86 Words
The coolest (Geek) stuff from around the web in 86 Words or less!
Nothing beats live joke telling!
Lots of sites provide jokes, funny videos, and images or maybe just point you at funny things on the web.
So why do people still go to comedy clubs?
Maybe there’s just something particularly human about hearing someone tell a joke.
Enter ComicWonder.com. Their difference is that every joke they have is audio - just some guy (or girl) telling thier favorite jokes!
After listening to a few of ‘em, I had to review the site - I was pretty much in tears!
Listen to people telling their favorite jokes!
Cool Interactive Periodic Table of Elements
Okay, I know that “Cool” and “Periodic Table” don’t seem to go together, but check this out and maybe you’ll reconsider that opinion.
I’ve never seen an implementation of the periodic table that was so… Well… Cool and interactive, I guess!
It’s… Um… You have to… You can…
Oh, just go to the page!
A standard view of the periodic table with nothing changed or selected
Here’s the table viewed from the “Properties” view with the “Melting Point” property selected
Here’s an example of the cool things you can do - I wanted to know what elements are in a gaseus state at the boiling point of water, so I set the temperature (in Kelvin, of course), and the red items are my answer as shown by the legend!
Toothpicks = Art ?
I’ll leave that question up to you, but to help you decide, take a look at some of these sculptures by artist Steven J. Backman. To quote a favorite movie character of mine, “I don’t know if it’s art, but I know what I like!”
This boat, created from ten thousand toothpicks includes electric motors and has been resin coated to allow it to float!
This model of the Empire State Building (7,470 toothpicks) stands almost 30 inches tall!
This abstract piece, called “Side-Tracked”, is composed of a mere 2158 toothpicks
After*Image - GREAT FREE Image Site!
ImageAfter isn’t the first free photo site we’ve reviewed, but they may have the most options for finding what you’re looking for!
You can look up images by whether they’re pictures of something or textures, you can ask for random images, images by color, or even images by the way the feel (using two or more abstract concepts as search criteria).
ImageAfter allows images to be previewed, saved in your “clips” directory or downloaded for personal or commercial use.
The entry page for ImageAfter. Note that the darkened area is all advertizing and will take you to other sites if you select an image there - this is significantly more obtrusive on the entry page than anywhere else on the site
Here’s the criteria input area for the abstract search. In order to perform a search here, you need to select at least two criteria
To get the above results, I did an abstract search and specified WARM, ORGANIC, and TRANSPARENT as elements.
Online IDE for (Server Side) Javascript!
AppJet is still in Beta, but based on my (admittedly short) test, it seems pretty functional.
AppJet provides you a complete IDE for developing (server side) javascript, and because of the instant feedback, it would be great for learning!
The service, besides just giving you a cool web-based IDE, also hosts your apps for free! To see an example of this, go to http://countertest.appjet.com to automatically run the example I did for this post (based on one of their examples).
The main entry page
Because the apps are running on the server instead of in the browser, AppJet provides a number of libraries to accomplish things that you couldn’t do otherwise (like access disk storage)
Here is the example code I created for this post. Note that on the left is the code I’m working on, and on the right is a panel that shows the code actually running!
Top 25 FREE 3D Games
The article I’m pointing to is actually intended for a specifically Linux audience (these are the top 25 free LINUX games), but most (including all the ones pictured below) are also available for Windows, and many for the Mac.
Some of these will DEFINITELY be going on one of my boxes soon!
If you’re familiar with the original DOS Scorched Earth, this is the 3D equivalent - it has gorgeous graphics and requires a lot more skill!
For you racing fans, this one had the nicest screenshot, though there were at least two others on the list, including an update of the original TrackMania!
An old-school favorite that has great graphics and is still very addicting to play - If you’re not familiar with Armegatron, think of the Motorcycle game from Tron and you get the picture.
Diamonds of the Solstace
Okay, I may have waxed a bit poetic there (plus I got to say “waxed”), but that’s what the image reminds me of - diamonds.
Now, realistically, the Solstice only lasts for a brief moment (in the case of this year, the winter solstice occurred on Dec 22 at 1:08 AM EST), but this picture shows the entire day of the suns movement.
Beautiful - that’s all I’m sayin’.
Larger image on the site accessible by clicking thumbnail
Dosugus pillow encourages dreaming of the “Good Ol’ Days”…
This was just a geek product that had to be mentioned!
Some people found DOS to be very boring, so that makes sense. It’s certainly better than something like the Windows BSOD… All in all, I think this just works for me!
CAUTION: On close inspection of the contents of the displayed directory, this pillow is very likely to contain pornographic images ([Pr0n]), and may have a virus as well (Trojan.exe). Use at your own risc! (It’s a pun, people, not a misspelling!).
Sleep Well!