Oh well, I wasn’t able to keep my weekly cool links weekly. I just didn’t really have enough stuff to share last Friday.
First let’s start with personal stuff, I got a fraking ticket last Saturday! Sad part is I didn’t even do what the officer said I did, oh well. I’m contemplating fighting it in court, but I don’t even know if it’s worth it. Our bathroom is almost done. I know I keep promising pictures, and I keep meaning to post them, but I’m going to wait till it’s completed (which should after I get home from work on Friday). We have also been working on getting the cabinet doors painted and hung up in the kitchen, we are about 3/4 of the way done after we were able to hang up 5 of the doors last night. We are trying to get as much as possible done before our big 4th of July House Warming party that we are having next Saturday! Many pictures will be taken and I’ll make sure I get them on here ASAP. And lastly I’ve been doing my best to get my ass in shape the last three weeks by going for walks 3-4 times a week. Last night I broke my current record by taking a 4.11 mile walk averaging 3.5 miles per hour. I’ve been using a site called Trail Guru along with my iPhone to keep track of my adventures (Kelly has been going with me most the time as well).
Without further ado, I bring my weekly links.
First I’d like to pay tribute to one of my favorite quaterbacks of all time. We really are going to miss you Brent! (from As Seen in WI)
Cool Websites
Moving on, have you ever wanting to make a decision but weren’t sure which way to go? Then give the site Hunch a try, it will ask some questions about you (the more questions the better it knows you) and then it will attempt to help you have a decision.
Cool Tech
Windows was really in the news this week with the announcement of pricing for Windows 7 ($120-320 depending on what version), to be released on October 22, 2009. The Home Premium upgrade will be $120 but if you act now you can get it for $50 on preorder, or if you act from now till the 28th you can walk into Micro Center and get a coupon to purchase it for $39.99 once it’s released! Microsoft also released a beta version of the brand new Microsoft Security Essentials, which is basically a lite version of Anti-Malware / Anti-Virus software, good for those of us that don’t need the extras included in the pay versions of those types of software. I’m using it on a number of computers already and find that it has a very small footprint, so far I like it and will be recommending it to friends asking for help. Another thing I recommend to friends when they ask is Firefox. Firefox is just about to have their next big update with the 3.5 version coming out very soon. In the meantime I’m suggesting people check out the Lifehacker Firefox Add-on Packs, which will greatly improve your internet experiences. I haven’t checked this piece of software out personally yet but if you are in need of heat mapping out your wireless network you might want to get ekahau Heatmapper out, it’s supposed to be pretty sweet. And to wrap up the cool tech from the week, check out this USB Microwave that is in the works!
Cool TV
Those of you that know me, know I really enjoyed the Drew Carey show. I’ve now started keeping up with him on his new blog, Drew From TV. He has insights from The Price is Right, soccer, and from just life in general. I’ve always liked Drew and he would be one of those guys I feel like I could just site down with and talk to for hours. One of my favorite mini-series of all times was Band of Brothers, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg did an awesome job, and now I’m looking forward to their next World War II mini-series, The Pacific (click link for article and trailer). This one has a very fond place in my heart since this where my grandfather fought, I can’t wait!
Cool Music This guy took the time analyzing a bunch of data to figure out what bands have the most passionate fans. It’s a pretty cool read, especially if you like numbers, and I’m happy to report my favorite band Jimmy Eat World is on his list, along with a couple other bands I enjoy.
Cool Games
I’ve heard a lot of really positive press about this game coming out for the Nintendo DS called Scribblenauts, sounds like a major breakthrough in games. If PC gaming is more your thing, and you are cheap, then you might want to check out Download Squads list of the 25 best free cross-platform games. There are some very solid games in the list, and best of all they are FREEEEEEEEE.
Cool Funny Links
Check out these amazing INTERNET SEX PHOTOS! – completely work safe!
Have you ever bought something via the internet (re:Craigslist) and were confused when the description was a little off? Well check out Item not as described, which does it’s best to archive those items that just don’t really fit their description!
Cool Sports – Video of the Week!
I know it’s more like audio of the week, and I know I’ve posted this in the past, but sometimes you just gotta stay with what entertains you.
So analog TV is dead, long live digital TV! Not much new this week for us. I’ve started going for walks at night, up to 6 miles so far this week, hoping for 10 by the end of the week. I haven’t started the 100 pushup challenge since no one told me to. But maybe I’ll start it this week. Our friends Sean and Amber came over with their baby Jade, we had a really great time watching the Laker game. I cooked chicken and steak kabobs with red onion, green bell peppers, and some of our tomatoes. The kabobs tasted great thanks to my olive oil and garlic mix that I baste them with while I’m cooking (along with some salt and pepper). The bathroom is coming along, the huge tub is in and all the walls are up, tile should be getting done next week. I’ll post some pictures this weekend of how things are coming along.
And now it’s time for my weekly cool links, 3 WEEKS IN A ROW! I’m on a roll!
If you cook like we do and you like a variety of sauces and condiments, you might want to check out the Table of Condiments, it shows you when it’s best to throw out things that have been sitting in your fridge. Talking about food check out these pictures of school lunches around the world. Talking about lunch I “brown bag” it 4 out of the 5 days of the week when I’m going ot work, so I’m going to take some of these tips at Lifehacker on ways to make it more appealing (I already have been doing some of them). I find that cooking more meals for dinner help make lunches for appealing since you get more variety instead of just a sandwich. In addition I want to get some nice lunchbox ware to take my lunches in so I’m going to look around the To-Go Ware website and find something that fits my needs, probably something like a tiffen.
