On this day
August 16
12 items, across every year
2021 5 years ago
1 post
- International Space Station or Millennium Falcon?
For a brief moment when I saw this image of the International Space Station, it reminded me of my Millennium Falcon photos.
2016 10 years ago
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- The German word for spam
What is the German word for spam? I was hoping it would be something awesome like, Schmerzlichmail. However, it’s simply “Spam.” But the article makes it…
2012 14 years ago
1 post
- Wear your backpack with two shoulders, please
Columnist Kristyn Schiavone has a fun article about grown-up school bags. You should give it a read. She touches on some good issues: — Admitting when…
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- My first tweet
Curious about what your first tweet is? Just head over to mytweet16.com and they’ll show your first 16 tweets. (However, if you have over 3,200 tweets,…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- lorem ipsum meaning
Graphic designers use a standard body of text for placeholder text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore…
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Spider Monkey: Cute or scary?
Do you find this Central American spider monkey (aka black-handed spider monkey) to be cute or scary?
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- Which side of the sidewalk?
In America we drive on the right side of the road, and pedestrians tend to walk on the right side of the sidewalk. What about in…
2004 22 years ago
3 posts
- World and Olympic record set for Flying Whirly Hand Copter
Flying Whirly Hand Copter record This morning on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower in Chicago, the world record was just set for the longest…
- Aladdin DropZip and Fonts
If you are using a new version of DropZip (i’ve been using 8.0)… Let’s say you compress a bunch of files with fonts in it. When…
- Watching potatoes grow
New feature on spudart.org! On left hand side of the homepage at www.spudart.org is the growth progress of a sweet potato in my dining room. About…
2003 23 years ago
1 post
- don’t let the air conditioner fall out
I installed the air coniditioner in my apartment. It just go too darned hot lately. But I’m really proud how well installed it is. It’s a…
2002 24 years ago
1 post
- Elevator buttons
I often ignore the impulse while standing inside an elevator to push a secret combination of buttons to see if it will take me to an…