moebius recursive

This is a great story about a guy in Copenhagen who had his bike stolen and through the power of social media and the interwebs he got it back. And what a great reward for the guy who found it for him!

 

Twitter recently turned 5. Here is the history of Twitter, told in a Ken Burns style.

Sadly, this is an accurate depiction of the depth and thoughtfulness of journalism today.

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fun, history, humor, twitter, video

 

Soccer vs Football – John Cleese breaks it down for you in this video

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humor, video

 

A superhero flavored take on the iPhone vs Android phone debate.

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android, fun, gadgets, humor, iphone, mobile

 

Ever wonder what it would be like to be inside of a football stadium while it is being imploded (like some Die Hard-esque movie)? Here is a taste – they placed a 360 degree camera inside Texas Stadium as they took it down.

Fun to watch, but I am certainly glad I wasn’t actually there (on the inside, anyway).

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I am not sure this guy needs to open that bottle of wine, but here is a nifty trick to open a wine bottle with a shoe.

I have seen this work the opposite way, where if you pound on the open neck of a bottle the bottom will come off (granted, a slightly less useful trick if you are interested in consuming the contents).

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Tweeted about Granada Doaba earlier in the week, but thought it definitely worth another shout out because the more I listen to this album, the more I like it. Here is the NPR piece that introduced me to the music. One of the cool things about this album is that I have been lucky enough to have been to Granada and appreciate the music and vibe of the place first hand. But the coolest thing of all is that the entire album is available as a legal, free download. And no, I don’t benefit from this in any way, just happy to share some creativity at the right price.

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fun, international, music, world

 

I wonder how long it will be before someone decides this site needs to go away simply because the words ‘bomb’, ‘gun’, ‘pistol’ and ‘grenade’ have ‘how-to’s associated with them. Yikes!

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dubious, fun, howto, webtools

 

I bet this guy has wanted to do this ever since he was a little kid.

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My recent sniglet creations:

Solutionating: Combination of solution and hallucinating. What vendors and software designers do when they convince themselves that their product (solution) does something that it absolutely does not.

Annausysis: Combination of analysis and nausea. That feeling you get during your analysis that tells you just how screwed up something is. Frequently accompanies solutionating.

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fun, humor, ideas, language, sniglet

 

Here you have it yet another eye candy time waster. I warned you.

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fun, webdev

 

This Wired headline The Lagoons of Titan: Oily Liquid Confirmed on Saturn Moon made my twisted mind think of two possible immediate reactions:

1) Republicans push for a mission to Titan to begin drilling and extraction

2) Some late night infomercial claiming that they could even get a Titan-esque’oily liquid’ stain out of clothing

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dubious, fun, humor

 

Lost Parrot Tells Veterinarian His Address. No seriously, in Japan.

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fun, python

 

This article about a Japanese woman living in a man’s closet without his knowledge reminded me of the character Lazlo from the movie Real Genius.

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fun, humor, movie

 

Fun to watch once or twice. Please, no one take this as a lesson in how to design a site using flash. Please.

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flash, fun, webdev

 

Google search is providing enhanced flight tracking info through the ever more productive search box.

I am sure there is a reason for mouth-eyes pictures, I just don’t know what it is. Creepy.

Pretty impressive video of a guy singing a song backwards while performing actions that make it clear that he is not simply rolling the tape in reverse (at least until half way through). My second impression (after amazement) was that this guy has way too much time on his hands.

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fun, google, humor, random

 

If only one of my memory lapses proved to be so profitable…

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fun, humor

 

Have we really become so politically correct that we have to screen for script-kiddie speak on license plates?

You know that you are not winning hearts and minds when you are forced to make a public statement like this:

“We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.”

This would probably make an amusing party question/activity: determining your porn star name. A quick survey via email yielded these gems from some friends: “Fuzzy Boxwood”, “Bituminous Pineglen”(!) and “Buffy Maple”. Based on those results, I could see this really working for someone ‘in the biz’.

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fun, news, humor

 

Interesting visualization of national flags by color. It is somewhat remarkable the consistency in choice of colors across the various cultures and aesthetics.

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flags, color, visualization, ideas

 

Wired has a longish story about how the CIA used a made-up science fiction movie to smuggle six Americans out of Iran. Strange, but true (I presume).

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cia, movie, iran, strange