August 18 Links, 2007
Saturday, 08.18.07 @ 12:00AM 
This last week I finally got around the getting my websurfing organized... a little. My homepage is iGoogle, which is extremely customizable (mine is five pages long). I made a quantum improvement by adding Google Reader for feeds. It’s great to keep up with sites that have 100 updates a day, so I can scan headlines and decide which to read, and for sites that DON’T update every day, so I get a notifier when they do. I still use Bloglines, but can’t get direct feeds on my homepage with it, just a notifier. I also joined Feedburner. If you want to grab a feed of this site for your reader (whatever kind you use), the link is in the sidebar under “Visitor Tools” where it says “Subscribe in a reader.” Feedburner also has widgets available, like the animated headline widget you see under “Affiliates” -this one shows the headlines on my other blog, Miss C Recommends. I still have a long way to go before I’m really organized.
Like the Rubik's Cube? You can make your own! (via The Generator Blog)
Latino 300 (Thanks, Jan!)
Going in for a closeup!
Confessions of a Vegas bathroom attendant.
Put Your Hands Up for Detroit was a video pitch from Stuart Alexander MacKay-Smith (SmackEyeSmith), featuring strippers, contortionists, and hoochie-coochie dancers. The idea was rejected. I found it quite clever.
A Boot to the Head! (via Everlasting Blort)
Recycle your sex toy? I don't know about that...
Homemade 535 foot Slip-n-Slide!
CRABS
(via Phil’s Phun)
A man boarded an airplane in Sydney, Australia, with a box of crabs.
A female crew member took it and promised to put it in the crew's refrigerator, which she did.
The man advised her that he was holding her personally responsible for the crabs staying frozen, and proceeded to rant and rave about what would happen if she let them thaw out.
Shortly before landing, she announced to the entire cabin, "Would the gentleman who gave me the crabs in Sydney, please raise your hand?"
Not one hand went up ...
so she took them home and ate them herself!
World Record Underpants-Jumping.
Wired Blogs is looking at who is editing Wikipedia entries in order to protect or shape their own image.
Strongbad plays miniature golf.
White Whine. Things only white people complain about. (via Boing Boing)
You know how every once in a while you run across something so random, so nonsensical, and so off-the-wall that you have to share it with everyone? Read this.
If you are a student at Penn State and need repair help, you can request one via computer. It ain’t gonna be easy, so here’s a helpful guide. If you’re not a Penn State student, this is an example of how NOT to design a system. (via Metafilter)
Congratulations to Scaramouch at YesButNoButYes on the site's 10 millionth hit!
GOLDEN SCREW
(Thanks, Rich!)
Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place was a golden screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do. Like it or not, he was stuck with it.
All the years of growing up was real tough on him because all who saw the screw made fun of him. He avoided ever leaving his house and thus, never made any friends.
One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a Swami in Tibet who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The next day he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal. After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant monastery. The swami knew exactly why he had come. He was told to sleep in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day, when he awoke, the screw would have been removed.
The man immediately went to the room and fell asleep. During the night while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window, bearing in its mist a golden screwdriver. In just moments, the screwdriver removed the screw and disappeared out the window.
The next morning when the boy awoke, he saw the golden screw lying on the pillow next to him. Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there was no screw there! Jubilant, he leaped out of bed, and his butt fell off.
The moral of this story is:
Don't screw around with things you don't understand -- you could lose your ass.
Thought for today: When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, always. –Mahatma Gandhi
Reader Comments (2)
While here: I wish you a great and funny end to your week too:-)