Writings on web design and higher education from Missoula, MT

• Microsoft ipod packaging parody
  This is the best parody I have ever seen. I will never look at a microsoft box the same way again.
  (tags: apple microsoft funny humor video)

• The Brick Testament
  Lego scenes from the Bible.
  (tags: humor)

• Sudan man forced to ‘marry’ goat
  Sounds like good restitution to me.
  (tags: funny)
• H&R Block Goofs on Its Taxes
  Shares of H&R Block fell on Friday after the tax preparation and software provider admitted it had miscalculated its own state income taxes, understating its liabilities by $32 million as of April 30, 2005.
  (tags: Funny, humor, news)

Well, after a four-and-a-half day weekend, I was expecting a fairly easy start to this week, and boy was I wrong. The day started out with a blown transformer (one of three for the building) taking out the heat for the entire building, and most of its’ lights (including all of the lights in my classroom.)

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• Current style in web design
  Some great example sites… seems very apple to me.
  (tags: webdesign)
• Guy dates girl online for 6 months, girl turns out to be his mom.
  Speachless.
  (tags: humor news weird)

Recently I found Scuttle, another social bookmarking tool, but one that is open source, installs on my website and most importantly, is free. I like the idea of sharing notable bookmarks with my peers, and with scuttle, it may come to fruition much more easily than I had thought before.

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• The Simpsomaker
  I don’t know why, but this is very cool.
  (tags: funny simpsons humor)

I am going to try to make it a point to mention some of the nicer articles that I find online about evolution. I am doing this for several reasons: my own archival purposes, the fact that it is timely, and that evolution (specifically how it is played out in society/politics) is a very interesting subject to most people. So here are the first two articles on my new list:

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I recently installed the lightbox plugin for WordPress. I think it adds some neat functionality to blogging in general, and I have found that it incorporates greatly with my flickr account.

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• The Apple Intel TV Ad - “Reloaded”
  (tags: apple video funny)
• If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers
  An oldy but a goody. This is what I get every time I start a new project.
  (tags: funny geek humor webdesign)
• Funny new drink commercial
  I think we all hate the hippies now.
  (tags: humor video)

• World Beard and Moustache Championships
  Words cannot describe my wonder at these pictures.
  (tags: funny humor photo)

This week I was introduced to a great new (to me) idea; the homework quiz. This may be one of the simplest, fastest, most effective methods for ensuring completed homework.

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• Tabletop nuclear fusion device developed
  Last I heard, this was impossible. Guess I was wrong.
  (tags: Physics Science)

• The Song Tapper
  Find music by tapping the rhythm of the song’s melody. Amazingly acurate.
  (tags: music cool)
• Crazy Multi-Input Touch Screen
  Does anyone know about this? Is this real? Where can I get one for free?
  (tags: video computer geek)

• Absolutely Del.icio.us - Complete Tool Collection
  (tags: del.icio.us tools delicious)
• Counterscript to Telemarketer Call
  Telescripts create an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance. (PDF)
  (tags: Telemarketer funny humor)
• Physicist to Present New Exact Solution of Einstein’s Gravitational Field Equation
  Space travel at the speed of light within a hundred years? Maybe so.
  (tags: Science Space Physics)
• The Turnpike Prank: Avoiding Tolls On The Massachusetts Turnpike
  A funny little story about turnpike fun. Pictures included.
  (tags: funny humor prank pranks humour)