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• Video Enhancements Aug 15 2008, 0 comments
  

  Amazing and impressive technique which uses static photos to seamlessly enhance and alter videos.

• What Do I Really Do Aug 14 2008, 1 comment
  

  So… what do I do? I guess I mostly design web pages. And no I will not fix your computer.

• Olympic Fail Aug 11 2008, 0 comments
  

  Looks like something crashed in the Bird’s Nest stadium. The BSOD shows up just as the Olympian Li Ning was rounding the the top of the Bird’s Nest torch-lighting spectical.

• Unbreakable Jul 16 2008, 0 comments
  

  Ever have one of those times days when you just want to split a watermelon but only have an umbrella handy?

• Special People Jul 11 2008, 1 comment
  

  Here’s what Google thinks about special people. [mirror]

• ClearPlay Jul 10 2008, 0 comments
  

  A new DVD player that automagically skips objectional content for a safe family viewing experience. I guess this is for people who want to watch movies with objectional content with their kids.

• Training with Segways Jul 04 2008, 0 comments
  

  Apparently the Chinese anti-terrorism task force patrolling during the Olympics are going to be equipped with Segways. Neat… but wouldn’t being on foot be about the same or better tactically?

• 30 Days of Spam Jul 03 2008, 0 comments
  

  What happens if you sign up for every “free” offer on the net?According to my spam folder in GMail, I’ve gotten 3600+ spams in the past 30 days… and I don’t even signup for anything!

• MobileMe Drops IE6 Jul 02 2008, 0 comments
  

  Apple’s new MobileMe web service drops support for IE 6. The start of a trend? I really really hope so.

• I Love the Whole World Jun 27 2008, 0 comments
  

  Boom De Yada… Boom De Yada…. Boom De Yada… Boom De Yada.

• The Web Site is Down Jun 26 2008, 0 comments
  

  Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when your web site goes down?

• Surgery for Tiger Jun 18 2008, 0 comments
  

  Tiger woods is ending his season with a knee surgery. Finally, everyone else has a chance of winning.

• EmulateIE7 Jun 16 2008, 0 comments
  

  This seems to be one of those rabbit holes we don’t want to go down. Who wants to bet we’ll see this in IE9: IE=EmulateIE8EmulateIE7

• Java in JavaScript Jun 13 2008, 0 comments
  

  Finally, the “Java” in JavaScript sorta makes sense… a Java VM interpreter has been written in JavaScript.

• Congratulations Fail Jun 05 2008, 1 comment
  

  Apparently, this is an annual tradition for Mr. Brownridge…. if you know what I mean.

• Mini Flash May 30 2008, 0 comments
  

  A cool mini flash drive that costs ~$30, holds 4 GB of data, and is about the size of a small lighter. Sign me up!

• Direct Manipulation May 24 2008, 1 comment
  

  Here’s a very cool method of scrolling through video (no scrollbars needed!). 

• Pork and Beans May 23 2008, 0 comments
  

  The official video for Weezer’s new track Pork and Beans, featuring some familiar YouTube stars. See also.

• Quiting May 20 2008, 0 comments
  

  Here’s something new: a shoe company that pays employees a bonus to quit their jobs.

• CBS Buys CNet May 15 2008, 0 comments
  

  CBS pays $1.8 billion for CNet. Or put another way, CBS buys the news.com domain and gets a couple other sites thrown in.

• Tweets from Mars May 14 2008, 0 comments
  

  Follow @MarsPhoenix to get (realtime?) updates from NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft on the planet Mars.

• Can’t Touch This May 13 2008, 0 comments
  

  Please don’t touch my display with your greasy fingers if you want to point to something on the screen.

• $2.99 / Gallon for 3 Years May 07 2008, 1 comment
  

  Chrysler is set to offer a gas card which gives new car owners a guaranteed gas price of $2.99 for 3 years. Pretty nice… but then, you’d have to buy a Chrysler.

• Football May 06 2008, 1 comment
  

  Awesome 1st person POV football ad. And by football I mean not soccer.

• Websites May 01 2008, 0 comments
  

  Do Web Sites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser?.

• DRM Keys Apr 22 2008, 0 comments
  

  Another reason why DRM sucks… Microsoft is going to disable MSN Music DRM keys. 

• Vista Apr 16 2008, 1 comment
  

  Did you know Microsoft Vista has a music video? Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band…. ugh…

• +1 Live Maps Apr 11 2008, 0 comments
  

  First, Google Earth gave us 3D cities… now Microsoft gives us 3D textured cities. So cool!

• Yum Apr 09 2008, 0 comments
  

  OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM.

• Not YouTube Apr 09 2008, 0 comments
  

  Flickr has just launched video. Finally a place to put my point and shoot camera’s videos. Limited to only 90 seconds tho.

• GEngine Apr 08 2008, 0 comments
  

  Watch out Amazon AWS, Google App engine is getting primed for launch.

• Dear Steve Apr 07 2008, 0 comments
  

  Yahoo responds to Microsoft’s letter. More money please!

• Facebook IM Apr 06 2008, 0 comments
  

  Yet another IM client to use… Facebook is rolling out their own instant message network. A little late to the party eh?

• Internet Drama Apr 06 2008, 0 comments
  

  Yeah, Microsoft really really wants to buy Yahoo! I still don’t think it’s a good idea…

• Amazon SMS Apr 03 2008, 0 comments
  

  Neat service from Amazon that lets you buy products with text messages. Price comparison when shopping at real life stores just got a whole lot easier.

• Chinese Food Apr 01 2008, 0 comments
  

  If McDonald’s is standardized like Microsoft Windows, Chinese restaurants are open source like Linux.

