Oh the tragedy, what will we ever do. tear.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Only in Asia
I've seen some crazy truck spills, tomatoes, chickens, bees, but holy crap. This is amazing. And nasty.
It'd be Funny, if it weren't True
Ah, how I miss being a Californian. We pretty much do whatever and think however we damn well please over here.
Really Cool GMail Tip
I came across this using my new favorite tool, StumbleUpon.
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Did you know the periods in your gmail address don't mean a thing? That's right, if you signed up as geek.sugar@gmail.com, you'd still get emails sent to geeksugar@gmail.com. You'll even get emails sent to g.e.e.k.s.u.g.a.r@gmail.com, for the wiseacres in your family. Ooh, and anything sent to "googlemail" instead of "gmail." Honestly, it's the little things that blow my mind (and btw, none of the above email addresses belong to us!).
More usefully, you can add a plus sign to the end of your address, and then you can set up a folders in your email that coordinate with that. For instance, say you open an online account with WellsFargo. When you sign up, give your email address as "geeksugar+banking@gmail.com", then in Settings, set up a filter. In the From box, add in WellsFargo or your chosen bank, in the To box, put in your newly-created geeksugar+banking@gmail.com address, and the set the filter to put in a folder titled "banking." You can also use this technique when you sign up for something and send their emails to you directly to the trash!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Your Gas Bill Ain't Nuthin
If you thought your gas bill was high, quit your complaining. Then again, we all pay for this gas bill.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Acrobatic Tractor
This guy is getting earning every penny of the government subsidized $45 and hour he gets to drive a tractor:
Interactive Inflation
While keeping with the recent posts of graphs and charts, check this out.
Have you ever wondered what the real cost of inflation is? I know I have. This interactive map of where inflation has hit the hardest shows us just what is truly effected by inflation and what isn't.
Click the Link or the image to go to the actual New York Times site.
Amazing View of Foreclosures
The New York Times website has a page displaying foreclosures throughout the country in an amazing graph. Check it out and see how your neighborhood is doing.
My backyard seems to be doing okay, along with the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
Click n the image to open a larger version.
Acceptance of Evolution
This is so disappointing. Below is a graph of countries showing the percentage of people in each that accept evolution a science.
Wow, this really bums me out.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Web 2.0 Stock Simulation Game
I've been waiting for this for a long time. Finally someone developed a website for simulated stock picking that is more than just "What-If" analysis.
www.UpDown.com is the first social-networked stock simulation website, and by far the best place to try your luck at beating the market.
The best part, if you beat the market, you get paid real money.
If you write a good stock or market analysis article, you get paid real money.
Here's the premise:
The idea is that if enough people make picks and write analysis, the site will generate better stock picking recommendations than any expert could provide. Big idea, but lots of potential. As of right now, there's a few people that have made a few thousand dollars writing reviews. VEry few of those people work in the financial sector, most are regular folks that have a perspective on stock picking and investing that doesn't always have a place in the normal financial media outlets.
Check it out: www.UpDown.com
World's Hardest Game
You gotta try this game. As you can see from my death count, I don't have a lot of patience to sit and watch before just going for it. Man, this is a hard little game though. A brilliant time waster...
World's Hardest Game Link
Put Your Damn Ribbon on Straight
I'm in a complaining mood lately.
Is anyone else as fed up with these people who spend a dollar on a ribbon magnet for their SUV and then put it on crooked so that we can read it? WTF !?!
I desperately hope aliens aren't watching us right now, because they'd get back in their space ships and move on trying to find actual "intelligence." Seriously, putting the ribbon on crooked so we can all read how you "Support the Troops" ?
Here's what I think of your patriotism:
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