links for 2006-06-29
Posted in links on June 29th, 2006 by delicious-
One of the best I’ve seen on 419eater.com.
Don’t have a heart attack here
Posted in funny, misc, photos on June 29th, 2006 by flickr
Don’t have a heart attack here, originally uploaded by r3v||cls.
Don’t have a heart attack in my building. The automated external defibrillator is imaginary.
Flag-Burning Amendment Fails By 1 Vote in Senate
Posted in digg, news, political, rants on June 27th, 2006 by diggFrom the NYTimes (reg required, or bugmenot), via Digg:
WASHINGTON, June 27 — The Senate today fell one vote short of approving a constitutional amendment that would have enabled Congress to ban desecration of the American flag.
The vote was 66 to 34. To pass, the measure needed 67 votes.
One vote. That’s too fucking close. There are 66 Senators who either don’t get freedom of speech or don’t care about it. Additionally, I don’t think they understand patriotism either.
The whole thing reeks of a political land grab and it’s disgusting.
links for 2006-06-27
Posted in links on June 27th, 2006 by delicious-
Add more power to your Macintosh’s remote. Perfect for home theater Macs.
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(tags: scientology southpark)
Micro Rice Cooker
Posted in food, misc on June 27th, 2006 by r3vNo, a “Micro Rice Cooker” is not a rice cooker for really small rice. Rather, it’s a single serving rice cooker for the microwave and it’s awesome.
I love rice. All sorts, really… but sometimes you need some good old fashioned sticky rice. However, I didn’t want to get and use a full-sized rice cooker for single servings of rice. Clean up after dinner is already chore enough.
Enter the “Micro Rice Cooker” from straight from Japan. (Straight, by way of Compact Impact in New York that is… but that’s nit picking.) Basically, it’s just a specially designed bowl perfect for microwaving rice. Add rice to the first fill line, water to the second. Let sit for 10-15, and then microwave for 15.
I got mine a few days ago and tried it out last night. It works great. Simple to use, easy to clean…and it produces good, fluffy, sticky rice. Couldn’t ask for much more. Well, instructions in English woulda been nice, but I was able to get them from the site where I bought the cooker.
links for 2006-06-23
Posted in links on June 23rd, 2006 by delicious-
One of my heroes.
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Single panel gamer comics. Weekdays.
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Mostly a gamer-centric comic. Lots of jokes about games, gamers and the industry… and occasional random other stuff.
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Don’t let the title fool you, they don’t stick to their schedule. Fun comic with a slight manga feel. Some of the best artwork, esp coloring, in webcomics.
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Not a gamer comic, but often geeky.
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Oen of the funniest webcomics out there.
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Probably the best known geek webcomic. The life and struggled of an ISP in Canada.
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A woman, her dog and the Aztec god of alochol. Seriously. Some great art, too. Weekdays.
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I may have abandoned newspapers and the printed funny pages, but Dilbert and Foxtrot carried over into my webcomics habit.
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I may have abandoned newspapers and the printed funny pages, but Dilbert and Foxtrot carried over into my webcomics habit.
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One of the funniest comics in print or on the web. And it’s done in 8-bit style. Impressively done, that is. And it has robots.
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Tatsuya goes on unannounced hiatuses now and then… but Sinfest is still one of the funniest webcomics out there. Irreverant and quite possibly a sin in and of itself.
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Ok, it’s not known for it’s art, but Pete’s jokes are top-notch. And who doesn’t love ferrets and killer rabits? And slackers and inventors? And uh… a couple of chicks?
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Possibly my favorite webcomic. Centered around the crew at PvP, a gamer magazine, but it’s not exactly a “gamer comic” like PennyArcade or Cntl-Alt-Del. Posted everyday. Very impressive.
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One of my favorite podcasts. Two (funny) geeks talking about comics, movies and general geek entertainment.
Ohmigod. It’s full of links!
Posted in blog, links on June 23rd, 2006 by r3vAvid r3v.com blog readers might notice a plethora of links being posted over the past few days. More than usual. I’ve taken to using del.ico.us for nearly all of my bookmarking needs.
This means I’m bookmarking lots of sites that I frequent, not just sites that are cool and shareable. (Of course, if I think the site is bookmarkable it must be cool, right?)
Also, after bouncing back and forth between several browsers (Firefox, Camino, and Safari mostly), I’ve landed back in the Firefox camp. The thing that pushes it over the top? Plugins.
On that note, there are plenty of plugins for Firefox that allow you to put links to your del.ico.us account… but are there any that allow for easy/automagic import of del.ico.us links into Firefox bookmarks?
Schmap’s Short List
Posted in cool, misc on June 23rd, 2006 by flickr
IMG_0614.JPG, originally uploaded by r3v||cls.
What’s a Schmap?!
So, I got a mail from this company/website/service called Schmap. They’re asking for permission to use four of our Napa photos in one of their guides. Technically, the photos are on their short list, so I don’t know if they’ll be used or not yet, but I gave them permission after a careful read through the Terms.
I’d never heard of them before, but it turns out they make a free, downloadable travel guide. Pretty neat idea. Unfortunately, it’s Windows only right now. They’ll have a Mac version by November, though.
I collected the four photos they like into one album, in case you’re curious.
links for 2006-06-22
Posted in links on June 22nd, 2006 by delicious-
Cool persistence of view clock made out of a fan
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Google’s online spreadsheet
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VERY clever and funny flash animation where the animator battles against his creation within the flash studio interface. Very much like an oly WB cartoon.
links for 2006-06-21
Posted in links on June 21st, 2006 by delicious-
They do that song… from that cingular commercial… you know… the one…(tags: music)
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Craig McCracken’s blog. creator of the Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
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Backlight Visualizer for iTunes on MacOS X
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TXRD Lonestar Rollergirl Miss Conduct’s site. Cool boat.
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“A Comcast technician came to replace a faulty modem. After spending an hour on hold with Comcast’s central office, he fell asleep on my couch.” Ahahah
