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January 31, 2008
Dive right into these Thursday Forum Tidbits!
Steen finds Google has a sense of humor and gets his 2:36 of fame, ... Ashitaka crosses upon a vigilante crossing guard , ... Colonel Panic is bullish on Waterboarding Cows TheMoMan presents Wed. Morning two thirty AM., ... Nicks wants to Turn an Old Computer Monitor into a TV, ... and Snaggy asks What is your reaction to this?
Posted by Snaggy at 09:57 AM
January 30, 2008
Forum Tidbits for this fine Wednesday
Colonel Panic sees Ad Age Profiles Mac Users, ... tweety posts an Interesting physics question, ... geekgoddess is Procrastinating, ... and BooBooKitty wished us a Happy Monday!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:45 AM
January 28, 2008
Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy
There's a new documentary film coming out, and it features a certain founder of Apple Computer!
In 2007, Joe Patane and his friend Steve Wozniak, welcomed ten young men from New Jersey into Wozniak's home for the inaugural week of The Patane Foundation's Dream Camps. The first of these camps, 'Camp Woz,' was a unique camping experience focused on community sensibility, creativity, independence, and technology.
You may remember Joe Patane as a cast member of MTV's reality show "The Real World." He also spent time with Wozniak as an assistant in one of his computer classes for kids. (Nitrozac and I met Joe when we taught at Woz's class, and he is a very funny and very caring guy.) In his real world job, he works as a social worker mentoring emotionally and behaviorally challenged youths. Joe was inspired by Woz's philanthropy to start the dream camps, where these kids can be exposed to different activities and challenges that they may not have otherwise the opportunity to experience.
The documentary follows the youths, ages 14-20, as they work with Wozniak and other professionals learning the basics of computers, music, art, video, karate, dance, acting, and more.
Says Joe, "For years, I have wanted to connect Steve to my world of young adult social work, and share his optimism about the future and his contagious enthusiasm about technology and teaching others."
The film is a student-made, full-feature documentary of that camp, and is a completely nonprofit endeavor, with the proceeds going directly back to future Patane Foundation Dream Camps and kids-teaching-kids initiatives. Good luck with this Joe, what a fantastic idea and kudos to Woz for being a huge part of it.
You can watch the Camp Woz trailer here!
Posted by Snaggy at 07:17 PM | Comments (0)
Monday's Forum Tidbits!
GMx starts the Happy Birthday Nitrozac!, ... Snaggy posts some Photos of Mt. Washington, Vancouver Island, ... Mac D gets a MacBook Pro, ... Callipygous has a Network drive problem, ... Moi posts a Question about hard drive space, ... and for Colonel Panic it was the worst of times, but it also is the best of times.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:44 AM
January 26, 2008
Einstein, the talking parrot!
His "evil" is hilarious. :-)
Talking Parrot - Watch more amazing videos here
Posted by Snaggy at 05:56 PM
High school student builds bicycle made entirely of wood.
16 year old Marco Facciola built the wooden bike for a class project. I hope he gets an A+, it's very impressive. It's inspiring to see what people can do instead of spending hours and hours on their gadgets and gameboxes! Lee Valley Tools has the entire story with more pictures and details of how he made it. Bravo!
Posted by Nitrozac at 09:55 AM | Comments (0)
January 25, 2008
Is Tech wrecking your Real Life?
Is your tech addiction affecting your relationships? Do you;
- find yourself unable to stop using your tech toy and put it down even when you know there are consequenses?
- prefer to use text messages, email and voice mail rather than face-to-face interaction when the latter is more appropriate?
- limit time spent with friends and family so you can check your email, voice mail, text messages, or surf the internet?
- find it difficult to leave your cell phone at home when you go out?
- find it impossible to relax without constantly checking your email, messages, etc.?
- pay more attention to your gadgets than what is happening in real life?
- feel the internet is a more powerful draw than spending time with your friends and family?
If those points apply to you, then congratulations you're addicted to tech and it's likely getting in the way of your real life enjoyment! Fret not, the Menniger Clinic can provide treatment according to this article. You may want to look into it, or your next family gathering could look like this!
Posted by Nitrozac at 10:10 AM | Comments (0)
Friday's Forum Tidbits
CrawGator introduces us to Jacques Pierre, ... spungo unleashes Oh my goth!, ... Mel suspects Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ... Snaggy notes a Transplant girl's blood changes to that of donor's, ... Sxeptomaniac understands Understanding art for geeks, ... and the TheMoMan wants to brew up some gasoline.
