Month: April 2006

Strangest. Fact. Ever. Found via the great 700 Level. John Heder is of course the guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. John Heder’s Fast Facts: * Raised in a strict Mormon household and spent two years in Tokyo as a Mormon missionary. * Majored in 3D Animation at Brigham Young University, alongside his identical twin brother.…

Last night at the Bamboo Bernies open mic, Justin threw his brother Jeff a surprise party and invited Jonah Matranga (far, onlinedrawing, grattitude, etc.) to stop by and play an awesome set.

I have seen the future. And it is good.The cans are regular 16 ounce size but only contain 10.5 ounces of liquid, as the rest of the space contains the cooling apparatus: a dessicant that when activated draws the heat from the beverage into a heat sink, causing the drink to lower a minimum of…

I spent the weekend in Milwaukee and Antioch, IL for my cousin Eddie’s wedding. Great times were had by all, but the trip home was an ordeal. I could have sworn I heard that blades less than 4 inches were allowed on flights and the mini Swiss Army knife I keep on my keychain would…

Check out this incredible video of just how crazy it is to drive in India.

I’m getting really freaked out by all the spam I’m getting lately containing quotes from Neal Stephensen’s Cryptonomicon. Here is one of of the subjects:The knock on Rudolf von Hacklheber’s door had come at four o’clock in the morning, a time exploited by the Gestapo for its psychological effect. Rudy is wide awake. Even if…

We had a town wide yard sale on Saturday and the weather was great. We unloaded a ton of stuff and made about $300. I started taking our stuff outside at 7:45AM and our yard was packed by 8:00! The vultures were even going through our boxes that we hadn’t unpacked yet. Haha. The only…

Want to know how to trade one red paperclip for a house? This guy is doing it, although he’s not quite there yet. He traded the paper clip for a fish pen, and then the fish pen for a door knob, then the door knob for a coleman stove someone didn’t want, and so on.…

I pulled out an old hard drive tonight and found something I thought I’d lost for good. When I was in college I spent a few weeks working on a game in C++/DirectX that could be described as a cross between Spy Hunter and Grand Theft Auto. I never finished it, but it’s playable and…

I think I fixed the last bug in the team games. I use two different queries to retrieve the players in each game and I forgot to update one of them before. If the current team game goes smooth I’ll make it an official game option. I’ve been playing around with ajax and I think…