Wow that’s it, that’s all I have this week that probably interests anyone, I have some other links I kept for myself but nothing really that I think is that interesting.
But before you go, FlickChart has opened up their beta to the public and I’ve been rating movies (over 700 so far). Here is my All-Time Top 20 according to the rankings (it’s pretty close but not perfect IMO).
Some of them are there just because they haven’t gone up against movies I like a lot more yet, so the rankings are a bit of luck, even if you’ve ranked movies over 900 times.
And then lastly I leave you with an infomercial gone wrong…
What are these advantages of being a big guy that the big guy speaks of?
Another week in the can, and I’m actually doing my weekly cool links two Fridays in a ROW!!!! Not much new on the personal front, was busy at work this week doing a new class, was enjoyable the first run but because of the content was a bit monotonous the second time through it, oh well that’s the nature of the beast when you are a trainer. The bathroom is coming along, most of the drywall is up and the plumbing is all in, next week should see some real visible work completed and I’ll post more pictures. The tomatoes are starting to ripen, so that’s progress! Now on to the links!
This week I’m starting with all the technical stuff. Windows 7 launch looks to be happening on Oct. 23rd. Really looking forward to 7 especially now that they appear to be doing an upgrade program, according to this article on Engadget you will be able to get upgrade copies of Windows 7 for $50-100 bucks! Now just to decide if I want to go to 64bit or stay with 32bit! How about a search engine just for software and games? That’s what Wakoopa is. They can even recommend the best apps by looking at your daily usage and you can share your application usage with friends! Do you use Wordpress, just like me? Well CSSJockey has came out with some new free themes that look to be more then just another theme, imagination. Are you the type of person that wants to try to fix your tech gadgets or even take them apart and see what makes them tick? Then iFixit’s Gadget Teardowns just migth be what you are looking for to figure it all out.
Ok on to the less technical, if you’d like to install some of the best free software out there onto your computer, take a look at the Lifehacker Pack 2009, which is a pretty good guide of free Windows downloads for both you and family members. I have a close knit 7 or 8 websites I look at daily but sometimes I’m looking for more of what I already like, that’s when something like SimilarSites can prove to be very useful, unfortunately DanGarion.com and EatinOC.com aren’t popular enough to have sites they could recommend as similar, but Lifehacker does. Another specific search engine to check out is BMLet.com which is a bookmarklet directory, fills a need I suppose.
I got another link for us movie lovers, Flickchart lets you rank the best movies of all time, I’m waiting for my invite to check it out, but it looks promising, basically it make you have to choose between movies instead of just giving them ranks.
Don’t really have much in the “fun” department this week when it comes to links, but I’m sure the Tiny Toons episode below will entertain you. This episode actually was on TV at least once because I remember seeing it, but probably not the best way to teach kids not to drink, especially considering the broad audience of this show at the time.
Here is another awesome video that was shown at E3 of the soon to be released Rock Band: Beatles, looks like I’ll be playing and singing a bunch of Beatle’s once it’s released!
But in order to really look that good you got to be in good shape, and as of right now I’m in a shape, but it’s the shape of round, so I’m contemplating trying one of those goofy challenges that have been so popular on the Internet. The One Hundred Push Ups challenge… Then maybe I’ll do the 5k/3Mile challenge, I don’t know, whatever I’m going to do I need to track it somewhere and I need some encouragement to get my fat ass in shape. So post here and tell me to get my fat ass in shape!
And last, but definitely not least, I’d like to share with you my lovely readers Coed Magazines 52 Best Natural Breasts of All-Time, you heard that right one for every week of the year. Personally I feel that #4 got short changed and should be #1, and #40, but that’s just me. Tell me who you think got short changed!
So we’ve had our contractor working on the master bathroom this week. Everything is demod and now they are working on rerouting the drain and pipes. I went and ordered our tub and all the fixtures today, they should be ready on Wed. I also went and bought our sink, tomorrow we will go and get the vanity and toilet. Here are some pictures of what’s been done so far.
This is the “I no longer have strep throat” edition! Man last week sucked, I came down with strep on Tuesday the 19th and that basically ruined the week and my holiday weekend. But I’m feeling better now. Our master bathroom is going through renovations which started on Tuesday the 26th we are using a contractor that Kelly knows through her business really nice guy and I highly recommend him, TL Dunnam Construction. Other then that not much happened the past two weeks, so on to the very light cool links!
Movie Stinger will tell you if you might want to stay after the credits of a movie, they notify you of post credit scenes! Didn’t know there was a end scene in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, too bad the movie sucked. Talking about movies this one is perfect for both my friend Sean and Mike, Run Pee tells you when the best time is to go run and pee during a movie, such as during the awesome Star Trek, there is a 3 minute window 50 minutes into the movie that they suggest as a good pee break and it even tells you what you’ll miss! ShowRSS will help you get your TV Torrent fix, since it will help automate your torrent download process.
I’m sure installing the good ole Bob’s Big Boy statue outside will bring many a teenager there to contemplate the ability of stealing him and putting him in front of their school…
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Tags: 2009, College Football, computer, Funny, Getting My Fat Ass In Shape, Interesting Websites, iPhone, kelly, me, Music, Our Home, software, Sports, tech, tv, USC Trojans, walk, Weekly Cool Links
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