Archive for August, 2007

August 13th, 2007

Uncyclopedia for all your automotive needs

Template:Cars - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
I love getting lost in uncyclopedia almost as much as I do in wikipedia.
Get started by learning about cars at the link above
most definately not safe for most works

August 12th, 2007

Hard drive not found

I took a vacation day on Friday, and it was good I did because Thursday night after work I tried to authenticate my xbox to my storage array and it just kept failing.
I go to check on the domain controller and get no response via the network.  Shit.  I go downstairs to the server rack [...]

August 10th, 2007

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

Reader Recipe: Root Beer Float Cupcakes | yumsugar - Food, Drink, & Entertaining.

Root Beer Float Cakes
Cake Ingredients
1 cup root beer schnapps
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned style root beer (like A&W or Dads)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Root Beer Glaze
4 [...]

August 9th, 2007

special souvenir

Sharing News: Special amber ornaments with teeth inclusion for orthodontic patients
Thus, a smart hospital in Hangzhou known as, Xiaoshan Dental Hospital has found a creative way to produce a piece of unique man-made amber set into a pendant or bracelet known as “Amber with Teeth Inclusion,” to solve this problem.

I wouldn’t wear it as a [...]

August 8th, 2007

Crocodile falls 12 floors

Crocodile falls 12 floors in escape bid - Yahoo! News UK
A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday.
wait, what? apparently in Russia its totally okay to keep a crocodile as a pet?  Does that even seem [...]

August 7th, 2007

8 Surprising Household Deodorizers

8 Surprising Household Deodorizers : RealSimple.com
Deodorize Your Freezer
Problem: Odor on Ice
Those UFOs (unidentified frozen objects) in the freezer make your piecrust smell like a substance from another planet.
Solution: Wipe the freezer with a cotton pad dampened with pure vanilla extract. Refrigerator shelves will benefit from a wipe-down with a 50-50 mix of white vinegar and [...]

August 7th, 2007

Heat Transfer and Browning Foods

Cooking For Engineers - Kitchen Notes: Heat Transfer and Browning Foods
Opening the box, I noticed the instructions mentioned placing the frozen pizza on a shiny, metallic disk but only if I used the microwave and not the oven. This got me thinking about the effect of the disk on the pizza and so I did [...]

August 6th, 2007

List of cryptids

List of cryptids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cryptids are creatures presumed extinct, hypothetical species, or creatures known from anecdotal evidence and/or other evidence insufficient to prove their existence with scientific certainty. The slang term “cryptid” was first coined in 1983 by John Wall.[1] A cryptid may also be known as an Unidentified Mysterious Animal [...]

August 6th, 2007

Pidgin

Home | Pidgin
Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once.
Pidgin 2.1.0 has been released.  I haven’t really had any problems with the version I have, but yay for new features!

August 6th, 2007

IMAX 3D

IMAX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are two methods to creating the 3D illusion in the theatre. The first involves polarization. During projection, the left and right eye images are polarized perpendicular to one another as they are projected onto the IMAX screen. By wearing special eyeglasses with lenses polarized in their respective directions to [...]

August 5th, 2007

National Mustard Day

Holiday Insights : August 4th Holiday - National Mustard Day
When : First Saturday in August
I feel so upset that I didn’t get a chance to celebrate “The King of the Condiments”

August 3rd, 2007

Giant Match

Instructables Giant Match
One matchbook contains 20 matches, one matchbook box contains 50 matchbooks, so each box (in the photo below) contains 1000 matches. About 15 boxes (or 15,000) matches are needed to complete the giant match

Anything involving a 4×4 and 15,250 match heads is gonna be awesome!

August 2nd, 2007

Head of the Humpback

The Beachwood Reporter
But it is only on rare occasion - even for Alaskans - that one gets the chance to behead a beached whale. When I was invited along on this gruesome expedition it was like winning the wildlife lottery from hell.
I can’t imagine how disgusting that smells.

August 1st, 2007

Fatal Error

Fark Says
Drew Curtis’ FARK.com
(Some Guy) Sad Worst tattoo ever
but they don’t even bother going to the source, the link is to a page that has a link to the original post on Shannon’s Modblog.  Linking to blog posts about blog posts on major sites aside, I think its an awesome tattoo.
ModBlog - Best. Windows. Tattoo. [...]