• GIF Images Mar 28 2008, 0 comments
  

  Question: Can a single GIF image contain more than 256 colors? Answer: Yes. 

• Time Machiner Mar 27 2008, 0 comments
  

  Neat mini-web app to send emails… from the future!

• Acid 3 Mar 27 2008, 0 comments
  

  Congrats to the Safari and Opera teams for passing the Acid 3 web tests!

• RickRoll’d Mar 26 2008, 0 comments
  

  For real, Rick Astley on what it means to be RickRolled.

• MP3 Quality Mar 25 2008, 0 comments
  

  Can you tell the difference between a 320 kbps and 128 kbps MP3 file?

• Ele-vision Mar 25 2008, 0 comments
  

  Neat article about how a camera attached to an elephant’s trunk captured amazing jungle views.

• Battlestar Galactica Mar 20 2008, 0 comments
  

  A sneek peak into the 4th season of Battlestar Galactica. Epic WIN!

• Free Recycling Mar 18 2008, 1 comment
  

  The US Post Office is offering free recycling by mail for electronics in the Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and San Diego areas.

• ICQ Toothpaste Mar 17 2008, 0 comments
  

  Tho I’ve got a 6 digit ICQ number from back in the day, not sure if I’d get ICQ toothpaste…

• Google Sky Mar 14 2008, 0 comments
  

  Soooo coool! Explore the universe with Google Sky. No additional software needed.

• Hulu Mar 12 2008, 0 comments
  

  The new Hulu launches, featuring hit shows from NBC, FOX, Sony, and a bunch of other content providers. Online video just got a lot more interesting.

• 10 years of MP3 Players Mar 10 2008, 0 comments
  

  It’s hard to imagine where music would be if the RIAA had won it’s lawsuit against one of the first MP3 players 10 years ago.

• Where’s Waldo Mar 08 2008, 1 comment
  

  His identity erased. His past stolen. His whereabouts unknown. Where the hell is Waldo?!

• iPhone SDK Mar 06 2008, 0 comments
  

  The Apple iPhone SDK is set to launch, and it looks pretty sweet. Google Android, you just got served…

• MS Office Live Mar 05 2008, 0 comments
  

  Microsoft’s Office Live beta is live. But you’ll need to have the offline version of Office installed, and there’s no real-time collaboration (compared to Google Docs).

• Newton Virus Mar 04 2008, 1 comment
  

  A plug-n-play USB virus for Mac. Huh, even viruses for Macs looks prettier ;)

• Real Standards Mar 04 2008, 0 comments
  

  Good news for web devs, Microsoft has decided that IE8 will try to be as standards compliant as possible by default.

• Scrabulous Mar 03 2008, 0 comments
  

  Looks like Scrabulous for Facebook might get bought out by RealNetworks. In other news, RealNetworks is still not dead yet…

• Rick Would Never… Feb 29 2008, 1 comment
  

  Give you up, let you go, or run around and desert you. See also.

• Help for the Homeless Feb 28 2008, 0 comments
  

  Pretty cool, Google’s providing free voicemail for every homeless person in SanFran.

• Detention Feb 28 2008, 0 comments
  

  How software developers would do detention.

• Trust No One Feb 26 2008, 0 comments
  

  The Truth is Out There, and it’s going to be found on July 25, 2008.

• Google Chatback Feb 26 2008, 0 comments
  

  Let visitors to your blog chat with you in real time with Google Talk’s Chatback widget.

• Raspyni Brothers Feb 25 2008, 0 comments
  

  Hilarious juggling routine at the TED conference performed by the Raspyni Brothers.

• Pakistan Blocks YouTube Feb 25 2008, 0 comments
  

  And inadvertently also manages to DDOS itself and wipe YouTube from the Internet for an hour or two.

• Lower Case L Feb 23 2008, 0 comments
  

  Signs that are all caps, except for the letter L. Never reaiiy thought it was a probiem…

• Internet Map, IPv4 Feb 22 2008, 0 comments
  

  A neat map of the Internet’s IP allocation, courtesy of xkcd.

• Why We Banned Legos Feb 21 2008, 2 comments
  

  An article from 2006 exploring power, ownership, and equity in an early childhood classroom.

• Office Format Feb 20 2008, 0 comments
  

  Good news: Microsoft published the binary formats last week. Bad news: The sepcs for the Excel file format alone are 249 PDF pages long.

• More Multi-Touch Guestures Feb 19 2008, 0 comments
  

  Looks like Macs could get even more multi-touch guestures soon.

• Rotational Terror Feb 18 2008, 0 comments
  

  Millions of eyewitnesses watched in stunned horror Tuesday as light emptied from the sky, plunging the U.S. and neighboring countries into darkness.

• RIP HD-DVD Feb 17 2008, 1 comment
  

  It’s over, Toshiba is putting HD-DVD out of its misery, by ceasing production of all HD-DVD equipment.

• Just Say No Feb 11 2008, 1 comment
  

  Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s $45 billion offer. It’s gotta take quite a pair to say no to that…

• Starbucks Switches to AT&T Feb 11 2008, 0 comments
  

  Pretty nice, get 2 hrs free wifi service with any purchase at a Starbucks. [via]

• Find Chuck Norris Feb 08 2008, 0 comments
  

  What happens if you try to search for Chuck Norris in Google… are you feeling lucky?

• Translating Yahoo! PR Feb 07 2008, 0 comments
  

  Translating Jerry Yang’s memo to his company, regarding Microsoft’s bid to buy out Yahoo!

• Google Forms Feb 06 2008, 0 comments
  

  Coolest new feature from Google: Add forms to your spreadsheet.

