Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
1980 TRS-80 Pocket Computer
Dorf On Golf
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An oldie but goodie.. I love Tim Conway! The "Mr. Tudball - Mrs. Wiggins" skits from the Carol Burnett Show were a huge favorite of mine, as were "The Old Man" skits, which used to routinely crack-up Harvey Korman, Carol, Vicki Lawrence, and the others.
I'll be back with a few of these hilarious skits later!
Kobe: Our Failure A Wasted Year
Kobe Bryant is never much for sentimentality, and he's not going to change any time soon.
So when he reflected Wednesday on the Lakers' underachieving 2010-2011 season, which included being swept in a Western Conference semifinal series, Bryant didn't mince words on his disappointment.
"It was a wasted year of my life," he said in his exit interview.
Among the other highlights:
• He said he believes that the Lakers can win a title next year with the same roster
• He said he plans to work on his game during the summer, focusing on leg strength and injury prevention. He added that he doesn't want to get surgery on his right index finger, even if there is an NBA lockout, because the rehab would take too long.
Click here to listen to Kobe's exit interview..
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Too bad - So Sad..
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Possibly The Earliest Photobomb Ever
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That's right - According to my source, this is a U.S. Civil War Photograph. I guess they had no idea we'd be laughing at photobombs 140 years later.
Bill Biggart Photography & 9/11
Bill Biggart was a photographer who found himself at the World Trade Center site on 9/11/2001, and captured some of the images we have seen over the years. The image above was the last one he took.
Unfortunately he was killed with the second tower-collapse, but his digital camera card survived, and led to the creation of his site. Please go check out Bill Biggart Dot Com, and check out his bio, accomplishments, and of course the pictures he took that historic day.Via
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Cape Kidnappers Golf
at Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Designed by legendary golf architect Tom Doak, the Cape Kidnappers par 71 golf course measures 7,119 yards (6,510 meters) and will challenge golfers of all skill levels.
Completed in 2004, our spectacular New Zealand golf course has been hailed as one of the great modern marvels in golf. Cape Kidnappers golf course is currently ranked the 41st best golf course in the world by Golf Magazine.
"Our goal in designing golf courses is to create interesting holes you wouldn't find anywhere else. That wasn't hard to do at Cape Kidnappers, because the site is not like anywhere else in golf. If it were any bigger or any more dramatic, it would probably be cordoned off as a national park. It's an overwhelming experience to stand up on the cliffs, 140 meters above sea level, and look out across the waves far below in Hawke's Bay." -- Tom Doak
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Bonus pictures (more than just golf): 01, 02, 03 (there's a ton at this site)..
This is the book from which I learned of Cape Kidnappers.
Designed by legendary golf architect Tom Doak, the Cape Kidnappers par 71 golf course measures 7,119 yards (6,510 meters) and will challenge golfers of all skill levels.
Completed in 2004, our spectacular New Zealand golf course has been hailed as one of the great modern marvels in golf. Cape Kidnappers golf course is currently ranked the 41st best golf course in the world by Golf Magazine.
"Our goal in designing golf courses is to create interesting holes you wouldn't find anywhere else. That wasn't hard to do at Cape Kidnappers, because the site is not like anywhere else in golf. If it were any bigger or any more dramatic, it would probably be cordoned off as a national park. It's an overwhelming experience to stand up on the cliffs, 140 meters above sea level, and look out across the waves far below in Hawke's Bay." -- Tom Doak
More images
Even more images
Bonus pictures (more than just golf): 01, 02, 03 (there's a ton at this site)..
This is the book from which I learned of Cape Kidnappers.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Where Do You Fit?
The Pew Research Center has a really great poll here. It consists of 20 simple choices between pairs of statements, and the results have come out very accurate for the few times I took it.
To identify your typology group, select one response from each of the paired statements. Even if neither statement is exactly right, choose the response that comes closest to your views.
Click the image above to go take the quiz, and see where you fit!
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C'mon Mother Nature
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We need rain so-o-o-o-o badly. It's starting to get to the point where "this isn't funny anymore!" C'mon mother nature, why you doin' us like this?
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Skin Gun
A simple idea backed by stem cell research allows victims of severe burns to heal in merely days.
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Microsoft vs. Ford
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:
"If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, Ford issued a press release stating: If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason.. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but it would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off.
And of course, when all else fails, you could call "customer service" in some foreign country, and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!
Thanks Mom!
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Link Dump
Unusual Wood Floors by Bolefloor - Via
5 Ways To Cut The Battery Drain On Your Android Phone - Via
Government asks NCAA Football "Why no playoffs?"
There is a live Abbey Road Webcam - And yes, people do actually simulate the Beatles cover..
Pics or it didn't happen..
Introducing Jerry Seinfeld Dot Com
"When I was ten years old, I started watching stand up comedians on TV. I fell in love with them and I'm just as fascinated with stand up comedy today. When I started doing TV, I saved every appearance on every show I did.
I thought it might be fun to go through all of it and pick out three bits each day that still amuse me for some reason or another. I've also included stuff I'm doing now, and I'll be adding new stuff as I go.
Somewhere out there are ten year olds just waiting to get hooked on this strange pursuit. This is for them. I'm just hoping somehow it will keep this silliness going."
--JS
Yep, that's right! Jerry Seinfeld has launched his own website, which will contain a ton of all the material he's ever done. Not only will we now get to go see some of his great stuff from when he primarily did stand-up, but he's making it all the more easy for us - this is his personal library! As a special note, it remains to be seen whether or not we'll see any "Seinfeld" references at Jerry Seinfeld Dot Com, but for now he says, "that stuff is being reserved for another special Web project."
Quoting a recent N.Y. Times article: "I really thought, ‘Where’s my stuff going to be when I’m dead?’ Is it just gone for all time? Who could sift through it? I thought, I should filter this out and be the judge of what I thought was good."
"...[E]ach day the Web page will offer only three of these videos, chosen by Mr. Seinfeld, a strategy that reflects his theories about online content as well as his concerns about what he called 'portion control.' "
"I don’t want everything, Burger King now has a burger where you decide how many patties. How disgusting is that? That’s the problem right there. That’s the cultural moment that I am repudiating here."
My favorite for today was "The chicks and the checks" - from Letterman, 1989.
If you haven't already found the link, click here to go to his brand new website.
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