Ever wonder where those turkeys come from and where they go? National Geographic published an article in 2001 with some interesting details (like the trainers spend a lot of time dressed in blue clothing to mimic white house suits to socialize the turkeys).
Ginger Elvis says: “I taste better than fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches! Thank you very much!”
<crunch> Ginger Elvis’s head has left the building.
Took this picture a few months ago when The Day After Tomorrow was going to start playing in theaters in the coming weekend (phew).
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I was just e-mailed this by a co-worker (thanks Paul!): the World-Wide Media eXchange. It’s a Microsoft Research project gathering pictures from all over the world and arranging them into a map-driven interface. It’s a really cool way to browse pictures as well as a neat way to find pictures of places you’ve been or may be going. Here’s what the site has to say about itself:
The World-Wide Media eXchange (WWMX) is a centralized index of digital photos, where photos are tagged by the geographic location where they were shot. It’s an experimental research project run by the Interactive Visual Media Group at Microsoft Research.
The project explores possibilities with digital photographs and geographic location. The location where a photo was taken provides clues about its semantic context and offers an intuitive way to index it, even in a very large collection. The combination is powerful, but still not supported well by either the photo-software or camera-hardware industries. We’re trying to establish a strong case for these features, and you can help us — try the downloads, and tell us about your experience:
. Your feedback can make a difference!
It’s free and cool, check it out.
I can’t seem to get away from it… on the way home from work the DJ on a local FM radio station was talking over some instrumental music… the opening theme music to Halo. Gah!
Okay, so maybe I had to play when I got home… just a little. I blame the radio.
Normally I don’t like it when my honey goes out of town… I get lonely and sulky, I don’t shave and I eat way more cereal than any human should.
Tuesday was the release of Halo 2. Thursday Paula went to New York to attend the bar mitzvah of a good friend’s son. Since she left I haven’t shaved, I’ve bathed infrequently and I’ve eaten cereal for dinner… but I haven’t been lonely. Halo 2 is by far the best online game I’ve ever played, esp. when playing with friends.
Since Paula’s been gone I’ve had my Xbox connected to Xbox Live for most of my waking hours, but when she gets back I’m going to spend much less time online. But what’s an addict to do? I can’t miss a game.
Now I don’t have to. I’ve signed up for Xbox to send me either an IM if I’m signed into MSN Messenger or to send a message to my cell phone if I’m away or offline. I never have to worry about missing a game again!
The easy way to find the sign up is to sign into MSN Messenger (Windows Messenger won’t work) and click the Xbox tab. Once the Xbox tab loads click the Live tab and look to the bottom of the frame for the “Add Xbox Live Alerts” link. Follow the instructions and you’re golden. Note: you will need to associate your messenger account (Microsoft .Net Passport) with your live gamer tag in order to get this working, but after you’ve gone through the effort you’ll be able to see who’s online and what they’re playing right from MSN Messenger (pretty cool, huh?). Oh, if you’ve turned off the tabs in options, go turn them back on again (I won’t tell you how, you figured out how to turn them off, after all).
Now… if I can just find a clever way to distract my wife for hours on end…
I’ve always been jealous of my nephews and nieces with their bubblegum flavored toothpaste. I’d buy some for myself but I’m assuming there’s something about the kids toothpaste that isn’t industrial-strength enough for gr’ups.
But lo, what have we here? Cruising Target the other day looking for the Shrek boxed set I came upon Colgate Cinnamon Spice tooth paste. I couldn’t pass it up. Mmmm tasty. It’s the next best thing to brushing your teeth with maple syrup (not that I’ve tried… honest).
It seems that one of these “best pictures of [some year]” directories shows up every year… and they never indicate how the pictures were chosen.
Where do they come from? Who choses them? What authority does this site have to publish them?
I don’t care… they’re purty. Check out the “best pictures of 2004”
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This week’s contest at b3ta is to add one word to a movie title. I needed a break and couldn’t resist (Turns out shortly after taking the Harry met Sally picture she bumped into him and he took a swing at her).
After complaining in jest about my wife I realized something…
…we have a really, really comfortable couch positioned nicely in front of our home theatre system… having to sleep on the couch for the night is not such a bad thing.
Now, if Paula ever figures out a good way to lock the refrigerator…
