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New! Gmail Custom Time
Posted on 03.31.08 by John @ 11:45 pm

Custom Time from GmailAh yes, it must be that time again…


Ever wish you could go back in time and send that crucial email that could have changed everything — if only it hadn’t slipped your mind? Gmail can now help you with those missed deadlines, missed birthdays and missed opportunities.
Pre-date your messages
You tell us what time you would have wanted your email sent, and we’ll take care of the rest. Need an email to arrive 6 hours ago? No problem.
Mark as read or unread
Take sending emails to the past one step further. We let you make emails look like they’ve been read all along.
Make them count
Use your custom time stamped messages wisely — each Gmail user gets ten per year.
Worry less
Forget your finance reports. Forget your anniversary. We’ll make it look like you remembered.

Gmail: Google’s approach to email

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The Hamster Wheel Pedometer
Posted on 10.02.07 by John @ 8:02 pm

Stuff like this just amazes me to no end. Not that someone built a rotation counter for a hamster cage but that someone would want one.

Worried that your pet hamster’s not getting enough exercise in his cage? This pedometer is actually a hamster wheel attachment that measures how many times the wheel rotates and then gives you an exact measurement of how much distance he’s covered in any one stretch of time. Pretty crazy!

[via boingboing]
TOKYOMANGO: The Hamster Wheel Pedometer

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Fargo, Yeah You Betcha
Posted on 09.14.07 by John @ 6:27 pm


Reminds me of what it was like when I was growing up.
[via neatorama]

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DIY GPS Jammer
Posted on 09.07.07 by John @ 6:45 pm

DIY GPS JammerHackers listen up. Everyone understands and enjoys the utilitarian benefits that GPS has brought to our lives but what if it didn’t work any more? I suppose you could build some sort of surface to space missile robot that would systematically seek and destroy all the GPS birds in orbit, but that might attract unwanted attention by the authorities. No, your best bet would be to build a little portable device that just affected a small area. That is exactly what this does. It works by blanketing the GPS L1 frequency (1475.42 MHz) with noise rendering the receiver unable to get an acquisition code. Without one of those it can’t see any satellites. Pretty clever. Now, I have to say that I have no idea if this circuit is going to work, I’ll leave that up to you. I mean, it’s from Phrack magazine after all so that makes it pretty hardcore. Use some common sense in the operation of this device. It might be best used as a conversation starter and that’s all.

[via navigadget]
Low Cost and Portable GPS Jammer

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Belgium Doesn’t Exist!
Posted on 08.21.07 by John @ 8:34 pm

Ceci n'est pas une nation
This stunning fact was brought to my attention today:

For too long we have been told lies. The existence of the supposed European country of Belgium has been taken as gospel for years by members of the Liberati. It has long been held up as a shining example of Liberal philosophies in action. However, now is the time the truth be known. Belgium doesn’t exist…

I ,like you, were shocked to discover this. I can only hope that more people will see through the hoax and right the wrong that is the hoax of Belgium. BTW, don’t miss the shocking truth about the moon (it’s a fake no matter what your eyes tell you) and "Wisconsin: The Innocent State That Isn’t".

Belgium Doesn’t Exist!

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Minesweeper The Movie
Posted on 08.09.07 by John @ 6:29 pm


[via wonderland]
Minesweeper The Movie - CollegeHumor video

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Replica Submarine Make Waves
Posted on 08.03.07 by John @ 4:27 pm

Photo credit: ABC NewsYou just have to love New York…

A man in a Revolutionary War-era submarine was cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for drifting into a security zone, and for unsafe sailing in New York’s East River near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner, the Coast Guard and New York City Police Department said Friday.

I remember when I first saw a drawing of the famous ‘Turtle‘ I was fascinated by the entire concept. It’s a good thing that I didn’t live around any lakes or I might not have survived my childhood.
I applaud the artist for making such a cool contraption I have to wonder why he didn’t think of the obvious repercussions of taking such a craft into a busy water way. Lights, reflectors, having a line to a boat… I’m all for the coolness of an adventure like this but you have to use some common sense and think about safety.
(sorry about the headline, it was such an obvious joke I just had to do it)
ABC News: NYC Man Cited for 1775 Submarine
Adventures With an Egg - Flickr photoset
Duke Riley home page

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Chimera Embryos Need Rights Say Bishops
Posted on 07.04.07 by John @ 5:50 pm

As my good friend Greg (who told me of this story) pointed out "Have these people not read The Island of Dr. Moreau?" Well said Greg!

Hybrid animal-human embryos created for medical research should be viewed as human and permitted to develop into children, Roman Catholic bishops have urged the British parliament.

