Posts Tagged ‘interesting’
You can be a superhero, just like Batman and Robin
September 2nd, 2010
Posted in General Blog, Pictures
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POW!” “ZAM!” “PUNCH!” “KICK!” — “Holy Guacamole Batman! Are those our shoes?”
Are you having a hard time growing up? I think that we all have that syndrome to some extent. All you’d need to complete that 60s superhero look are tights and a cape!… (Hmmm… Thinking… maybe I will….)
Brass Monki did the DC Comics-loving sneaker enthusiasts a solid with theses awesome Batman and Robin-themed kicks.
Currently, the superhero shoes are just a prototype, but hopefully they’ll be made available soon. Read more about this on Alltop.com or on Neatorama.
and if you think this is interesting, you should see the Bacon air freshener! Yes, I did say air freshener and bacon in the same sentence!
Hottest Golfer in Calif! – Golf bogey sends sparks flying… literally!
September 1st, 2010
Posted in General Blog, Pictures
Burning up the golf score card!
Over the weekend, a golfer’s routine swing in the rough at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, Calif., struck a rock. Not so different from the way you play, right? Only this time, the impact caused a spark, and the spark set off a blaze that eventually covered 25 acres, according to the Steven Buck, General Manager of Shady Canyon Golf Course, and required the efforts of 150 Orange County firefighters, writes the Associated Press.
Wow. And I felt bad the time I shanked a ball through the window of a house too close to the fairway. That was nothing compared to this!
The golfer’s name is being withheld, which is probably for the best, and no charges are going to be filed. Fortunately, it all could have been much worse. As it was, the blaze required both helicopters and on-the-ground crews.
The conditions were ripe for a blaze, with dry brush from a recent heat wave just waiting for the right spark. Like, say, one caused by metal on rock.
Read more at Yahoo Sports News.
Fried Beer, Fried Chocolate… Fried Lemonade?
August 30th, 2010
Posted in General Blog
The Texas State, known for family, fun, football and of course — Fried Food. And not just your typical fried chicken and french fries. They are well known for unique fried foods, coming up with new ones each year. This year is no different with the new Fried Beer and Fried Lemonade. (How they fry lemonade is beyond me, but then they also have Fried Frozen Margarita there this year too).
Last year, my wife and I went to the State Fair with our daughter and Foster son, Nathan. We had a great time seeing animals, riding the Huge Ferris wheel, and trying some unique food ourselves — such as Fletcher’s Corny Dogs, Pokey_O’s Ice Cream Sandwich, the award-winning Fried Peaches and Cream. We didn’t try the Fried Butter; while it looked good and we we told it tasted more like buttered toast, we couldn’t bring ourselves to taste the heart-attack-waiting-to-happen delight.
Read more about this year’s line up of The State Fair’s Big Tex Choice Award Finalists.
Wow… How quickly can your password be cracked?
July 19th, 2010
Posted in General Blog
I thought that this article was very interesting. I know that my passwords are not so strong, but this was a good article on password security and strength, and I thought to share:
Mike on ghacks has posted an interesting introduction to password strength. You may think your password is strong, but the range of times required to crack passwords of different types goes from essentially instantaneous (for any 3-character password, e.g. 3D%) to several years for an 8-character password of mixed case alphanumerics and symbols (e.g. 4$Gqvt}k).
Mike displays a nice table to show the range of crackability:
His top tip for passwords? “Choose one or two super-strong passwords and change the passwords on every website you have an account with to those.”
My own tip is to use a password manager, allow it to create a different random super strong password for every site and then create a super strong master password. Use an offline password manager that does not store your passwords on its servers whether encrypted or not.
This article was taken from Sciencetext.com.
Other Password articles:
10 facts: Blogging is more of a part of your life than you might think
July 16th, 2010
Posted in General Blog
10 years ago, most people on the internet did n ot know what a “blog” was — and some still don’t. If you are reading this on joshlovesjen.com, then you are reading a blog — da-da-dum!…
Technorati.com is the leading source, next to Google in my opinion, for indexing blogs and blogs posts around the web. In their own words, “The leading blog search engine, Technorati.com indexes millions of blog posts in real time and surfaces them in seconds. The site has become the definitive source for the top stories, opinions, photos and videos emerging across news, entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, politics and business. Technorati.com tracks not only the authority and influence of blogs, but also the most comprehensive and current index of who and what is most popular in the Blogosphere.”
Taken from Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2009, here are 10 facts that you might not have known about the online culture of blogging:
- 77% of Internet users read blogs.
- There are currently 133 million blogs listed on leading blog directory Technorati.
- 60% of bloggers are between the ages 18-44.
- One in five bloggers update their blogs daily.
- Not so surprising to me: Two thirds of bloggers are male.
- Corporate blogging accounts for 14% of blogs.
- 15% of bloggers spend 10 hours a week blogging.
- More than half of all bloggers are married and/or parents.
- More than 50% of bloggers have more than one blog.
- Bloggers use an average of five different social sites to drive traffic to their blog.
For more interesting ideas about the web and where things are going, see this web/technology clog that I just found: http://thefuturebuzz.com/.
Pictures: Fun with Food – Pancake airplanes, bridges, & animals… Oh My!
July 14th, 2010
Posted in General Blog, Pictures
I came across this site the other day and just thought it great fun! This guy makes pancakes for his daughter and just has fun with it! It’s a great light-hearted website that says, “just trying to make some cool pancakes for my daughter.” See some photos below of these cool pancakes. (jimspancakes.com). Also, find the fan page of Jim’s Pancakes on Facebook.
