Your Daily - Weekend Roundup Show for March 29, 2009.
A show about the articles of interest I find on the internet during the week and posted to my site http://yourdaily.blogspot.com. At the end of the week I try to tell my son about theses articles in this show.
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Google Docs Gets a Drawing Program:
"You can try this feature by opening a new Google Docs document and clicking Insert -> Drawing. This will pop up an on-page window with a drawing canvas to which you can add things like lines, text, arrows, or shapes from a small object selection. The editor works very well, and you can flexibly adjust adjust colors, position, and size. Saving is done by hitting the X in the top right (that might be a bit odd, the first time), and then the drawing is integrated in your document (and can be edited once again later on if you want)."
ShamWow Pitchman Shlomi Arrested for Battery Feature Story:
"According to the arrest affidavit, on Feb.7, Shlomi, after picking up Sasha Harris, 26, punched her physically multiple times because she “bit his tongue and would not let go.”
Shlomi told police he paid Harris $1,000 when she “propositioned him for straight sex.”
In response to the biting, Shlomi struck the prostitute several times until she let go. Both Shlomi and the alleged prostitute were arrested for felony aggravated battery."
A tipster — a very reliable one — tells me that Skype is almost ready to launch that iPhone version, perhaps as soon as next week. CTIA Wireless, a large mobile industry trade event, kicks off in Las Vegas next Wednesday, so perhaps the announcement will be made there. I am working on getting more details, as well as screenshots of the service.Skype for iPhone to Be Released as Early as Next Week
Pac-Txt: Pac-Man meets Zork
"Mixing the classic VIC-20* text-adventure games' style with the enthralling plot of Pac-Man for the ultimate in retro gaming action, we present Pac-txt."
Photojojo » How to Develop Film Using Coffee and Vitamin C! Srsly!
using coffee to develop film is not something Ansel Adams would do. But it works, it gives your film a distinctive look, and it has a certain MacGuyver-ish flair. Think of it like using a plastic camera- it’s more about having fun than getting technically flawless results.
With most film types, the results will be more contrasty and grainy than regular developer. If you do this with color film (negatives or transparencies), you’ll end up with black-and-white negatives.
Your Daily - Weekend Roundup Show for Mar. 22, 2009.
A show about the articles of interest I find on the internet during the week and posted to my site http://yourdaily.blogspot.com. At the end of the week I try to tell my son about theses articles in this show.
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Google Takes Down Picture Of Vomiting Guy
Angry Brits are so ashamed that Google Street View captured a pic of a vomiting British youth, they've demanded the picture be taken down.
Watchmen
DC Comics has launched its After Watchmen website, designed to help people find new graphic novels to read after viewing the Watchmen movie.
Each of the twenty books in the After Watchmen program reflects an aspect of Watchmen's broad appeal. From other works by Alan Moore to science fiction tales, and modern super hero action to sophisticated titles for mature readers. The titles of the program are a great entry point for both new fans just discovering graphic novels and established readers looking to try something new.
97 Bottles:
"97bottles is a free service that the good folks at Blue Flavor made. It lets you add, review, and learn new stuff about thousands of types of beers. Whether you're a microbrew or ultra light kind of person, we think 97bottles will increase your IQ and make you happier."
Download Helper @ MP3tunes.com: "You can use DownloadHelper to store three (3) files per day in your FREE MP3tunes Locker account. If you upgrade your free Locker to a Premium account there is no limit to how many files you can save per day."
TidyRead Makes Reading on the Web Enjoyable Again
TidyRead provides a browser bookmarklet, which strips away all the extra stuff from news or blog article pages, leaving you with some nicely formatted text to read. Drag the bookmarklet to your browser's bookmark toolbar. When visiting a web page worth reading, simply click the link to enable TidyRead.
Drop.io jumps in 'the stream,' goes real-time | The Social - CNET News
Now, file-sharing service Drop.io has opted to turn its "drops"--the pages where people can drag and drop any number of multimedia files and then password-protect them--into streams optimized for collaborative work. If you're working in one of them, it updates instantly for all users.There's also a new feature, much like in Google Docs, Zoho, and other collaboration tools, which lets all members looking at a given "drop" chat with one another. Drop.io has also turned on access to drops from third-party chat clients with Jabber support, like Adium and Pidgin.
DIY - Feed Polly With Your Breadcrumbs - Slashfood
There's a DIY project making the rounds that's perfect for sharing your bread with your feathered friends. As you can see above, a simple wood shelf has large holes for the crumbs to fall in, which get collected, and directed down a tube that sails straight to a bird feeder.
Batman BatPhones from AbleComm
When there was trouble in Gotham City on the campy 1960s "Batman" TV show, Police Commissioner James Gordon and Police Chief Miles O'Hara used a red hotline phone to call Batman, who was really the civic-minded billionaire Bruce Wayne.
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Open Office Easter Egg: Play Space Invaders in Calc :: Mysticgeek’s Realm
Finding an Easter egg in movies is usually a cool thing, but finding them in software is even cooler. Today we will look at the hidden game in the Open Office Spreadsheet program Calc.Open up a new Calc Spreadsheet and enter =GAME("StarWars") into any of the cells and hit enter. Make sure and type in the capital letters as shown to get it to work. The easiest would be to copy the text above and paste it into a cell.
JPG Magazine: Blog: JPG is back!:
Here are 2 services that use Twitter as a blogging CMS. I think this is kind of a cool idea.
Twitblogs | The Micro-Sharing Platform
You like macro-blogging because you can use a rich combination of text, pictures and videos to express your point of view.But sometimes 140 characters is just not enough to say or show what you really want to say.If you want the best of both worlds then twitblogs is the perfect twitter companion for you. Just try it.
When its too long to tweet, just TwitWall it! TwitWall is the easy-to-use, quick-to-blast-out, instant blog companion for Twitter. With TwitWall, you can embed your favorite videos and widgets, upload your photos, mp3 music or podcasts, - you name it. Just the kind of stuff to keep your followers following (fans cheering, or clients calling). All that, while still enjoying the many social-goodness and customization features you enjoy on Twitter.
Remix Wizard :: MixMatchMusic ::
with MixMatchMusic Remix Wizard. It gives fans the ability to remix and become a part of your music through a lightweight widget than you can put on your website and myspace page. It's easy to setup, free, and highly customizable!
Your Daily - Weekend Roundup Show for March. 1, 2009.
A show about the articles of interest I find on the internet during the week and posted to my site http://yourdaily.blogspot.com. At the end of the week I try to tell my son about theses articles in this show.
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Through a novel technique that I have developed, I again find myself working with the familiar form of the crayon.http://www.christianfaur.com/crayons/crayons.html
Because of the three-dimensional nature of the crayons, the individual surface images appear to change form as one moves about the gallery space. The images completely disappear when viewed from close up, allowing one to read the horizontally sequenced crayon text and to take in the beautifully colored crayon tips -- all the while being reminded of that first box of crayons.
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