Arrgh… My inner scientists cringes at this.  Sure, we could use a race of lion men to defend our borders and what better to attend to the sick than bunny girls but I know that the Bishop has no concept of this utilitarian purpose and that any decent scientists with any sense of morals or ethics would never bring one of these monstrosities to term. Who is the mad man here, the man of faith or the man of science?
He probably thinks that the hideously deformed offspring would make a great argument that all science is evil and must be burned with the pure fires of mythic faith. He may feel that it also prove, so one might say, that god has mighty compassion for these poor creatures and has allowed them to live and we must worship him/it all the more because of it. If it’s the ‘every egg is a future contributor to the churches coffers’ (ok, a little crass there, I’ll admit that but by all accounts true) argument, then we might as well shoot all the teachers, lobotomize the scientists, and turn the calenders back to the year 1200.

Animal-human embryos need human rights, bishops say | Reuters

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iPhone Autopsy Photos, The Horror, The Horror…
Posted on 06.29.07 by John @ 8:35 pm

iPhone DisassemblyWell the elusive iPhone has been captured, dissected and photographed and is now ready to be stuffed and mounted. Somewhere in the night time sky a star has gone out.

[via MAKE]
iPhone Disassembly

If your all keen on getting one of these marvels on modern telephony technology you may want to get the perfect book for any iPhone owner:
iPhone For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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Pointless Taco Bell Post
Posted on 06.19.07 by John @ 4:02 pm

Taco Bell hot sauceI happened to come across a stash of taco Bell hot sauce condiment packets today. Am I the last one to notice the little saying that are printed on them? Maybe not entire philosophical discourses like what can be found on cups of the fashionably prices cups of java at Starbucks. More like little quips. (I better be nice to Starbucks, I might have to get a second job there soon. I love your coffee! My loan was approved so I’ll be over in the morning for a cuppa.) Anyway, I decided to share some of the corporate cleverness that comes from Taco bell…
(more…)

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Bacon Place Mats. What’s Next, Salmon Trivets?
Posted on 06.15.07 by John @ 10:09 pm

Bacon placemat

Ok, now I like bacon as much as the next guy but this is getting out of hand. Seriously.
Maybe this should be used in the ‘perfect bacon butty’.

[via neatorama]
instructables : Bacon Placemats : intro

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Ideas for a Religious Science Fair Project
Posted on 06.08.07 by John @ 4:58 pm

Halloween2000 This is just so disturbing that I don’t know what to say. I’d like to think that it’s a work of parody but I know it’s not. The Twin Cities Creation Science Association posted a lengthy list of projects that kids have asked about science fair projects. As far as I can tell there are a few real and quite valid science fair projects buried in there but to find them you have to skirt around quite a bit of foo. Discovering how glue works and if the position of the sun effects how tired we are sound valid to me but what is up with this question?

65. What affects skin color? Is one color better than another? What was God’s purpose in this?

Wow.
Actually, I’m surprised that they would even bother putting such a sham on when clearly the religiously correct answer to each and every one of the questions posed is "Because God wants it to be that way". Check your brains at the door and grab a book full of fairy tails before you sit down. Critical thought has little place in religion. In all honesty, the whole debate over ‘is there proof of god’ (your choice of deity, there are many to choose from) strikes me as being like arguing over what Gandalf the White would have done at the battle of Waterloo. You see my point? Mixing fantasy with reality makes for a good read but hardly helps you understand how things work.
[via Pharyngula]
TCCSA - Twin Cities Creation Science Association

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What Kind Of Atheist Are You?
Posted on 05.26.07 by John @ 11:17 am

I found this to be somewhat amusing:

You scored as Apathetic Atheist, Meh… whatever. Apathetic Atheists tend towards disbelief because believing takes more work. These are the people who won’t argue religion, even if a total nutjob confronts them because arguing just seems like a waste of time they could spend doing something else.

Scientific Atheist

 
83%

Apathetic Atheist

 
83%

Spiritual Atheist

 
58%

Angry Atheist

 
58%

Militant Atheist

 
42%

Agnostic

 
42%

Theist

 
25%

What kind of atheist are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

I need to find a quiz that test just how religious you are and see how my scores compare. Only right that I fully test the situation.

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TalkiPhone Forum
Posted on 05.01.07 by John @ 6:00 pm

Talk iPhone
Not that there can be much to talk about yet, but there you go. When ever the mythical iPhone erupts from the head of Steve and lands with a wet ‘plop’ on the shelves of Cingular stores (in a limited area only I bet) all the fawning Apple minions will have a place to sing the praise and squelch the gripes of the latest technological panacea. (more…)

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Japanese Deep Fat Fryer Dwelling Goldfish
Posted on 03.29.07 by John @ 4:10 pm

Japanese deep fat fryer dwelling goldfishThis is an excellent exploit of basic physics.

Because oil floats on water, despite the massive heat (163 degrees Celsius) the goldfish simply stay away from the surface and all is well. They eat the crumbs of croquettes and other fried foods that fall to the bottom, and can live in there for 5-10 years as they happily clean away, ignorant to the fact that certain death awaits any potential escapees.

[via boingboing kottke]
Deep-fry diving for goldfish in Japan

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