Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
Blogworthy: Got Him, Got Him
My co-worker, Lou, wanted to know if I thought this was "blogworthy". I would officially like to recognize Mr. Traditional Lager for coining this phrase.Actually, Scotty B caught this at Ian's mom's house while we weren't using the row boat. (or the oar)
Yahoo News Story Here
Mr. Angry vs. Mrs. Calm
If you are near to this picture, Mr Angry is on the left and Mrs Calm is on the right. If you view it from a distance, they switch places!
Option 1. Just look at this picture on your computer screen and vary the distance from which you look at it. For some people, even squinting or narrowing your eyes will work.
Option 2. Using the 'Save As' option (or equivalent) on your computer, save yourself a copy. Open it in Photoshop or any similar photo wrangling application. Use the zoom in and zoom out options to replicate viewing the picture close up or from far away.
Option 3. Save the picture and print it out on your laser printer, preferably using fairly high resolution (300dpi is sufficient) and as large as you can on the piece of paper. Stick this to a wall and then view it from far or near.
Option 4. Look at this page, where I've reproduced the exact same image at different scales. This should give you the same effect.
CREDITS This illusion was invented by Philippe G. Schyns and Aude Oliva of the University of Glasgow. It is featured on this web page: http://cvcl.mit.edu/gallery.htm , listed under 'Dr Angry and Mr Smiles'. It is taken from Schyns and Oliva's paper, "Dr Angry and Mr Smiles: when categorization flexibly modifies the perception of faces in rapid visual presentations, Nov 1998". It is a copyright image and if they tell me to take it off this web page, I will.
link here
Stickie Notes for your computer
Thought this was pretty neat. You can use electronic stickie notes instead of them surrounding you computer monitor, loosing stick, and falling to the "foreverlostforgottenaboutuntilyoureallyneededtodoitthenitwastoolate" pile on your grubby little floor.
Link here
Einstein's Riddle
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE
ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?
SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.
There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
HINTS
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE
SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.
Click the comments for the answer.
ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?
SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.
There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
HINTS
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE
SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.
Click the comments for the answer.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Powers of Ten - Google Video
Ok, so - here is the numerical representation of this video:
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000That's ten to the 40th power.
Our universe is truly so vast, and this video created for IBM explores the effects of "just adding a zero" to it.
Read more at video.google.com/videop...
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Google Experiment: nworbxela
The link below will explain to you why I am posting about the word "nworbxela" which isn't even a real word.
The experiment relates to how search engines rank websites on keywords. In this case, our keyword is a made up word - and when the experiment was started, google produced no results.
To check if I am ranked click here.
My guess is that since I make changes to and add to this blog on a weekly basis, that the search engines like me more then your average blog. See, they want fresh content. I predict that because of nworbxela, you will see me at the top of google.
That's hot.
InfoTech Applications in Marketing: Google Experiment: nworbxela
The experiment relates to how search engines rank websites on keywords. In this case, our keyword is a made up word - and when the experiment was started, google produced no results.
To check if I am ranked click here.
My guess is that since I make changes to and add to this blog on a weekly basis, that the search engines like me more then your average blog. See, they want fresh content. I predict that because of nworbxela, you will see me at the top of google.
That's hot.
InfoTech Applications in Marketing: Google Experiment: nworbxela
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Atlanta man charge for selling subway token
In other news - Osama Bin Laden is still on the loose, but selling tokens to other passengers at face value - crime of the century.
Link here
Link here
Friday, December 9, 2005
Can I have your number?
So, you're out prowling the late nite circuit. You meet a hottie and get the nerve up to ask for their phone number. As you wait with baited breath, they reach into their pocket and write 212-479-7990 on a matchbook.Your heart is pounding - you are fired up, but you play it cool.
You wait a few days and kick back with a beer and call the NY City dream boat....
Call the number and make sure you listen to option 1.
Comments REQUIRED on this!
MeetWithApproval.com — A great idea for meetings, parties, friends, reunions, weekends, corporate events
One thing I love about the web, is that people from across the world think of cool things to make and give for free to use!
This handy little site is used to arrange a meeting or event. Work outwhich day is good for everyone & keep track of who is coming.
'Meet With Approval' could not be simpler. Fill out the form which creates a meeting page. Your friends or colleagues are notified of the event. They visit the meeting page and help decide a good date. When you are all happy, 'Meet With Approval' confirms the arrangement and you all meet up.
Best of all it's FREE. And free is for me.
MeetWithApproval.com — A great idea for meetings, parties, friends, reunions, weekends, corporate events
This handy little site is used to arrange a meeting or event. Work outwhich day is good for everyone & keep track of who is coming.
'Meet With Approval' could not be simpler. Fill out the form which creates a meeting page. Your friends or colleagues are notified of the event. They visit the meeting page and help decide a good date. When you are all happy, 'Meet With Approval' confirms the arrangement and you all meet up.
Best of all it's FREE. And free is for me.
MeetWithApproval.com — A great idea for meetings, parties, friends, reunions, weekends, corporate events
Times Leader | 11/19/2005 | Nude biker at center of hiring concerns
I'm not proud to say I live a few miles from this place. This really happens. Really.
Times Leader | 11/19/2005 | Nude biker at center of hiring concerns
Times Leader | 11/19/2005 | Nude biker at center of hiring concerns
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