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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:30 AM

Calendar For Couples

Early in our relationship, Tyla and I set up a joint calendar. There’s so much going on that without it, we’d be constantly confused about our upcoming schedule. It’s so useful that it seemed worth sharing. There are many calendar apps you could use,...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013 12:30 AM

Bad Lip-Reading

While watching the Super Bowl, Tim asked if I had seen the NFL video from Bad Lip-Reading . I hadn’t, and boy was I missing out. If you’re not one of the 28 million people who has seen it, check it out below.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:30 AM

How A Watch Works

I don’t remember where I saw this video posted, but it was pretty interesting (in an incredible slow moving 1949 sort of way.) They are ingenious machines with very intricate machining, but they’re no longer a mystery to me.
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Monday, December 24, 2012 12:30 AM

Social Security Online Report

I like getting the social security reports because it’s interesting to look back and see how much I made every year and how it has changed. For some reason I haven’t gotten any for the past couple years, but a quick search revealed that you can receive...
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Monday, October 15, 2012 12:30 AM

World Record Sky Dive

On Sunday, Felix Baumgartner broke the record for the world’s highest sky dive. He rose 24 miles above the planet carried by a huge balloon. He broke the speed of sound on his 10 minute trip back to earth. Not too shabby! You can watch video from the...
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Friday, October 05, 2012 12:30 AM

Smart 911

Our country recently added a program called Smart 911. It allows residents to upload lots of extra data about themselves for use by emergency personnel. Since cell phones, VOIP lines, etc might not always give your address, you can help them correlate...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:30 AM

Wind Map

This one is for you weather geeks. The animated map of the US shows how wind is flowing (direction and velocity.) It’s simple but it’s mesmerizing. A screenshot is shown below but you should visit the website for the current animation.
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:30 AM

Smarter Every Day

Now that our Media Center rig automatically downloads YouTube and Vimeo videos, I’ve been subscribing to a couple series that are only available on those sites. The best of these by far has been Smarter Every Day . He has 50 videos posted and for the...
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Friday, December 02, 2011 12:30 AM

People With My Name

Did you know there are 15 people in the United States named Benjamin Martens? There’s a website called howmanyofme.com that tells you how many people are in the US with your first name, last name, and full name. For very unique names, the website will...
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Friday, August 19, 2011 12:30 AM

Hack A Car With A Cell Phone

There are a few big hacker conferences every year and Black Hat is one of them. Think of it as show and tell for hackers. One of my favorite examples from this year’s conference is unlocking and starting a Subaru Outback via a cell phone! The car had...
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Monday, August 01, 2011 12:30 AM

Free PDF Printer

Since the beginning of time (or so it seems) I have been searching for an easy way to create PDFs without paying for Adobe’s software. A few weeks ago I finally stumbled upon PrimoPDF. It installs a new printer on your machine and lets you print anything...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:30 AM

Ben Folds 14,000 Person Choir

For the past few months, I’ve seen Ben Folds tweeting about recording audiences at various concerts singing bits of a song. He did that seven times, edited it all together, and the end result is a 14,000 person choir spread across seven cities ! I can...
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:35 AM

Vote for Me!

Got a minute? Would you mind stopping by the Crystal Mt. Facebook page and voting for my photo entry? The winner gets an overnight stay at the mountain and there aren’t that many entries so I think I have a decent chance. The photo I submitted is the...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:30 AM

Photos of Photos

There was a great post on Mental Floss pointing to a site called Dear Photograph . To participate, you dig up an old photo, go back to the place it was taken, hold it out in front of you so it lines up with the real scene and then snap a photo. There...
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Friday, June 17, 2011 7:31 AM

Bing Rewards

A few weeks ago, Bing rolled out a customer loyalty program called Bing Rewards. All you do is sign up for the program and then every time you use the service, you get some points. Since I use the site everywhere anyway, I figured why not? Well I’m happy...
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