Pen Spinning Revolution

[link]

Beginner's guide to BitTorrent

•   How does BitTorrent compare to other forms of file transfer?
•   What happens if I cancel a download? How can I resume?
•   How do I configure a web server for .torrent files?

Link via LifeHacker

Google - 9 Notions of Innovation

Ideas come from everywhere.... more at Google's 9 notions of Innovation

Make your lost USB drive call for help

Web site Daily Cup of Tech offers a custom autoplay program for your
USB thumb drive that tells the user what to do if it is lost and found.

Much more effective than a boring old IfFoundPleaseReturnTo.txt
text file, this customizable .exe offers a "Help! I'm lost!" Autoplay
option when someone plugs in your thumb drive. I especially like the
bribery tactic: "You will receive a shiny USB drive twice as big as
this one for your trouble." Nice.

[link] via [LifeHacker]

Roll your own maki sushi

The Sushi Day web site photo-documents exactly how to roll your own maki sushi.

link via [Lifehacker]

Grendizer Opening - Arabic

haaaaaa... a touch of nostalgia. Somehow, I automatically expect a "did you finish your homework ?" with this music.

ASCII Generator

                                    
    _/_/_/_/                _/  _/   
   _/        _/_/_/    _/_/_/        
  _/_/_/  _/    _/  _/    _/  _/     
 _/      _/    _/  _/    _/  _/      
_/        _/_/_/    _/_/_/  _/       

Generate any text in ASCII with the ASCII Generator via LifeHacker.

ASCII-O-Matic turns your portrait into text

Fun little Flash app ASCII-O-Matic turns any small JPG image into plain text. Upload your 60 by 50 pixel portrait ("Face photos work best") and the ASCII-O-Matic turns it into a text. ASCII-O-Matic will even provide the HTML to include plain text results on your web site. Click on the LH mascot's ASCII image on the right to get a closer look at the individual characters. Cool! Firefox users - make sure you allow pop-ups from the ASCII-O-Matic site to upload your own image. ASCII-lovers should also see the previously-posted ASCII text art generator. — Gina Trapani

ASCII-O-Matic [Via LifeHacker, typorganism via Brian Sawyer]

Cut Paper

Cut Paper Tutorial [via Craftzine] . Original Post at Green Bean Baby.

CANtern ideas.

 

more CANtern ideas at John Tunger.

History of the Alphabet

A history of each letter of the Alphabet, its origins and evolution where the Ox head became the Letter A ... start with the Letter A at ITCFonts.com

Nine steps to financial security :

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, wrote a book called “The Way of the
Weasel.”In it, he lays out a one-page list for how to manage your
money. While I recognize that a book consisting largely of cartoon is
an unorthodox place to find sound financial advice, I think he is spot
on – if you do these things you will be fine:

1. Make a will.

2. Pay off your credit cards.

3. Get term life insurance if you have a family to support.

4. Fund your 401(k) to the maximum.
[...]

Check the rest at Wheaties for your Wallet via Lifehacker.

M&M History

It all started in 1941 !

check out the complete history of M&Ms  via j-walk.

Strange Statues from around the world

More pictures here.

Yuva studio lets kids create pictures online

Crafts are big in my house, which is why I can't wait to turn my 6-year-old daughter loose at Yuva Studio. This "creative playground" (basically an online drawing program) lets kids create artwork using shapes that can be dragged, expanded, flipped, rotated, doodled, and so on. The resulting masterpieces can be saved in "sketchbooks," turned into e-cards to share with friends and family, or printed.

Link to Yuva Studio via LifeHacker via Parent Hacks.

Quote of the day

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw

Quote of the day

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw

How to Guess Someone's Astrological Sign

Has anyone ever guessed your astrological sign? It's an amazing feat to
perform and it requires research and practice. While not everyone
believes this is possible or that the Zodiac has any meaning, here are
some tips from those who believe it can be done.

[link]

Excel Games

At DzikoSoft: Excel Games Library.

Here you can find over eighty cool Excel games for your enjoyment
and study. I do not want to provide simply a storage space for games, I
try to assure that all authors of Excel games will be given credits for
their great work. Thus, I added author's website when available to the
library.

via j-walk

Learn how to carve a pumpkin

Here's this year's obligatory pumpkin-carving tutorial.

