Jason's Emporium of Random Oddities
I'm sorry if you run across any broken links - they worked when I originally posted them, but I'm not going to go back and check them all on a regular basis. No sense living in the past!
FEATURED ITEM OF THE DAY
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Five slow-motion water balloon videos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
I just thought these were cool... and I now want a high-speed camera!
PREVIOUS ITEMS
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Nintendo8.com
Play NES games in your browser!
Monday, May 14, 2007
A Snickers commercial, featuring Mr. T in all his glory!
OK, this is very lame, but I can't help but laugh at the sheer awesomeness!
Another Snickers commercial, this one is pretty clever.
It's a neat idea, taken just far enough. Enjoy!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Greensburg, Kansas - before and after
Hearing about this disaster on the news just doesn't quite capture the enormity of the destruction - these before and after pics do.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
How Vader Deals With Cell Phones
This is what I want to be able to do to annoying cell phone users.
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2007
Dancing Robots
It looks like the Japanese are going to build the next boy-band!
Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2007
Random Kitten Generator
Liss liked this site quite a lot - a random kitten with every click!
Monday, Apr. 16, 2007
Elven Phrases (Forgotten Realms / Tel'Quessir)
I got this link from Greg, it's a great nerd reference for D&D purposes.
The Klingon Language Institute
And for equal nerd representation, here's a Trek-related language site - LEARN KLINGON! (No, I'm not really that much of a nerd, I don't speak Klingon.)
Sunday, Apr. 15, 2007
Addictive Web-Based Game
This was kind of fun to play - reminded me a bit of the old Star Wars arcade game, but with trickier avoidance required.
How to Use English Punctuation Correctly
I learned a few things here - there are times when I like to make sure I'm doing things right, so this was helpful.
Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2007
Grand Canyon Skywalk, Part II - height comparison
This is a cool page that shows just how much higher the skywalk is than the tallest buildings in the world, and other landmarks. (Thanks to Dave for the link!)
Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2007
People who are banned from Saturday Night Live!
It was fun to see who is banned from SNL, along with the reasons why.
Monday, Apr. 2, 2007
Funny (or in some cases frightening) animal attack videos
The #4 video is the funniest animal-related video of all time! Trust me on this!
Sunday, Apr. 1, 2007
Format Change
I had previously been trying to do this in a one-link-per-day style, even if I had missed a day here and there. I would just add in a couple days worth when I updated. I've now decided not to do that anymore; if I miss a day, oh well, I'll just update when I can and the date listed will reflect the date I posted whatever it is I'm posting. Hopefully that will make it fell less like I have to post something each day, and I'll be able to just post up things that I genuinely find interesting, rather than having to purposely find something that is interesting, if you catch the distinction.
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007
Info about Weak Passwords
This page gives a lot of good info about how to make sure you aren't using weak passwords - all good advice!
Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2007
The Most Dangerous Roads in the World Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
I wouldn't want to walk on some of these roads, let alone drive! (Check out all three pages.)
Monday, Mar. 26, 2007
Dollar Bill Origami
You can make Star Trek's Enterprise - awesome!
Sunday, Mar. 25, 2007
Colca Canyon, Peru
This place is pretty cool - twice as deep as the Grand Canyon!
Saturday, Mar. 24, 2007
Nevada Solar One
If there's a better place on Earth than Nevada to put huge solar power plants, I can't think of one.
Friday, Mar. 23, 2007
10 Reasons You Aren't Rich
Sadly, some of these reasons apply to me. This page isn't some instant life-changer, but at least it got me thinking about a few things.
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2007
Cool graphic art by Rob Gonsalves
I have no idea why the URL for this says "rob-gonzales" but the guy's name is apparently Gonsalves. Cool art, kind of neat perspectives.
Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2007
Grand Canyon glass skywalk
OK, now this is just cool - but if you ever actually go there, make sure you aren't afraid of heights!
Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2007
Balls - an addictive game
Get your mind out of the gutter - it's just a fun little game! Keep the white ball in the blue box using the arrow keys.
Monday, Mar. 19, 2007
The biggest nuke ever tested
Called "Ivan" (also "Tsar Bomba"), this sucker was huge - read more about it. Nasty things, nukes are.
Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007
Neat physics stuff
This site has some cool videos of physics-related experiments and gadgets.
Saturday, Mar. 17, 2007
Star Wars stamps!
Excellent! For the first time in my life, I might actually buy stamps to keep rather than use!
Friday, Mar. 16, 2007
Cranky Geeks
John C. Dvorak is at it again! I've just started watching episodes of this, which I guess would be considered a video netcast.