• Pop + Chicken Feb 06 2008, 0 comments
  

  Ushering in a new era in snack food, here’s Korea latest gift to the world: the All-in-one Food / Drink Cup.

• Unbeatable Feb 04 2008, 0 comments
  

  A screenshot from an almost released paperback. Still, 18-1 ain’t bad at all.

• Real Programs Feb 01 2008, 0 comments
  

  I never really liked emacs. I prefer VIM… and really, only in a Unix shell.

• Keep Your Screen Clean Jan 25 2008, 2 comments
  

  A great and innovative way to keep your screen clean from all that dust.

• Visualizing the Bible Jan 24 2008, 0 comments
  

  A really cool project where all the names and places in the Bible are graphed and visualized.

• Drumming to Super Mario Bros Jan 24 2008, 0 comments
  

  Rockin’ out to Super Mario 2 on the drums with an impressive 15 piece set.

• Powerthirst Jan 21 2008, 0 comments
  

  Sound the alarm, you’re going to be uncomfortably energetic! 400 babies!

• CSS Gradient Text Effect Jan 21 2008, 0 comments
  

  A super simple method to get a gradient text effect on your web pages with only CSS.

• Stephen Colbert at the National Portait Gallery Jan 18 2008, 2 comments
  

  This is too funny, I think I may have to check out the National Portait Gallery again this weekend.

• Custom iGoogle Themes Jan 17 2008, 0 comments
  

  Google just released an API for people to publish custom themes to their iGoogle homepage.

• Library of Congress Photos Jan 17 2008, 0 comments
  

  Over 3,000 photos from the Library of Congress’ photo collection have been uploaded to Flickr.

• Something in the Air Jan 16 2008, 0 comments
  

  Yeah, it’s the ultra-thin Macbook Air. I think I want one.

• J.J. Abrams at TED Jan 11 2008, 0 comments
  

  A great talk by J.J. Abrams at the TED conference, where he talks about his love of mystery.

• 2007 in Photos Dec 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  Pictures of the Year 2007, from Reuters.

• Fat Man for Goalie? Dec 13 2007, 0 comments
  

  Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team? And why hasn’t it happend yet?

• The Great Escape Dec 12 2007, 0 comments
  

  These trouts collaborated and worked together to make a daring escape in order avoid making it onto a dinner plate.

• I Can Has… ? Dec 04 2007, 0 comments
  

  The LOLCat to end all LOLCats. See also.

• iYule Dec 02 2007, 0 comments
  

  Just in time for Christmas, it’s the Internet’s version of a yule log.

• We (Really) Want Wiis Nov 29 2007, 0 comments
  

  Even after one year, Nintendo Wii’s are still selling on eBay for ~$400 each.

• Chicken Fat Nov 28 2007, 0 comments
  

  Thanks to chickens, at least four drivers were not able to cross the road.

• Don’t Give Up On Vista Nov 21 2007, 0 comments
  

  Hilarious new PC vs Mac ads from Apple seen around the web, especially in Windows Vista magazine sections. [via]

• Bollywood Matrix Nov 21 2007, 0 comments
  

  It’s the lobby scene from The Matrix. Except where’s Trinity? And the dancing? And the pretend hiding behind a tree?

• Walk Score Nov 19 2007, 1 comment
  

  Neat online app that calculates a walk score for a given neighbourhood. Mine (Crystal City, VA) rates 88, how about yours?

• Towel Elephants Nov 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  Apparently, there’s a better way to fold towels, and that is to fold them like elephants.

• Competing With The Internet Nov 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  Having a pervasive, instantly accessible world of reasonably good software available through your browser– and it’s only one tiny click away – is like pouring salt in the user’s wounds when it comes to internal applications.

• Time Lapsed Vancouver Nov 15 2007, 0 comments
  

  Cool time lapsed video of the Vancouver skyline, taken from Yaletown.

• 2 Billion Photos Nov 14 2007, 0 comments
  

  Here’s the 2 billionth photo uploaded to Flickr.

• Google’s Multi-Millionaire Masseuse Nov 12 2007, 1 comment
  

  After five years of kneading engineers’ backs, Ms. Brown retired and cashed in most of her stock options, which were worth millions of dollars.

• Reporter 0, Pepper 1 Nov 11 2007, 0 comments
  

  Watch what happens when a reporter casually takes a bite out of one of the world’s hottest peppers. Apparently, lasts up to 5 hours.

• How to Win At Monopoly Nov 06 2007, 0 comments
  

  How to win at Monopoly rule #1: Always buy railroads, never utilities.

• GPhone Nov 05 2007, 0 comments
  

  Introducing the Google gPhone. Or rather, an open platform of sorts for mobile devices, which is much like their Open Social initiative.

• Recreating Cities from Online Photos Nov 05 2007, 0 comments
  

  A team at the University of Washington has created impressive 3d models of world landmarks solely from online vacation photos uploaded to sites such as Flickr.

• Awwww Oct 27 2007, 1 comment
  

  After everything they’ve been through, a bold move finally pays off.

• IMAP with GMail Oct 23 2007, 0 comments
  

  Very nice, GMail now supports IMAP for email, in addition to POP access.

• Not Playing to Wn Oct 16 2007, 0 comments
  

  Somehow, I don’t think they’re playing to win the ping pong match…

• Client Calls Oct 14 2007, 0 comments
  

  Uhm… yeah, Facebook is not the Internet.

• The Bible According to Cats Oct 13 2007, 1 comment
  

  Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he no eated it. - Genesis 1:1
  

• Online All The Time Oct 12 2007, 1 comment
  

  Let’s join a social network built just for two… you can invite me, and I can invite you [mp3].

