Random Ramblings: 2009

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A Tree?

A guy from Russia thought he had cancer, but it turns out that he only had a tree growing in his lungs. Interesting.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Difference Between Boys and Girls

A children's book about what boys and girls can be when they grow up. It's from the 1970's. I think we've come quite a ways.
ⓒblameitonthevoices.com

Sunday, April 5, 2009

To the Makers of eBooks

Please make your prices more reasonable. Also, more variety would be good.

In Japan, they have reached Internet speeds of 160-megabits-per-second. To put this into perspective, I have 3-megabits-per-second. I think more at a reasonable price ($45 or under) would be great. But I think we are going to have to wait a while.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Samsung Blue Earth

ⓒSamsung Blue Earth

My next phone, if it receives decent reviews.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Tesla or GM: Who Deserves the Government's Aid

ⓒProgressiveTokyo

Now, if only the price could be lowered to around twenty thousand dollars instead of fifty thousand. And don't forget about trucks, sedans; etc. Also boat motors. Yes, boat motors. They also use too much gasoline.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Girl Scout Cookies??

Type in girl scout cookies into Amazon's search bar, and you might be surprised with the results.

Choking Hazard

http://www.ihasaids.com/upload/data/1238441335.gif

Paxil's Side Effects

So this individual was somewhat shy, and decided that he wanted to be more of an extrovert. Well, it didn't work out so well for him.

"I dread public speaking. I get nervous on first dates. I hate to be called on in classes or meetings. In short, I'm shy. Not debilitatingly so. I'm guessing many of you are no different."

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Asteroid on the Ground

Saturday, March 21, 2009

LG Renoir Browser & MMS Settings for America

I haven't tested the messaging settings. This will only work for AT&T.

Phone Setting>Connectivity>Access Point: (Data Setting)

Title: Att
Bearer: GPRS
Auth: PAP
User: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (all caps)
Password: CINGULAR1 (ALL UPPERCASE)
APN: wap.cingular

Browser>Settings>Profiles: (Internet Setting)

Service Name: Media Net
Homepage: http://www.google.com
Connection mode: TCP without proxy
IP: (blank)
proxy: (blank)
Security: (blank)
Access Point: ATT

Messaging>Settings>MMS>MMS center: (MMS setting)

Title: ATT MMS
MMSC URL: http://mmsc.cingular.com/
Connection Mode: TCP with Proxy
Access point: ATT

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Fmylife

http://www.fmylife.com/

A good read.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dear Sci Fi Channel

Please don't change your name from "Sci Fi" to "Syfy". It just doesn't work. I don't really care what your reasons are; it's a bad idea. If it's not broke, then don't fix it.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

ATTN WORLD: I Don't Want a Kindle

Why? Because they're ugly and pricey. And if you're going to make books electronic, then just use your laptop to read them on. Or your phone. If neither of those is an option, then just use paper. True, you're killing trees; however, since the Kindle uses electricity, you're polluting the planet one electronic page at a time. Unless we all start using solar power or something (unlikely any time soon).

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Stem Cells Cure Stroke in Mice

ⓒtechnologyreview.com

Monday, March 9, 2009

The Future of Farming?

ⓒtreehugger.com

Thursday, March 5, 2009

That Robot's Killing Him!! Oh Wait ...

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

I Don't Think So

Create Free Flash Sites Online

http://www.wix.com/

I haven't tried it, but it might be useful to some of you.

Another Picard Classic (Humor)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9oD_xl8mI&feature=related

Part Fish, Part Human?

Monday, March 2, 2009

How Bacon is Made

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0DbcUUO-hI&feature=related

Mmmmm, Bacccoooooonnnnnnn.

Who Says Dogs don't Dream?

http://www.break.com/index/sleeping-dog-runs-into-wall.html

Friday, February 27, 2009

Flock of Brown Pelicans -

I took this photo when I was visiting the Gulf coast.

A Possible New Wii Controller

Thursday, February 26, 2009

I Killed Browsershots -

Sorry.

Used is Better

So a used camera is more expensive than a new one? Okay. Sure.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

New Login Screen for Ubuntu 9.04

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Hilarious

The poor dog.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11wbyok.jpg

Monday, February 23, 2009

Coupon Lady

Hey, coupon lady at Super Target. I know you wanted to save that extra $.10 cents on those waffles, but groaning and moaning about it only makes you look stupid. Next time, suck it up and just pay the extra $.50 cents. It's really not worth making everyone behind you wait an extra ten minutes while you rant and rave about how the coupon is "misleading".

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Water Droplets on Mars?

This image shows water droplets on the Phoenix Mars lander's leg. And they appear to be moving.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/17161866.html

Rolcats

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Barack Obama, I Have a Question for You

Why do you use so many different pens to sign legal documents into law? Wouldn't one suffice? Of course, I realize that other presidents before you did the same thing; however, I'm still curious as to the reason behind this.