Friday, July 07, 2006
Unbelievable Football Skills
| Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Riquelme, Denilson, R Carlos, Zidane, Seedorf, Mendieta, Higuita | |
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.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
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.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
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.
Friday, June 09, 2006
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
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
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Now THAT's Entertainment
Aggie, Maggie and Elmira are the Ross Sisters. Watch this video of them performing Solid Potato Salad.
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.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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]
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Sunday, May 07, 2006
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
Sunday, April 30, 2006
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.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Ass-vertizing
it’ll be interesting to see the crowds in Marina Mall with an ad like this on the floor ! [via Marketing Alternatif]
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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Monday, February 20, 2006
16 things that it took me over 50 years to learn
16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:
by Dave Barry, Nationally, Syndicated Columnist
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine.. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
FINAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra than on
Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2030, there should be a large
elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no
recollection of what to do with them.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Bought stuff on Amazon : RefundPlease.com
You might be entitled for a refund from Amazon on your past purchases ! Here’s what RefundPlease.com is about :
There are a number of online retailers that offer to credit buyers back cash on past purchases. For instance, if the product you purchased at Amazon.com within the last 30 days has dropped in price they will credit you back the difference.
After you make a purchase, visit our web site and enter the purchase information into our database along with your email address. We do the rest. We'll check the prices everyday and send you a message if the price has dropped.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Track the satellite
Track Satellites in real-time : J-Track 3D.
We hope you enjoy J-Track 3-D. It should appear in its own window and begin loading a database of over 500 satellites.
What you will see (assuming your system supports this JAVA applet) is a plot in 3-dimensions showing the position of these satellites. Be sure to try the "Satellite" pull-down menu to choose which satellite you wish to view.
via J-walk
DVD Authoring 101
You’re familiar with BitTorrents, have started downloading (legally) your stuff with Azureus, got your VOB files and want to burn them on a DVD ? check out this excellent tutorial on How to author & burn a DVD from VOB trailers/files
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Stock.XCHNG, the leading FREE stock photo site.
Whether you just want to browse our huge image gallery or want to share your personal photos with others, this is the site for you!
Old Anatomy Texts
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine: Historical Anatomies on the Web.
Historical Anatomies on the Web is a digital project designed to give Internet users access to high quality images from important anatomical atlases in the Library's collection. The project offers selected images from NLM's atlas collection, not the entire books, with an emphasis on images and not texts.
This familiar image is from William Cheselden's Osteographia (1733).
via j-walk
MENSA Intelligence Test
According to MENSA, if you get 19 + of these, you are a "genius".
Only 2 MENSA members achieved full marks. See how well you do.
I got 20 !
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Perplexing Gallery
A whole bunch of unusual images, some of them optical illusions: Planet Perplex Gallery.
Here's a young man who turns into an old man when the picture is inverted.
Dining In The Dark
If you're in West Hollywood, you can dine in complete darkness: Opaque.
Opaque - Dining in the Dark - will seat you in a literally pitch-black dining room where you will be guided and served by blind or visually impaired individuals that have been specially trained to serve meals in the dark, casually and comfortably offering guidance and reassurance for sighted guests.
Here's a photo of a couple enjoying their meal.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Sasuki, Grendizer, Jim wa Bimbo, etc...
I know a few that’ll want to buy those again . check them out at Arabic Cartoons.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Setting up the table.
This might help me earn some points with my wife. Apparently etiquette does not take into account that tables actually need to have space for food.
from J-walk.
the Alibi Network
Do you need a RESCUE call to be made at any time from any number?
Do you need us to make a phone call, but want the phone call to appear from Paris? With the Paris number showing up on the caller id of the intended party?
Are you in Dubai, but telling your partner you are in Tokyo? Would you like to have us assign a Tokyo number to you, receive the phone call on your behalf and forward it to your number in Dubai?
Do you want to create an impression that you are staying in a certain hotel anywhere in the world? Complete with the 24 hr hotel receptionist confirming your stay.
check it out at : http://alibinetwork.com/index.jsp
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
How Fast Can You Type The Aplphabet ?
you think you’re fast until you see a high-score of 1 second ! I got 3.8.
try it out at http://frenzy.morpheme.co.uk/frenzy/
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Interactive U.S. was timeline
An interactive U.S. war timeline.
This is an archive of 163 US interventions, a multi-faceted catalogue of coups, humanitarian incursions, covert actions, proxy armies, freedom fighters/terrorists and multilateral offensives. Out of this legacy, a complex picture emerges.
via J-walk
Friday, November 04, 2005
Ad - Laundry Wheels !
“There are laundrettes in the wheels of a taxi, complete with laundry and soap. It's a really nice way to get attention to the product, by using outdoor opportunities. “
Noah Arc Questions
I got three wrong on Noah’s quiz. enlightening on the number of animals on the arc !
via j-walkblog.com
Face Memory Test
I didn’t wait through the parts. scored 95% on recognition and 78% on temporal.
via J-walkblog
Monday, October 31, 2005
Finding Free Photos
a list of great resources for free photographs, for example a Hungarian site called Stock Exchange …
Pumpkin Gang
More pumpkins: Pumpkin Way. This is another one of those cutting-edge horizontal scroll sites.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
3D Steregrams.
Some people hate these things. I don't. Single Image Stereograms Gallery.
This is the first time I've seen Stereogram Movies.
via j-walkblogEthnic Slurs. insults a-la-carte.
Courtesy of Wikipedia: a handy list of ethnic slurs.
The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or in some cases, nationality, region or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner. The term is listed, followed by its primary user(s) and a definition.
Warning: Some of these are really offensive.
A few examples that are new to me:
- Babaloo - (North America) a Cuban American - after the nightclub and phrase associated with Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz)
- Hamburger Heifer - (U.S.) term for an obese young woman from the Midwest - pun on the budget food product Hamburger Helper and Heifer (a young cow)
- Mackerel snapper - (Protestant North American) a Roman Catholic (reference to fish on Fridays)
- Porch Honky - (U.S.) lazy white person
- Urkel - (U.S.) a black man that acts like a geek, from Steve Urkel, a major character on the TV show Family Matters
via j-walkblog
Soda Eruption. Your mom will love it.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Be Prepared... Baden-Powell quotes.
”No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.” Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
if you’ve walked the path and know what a cabestan is, you’ll like more of his quotes on wikiquote.
X-rays of kids who swallowed toys.
Mark Frauenfelder:
Pat York says: "Here is a series of X-rays showing stuff kids have swallowed including ni-cad batteries, open safety pins, coins. My favorite? X-ray of a kid's stomach with all the pieces of a magnetic toy re-aligned after he's swallowed them one by one." <via Boing Boing> X-rays of kids who swallowed toys and coins
… Link
Tetris shaped filing system
Mark Frauenfelder: 
Inhabitat writes about a shelving system made from modular Tetris shaped boxes. They look really nice. Tetris Shelving <via Boing Boing> … (Thanks, Dan!) via
Inhabitat writes about a shelving system made from modular Tetris shaped boxes. They look really nice. Tetris Shelving <via Boing Boing> … (Thanks, Dan!) via
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