If you have yet to try and carve a pumpkin in a 3-D manner you need to. Its fun and everybody enjoys a cool pumpkin. Unfortunately they begin to rot less than a week after carving so be sure to take plenty of pictures. You can experiment with ways of preserving them but I find nothing works better than a nice photo. Some chefs that I have carved for put lemon juice on the faces to help slow down the natural molding process that will occur.

via J-walk

Lifehacker: Roll your own timeline

I have a terrible memory, especially when it comes to when things happened. Significant life events - like graduating and 9/11 - are all landmarks that help me remember when events occurred relative to them (i.e., "that was before I moved to California.") But there are still long periods of my past that are just a big amorphous blur - especially before I started using a computer every day.

As a result, I've always been fascinated with digital timelines as a memory aid and reference: the ones that occur as artifacts of other activities (like our sent email folder and digital photo collection), and the ones we can purposefully construct for historical documentation.

 

Link: Geek to Live: Roll your own timeline

Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared

BTJunkie is the Editors choice.

Full list here.

patrickrhone - GTD productivity whitepaper

The purpose of this document is to outline all of the methods,
practices, software and hardware (both HiFi and LoFi) I use to Get
Things Done. [link]

Toothpick Sculptures

Amazing Toothpic Art . check it out here.

Maps of War - the Control of the Middle East

Watch as the rule of the Middle East moves from East to West to North to South and to Hell and back... Interesting theory on the next period too. very interesting presentation. check it out here.
via j-walkblog.com

Strange Statues from around the world

More pictures here.

Amazing Paper-Art

Amazing Paper Art from Peter Callesen.

found through J-walkblog.com

Skype reverse engineered ?

Apparently, a Chinese company has reverse engineered Skype.

Le Tour De France in Google Earth 3D !

Tour de France and Google team up to offer you the full 3D route of the Tour de France in Google Earth. You will no longer miss anything: reliefs, stage cities, results, departures or arrival lines… Rediscover the Tour with Google Earth.

If you already have Google Earth, click here to see the Tour Route in Google Earth.

or simply start at the Tour De France site.

Suncream ... sweet music.

check out the site at Oooooouch.com. Make sure you listen to the recordings.

via Marketing-Alternatif

Watch Ad - IWC

via Marketing-Alternatif

Eye-catching ad for Papa Johns'

via Marketing-Alternatif

Unbelievable Football Skills

Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Riquelme, Denilson, R Carlos, Zidane, Seedorf, Mendieta, Higuita

The evolution of dance !

Comedian dances to clips of music from the 60's to the 2000's

Analytical Puzzles

Serious brain teasers at Folj.com Logic Problems. Make sure you try the different difficulty levels as well as the Lateral Thinking part.

via 248am.com

 

LOST ... Did you Know ?

– Did you know that the HANSO corporation has a website ?

– Did you know that HANSO corporation has a recruitment site ?

– Did you know that ABC launched a LOST Alternate Reality Game , all part of the Lost Experience ?

– Did you know that the “Bad Twin” book (available from Amazon) that Sawyer reads on the beach was written by Gary Troup, who was on the doomed Oceanic Flight 815.

– Did you know that Gary Troup is an anagram for  Purgatory ?

– Did you know that Gary Troup’s first book is the out-of-print “The Valenzetti Equation”. The Valenzetti equation is a mathematical formulation designed to predict nothing less than the exact number of years left before the extinction of the human race.

– Did you know that Hanso corporation ran ads during the last few episodes of the series. Retrievers of Truth is one of the ads, Hanso Career site is another, Sublymonal is another (type 108 in the text box !!!)

– Did you also that the Lost Experience is a platform for Viral Marketing ? 

LOST ... Numbers and Theories

If you’re an addict of the show, you have GOT to read the theories on this site LOSTtheories.com:

We’re all about LOST speculation. We aim to be the place online to find all the latest theories. Whether you've got some minor speculation about a particular character or a full-blown LOST theory, this is the place to put it.

 Check out the highest rated theories.

Here’s another must-see LOST site : 4 8 15 16 23 42

This unofficial site is dedicated to the Lost tv show, and the mysterious Lost numbers: 4 8 15 16 23 42. Visit the lost forums, and discuss theories about the show, the island, the numbers, links and anything else.

 

 

Zwan Commercial

An amazing ad and a touch of nostalgia… watch the video [link]

via 248am.com

Send as many 1 GB files as you like... FREE

YouSendIt lets you send files that are too big for email. It's easy to use, fast, and secure.

