Things I find interesting

Alex Ross Gallery

2011-12-17T15:55:00.001-08:00

http://www.worldofsuperheroes.com/artists-and-writers/alex-ross-gallery/

Turn photo into legos

2011-04-13T09:30:00.003-07:00

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lego-photo/id347363502?mt=8

Batman geekiness meets computer geekiness

2011-02-14T07:36:00.001-08:00

Operating systems as Batman villains:
http://cdn.walyou.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/02/geeky-batman-villains.jpg

7 x 13 = 28

2010-09-28T05:07:00.003-07:00

Math at its finest, from Abbott and Costello:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZzObQUgE8

Anagram creator

2010-08-23T05:48:00.000-07:00

You know what anagrams are: when you rearrange letters in a word or phrase to create another word or phrase. Like "dormitory" becomes "dirty room".

Here's a site that will find anagrams for you:
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/
So, if you want to find an anagram of your name or address, here's the place to do it.

Dun-dun-DUN!!!

2010-08-03T10:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.dramabutton.com/

Way too much fun with sounds!

2010-06-02T12:39:00.001-07:00

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Proof There Is Still At Least One Nice Person Left on the Planet

2010-04-19T07:22:00.001-07:00

http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/13/proof-there-is-still-at-least-one-nice-person-left-on-the-planet/

Science Photos by Caleb Charland

2010-02-22T06:47:00.001-08:00

http://www.calebcharland.com/
There's something hypnotic and powerful about these black-and-white photos of simple science demonstrations.

Geek Hierarchy

2009-12-29T13:45:00.000-08:00

Which geeks consdier themselves less geeky than other geeks?
http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

Hierarchy of Monsters

2009-10-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

http://threatquality.com/2009/10/28/a-hierarchy-of-monsters/
A thoughtful and hilarious discussion of who would beat who in one-on-one monster fights.

Ladies: yes, this is what guys think about.

fork in the road

2009-10-23T06:21:00.001-07:00

http://mademelaugh.com/pixes/fork-in-the-road.jpg
a fork in the road, literally

Atomic Rockets

2009-10-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3ab.html
I'm not sure exactly what this is, but what an amazing collection of science fiction images and ideas in one place.

Bing/Twitter

2009-10-22T08:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.bing.com/twitter
this site keeps track of what people are tweeting about so you can keep your fingers on the pulse of what's really unimportant

Making a graphic image of words

2009-08-31T07:08:00.000-07:00

This takes words as text and lays them out in a graphics collage arrangement:
http://www.wordle.net/
You can change the font or colors or layout.
Really great for poetry or inspirational messages.

Pinocchio Paradox

2009-07-12T18:51:00.000-07:00

http://gemssty.com/2009/03/01/pinocchio-paradox/

famous failures

2009-07-10T20:04:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4Fu-XDygw

most crazy site ever?

2009-07-01T09:52:00.001-07:00

http://timecube.com/
plus extra points for centering everything

people search and find tool

2009-06-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.123people.com/

buzzword bingo

2009-06-12T07:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.betterworkplacenow.com/bingo/
Meeting Attention Enhancement Documentation

view blocked websites

2009-06-07T18:08:00.001-07:00

http://ibypass.net/

animated gifs

2009-06-06T18:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.gifbin.com/982185

free e-books of P. G. Wodehouse

2009-06-02T19:32:00.000-07:00

http://manybooks.net/authors/wodehous.html

coupon for free internet

2009-05-22T09:42:00.000-07:00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/3129500936_d2f9c7afdc.jpg
suitable for gift or display

i have both moustache and robot. your argument is invalid

2009-05-21T09:03:00.001-07:00

http://yourargumentisinvalid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/i_have_both_moustache_and_robot.jpg

i wrote this article about unified messaging for Government Computer News

2009-05-05T06:16:00.000-07:00

http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/05/04/Unified-messaging-systems.aspx?p=1

warning label generator

2009-05-01T04:43:00.000-07:00

http://www.warninglabelgenerator.com/

3d printing

2009-04-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.shapeways.com/

online calculus integration wolfram mathematica

2009-04-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

http://integrals.wolfram.com/

identify language of text

2009-04-25T18:00:00.001-07:00

http://langid.net/

free audio books

2009-04-25T17:40:00.000-07:00

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1

online encyclopedias

2009-04-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

convert any image to ASCII art

2009-04-17T04:29:00.000-07:00

converts images to ASCII characters
http://www.typorganism.com/asciiomatic/

sprint "plug into now" widget

2009-04-14T07:17:00.000-07:00

http://now.sprint.com/widget/
like a dashboard on the world

free fonts

2009-04-10T05:04:00.000-07:00

here are places to find just the right font you need
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
http://www.designer-daily.com/30-high-quality-free-fonts-for-professional-designs-1999
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/

hello my name is inigo montoya you killed my father prepare to die name tag

2009-04-08T09:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.horrornews.net/esoterra_cinema/images/1_clip_image028.jpg

music from the tv show heroes

2009-04-06T07:19:00.001-07:00

http://www.heroes-france.com/musiques.htm
because i'm not obsessed enough already...