And in SuperFan Clubhouse Tidbits: Xanthine posts a question.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:06 AM
January 24, 2008
Two links of Joy...
A few quick links to some cool stuff... First off, an interesting article over at CNET's Surveillance State, The Next Facebook Privacy Scandal. Chris Soghoian blogs about another Facebook privacy issue, which he feels recklessly exposes user data. There's a nice comic at the bottom of the page too. :-)
Next up is a fun piece about Macs that Scott Dawson over at Macsupport.ca has written. In Influential Mac User Setups, Scott asks the questions "What is the current Macintosh you use on a daily basis, and if you could have the Mac of your dreams what would it be?" to a few Mac celebs, including Mac magazine editors, software developers, technology reviewers, and bloggers. Oh, and a certain Nitrozac and Snaggy too. :-D Thanks Scott!
Posted by Snaggy at 02:15 PM | Comments (0)
Air, it's what we breathe!
If you're one of those people who are obsessed with checking the weather reports, here is another type of weather report for you to obsess over; air quality report! Unfortunately it's only for the US, so, Canadians will have to make due. Check it out, Air Now.
Posted by Nitrozac at 09:55 AM | Comments (0)
January 23, 2008
Wednesday's Forum Tidbits!
Snaggy forwards a GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING, and posts some Luggage fear mongering, ... Colonel Panic Tracks the Iraq War Lies and feels Tax Cutters Killed an Iowa Combat Veteran, ... Mel posts some Halloween Costumes, ... while password has a Crashing Problem.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:01 AM
January 20, 2008
Start off your week with these Forums Tidbits!
Aditu seeks a USB harddrive suggestion, ... Snaggy sees Bush pardon himself?, ... TheMoMan wonders about USB Cable length, ... and dragonman is bewildered It's 2008?!
Posted by Snaggy at 07:22 PM
January 18, 2008
Veronica Belmont goes Skydiving... indoors!
OK, now this looks fun! Check out Mahalo Daily's Veronica Belmont flying around in a tube at iFLY in Hollywood.
Posted by Snaggy at 10:27 AM
Friday's Forum Tidbits.. whoo hoo!
Callipygous pokes Facebook, privacy, and the CIA, ... Stibbons is Muddling his way through MySQL/php, ... Snaggy worships the Top Fifty Atheist Slogans, ... Colonel Panic barks up Dog Talk and wishes Apple "Time Capsule" never happened, ... and TheMoMan votes on who best to run the USA?
Posted by Snaggy at 09:51 AM
January 17, 2008
Forum Tidbits for Thursday!
Ugh, MightyClub finds the JoT Cameo at Macworld, ... Snaggy makes some iPhone webclips icons, ... CoffeeSmack asks a Theoretical MacBook Air Situation (no optical drive), ... password has a Chat Server Hosting Issue and supergoo asks for Your favorite screenshots.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:34 AM
January 15, 2008
The Joy of Tech is on Jobs's iPhone!
Whoa! Ugh, MightyClub just alerted us that The Joy of Tech was featured in Steve Jobs's Macworld keynote! OK, OK, maybe not featured, but at least a cameo! Here's a shot from the Engadget coverage...
That's the iPhone webclips screen... Steve jobs is demoing how to customize webclips... hopefully Steve didn't delete us! :P
That just made up for not being able to be there in person!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:58 PM | Comments (4)
January 14, 2008
Macworld Monday's Forum Tidbits!
RScottV says Here's George Jetson, ... Mr. Dave bids Farewell, Sir Edmund, ... Callipygous finds where genius and stupidity collide, ... Snaggy posts the Dancing ASCII cat, ... and pushes some Bargain Bin Deals!
And in SuperFan Clubhouse Tidbits: pixel_pusher01 seeks MacWorld Predictions!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:34 AM
January 11, 2008
Tidbits for Friday!
Colonel Panic illustrates Why some folks hate Geeks, ... Ashitaka creates maggots, ... stevenback7 goes She did what?, ... Mr. Dave wonders Fink or MacPorts?, ... Stereo asks if the BCers were shaken?, ... and hal9000 picks up a Eee PC by Asus.
