Archive for August, 2006

August 20th, 2006

break glass in case of

The Zombie Preparedness Kit - Gizmodo
in case of zombie, break glass

August 20th, 2006

browser reveal about you?

Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » What does your browser reveal about you?
Lynx:
You are a liar. You really want me to believe that you use a text browser for everything? Especially one that does not support javascript, frames, css and has trouble displaying tables? Seriously, I can totally believe that you use vi all [...]

August 18th, 2006

Animator vs. Animation

Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART
cool flash animation on the new deviant Art v5
via good ole BB

August 18th, 2006

beer specials

last night we had a picture of Brooklyn Summer
and then a picture pitcher of I think Pete’s Pale Ale (it tasted like smoke and dirt i think)
so after that we got two more pitchers of Brooklyn summer, which were very good
also
we did shots, Red Headed Sluts

1 1/2 oz Jägermeister
1 1/2 oz Peach schnapps
Fill with Cranberry [...]

August 17th, 2006

Bartender Myths

Silicon Valley Bars & Clubs 2006 | Bartender Myths
Myth 1: Bartenders have the best job.
Swing and a miss. Our job may or may not be more fun than yours, but take a moment to swallow down this shot: While all of you are drinking and having fun, we’re working. It is, after all a job. [...]

August 16th, 2006

A Hero

Clearly, a hero, the whole story just gets greater and greater
Only Guy Who Puts Paper In Copier Considers Himself A Hero | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
BOSTON—You may not know him by name, but Eric Greeley is one of a new breed of Americans making a difference. While most employees at John Hancock [...]

August 16th, 2006

Everybody loves Eric Raymond - Bruce Schneier Facts

Everybody loves Eric Raymond - Bruce Schneier Facts
*Bruce Schneier writes his books and essays by generating random alphanumeric text of an appropriate length and then decrypting it.
*Bruce Schneier knows Alice and Bob’s shared secret. (see diffie-hellman)

“why its funny”
via good ole BB

August 15th, 2006

Instructions on How to Make Coffee

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Make Coffee
You will need a coffee maker, water, a coffee filter and ground up coffee beans.
Whole beans will not work. They have to be crushed up.
Don’t use “instant” coffee for this process.
important advice for everyone

August 15th, 2006

Dell Battery Return Program

Dell Battery Return Program
Dell has identified a potential issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, Dell is voluntarily recalling certain Dell-branded batteries with cells manufactured by Sony and offering free replacements [...]

August 14th, 2006

Urban Legends Reference Pages: College (Feign Reaction)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: College (Feign Reaction)
Explain why the concentration of sulfate ions increases in the electrolyte?
Answer: Aliens. Damn aliens are responsible for everything weird thats going on around here.
Explain why an atmosphere of argon is required in the second stage.
Answer: I’d say it was probably [...]

August 14th, 2006

core changes aren’t cheap

KFDM-TV Channel Six News
One manufacturer cut only 50 different kinds of keys for the trailers it sold to FEMA, officials said Monday. That means, in a worst-case scenario, one key could be used to unlock up to 10 mobile homes in a park of 500 trailers.
don’t worry, apparently no one was living in them anyway

August 12th, 2006

dead? you have other family

Boing Boing: RIAA to grieving family: We depose your children in 60 days
RIAA to grieving family: We depose your children in 60 days
The RIAA brought a file-sharing lawsuit against a guy who died; they offered the departed’s family a 60-day grieving period before they began to depose his children for the suit against his estate.
wow, [...]

August 10th, 2006

AOL Search Database

AOL Search Database - Randomizer
Randomizer
Thirty sequential results from a random starting point.
if you haven’t been under a rock you have heard about the AOL release of the search records for the past ~3 months of about 650K users.
This site puts the searches in an easy to use web format, and you can even pull up [...]

August 8th, 2006

out of my ear

blog.tenderbutton.com » what came out of my ear
Saturday night, shortly after that oxalic acid rant, I think I started cracking up. If ever there were a reason not to work alone in lab, this is it. I was standing in front of the rotovap watching the toluene crawl over, ie watching paint dry, when I [...]

August 8th, 2006

not suck

Wikiquote:Quote of the day/August 7, 2006 - Wikiquote
“We help the internet not suck.” ~ Jimmy Wales