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