I know that this is really a video, but it is pretty good. The bass player gets the groove going and keeps it moving at a brisk pace. I enjoy a good musical piece regardless of the genre. Thanks to brooksbayne (Twitter) for originally posting this.
Source: YouTube
Had some people troubles this morning and started worrying about my wife’s safety. Fortunately, my good buddy Jason found something that will match her carefully selected outfits.
Source: Sig Sauer
Glenn Beck Insider BrokenParadox created a great illustration demonstrating his feelings regarding the Democrats and Republicans.
Source: GlennBeck.com
The following is just a quick review of some interesting articles, photos, videos…heck, whatever…that I came across during the past week. Do what you want with it 
The words billion and million have been used a lot recently. It takes a sharp ear and a keen mind to always hear the difference. Xkcd, an online comic, has put up their feelings on the issue or clarity. Click to enlarge.
View Online: http://xkcd.com/558/
I just recently completed the migration of several websites to my new web server (Fedora Core running Apache/MySQL for those who will inevitably ask) and after much trial and error I believe I have a solid “manual” for completing the task. I’ll try to get it written up and posted, but until then feel free to shoot me a message or leave a comment if you need help!
Stumbled across an interesting shopping website this week. Style by Jacquie provides an unique experience allowing customers to visually browse a huge selection of clothing and accessories. Its an interesting idea and may yet work, but I wonder about the SEO (search engine optimization) capabilities of such a site. I feel they’ll be needing someone like me in the near future to drive traffic. But once they get the traffic I have a feeling they’ll have a higher than average conversion rate.
Visit Online: http://www.stylebyjacquie.com/
Just took a peak at one of the recent Penny Arcade strips. It explains perfectly the silliness of the obsession over Amazon.com’s Kindle.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/9/progress/
If you haven’t heard of Penny Arcade I highly suggest taking a gander at their huge archive of web comics. They focus on gaming and technology, but hit other topics frequently as well. And Tycho’s commentary is always a joy to read (vocabulary, anyone?).
External Link: Penny Arcade
The following is just a quick review of some interesting articles, photos, videos…heck, whatever…that I came across during the past week. Do what you want with it
One of the more interesting aircraft I have seen, the Optica was designed to be an alternative to helicopters for police forces, observation, and traffic control. The cost of maintaining a rotary aircraft like a copter are astronomical (tons of very expensive moving parts) compared to a fixed wing airplane. The Optica was a low-speed design with a high visibility cockpit. The cowled “pusher” propeller increased thrust while also quieting the overall noise of the craft.
Unfortunately, the Edgley Optica never made it mainstream. The manufacturing plant was lost due to fire (suspected arson by a former employee) in 1987. Only 25 exist today.
I don’t really watch much on television, but this series on USA caught my eye last year. Burn Notice is the story of a spy who is “let go,” only spies don’t have the fortune of having a declassified resume to get their next job.
Anyway, last night’s episode showed Michael Shanks as Victor, Michael’s adversary (his third time in the series). I am a big Michael Shanks fan from Stargate: SG-1 where he played the role of Dr. Daniel Jackson. In Burn Notice he gets to show off his tough, mean side. Good stuff.
Received this short story in an email the other day (from my mother, no less) and thought it was pretty good. People get so caught up in making unearned money that they lose sight of the truth. Remember – the only way to true wealth is honesty and hard work.
Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: “Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.”
The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for 700 billion dollars.
They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys!
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