What does IKEA mean to you? To me, it means flat packaging, easy to follow assembly instructions with pictures instead of words, and stuff that is so cool and affordable that I usually end up buying something I hadn’t planned on. Check out IKEA’s “Homemade is Best” baking book. Flat? check Easy instructions with no words, with beautiful photos by Carl Kleiner? Check So cool and (presumably) affordable that I’ll Read More ...
Top 5 things to HATE about Marathon Runners -Ha! Best list since “Stuff White People Like”. I made every annoying thing on this list! Amusing Ourselves to Death – Awsum. Higher education bubble poised to burst – "The people running America's colleges and universities have long thought they were exempt from the laws of supply and demand and unaffected by the business cycle. Turns out that's wrong." Market: Over 12 Read More ...
Grilled Cheese Academy – A real education Financial Illiteracy Is Killing Us – Seriously, are there any non-profits focused on teaching financial literacy to kids? I will volunteer to help. Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful Fillings – Just ordered up some jelly beans to celebrate this news. Facebook Places vs. Foursquare – Foursquare has a game/awards (kinda). The question with FB places is “why?”. Then again, you could probably Read More ...
The SIL sent me this cool behind-the-scenes video of AstroRobonaut. COOL! Kind of makes you think that maybe there really are viable alternatives to manned space flight. As you can see in the video, this thing has some pretty fine motor skills. I think we need a whole army of these to be built to fight the wild herd of Space Bigfoots that threaten our freedom.
Free Nature Work/Sleep Mix You Control – Awesome…sometime music is too distracting. Want to try an mp3 for running. Gmote Turns Your Android Phone Into a Remote Control for Your PC – TweetEffect- When did you lose or gain twitter followers? – FreshBooks – Online Invoicing, Time Tracking & Billing Software – Pretty cool for people who are one man shows. Hey, Michael Moore, I’m calling you out – Random Read More ...
NASA Releases First-Ever iPhone Game, Complete With Wiseass Remarks – And to think, it was just the other day I was telling a NASA employee that the private market could do a lot of the same stuff they do and it would be more cost efficient. She threw “we invented velcro” at me. If only she’d known they were releasing this iPhone app, she could have shut my point down Read More ...
Obama Ecstasy pills hit the streets – I knew they were on something. A gay secession manifesto – Careful what you ask for. Your opponents just may support you in this whole heartedly. Is Facebook Losing its Coveted Demographic? – Duh. Who wants to use the same service as their parents? That doesn't take a genius to figure out. A slightly unfortunate Twitter billboard – Sad someone got suspended from Read More ...
We Need Your Help Finding The Savings – I think I caught the gist of the bill in the first few words where it says, "and for other purposes". That’s a cannon of a pistol | No Silence Here | knoxnews.com – The ever-accurate media. android-scripting – I can't wait until I have some time. And my device gets upgraded to Android 2.0 The woman who stopped a mass murderer Read More ...
Clean Your Computer Screen From The Inside – It really works!!! Paranormal Activity –Don’t Need To See It – I’m a scary-movie-wimp. I hate them. I’d rather just read spoilers (like this one) and know that it would scare me if I saw it. John Mayer’s Hilarious Political Answers – I’m actually liking this guy more after reading this interview. Yeah, he’s conceited, but guess what….he really IS an effing Read More ...
We Learned Good From The Romans We look back at the Roman epoch with a sense of relief. We’ve learned so much since then. No longer do we consider our leaders to be gods among men. No longer do we hand them unearned and meretricious awards and prizes. We don’t turn on and destroy members of previous administrations. We don’t tolerate incompetent and corrupt sycophants in high office. We’ve learned Read More ...
XKCD Strikes Again – While you’re at it, can I get a drink holder attached to the end of each arm? Rich People Fleeing High Tax States – What? Unbelievable! The gov’ment should do something about this! Rowland Burris Blames Bush For Olympic FAIL – And I thought it was just because the IOC member are all racists. Dell uses social media to gather employee ideas – This is going Read More ...
