Links of Note

Lulu Titlescorer

2006-12-12T17:19:00.000-06:00

Lulu Titlescorer: "Want to know if you've got a killer title for your novel? Now, for the first time in literary history, you can put your title to the scientific test and find out whether it has what it takes for bestseller success."

Hamster Video Game

2006-12-12T17:17:00.000-06:00

YouTube - Live Action Hamster Video Game is a MUST SEE! :D

Grow Your Own

2006-12-12T17:09:00.000-06:00

Introduction to growing your own furniture ... takes longer than building it, but it sure looks nifty.

Welcome to Treemo

2006-12-12T16:59:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Treemo - Treemo: Media Sharing on a Mission: "Treemo is an online and mobile community dedicated to sharing digital media, empowering self-expression, and transforming creativity into action."

Crocs

2006-12-12T16:50:00.000-06:00

Crocs: I am in love with these shoes, and I must own at least a few pair in some wild colors. :D

Magazines lauding Austin

2006-12-12T16:44:00.000-06:00

From National Geographic to Conde Nast, magazines lauding Austin: Everybody loves Austin. Then they go and tell everybody else how great it is and a bunch of morons move in and try to make it just as miserable as it was where they came from.

I wish magazines would STOP lauding Austin! :(

Sounds of the World's Animals

2006-12-12T16:35:00.000-06:00

Sounds of the World's Animals

Shovelglove

2006-12-12T16:24:00.000-06:00

Shovelglove: The Sledgehammer Workout

Mean Kitty

2006-12-12T16:20:00.000-06:00

Mean Kitty: Photos of kitties being mean. I have a few of Ronin I need to submit here. He can look REALLY mean!

Kiddie Records Weekly

2006-12-12T16:19:00.000-06:00

Kiddie Records Weekly: Does anyone else remember vinyl albums ... especially the sort for kids with stories or silly songs? If you do, and you love them, you can download lots of the classics here.

The Wooden Library

2006-12-12T16:16:00.000-06:00

The Wooden Library at Alnarp Library: "The wooden library, or xylothek (from the Greek words for tree, xylon, and storing place, theke) consists of 217 volumes describing 213 different species or varieties of trees and shrubs."

They are books, but not the way you may think. Wooden books about trees! I love these!

Balancing Point

2006-12-12T16:14:00.000-06:00

Balancing Point - Google Video: Rocks, stacked, in reverse. Very, very cool. So cool, I might have linked it before, but it's worth looking at again. :)

Ghost Towns

2006-12-12T16:07:00.000-06:00

Central Texas Ghost Towns

GOP delaying 2nd coming

2006-12-12T16:03:00.000-06:00

Preacher says GOP delaying 2nd coming: "Voters should oust congressional Republican leaders because U.S. foreign policy is delaying the second coming of Jesus Christ, according to a evangelical preacher trying to influence closely contested political races."

The news story was posted October 9th, before the elections. I guess now the Republicans have been ousted, we can expect Jesus to show up any time now.

Bejeweled Bugs

2006-12-12T16:01:00.000-06:00

For the person who has everything and is a stupid slave to fashion, you have to check out the giant Madagascar hissing cockroach brooch. It's not a joke. It should be a joke, but alas, there are actually people who want to tether a fat, bejeweled roach to their clothing in the name of being fashionable.

Ewwww ... yuck!

Art Clay World

2006-12-12T15:58:00.000-06:00

Art Clay World: Clay that turns into real silver when properly heated. I'd love to try this stuff, but I haven't found the money or the time yet. One of these days, I will.

Candy Shot Glasses

2006-12-12T15:57:00.000-06:00

Candy Shot Glasses: I meant to order some of these in time for Xmas, but I lost the link and forgot about them. I still want to order some. It would be so cool to drink Peppermint Schnapps out of peppermint candy glasses!

Dodge Dart

2006-12-12T15:53:00.000-06:00

The Dodge Dart has its own page at Wikipedia! Yeah!

Cat Furniture

2006-12-12T15:50:00.000-06:00

Armarkat USA has the very coolest cat trees, and their prices are fantastic compared to what I have seen in the local stores. I'm saving up to get a BIG ONE!

HeyCamz

2006-12-12T15:42:00.000-06:00

HeyCamz - The Social Webcam Wiki helps you find webcams around the world.

DIY Photobooth

2006-12-12T15:17:00.000-06:00

Are you old enough to remember what a photobooth is? Well now you can build your own photobooth. Everyone needs one, right?

