Tin Foil Soldier

How To Write Unmaintainable Code
Use Three Dimensional Arrays
Lots of them. Move data between the arrays in convoluted ways, say, filling the columns in arrayB with the rows from arrayA. Doing it with an offset of 1, for no apparent reason, is a nice touch. Makes the maintenance programmer nervous.
Obscure film references
Use constant names like LancelotsFavouriteColour [...]

The Straw House Blog - LED Ligthts
some really cool LED lights, from an off the grid house, so low power is a must, but design and functionality is definately a plus on these awesome but simple lights

Warning Label Generator
your warning label goes here
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Telegraph | News | River of cocaine
But the sewage samples obtained from Mogden and Beckton plants indicated that the actual figures for cocaine abuse were far higher. Tests found that 37,638 doses of cocaine, or 150,552 lines, are consumed in London every day, nearly 16 times more than the government figure of 2,397 doses.
only about [...]

The Escapist - The Day the Grid Disappeared

Murder, of course, is something most people would agree should be eliminated from the world, if only it were possible. But incarceration is also possible under the physics of our world. Most people wouldn’t want to change this, as it’s one of the threats we use to convince [...]

Daily Rotten: Weird News
Nov 19 1703
The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille. He was a prisoner of Louis XIV, forced to wear a black velvet mask, and his identity has never been revealed.

Horribly Awkward First Sexual Encounter ‘Worth The Wait’ For Christian Newlyweds | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“As with millions of young newlyweds who haven’t yet had sex,” John said, “there was some nervousness and confusion at first. But after a couple of minutes, we figured out that it would be easier if Linda [...]

133 Dead As Delta Cancels Flight In Midair | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
CINCINNATI—A 737 traveling from Cincinnati to Salt Lake City was lost with all passengers and crew Monday when cash-strapped Delta Airlines, the aircraft’s operator, canceled Flight 1060 en route.

ITS: Services: Computer Labs
So next 2 quarters i am going on co-op
right now i am training, so i have been busy working a full time job, then spending my nights watching TV.
Don’t worry, i will get back to internetting full time soon

Woman robs 4 banks while using cell phone
During her brief visit to the Wachovia branch in Ashburn, the woman carried a purse and simply opened it up, showing the gun to the teller, Troxell said. Then she handed over a note demanding cash, with the cell phone still firmly attached to her ear, Troxell said.
Fred [...]

Lost
I was gonna put a link to the ABC website, but even that had some spoilers for people who havent seen any of the show yet
let me just say that it is addictive
I have watched 15 episodes so far, in a row (well, i stopped and had supper, and then stopped when i left work, [...]

Photos: Wacky laptop tricks
Photos: Wacky laptop tricks
Working in the rain
Drape a Gladwrap roll over your head and tape it to the laptop to work in the rain.

Fandango Hand Puppet Costume
The fandango paper bag hand puppets are featured in those poorly received commercials that precede movies in the theatre. The paper bags work for fandango.com, an online movie-ticket seller.
In any case, the bags are really cute and have a lot of personality.
I began planning a large paper bag costume, supported by a [...]

Proceed at your own risk: IN MEMORY OF ROSA PARKS AND SCARLETT O’HARA
Rosa Parks died a few weeks ago, and at the time I didnt really have anything profound to say about it, so i didnt say anything.
somehow i missed this entry @ PAYOR
read it

Lumberjacked!

The Tree Gaming Controller Unit makes it possible for trees of any age to play computer games. The T.G.C.U. translates the movement of the tree into movement in the game.
apparently you hook this thing “TGCU” to different branches on a tree, and using vibration sensors it lets the tree play the game
basically a over the [...]