 

Open your Outlook Calendar in any view you want

… if you want to look at your Microsoft Outlook calendar a day, a week or a week and a half at a time : with your calendar open, press ALT + the number of days you want to show (for example, ALT + 3).

For more shortcut, check out this post.

via Eileen’s Brown Weblog

Gillette Guerilla Marketing

via Marketing-Alternatif

Enjoy the other side

via Marketing-Alternatif

Movie Font Collection

here’s the one from friends.

Create your temporary spambox!

With this service you can create a temporary e-mail address that will forward all incoming mail to your usual e-mail address. Simply enter your e-mail address and the life time of your spambox and we will generate you a temporary @spambox.info e-mail.

create your own at spambox.us.

Optical Illusions

Very nice optical illusions [link]

Adidas Fresco...

via Advertising/Design Goodness

Axe underwear Ad

Click here to view the ad

via AdHunt

31 different ways to tie your shoe laces

check them all in Ian’s Shoelace Site.

This is Lattice Lacing for example.

 

Calvin and Hobbers Snow Art Gallery

Gallery here.

Incredible Hand Art

check it out at Guido Daniele

Watch the stars...

very nice flash application. star brightness is almost correct. [link]

Create your own mugshot

Rebuild the face [link]

Watch a woman being drawn

this makes it look so easy…. [link]

sidewalk chalk guy

all made with clay by the sidewalk chalk guy!!!

Amazing Photography

Amazing Shots by Andrew Davidhazy .

The Press Photographers Year Competition Results

Some really nice pictures there [link]

Peeling Mango

Ever wanted to know how to peel mangos ? [Link]

via 248am

Free pix : iStockphoto

Top Ten Stock Photography Cliches

for those of you who still steal pictures from the internet to use in your presentations, here’s a list of the usual suspects.

link :Forty Media - Blog - Top Ten Stock Photography Cliches

Now THAT's Entertainment

Aggie, Maggie and Elmira are the Ross Sisters. Watch this video of them performing Solid Potato Salad.

via The J-Walk Blog: Now THAT's Entertainment

Web Page Colors

If you design Web pages, this could be very useful: Accessibility Color Wheel.

via The J-Walk Blog: Web Page Colors

Ringxiety

Do you suffer from Ringxiety?

It is a familiar and unnerving sensation: the false belief that you can hear your mobile phone ringing or vibrating. Now the phenomenon is so widespread it has an official name: "ringxiety".

People have grown emotionally dependent on their mobiles for feelings of self-worth, claim psychologists.So when we "hear" an imaginary ring, or think vibrations on a bus are a call, it is the subconscious calculating how popular we are.

via The J-Walk Blog: Ringxiety

How to create your own religion in ten easy steps

Ten simple rules.

most importantly, step no.5 […] Make it Ambiguous : why define it when you can let people fight it out themselves ? People are funny, they’ll fight over anything. […]

[Link]  

Pate-a-modeler for a living

playing with clay… for a living.

Blog : QUEENOFCLAY p�tamodeleuse

World Cup --- List of Rules for Females

1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World Cup, and that way you will be able to join in the conversations. If you fail to do this, then you will be looked at in a bad way, or you will be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.

2. During the World Cup, the television is mine, at all times, without any exceptions. If you even take a glimpse of the remote control, you will lose it (your eye).

3. If you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game, I don't mind, as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand nude in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I won't have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.

4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute, unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it won't happen.

5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least 2 six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on, and please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12 am and  6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.

6. Please, please, please!! if you see me upset because my team is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game", or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break up or divorce.

7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during halftime but only when the commercials are on, and only if the half time score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".

8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.

9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:
a) I will not go,
b) I will not go, and
c) I will not go.

10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.

11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch??", the reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list".

12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "I'm glad the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Premier League, Italian League, Spanish League, etc etc.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Regards,
Men of the world

Office Planner from IKEA

See your new office on the screen before you see it in reality, with the IKEA Office planner.

Translate English to Arabic

long overdue and very impressive. Translate English to Arabic online FOR FREE !!!! long live Google.

Find out more about Google Language Tools.

Bottoms Up !

Very nice Heineken Ad. [via Alexoid]

Don't Drink and Drive

Australia – it’s a crime to drink and drive [ via Marketing Alternatif]

Ass-vertizing

it’ll be interesting to see the crowds in Marina Mall with an ad like this on the floor ! [via Marketing Alternatif]