Pop Art Portraits

2006-12-12T15:11:00.000-06:00

How to make your own pop art portraits.

Super easy! Anyone can do it! Be Andy Warhol ... or maybe better! :D

Death by Taser

2006-12-12T15:01:00.000-06:00

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Death by Taser: The Killer Alternative to Guns

Omelet in a Bag

2006-12-12T14:48:00.000-06:00

A video showing you how to make an Omelet in a Bag. If you can boil water, you can make an omelet. It's brilliant!

Merjatee's Photo Galleries

2006-12-12T14:47:00.000-06:00

One can never look at too many photos of cats and kittens!

Knitta!

2006-12-12T14:45:00.000-06:00

Knitta:

Knitta began in August 2005, when AKrylik and PolyCotN were discussing their frustration over unfinished knitting projects: half-knitted sweaters and balls of yarn gathering dust. That afternoon, they knit their first doorknob cozy. Then it dawned on them… A tag crew of knitters, bombing the inner city with vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around everything from beer bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more ambitious outings.

Big Picture Scrapbooking

2006-12-12T14:35:00.000-06:00

How to Scrapbook You -- In a Tin!

Instructions for making an adorable little scrapbook that hides in an empty mints tin. Very cute!

The Stephen Colbert "On Notice Board" Generator

2006-12-12T14:26:00.000-06:00

Youre On Notice! - The Stephen Colbert "On Notice Board" Generator

You know you want to put someone On Notice!

Pandora Internet Radio

2006-09-13T13:15:00.000-05:00

I've been digging on Pandora Internet Radio for a few weeks now. I even have my own station that provides me with just the sort of music I love. Be forewarned: If you don't like super-relaxing piano music, you won't like my station. :)

Magic Names for Mystic Cats

2006-09-13T13:13:00.000-05:00

Magic Names for Mystic Cats is a nice collection of great names for cats from around the world.

Irish Drinking Songs

2006-09-13T13:12:00.000-05:00

Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers: It's nice to know I am not the only one who takes standard tunes and turns them into kitty-cat songs.

Thousands of Names

2006-09-13T13:11:00.000-05:00

Thousands of names for your dog, horse, cat, pet or child! If you can't find a name for whatever needs naming here, you won't find one anywhere else.

Free!

2006-09-13T13:08:00.000-05:00

Audio Books For Free!

Alice

2006-09-13T13:07:00.000-05:00

Alice: Free, Easy, Interactive 3D Graphics for the WWW:

"Alice v2.0 is the next major version of the Alice 3D Authoring system, from the Stage3 Research Group at Carnegie Mellon University. It has been completely rewritten from scratch over the past few years.

The focus of the Alice project is now to provide the best possible first exposure to programming for students ranging from middle schoolers to college students."

Helluva Job

2006-09-13T13:06:00.000-05:00

"'We've done a helluva job here at home in terms of homeland security.'"

Cheney still obviously believes that if you say something often enough it will become true whether it is or not.

Bookmaking Tutorial

2006-09-13T13:04:00.000-05:00

An excellent tutorial on how to make your own journal.

USA vs. Bill Keller

2006-09-13T13:03:00.000-05:00

The United States of America vs. 'New York Times' Editor Bill Keller:

"How hard is it to be executive editor of the New York Times today? The White House calls him a traitor. He gets roasted every day on talk shows and blogs. The newsroom is losing faith. The paper is shrinking. And the worst part is that fighting back means overcoming his own nature."

Halloween

2006-09-13T13:01:00.000-05:00

Halloween by Martha Stewart. Roll your eyes, if you must, but there are some great ideas here.

Andy's Comix Website

2006-09-13T13:00:00.000-05:00

Andy's Comix Website ... a history of comics in images.

Aldo on Audiobooks

2006-09-13T12:59:00.001-05:00

How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes.

Aldo on Audiobooks

2006-09-13T12:59:00.000-05:00

How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes/a>.

Kittens!

2006-09-13T12:57:00.000-05:00

Videos at YouTube of some seriously cute kittens!

Lame Spoof

2006-09-13T12:54:00.000-05:00

Lame spoof of Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" - paid for by Exxon. It showed up on YouTube, seemingly made by some random someone ... but it wasn't.

2 Second Fold

2006-09-13T12:53:00.000-05:00

How to fold a t-shirt in 2 seconds is a fantastic video of an awesome way to quickly fold t-shirts brought to you by a cool site called VideoJug.

