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HAL9000's blog
Submitted by HAL9000 on August 11, 2006 - 3:24pm.
Links of the Week
August 11, 2006
Quote of the Week:
The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.
-Unknown
- Cool:
- "Computer Manages Restaurant Workers"
Hyperactive Bob, a computer, gathers information via sensors, touch screens and video cameras, decides how many workers are needed, controls shifts, and tells them when and what to do. Often better and more efficiently than a seasoned _human_ manager.
http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/
060619_hyperactive_bob.html
- Interesting:
- "Waitress asks for ID, gets stolen license back"
Note to self: When asked for ID don't hand the license you stole back to the original owner.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14125521/
- Fun:
- "Contest to see who gets to blow up a bridge in DC"
One lucky commuter, who has endured the toughest commuting over the bridge, will get payback, and blow the thing up.
http://www.wilsonbridge.com/toughestcommute/index.html
Submitted by HAL9000 on June 2, 2006 - 6:37pm.
Links of the Week
June 2, 2006
Quote of the Week:
In reference to a proposal to implant RFID's (Radio Frequency Identification Device) in immigrants (http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060531_rfid_chips.html):
First they chipped the products,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was not a product.
Then they chipped the livestock,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was not livestock.
Then they chipped the house pets,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was not a house pet.
Then they chipped the immigrants,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was not an immigrant.
Then they chipped the felons,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was not a felon.
Then they chipped me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
(Apologies to Reverend Martin Niemoller)
__________
|rip/\/\aster /\/\onkey
- Cool:
- "Death and Taxes: A visual look at where your tax dollars go."
A visual representation on where the tax dollars of United States citizens go.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/9410862/
- Interesting:
- "Can a Game Make You Cry?"
Can a computer game emotionally involve you enough that you could cry?
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69475-0.html
- Fun:
- "Rock, Paper, Sissors with 25 hand gestures"
For the die hard fans that didn't think that 3 gestures was enough...
http://www.umop.com/rps25.htm
Submitted by HAL9000 on April 28, 2006 - 5:29pm.
Links of the Week
April 28, 2006
Note: I will be away for the next three weeks, so no links for a while :-(
Quote of the Week:
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
-Unknown
- Cool:
- "Gadgets for the Lazy"
I particularly like motorized Ice cream turner, and the DiscPod which dispenses a CD at the press of a button, and saves you from the arduous task of clumsily extracting a CD from a CD stack.
http://blog.wired.com/lazygadgets/index.album?i=0
- Interesting:
- "How Laura Croft Steals Hearts"
Is the only reason people play Tomb Raider for the hot looking hundred-thousand polygon model of Laura Croft? or is there psychologically more to it than just the ogling of the visuals?
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70712-0.html?tw=rss.index
- "Next step in Pirating: Faking a company"
When making counterfit goods is just not good enough, counterfit the company... say NEC. Counterfit most of their products, do R&D and create new NEC 'branded' products, carry out warranty claims, and sell their products next to 'real' NEC products.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/27/business/nec.php
- Fun:
- "C for Cookie"
A spoof on the V for Vandetta trailer that occurs in an alternate Sesame Street world where the consumption of cookies is controlled by the government... Elmo scared...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9rzMaAucI4
Submitted by HAL9000 on April 22, 2006 - 9:01pm.
Links of the Week
April 22, 2006
Quote of the Week:
"I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure"
-Unknown
Cool:-
"Pimp My Snack"
Sort of like "Pimp my car", but more like "Pimp my chocolate bar". Take a break, have a Giant Pimp-Kat...
http://www.pimpmysnack.com/gallery.php
- "Self Weighing Luggage"
In preparation for my 3 week long trip in May, I came across this. It's a set of luggage that weighs itself, and displays how heavy your bag is on a built in LCD display, which should prevent you from bringing a bag that's too heavy.
http://www.ricardobeverlyhills.com/
Interesting:-
"Man survives 12 nails to the head"
He complained of having a headache, but after an x-ray, it was discovered that he had 12 1.5" to 2" nails in his head.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12425803/from/RSS/
Fun:-
"Baby, You Mean The World Of Warcraft To Me"
"You are the sun, the moon, the Cinderhide Armsplints of the Monkey. There is so much we have to offer one another. Unfailing loyalty, a Strength of 250, someone who can go out for snacks in the heat of battle. Can't you see we're made for each other? Darling, no orc can keep me from you...This is, of course, provided the system is not down due to a faulty patch." With beautiful prose declaring his love like this, what kind of woman could resist his wooing?
