"Murphy was an optimist!"
Where are those readers? August 22, 2007 10:05 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Communications, Of Interest, Security, Touchy SubjectsDo you like looking at your stats files? Do you often wonder just where all those IP addresses come from? For those that do not know, an ip address uniquely identifies a computer on the Internet. Type an ip address into http://www.ip-adress.com/ (note address is spelled with one d) and it will show you a map with an approximate location of the computer.
2commentsImage Resizing of the Future August 22, 2007 9:36 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Programming, Technology, VideoWow! Seam Carving Image Resizing. Take time to watch this (that link is a better video but at its quota…youtube link here) particularly if you are a programmer or artist. The people removing at the end is remarkable!!
Of course, this mirror made of wood is pretty cool too. If you aren’t sure what you are watching in that one, I’ll explain. There is a camera in the middle of this frame with 830 tiles mounted to 830 servos. There is a light angled from the top onto the tiles. The software interprets the image the camera sees and changes the angle of the tiles so that each one reflects a different amount of light thereby simulating pixels and creating the ability for the wood tiles to form an image. Very cool!
Update: This is a hot topic! See also.
UPDATE: Resize your own images online demo.
add a commentSometimes the Internet IS shocking August 21, 2007 10:57 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, VideoMy Tongue – Funny videos are here
No commentary necessary.
2commentsDoogie’s Back! August 17, 2007 1:44 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / MoviesOh yeah! Bong bong dang de dang diggy diggy!
add a commentWhat is your domain worth? August 14, 2007 9:20 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Of Interest, TechnologyDo you have some domains laying around? Think they
might have some value? LeapFish has a domain name appraisal tool. My disclaimer: I am not affiliated with LeapFish and I do not know their criteria for valuing a domain name. I simply found it entertaining.
Steak tonight! August 8, 2007 4:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Food, Health, Of InterestThanks to Les Jones making me aware of the new cut of beef called a flat iron steak, we are trying this supposedly tender piece of meat tonight. I had seen this cut in the store, but prior to his review, had given it a jaded eye considering its lower price. Tonight we shall see!
Update: They lived up to Les’ report. Tender and tasty!
1 comment so farWhen Bloggers Vanish August 8, 2007 10:43 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of InterestSo what happened to The Zero Boss?
1 comment so farProtect the stores! August 7, 2007 6:46 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Securityadd a commentThere are more than 30 events planned in Knoxville for a National Night Out against crime. [Source]
Minesweeper – The Movie August 7, 2007 7:32 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Philosophy, Publishing, TV / Movies, VideoI guess I can be bought for $2500 August 6, 2007 10:42 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of InterestOver at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!
Thanks Mark! And I haven’t forgotten about the Google Page Rank Train $50 contest.
2commentsDoes your body bother you? August 2, 2007 10:46 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Health, Of InterestIf I lay on my back and put something, like the tv remote, on my stomach, I can watch it pulse in sync with my heartbeat. Am I really supposed to see my heartbeat through my stomach?! This bugs me just a bit because when I notice it, I can’t make it stop!
3commentsStoopid American July 29, 2007 2:53 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Humor, Of Interest, Philosophy, Touchy SubjectsMy wife finally pointed out to me that for days I have been reporting that our house is maintaining a temperature of 85°C…C as in Celsius. To you Americans, if it was really 85°C then the house would be 185°F…F as in Fahrenheit. To put things in perspective, we all know that water freezes at 32 degrees because that’s when it snows. What we don’t know is if that is 32 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. I’ll clear that up for you right now. It’s Fahrenheit. And before you get your panties in a wad, we we all know that Fahrenheit means Michael Moore which means that if you get frost bite in freezing weather that you won’t be getting proper medical care unless you mortgage your skyscraper but really the only way to collect that money is to take out an extensive insurance policy on the buildings, help rig an election, then conspire with the president to help an incompetent wanna be terrorist, armed with guns he got in high school, blow up the buildings so that the president can settle daddy’s family feud then invade Iran. And that brings us to boiling which we all know is 100 degrees for water. What we don’t know is if that is 100 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. Well obviously if we are measuring freezing in Fahrenheit then water must boil in Fahrenheit! And we all know that before Michael Moore, Fahrenheit meant Ray Bradbury (why yes, he is still alive! Just like this guy!) which means we would be measuring the temperature of the water on Mars and since all suspected water on Mars (that red hot planet) is frozen then water on Mars must be 32°F and to measure its boiling point we would have to bring it back to Earth. Re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere is hot, hot, hot and quickly superheats the Martian water to 212°F which boils the water. Since 100° has become available, we will give it up to Celsius so that Celsius can boil water too. On an aside, paper cannot burn in water therefore the flash point of paper has to be greater than the boiling point of water. The flash point of paper just happens to be 451°F; paper cannot burn in Celsius. And concrete melts at 911°F.
So, in summary, water freezes at 32° or 0° whichever comes first and whichever has the greatest likelihood of canceling school. Water boils at 100° and geeky Trivial Pursuits freaks also know that 212° means something. 451° is how hot we got when forced to read a book at a time we were too young to understand the political implications and too distracted by the 451° cheerleader that we could only daydream about nailing. Celsius? Fahrenheit? Doesn’t matter because I know what I mean and you can bet the jock that got the cheerleader sure as Hell didn’t know the difference either! (btw, temperature in Hell is measured in kelvin)
See also.
8commentsBlogfest and Blogathon July 28, 2007 4:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Cathy, Daily Life, Family, History, Of Interest, Publishing
Tonight is a Blogfest! We will be there. Rich, one of our Blogathon partners is already at Bailey’s on his shift.
Bailey’s holds a special place for Cathy and I because that was where we had our first date. We met for all of 2 minutes at a Halloween party being thrown at my house then 4 months later we were behaving like nervous school kids on a first date over a pool table at Bailey’s. I rapid fired every joke, with increasing naughtiness, I knew to cover my nervousness. Cathy flirted and wow’d me seducing me with her beauty and wit then upping the ante on my innuendos until everyone in the bar had quit playing pool to watch us being suggestive with pool cues, lessons, and across the table exposures. We had a blast! And our friends who got us together to commiserate our similar situations, hoping that we would take some frustrations out on each other and move on, just sat back and enjoyed the show as two grown adults fumbled around trying to remember how to date.
I almost blew our relationship. I was so overcome by Cathy that I really did not want to screw things up by coming on to hard. So in the parking lot I tried to be all casual and attempted to say, "I don’t want you to feel pressured or rushed into a relationship" but the words came out something like "if you want to get together and have sex without a commitment, I’m your man!" Oh yeah! Smoooooth.
Heading to Bailey’s! Oh! You can still sponsor us! Pleeaasse! Read more here.
4commentsExcellent! Allllvin! July 27, 2007 10:30 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / MoviesWe are going to war! July 27, 2007 9:46 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest, Politics, Security, Technology, Touchy Subjects, United States, War, World PoliticsThe squirrels have been sent in!
A few weeks ago, 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems of foreign intelligence services were captured by [Iranian] intelligence forces along the country’s borders. These trained squirrels, each of which weighed just over 700 grams, were released on the borders of the country for intelligence and espionage purposes. [Source]
I can’t get the squirrels out of my attic. How do you capture trained spying squirrels?! Perhaps Boris and Natasha were on contract! "We’v ‘ave Moose on our side now as doolble agent."
Thank you Ray Kurzweil!