WTF stamp

2009-03-26T10:08:00.001-07:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/passiveaggressive/2363227391/sizes/m/

gmail letter key commands

2009-03-20T05:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~kanmy/gmail/gmailKeys.html

find misspelled items on ebay

2009-03-18T18:54:00.001-07:00

http://www.typobay.co.uk/

list of the 100 best novels

2009-03-18T17:23:00.001-07:00

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

theme to the Twilight Zone

2009-03-17T06:07:00.001-07:00

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Twilight_Zone.html

i wrote this article about how to become a freelance technical writer

2009-03-16T05:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.inkwelleditorial.com/CareerCenter/success/6-9-05.htm

periodic table of video game characters

2009-03-12T09:13:00.001-07:00

http://www.iheartchaos.com/sites/default/files/periodic_2.jpg

an article i wrote for GCN on cross-domain identity management (yeah)

2009-03-10T05:44:00.001-07:00

http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/02/23/Cross-domain-identity-management.aspx

one trillion dollars

2009-03-09T11:19:00.001-07:00

what does one trillion dollars look like?
here's one way to visualize it:
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

Google Tip Jar

2009-03-05T11:08:00.001-08:00

http://moderator.appspot.com/#16/e=3cfc
tips on how to do things well, including finance, food, work, travel, and kids

cute overload: for when you need to go Awww!

2009-03-04T07:33:00.001-08:00

http://www.cuteoverload.com/

one of my short stories (Feathers) was a finalist in the Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction contest

2009-02-27T05:09:00.001-08:00

http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/finalists.asp?id=74

automatic web page plagiarism checker

2009-02-23T05:24:00.000-08:00

http://www.copyscape.com/?results

newspaper front pages

2009-02-16T06:06:00.001-08:00

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
mouse over any location to see the front page of the newspaper for that area

Klingon Night School

2009-02-13T09:47:00.001-08:00

http://scifiwire.com/2009/02/learn-klingon-the-easy-way-with-this-nice-old-lady-with-a-mean-batleth.php

free career education tools from Microsoft

2009-02-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

http://www.microsoft.com/education/competencies/allcompetencies.mspx
developing career skills

visualization tools

2009-02-09T08:22:00.000-08:00

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_best_tools_for_visualization.php
visualize social networks, music, videos, digg stories, the internet, amazon, thesaurus, twitter, searches, news, data, and so forth

my new favorite keyboard

2009-02-05T07:01:00.001-08:00

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/yhinne_snapshot/emoticons.jpg

romantic ideas

2009-02-04T18:39:00.000-08:00

http://www.romanticideas.com/love_letters.html

interesting timeline clock

2009-02-03T09:41:00.001-08:00

http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf

world of inspiration

2009-01-26T19:48:00.001-08:00

inspirational quotes
http://www.worldofinspiration.com/

summaries of philosphers

2009-01-26T19:39:00.001-08:00

http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/

pure dumb luck

2009-01-26T19:09:00.000-08:00

people escaping catastrophe by sheer luck
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k1PgDhOe0IwtFUPNOT

ambiguous signs from the department of homeland security are funny

2009-01-26T18:49:00.000-08:00

http://www.safenow.org/

cartoon: Obama's first day

2009-01-23T06:51:00.000-08:00

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/cartoons/01_20_09_inktank/

gallery of images from the hubble space telescope

2009-01-22T11:33:00.001-08:00

this is an amazing universe we live in
http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/gallery.html

test of reflexes (and/or a game with sheep)

2009-01-22T11:03:00.000-08:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

coupon codes

2009-01-22T10:51:00.000-08:00

http://www.retailmenot.com/

LOST encyclopedia

2009-01-22T10:20:00.000-08:00

and believe me the TV show LOST really needs an encyclopedia. how else can you sort out Ms. Hawking, Daniel Faraday, John Locke, and Jeremy Bentham?
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

writer's relief blog

2009-01-21T18:58:00.001-08:00

this site has tools, pointers, articles, contests, and so forth about writing
http://www.writersreliefblog.com/default.aspx

one of my favorite signs

2009-01-14T19:16:00.000-08:00

http://www.pellepelster.de/serendipity/uploads/kurioses/this-sign-has-sharp-edges.jpg

visualizing the tenth dimension

2009-01-14T12:37:00.000-08:00

http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php

bacon flowchart

2009-01-13T10:12:00.001-08:00

http://flickr.com/photos/fncll/2129889439/

how "good" is that product?

