Archive for March, 2006
I purchased Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire recently and was finally able to sit down and watch it again. I have now seen that movie five times. I just love the Harry Potter series of books and movies. The books are some of the most well written, easy to read books I have [...]
March 17th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
Just in case you needed to see a holiday special showing lots of wookies actually speaking wookie (no subtitles) someone was nice enough to provide this treasure of a masterpiece to us:Star Wars Holiday Special 1978. From YouTube: “Plot Outline: Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie’s family, so they can [...]
March 16th, 2006 | Posted in diversions | Comments Off
Last night at Brothers Eatery & Pub in Norman, Oklahoma was the premier performance of the San Francisco band Porkchop Express. They are a country band, which seems like such a strange thing to come out of San Francisco, but it is the absolute truth. From what I understand the band holds quite a “niche [...]
March 15th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments
I have been house hunting for quite some time, but I can never seem to find the perfect house. I know, I know, just build. But there is something to be said for the history and character of an existing house that a new house just doesn’t have. Well I have now found the perfect [...]
March 14th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
I love this sketch of an evil robot monkey. I know it is supposed to look mean or at least menacing. But I just can’t help but laugh when I look at it – especially with the hand-held juicer on it’s head: Link.
March 14th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
Not only have Japanese scientists found stem cells in menstrual blood, they found thirty times more from menstrual blood than from bone marrow. They were able to cultivate the harvested stem cells to behave like heart cells: Link.
March 14th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
I am not sure where I heard first heard about this game, but I then forgot about it. I recently ran across it again on google when searching for something completely different. After following several broken links on pages to find out what the rules were and where it originated, I went to wikipedia to [...]
March 13th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
It seems that RFID tags are here whether we want them or not. It also seems that our US passports will soon contain these little big brother devices. However, there are some wallets and passports that contain RF shielding to prevent unintended people from gaining access to your information via the RFID chip: Link.
March 12th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
A totally nifty site that lets you be creative and design your own paper box. Once you have the box designed, you print it out (a little cutting involved) and glue it together: Link.
March 11th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
ebay has taken an investment interest in meetup.com. Meetup is all about helping people meet other people with similar interests. In a world where people spend more time in front of the television or computer than they do just about anywhere else, it is a nice change. I think it is a great idea. Now [...]
March 10th, 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off