Category: Fun
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Cool Link: Transparent Screen Backgrounds
Here’s a cool link (via Slashdot): Transparent Screen Backgrounds. Take a digital picture of the area behind your monitor, crop and resize it until lies up visually with the area of your computer screen, and set it to your desktop wallpaper. Some of the example are pretty wild. I’d try it myself, but with my…
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A One Man TV Studio
Here’s a great video from NYT with David Pogue talking about how he produces his own weekly video updates. I wish I had more time to play around with this kind of stuff.
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Building your own DVR, Part I
In my last blog, I brought you up to date on the hell that is dealing with Time Warner Cable for service. In the comments, my pal Sean was surprised that I didn’t just dump the Time Warner DVR and buy my own. I don’t think I’d buy a dedicate DVR myself (like one from…
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Quote of the Day
Was listening to All Things Considered on the way home and they had an article about the Westminister Kennel Club Dog show (includes audio), and one of the judges had this to say about the Best in Show winner: She just did everything right, it was not an easy decision, but there’s just something about…
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New Dave Matthews Band Ice Cream Flavor
Nancies.org reports that Ben and Jerry’s is rolling out another Dave Matthews Band themed flavor, Dave Matthes Band Magic Brownies. Hmm, the name is a little suspect considering usually tries to down play their stoner image. Not sure where that leaves their original DMB inspired flavor, One Sweet Whirled. Its not listed on the Ben…
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We Don’t Need No Stinking Office
A cool story on wired about Delicious Monster, a software company that just sits in a coffee shop all day rather than getting a real office. Sounds like a cool idea, but I don’t think I’d get anything done. I’d go broke on mochas long before I ever turned a profit. Delicious Monster’s main product…
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Those crazy PC modders.
What’s the latest craze in custom made PC cases? How about Legos? Here’s a gallery of PC cases made out of Legos. Hmm, maybe I’ll take a trip over to my Mom’s house and see if can find my old bag of Legos. Link courtesy of Slashdot.
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I’ve been had!
Turns out that fella who used X10 gear to let web users turn his christmas lights on and off was just pulling our collective leg, here’s the skinny. An interesting read, how clever and elaborate his hoax was. Have to admit, he had me going!
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Free Google/Firefox Plug
Was watching Law & Order: Criminal Intent on Saturday night, Detective Alex Eames strolls over to a PC and googled some random factoid in the Mozilla Firefox browser. True to TV silliness, she typed in google.com and entered a query instread of using the built in google search. Hehe, I’m such a nerd. Ironically, the…
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Pogo Sticks go High Tech!
Saw the Flybar Model 1200 on amazon.com; the pogo stick, evolved. So what’s so special about this $299 toy? Thrusters! Activate all 12 of the independent rubber thrusters and you’re capable of rebounding with 1200 pounds of force! They claim its enough to get a 170 pound person 5 feet off the ground. That’s pretty…