Monthly Archives: April 2010
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Hey, look at the calendar. The giant hand is on 2010, the still-large but not-giant hand is on April, and the medium hand is on Friday the 16th. You know what that means, right? That’s right, kiddos, it means nobody … Continue reading
Tagged clowns, crazy clowns, darth vader, facebook fail, nutiof, star wars, tea party | Comments OffAndroid App of the Week: Thinking Space
I have a soft spot for apps that help capture my creative impulses. I usually rely upon note taking apps or voice recording apps to capture my insights through the day, but sometimes I will run up against an abstract … Continue reading
Tagged Android app, brainstorming, creativity, mind maps, problem solving | Comments OffFirst Words of the Day – March 10th
What if all you ever have written, if dissected and scrambled and taken out of context could be used as evidence against you? [display_podcast] First Words of the Day by Sean D. Francis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share … Continue reading
Tagged Audio/Visual, dystopia, First Words of the Day, post modernism | Comments OffNobody uses the Internet on Friday
Another Friday and once again the Internet sits unused. Sometimes when I see the Internet on a Friday I feel like I’m seeing a dog in the dog pound who is just a bit too old to be all spry and playful but still would be a great companion if someone would just get over its appearance, bitter spitefulness, and stomach churning farts.
Well, this week the Internet coughed up a special treat – the Baja Mexico Earthquake live on This Week in Tech. The video below is just a snippet of the program, right at the point Xeni Jardin reports that she is experiencing an Earthquake right up to the point that everyone else believes her because Twitter said there was an Earthquake. Continue reading
Tagged airplanes, Benny Hill, corpses, earthquake, French and Saunders, John Cleese, math awareness, nutiof, xeni jardin | Comments OffLearn from the Best
What if I told you that you could learn culinary skills from some of the best chefs available? You’d be pleased. And if I told you that you didn’t need to pay for the opportunity, you’d be pleasantly pleased.
The good folks over at Lifehacker have put together some great video tutorials on knife work, omelette making, and chicken roasting as presented by Anthony Bourdain, Jacques Pepin, and Thomas Keller. I am a big fan of cooking shows but a lot of shows make assumptions about basic cooking techniques. They sort of have to because they are trying to present complex recipes in a limited time span so they can’t always cover the basics. Even for experienced cooks, there is real value in trying to learn basic techniques. Okay, if you are a really experienced cook then you have the basics down pat. For those of us who are clearly amateurs, learning some basics is good. Continue reading
Tagged cooking, recipes, tutorials | Comments OffAndroid App of the Week: Tricorder
Hailing frequencies open.
Smart phones contain an amazing array of sensors to detect light, sound, motion, wifi signals, cell tower signals, and magnetic fluctuations. This incredible sensor array has enabled all sorts of apps including metal detectors, stud finders, and ‘how fast are you traveling’-o-meters. [...] Continue reading
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