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Do you get military rank insignia confused? I know I do, and that’s not a good thing when you work with Navy officers and want to address them properly. Check out the World Rank Insignia page , which depicts the rank insignia of military as well as civilian forces all over the world. Very handy…
Adge’s Visual History Of Gaming does a great job explaining “How we got from Pac-Man to Quake II,” among other things. He decided on several categories of games and then illustrates the “journey” from the first groundbreaking game to its present incarnation. For example, the platform category starts with Donkey Kong in the arcade and ends up with Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64. He doesn’t stop there, though. Each category’s “journey” is further illustrated with other games and systems, resulting in a very satisfying, albeit quick, pictorial history of gaming. Very cool…
Check out all of the Olympic logos at this site. Is everyone/anyone geared up for the Opening Ceremonies this Friday?
W recently made a speech in which one of his quotes was of particular interest:
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful. And so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and her people. And neither do we.
Nice not-so-Freudian slip there, W. If you don’t believe me, check out an MP3 sound clip, or better yet, a video clip. What a moron…
Update: Check out this MP3 audio clip in which W attempts to answer a question related to Native American tribal sovereignty. Wow.
W recently made a speech in which one of his quotes was of particular interest:
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful. And so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and her people. And neither do we.
Nice not-so-Freudian slip there, W. If you don’t believe me, check out an MP3 sound clip, or better yet, a video clip. What a moron…
Update: Check out this MP3 audio clip in which W attempts to answer a question related to Native American tribal sovereignty. Wow.
The Subway Navigator site is a great resource for subways all over the world, displaying interactive maps of subway sytems in numerous cities as well as helping with route planning and sightseeing.
I found a quite insightful set of answers reposted (with some funny additions in the comments) here:
One to change the light bulb and to post the fact that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it’s ‘lightbulb’ or ‘light bulb’ …
Another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
Two industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is ‘lamp’
27 to post URL’s where one can see examples of different light bulbs
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
44 to ask what is a ‘FAQ’
2 to post reasons why the light bulb burning out is the result of a government conspiracy.
4 to say ‘didn’t we cover this a few months ago?’
43 to say ‘do a Google search on light bulbs’
5 to say ‘thank you’
1 lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
Speaking of nostalgia, Popular Science recently had an article entitled Tech ‘54, Where Are You?, in which “a highly wired writer [spent] 10 days in the big city living with the technology of 50 years ago.” It’s amazing how much things have changed in 50 years and how much technology we take for granted…
Bowling For Soup’s song 1985 (from their upcoming album A Hangover You Don’t Deserve) is so appropriate for me that I had to post the MP3 (6MB) 
. Here are the lyrics, which echo many of my nostalgic lamentations about “kids today.” :-p I don’t know how long I’ll leave the file on the site, so get it while you can…
If so, then you may be able to graduate from the California Alternative High School, which was recently “ordered to stop handing out phony diplomas” in California. Apparently this chain of schools preyed on immigrants, charging “its mainly Latino students $450 to $1,450 for a 10-week course based on a 54-page book that was riddled with errors, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.” Some of the worst errors include:
Congress had two houses – the Senate for Democrats and the House for Republicans; that the U.S. flag had not been updated to reflect the addition of Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico to the “original” 50 states; that the federal “administrative” branch oversees the Treasury Department and that World War II occurred from 1938 to 1942.
I hope the students duped by this are located and informed of this fraud…