• Wii Bowling Oct 03 2007, 0 comments
  

  It’s like a real bowling tournament, except for old people.

• Smiley Turns 25 :-) Sep 20 2007, 0 comments
  

  First typed during the dawn of the Internet, colon, hyphen, close parenthesis turns 25 years old.

• Online Cheating Sep 19 2007, 1 comment
  

  I was suddenly in love. It was amazing. We seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriage. How right that turned out to be…

• Google Presents Sep 18 2007, 0 comments
  

  Google completes it’s triple play, and launches Google Presently (aka Powerpoint clone).

• An English Crash Course Sep 16 2007, 0 comments
  

  An 18 year old Czech crash victim wakes up speaking perfect english. Possibly the most effective English crash course ever documented. [via]

• The Ringtones Racket Sep 14 2007, 0 comments
  

  The whole ringtones racket is predicated on the notion that ringtones are something different than songs.

• Internet People! Sep 11 2007, 0 comments
  

  An animated tribute to the internet people of the world, wherever you may be.

• iPhone - Phone = iPod Touch Sep 05 2007, 0 comments
  

  Apple has finally managed to build a phone that doesn’t actually make phone calls. Yeah, I want one.

• Playing the Violin Sep 04 2007, 0 comments
  

  Why is the violin so hard to play? Hint: it’s not because it’s fretless.

• Email Delivery Aug 30 2007, 0 comments
  

  Ever wonder how email gets sent? Here’s a video that shows how Google does it…

• Image Manipulation Aug 29 2007, 0 comments
  

  Coolest image manipulation algorithm I’ve seen ever, which lets you resize photos in some pretty neat ways.

• Chinese Community Church Aug 28 2007, 0 comments
  

  Apparently the church I go to here in Washington DC was designed by the same architect that designed the US Capitol, Thomas Ustick Walter.

• Camp Okutta Aug 27 2007, 1 comment
  

  Welcome to Camp Okutta, an adventure camp for kids.

• iPhone - phone = iPod Touch? Aug 25 2007, 0 comments
  

  All I want for Christmas is an iPhone, but without the phone. Sorta like a multi-touch widscreen iPod.

• Mother Teresa Aug 24 2007, 0 comments
  

  Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.

• You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine Aug 22 2007, 0 comments
  

  And here I thought she was the only source of my sunshine.

• Shooting Star Aug 22 2007, 0 comments
  

  Cool, a real shooting star, speeding through the galaxy.

• Face Research Aug 20 2007, 0 comments
  

  Neat demo that allows you to see what happens when you merge together two or more faces.

• Four Hands Guitar Aug 13 2007, 1 comment
  

  Four Hands Guitar, by Antoine Dufour… and Tommy Gauthier. Neato! [via]

• Google Money Aug 10 2007, 1 comment
  

  Google will pay you up to $10 for each business that you take a picture of, and collect data such as hours of operation and types of payment accepted.

• Virgin Takes Off Aug 09 2007, 0 comments
  

  Virgin America Airlines just launched their service, and it looks pretty sweat: 110 volt outlets, USB ports, on-board WiFi access, touch screens for every seat, and lots of other cool stuff.

• Sousaphone Hero Aug 03 2007, 1 comment
  

  The next Guitar Hero? “People don’t seem to be responding to marches as well as we had hoped to Sousaphone Hero” - Activision.

• Beans Jul 23 2007, 2 comments
  

  *gasp* Why did you do that! Ahhhhh!

• Question of the Day Jul 23 2007, 3 comments
  

  How do you love someone that has rejected love?

• Awkward Perls… Jul 18 2007, 1 comment
  

  Sometimes, it’s just awkward. See also: awkward turtles.

• iPhone: The Musical Jul 06 2007, 2 comments
  

  All together now: You had me at Hello…. I want an iPhone!

• I Can Has Cheezburger Jun 13 2007, 0 comments
  

  Perhaps the only good use for cats, is to caption them.

• Safari on Windows Jun 11 2007, 0 comments
  

  This is so weird, it’s like two worlds colliding. You can download and run Apple’s Safari on Windows machines now.

• Google Maps, with Street Views May 29 2007, 1 comment
  

  Check out what Google did with their maps, they add a way neat street level view. So cool!

• Congrats Ottawa May 20 2007, 0 comments
  

  Congrats on making it to the finals Ottawa! Too bad Vancouver couldn’t make it, that would’ve been pretty neat to have two Canadian teams go at it.

• Microsoft is Dead May 09 2007, 0 comments
  

  Interesting to note that practically all of the hot new web startups don’t use Microsoft software. A sign of things to come?

• Google Wii-der May 08 2007, 0 comments
  

  Google just launched Google Reader Wii-der for the Nintendo Wii. It even supports the Wii-remote’s buttons for navigation.

• Bacon Fat May 07 2007, 1 comment
  

  Yeah, bacon is supposed to be fat and heart attack inducing… but this brings it to a whole new level.

• Forgivness by Default Apr 30 2007, 1 comment
  

  Interesting article about how tech standards needs to be forgiving by default in order for general world wide adoption.  This concept could probably be applied to many different non-tech things as well…

• Bring on the Ducks Apr 24 2007, 1 comment
  

  Woohoo! Thanks for a great series and a great game 7, and well… for actually not losing it. Next round, please don’t wait 7 games, thanks.

• Google Presentations Apr 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  First Google Docs, then Google Spreadsheets, and now Google Presentations. As if this was a total surprise…

• Free Icecream Apr 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  Today, April 17, is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s. Go get yours now!

• Kermit had an Itch Apr 16 2007, 0 comments
  

  … and so went to the doctor to get it checked out.