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47492&rss=1
- "Photoshopped Stamps"
On the Worth1000 photoshopping contest: things you'd like to see on US stamps. I like the one depicting plane-crash info graphics, and the one with, instead of a famous person, the FBI's 9 most wanted criminals.
http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=9972&display=photoshop#entries
Submitted by HAL9000 on April 16, 2006 - 12:14am.
Links of the Week
April 15, 2006
Quote of the Week:
"Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."
-Unknown
Cool:- "Water Cooled Xbox 360"
If you thought that the Xbox 360 (if you can actually get one) was too loud, you might also want to try to watercool it...
http://watercooling.50webs.com/1/
- "Love Hate T-shirt"
This T-shirt says "Hate" on the front of it, yet when you view the reflection in the mirror, it says "Love". Very typical of "most" relationships with your girlfriend...
http://accordionguy.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/12/1881414.html
Interesting:- "Want shorter flowers? Just add Liquor"
By adding some liquor to your flowers, you can get them to grow shorter, yet they bloom the same size.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12188118/from/RSS/
- "82-year-old gets $114 ticket for slow crossing"
Apparently 20 seconds is not enough time for an 82 year old grandma with a cane to cross a 5 lane bulevard, and the policeman couldn't wait to give her a ticket...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12255873/
Fun:- "The Glory of the Shooter"
What is it about the allure of first person shooters? Why do they hold more appeal than a complex Role Playing Game (RPG)? Why are we ashamed to admit that we play Halo 2, yet we will freely tell people about your awesome character in Elder Scrolls?.... or am I getting to metaphysical with all of this... ah well who cares, back to Halo 2...
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70612-0.html?tw=rss.index
- "Shoelace knots"
This page shows 16 different ways to tie your shoe laces, complete with clear illistrations and instructions on how to tie each one.
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm
Submitted by HAL9000 on March 27, 2006 - 1:28pm.
Gordon's BBQ Headcrabs
- 4 Fresh live Headcrabs
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp water
- Butter
- Crowbar
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Submitted by HAL9000 on March 24, 2006 - 6:30pm.
Links of the Week
March 24, 2006
Quote of the Week:
The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
-Paula Poundstone
- Cool:
- "Lie detector made out of Lego Mindstorms and tin foil"
Well, more accurately, a Galvanic Skin Response Sensor that integrates to the Lego Mindstorms RCX Brick...
http://personal.pitnet.net/usr/gasperi/gsr.htm
- Interesting:
- "Goths grow up to be dentists and PR people"
Research has shown that a disproportionate amount of former goths end up becoming high end professionals. Which means that parents should not worry about their children painting their room black, wearing black clothing, makeup, listening to death metal music, and hanging out with freaky people...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1735690,00.html?gusrc=rss
- "Faking being nice worse than saying what you *Really* mean"
This is for all of the customer service people, and flight attendants who need to be "nice" to customers.
Submitted by HAL9000 on March 3, 2006 - 11:49am.
Quote of the Week
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
-Unknown
Submitted by HAL9000 on February 24, 2006 - 5:13pm.
Quote of the Week
"Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better."
-Unknown
Submitted by HAL9000 on February 17, 2006 - 5:18pm.
Quote of the Week
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
-Robert Wilensky
Submitted by HAL9000 on February 3, 2006 - 6:17pm.
Quote of the Week
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
-Larry Hardiman
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