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Word of 2007
Having an MSN conversation with a good friend this afternoon he said that masticate is the new word of 2007. To me this word is sooo 2004 due to an old friend. I pointed out that pwnage is the word of 2007, he said it totally 2006. So now I have a call out;
What is [...]
Airports
This afternoon I had to take my father to the airport. I made a few interesting observations that still have my wondering. First off there was a dude carrying a level around with his luggage, what the hell would he need that for? The next thing was the display case of items that you [...]
Randomness Links for 7/20
I’m tech obsessed. Seriously.
Get off the god damn phone! People need to learn how to talk on the phone.
The end of blogging as we know it.
No more high speed chases. damnit.
Broken Poddage
Wal-Space :.: Wal-Mart becomes MySpace. To bad Fox bought them first.
Craigslist Bandit :.: Go to meet up and get robbed at gunpoint.
Functions of Internet Explorer
William says: what browser do you use?
Hidden says: internet explorer
William says: why not firefox or opera?
Hidden says: because they don’t have the functions of ie
Hidden says: they will never beat ie
William says: explain please
Hidden says: can you get 10 spywares when browsing only 1 page with firefox or opera?
Hidden says: no.
William says: so you feel [...]
One Red Paperclip
Kyle MacDonald has finally gotten a house. On his blog he said he was going to trade one red paperclip to people and eventually end up with a house. Well today he has finally done it in trading one movie roll for a house in Canada. Simply amazing what the internet can do.
News Station Gets Pwnt
On February 26, 2004, we had a snowstorm here in Raleigh, and all the news channels posted the businesses and schools that would be closed the next day. One of these fine news organizations, Time Warner Cable’s News 14 Carolina, chose the most convenient but least secure method to allow businesses to report closings: the [...]
Rogue Helicopter Pilot
Local lunatic David Thompson complains to Charlotte, NC city council during a community access forum, which is conveniently captured on tape and broadcast live on the local community access channel. There aren’t enough tags to cover his rant against ice in the arena, rogue helicopter pilots, and “terrorist pussies”.
Watch the video here. This guy has [...]
Ken Jennings Giant Foam Head
Well damnit I missed this. Ken Jennings the Jeopardy guy that won 74 games in a row, finally looking on his 75th game. He is selling a giant foam head that is the size of a riding lawn mower. I wished I would have seen this sooner. Check the auction here.
MyFake
MySpace is now known as MyFake. Although nothing has changed, I’ve noticed it’s the degree in which it is happening. A few months back I wrote about people being fake to inflate their friends list. For an example recap; I went to high school with them, never talked and they try to be cool and [...]
Links for 6-15
DeathStar Firepower – Can the deathstar really destroy a planet?
Guide to Airline Seating – Okay this is nifty, no geeky and very much so. But seriously who the hell has the time to come up with such a guide. I was able to find very airplane that I have ever been on, quite a [...]
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
This is one of the funniest flash movies I’ve ever seen. You just have to see it to understand.
Lost on the Web 2.0
What is Web 2.0? In reading this article, they mention MySpace as a Web 2.0 site, but if you search around Digg most “Web 2.0″ sites are AJAX b a s e d monsters. So what is “Web 2.0″ exactly? Is it social networking, XHTML, AJAX, or just a fancy name? Or my personal opinion, [...]
Supermagnets
I want one! I found out about this totally awesome site (From this Wired Article), United Nuclear, they sell all kinds of cool scientific stuff. This is what they say about Supermagnets (Scroll Down on That Page to Supermagnets).
If you really need unbelievably powerful magnets, here they are. Uses include magnetic steering of nuclear particles [...]