Monthly Archives: September 2006

links for 2006-09-29

Posted on 29 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

Perian – A swiss-army knife for QuickTime (tags: video software mac.os.x)

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Mr. Rogers: Jedi mind control master

Posted on 29 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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Optimus Mini Three

Posted on 29 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

The Optimus Mini Three looks kinda cool – a three button keyboard with tiny organic LCD screens as the buttons. Sure it’s gimmicky, but it, er, pushes all the correct nerd buttons. If I had one though (and this is … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-09-27

Posted on 27 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

iCraig – Software – Geotagger Geotag your photos with this AppleScript droplet that accesses GoogleEarth (tags: applescript geography mac.os.x maps photography google) Clear Sky Clock Homepage Predictions for evening clear skies for amateur astronomers (tags: astronomy weather) Morse Resource Page … Continue reading →

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Extra! Extra!

Posted on 25 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

I’ve had a variety of jobs over the years: fax machine repairman, auto deliverer, corporate spy, and various combinations of IT wrangler and network garbage collector. Couple months ago I added “television extra” to the list and here I am … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-09-25

Posted on 25 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

RSOE HAVARIA Emergency and Disaster Information Service Real-time map of “global situation events” – biohazards, epidemics, earthquakes, tornadoes, accidents, etc. (tags: graphics maps visualization world news)

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Tim Fort

Posted on 21 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

Go to the Guinness Book, find the section on “world’s largest/best/whatever domino fall” and rip it out because very other domino fall you’ve seen is crap compared with what Tim Fort does.[youtube]LLRYo4V3HB8[/youtube]

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Madison Avenue meets MKULTRA

Posted on 21 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

Dick Destiny notices that the CIA has been running recruitment advertisements on television, specifically King Of The Hill. I’ve seen the same commercials… running on VH-1′s The Drug Years show. Apparently their irony sense is still impaired, or VH-1 has … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-09-21

Posted on 21 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51 (tags: aviation conspiracy history military nevada) ForteTwo A directory of highways with the route number “42″ (tags: highway)

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The Indestructibles

Posted on 19 September 2006 by Chris Barrus

Scrubbles goes through his iTunes library looking for “the indestructibles” – songs that have been done by at least three different artists and hold up enough that folks keep them around. Looking through my library, I find: “Alone Again Or” … Continue reading →

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