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What kind of American English do YOU speak?

Monday, April 25th, 2005 at 02:00

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English
20% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Connecting multiple displays on multiple machines

Saturday, April 16th, 2005 at 23:27

This is the coolest piece of software EVER!!! It allows you to control multiple screens on multiple computers with just one keyboard and mouse, without any special hardware. If you have 2 or more computers at one desk, you should DEFINITELY check it out.

Synergy2 (via Geekchix)

Video of jaw-dropping basketball shots

Sunday, April 10th, 2005 at 01:06

BoingBoing writes:

This is stupendous video of some guys sinking a series of jaw-dropping baskets in what looks like a skate-park. The shots are so fantastic that I have to assume there’s some trick photography here — these shots are the kind of amazing that makes you rock with surprised laughter — but if this is […]

Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills

Saturday, April 9th, 2005 at 10:58

Mike Bolesta of Baltimore, MD, knew that paying his $114 installation charge to Best Buy in only $2 bills would cause a small stir, but he didn’t think it would cause him to be arrested

found via slashdot

links:
morons.org - Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills at Best Buy
A tale of customer service, justice and currency as […]

Constantine

Friday, April 8th, 2005 at 19:52

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) plays a detective that’s literally been to hell and back. Ignore the obvious association to Event Horizon, this picture is more like Dogma meets The Exorcist meets Blade. What makes this movie great is it’s phenomenal combination of action, story and humour…

It relies heavily on the Catholic religion and it’s dogmas, […]

Weirdest gizmos on the planet

Friday, April 1st, 2005 at 17:37

I cannot believe what people will come up with. Check these out:

Hugms - Gizmodo writes: “Hugms is definitely in the running for the most bizarre Bluetooth-enabled device I’ve seen. The squeezable, torpedo-shaped hugging unit communicates with your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone to convert the power of your hug into a respective text message.”. I must concur, […]

GMail now offering 2GB

Friday, April 1st, 2005 at 17:16

Google’s Gmail system is now offering 2 GB of space instead of 1… and just to make it look ‘fancy’, they didn’t simply double the space… they’re gradually increasing it.. right now it’s at 1409 MB :)