• The Chork Apr 13 2007, 0 comments
  

  For the times when you don’t quite know if you want to use chopsticks or a fork, there is now a chork.

• Hometown Baghdad Apr 09 2007, 0 comments
  

  Interesting web documentary that takes a peak into the everyday life of a bunch of 20 something Iraqis living in Baghdad.

• Vancouver FTW! Apr 09 2007, 0 comments
  

  Based on 39 criterias ranging from personal safety to public transportation, Vancouver ranks #3 in a global ranking of the world’s most livable cities. Interestingly, according to the report, Washington DC ranks makes the top 50 at #44.

• The Day DRM Died Apr 02 2007, 0 comments
  

  At long last, Apple is going to start selling music without any DRM. Woot!

• Introducing Google TiSP Apr 01 2007, 2 comments
  

  Google TiSP: A new and free in-home wireless broadband service provided by Google that runs through your local municipal sewage lines.

• Swim Across the Atlantic Mar 29 2007, 2 comments
  

  Need to get from Washington DC to London? Google suggests you swim…

• A Chiga Quack Quack Mar 20 2007, 0 comments
  

  Possibly the best video blog ever, The Show with Ze Frank has come finally to an end. My favorite: Scrabble.

• Jeopardy History was Made Mar 17 2007, 0 comments
  

  For the first time in Joepardy history, there was a three way tie.

• Works on My Machine Mar 16 2007, 0 comments
  

  If only it were true: the Works on My Machine certification program.

• Free Starbucks Mar 14 2007, 0 comments
  

  March 15 only, from 10 AM to Noon, get a free tall 12 oz coffee from Starbucks.

• TV Guide, Web 2.0 Style Mar 12 2007, 0 comments
  

  I hate to use the “Web 2.0″ buzzword, but Couchville really is 2.0 for TV guide listings. It is so much better than Zap2It or even Yahoo TV. And yeah, it’s very AJAXy.

• The Lost Tomb of Jesus Mar 05 2007, 1 comment
  

  I didn’t watch all (or any really) of it, but here are some quotes from scholars about Discovery Channel’s “Lost Tomb of Jesus”. [via]

• Calvin and Hobbes Database Feb 23 2007, 1 comment
  

  Everything I needed to know, I’ve learnt from Calvin and Hobbes, especially when it comes to girls.

• Google Maps Feb 20 2007, 1 comment
  

  Google Maps now includes details such as building outlines and Metro station stops. Cool!

• Hampster Dance Feb 14 2007, 2 comments
  

  Could it be, the original source for the Hampster Dance?

• Free Coldstone Feb 04 2007, 1 comment
  

  Hey, from now until Feb 28, get a free Coldstone ice cream (buy one, get one free).

• We Want Wiis Jan 22 2007, 1 comment
  

  Looks like demand for the Nintendo Wii is still very strong, with people still lining up early in the morning trying to get one.

• Sex Changing Potomac Jan 19 2007, 1 comment
  

  Uh, don’t go swimming in the Potomac (not that you would anyways). Apparently sex-changing chemicals have been found in the river that runs through Washington DC.

• Everything Comes Down to Poo Jan 18 2007, 1 comment
  

  Best Scrubs ever. Just eat a loaf of bread and drop the kids off at the pool, because everything comes down to poo.

• Jews Vs Christians Jan 13 2007, 1 comment
  

  A standup describes a debate that happend between Jews and Christians, and how the state of Israel came to be.

• Apple iPhone Jan 09 2007, 1 comment
  

  Introducing the new Apple iPhone: iPod, phone, and web browser all rolled into one device. Neato!

• New Yorker Hero Jan 05 2007, 0 comments
  

  A New Yorker who pinned down a stricken stranger on subway tracks recieved the city’s highest civic award and $10,000 from Donald Trump for his heroism.

• Passion Conference Video Stream Jan 02 2007, 1 comment
  

  Can’t attend the Passion 07 conference going on in Atlanta right now? Watch a video of day’s session streamed to your computer.

• Airport Security Jan 02 2007, 0 comments
  

  When the T.S.A. takes away some frozen tomato sauce from grandmom because it might become a liquid, they think of it as a success. But that’s a failure. It’s a false alarm.

• 1.65 Trillion Dollars Jan 02 2007, 0 comments
  

  The RIAA is sueing AllOfMP3 for 1.65 trillion dollars. Which is over twice the GDP of Russia. Cue Dr. Evil laugh…

• Hacking the Wiimote Dec 29 2006, 0 comments
  

  Here’s some neat and creative uses for the Nintendo Wiimote. Take that SIXAXIS!

• Google Zeitgeist Dec 29 2006, 0 comments
  

  Google just released their year end zeitgeist, a catalog of top searches in 2006.

• Chinatown Service Center Dec 27 2006, 1 comment
  

  An article in the Washington Post about how the Chinese Community Church is reaching out to immigrant families in the Chinatown area.

• 10 Years of CSS Dec 21 2006, 0 comments
  

  Cascading Style Sheets celebrates 10 years this week. And yet after all this time, still no easy way to position elements vertically.

• Transformers Trailer Dec 20 2006, 1 comment
  

  Transformer movie trailer just got released on Yahoo. Looks pretty awesome!

• The Fear of Christmas Dec 19 2006, 0 comments
  

  “Advertisers still want the huge spike in sales that Christmas provides but they’re afraid to acknowledge the holiday itself.”

• Create A Snowflake Dec 15 2006, 4 comments
  

  Create your a snowflake and share it with the rest of the world.

• TIME: Best Photos of 2006 Dec 13 2006, 0 comments
  

  The best photos of 2006, from TIME magazine.

