On this day
July 9
19 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- Obsidian users: How to keep your vault on Dropbox, but keep the images outside Dropbox
For years I used Evernote to capture my ideas. But the cost got way too high $250/year! Wow. I moved all my Evernote notes to markdown…
2025 1 year ago
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- Fun Post Office Stamps in 2025
I can't believe the super-fun postage stamps that are available in 2025. Chris Ware, Spongebob Squarepants, Goodnight Moon, baby wild animals, Keith Haring, and Hank Aaron.
- When fireworks become exploding planets
Crop a fireworks grand finale photo tight to the center and it looks exactly like a planet exploding.
2021 5 years ago
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- Magenta and yellow ink showing up in my cyan-only color
Magenta and yellow ink simple refuses to go away.
2014 12 years ago
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- How to count to ten in Estonian and Ewokese
Learn how to count to ten in Ewokese, or Estonian. Which is which? One language is spoken by short furry creatures on the Forest Moon of…
2013 13 years ago
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- I visit museums because ______________.
How would you fill in the blank to this sentence? I visit museums because ______________. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago asked this on their Facebook…
2012 14 years ago
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- If planets were cars
The fastest planet in our solar system is Mercury, flying around the sun at 107,082 mph. Can you imagine having the windows open while driving at…
- 2012 Homerun Derby Picks
My predictions for the 2012 Homerun Derby: FIRST ROUND (8 players) 5 Carlos Gonzalez 5 Carlos Beltran 5 Prince Fielder 4 Robinson Cano 3 Joey Bautista…
2009 17 years ago
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- Ask MLB.com to sell buttons for the “Final Vote” All-Star Game
. I encourage everyone to write MLB.com customer service: There’s a graphic on the homepage of mlb.com for the All-Star Game Final Vote. It features buttons…
2008 18 years ago
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- Are there any restaurants that serve Jell-O?
Image courtesy Chotda via creative commons Jell-O is such a great dessert, but yet I cannot think of any restaurants that have Jell-O on their menu.…
2007 19 years ago
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- Decade of Champions: Estonia rules AGAIN in wife-carrying competition
On July 8, 2007 Estonia continued their strong-hold dominance of the greatest international competition–the wife carrying competition! This is the tenth year in a row an…
2005 21 years ago
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- weight of nickels vs. weight of soda pop?
Does $1.25 in nickels equal the same weight as a soda pop? That handful of nickels sure has a nice hefty weight. It was fun putting…
2004 22 years ago
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- German version of lol
What do Germans say for: lol ? laugh out loud = Lachen Sie aus laut Maybe they say: lal
- Napkin Art
Here’s a little napkin sculpture doodle. It’s like he’s saying, “I give up! I give up!”
2003 23 years ago
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- the O.S. OS
While talking about Mac OS 9, the old school OS, it dawned on me that “old school” and “operating system” both have the same acronym.
- bought some comics today
* Out there #56 (cool coloring and hip kids) * Automatic Kafka #9 (interesting page layouts, nice use of white space in layouts) * G.I.Joe vs.…
- G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers #1
Is out right now! I opted for the Metratron and Cobra Commander cover. Although I’m more of an autobot fan, the Optimus Prime / Snake Eyes…
- Bites and Bytes
Today McDonalds is providing hi-speed WIFI wireless internet access in 55 San Franscisco McDonalds restaurants. Chicago and New York will soon get theirs. When will it…
2002 24 years ago
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- another hole in your head
what would you do with another hole in your head? I’m thinking I would like to use it as a pencil holder. Actually, it would be…