My brother is getting married

Matt Pingel is getting hitched, married, the old ball and chain. As of May 21 he proposed and they are engaged. So raise your glasses even if you are chinese to the future Matt and Mara Pingel.

Fun with 3D glasses

Do you have a pair 3D glasses laying around?

Google images became my playground while I was sporting the old red and blues. I seriously recommend giving this a try.

How to Grill

Just in time for early summer cookouts, grill student Robert K. Brown’s written up 5 pointers for cooking up meat on the grill just right.
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Star Wars ROTS

War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks of the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.
In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grevious, has swepy into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancencellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.
As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a despaerate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor...

What are you doing still sitting here, go see the movie!

Thousands of Tutorials

Learning just got a whole lot easier, pixel2life contains thousands of tutorials. There are 6,719 just in the photoshop section. Looks like I shouldn't get bored for a while.

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Jon Stewart Rips TV Blog Coverage

If you missed Jon Stewart'€™s characteristically scathing review of how cable news channels cover the €blogo-sphere (mostly by reading blog entries out loud to the camera), you’re in luck: Lisa Rein archives Daily Show segments. Here is the segment about blog coverage.

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Optical camouflage

Ever had someone tell you, you make a better door than a window? Well I say prove them wrong and become a better window than door! Optical Camo seems too high tech and crazy for even me. Check out the videos near the bottom of the page to be amazed.

Shirts designed for Cell Phone users

Mobile phones are very practical, but sometimes very annoying to take with you all the time. These shirts have a special pocket in which you can slide your phone from the top and take it out from the bottom. Personally I think it's retarded, but it could be practical. Read more... | Digg story

Great 802.11G Deal

The U.S. Robotics 802.11g Wireless Starter Kit is the perfect solution for homes and small businesses that want to share their high-speed DSL/Cable Internet service among multiple users. Delivering speeds up to 54 Mbps, this kit assures your security with multiple wireless encryption and filtering options, as well as a powerful SPI firewall. The slim profile USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter provides excellent flexibility (works with PCs and Laptops) and portability while the Wireless Router has 4 10/100 Ports to support additional Ethernet devices. Both devices are completely compatible with all 802.11g and 802.11b products.

• What a deal!!!I hate mail in rebates but this is just to good to pass up.
• Get the starter kit for $20 after $55 in mail-in rebates.
• Don't want to buy from tigerdirect?Check Pricegrabber.com.

Is Bill Gates the greatest American ever?

What do Bill Gates, Richard Nixon, Dr. Phil, Helen Keller and Tom Cruise have in common?According to America Online and the Discovery Channel, those five, and 95 others, are in the running to be voted the "Greatest American" of all time.

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Obscure Disneyland Facts

As part of the PR blitz leading up to the 50th anniversary of Disneyland this July 17, the San Francisco Chronicle has a good piece on Disneyland trivia featuring 50 interesting and little-know Disneyland factoids:
21. As a teenager, Steve Martin worked in Merlin's Magic Shop in Fantasyland...
24. An early Tomorrowland attraction was Monsanto's House of the Future, made entirely of plastic. It had the requisite picture phone and other Jetsonsonian appliances, but the most talked-about feature, according to "Mouse Tales," was the microwave oven. "Nobody believed you could bake a potato in 3 minutes," said attendant Dick Mahoney. Years later, when Disneyland tried to tear down the plastic house, the wrecking ball just bounced off it.
25. On Star Tours, the short, squat robots you pass while waiting in line are the audio-animatronic ducks from the old "America Sings" attraction, with their feathers and skin yanked off. One still has its webbed feet.
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photoshop in the news

This was created in photoshop and was actually pretty easy to do and only took about 30 mins. I used a tutorial from lunacore.com and I changed it a bit so it looked the way I wanted. Good fun.

Ghetto Grills

Of the many jewel-encrusted jaw-mods offered at "Triple-X Gold Teeth", this one has to be my favorite: a "spinning wheels" edition that makes your chompers look like rotating low-rider rims.

The Chronicles of Narnia

An amzing looking trailer for the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was featured on moviephone... The sheer quality of this film looks outstanding and is due to come out this christmas.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Just Got back from seeing "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and I'm going to have to say that I am really disapointed. The sub par acting mostly done by Mos Def brought the movie down a whole level. The story seemed sluggish and cluttered with humor that I guess only British people think is funny because I think I said "I dont get it" atleast 5 times. I guess I shouldnt be so harsh, some of the "intelligent humor" made me chuckle. The visual effects seem to range from hopeless to stunning, it makes me wonder how many different designers worked up these digital sequences. On the plus side Jim Henson's creature shop did an amazing job making some disgustingly real characters. Leaving the movie it was decided I could have went without wasting my $8 on such tom foolery. I give this movie a crappy 2 out of 5.

The Great Flickr Tools Collection

Flickr is a revolution in photo storage, sharing and organization, making photo management an easy, natural and collaborative process. This link lets you get all need out of flickr in one giant page of tools and descriptions!

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White House Prepares For May Sweeps

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan enthusiastically announced the administration’s agenda for securing higher ratings during May sweeps week which starts today.

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TWIT

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This week In Tech Podcast:
In this episode, they come up with a new name and new URL. Patrick reviews WinHEC. John C. Dvorak visits from beyond the grave. We answer listener questions about Tiger. And Kevin picks our site of the week: boxedthoughts.com

Will Farel update

It's been a cold last week and with that in mind I realize it's been over a week since I last ran into my friend Will. I guess there is more to the life of a wisonsin ferel cat than one would think.

How To: Blogger Calendar Archive

Alot of people say they dont like blogger because of its lack of features. Well with a little bit of work I think you can add your own features and keep your blogspot current. Here is a quick tutorial on how to add a calendar archive to your blog.

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