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I think I’m gonna Puke….

G. Blessing — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:54:00 +0000

For the love of God, or at the very least the USA, its bad enough we have this asshole in office, don't pervert it further with crap like this...

I can think of several founding men of this country that I am sure just rolled over in their graves.

FLYING OBAMA T-SHIRTS from Zazzle.com

A liquid pencil

G. Blessing — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:52:15 +0000

Interesting.

The Sharpie liquid pencil « Quo Vadis Blog

The idea, one gathers, is that it’s initially erasable, then becomes permanent with time. How much time is unclear; some sources are saying 24 hours, others give you up to three days. (“But unlike a Sharpie permanent marker, you will always be able to erase it to some degree,” according to a company update.)

Damn the 80s were cool

G. Blessing — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:48:52 +0000

I mean, seriously, a player that is smaller than the medium it plays?
Thats innovation right there.

WM-10

Despite being a fairly early model, the WM-10 was the smallest of
all the cassette-playing Walkman models. Its tiny size is amazing even
now, and represents a considerable achievement in the context of what
was possible in the early 80’s. The WM-10 was smaller even than the
cassette it played and had to be slid open to make the cassette
compartment large enough to take the tape. This of course meant that it
became considerably larger before it was useful. Such practical
shortcomings miss the point of the WM-10 however, as its main function
was to demonstrate Sony’s continuing technical leadership by producing
yet another “world’s smallest” product.

Bluetooth Cassette Tape Adapter?

G. Blessing — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:35:04 +0000

OK, why on earth would anyone that prefers cassette tapes want anything to do with bluetooth? either embrace the modern crap or don't!

Having said that, I prefer cassettes in the car and at home most of the time, especially to CDs... MP3 ties with cassette a lot of the time though...

And I like the bluetooh on my phone for transfering ring tones... So, yes I am holding a double standard against my above statement.

Sue me.

FineBlogSite » Blog Archive » Bluetooth Cassette Tape Adapter

Bluetooth Cassette Tape Adapter.Though CDs have been around for quite a long time, but still there are a few who prefer cassette tape deck in their cars, and for them here we have “Bluetooth Cassette Tape Adapter”.
This handy Bluetooth receiver allows one to make and receive calls in the car with the built-in headset profile. Its quick and simple, uses a mobile phone and a stable Bluetooth connection for seamless audio.

I did not know that….

G. Blessing — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:24:39 +0000

Example Web Page

You have reached this web page by typing "example.com", "example.net", or "example.org" into your web browser.

These domain names are reserved for use in documentation and are not available for registration. See RFC 2606, Section 3.

Cool Small Spaces

G. Blessing — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:23:33 +0000

I really like seeing these, since I like living in small spaces, preferably a small cabin in the middle of nowhere, but a little apartment might be fun too. My favorite of this contest is the Teeny-Tiny category, at 400 sq.ft. MAX(!!)

Small, Cool 2010 Contest presented by Apartment Therapy

Hundreds of entries hit our inbox for the sixth annual Small Cool Home contest. With over 500 submissions, our editors picked the top 165 spaces from around the world to share with our readers. Each entry got a chance to gain "thumbs up" votes to make it into the final rounds. Thousands of "thumbs up" and votes later, the readers' two favorite Small Cool spaces were announced — the US winner, Chris's Furniture Tetris and the international winner, Maria's Pockets.

12480

G. Blessing — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:44:41 +0000

Go to the link and look at the images too...
Trust me.

If it sounds a little complicated here, then you need to see the pics.

Amazingly enough though, I think I understand about 90% of it, and if
I was still in practice with directly expressing in binary, I'd give learning it a shot.

12480 - an alphanumeric writing system

12480 was designed in 2002 by Bradley Tetzlaff from Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. It was invented for both use in a computer game named Ecclemony (1E78) and as a basis for constructed languages. It was also designed to show how a true alphanumeric* writing system looks and works.

12480 is not based upon phonemes, but rather upon binary. It achieves complete universality with an optimal amount of applications from its binary basis. A writing system based on phonemes will only last as long as the human voice is used. 12480's binary foundation will last as long as numbers exist.

* "Alphanumeric" is used here to describe the combination of an alphabet and a numeral system.
Notable features

* 12480 is composed of various scripts, each of which could be considered a separate writing system on their own. Each script has its own specialities and advantages.
* Each script is used to represent either a word or a number by default. Visit www.12480.8m.com/scripts.html to see a list of what each script's default is.
* Each alphanumeric has both a consonant and a vowel assigned to it. They can be used interchangeably except for the initial phoneme--An initial consonant represents a word and an initial vowel represents a number.
* The punctuation is limited to break symbols, grouping symbols, and radix indicators, but it may be extended in future versions.
* Words are typically separated with a circle instead of a space. A space is used to group symbols in radixes lower than 16 into hexadecimal segments.
* 12480 is usually written from top to bottom and from left to right. A baseline underline is used to show how the text is oriented.

Used to write

Binary (radix 2), quadnary (radix 4), hexadecimal (radix 16), radix 256, and all other numeral systems based on a power of two. Anything that can be expressed with a numeric value can be written using 12480.

A new Hand written and Illuminated bible.

G. Blessing — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:28:40 +0000

The Saint Johns Bible

In 1998 Saint Johns Abbey and University commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible.

moving

G. Blessing — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:22:00 +0000

"[There] is something strictly American to conceive a space that is filled with moving. That is filled, always filled, with moving." — Gertrude Stein

WhoooHoooo! I am High Nerd!

G. Blessing — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:55:17 +0000

NerdTests.com Fun Tests - The Nerd Test, Version 2.0

Although, my literature rating should be thehighest one IMSHO.