2009-01-12T07:04:00.001-08:00

is it healthy?
does it hurt the environment?
does it hurt people?
check it out at:
http://www.goodguide.com/

turn long, incomprehensible urls silly

2009-01-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

http://sillyurl.com/

The Marvel Database Strength Scale

2009-01-09T08:56:00.000-08:00

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Strength_Scale
Scale based on how much each character can lift, in tons, based on the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, with footnotes.
Because, y'know, sometimes you just need to know how much The Hulk can lift.

this one is similar, but funnier:
http://tomiceng.co.cc/articles/marvel-superheroes-strength-level/

definitions of literary and publishing terms

2009-01-09T07:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/CategoryView,category,Definitions.aspx

This is my new favorite name: Irida Xheneti

2009-01-08T11:34:00.000-08:00

This is my new favorite name: Irida Xheneti
anybody whose initials are a roman numeral has to be cool

tour of Iron Mountain's gigantic underground vaults

2009-01-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#28454551
music, photos, movies, data, technology, alien spacecraft (oh, you ARE reading this)

World Superhero Registry

2009-01-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/world_superhero_registry_gallery.htm
so, you know, if you ARE a superhero, this is where you can register

superheroes inserted into old paintings

2009-01-05T08:35:00.000-08:00

http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=22312&display=photoshop&page=5000#entries
these are pretty clever

101 things we've learned from video games

2009-01-03T20:20:00.000-08:00

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/101-things-weve-learned-from-videogames/a-20081126162511389033

some of my favorites:

8. Buildings may have crates full of goodies on their roofs, so always check, even if it means riding a motorbike up the fire escape.

9. Enemies, rather than approach you directly, behave like Michael Flatley (of Riverdance fame) on a conveyor belt.

12. Anything in the world can be made from food, wood and gold.

19. If you’re stuck in life and don’t know what to do, simply attempt to use every single item in your possession on your obstacle. If none of them work, go back the way you came. You’ve clearly missed something.

40. Everyone speaks English, including Nazis, aliens and the living dead.

60. World War II infantry jargon included such phrases as “lol”, “n00b” and “OMG HaXXoR!!11!” Modern counter-terrorist SWAT teams use the same phrases.

95. You can probably fit another rocket launcher in your rucksack if you carefully rearrange those four ammo clips and that coke can.

Literary magazine database

2009-01-01T13:45:00.000-08:00

http://www.pw.org/search/query?type=literary_magazine

Online fireplace

2009-01-01T12:58:00.001-08:00

http://fauxfire.com/

Places to watch TV or movies online

2008-12-25T16:10:00.000-08:00

http://www.fancast.com

http://www.hulu.com

The article where I predicted this would happen:
http://www.byte.com/art/9602/sec8/art1.htm

DOOM online

2008-12-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.kongregate.com/games/mike_id/doom-1

Comparison charts for fictional space ships

2008-12-23T10:04:00.000-08:00

Because, you know, this is important ;)

http://www.people.iup.edu/pnwm/comparison.gif

http://www.merzo.net/

Dilbert cartoons about Hay-Soos

2008-12-22T08:17:00.001-08:00

http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080308.gif
http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080310.gif
http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080311.gif
http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080312.gif
http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080313.gif
http://hsirkel.net/dilbert/dilbert20080314.gif

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

2008-12-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/111138/10_things_science_says_will_make_you_happy/?page=entire

How dead is this character?

2008-12-16T06:10:00.000-08:00

Sometimes dead characters don't stay dead.
The "Sorting Algorithm Of Deadness " is a method for predicting how dead a character is, including factors like cause of death, genre, whether the body was found, and how long ago.Includes predictions for Superman, Captain America, BSG, Heroes, Dr. Who, Kirk, Dark Knight, Harry Potter, and many others.Highest possible score is 4: no hope of coming back.

the algorithm itself
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness

and examples thereof
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness