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Cool Stuff for February 3rd through February 7th

DanGarion — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:20:36 +0000

These are the cool things I found around the web for February 3rd through February 7th:

Transformers-Cufflinks-thumb-572xauto-56004.jpg (572×378) – Awesome Transformers cufflinks!
Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker – “I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.”
YouTube – Captain America: The First Avenger TV Spot 1 (OFFICIAL) – Ah here is the REAL Captain America trailer!
Failing hard drive sounds – Datacent.com – Datacent – Great resource for us that build and repair computers.
Groupon – Save The Money – If anyone got their panties in a bunch about the humorous Groupon commercials they actually have fundraisers set up to donate money to causes and get credit towards Groupon, now that is a Groupon anyone can support!
Learn the Basics of Photoshop in Under 25 Minutes [Video] – nice video on Photoshop basics. I still suck at Photoshop though…
Build a DIY NERF Gun to Supercharge Your Foam Warfare [Video] – Nice!
mN3MB.jpg (715×904) – Jeremy Clarkson turning the other cheek after some idiots got their panties bunched up from a joke about Mexico on a recent Top Gear.
When Should I Visit? – Made by Dan W – For those that want to find out when places are the LEAST busy. This side analyzes Foursquare checkins to tell you when is the least busy day.
Fashion Ump: The greatest mustache silhouette T-shirts ever! – Big League Stew – MLB – Yahoo! Sports – These are interesting new shirts that Nike has for the upcoming baseball season. I’m not sure if I’m quite sold on them yet.
The Official Google TV Blog – I’ll have to start following this.
jack weppler – Google Search – Wow this guy got owned by his ex-girlfriend!
tumblr_lfyfv2AcCs1qfkbn1o1_400.gif (400×544) – Katy Perry before and after photoshopping. Looks good either way… IMO.
Underwater with Disneyland’s scuba divers – Around Disney – The Orange County Register – Here is a story with quotes from my uncle as well.
YouTube – Every Role a Starring Role – Behind the Scenes with Scuba Divers – My uncle talking about his job at Disneyland.
BBC defends “Top Gear” jokes about Mexico – Yahoo! News – Oh come on, TG always lays on the stereotype jokes, this is nothing new, and it is still funny!
The Food Lab: All-American Eggplant Parmesan | Serious Eats – Test.
YouTube – HD FPV – “Hunting Hydrogen Ballons with Fireworks” – Fun with remote control helicopters and fireworks.
mlb_1280.gif (1280×820) – Cool map of where baseball fans are for every team.
The Pratfall of Penny Arcade – A Timeline – Bunch of people are Butthurt over a comic that Penny Arcade did back in August. Wow, talk about blowing things out of proportion…
YouTube – HD Twilight Landing At LAX (Cockpit View) – If you are going to watch one video I post this week, this should be it!

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Cool Stuff for January 24th through February 3rd

DanGarion — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:10:30 +0000

These are the cool things I found around the web for January 24th through February 3rd:

The Pratfall of Penny Arcade – A Timeline – Bunch of people are Butthurt over a comic that Penny Arcade did back in August. Wow, talk about blowing things out of proportion…
YouTube – HD Twilight Landing At LAX (Cockpit View) – If you are going to watch one video I post this week, this should be it!
The Mathematics Of Beauty « OkTrends – Another datasheet analysis on OkCupid. This one is about beauty. I love the things they found out (highlighted in Yellow).
The Long Recall: The Civil War in Real Time, 150 Years Later | The American Interest – Great blog doing a real time recount of the Civil War, added it to my news reading feeds.
YouTube – Drawing in Microsoft Excel – Did you know you can do elaborate drawings in Excel?
Why Was I Banned – Putting the BAWWWWW in Xbox – Hilarious website that links complaints about being banned and why they were banned on Xbox Live!
ezeStand – Buy it Now! – Cheaper docking station stand for the Droid X.
YouTube – Captain America Teaser Trailer – I think I like the other one more. But still looks like it will be fun.
YouTube – Captain America Trailer Oficial 2011 [ HD ] – Not sure if this is the real one but if it is, this is pure awesome. I love the title art, that’s perfect for the time setting.
YouTube – Marvel Studios’ The Avengers: The Intros – I love Joss Whedon’s quote. “I had a dream all my life, and it was not this good!”.
YouTube – “Premakes” Up! (1965) – Awesome fake trailer for a real time version of Up as if it was a movie from the 60′s Check out the other “premakes” they have as well. Really well done.
YouTube – littlebigplanet one-take – Ever wanted to see a live action version of Little Big Planet? Well now you can!
YouTube – Old Spice | I’m Back – Yes! He’s back!
Inventables: Find new materials – Ever wanted just really neat stuff, even though you don’t know what to do with it?
YouTube – Blowout Sale – Hey it’s Abed!
Buy And Sell Unused Groupons (And Other Daily Deals) On Lifesta – Another service has popped up now that there are discount coupon sites! Why didn’t I think of this?

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Cool Stuff for January 10th through January 22nd

DanGarion — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:21:58 +0000

These are the cool things I found around the web for January 10th through January 22nd:

The Food Lab: A Better Way to Caramelize Onions (Plus, French Onion Dip!) – Just in case you are looking to make Onion Dip from scratch for your Super Bowl party!
How to Create a Portable Hackintosh on a USB Thumb Drive [Hackintosh] – Nice little tech thing to have if you do support work.
In praise of the sci-fi corridor – Den of Geek – Great article about the look of corridors in Sci-Fi.
Touch Trigonometry – A nifty interactive trigonometry graph and circle featuring the six basic trig functions.
Guy Makes Comedy Videos Asking For $1 Million… And Gets It – Pretty funny story of a comedian that asked for a million dollars and now appears to be getting it. It’s funny because I had a idea like this with letters to rich people.
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YouTube – Browser-IT CROWD – Oh how I love the IT Crowd.
YouTube – Marisa Tomei is obsessed with hula hoops – The video where Marisa Tomei hula hoops…
Baconnaise | Serious Eats : Recipes – Yes… You too can make your own Baconnaise at home!
YouTube – GTA 4 Carmageddon – 2! – This is a pretty cool video of Grand Theft Auto if you set the friction settings to a negative number. It’s just pure car armageddon!
Space Jam – Wow.. the website for the movie “Space Jam” is still online…
Home | Trunk.ly: Never forget a link – Pretty cool site to use to save all the links you share on different social media networks.
Spaceflight Now | Delta Launch Report | Mission Status Center – Check out all the links for January 8th. Great pictures of the Shuttle Enterprise!
A gadget’s life: From gee-whiz to junk| The Washington Post – Here’s a look at which gadgets have gone from obscure to ubiquitous over the past 30 years, and how their prices shrank along the way:
MealShare.org – food. friends. fellowship. – A site to help you share meals with your friends.

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Cool Links and Recipes for December 18th through December 20th

DanGarion — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:09:39 +0000

These are my cool links and recipes for December 18th through December 20th:

Tom’s Planner Dinner Chart Plans Out Your Day for Holiday Cooking [Holidays] – Nice little chart to help you plan out your holiday dinner needs. I will need this on Saturday!
YouTube – Ladybug plays with sprinkles! – Who knew Ladybugs like sprinkles?
Best of 2010 – Top 40 – Last.fm – Last.FM collected up all their scrobble data and made a top 40 list. Unfortunately KE$HA came out on top…
‘Fringe’ Isn’t Afraid of Fridays, Plus More on the Show’s Weird Science – The best show on TV. If you aren’t watching it, START!

