Thursday, April 26, 2007
Winging My Way Home (Almost)
I got bored playing Python tonight at the markfennell.com arcade and clicked on another of the games in the sidebar: Wings.
Fun, fun, fun.
You play an eagle soaring over Google Maps data. I chose Eugene, USA and, once I oriented myself (you start south of the Willamette on 127), started flying the route back to Blachly. Good memories.
Unfortunately the data runs out about 10 miles west of town. Or flood waters have consumed the coast range and covered everything in a robin's-egg-blue void (I really hope that's not what happened). Or maybe they've built that big blue dome they were talking about...
Still, fun little application (moreso once you realize what the <spacebar> does).
Enjoy!
Fun, fun, fun.
You play an eagle soaring over Google Maps data. I chose Eugene, USA and, once I oriented myself (you start south of the Willamette on 127), started flying the route back to Blachly. Good memories.
Unfortunately the data runs out about 10 miles west of town. Or flood waters have consumed the coast range and covered everything in a robin's-egg-blue void (I really hope that's not what happened). Or maybe they've built that big blue dome they were talking about...
Still, fun little application (moreso once you realize what the <spacebar> does).
Enjoy!
Labels: Flash Games, Weird Stuff
Monday, March 19, 2007
It's a South Park World
Following the lead of the Bertrands and the Pendergrasses and the Schultzes, I stopped on by the South Park Studio and whipped up my own creation.
Behold!
And on those days when things are not going well (...or are they...), it's more like this.
Behold!
And on those days when things are not going well (...or are they...), it's more like this.
Labels: Flash Games, Weird Stuff
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Helloooo China! What Do You Call Your Food There?
Last week, author Brenda Coulter blogged about her site being banned in China. I checked my blog and it got through. And since then I've noticed a lot more traffic from the People's Republic that is not Eugene, Oregon. Seven visitors since noon today (odd traffic pattern: 2 visits within a minute of each other, two more visits within a minute of each other 20 minutes later, and then an hour after the first visit 3 more within a minute ... hmmmm ...).
Whatever, welcome. Jesus loves you. Enjoy your stay.
Whatever, welcome. Jesus loves you. Enjoy your stay.
Labels: Stats, Weird Stuff
Friday, March 02, 2007
Bus Stop Songs Phil Wishes I Wouldn't Sing
Phil and I usually get out to the schoolbus stop a few minutes early, giving me a chance to embarrass him start his day with a song.
So far, these haven't gone over very well (not that that stops me from singing them):
I do requests, so if you've got one you'd like me to take for a spin, list it in the comments. (The Hollies's Bus Stop is a bit too on-the-nose, sorry.)
So far, these haven't gone over very well (not that that stops me from singing them):
(to the tune of the Love Boat themesong)
The Love Bus
Taking you to the School of Looooooove
The Love Buh-us
[at which point Phil usually hits me]
(to the tune of Here Comes the Sun)
Here comes the Bus
doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the Bus
and I say
["Ow!" 'cause this is where he hits me again]
I do requests, so if you've got one you'd like me to take for a spin, list it in the comments. (The Hollies's Bus Stop is a bit too on-the-nose, sorry.)
Labels: first grade, Music, Weird Stuff
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Now (over)Hear This
Internet pal Heather got me hooked on the Overheard in the Office website a few weeks ago. Sample:
Don't miss sister sites Overheard at the Beach...
Again, if you have language and content concerns, stay away. If you can ignore the offensive ones -- and have time on your hands (they're addictive) -- check 'em out.
Coworker: I'm trying to open an email attachment and the virus software isn't letting me because it says it has a virus. Can you come turn off the virus software so I can open it?Some funny stuff there. Also, salty language and subject matter inpropriate for ... well, I don't know who it would be appropriate for.
IT chick, shocked: No!
Don't miss sister sites Overheard at the Beach...
Bimbette looking up at cliff face: Hey, do rocks eat other rocks?...and Overheard in New York
Guy: ... Huh?
Bimbette: Do rocks eat other rocks? You know, so that they can grow into bigger rocks...
Guy: Are you serious? No, rocks do not eat other rocks.
Bimbette: Then, like... How do they get bigger?
Guy: [Silence.]
Bimbette: Like, what do they eat?
Fat college guy on cell: I only read books with robot insects on the cover. If it doesn't have robot insects, I slap a sticker on. Pride and Prejudice? Robot insects on the cover makes it better.Sometimes the titles given to the quotes are as funny (or funnier) than the quotes themselves. For instance the Beach quote above was posted under the title "The Answer Is Sedimentary, My Dear Watson." Heh heh heh.
Again, if you have language and content concerns, stay away. If you can ignore the offensive ones -- and have time on your hands (they're addictive) -- check 'em out.
Labels: Friends, Humor, Weird Stuff
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
We're #8,547!
This morning I checked rhymezone.com for things that rhyme with Purim. (Don't ask.) One of the two responses was Durham, the third definition of which reveals that it's a name shared by 1 in every 5,882 families and ranks at the 696 spot in the U.S.
So I plugged in Mikesell. Unlike Durham, it isn't a breed of cattle, nor is it home to Duke University. The only definition is as a surname:
How do you rate? (click the Durham or Mikesell link above, substitute your name in the URL, hit enter.)
So I plugged in Mikesell. Unlike Durham, it isn't a breed of cattle, nor is it home to Duke University. The only definition is as a surname:
rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8547
How do you rate? (click the Durham or Mikesell link above, substitute your name in the URL, hit enter.)
Labels: Family, Stats, Weird Stuff
Monday, November 06, 2006
Ridiculous, Sublime
Remember the show American Inventor? I stopped watching when the sandbag-filling contraption dropped out, but I liked the premise of the show: handy gadgets to solve problems you may not have known you had. Fortunately -- or unfortunately, depending on your point of view -- there were plenty of Schadenfreude moments, with inventions that either didn't solve anything or had been featured in the Lillian Vernon catalog since 1972. TechEBlog has cataloged five inventions that fit the former "what-were-you-thinking?" bill: 5 Gadgets You Don't Want to Be Seen Wearing. You really have to watch the YouTube video for the portable cell phone booth to appreciate its good-performance-art, impractical-gadget nature; the final invention is pretty high on the creep-out meter so you might want to stop at #4 (the shower belt).
In the sublime category (or about as sublime as we get around these parts), check out today's post over at Brandilyn Collins' Forensics & Faith blog: My Dear Gobdrip (an intercepted communique from Uncle Screwtape to Nevvy Gobbo). Good reminders (well, bad, actually, coming from Screwtape; good if you turn things around, though); thanks Brandilyn!
TechEBlog link via digg
In the sublime category (or about as sublime as we get around these parts), check out today's post over at Brandilyn Collins' Forensics & Faith blog: My Dear Gobdrip (an intercepted communique from Uncle Screwtape to Nevvy Gobbo). Good reminders (well, bad, actually, coming from Screwtape; good if you turn things around, though); thanks Brandilyn!
TechEBlog link via digg
Labels: Brandilyn Collins, Television, Weird Stuff
