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Mobile blogging

I’m trying out a new mobile blogging tool for Wordpress.

It looks good so far, but don’t know if I can post photos yet.

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links for 2008-07-31

Ultra Premium Ethernet Cable

haha.nu posted a review of Denon’s AK0–DL1 Ultra-Premium link cable:

If I could use a rusty boxcutter to carve a new orifice in my body that’s compatible with this link cable, I would already be doing it. I can just imagine the pure musical goodness that would flow through this cable into the wound and fill me completely — like white, holy light. Holding this cable in my hands actually makes me feel that much closer to the Lord Jesus Christ. I only make $6.25/hr at Jack In The Box, but I saved up for three months so I could have this cable. It sits in a shrine I constructed next to my futon in Mother’s basement.

I only gave it four stars in my review because I can’t find music that is worthy enough to flow through this utterly perfect interconnect.

And a link to the description for the cable. I tend to agree, what’s the big deal here?

links for 2008-07-29

links for 2008-07-28

Benford’s Law

Fun (and Fraud Detection) with Benford’s Law | Data and the Web

Wow, you have to watch the video… pretty cool math stuff…

Play Benford’s Law Video

Ultron

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Cool painting of Ultron.

http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0308/ANNCON005.jpg

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We have charts and graphs to back this up…

Untitled Metric #1202345227 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Thanks John!

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Super Hero Renditions

Sijun Forums :: View topic - The Anthro ages

Do you like these alternate renditions of popular super heroes?

“I’ve never really did one of these things so I
thought I’d show you guys my version of Petey and Spidey. I’m a big fan
of the Super Dorko Peter Parker from the early 60’s more then the
modern cool ass Petey of today. To me the Geek Pete was the ultimate
mask. No one ever suspects a friendless braniac loser with a hunch to
be the super strong, wall crawling, web swinging hero. I wanted to
elongate his porportion and give him very lanky figure. This look to me
sort of makes him look more “SPIDER” like when he pops on the suit.
Anyways…Tell me what ya think of my version fellow devs.”

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Font Conference

Font Conference - CollegeHumor video

This is one of the funniest things that I have ever seen.

Favorite quote, “Airplane, Eight Ball, Yin Yang, Glasses, Mailbox, Open Mailbox!” I just wish that translated to something intelligible. I get Q[$-. and I’m missing eight ball… not sure what character that maps to.

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Chocolate Chip Muffin… FAIL!

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Check out the FAIL blog for more FAILing goodness…

Muffin Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments th

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Fractal Cheetah

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How do people do this? I can’t draw a real cheetah

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/049/e/4/Fractal_Cheetah_1_by_artofpain.jpg

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Seafood on the Barbie

I have discovered a new favorite hobby. Cooking scallops and shrimp on the BBQ. My dad was in town and I decided to try something new.

At lunch, we sat with a pad and thought about what we wanted for dinner. Seafood came up and since I had been wanting to grill some shrimp at some point, I thought this an excellent time to try it. Shrimp went on the list.

When I got to the seafood store, I noticed how good those scallops looked and I thought they would cook equally well on the BBQ. I was a little torn over bay or sea scallops. Bay scallops are much smaller than sea scallops and I wondered which might fare better on a skewer.

When I got home, I rubbed some Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Seafood Magic on all of the seafood and stuck all of the meat onto skewers. I fired up the BBQ and layed down some tinfoil as I was afraid the scallops would fall apart. You can see here a mixture of bay and sea scallops simmering.

As it turns out, sea scallops suck ass on the BBQ. They get all tender and fall apart, leaving behind a big mess. The bay scallops clung happily to the skewer and came out fantastic! Once the scallops were done cooking on the tin-foil, I placed them directly on he grill so they would get seared a bit to add to the flavor.

Still, the king of the BBQ today, in my eyes, were the shrimp. Shrimp are extremely sturdy on the skewer and cook in moments. It took about 60 seconds on each side and they were done.

We served a salad with dinner and I made some homemade guacamole. My dad bought a raw piece of tuna and sliced it sashimi thin. We mixed up some of our own wasabi from powder, poured on some soy sauce and enjoyed some of the best tuna sushimi I ever had. Sorry, no pictures.

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How Americans Die… Which will it be for you?

How Americans Die | haha.nu - a lifestyle blogzine

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old man skate party

old man skate party, originally uploaded by yerko.

A few friends from the office, just chillin’

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Folding WALL-E

Folding WALL-E

More Origami madness. Seems like you can essentially fold any 3D shape these days. Perhaps some models with very think extremities would be difficult or impossible.

I wonder if there are any mathematical proofs proving this.

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Origami with DaVinci robot

origami with DaVinci robot

My friend John, who is an Origami expert, sent me this. Essentially we have here a surgeon who had a cancellation and decided to practice telesurgery rather than hang out with the nurses. That’s the doctor I want.

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links for 2008-07-19

Western Spaghetti by PES

Western Spaghetti by PES

Check out this incredibly creative animation. My favorite part is the tomato smashing.

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Big Brother, Little Sister

Big Brother, Little Sister, originally uploaded by NickCody.

A few weeks ago, the family went upstate to rural Long Eddy New York for a weekend getaway with the Peake clan.

My friend Bruce’s father, Gary, has built quite a compound o n his 300-acre wilderness. It’s got a log cabin, an outhouse, two man-made ponds, a man-made lake, shooting targets, wilderness trails up the wazoo, and best of all a clubhouse complete with satellite TV and a keg on tap.

We slept in my new Mountain Hard Ware tent and it weathered a pretty strong rainstorm. I was on a camping trip a few years ago where my tent “failed” during a torrential downpour and the inside of the tent had puddles in it. It was a horrible night. Glad my Everest tent held up!

In a few weeks, we’re going camping with the Zingers and the Bortko’s so I’m looking forward to that.

Here, we see Antonio leading Serafina toward the clubhouse. There was a caged rattlesnake up there and I think they wanted to hear it get mad.

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