• New Gmail Features Dec 10 2006, 0 comments
  

  Handy little feature coming soon to a Gmail near you: check any POP3 email account from inside Gmail.

• James Kim Dec 08 2006, 0 comments
  

  A well respected member of the tech community, he hiked through snowy mountains for over 10 miles to seek help for his wife and two girls, but was ultimately killed by the cold.

• 24 Season 6 Dec 07 2006, 0 comments
  

  The prequel for Toyota’s Rav 4, err… I mean 24 Season 6 is out.

• Scary Mary Dec 06 2006, 0 comments
  

  Somehow, I don’t quite remember Mary Poppins being this scary.

• Tis the season to be scared witless Dec 05 2006, 1 comment
  

  I never knew kids could be afraid of Santa. I guess it’s kinda like being afraid of clowns…

• Hip Hymns Are Him Nov 30 2006, 3 comments
  

  Interview with TIME.com: Most people have never heard of Chris Tomlin, yet millions sing his songs every week.

• PlayStation 3 Launches Nov 15 2006, 0 comments
  

  The PlayStation 3 launches, and promptly sells out. If you want one, you can get one on eBay, for about double the price.

• Spiderman 3 Nov 13 2006, 2 comments
  

  Cool, movie trailer for Spiderman 3. Looks pretty good!

• MacBook Core 2 Duo Nov 09 2006, 1 comment
  

  Could the new MacBook Core 2 Duo be my next Apple purchase? Hmm… a very likely scenario.

• Three Month Tithing Challenge Nov 06 2006, 1 comment
  

  I’m not sure what to think about LifeChurch’s Tithing Challenge. Basically, a money back guarantee that God will provide if you give to the church.

• Watch NHL Games for Free! Nov 02 2006, 11 comments
  

  Yes! This is pretty awesome. You can now watch NHL games for free from Google Video. Go Canucks!

• 100 Million Web Sites Nov 01 2006, 1 comment
  

  There are now over 100 million web sites, according to Netcraft. The growth is pretty amazing, considering there were only 18 thousand sites back in 1995.

• Halloween Midterm Elections Oct 29 2006, 1 comment
  

  I’m a touch screen electronic voting machine, what could be scarier?

• 24: Day 6 Oct 27 2006, 1 comment
  

  The Jack Bauer Power Hour (day 6) is coming back this Jan. Sha-weet!

• Slimming Down with Steve Oct 26 2006, 2 comments
  

  Steve Carell on the Daily Show: So if you eat this beef tongue, it’s like your food is tasting you. LOL!

• A Toad Sucking Dog Oct 25 2006, 0 comments
  

  A funny story from NPR about Lady, a dog that is addicted to sucking toads. Listen to the audio version, it’s great.

• Firefox Two Point Oh Oct 24 2006, 4 comments
  

  Get it while it’s fresh, the best browser on the web just officially went 2.0. It’s so good, Microsoft even sent a cake to the Mozilla peeps.

• Happiest Moment Oct 24 2006, 0 comments
  

  Neat story about the creator of the Dilbert comic, and how he got his voice back after losing it for 18 months.

• Launch from Space Oct 24 2006, 1 comment
  

  A really cool shot of a Space Shuttle launch, as seen from space 220 miles up in the International Space Station.

• Say Hello 800 Times Oct 23 2006, 1 comment
  

  Hola, Mingala ba, Néih hóu, Moni, Ye’ti, Hallo, Bula, Guten Tag, Konnichi wa, Annyong hashimnikka, Kam sangbo dugay, Chào, Hello.

• It’s That Time of Year Again… Oct 19 2006, 4 comments
  

  Say goodbye to the hot and muggy summer, and say hello to the changing fall colours.

• IE 7 Oct 19 2006, 1 comment
  

  5 years after version 6, and 1.5 years after announcing they are actually working on it, Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 7. Ohhh, now with tab browsing…

• Heartbreak Tragedy Oct 18 2006, 2 comments
  

  To be so young, and so in love.

• Dogs > Cats Oct 17 2006, 2 comments
  

  A dog saves a disabled woman from a house fire, but dies trying to save the cat that started it.

• In the Shadow of Saturn Oct 17 2006, 2 comments
  

  Hands down, this is the coolest picture of Saturn.

• A Better Way to Boil an Egg Oct 16 2006, 0 comments
  

  Boil an egg without water? You must be yolking. </groan>

• Sushi Pillow Oct 16 2006, 0 comments
  

  Check out these neat fluffy sushi pillows. Mmm… salmon sashimi…

• Real Beauty Oct 14 2006, 2 comments
  

  An interesting video where a woman gets heavy makeup applied, and then is “fixed” with Photoshop before she’s good enough for a billboard. [mirror]

• The Breathing Earth Oct 13 2006, 1 comment
  

  Cool and mesmerizing real-time visualization of the births, death, and pollution taking place on this third rock from the Sun we call Earth.

• Gentlemen, Start Your Rumors! Oct 11 2006, 0 comments
  

  I’m almost certain this is false, but rumors are surfacing that Google is also looking into buying Facebook. Of course, I also thought the YouTube buyout was a false rumor…

• All Star Alphabet Oct 11 2006, 1 comment
  

  A cute and funny PBS segment brought to you by the letter A and Z (and that should be read as zed, not zee).

• Stealing Praise Oct 10 2006, 0 comments
  

  Downloading Christian music from peer-to-peer networks, is it spreading the Word, or is it stealing? Me, I like to download music from iTunes.

• Unadopting a Child Oct 10 2006, 1 comment
  

  Who would think of ever unadopting a child? A parent in Virginia wants to do just that, but there’s more to the story than you would think.