Scared Kids - Scared Parents

2006-09-13T12:51:00.000-05:00

"According to the National Mental Health Information Center, 13% of American children ages 9 to 17 suffer from anxiety disorders in a one-year prevalence rate. This is a striking increase over the number of children who felt anxious in the 1950s, as psychology professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University points out in her book, Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable than Ever Before. The average child, Twenge told me, reports more anxiety than child psychiatric patients did 50 years ago.

These are not the children of Beirut and Israel's Haifa, nor of Afghanistan. These are American kids being terrified of math tests and bicycles.

“Why,” asks California-based child psychologist Madeline Levine, “are the most advantaged kids in this country running into unprecedented levels of mental illness and emotional distress?”"

I'd say it has a lot to do with being raised by a bunch of wusses who are living n fear themselves thanks to the overwhelming amount of fear-mongering going on with the government and media. But that's just my opinion.

2000 uses for WD40

2006-09-13T12:46:00.001-05:00

2000 uses for WD40: Not an official list, but I can vouch that many of these really do work.

Bounce the Ball

2006-09-13T12:46:00.000-05:00

Guess who... it's Go! Go! Redball!

More Australia and Obesity

2006-09-13T11:59:00.000-05:00

Farming rethink 'needed to solve obesity':

"WORLD leaders need to force an end to 'crazy' agricultural policies that fuel the global obesity epidemic by keeping unhealthy food cheap, a conference has been told."

Hey, newsflash from Orb: Healthy and fresh foods aren't any more expensive than junk food, but it does require that you put a little effort into what you eat ... like maybe cooking from time to time. Also, fast food in moderation isn't all that evil. We eat fast food, sometimes quite a bit of it, and we aren't exactly getting obese.

The Founding Fathers

2006-09-13T11:55:00.000-05:00

The Founding Fathers Were NOT Christians

Super Scientology Powers

2006-09-13T11:54:00.000-05:00

An old article but worth ready for the entertainment value" Tampabay: Scientology nearly ready to unveil Super Power.

Really, you have to read the list of Super Powers. It includes such things as "Perception of having perceived (past and present)." Yeah, I told you it was funny.

The Parents are Where?

2006-09-13T11:52:00.000-05:00

"'If you put a child in a sweet shop and say, 'Choose not to consume that', it's an almost impossible responsibility from people who don't have the capacity to make that sort of choice,' Mr Rigby said."

Which is why children have parents who should be making these decisions for them. Yes, more complaining about fast food advertising.

Once a Month Cooking

2006-09-13T11:48:00.000-05:00

Once a Month Cooking World: I have long wanted to do all my cooking once a month and stash it in the freezer, but as much as I love cooking, I don't think I'd love doing that much all at once ... nor would I like not cooking at all the rest of the month. Might have to try it one of these days and see how it goes.

Salad Dressing Recipes

2006-09-13T11:46:00.000-05:00

Nice collection of salad dressing recipes. I might have posted this before, but I can't remember, and I am too lazy to check.

Irish Oranges

2006-09-13T11:43:00.000-05:00

I want to make me one of these crochet shawls! So easy and so pretty too, though maybe not in orange. I'm not big on orange.

Neck Pain

2006-09-13T11:42:00.000-05:00

Some excellent advice to be found at How To Fix Your Own Neck Pain.

Roasted Tomatoes

2006-09-13T11:41:00.000-05:00

I have got to make me some of these roasted tomatoes. They look so good they've made me hungry.

Lie By Lie

2006-09-13T11:39:00.000-05:00

Lie By Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold.

Definitely worth looking at for anyone interested in how the USA actually came to be involved in what looks like an endless war.

Harry Potter is 'king of darkness'

2006-09-13T11:33:00.000-05:00

"Amorth compared the Potter character to dictators Stalin and Hitler, saying they were possessed by the devil.

'You can tell by their behavior and their actions, from the horrors they committed and the atrocities that were committed on their orders. That's why we need to defend society from demons,' said Amorth, who has reportedly performed 30,000 exorcisms."

Apparently the Catholic Church still doesn't have anything better to do than determine which fictional characters are the devil incarnate.

Laugh A Little

2006-09-13T11:28:00.000-05:00

For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously: A collection of funny statements such as "Save the whales. Collect the whole set." Very cute.

School Lunch

2006-09-13T11:24:00.000-05:00

Want to get some idea of what kids get at school lunches these days? Here's a photoset on Flickr that will quench your desire to know. Personally, I think it all looks pretty good and not nearly as awful as the some people seem to think it is.

Colored or Not?

