Jan
25
2010
I found a hidden fast-flowing river
get phree!
My name is Anthony. I am an adventurer living in Orlando, Florida. I work with mergers and acquisitions in the fun sector.
Contact me at getphree [at] gmail [dot] com.
Jan
23
2010
Florida citrus farm
Jan
22
2010
Jan
21
2010
RETURN OF THE PUPPY CAM
In October, 2008 I found a 24 hour broadcast of newborn Shiba Inu puppies in a playpen. My roommates sometimes walked in on me at 4am staring at the screen in a hypnotic attempt to find direction and solace in my forthcoming unemployed life (“I swear, I JUST turned this on”).
By the time mainstream media picked up on the puppy cam the puppies were older, less cute and less interesting.
Now everyone has a chance to get in on the ground floor! The same San Francisco Shiba had a second litter and the broadcast began half an hour ago. Experience the miracle of life via our new standards of privacy.
Nolan’s Cheddar commercial
Don’t feel bad for the mouse; the mouse doesn’t feel bad for itself.
Kids in the Hall - Each Day We Work (Shoveling Coal)
“Why not try a little work? Maybe that will help the blackness.”
This is my favorite KitH sketch. I’ve been looking for it ever since I saw it around the age of 14.
Here’s the transcript in case the video is ever removed.
Jan
20
2010
Jan
17
2010
Jan
14
2010
Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy address written by Peggy Noonan as given by Reagan
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’s take-off. I know it’s hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them.
The bygone days of effectively concise and modest rhetoric.
From “Nabokov on Kafka”
Uninformative lecture made entertaining with superb acting.
Jan
11
2010
A Cell Tower In Every Home
The makers of MagicJack, the company that brought plug-and-play voice over ip to the old folks, is about to release a cheap (about $40) plug-and-play femtocell!
This femtocell, which is a cellular base station, is tiny and will hijack the signal from any cell phone within 3000 square feet.
(Just like the MagicJack, the customer plugs it into the usb port of any computer with internet access. All calls are routed through YMAX Voice Network, which owns the MagicJack. This time there’s no need for connecting a conventional phone or obtaining a separate VOIP phone number.)
For home users, this means free (20 dollars/year) phone calls on their existing mobile phones and perfect reception.
Nobody is thinking about the practical uses outside of the consumer. Every large building, every grocery store, every Department of Transportation tunnel should work on ways to adapt femtocell technology to their environment. Mobile voice communication is far beyond the point of ubiquity and customers notice when their phones hit zero bars.
I feel like a nerd for getting excited about this, but imagine running your own cell access point with a 40 dollar piece of hardware. In the past 50 years phone phreaking has never been so legal and innovative.
Jan
10
2010
Jan
8
2010
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