Archive for March, 2008

Make fake teeth with an orange peel

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Haha, this amuses me to no end! I must get myself some oranges now. [via]

T-1000 1:2 scale bust with hole through the head

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

It sucks that it’s sold out, but man I’d totally be interested in buying this 1:2 scale bust of Robert Patrick’s T-1000 character from Terminator 2.
I’d buy it and then put it on my desk at work. Then I would proceed to chuckle under my breath at how awesome it is to have T-1000 guarding [...]

WordPress 2.5 released!

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Today, WordPress 2.5 is officially released, and with the new release comes a completely new look for the default admin panel as well as for the WordPress website.
Just a few days ago, Matt released a video screencast demonstrating the features in Wordpress 2.5 (you can watch the video below).

And just for fun, this is how [...]

Reporter interviews the author of her own biography

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

It amazes me time and time again how well The Onion can parody the look of an actual TV station news program.
In the video above, we see fictional Today Now! anchor Tracy Gill talking with the author of the biography about herself. I love how this entire segment seems so believable. It’s top-notch acting and [...]

CNET’s list of top 10 obsolete ports

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

On the obsolete PS/2 port: “Sadly, PS/2 was yet another victim of USB, which doesn’t care what you plug into it, the electrical slut.”
That alone should make you want to read CNET’s list of 10 top obsolete computer ports. [via]

I didn’t know you could zoom in on multiple files in Bridge

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Maybe it’s because I don’t normally select more than one file at a time in Adobe Bridge or maybe it’s because I’m an idiot (maybe both), but I just found out that I can zoom in on multiple files at once without losing the zoom area in a previously selected file.
My productivity just shot through [...]

Creator of the Egg McMuffin passes away at 89

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

I’m eating breakfast right now and reading some news before I head off to work and this particular news item stuck out: Herb Peterson, creator of the Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s has passed away.
First introduced in 1972, the Egg McMuffin was the sandwich that started the breakfast menu at McDonald’s. It is made in a [...]