2006-09-04T12:29:00.000-05:00

I love optical illusion!

Colored or Not?

2006-09-04T12:28:00.000-05:00

I love optical illusion!

Two At Once

2006-09-04T12:26:00.000-05:00

Two At Once, Toe-Up Sock Pattern

Writing Paper

2006-09-04T12:23:00.000-05:00

Writing Paper to Learn and Practice Handwriting for Preschool and Kindergarten

Money for Nothing

2006-09-04T12:22:00.000-05:00

Money for Nothing:

"The United States received hundreds of millions in foreign aid last year, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. But what happened to the money? One year later, the fate of international disaster assistance has turned into a tale of inept bureaucracy, diplomatic bungling, and unspent cash."

Burning Flipside

2006-09-04T12:21:00.000-05:00

Who knew Texas had their very own Burning Man off-shoot: Burning Flipside.

Chumby Industries

2006-09-04T12:19:00.000-05:00

I want a Chumby. I don't need a Chumby, but you know when there's new tech out, I have to want it. Once you see what it does, you may want one too.

Free Digital Scrapbooking Downloads

2006-09-04T12:18:00.000-05:00

Free Digital Scrapbooking Downloads: Computer Scrapbook always has a few samplers of their scrapbooking printables available for download for free. If you are into scrapbooking or other paper arts and have a good printer, it's worth it to bookmark this page and check often or sign up for the newsletter to be informed when something new is added.

Berroco Patterns

2006-09-04T12:15:00.000-05:00

the most recent free patterns from Berroco. Lots of knitting and crochet goodness.

Free Downloads

2006-09-04T12:14:00.000-05:00

Burda has a few free sewing patterns for download ... a skirt, a dress and scarf, and ladies pants. A word of warning: Burda patterns are not for the beginning seamstress or for people who are unaccustomed to using European sewing patterns. If you take your time, you can figure it all out, but these are not See&Sew easy.

Stupid People Videos

2006-09-04T12:10:00.000-05:00

What do you do when Burger King messes up your order? Call 911, of course.

As I Please - George Orwell

2006-09-04T12:08:00.000-05:00

"OF ALL the unanswered questions of our time, perhaps the most important is: ‘What is Fascism?’"

George Orwell answers the question in a 1944 article.

Muramatsu Makoto

2006-09-04T12:06:00.000-05:00

A collection of Muramatsu Makoto's adorable cat drawings. There are other animals represented to, but you know ... I love the cats the best.

Oodles of Doodles

2006-09-04T12:04:00.000-05:00

DoodleBug is way fun to play with, but even more fun is watching other people's sketches draw themselves before your very eyes.

Am I too old for... clothes?

2006-09-04T12:03:00.000-05:00

Am I too old for... clothes?:

"What's an image-conscious girl to wear as she slides tragically towards her forties? Not leather miniskirts. Not baseball boots. Mimi Spencer searches her dressing-up box for an outfit that goes with motherhood and making chutney."

To Blog or Not To Blog

2006-09-04T11:59:00.000-05:00

No Day at the Beach:

"In the height of summer-holiday season, bloggers face the inevitable question: to blog on break or put the blog on a break? Fearing a decline in readership, some writers opt not to take vacations. Others keep posting while on location, to the chagrin of their families. Those brave enough to detach themselves from their keyboards for a few days must choose between leaving the site dormant or having someone blog-sit."

I've done the guest-blogger thing, and it was cool, but these days when I do manage to escape my house and life for more than a day, I tend jus to not worry about there being no posts on my blog. If my readers love me, they will allow me a vacation. :D

Auto Parts Warehouse

2006-09-04T11:55:00.000-05:00

Auto Parts Warehouse has just about any automobile part you could need, and the prices are very reasonable.

Is It Just Me?

2006-09-04T11:50:00.000-05:00

Is It Just Me?: "What I want to know is who dictates at what age one should change their style of dress?"

So do I, because personally I see no reason why a woman can't wear whatever clothes her body will fit, no matter what her age.

Media Matters

2006-09-04T11:46:00.000-05:00

Limbaugh handicapped races in new Survivor series, suggested "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do." Rush being the ass we all know him to be, in other words.

Toe-Up Socks

2006-09-04T11:44:00.000-05:00

Knitty has posted a very nice universal toe-up sock pattern. Pick your yarn, make your test swatch, enter your measurements, do a little math and presto ... great fitting socks!

InterfaceLIFT

2006-09-04T11:31:00.000-05:00

If you are looking for some fabulous new desktop wallpapers (or icons and other goodies), you have to visit InterfaceLIFT!

