Atari 2600 PC?

WoW - These folks modded an old Atari 2600 & placed a PC inside it! It rocks!
http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/index.php?id=1&prod=27

Make Your Own Record Cleaner

Cool plans for making your own record cleaner for under $50

http://www.grynx.com/index.php/projects/record-cleaning-machine/1/

Great stories of end users

Great stories of Computer related stupidity...

http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid

Longest Computer Startup Tune - funny video clip

Here's a very funny clip of a guy with a very loud, very long laptop startup tune in a library...

http://www.prangstgrup.com/startupsound/

Optical Illusion - very trippy

Here is a very trippy optical illusion - WoW.

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson/cool/cool_illusion.html

Free Senseo coffee maker?

Check out the Drop The Drip program & see if you can get a free Senseo pod coffee maker...

http://senseo.lissonline.com/Events/Events.aspx

October 17 2005 sunrise outside Dunkin Doughnuts

Check out some shots I took of this morning's sunrise! http://fileh.com/gforce/101705.html

Levi & His Uncle G

Help me with my coffee survey...

Hey! I'm gathering data to have for a speech I'm doing this coming Monday. If you could take a minute or two to breeze through my 10 question web-based survey, it would really help me out :) ...

Link to coffee survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=23311415829

Thanks!

Patrick Combs & $95,093.35 Junk mail and banks

Check out this guy's amazing tale of a bank cashing a junk mail check for $95,093.35 ten years ago. Pretty wild stuff. http://www.goodthink.com/writing/view_stories.cfm?id=11

What the bleep do we know?

If you've seen 'what the bleep do we know?' you probably remember the unusual blond woman at the end of the movie. Here's more info on her and the Ramtha school of enlightenment. http://skepdic.com/channel.html and http://www.rickross.com/groups/ramtha.html

Widescreen vs. Fullscreen

AHA! Finally someone shows conclusively what I've always known/suspected. Next time you're looking at buying a DVD or queueing one at Netflix, think twice about getting Fullscreen instead of Widescreen. Check out the evidence here & let me know if you were a Fullscreen fan or Widescreen fan in the comments section.

What Is Your Hidden Talent?

Your Hidden Talent

You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system. And while this may not seem big, it can be. It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes. You're just a bit behind the scenes, so no one really notices.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

What Kind Of American English Do You Speak?

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

What a way to wake up...

So I woke up this morning at 3:30 to the sound of dripping water... I checked the bathroom sink, the shower/tub, the kitchen sink - then I realized the sound was coming from our furnace/AC closet. Sure enough, the condensation line from the AC was plugged up & dripping water all over. We'd had this issue before & had to have the coils cleaned inside the thing. I got a mop & towels & a bowl & began cleaning up AFTER turning off my AC - no point in adding to the mess. I then proceed to go through the yellow pages calling all the folks that advertise 24 hr AC repair - several had no answer at all & one told me their 24hr folks had already gone home... I went to work knowing that I'd have to keep calling around. I got ahold of one company & they told me they couldn't come at all today but they recommended someone else. Those folks couldn't come until Thursday! Finally I found some folks that could come out today! I got a call at 10:00 saying that they were on their way to the house. I rushed home and, well, let's just say that some money changed hands and now the AC is working :)

new test Bridge DJ page

OK, so I'm playing around with a web page on a free host. Check it out & please let me know what you think. It is about the Bridge DJ... :) You can find it here.

Dead Poetic & Ringing Ears

Yesterday, as I was driving into work I heard on our local NPR station (KJZZ) that Dead Poetic would be in concert that night in Tempe, AZ. I called a buddy of mine who met me down there & what a show. It was Classic Case (I really liked them), then As Cities Burn, then The Beautiful Mistake, then Dead Poetic. All of it was hardcore/scree-emo... My ears still feel like they are slightly plugged. Anyway, got to bed about 1am this morning :) Joshua - I had a blast - let's go to a concert together again some time.

WoW - too hot

Well, here it as at 10:15 PM in Phoenix and it's currently 106 degrees Farenheit... Tomorrow is supposed to get up to 115!

Purely One

So I've signed up for Web Hosting with DreamHost for a couple domain names I bought - sites are still under construction... Anyway, I was looking at their list of sites currently hosted & one caught my eye - PurelyOne Christian Community :: one faith. one hope. one love. I checked it out & it looks like so far it's just a really cool flash intro, but who knows - it may develop into something really nice!

