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Deep keyboard cleansing

In fun, video on 25 June 2007 with 1 comment

Can a dishwasher be used to clean a dirty keyboard?  Coudal sets up a test experiment and documents the results with the aid of a fancy “waterproof” dishwashercam.  See if it works.

Cat Golf Game

In fun, game, timewaster on 17 May 2007 with no comments

Here’s another entry in a series of great time wasters. Play golf by flinging a cat around the screen via a bow and arrow. Absurd yes, but a blast. Press the mouse to begin your shot, aim by moving the mouse around, and increase power by pulling the cursor away from the […]

origami post-it note box

In fun, timewaster on 26 February 2007 with 1 comment

Here’s a fun way to blow 10 minutes.  It floats too!
Origami (wikipedia entry)
Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper, whose sides may be different colors, and usually proceed […]

GeoGreeting

In fun on 19 January 2007 with no comments

GeoGreeting allows you to write with letter-shaped buildings pulled from GoogleEarth’s satellite images.

Super Mario War

In fun, game on 16 January 2007 with no comments

Wonderful.  I’ve found another effective way to blow a couple hours.  Super Mario War has recently been ported to all platforms, so you can play it on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc…
Super Mario War is a Super Mario multiplayer game. The goal is to stomp as many other Marios as possible to win the […]

Christmas 2006 disc golf tour

In fun, photography, travel on 31 December 2006 with no comments

The 2006 “Disc of Fire” tour took us to the heavily-wooded Wildwood Park course, and then to Elberton Park where we found the Lake Russell disc golf course, filled with long, winding fairways perfect for practicing our throws. A brief layover in Athens helped us to recover for a few days in Atlanta, and […]

LineRider beta 2

In fun, game on 23 December 2006 with no comments

Oh no. LineRider beta 2 has been released, and I unfortunately stumbled across the site again.
Hello acceleration lines, line tool (for drawing straight lines without the hack), zoom tool, and much more.
Goodbye the hope of getting anything done tonight.
edit: wow.
the flag tool lets you save the rider’s current position and speed if you press […]

Tilt

In fun on 15 December 2006 with 1 comment

Another entry in this seemingly ongoing series of time-wasting tools.

from yewknee

goodbye free time

In fun, game on 9 December 2006 with no comments

Winter Bells

My top score: 2,144,600

disc golf: Hurricane Shoals

In fun on 20 November 2006 with 1 comment

We played 27 holes of disc golf this morning at Hurricane Shoals. Despite huge, straight drives at the intramural fields last weekend, most of today was spent attempting to hack apart avoid the countless trees filling the fairways. Horribly designed, though the wind didn’t help any part of our game.