I built one of these using a styrofoam cup, but this is much better.
Category: Internet
How many times have you received an email forwarded to you from someone that starts off with, “I don’t usually forward these things but…” Here’s a site that I always go visit to investigate all those claims that those forwarded emails make. They do their homework to find out where these things originated and if there’s any truth to the claims. Most of the time they are false and the emails make the rounds year after year.
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Good use for annoying CAPTCHAS
I never knew it had a name but those annoying requirments to enter distorted characters to prove I’m a human are called CAPTCHAS.
“CAPTCHA” is a contrived acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” wikipedia
Now one of the computer scientists credited with the development of these want to do something constructive with all that wasted time entering useless words and characters.
This led me to think about other uses for wasted energy. Think of all that energy created at health clubs across America. Stair Masters, stationary bikes, weight machines… that energy should be captured and turned into electricity! I believe a popular fitness club could produce enough energy to power itself!
Not being into video games much these days, it doesn’t take much to impress me. But I think most would agree this site offers a veritable feast of eye candy. I can only imagine the amount of design work that went into this project.
It’s since been moved here:
T-shirt factory lets you design the shirt. Designs are voted on by site visitors to determine which ones are chosen to be printed. If only I had time!
What is Seem Carving you ask? This new software doesn’t just scale your picture, it actually creates more picture when upscaling and intelligently deletes selected areas when shrinking. Better to view the video and see it in action than try to explain it with words. Best of all it’s FREE to use!
Here’s one of many good ones: 10 Most Bizarre People on Earth
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Site Helps You Give It Away
To help curb the amount of junk we send to landfills, this site offers a community forum to give your stuff you don’t want to someone who does. Great concept!
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Panoramio photo site
Photo site lets you map your photos to Google maps. They can also appear in Google Earth if accepted.
View my pics here:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/719094
YouTube member, Mr. G performs experiments more for their cool factor than in the interest of science. Here in one of his episodes, he makes a flame thrower from a match and clothes pin.