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Cool Links and Recipes for December 17th through December 18th

DanGarion — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:01:24 +0000

These are my cool links and recipes for December 17th through December 18th:

The Food Lab: How to Pick and Cook a Holiday Ham | Serious Eats – Everything you ever wanted to know about Ham! I’m sure my wife will love this.
Rockets of the World – Check out this graphic of the rockets of the world and their relative size to one another.
YouTube – SAWSTOP in TimeWarp – Amazing video of the creator of the Sawstop testing it the way only a true inventor can, putting his finger to the test.
YouTube – Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (Snoopy’s Christmas) (CC) – Someone made this video for the song. Worth the watch if you love Snoopy.
Microsoft Security Essentials 2 Released – If you need antivirus, this is the best you can get fro the price, and even if price wasn’t a matter, it’s still one of the best!

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Cool Links and Recipes for December 17th from 06:25 to 07:48

DanGarion — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:06:43 +0000

These are my cool links and recipes for December 17th:

Microsoft Security Essentials 2 Released – If you need antivirus, this is the best you can get fro the price, and even if price wasn't a matter, it's still one of the best!
Facebook Adding Facial Recognition for Easier Tagging (But You Can Turn It Off) – They have had this in Picasa for awhile now, good to hear it's coming to Facebook!
Yahoo to Shutter Products, Consolidate Others | Liz Gannes | NetworkEffect | AllThingsD – Wow, both Delicious and Yahoo Bookmarks? Ouch!
Isaiah Mustafa on Funny Commercials, ‘Chuck’ and Being "The Old Spice Guy" – Best set of commercials from 2010 were all the Old Spice ones that included Isaiah Mustafa, the man your man could smell like.
27 Cookie Recipes from the Serious Eats Cookie Swap – A great list of 27 cookies recipes from Serious Eats. I'm going to Kelly cooking on these ASAP!

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Cool Links and Recipes for December 16th from 03:44 to 22:36

DanGarion — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:42:37 +0000

These are my cool links and recipes for December 16th from 03:44 to 22:36:

Facebook Adding Facial Recognition for Easier Tagging (But You Can Turn It Off) – They have had this in Picasa for awhile now, good to hear it's coming to Facebook!
Yahoo to Shutter Products, Consolidate Others | Liz Gannes | NetworkEffect | AllThingsD – Wow, both Delicious and Yahoo Bookmarks? Ouch!
Isaiah Mustafa on Funny Commercials, ‘Chuck’ and Being "The Old Spice Guy" – Best set of commercials from 2010 were all the Old Spice ones that included Isaiah Mustafa, the man your man could smell like.
27 Cookie Recipes from the Serious Eats Cookie Swap – A great list of 27 cookies recipes from Serious Eats. I'm going to Kelly cooking on these ASAP!
Montgomery Ward to be demolished for expansion – Sad to see this building get demolished. My dad worked for Montgomery Ward for years and was laid off when they closed. Many memories growing up visiting this store…
Twitter: 2010, The Year in Review · Twitter – Pretty cool year in review from Twitter, they are still working on it, so it's not complete yet.
YouTube – Filmography 2010 – 270 Movies of 2010 in one video. Awesome!
very small array » We live in imaginary times – Cool graph of the Top 100 Films of all time and the location that they take place.

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Cool Links and Recipes for December 10th through December 15th

DanGarion — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:02:18 +0000

These are my cool links and recipes for December 10th through December 15th:

Gold Pills Makes You Poop Gold -
I don’t think there is much I can say about this…
Teach Parents Tech Creates Video How-To Guides for Your Relatives’ Computer Questions [Video] -
Are you not big on tech but want to get some general knowledge? Check this one out.
Taste Test: Hot Chocolate Mixes -
This one is for Kelly!
The Boardgame Remix Kit – new ways to play your favourite board games – Buy The Boardgame Remix Kit and turn the boardgames you’ve got in to new games you’ll love.
The Food Lab’s Complete Guide to Buying, Storing, and Cooking Prime Rib -
All you have ever wanted to know about Prime Rib… and more!
PocketCloud Offers One Touch VNC Setup for Android Devices [Android]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

DanGarion — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:12:00 +0000

Kelly, I, and the boys would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Rowlf saying hi!

Buster peeking.

Milo gaining his strength.

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April 2010 Pictures

DanGarion — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:11:56 +0000

I’ll save the rest for later days, but here are the April pictures.

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