Media Monitoring

2006-09-04T11:30:00.000-05:00

"The U.S. command in Baghdad is seeking bidders for a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for monitoring the tone of Iraq news stories filed by U.S. and foreign media."

I don't know why they would bother monitoring the media. The last I heard they have been paying people to write a good bit of it ... to make themselves look good, of course.

Pecan-Crusted Tilapia

2006-09-04T11:28:00.000-05:00

This recipe for Pecan-Crusted Tilapia is awesome!

Latin Phrases

2006-09-04T11:27:00.000-05:00

Vi veri universum vivus vici: In case you have watched V for Vendetta and were curious to know more about this phrase.

Hanty Panty

2006-08-26T14:35:00.000-05:00

Hanty Panty: How to make panties out of hankies. Very cute and brilliant idea! Free pattern and instructions included.

And regardless of the fact that StumbleUpon has this site tagged as PORN, it isn't pornographic. The panties aren't even modeled by people. They are just laying there on a white background looking harmless. Have we really gotten to the point where a pair of clean panties, devoid of a human body, are to be considered pornographic?

D*ckhead

2006-08-26T14:24:00.000-05:00

"Everyone in Iraq knows Bush is a d**khead. He's the boss' kid. Everybody I know who has a successful business who has a kid - the kid is always a f**khead. Have you ever noticed that?"

Yes, I have noticed that, and thank you Jesse James for having the balls to say that out loud in front of reporters.

Lambkin Pattern

2006-08-26T14:21:00.000-05:00

A free pattern for cute little sewn lamb toy.

Cute Bunny

2006-08-26T14:07:00.000-05:00

Free pattern for an adorable crocheted bunny. Too cute. I have to make a few of these.

Downloadable Sewing Patterns

2006-08-26T14:04:00.000-05:00

Fitz has downloadable sewing patterns which seem easy to make and stylish. They also offer some for free!

Build It

2006-08-26T14:01:00.000-05:00

Story Builder: Tools for fiction writers.

Used FAQs

2006-08-26T13:59:00.000-05:00

Used FAQs: A Random Roundup of Frequently Asked Questions.

Pause Online: Music Videos

2006-08-24T19:19:00.000-05:00

I have found the motherload of streaming music videos at Pause Online. Who needs MTV? IT's not like they actually play music videos anymore.

Making of a Brick

2006-08-24T19:11:00.000-05:00

A Flash-based tour of the making of Lego bricks.

From A to B Onward

2006-08-24T19:07:00.000-05:00

A cartoon depicting how a customer explained something they wanted built all the way to what the customer really needed ... with panel in between showing how everyone else viewed the project. Too hilarious, and I have to show it to Lin as soon as he gets home.

Culture of the United States

2006-08-24T19:04:00.000-05:00

So many people are blathering on these days about how we have to protect American Culture from the influx of evil immgrants ... I've even heard it referred to as White Culture (WTF?!). Being as I still carrying with me a good deal of immigrant taint, I have been asking fellow Americans to tell me what American Culture is, and no surprise, they don't seem to have any answer. Maybe Wikipedia can help: Culture of the United States.

And as far as American Culture being White Culture, I wasn't under the impression that all white people had the same culture. I know mine is different from, say, my insane white neighbors, and is likely different from a lot of peoples ... being German/Scots-Irish and all.

Careers and Marriage

2006-08-24T18:57:00.000-05:00

Forbes prints sexist male view of marrying "career" women. Many people (i.e. women) are offended, including one of the "career" women in his office. She writes a rebuttal. And so ... the battle of the sexes continues.

It can't be my imagination that I am reading an awful lot more sexist crap in major publications these days, can it? Sexism and racism are thriving again. I feel like we have taken a step 30 or more years into the past.

Vintage Ads

2006-08-24T18:53:00.001-05:00

Vintage Ads: A photoset on Flickr.

Cribcandy

2006-08-24T18:53:00.000-05:00

Cribcandy: Wicked cool things, some of which you may decide you have to have ... though many of them are, in my opinion, far too pricey.

Police One Click Away

2006-08-24T18:51:00.000-05:00

"Users of Microsoft's Messenger service [in the UK] will be able to report suspected sexual predators directly to the police at the click of a mouse."

Oh yeah, I can't see that being abused by assholes. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Successful Garage Sale

2006-08-24T18:49:00.000-05:00

8 Tips to a Successful Garage Sale: A link I will be emailing to my mother immediately.