Links of the Week (Week #25, 2006)
Published Sunday, June 25th, 2006 at 11:04 am
- Channelchooser :: pick click play internet TV-channels – List of 70 TV channels with streaming video. Watch Sci Fi and ESPN right from your PC.
- Comcast Tech Falls Asleep On Guy’s Couch – Gizmodo – What do you do if your cable TV technician falls asleep while working on your box. Don’t wake him up. Film it and get yourself on CNN.
- Sawstop Table Saw – Check out this table saw, you know the the big monster machines they scare you with in shop class with all the videos of Jimmy getting his finger chopped off. Apparently, when the saw blade contacts flesh it self destructs. The company’s website (sawstop) has a demonstration video on a hot dot and very detailed explanation of how the saw destructs but offers no insight on how the saw detects flesh. Be sure to check out their recent saves.
- Extroverted like me. By Seth Stevenson – Unlike Tom Cruise I believe psychotropic drugs can benefit some people but proceed with caution. By tinkering with your mind you’re altering what makes you you. Here is one mans story of how bad it can be.
- Geek to Live: Empty your inbox with the Trusted Trio – Lifehacker – This is a method for sorting your incoming e-mails to be more efficient. I’m trying a modified version of this at work.
- Nancy Street – Hobbies – Random Numbers – Not all random numbers are created equal.
- Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator – Federation of American Scientists – Ever wonder how a 4 megaton nuclear explosion in downtown L.A. will impact your home in Torrance? I do!
- Earth Impact Effects – How about a meteor impact?
- Earthquake power calculator – Relate these to the inevitable 8+ Southern Californa earthquake.
- oedipa – Photobucket – Video and Image Hosting – Street magician pulls a woman in half. After the shock I think it becomes pretty obvious how he did this.
- Orisinal : Morning Sunshine – Collection of beautiful and surreal flash games.
- Personal Finance Advice ? Blog Archive ? Creative Job – Commute Helper – I hate sitting in traffic so this is far from my dream job but this guys gets paid to be your carpool buddy.
- Photo Gallery – RapeX – Anti-rape condom…. um… ok. I say chop it off.
- TechCrunch ? Blog Archive ? Comparing SMS price comparison services – Ever been at a store and wonder if the item you were looking at is cheaper on Amazon or eBay. Well with these services you can check using your cell phone.
- TGIF Video: Motorcyclist gets nailed by car, uninjured | Leftlane News – Car News For Enthusiasts – Check out this video of a Greek motorcyclist getting hit by a car… don’t worry he doesn’t get hurt but he sure is angry.
- Two-Stroke Motion – With two images you can give the appearance of forward motion by adding a third blank image. Weird.
- UnknownReference : The PC Boot Process – Windows XP. – Ever wonder why it takes so long to boot windows? Well, here you can read about all that is going on behind the scenes.
- WLTX News19 FYI Message in a Bottle Found 10 Years Later – OK, supposedly this guy found a letter in a bottle floating in a lake from his closest friend one year after his friends death written ten years earlier. I don’t know… sounds a little far fetched to me.