Archive for August, 2006

The CFL

Back when I was talking about the Gore movie and MG&E's little mailing that mentioned changing one bulb to a compact fluorescent and the energy/cost savings it incurs throughout the city, I didn't know the extent to which those numbers expanded to when extrapolated to the rest of America. It would appear that it's [...]

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Best of Ari Gold

I have never seen Entourage, but I think I'd like to now having seen this compilation of Jeremy Piven blurting out all sorts of sweet one liners.
The Best of Ari Gold

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Natural Hallucinogen

It's blowin' my mind man!!
Actually, I didn't even have to watch the whole thing for it to work. Just zone out on it for a few seconds, not even trying to focus on it or understand it, and look away.
My shoes are talkin'!
Natural Hallucinogen

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Deadly Cloud to Ground Lightning…

I realized today that it's one thing to sit inside and think how cool a thunderclap is from the thunderstorm that's raging outside while listening to the rain fall, and it's another to run the freaking gauntlet while they dance above your head.
To sum it up: that was some scary shit today.
For the most [...]

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Diversions

So, after having made the Lost in Translation page/game last year or whenever that was… I actually started on another one the very same day, or at least I kinda set up the site for it. And then as usual, I never got around to it. Until now.
The LiT link has been changed [...]

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My daily grind

I guess it's all the rage to use google services now. I had no idea that the maps thing could be used to that extent of the last entry with the driving through Paris, but here's one that allows you to map a run/walk route and determine it's length and calories burned.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
For the hell [...]

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Google mashup

My mind has been blown by this concept of a mashup.
“On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed, [...]

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Growing the site…

Well, I've been holding out on the site for a while now and been meaning to finally implement a bunch of things that have just been sitting here either in plain view but hidden, or part of another site that was a testbed and waiting to be transplanted. So in light of a certain [...]

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Suspended F1 Car

How's this for an art installation? Take every nut and bolt out of an F1 car and then suspend all the pieces from the ceiling in an exploded view.

Suspended Honda F1 Car

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