Posted by Snaggy at 09:42 AM
January 10, 2008
Office:Mac 2008 arrives
It's here! Office Mac 2008!
Love it or hate it, you probably need it. Microsoft's Office suite is the de facto standard, and the good news is this new version sucks much less! The reviews are coming in, and they are good... Word, Entourage, PowerPoint, Excel... better, faster, stronger! Order it via our Amazon.com link, and SAVE $44.96! We'll both be happy geeks!
...and there's also the Home & Student Edition... Save $18.95!
Posted by Snaggy at 11:12 AM
January 09, 2008
Wednesday's Forum Tidbits!
Snaggy wonders Why is it Americans are so stuck on their constitution?, ... Mac D has a late New Years Resolution, ... Tom- geeking around is trading The Simpsons Game for XBox 360, ... and Stibbons asks about Imaging positioning in LaTeX.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:48 AM
January 08, 2008
MadTV's iPod nano spoof
This video by MadTV is a very funny, and very well done spoof of Apple's iPod Nano commercial. Have a look...
Posted by Nitrozac at 01:13 PM
January 07, 2008
Forum Tidbits for Cambodia's Victory Day Over the Genocidal Regime.
GameGod gets a BSoD error, out of nowhere!, ... stringlion's got Bawls!, ... Moi asks about Making a backup disc of a computer game TheMoMan tosses out a taxes question and announces Solar Cycle 24 Has arrived!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:00 AM
January 06, 2008
The Real Human Tetris
Not to be outdone by Snaggy's post, here is my own about another variety of Human Tetris. Warning: this video is puts you into a trance-like state, for some reason. Enjoy!
Posted by Nitrozac at 04:56 PM
Human Tetris Game Show
Well, not really tetris, it's more like "Can you fit through this shape?" The video shows a Japanese gameshow where contestants have to pass through unusual shapes in a moving wall, else face the very wet consequences.
Posted by Snaggy at 04:05 PM
January 04, 2008
Forum Tidbits for Friday the Fourth!
Colonel Panic reports Barak Obama wins, ... chromatic gives us a Gravitas Excerpt, ... Retropier liked the Netscape comic which launched So farewell then, ... MacManKrisK has a "Happy Birthday" Epiphany, ... Snaggy fights Funkiness on the homepage CSS?, ... and motionless SEAsaw85 has an ex problem.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:29 AM
January 03, 2008
Why won't you ship this to me Amazon?
Arrrgggg! I hate it when Amazon.com won't ship something I want to buy to Canada!
For instance, today I get some email spam that Amazon has some cool emergency radios on sale...
As someone who has shown an interest in being prepared for emergencies, you might like to know that the popular American Red Cross radios from Etón are now available in stylish metallic red.
If you're away from civilization camping, or civilization is away from you during a blackout, your Etón emergency radio will keep you in touch with the world in more ways than one. They receive radio, broadcast television, and NOAA weather report reception and will also recharge your mobile phone. These extremely versatile radios can be powered by up to four different sources--AC adapter, three AA batteries, the internal rechargeable battery, or hand crank."
And don't forget, Etón contributes 65¢ or more for every Etón American Red Cross radio sold by Amazon.com to support the American Red Cross.
OK OK, you had me at "stylish metallic red"! I've been looking for one of these radios and I want it! So I go to order, but noooo, for some reason Amazon won't ship that to Canada, nor do they sell it in the Amazon Canada store. Which brings me back to that initial Arrrgggg!
Edit:
OK I've calmed down a little, and found the Canadian page for the manufacturer, and from there, discovered the places I can buy one in Canada. (It's not the Red Cross Edition, but it is red. :P )
Edit again: Wendy from the American Red Cross posted in the comments... "We are prohibited by our national charter to sell American Red Cross products in Canada out of respect to the Canadian Red Cross. Sorry! " Ah, so there you go. And here I thought it was an Amazon thingy.
Posted by Snaggy at 10:58 AM | Comments (6)
January 01, 2008
Forum Tidbits to launch 2008
Happy 2008 everyone.... Steen subjects us to Banished Words, ... Rhonwyyn has a Free Pass To MacWorld Expo 2008, ... Snaggy asks Anyone here using Google Apps?, shows What I love about America... and loved The Kite Runner, while Colonel Panic says O, this news could start a war...
Posted by Snaggy at 09:23 PM