One girl’s version of the Star Wars trilogy

Subject says it all. Just watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2GmBkkaTU

languages

Good stuff here: http://www.aegisub.net/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html

Favorites Blogs

Lots of great Blogs out there. Here are some of my new favorites.

http://www.techcrunch.com/

http://unrealitymag.com/

http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php

http://www.filmfodder.com/

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.warcraftecon.net/

http://www.mmo-champion.com/

http://thedailywtf.com/

The Web of 7.24.2007

• Water on the brain. Great article.
• World of Warcraft comic soon to be released by DC. I knew it wouldn’t be long.
• The origins of some familiar phrases are explained. Very interesting.
• Great article about how lies can ruin a whole family’s life. Very disturbing.
• Turns out parents playing with their children is a very Western idea and very modern.
• Could you afford to be poor? I’m going to read her book soon I believe.
• Patents on life-saving medical procedures. Geesh…
• Wikipedia random article of the day.

The Web of 7.23.2007

• Real life sea monsters.
• I’m not afraid of heights but these pics made me experience vertigo just looking at them.
• Weird genetic anomalies in nature.
• ‘Prince Caspian‘ to be bigger than ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’.
• Childhood is now a sex crime? Whoa….a little extreme in my opinion.
• Wikipedia random article of the day.

A lot of political articles on the web today. I’ll spare you those.

The Web of 7.20.2007

• 100 of the greatest Simpsons’ quotes.
• Strange menus at McDonalds around the world.
• Computers crack checkers……finally.
• Dinosaur’s rise to top of food chain was gradual.
• Extreme camping. I would never get to sleep.
• You can now fly with your lighter. Those number figures are astonishing in more ways than one.

The Web of 7.19.2007

• The first true random number generator. Thank you quantum physics.
• Farscape is returning, sort of.
• Robot that walks on water based on a lizard. (pdf)
• One wienie comic beats up and even weinier comic. This story is funny, yet sad.
• Harry Potter themed hard-core drugs. Man this is sad.
• Microscopic view of frost on a blade of grass.
• Manga Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. This is great.
• The glue of the future.

The Web of 7.18.2007

• The real news on the Iraq situation? Tough quote, “the smoke and mirrors from the administration”.
• A too-the-point iPhone review.
• All the information on the internet wiped out after it crashed!!! Very funny video.
• the Periodic Table of the Internet.
• Critique of J.K. Rowling’ writing in the Harry Potter books. Can’t say he isn’t right in some of it.
• ‘Deathly Hallows’ to be the most environmental friendly book ever printed.
• Wikipedia random article of the day.

The Web of 7.17.2007

Been on vacation for a week or so. Back in full swing now.

•  What a great view. Talk about being alone with your thoughts.
• 20 ways to impress your boss. Good list in my opinion. I try to follow this very closely.
• Remember, it pays to be nice to people.
• Birds seem to deny the laws of physics, or at least flight.
• I have read a lot recently about this new tagging functionality that will be part of the ‘new web’. More condensed article that overviews the topic.
• Introducing the MacGyver Multitool.
• Wikipedia random article of the day.

The Web of 7.9.2007

• Great programming tip.
• PS3 may be getting cheaper soon. Seems to be a controversy however.
• Ten politically incorrect truths about human nature.
• Video of an great optical illusion. You can buy the book here.
• Article about a programmable robot from 60 AD that has been reconstructed.
  
• “Transformers” came out on top of the box office this weekend. I understand why, it is an absolutely incredible movie.
• List of 69 different tech blogs that are actually good.