Thursday, Mar. 15, 2007
A cool Nintendo Wii case mod
OK, now if a standard Wii looked like this, I might consider buying one. Then I could say: "Look how awesome my Wii is!"
Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2007
Seven Tips to Increase Confidence
Simple methods for self-improvement... hey, what's the worst that could happen?
Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007
30 Strangest Deaths in History
There is definitely some odd information here - worth a look.
Monday, Mar. 12, 2007
10 things you did not know about Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a pretty popular site, and these are some important things that many people may not realize about it.
Sunday, Mar. 11, 2007
Nerd Quiz
How much of a nerd are you? I'm just disappointed there wasn't an abacus question, it's my claim to full frontal nerdity.
Saturday, Mar. 10, 2007
Amazing Car Wrecks
Some of these are pretty cool, others are just plain scary.
Friday, Mar. 9, 2007
Oddities of English
A few reminders of the strangeness of the English language.
Thursday, Mar. 8, 2007
Commodore still makes computers?
Wow, apparently Commodore is moving into the gaming-computer market - won't that be interesting?
Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2007
You Don't Know Jack... online!
The excellent game, now with a basic free online version. Best quiz game ever!
Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2007
How are geeks like drug dealers?
The similarities are startlingly frightening! And fortunately, humorously unserious.
Monday, Mar. 5, 2007
This site has a cool moving menu
Unfortunately, the site itself does seem very interesting, but I thought the menu was neat!
Sunday, Mar. 4, 2007
MySpace-bashing done right!
Yes, that's right, I still hate MySpace. This site lists some of the reasons, so I don't have to. (Bite me, Josh.)
Saturday, Mar. 3, 2007
Heroes Revealed
A fan site for the show "Heroes" - and this should be the last I'll mention of it for a while, just wanted to put these two back-to-back.
Friday, Mar. 2, 2007
Heroes
My current TV obsession, it's on Monday nights on NBC.
Thursday, Mar. 1, 2007
WonderPizza vending machine
Look out, Pizza Hut... it's WonderPizza! (Invisible airplane not included.)
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Automated Toilet Paper Dispenser - made of Legos!
Somebody had too much time on their hands, I think. But still, I want one!
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
How to Avoid Colloquial (Informal) Writing
Avoid some common mistakes in the written word.
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
The origins of "O.K."
It's just one of those quirks of language - and you just gotta love the picture!
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007
Fuji the dolphin: artificial tail
A dolphin loses its tail to disease, gets a replacement, and learns to swim again. This is pretty cool!
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007
Circumzenithal Arc ( info from Wikipedia )
That's a fancy term for an upside-down rainbow. Click NEXT on the first link to see how it happens. (Second link is more info from Wikipedia.)
Friday, Feb. 23, 2007
Construction of the Millau Bridge in France
Some cool pictures of a bridge that is nearly 1,000 feet high! Includes picture from construction and the final result.
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
MovieMistakes.com
A fun site, look up your favorite movies and see what goofs the crazy nitpickers found!
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
GIF Works
A cool web-based utility that lets you modify animated GIFs, which is otherwise somewhat difficult to do!
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007
Plasma Converter
This is quite possibly too cool! Where's Mr. Scott when you need him? (Don't answer that question.)
Monday, Feb. 19, 2007
Leoville
The home of Leo Laporte, formerly of TechTV. Leo is the host of my favorite netcast, TWiT! (This Week in Tech)
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007
del.icio.us
A cool internet bookmark site, it stores your favorites online so you can get to them wherever you go, as long as you can find a computer with an internet connection!
Friday, Feb. 16, 2007
Presidential $1 Coin
Check out the U.S. Mint's new presidential dollar coin program. I like it!
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
Unlucky Skydiver Video
This shows you why I will never go skydiving. Listen as "Jonathan" asks the stupidest question in the history of time.
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007
The History of Valentine's Day
The History Channel's take on Valentine's Day. You can even send a free E-valentine to that special someone!
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007
Checkershadow Illusion
This is the coolest optical illusion I've ever seen! I verified it's true with an image editor, though!
Monday, Feb. 12, 2007
Web Sudoku
It seems these puzzles have taken the place of crossword puzzles for many people - if you're one of them, here's a place to play it online!
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007
Kellogg's Lego Fun Snacks
What a brilliant idea! Training children to put Lego-shaped items in their mouths! Who's the mastermind behind this one?
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007
The Mining Journal - Pats Stun Miners
This is a link to a local paper in my hometown, and I'm posting it because my nephew Bryan got his picture in the paper. Yes, that's right, this is shameless family promotion, pure and simple!