Back-in-the-day PC Ads

ROFLMAO....  http://www.informationtechnologyschools.org/blog/2010/30-old-pc-ads-that-will-blow-your-processor/

Good Article on Bullet Train Noses

It's the 21st Century and you would think that something as high-tech as a Japanese Bullet Train would be completely built by machines... NOPE. This is an art and I hope it stays this way..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/27/AR2010032702868.html#

Bulk of Shopping Still Takes Place in a Real Store

I'm a software engineer by profession, so if there's a chance to automate something and make it less dependent on human interaction, then I usually go for it. But for buying stuff, I like having a human presence. This article and infographic says a lot.

Original source here

Squaring Numbers Easily in Your Head

I remember taking a course in Junior High called Math Sense. It taught me how to do math really fast in my head. As an adult, I really do not remember any of those tricks. To make things worse, I depend heavily on Excel for all my calculations. SAD...

I saw this cool trick on squaring number. Now, I am motivated to find out more quick tricks. Original post here

Google Anybody Famous and You'll See A Pattern

Jewish? I'm gonna try my name out... but I'm not famous...

Man Defeats Great White Shark Wrestling Match

No way can this be real... but it is, I suppose. The guy had to take out the shark because it got caught in a net that was meant for tuna.

An Awesome Way To Learn The Alphabet

WoW... Talk about geek + comic + great art + education + sci fi... Imagine learning the ABC's with these images. Too cool. Neil Cameron's site here

Dating Stats

Via: Online Schools

Why A Salad Costs More Than A Burger

Cool post on the subsidies given to meat vs veggies.


Link here

Monster Engine - Children's Drawing Painted Realistically

Wow... way too cool. Children have the most amazing imaginations. Take their drawings and have a professional artist bring it out with real details, and this is what you have: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/what-would-a-childs-drawing-look-like-if-it-8q4

Original site: http://www.themonsterengine.com/

Sample image:

Say Goodbye To Privacy

Once again... more analysis on how your privacy goes down the toilet when it comes to the Internet

Link here

Young, Rich, Poker... WTH

I thought this was a fad but of course I'm wrong. Turns out that even some of my closest coworkers make a good passive income with playing online poker. Three-hours in the afternoon, every day for a month, 10 games at once at $0.10 a hand, multiple screens, and HAVING FUN resulted in a modest $2000. That's nothing to laugh about when the guy isn't even taking it seriously like these guys below.

Communciations 101 with Aliens

Just if you the first person to encounter E.T. and they don't kill you..

COOL Drawing tool

Procedural drawing tool all in javascript

http://mrdoob.com/lab/javascript/harmony/#fur

Awesome story about young twitpic entrepenuer

Excerpt for the posting... Noah's personal notes.

• Turned down an 8 figure buyout for Twitpic because it was too much fun.
• Achieved personal milestones: #1 – have a company worth 8 figures by 24, #2 – have a company generating 7 figures/year in revenue by 25
• Presented Twitpic to Twitter
• Moved to South Carolina because of The Patriot, the warm weather, and the beach
• Total investment into Twitpic was $5,000
• Claims to be “the nice guy who finished first.”

Link here: http://mixergynotes.com/noah-everett-twitpic-11410-4/

Speeding up database queries

Awesome quick reference guide. I wish more IT managers knew that database development is the crux in all development. A weak SQL developer who's strong in Java or .NET is useless. Database queries are one of biggest PITA bottlenecks in high traffic, high usage apps. 

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/10-sql-tips-to-speed-up-your-database

WOW... this is ALL Javascript

I thought it was a flash app but this is javascript


http://www.andrew-hoyer.com/experiments/cloth

Microsoft: Don't press F1 key in Windows XP

LMFAO... I wonder how the corps who are refusing to upgrade Windows feel now... ComputerWorld article here