Friday, August 06, 2004

Thursday, August 05, 2004

don't cheat

No fair using image manipulating or viewing software. Just see if you

can see the difference between these two photos:

http://members.home.nl/saen/Special/zoeken.html


Friday, July 23, 2004

Best animated gif ever

http://j-walkblog.com/blog/docs/platform.htm

Wednesday, July 07, 2004

The illusion with explanation

http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

Interesting illusion

http://winterwolf.co.uk/illusion/check

Friday, June 18, 2004

another great game

http://www.lanceandeskimo.com/flash/quest.html

spot the fake smile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/

Best flash game ever

http://web4096.message.sk/round2/flash/9/tennis2.swf

Switch to Linux ad

http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54

Thursday, June 17, 2004

Microsoft releases Expression 3.3 update (paint prog) for free

http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/
http://northlite.50megs.com/expr/

trashcan game

http://game.panlogic.net/

Ed Catmull's recipe for success

> http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05212004/business/168356.asp
> "It is really the people, and the way they work together."

os x optimization tools

> The bottom of this article has a list of helpful OS X
> optimization and monitoring tools.
> http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/apme/optimizations/
> I find fs_usage quite helpful.

os x free sound editing

Bias Peak has a freeware version.

TCWorks has a version of Spark, (Spark ME) which is free.

stitching together pdfs

PDFJoiner
http://qetipadgu.org/software/

joinPDF
http://www.mac4ever.de/software/

Create, a cool OSX app that actually is older than OSX.
It was first written for the Next.
http://www.stone.com/

Combine PDFs freeware
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml

os x, screenshots from a dvd

Snapz Pro http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11530

command+shift+4 to grab screenshot
screenshots are disabled during dvd playback or pause.
works via timbuktu from a remote computer, however.

Pull up a command-line terminal and use screencapture.

command+shift+4 works if you use VLC for playback:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Redhat Visual Explain

http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/visualexplain.html
Follow the directions under CVS / Contributing to download.

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

The Scribbler

http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/

Friday, June 11, 2004

Great domain name OTD

http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

freeware to combine pdfs

http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.html

Thursday, May 20, 2004

lego rubik's cube solver

http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Cheap OAK parking

www.expressoparking.com

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Monday, May 17, 2004

reverse dictionary

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

Friday, May 14, 2004

amazing food

http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Emsittig/bento/

The Elements

The Tom Lehrer song, with flash animation.
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elementloader.swf

Thursday, May 13, 2004

how stopmotion is made

http://www.carlsfinefilms.com/reel/Others.../Orson_Rat.mov

Emeryville nearby music stores

Best Music at 1716 Broadway in Oakland.
http://www.bestmusicco.com

Tupper and Reed in Berkeley: 2277 Shattuck Ave
http://www.tupperandreed.com

Emeryville oil change

> I would like to take my car to get an oil change at lunch. Any
> recommendations?

Pro Lube
6301 San Pablo and 63rd

It's even a drive thru! Locally owned and operated so they can do a
good job for only $25 bucks in 10 - 15 minutes max.

Emeryville tire store

Big O Tire
810 W MacArthur Blvd
Emeryville, CA 94608-3925
Phone: (510) 653-0119