• YouTube for $1.65 Billion Oct 09 2006, 0 comments
  

  I guess it’s confirmed now. Looks like Google just purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion. I don’t think this is the right move for Google… but well, congrats to YouTube for hitting the jackpot.

• Google Book Search Oct 09 2006, 0 comments
  

  Who would’ve thunk, Google Book Search actually increases book sales. Publishers should be thanking Google, not suing them.

• Insults Oct 06 2006, 1 comment
  

  They sure don’t make insults like they used to.

• No Greater Love Oct 06 2006, 0 comments
  

  She asked her killer to “Shoot me first,” in an apparent effort to buy time for her schoolmates. Truely, John 15:13.

• More Starbucks Oct 06 2006, 2 comments
  

  Looks like Starbucks wants to open 40,000 new stores. But I wonder, where would they put them, seeing as there’s already one on every corner?

• 100,000 digits of Pi Oct 05 2006, 0 comments
  

  I don’t even know how this is possible, but apparently this guy in Japan can recite Pi to 100,000 digits. I mean, I often have trouble remembering a 10 digit phone number for longer than 5 mins.

• Google Oct 05 2006, 1 comment
  

  One more step towards total world domination: Google Literacy Project and Google Code Search.

• Just Call in Sick Oct 04 2006, 0 comments
  

  For those days when you just don’t want to work. Apparently, there’s a way to send a message straight to voicemail…

• Screaming Phones Oct 04 2006, 0 comments
  

  A new service offers to deter phone theft by making your phone scream if it gets stolen. Only thing is, you need to report it stolen, by presumably calling a number. [thx]

• How much sugar is there? Oct 03 2006, 1 comment
  

  A science experiment to see how much sugar there really is in a can of coke soda pop.

• Rise of Food Television Oct 03 2006, 0 comments
  

  Julia Child was someone I always saw on cooking shows, but never really understood why she was on all the time. Here’s a look back at how food television came to be what it is today.

• Tap a Song Oct 03 2006, 0 comments
  

  Tap a song with your spacebar, and it’ll guess the song you just tapped. Doesn’t seem to work all the time, but well enough to be neat-o.

• iPod vs Zune Oct 02 2006, 0 comments
  

  The iPod Zune battle is about to begin. Round 1: Sizing up the competition.

• Follow the Blue Ball Sep 28 2006, 0 comments
  

  This is, by far, the best reason why Internet is so great.

• Attack of the Killer Bug Sep 28 2006, 3 comments
  

  Somewhere in Germany, there’s a huge earwig roaming the fields. Take a look at this creature, as captured by Google Maps.

• New Sony E-Book Reader Sep 28 2006, 0 comments
  

  Sony has released a pretty nice looking e-book reader, based on a technology they call E Ink, which doesn’t need power to stay “on” (unlike a traditional LCD screen).

• Happy Birthday Google Sep 27 2006, 0 comments
  

  Google turns 8 years old this week. Hard to imagine what we would do without Google now…

• Biological Warfare (Reversed) Sep 25 2006, 0 comments
  

  Interesting story about how Polish doctors used bacteria to fake a typhus outbreak and save thousands from the Nazis.

• Pancakes Sep 25 2006, 1 comment
  

  A recipe on how to make pancakes, without using any words. I may have to try this sometime…

• Life as Charts Sep 24 2006, 1 comment
  

  Cute site which tries to explain all of those little things in life with simple graphs. I knew those vienne diagrams from highschool were useful for something.

• 14+14+14+14+14 = 25? Sep 24 2006, 0 comments
  

  Watch as Ma and Pa try to explain math. I guess 14 x 5 does equal 25.

• No One Dares to Help Sep 24 2006, 0 comments
  

  Depressing account out of Baghdad, where no one dares to help the wounded, who are left to die alone on the streets.

• Never Lose Luggage Again Sep 24 2006, 0 comments
  

  Want to make sure you never lose your luggage again while traveling? Just pack your luggage with a gun (and declare it as such).

• Exploding Laptops Sep 23 2006, 1 comment
  

  What’s the deal with all the exploding laptops in the news lately? If I’m ever in a situation where my laptop explodes, my only hope is that I don’t have it on my lap.

• Grid Multiplication Sep 22 2006, 0 comments
  

  Here’s a neat alternate trick for doing multiplication. Not sure if this is actually easier, but it certainly is interesting.

• Suits for Telecommuters Sep 22 2006, 0 comments
  

  For those times when you just need to show the upper half of your body. Just make sure to not get up and walk around infront of the camera.

• Facebook Hits the Jackpot? Sep 22 2006, 0 comments
  

  Yahoo reportedly offers $900 million to acquire Facebook. Still lower than the original $2 billion asking price, but still… wow.

• You Call that a Camera? Sep 21 2006, 0 comments
  

  This is probably the most obnoxious camera I have ever seen. Mind you, it does shoot at an incredible 160 megapixels. My lowly 2 megapixel Canon S200 needs an upgrade…

• Web 2.0 Buyout Sep 21 2006, 0 comments
  

  Who’s the next Internet startup to hit the jackpot? Is it going to be YouTube, Facebook, or someone else…

• HTML, XHTML, & XML Sep 21 2006, 0 comments
  

  Every wondered what the difference between HTML, XHTML, & XML were? If so, here’s your answer. Bottom line seems to be to just go with HTML 4.01.

• Inching Towards an Office Suite Sep 20 2006, 0 comments
  

  Google’s recently acquired Writely is now open to all GMail users. Think word processing, but online.

• 15 Ways to Get More Out of Pandora Sep 20 2006, 1 comment
  

  Via Life Hacker comes 15 ways to get more out of Pandora, a great (and free!) music discovery service.

