Jun
30
2004
The Deadly Follies of Stick Figure Warning-Man and Family:
I have the worst freaking job in the world.
You know those warning signs you always see with the stick man falling down or being crushed or otherwise incurring bodily harm? That’s me. I posed for those pictures.
Boy, do I remember the day we shot this one.
Normally, I [...]
Jun
30
2004
How long can you hold the button? (Not the button on this page, silly.)
Someone held it for 5 days. FIVE DAYS! I held it for 9.15 seconds.
Jun
30
2004
Crazythoughts.com - Life’s Unanswered Questions. A sample:
Wouldn’t it be smart to make the sticky stuff on envelopes taste like chocolate?
Can blind people see their dreams?
How come thaw and unthaw mean the same thing?
How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?
Why do we say “bye bye” but not [...]
Jun
30
2004
The Gematriculator…
is a service that uses the infallible methods of Gematria developed by Mr. Ivan Panin to determine how good or evil a web site or a text passage is.
If the amount of these matches is divisible by a certain number, such as 7 (which is said to be God’s number), there is an [...]
Jun
30
2004
How To Set Up An Internet Radio Station:
To run a station you need Winamp and the Shoutcast DSP Plug-in for Winamp, a server to stream to, a good connection to the server, good bandwidth from the server, and some MP3’s.
Is this how Whole Wheat Radio is setup?
Jun
30
2004
Cannot find the damn server:
The page you are looking for sucks and is currently unavailable.
If you are trying to reach a secure site, make sure you are not running Windows. Click the My Computer menu, and then right click Drive C:. On the Menu select “Format”.
Jun
30
2004
So, owshegettinon b’ys. It’s right warm out, eh buddy?
Translation: How are you, fellas? It’s very warm out, stranger.
The online version of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English is a handy reference for tourists not familiar with Newfoundland’s unique culture and language.
Sandra’s Newfoundland Sayings explains common phrases you may hear (scroll down the page for [...]
Jun
30
2004
SETI@home has released a new version of their software called BOINC:
- BOINC transparently and securely downloads new application versions.
- BOINC has a more flexible data architecture than SETI@home Classic.
- BOINC distributes work based on host parameters.
- Other distributed computing projects are also using BOINC, and you can share your computer time among projects of your [...]
Jun
30
2004
The OneLook Reverse Dictionary…
lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word.
Jun
30
2004
The World’s Top 100 Wonders, a list of 100 travel attractions. I don’t think I’ve heard of half of them.
Jun
30
2004
You can buy 5 pounds of Silly Putty for $60 U.S. Their warning note is amusing:
This product presents a choking hazard due to small parts[...] Not intended for use as ear plugs.
Jun
30
2004
Costello: All I’m trying to find out is what’s the guy’s name on first base.
Abbott: No. What is on second base.
Costello: I’m not asking you who’s on second.
Abbott: Who’s on first.
Costello: One base at a time!
Abbott: Well, don’t change the players around.
Costello: I’m not changing nobody!
Who’s On First:
You can listen to one of the [...]
Jun
29
2004
Boogie Bra:
In a pinch? Need a bra? Have you got undies? Hoist them gals up with undies! No, I’m not joking.
This is probably cheaper than buying bras. I dunno, though. Is it?
Jun
29
2004
Swallowed by a bus.
(via Bifurcated Rivets)
Jun
29
2004
threetwoone.org has made some interesting diagrams available, including:
Descendants of Adam in Genesis
Wall Street scandals
They’re big GIF images, and some don’t many any sense, like How all the countries of the world
are connected to each other: what do the connected lines indicate?