DHTML Lemmings

June 27th, 2005

(via Eric Gunnerson)

Simply amazing!

An implementation of Lemmings in Javascript.

If all stories were written like science fiction stories

June 27th, 2005

(via s-t)

If all stories were written like science fiction stories

Weee are the champions, my friends!

June 22nd, 2005

Congrats to Damon and the whole Juventus U-17 team for winning the 2005 State Cup!

Now it’s on to the Region 1 Championship in Virginia Beach

LightSaber Maker For The Rest Of Us

June 3rd, 2005

A FREE program to do those lightsaber effects

Store Wars

June 3rd, 2005

with Cuke Skywalker and Darth Tader

And I Thought Lucas Needed A BIG Budget

June 3rd, 2005

How to make lightsaber effects using Premiere and Photoshop.

Life In The Fuuuuutuuuuure! Woooo!

June 3rd, 2005

A 1961 article tells what ‘scientists know’ about life in the year 2000

Some excerpts:

You will be whisked around in monorail vehicles at 200 miles an hour and you will think nothing of taking a fortnight’s holiday in outer space.

The family car will be soundless, vibrationless and self-propelled thermostatically. The engine will be smaller than a typewriter. Cars will travel overland on an 18 inch air cushion.

Got 112 mirrors?

May 5th, 2005

Make a death ray!

Got some stiff paper?

May 5th, 2005

(via hackaday)

Make a 35mm camera!

ACME Catalog

February 16th, 2005

If you’ve ever seen a Roadrunner cartoon, you remember all the gizmos Wile E. Coyote (Super-Genius) ordered from the ACME company. Well, here’s their catalog.

An especially popular item.

Tomorrow…The Idiotarod

January 28th, 2005

It’s just like the Iditarod, with a few minor differences.

Like, people instead of dogs, shopping carts instead of dogsleds, and New York City instead of Alaska.

Otherwise, it’s pretty much identical.

Casiellos In The News

January 24th, 2005

Gerry Casiello (my uncle) spends his retirement helping small businesses get off the ground in Connecticut.

Caitlin, You’re In For Caitlin

January 21st, 2005

Check out the third story. The lineup for Reno Galena High’s starting lineup:

Caitlin, Caitlin, Caitlin, Caitlin, and Kaitlin

Kaitlin?! There’s always a wise guy!

And You Thought Uncle Floyd Had A Bad Sense Of Direction

January 21st, 2005

Try this – go to MSN Maps

Enter these values
Start:
Address in: norway
City: haugesund
End:
Address in: norway
City: trondheim

Click “Get Directions”

That’s one heck of a detour!

From Norway to Norway, via the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.

Pro Wrestling – As Real As Gladiators

January 21st, 2005

(via devnull)

It turns out modern pro wrestling may be more like Roman gladiators than we thought.

– New theory says Gladiators were pampered stars not abused slaves
– Gladiators earned so much from sport that Emperor capped their salaries

One does not simply walk into Mortor.

January 19th, 2005

(via Metafilter)
It’s Mordor. With a |

Folks have been grabbing screenshots from the Lord of the Rings movies and making animated gifs out of them. Like

Catapult

Boromir’s Invisible Phone

Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles

January 13th, 2005

(via MetaFilter)

Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles scanned and put online into the public domain!

SnippetCompiler App

January 13th, 2005

(via Scott Watermasysk’s blog)

A handy little application that lets you type in C#, VB.NET or ASP.NET snippets and run them. Much easier than starting up the IDE and creating a project, just to test out a few lines of code.

Dissecting a C# Application

January 13th, 2005

apress is offering a free .pdf book on C# and the development tool SharpDevelop

Nice!

The Angry Chicken

January 13th, 2005

The Angry Chicken – a pretty funny ad for running shoes, demonstrating the sport of parkour – or free-running. Apparently, the shoes being advertised are not particularly good for parkour, but when has that stopped advertisers?