Archive for March, 2005

How to talk like Yoda (YodaJeff’s Yoda Page)

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

How to talk like Yoda (YodaJeff’s Yoda Page)
My kids always get a kick out of it when I talk like yoda.

Talking like Jedi Master Yoda is a fun and easy way to make a joke amongst your fellow Star Wars fans. His unique style of reversing the words in a sentence are easily recognized by [...]

DesMoinesRegister.com

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

DesMoinesRegister.com
Guy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa drums himself out of a job.
Maybe we need an “Iowa” category?

Soon after he was hired, customers complained to store manager Judi Moorman that the 46-year-old Garcia was constantly playing an imaginary set of drums – using real drumsticks – while listening to music through headphones. Some of the customers reportedly [...]

The Original Dog Powered Scooter

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

The Original Dog Powered Scooter
I wonder how well Demon would do mushing James around the neighborhood?

Focus your dogs energy and enjoy the new sport of Urban Dog Mushing.
You have many needs to fulfill with your young strong energetic dog:
- exercise for health
- time constraints on you
- control during exercise from other dogs, people, cars, bicycles, [...]

Mike Davidson: Mitch Hedberg – Rest in Peace

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Mike Davidson: Mitch Hedberg – Rest in Peace
Such a great comedian. RIP.

Mitch Hedberg has died.

mezzoblue § Too Far

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

mezzoblue § Too Far
I am guilty of this, too. Use tables for tabular data — don’t waste time making the CSS do the table tags job..

Here’s a code sample from someone who obviously misunderstands the fact that “it’s okay to use tables for tabular data”, and probably spent more time than was [...]

Globetechnology: Dan McLean

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Globetechnology: Dan McLean – Having a problem with IT? Blame the sales rep.
Hmmmm.

A pet peeve expressed at the meeting was that many IT companies overstate their products’ capabilities. In some instances, it was reckoned that an overzealous salesperson sold a bill of goods that fell well short of what a CIO may have thought [...]

Wired 13.04: La Vida Robot

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Wired 13.04: La Vida Robot
A well written article that explroes the human side of the undocumented Mexican immigrants who beat an MIT team in an underwater robotics competition.

Even though Lorenzo had never heard of MIT, the team from Cambridge scared him, too. There were 12 of them – six ocean-engineering students, four mechanical engineers, and [...]

Eight foot NES controller – Engadget – www.engadget.com.

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Eight foot NES controller
A bit too big, but still could be cool. Follow the link trail to get to TechTV/G4-whatever video of them playing & making it.

Just know that if you%u2019ve always found those rectangular units too small for your meaty paws, for $400 and 20 hours worth of construction time, you too could [...]

Amazon.com: Software: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Amazon.com: Software: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Save $35 by pre-ordering.

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Welcome to

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Welcome to “Rite in the Rain”
Neat. I almost never write on paper, but one of these might be just the thing to sit on my desk and think about writing in.

“Rite in the Rain” is a truly amazing paper that is created specifically for writing field notes in all weather conditions; from the torrential [...]