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Canada Day Forum Tidbits!

Snaggy — 2009-07-01T09:43:53-08:00

Snaggy wishes you all a Happy Canada Day, ... fs wonders What happens to your data when you die? and loves it when Paleontologists visit a creationism museum, ... sconzey need suggestions for a Servo controller , ... HalfVast finds a Web Site Story, ... GrumpySteen sends you to the creepy La Isla De Las Munecas, ...and congrats to our friends at Strangeflavour who created Flick Fishing: over one million downloads!

A kaleidoscopic Russian time was had by all...

Snaggy — 2009-06-28T19:50:42-08:00

A rather bizzare clip from a 1969 Russian film, via (via @mike3k)

Lest we forget Farrah

Snaggy — 2009-06-26T07:53:46-08:00

In amongst all the Wacko-ness, let's not forget to remember the beautiful and talented Farrah Fawcett, who also died recently after a valiant fight with cancer. Here's a great clip of her in her prime, on the Partridge Family. Oh how I envy you Danny and Reuben!

An extended clip of that episode is here.

JoT in best comic's list

Snaggy — 2009-06-25T10:58:40-08:00

The Joy of Tech comic has made Web100's "Hilarious and Awesome: The 21 best webcomics"!

They like us, they really like us! Thanks Web100!

And thanks for mentioning the Joypoll too. :-)

Tidbits for all who dare! (warning: Donny and Marie link!)

Snaggy — 2009-06-23T10:32:30-08:00

Callipygous presents Bill Bailey's Kraftwerk pastiche, ... DoctorWho is tired of this song, ... joliet_jane says Ow!, ... Xanthine has to ask about movie blood, ... Ashitaka spirits up these Friday's Fives, ... and GrumpySteen doesn't recall this version of Star Wars!

Zoltar on Segway!

Snaggy — 2009-06-21T15:32:01-08:00

Forum member Mac Geek created a fantastic Fortune teller booth/Segway combo. Check it out!

Hodgman on the first nerd president...

Snaggy — 2009-06-20T10:52:15-08:00

Forum Tidbits for iPhone Day!

Snaggy — 2009-06-19T09:27:24-08:00

On this iPhone Day, is Anyone getting an iPhone 3G Sssss? , meanwhile Ashitaka announces I've switched my beans, wonders how fast you can solve your Rubic's cubes and polls us on green Paper, ... Stibbons asks about Blocking IP address ranges in Vista, ... and Snaggy motors off on the Rotoblock... a new rotary engine design.

Forum Tidbits worth earning a badge for!

Snaggy — 2009-06-16T14:48:23-08:00

Callipygous says Getcha science badges here!, ... Snaggy ponders The butterfly and the ants, ... Zwilnik touches Want to learn how to write an iPhone game?, ... Stereo asks about OSGrid?, ... Ti asks you to Help me Petition AT&T, ... and for The Famous Druid, it's The end of an era.

Two reviews of UNIEA cases.

Snaggy — 2009-06-15T00:13:20-08:00

Here's a couple of reviews of some cases from UNIEA Corp. They make a ton of cases for laptops, iPhones, and cameras, and for just about any gadget you may have. We tried out UNIEA's Omniverse case, a universal-fit case for MacBook 13-inch and similar size laptops. We used it with our MacBook Air, and although it was a bit roomie, it worked fine. A MacBook will fit perfectly in there.

The Omniverse is a soft sleeve with a hint of a heavier case to it. It looks pretty funky with the silky pillowy outside stitching... you'll be tempted to curl up with it and use it as a pillow. What we really liked about it was that it has handles! (That's one thing I miss on our Booq MacBook Air sleeve, the lack of carrying handles.) But what's cool about the handles is that if you don't want to use them, they tuck away inside the walls of the sleeve. You don't always want to have handles, but when you do, it's nice that they are so easy to sprout. On one side, there's a large zippered pocket for your mouse, power adapter, or papers. In addition, the holes where you tuck in the handles can also double as additional pockets for smaller accessories, and those have snap closures, so there's lots of places to stuff your stuff.

Forum Tidbits to savor over the weekend...

Snaggy — 2009-06-12T09:44:37-08:00

Snaggy says Goodbye analogue TV and Buy yourself some time, ... DoctorWho wanted you to Guess what day it is, ... TheMoMan sighs Here We Go again, When Will it end?, ... jwthomp finds iPhone name family resemblance, ... bull3t gives his quarterly update, ... and macmcseboy warns the USA the invasion is coming!

Deadline... a Post-it note stop motion!

Snaggy — 2009-06-12T08:21:21-08:00

Procrastinate some time with this fantastic stop-motion film by Bang-Yao Liu...

Jammed packed full of Forum Tidbits!

Snaggy — 2009-06-09T09:26:39-08:00

Snaggy shouts out Jessycat on the Tony Awards! (her name anyway!), ... Callipygous says We'd love to give you the work but... Moi Lost Pictures on HP Laptop, ... TheMoMan asks Do Cats seek Revenge??, ... fs seeks Password Managers (Any Platform) and finds Pirates in the Parliament!, ... Grummash wonders Why did nobody tell me...?????, ... and you know what... Good for them!

Protein synthesis: an epic on the cellular level.

Snaggy — 2009-06-05T09:25:08-08:00

From our pals at Good Morning Silicon Valley, comes news of a very groovy 1971 science production...

Late in the week Tidbits!

Snaggy — 2009-06-04T15:18:23-08:00

fs cooks up Buy it or bake it?, ... Snaggy posts Air France 447 - A detailed meteorological analysis, ... TMBWITW,PB mourns David Eddings , and GrumpySteen finds extended KHAN!! Weirdly fascinating.