Year: 2006

Based on the video at dannychoo.com. 1) It would be fun to walk around in a Star Wars Storm Trooper suit and see people’s reactions. 2) It would be interesting to surf the web to see how many photos of…

Buy a stockpile of tin foil and start making beanies for your neighbors, because we are going to be under major attack by solar flares in 2012. Space scientists announced that they expect the next cycle of sunspots and associated…

There’s always been the problem of how to make a wire croquet wicket to stand up on the floor indoors. The bright folks at Everett, Washington have developed the technology the beer bottle stabilizer to hold the wicket upright. BRILLLIANT!

Glidden says there’s a new trendy color to follow. Golden Kiwi. As one of the color experts says, it’s a “sophisticated gold with a teeny bit of green in it.” There’s controversy over this color. Veteran color forecaster at Pantone,…

A special power socket called Power Point that tells you how much power is being consumed by that socket. It will show you how much power individual appliances draws, so you you can re-evaluate how to consume power. Not yet…

How much electricity do you use? And what type of place do you live in? I currently use an average of 6.5 kWh daily and I live in a 750sq ft one-bedroom apartment. I was shocked when looked at my…

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When you go in sequence of the alphabet from A to Z, and look at where the keys are on a standard QWERTY keyboard, there is a very definite pattern. The first seven letters start on the left. Then the…

Try searching your first name on google and see what is the number one result. Here’s some fun ones: #1 google result for matt is: Photo Matt, the founding developer of WordPress. #1 google result for chris is: Chris Pirillo,…

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Lego is going to be revamping their Mindstorms line–the robotic line of Lego. 9,600 people worldwide applied for Lego’s Mindstorms call for great developers. Lego selected 100 people to work on the product line. In Lego’s image library for the…

Dinosaur History Rewritten with the Spinosaurus now the biggest carnivor dinosaur ever! Tyrannosaurus rex Length: 40-50 feet Weight: 6 tons Fear factor: teeth up to 13 inches long Lived: 65 million years ago Where: North America Giganotosaurus Length: 47 feet…

Size comparisons like this Brachiosaurus Dinosaur Heart is just so neat. (I believe this is at the Dinomation Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Fruita, Colorado) That dinosaur needed a heart so big to pump blood through a 30 foot neck to…

First off, what do you call that branch thing that the grape is attached to? Is is the grape branch or does it have a different term? Billy O’Keefe told me it’s a grape antler, but there NO google hits…

Many people post funny instant message conversations online, but it can get quite difficult to follow the conversation when it’s just all the same weight text. I made a little form that will put one of the usernames into bold…

The image for MLB.com’s fantasy opening day features photos of cubs players in 1985 Topps baseball card frames. Ahhh yes. That was the year that my brother and I collected the most baseball cards from our youth. That design is…

Here’s a handy ASCI art character toolbox of all the special characters you can make: Б А В Д Г Е б а в д г е Й И К Л й и к л Н М О П н…

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Fashion in a “Blue” Mood for Spring 2006. Pantone released their spring 2006 colors. Source: “Blue Skies Ahead” on pantone.com Pantone also released a 24 page pdf with suggested color palettes by famous designers. Here’s a quick image with all…

One of my goals this summer is to sit in Steve Bartman’s infamous seat at Wrigley Field. The seat that on October 14, 2003, the Cubs were just 5 outs from winning the National League playoffs and going to the…

In 2005, I looked at “What type of Chicago Cubs tickets sell out first” and made a few observations: 1) August sells out faster than September. 2) Saturday sells faster than Sunday. 3) “Sold out” doesn’t always mean sold out…

Shawon Dunston of the Chicago Cubs and Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox both started their major league careers at shortshop in 1985. Both were mainstays at their position in Chicago for over 10 years. Who was better Shawon…

There’s a new action figure set of Star Wars Astromech Droids. Which droid is the coolest? (leave your vote in the comments, please)

| | two skaters starting out | | moving closer | | and closer || now they skate as a couple || skating around || around || around || picking up speed! || look at them go! |- now he…

Weasel coffee has been eaten and regurgitated by rare Vietnamese weasels! Honestly! A stronger, smoother, heady flavoured coffee that will appeal to serious connoisseurs of the mighty bean. So don’t try weaselling out of it, order yours today! It’s totally…

These well cared for monkeys are famous in their native China and are specially trained by their owners to pick rare, wild tea plants in inaccessible places, such as cliff faces. The monkey-picked leaves produce a pale, golden tea that’s…

It’s 3:00am right now and I just happen to be listening to “3 a.m. Eternal” by KLF.

When I design, I approach it as that I am playing. There are some designers that don’t like to say that they “play” when they design, because it gives the wrong impression that belittles what designers do. For example that…

This color palette of brown and light blue is really nice in the bathroom. (the source article called it “Rich Browns teamed with Aqua”) The key is the white toilet, white shower, and white furniture. The white really goes nicely…

Don’t even tell me that they are serious about building this. It will thrust 61 stories into the sky, a trio of towers that will dominate Louisville’s skyline. It will feature an acre-sized “island,” open to the public, that will…