Archive for May, 2008

No cow this time…

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Just once this week I’d like Doobybrain.com to stay online for at least 24 hours without any interruption and downtime.
If the building where my server is housed isn’t on fire, flooded, or being Rickrolled, then I expect my website to respond! At my current rough estimates, Doobybrain.com has had an uptime this past week of [...]

Student video of the earthquake in Sichuan

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

At 2:29PM on May 12, 2008, a student living in one of the buildings on Sichuan University campus recorded a first-hand account of the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in China as it occurred. [via]
Man, that’s scary and intense!

Imposters by James Knoblauch and Shawna Kenney

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

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Imposters by James Knoblauch and Shawna Kenney is a new book released in February by Mark Batty Publisher.
The book documents the out-of-work actors who live in and around Hollywood. These actors spend their days dressed in costumes of various sorts in order to make a quick buck from tourists visiting the [...]

The wonderful thing about Tiggers

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Wow, I haven’t heard this song in a very long time!

Magic Highway USA: A retro look at the transportation of tomorrow

Monday, May 12th, 2008

In 1958, a TV series called “Disneyland” aired an episode called Magic Highway USA that took a look at some of the exciting new advances to come in modern transportation.
I, of course, wasn’t alive then to watch the show, but seeing the video now makes me realize how forward-thinking Walt Disney and his friends were. [...]

Powerful earthquake in China

Monday, May 12th, 2008

There was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in China yesterday. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Sichuan.
My parents are currently in China, presumably in Guangdong. They were supposed to fly out yesterday to Hong Kong. I haven’t heard from them since I heard news of the quake, but I hope they’re ok and already in [...]

There’s a mystery behind the label

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Why is there a label on the outside of this Hudsons Coffee bag?
Click inside to find out!

Search and read Wikipedia with Powerset

Monday, May 12th, 2008

For a long time now, I’ve been fed up with the search function on Wikipedia. It isn’t very good for finding a variety of information that is relevant to your query, and it also doesn’t search for similar spellings of queries when/if you spell something wrong.
There have been search engines dedicated to searching Wikipedia in [...]

Automatic plugin updates make life easier

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Wow, this was nice and easy! I only had to push one link and it was all downloaded, unpacked, installed, and upgraded for me automatically!

Jesus People - Episode 5

Monday, May 12th, 2008

If you aren’t following Jesus People, then you should start now.
The show is a very funny internet video series about the formation of a Christian musical act. It is shot in the style of a mockumentary (like The Office).