The O’Blog

I'm pretty sure I've linked this guy's site before, but I will again. This time not for the bad-science-in-movies-slamming business, but for the write up he's given for the top 10 list of the year's best astro photos. Myself only quasi-following science these days, I could have guessed what his number 1 was [...]

Have some word fun with this little tool. Internet Anagram Server. My favorite from way back was a book by Dave Barry that chronicled the history of the U.S. I forget the name now, but when it got to the Nixon years it highlighted briefly on Spiro Agnew, whose anagram was Grow A [...]

While carrying, I have been privy to some pretty amazing natural phenomena that completely passes you by if you're inside all day. From animals to weather, it's been a real eye opener and probably about 3/4 of the reason I'm still trying to be career there. Just to catch up on the world [...]

Tags: photo

Your favorite Christmas songs… played in minor key.
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 1:
1) Jingle Bells (from Hell)
2) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (of Death)
3) Silent Night (Because You're Dead)
4) Oh Christmas Tree (With Dead Bodies Stashed High in its Branches)
5) Deck the Halls (With Buckets of Blood)
6) Here Comes Santa Claus (to Kill You While You Sleep)
7) The [...]

Another sweet, and very messed up, animation. Produced by Run Wrake, who also are the people behind the U2 stage visuals and a couple of old school FSOL videos.
Rabbit

Tags: art, video, youtube

Brilliant! A user driven database of unwanted and caller-id blocked calls to determine just who the hell is waking you up in the middle of the day. Okay, maybe not you, but me at least. Interrupting your dinner then.
whocalled.us

So, last night was just swell at the old p.o. < sarcasm >
To start off, it's a Saturday, so there's hardly anybody there. It's December, so trucks are running even tho it's Sunday which means dispatch times have to be kept. And of course, overtime is a must these days, so I'm [...]

A very cool animation that shows the passage of time from the point of view of a rock. My only wish was that it was a little longer and I could see it in better quality.
Das Rad (The Wheel)

Tags: art, youtube

You may not think that recordable cd or dvd brand matters, but when it comes to making sure your archive lasts beyond a few years from now it most definitely does. It also matters what format you use. Back when the formats were duking it out, I remember reading how DVD+R was supposed [...]

Want to know how Google works? Do you know any high level(ish) math? Then this page might make sense to you, but for me, I lost this ability long ago. Actually, I never took any classes dealing with this because I never got past Calculus and I believe this was probably the [...]