Tin Foil Soldier

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Flickr: Tinfoilsoldier’s stuff tagged with fireworks

On of the cool shaped charge fireworks from the 4th in downtown Rochester. It took forever to get the timing to get good shots because my camera is my cellphone, which means its kinda slow. It makes up for lack in quality with its ability to upload directly [...]

If the internets start to bore you, here are some sites that keep me entertained lately.
passive-aggressive (and just plain aggressive) notes — a little bit funny ha-ha, a little bit, you know, “funny”
The title pretty much sums it up
FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
hilarious pictures
Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats [...]

I haven’t posted any recipes in a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been baking.
The bananas that Kevin bought had been sitting in the fruit basket for a while and we decided that last night was do or die night.
Banana Espresso Cookies

4 ripe bananas (or overripe)
3 tb molasses
1 stick butter
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup [...]

Generate Design | Sommelier Wine Glasses by Maxim Vel?ovský
Somewhere between college and careers, our standards of drinking cups drastically changed.

A bit of fancy cropping and it almost looks like a “normal” cup. Granted, I have always hated plastic cups of any kinds, but especially non-disposable ones; I can’t stand using them. I like [...]

Set Daily Puzzle [Today's puzzle completed 57 Secs ]
Today’s puzzle is an easier one, so if you are a Set beginner, today is a good day to get practice

National Geographic News Photo Gallery: Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
An Antarctic octopus found at 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) in southern Antarctica’s Ross Sea was one of about 18 octopus species recorded during a survey conducted in early 2008.

Some more pictures of the creepy crawlies from the cold deep are on the site.
via Photos of [...]

SFist: Photo du Jour 82

“END WAP”
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Its probably supposed to say “End WAR” but they ran out of material, and besides, WAP sucks.

Other cities dye-ing to know what turns Chicago river green - Online Exclusives
Dyeing the Chicago River Irish green has been a tradition for more than 40 years and at least 50 cities want to know how Chicago volunteers perform the miraculous transformation every year.
Bill King, the administrator of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day committee, said that [...]

Passive Aggressive - stop, hammertime

Passive-Aggressive is a website mostly made up of passive-aggressive notes that people leave for each other, whether it be a note on the fridge @ an office, or a note for a roommate.  This isn’t a note, but it is still damn funny.

Yeah, oops on that one, too | dooce ®
A collection of educational graphics detailing the right way and the wrong way to care for a newborn baby.

Dooce linked to a site that offers several helpful hints on caring for infants.  Learn more about caring for babies here.

Flickr: Photos from tinfoilsoldier

I randomly take pictures with my cellphone and e-mail them to my flickr account.
I doubt you would recognize me on the mountain even if you know what I look like.  Jake was with me that day, but he made me remove the picture I took of him cause well, it was bad.

: Photo by Photographer Martin Amm - photo.net
portrait of a red veined darter, which is full of dew thanks for viewing and rating

go to the site to see the whole amazing picture.
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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
sometimes I just wish I had a forgetSubroutine()

The Dry Side » Yanko Design
The slats on these benches can rotate to the dry side by cranking the handle.

The Yanko Design blog has all kinds of cool ideas / designs for stuff and things.  Some of them are purely conceptual, like I think the above is, but some are real products.