Archive for February 10th, 2006

Shuron Ltd. / Shuron.com

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Shuron Ltd. / Shuron.com

Cool sunglasses!

How to fold a fitted sheet

Friday, February 10th, 2006

How to fold a fitted sheet

I have no idea why I am posting this link, other than I have had trouble with this before so… ;-)

Backstrap weaving

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Backstrap weaving

Cool! Different from any other weaving that I have seen but still the same too. Interesting site.

Treehugger: There’s Still Light After Death: Castor Canadensis’s Recycled Tube Light

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Treehugger: There’s Still Light After Death: Castor Canadensis’s Recycled Tube Light

Like the idea. Hate the site at http://www.castordesign.ca/ because it uses FLASH and it won’t read my browsers under Linux so this one gets a HUGE thumbs down from me. Fix your site so all can see it!

And I have updated my flash player to the newest and greatest and it works elsewhere so I suspect that there is a problem at the designers site. :-(

40-metre profanity spotted from space | The Register

Friday, February 10th, 2006

40-metre profanity spotted from space | The Register
NSFW

Looks like someone stacked hay bales or something in the fields to spell it out. Weird…

The Register: The Home of the Mighty BOFH

Friday, February 10th, 2006

The Register: The Home of the Mighty BOFH

Treehugger: Waste of Packaging: Individually Wrapped Prunes

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Treehugger: Waste of Packaging: Individually Wrapped Prunes
Can you think of a good reason why prunes should be individually wrapped?

But someone at SunSweet apparently did. So now you can throw away the wrapping on each and every one instead of just the extra layer on the sealed box. Stupid!

BBC - Wiltshire - Wiltshire’s Underground City - Burlington

Friday, February 10th, 2006

BBC - Wiltshire - Wiltshire’s Underground City - Burlington
Burlington: The 35 acre, secret subterranean Cold War City that lies 100 feet beneath Corsham.

Cool!

Micro-Mini Projector from Light Blue Optics - Gizmodo

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Micro-Mini Projector from Light Blue Optics - Gizmodo

Couple something like this with a keyboard (bluetooth?), mouse, cellphone and you got a terminal with no need for a monitor of any kind, just a display surface.

Stone Barns Center For Food and Agriculture

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Stone Barns Center For Food and Agriculture

Interesting concept. Bit rich for my blood but looks interesting none-the-less.

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society

Just plain (???) weird stuff. Go, Look, Marvel, Consume bandwidth… ;-)

This Artisan at PoshTots

Friday, February 10th, 2006

This Artisan at PoshTots

Play houses for (very) rich kids. Wish they had pictures of the inside of some of these things.

Linux.com | Review: SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Linux.com | Review: SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3

Downloading it now to try.

National Forest For Sale! Bush Admin. To Sell To Highest Bidder… | The Huffington Post

Friday, February 10th, 2006

National Forest For Sale! Bush Admin. To Sell To Highest Bidder… | The Huffington Post

You gotta wonder just what they are thinking. $$$$$$$ is my guess. And to hell with the future generations. But I keep forgetting, these folks think that GOD is gonna come and take them straight into heaven via the Raptuer so there isn’t any need to worry about future generations.

The Blog | RJ Eskow: Peas in a Pod: Radical Muslims, American Conservatives | The Huffington Post

Friday, February 10th, 2006

The Blog | RJ Eskow: Peas in a Pod: Radical Muslims, American Conservatives | The Huffington Post

I first said “amen” when I read the headline. then after reading the post had to say it again!

Queues for NHS dentists banned to spare ministers - Health - Times Online

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Queues for NHS dentists banned to spare ministers - Health - Times Online
MINISTERS embarrassed by the sight of long lines of people trying to sign up for an NHS dentist have come up with a simple solution: they have banned queues.

Gotta love that logic. NOT…

They Call Me Bruce (2006)

Friday, February 10th, 2006

They Call Me Bruce (2006)

Plot Outline: B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight real monsters in a small town in Orgeon.

Fanboy alert!

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Top 10 Priorities for GOP Congress in ‘06

Friday, February 10th, 2006

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Top 10 Priorities for GOP Congress in ‘06

That’s a hell of a top 10 list. :-(