Category Archives for Interesting
Racquet-breaking Outburst
Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis has become quite the Internet sensation after destroying four of his tennis rackets during a temper tantrum in his second-round loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the Australian Open on Wednesday. Continue reading: Manufacturer comments on Marcos … Continue reading
Son Of Strelka, Son Of God (narrated by Obama)
Hey y’all. Long time no see. For the past four years, I’ve been working slowly but obsessively on a very odd project. Bit by bit I’ve dissected Obama’s self-read autobiography into thousands of very short phrases, usually one to ten … Continue reading
Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.
Below is a great article on the origin of one or two spaces after a period. I think I finally learned this while writing a research paper for a biology class in college. Can I let you in on a … Continue reading
Super expensive hard drives & some cool price trackers
I was searching Amazon for reviews of the Synology 4-bay Network Attached Storage devices and noticed that hard drive prices were very high. Remembering that floods in Thailand in October may have contributed to this, I found this article, Hard … Continue reading
Very First Digital Camera Photos
When I was digging through some of the files that I had backed up on a random CD I found this assortment of some of the first photos I took with my, then new, Minolta G400. These are all unedited. … Continue reading
Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood?
Rick Reilly, of the back page columnist in Sports Illustrated fame (now writing for ESPN) just wrote a great article entitled, It’s Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood now, on Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. You’re either a Brett Favre man or an … Continue reading
Traffic Congestion
As long there’s no crash that is backing up traffic on 43-N heading out of Milwaukee, I’ll typically take it back to my apartment. If there is substantial traffic, then I tend to take Lake Dr north along Lake Michigan. … Continue reading
Update on credit card
Just got a call from the Bank of America fraud alert. Someone in China tried to buy $700+ dollars at a boutique store and $90 at something called “Noapple” today. The crazy thing was that this card number was getting … Continue reading
Qualifying for Free Amazon Shipping
I occasionally run into the problem of being a few dollars short of qualifying for free shipping when buying products from Amazon. Fortunately, I found a cool site that finds “fillers” to add whatever amount you need to qualify for … Continue reading