• Sprints Power Vision Network Sep 19 2006, 0 comments
  

  Great review of Sprints new “Power Vision Network”. It continues to amaze me how backwards cell phone providers have it here in the USA.

• Lose Weight with HP Cameras Sep 19 2006, 1 comment
  

  Who needs exercise when these HP cameras will shave off 10 pounds for you with their “slimming” feature.

• Death and Taxes Sep 19 2006, 0 comments
  

  There are two things certain in life, death and taxes. Facinating chart which visualizes where your tax dollars are going.

• Most Extreme Elmo Sep 19 2006, 0 comments
  

  Remember that whole Tickle Me Elmo thing way back when? Well, looks like there’s a 10 year anniversary edition coming out just in time for the Christmas rush.

• Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day Sep 19 2006, 1 comment
  

  Arrrr, shiver me timbers! Today Sept 19 be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. See this helpful instructional video for tips.

• Kid’s Got Rhythm Sep 18 2006, 0 comments
  

  And for today’s YouTube: This amazing 4 year old kid has got more rhythm than I’ll hope to ever have. Tho it could be just a guy in a child suit…

• YouTube Music Videos Sep 18 2006, 0 comments
  

  Is it true, a media company that actually gets it? Warner Music opens up their library, whereas Universal Music threatens lawsuits.

• Male Restroom Etiquette Sep 17 2006, 0 comments
  

  In case all you ladies out there were wondering, there are a set of restroom rules which ties together the very fabric of society.

• Microsoft Launches Zune Sep 14 2006, 0 comments
  

  Microsoft launched Zune today, for the 5 people left in the world that don’t have an MP3 player yet. Specs include 30 Gig HD, Wifi, FM tuner, and widescreen display. Hmm… “launch”, where can I buy one now?

• Airline Safety Speech Sep 14 2006, 0 comments
  

  In fact, do not bother to look for [your life jacket] at all. In the event of a landing on water, an unprecedented miracle will have occurred, because in the history of aviation the number of wide-bodied aircraft that have made successful landings on water is zero.

• Nintendo Wii for $250 Sep 14 2006, 0 comments
  

  Nintendo’s next gen system, the Wii, will be available Nov 19 for $250. If you’re keeping score, that’s 50 bucks cheaper than the Microsoft’s 360, half the cost of one Sony PS3, and it also includes a game packed in. Woot!

• Jumping Off the Blogging Bandwagon Sep 13 2006, 1 comment
  

  How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger, step #3: Write on a regular basis in Wordpad instead. Yeah, I blog just for attention and validation… j/k, (sorta :p)

• Dawson College Sep 13 2006, 0 comments
  

  At least 1 woman dead in a Montreal shooting today. :’(

• Mars Hill Church Sep 13 2006, 4 comments
  

  Here’s an article in Salon about Mars Hill Church in the Seattle area. It’s what people would call an emerging church, and it’s interesting to read about how they do church.

• Cubicle War 2006 Sep 11 2006, 0 comments
  

  Funny short of Durk and Brent’s cubicle war pranks. See also, completely uncalled for.

• 3 Layered Discs, DVD + HD DVD Sep 11 2006, 0 comments
  

  Looks like HD DVD just gained a huge advantage over BlueRay, publishers will now be able to produce a single triple layered disc containing both DVD and HD DVD content.

• A Beautiful Mind Sep 09 2006, 0 comments
  

  Amazing clip (from a documentary?) about an autistic guy who has incredible photographic memory. Watch him paint a panoramic picture of Rome after only seeing it once from a helicopter for 45 mins.

• ZeFrank is ZeFunny Sep 08 2006, 0 comments
  

  Great (and geeky!) standup routine by ZeFrank at the 2004 TED conference (which I had no idea even existed).

• Million Dollar Fine for Xanga Sep 07 2006, 0 comments
  

  Ouch, Xanga was just hit with a million dollar fine by the FTC because they violated the COPPA. Apparently kids under 13 are not (or should not be) clever enough to lie about their own age.

• The Bible Meets Web 2.0 Sep 07 2006, 0 comments
  

  This looks like a pretty slick online Bible web app, with a Google-esch interface. It’s got all sorts of AJAXy goodness and other neat community features like tagging and sharing verses.

• Free Derek Web Album Sep 06 2006, 0 comments
  

  Download Derek Web’s latest album, Mockingbird, absolutely free. All you have to do is give your name and email, and 5 of your friend’s email. Not too bad for free I’d say, and the MP3s are also pretty high quality too.

• Speaking of Blogging… Sep 06 2006, 0 comments
  

  “Blog” itself is short for “weblog,” which is short for “we blog because we weren’t very popular in high school and we’re trying to gain respect and admiration without actually having to be around people.” Hah!

• A Pregnant Man? Sep 06 2006, 3 comments
  

  Now this is just plain creepy. Apparently there was a guy in India who “gave birth” to his own twin brother, which had been living inside of him for over 4 decades.

• Transforming Sofa Sep 05 2006, 1 comment
  

  Who says transformers have to be just cars? Here’s one that can go from sofa to bunk bed in 2 seconds.

• Tributes to the Crocodile Hunter Sep 05 2006, 0 comments
  

  Steve Irwin, you will be sorely missed. You even managed to put the web into hyper overdrive.

• Battlestar Webisodes Sep 05 2006, 0 comments
  

  Don’t forget to watch free webisodes from now until the season premier in Oct. Sa-weet!

• The World in Pictures Sep 04 2006, 0 comments
  

  Reason #84 to love Flickr: Browse pictures from all over the world by entering a