Andy Hunter interview & DJ set

I found a great online interview & DJ set with Andy Hunter. You can find it here. The direct link that will launch the interview without having to find it is here. The direct link for the mix set is here. You have to skip the first 5 minutes though to get to the Electric Circus show. Good stuff! Here's the set list:

ELECTRIC CIRCUS PLAYLIST
Saturday night, July 9th's scheduled playlist:

Hour 1

The Weather Inside – 24.7
Timo Rozendal – The Sense Of Spring
Roy Davis Jr. – About Love (Jon Marsh “All About Vocals” Mix)
Passionardor – Everylasting Love
Seven – There It Is (TNT Remix)
Gerwin – Dry Land
Indikator – The Serin Effect
DJ Brian Youngblood – Breathe
Funk’n’Flex – Groove Thing
Blue Sonix ft. Michael Moulton – Luv Me
Dalminjo ft. Coco Street – 4th Chapter

Hour 2

Alfa 1-7 – Rok
Fienix & Kika – Por Siempre Mi Rey
Andy Hunter – Lifelight
Dance In Motion – Not Guilty (Tresice Remix)
Ultrabeat – Ara Till Ditt Namn (Live)
D7 – Aurora
Dallas Holloway – Lunar Reflector
Noah De Smit ft. Lisa Smit – I See Grace (Tresice Remix)
Jen Scaturro – Broken In All The Right Place
DJ Phase – Eternity

Fortune cookie - somehow they know me...?

Well, I was at China Chili's for lunch today (Spicy Chicken)
and this was in my fortune cookie.
I think they know me...

Firefox Extension for Podcasts?

OK... I use Firefox. You do too, right? Anyway, I was over at the Grassroots Music site and they now provide PodCasts of new music... What is a podcast? OK - imagine that you like a specific radio show "Prarie Home Companion" or something... Now, imagine that it was converted into an MP3 that could be downloaded from the web onto your PC or portable MP3 player (or Ipod). Now imagine that instead of manually checking & downloading - you can simply subscribe to the feed. It is like broadcasting, only for Ipods (not really, it's just that they are the most trendy) so it's called PodCasting.

So, here's where I am - I want to subscribe for some PodCasts, but I don't know what programs are best - What I'd really like is an extension for Firefox that will do this for me. Has anyone seen a Firefox Extension for PodCast subscription? Please let me know...

Bruegger's Bagels Brews Fair Trade Coffee!

So I was on my way to guy's group for my church last night... Drove by Bruegger's on Mill Ave just south of University a bit & am normally dissappointed to see the open sign darkened by the time I drive by. This time it was lit up! I slammed on my brakes, got inside, ordered a sandwich & saw to my delight that they now brew Fair Trade coffee from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. I am so excited. I had to tell you all & now I will be searching for the closest one to my house. I normally brew Fair Trade from Friends Of The Third World when I'm at home & work, but sometimes you want a cup when you're out, you know? For more on why Bruegger's is doing this, you can read there coffee page here. For more info on Fair Trade in general, you can check out Global Exchange here.

Breakdancing Transformers

This is incredible. A video clip of Breakdancing Transformers...! WoW -

FBI crack 128 bit WEP code in under 3 minutes

Well, no surprise. Wireless security is a concept about as firm as shifting sand. What was top of the line a while ago is now shown to be child's play. The FBI recently demonstrated how easy it was to crack a 128 bit WEP code on a wireless access point & did it in under three minutes!

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article111.php

GMAIL invites

I still have a number of GMAIL invites that I can send out. If you don't know what GMAIL is, you probably don't need it. If you do & don't have it, let me know & I'll send an invitation for a free GMAIL account out to ya.

Netflix free for a month!

Terri & I recently signed up for Netflix where we can rent 3 DVDs at a time with free postage. They have a distribution center here in Phoenix, so it's a pretty fast turn around. As a new member, we have been given the chance to email invitations for a full month of free trial membership to our friends. If you know us well enough, just ask & I'll forward the invitation to you. The offer expires Wednesday May 23rd.

Stream the new U2 project legally!

Hey all! Heres a link to U2's website where you can stream each of the songs. http://www.u2.com/stream/htdaab.html