:Help me get my feed-bag on the groundOriginal Lyrics:Help me get my feet back on the ground

What A Deal!

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Holy crap! Some totally awesome person is selling an unopened copy of QuarkXPress for $150! What a great deal!

gExodus Gmail Import Tool

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

A program that allows you to import all your old mail into Gmail.
http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/8/27/1173390.html
* not guaranteed to be as exciting as the picture above.

I Never Get Up This Early

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Man, all week in NYork there’s a cacophony outside - helicopters buzzing overhead, people screaming, honking, jackhammers. Then, on Sunday morning after six days of pandemonium, you wake up and something isn’t right. It’s dead silent and there’s not even any wind. Whenever I drink too much on Saturday this starts to scare me and [...]