Archive for February, 2007

February 13th, 2007

oh the sounds it must make

The Secret Life of Lobsters - The Lobster Blog: food and sex
At the same time, all the muscle flesh inside the lobsters conveniently separates from the shell. For the first time in human history, people have finally devised way to extract the meat of a lobster without cooking it.
I like lobster, but getting it out [...]

February 11th, 2007

What Shall I Be?

bradley’s almanac
“Let’s get our little American girls ready for the wide-open working world!”.The laughs start when you see what six future careers are available for young girls to choose from…

Cards likes these help you decide what you will be good at and what you will not be good at.
there is apparently a boy’s version, but [...]

February 9th, 2007

6 feet?!

Snow keeps upstate New York shoveling - CNN.com
Since Sunday, the small towns of Parish and Mexico have recorded more than 6 feet of snow, and forecasters with the National Weather Service say it isn’t over yet.
check this picture out

February 7th, 2007

Ireland 2003

Ireland 2003

I went to Ireland my senior year in high school. I finally got around to putting some of the pictures online, unfortunately the rest are film and I just don’t have the time to digitize them right now.

February 7th, 2007

sort order

Tin Foil Soldier
I still haven’t figure out how to make the links and stuff on the side in a random order, I liked them that way much better than the alphabetical!
I mean, it doesn’t really matter but it bothers me

February 7th, 2007

story “continues” below?

Turkey vet gets flu all-clear
THE vet who fell ill after helping contain the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk has tested negative for the disease, the Health Protection Agency said.
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February 7th, 2007

beat box flute?

FanTent » Blog Archive » Super Mario Brothers Theme Song - Homemade Versions
If you watch only one, however, watch the first one. I couldn’t even figure out what a beat boxing flute player was until I watched the video… it’s truly impressive:
I agree completely!

February 6th, 2007

Valid XHTML

Result for http://tinfoilsoldier.com/blog/ - W3C Markup Validator
This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!
Unfortunately as soon as I post this my blog will no longer be valid XHTML because wordpress is inserting an extra </p> right before the </blockquote> that first of all, is not allowed inside a blockquote, and second of all, has never been [...]

February 6th, 2007

Thoughts on Music

Apple - Thoughts on Music
So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system? There appear to be none.
Steve Jobs on why DRM is bad and useful to no one

February 6th, 2007

Vista wallpapers

Interview with Hamad Darwish, Flickr photographer shooting Vista wallpapers - istartedsomethingQ: How did Microsoft contact you and what was your reaction?I got a short Flickr message asking me if I was interested in selling some of my work, without mentioning the party that is interested in buying. After I replied to message saying “yes. why [...]

February 5th, 2007

mars and company

Toweroad
Snickers Super Bowl: “Quick, Do Something Manly” — Towleroad for modern gay men,
AMERICAblog
UDPATE: The largest gay civil rights group has called on Mars to remove the offensive content.
UPDATE: The Mars family, that produced the violently homophobic ads, is one of the top billionaire Republican activist families in the country. More here.
TAKE ACTION: Contact Snickers here.
Some [...]

February 5th, 2007

Low Tech Tech

Xela Teco: Water Filter
Xela Teco: solar water heater
Xela Teco: biodigester
Some low tech solutions with high tech results from Xeni in Guatemala
I particularly like the biodigester that creates methane gas that can be used for heating water / cooking

February 2nd, 2007

Terror hoax outrage

Boston’s Weekly Dig: Daily Dig Blog: Terror hoax outrage!
Plus the devices have been up for three weeks before we even noticed.
Next, let’s all get out our dictionary and look up “hoax”, shall we? Because while “War of the Worlds” was a hoax, this was not. There was no subterfuge involved, and no effort made [...]