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Basement Jaxx: Raindrops

Bill — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:31:21 +0000

Coming soon to a million commercials near you: a Basement Jaxx song from their forthcoming album. I’m thinking Sprite or Dasani maybe? Cynicsm aside, I do love me some Basemet Jaxx.

Odd Humpty Dumpty Face Paint

Bill — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:31:45 +0000

You’re welcome in advance for the nightmares.

Stairway to Heaven Played on 5 iPhone Ocarinas

Bill — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:53:56 +0000

A new app by Smule lets you blow into the iPhone mic to play an Ocarina, with chording of notes with your fingers like a real ocarina. The don’t-you-dare-play-it-in-guitar-stores promo video is excellent.

New Site: Pixtual

Bill — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000

I’m well on my way to reclaiming rainbows with Rainbow Glitter, so how about I share the Space-Mountain-future-is-here-now iPhone wallpapers I make with the world?

I’m going for the retro-90’s pre-gradient web design vibe, check it out–

Pixtual

Never Moon a Werewolf!

Bill — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:15:26 +0000

Shelby the Teen Wolf

Animated Stereoscopic Images from the 19th Century

Bill — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:04:57 +0000

Joshua Heineman has animated some stereoscopic images from the New York Public library such as this 1883 Central Park hippo to excellent effect. Instead of old-timey metal glasses with the image on a track that moves closer and farther from the eyes for focus, the quick flipping between images in these animated GIFs lets you sense depth on a monitor.

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How to Make Motivation Last, and Save Time While Doing It

Bill — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:01:21 +0000

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” -Buddha

Recently saw a post about Rational Triggers for the Emotoself:

I use short phrases to combat stagnation and anxiety. The problem is that inspirational phrases too often have short shelf lives. “Celebrate Life” seemed to have an impact on me one night while I lay in bed thinking about how my life is like a washing machine drum, spinning but not moving. I repeated those two words like a mantra for a couple months until they were just two words again. Then “Respect The Time You Are Given” gave me a push. That lasted for about as long as it took me to jot it down. For the moment I am hooked on “What Would The Hero You Do?”. When I start to feel lazy or trapped I think of a perfect version of myself and try to imagine what he would be doing right then and there. I don’t always emulate him (my pecs aren’t big enough), but it serves me well…for now.

Everyone reading this has a password or several. Further, for security, hopefully it is long and includes uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols and no dictionary words. Also, it should change regularly.

Tough to do, right?

I’ve found that I can both inspire myself to get things done and solve the password dilemma with one task. How? Find a phrase that you find motivational, and turn it into a password. Then, you’ll be forced to sound it out to yourself in order to fill in your password, reinforcing whatever thought it is many times a day.

So, instead of thinking InswhbdIoswr2bd twenty times a day, think–

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”

Since it is difficult to remember the seemingly arbitrary numbers and letters, you will be forced to speak it internally whenever you type in a password, reinforcing the notion.

Need new inspiration? Choose a new quote, and change your password–great for new inspiration and security purposes.

Skate or Die!, DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

Bill — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:24:19 +0000

Technically, Double Dribble was the first NES game to use digitzed voice. It wasn’t Ramones-cool like this one though.

Pac-Man is an Asshole

Bill — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:50:07 +0000

Screensaver Blows Windows Using Local Windspeed

Bill — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:27:15 +0000

I like ambient information devices–particularly ones that give you information at a glance in a clever way. If you’re stuck inside on a Windows machine, check out Kaze to Desktop. Kaze–’wind’ in English–moves your windows around based on the speed of the wind at your location.

Also, take a look at Drop Clock from the same group–it’s a gorgeus screensaver clock with both Windows and Mac versions.

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