QUICK HITS 033 - rolling double...threes

• Helping out the world with free rice - www.freerice.com/ #


• Checking my blog's readability - tinyurl.com/2ca3a4 #
• Digging Rands' article about now to understand nerds - tinyurl.com/2ckjs8 [via randsinrepose.com] #


• JAMMING to some sweet Brazilian rhythms in "Madalena" - tinyurl.com/yr7jv4(KTa%20Brasil%20rmx).mp3 #
• ...and to fix my borked link: tinyurl.com/3yhcea - listen and enjoy! #
• OhshootmeintheTINYURL! Ok, this one REALLY works - tinyurl.com/2pzy65 #
• Cracking up at a discussion about "Amish Chicken Casserole" - tinyurl.com/yq9x4h [via markelrod.net] #


• I burned the side of my lip on some hot tea out of my mug. Now I'm trying to hold a piece of ice in my mouth against the outside of my lip. #
• Reading a fascinating paper on the Harajuku culture - tinyurl.com/ywveoj #


• Laughing at the ten most stupid laws in Britain - tinyurl.com/2yhz2h [via markelrod.net] #
• Very interested in Nokia's tactile touchscreen - www.redferret.net/?p=9533 #
• @Diji: The Last Starfighter is an absolute classic - love it. #


• Amazed that even the government understands why teleworking works! tinyurl.com/2batf6 [via webworkerdaily.com] #
• I have NO idea why my "Techno Time" Pandora station brought up Lisa Loeb, but I can't say I don't like it - tinyurl.com/24vpjo #
• Very interested on what Web Worker Daily has to say about Cakemail - tinyurl.com/ysb5l7 #


• www.flickr.com/photos/digicolleen/ #
• Playing around with finetune - www.finetune.com/ #
• Disabling and uninstalling my AutoCopy Firefox add-on. Nifty gimmick, just too often executed when I didn't need it. #


• Wondering when I'll be able to gloat to @jabbott that I'm getting a Seeqpod t-shirt [seeqpod.com] #

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HIDDEN WEB SITE OF NBC'S "HEROES"

I think before I get into this, I need to tell you all my secret.

I... have a special power.

Yeah, I know, such genetic mutations are a billion-to-one occurrence, and I truly feel blessed to have this unique ability. I know that "With great power comes great responsibility," so I pledge to use this power for the benefit of mankind, and will not become a super villain.

What's my special power?

I see web sites.

No seriously! I do! Practically every show or movie I watch, I catch those little flashed mentions of random sites and remember them! For example, the Spouse of Swan and I went to the OMNI theater to see Journey into Amazing Caves, and I noticed www.nancy4caves.net, this little site they use as a thematic crutch to keep the "plot" moving along. And what did I do when I got back to my comptuer? I looked it up!

Other examples? Feast your eyes, mon frére!

• Do you watch Scrubs? Sure you do. But did you catch The Todd's new site www.thetoddtime.com?


• Like Transformers? Of course. But did you know there's a viral web site hidden in the new trailer? I mean, have you BEEN to sectorseven.org, typed in takara83 as your password and checked out the goodness?


• Do you watch Conan O'Brien? See, I don't and I still know about www.hornymanatee.com and its backstory.

But that's nothing. Okay, NBC. I know you've got your buzz trackers out there looking to see what those crazy kids on the blogosphere are saying about your favorite little show, Heroes. Well warm up those Weapons of Mass Media Divination, because I'm about to give ya some ammo.

Did anyone out there watch this episode? Did you notice in the "prevously on Heroes" mini-trailer a full-on shot of Bennet's business card? Especially the back with this lovely web site:

www.primatechpaper.com

Head on over there, and you'll see something that's a dead giveaway of a site that some big company is trying to take viral - design that looks circa 1996. But heavens to Betsy, there's a FORM on there! Well, since I know Primatech isn't hiring these days (although I'm always looking for a better offer), I went ahead and signed up. In their own considerate way, they managed to send an auto-reply:

To: eswayne@gmail.com

from: no-reply@primatechpaper.com

Re: Important Message from Primatech Paper

Thank you for your interest in Primatech Paper. We will be in contact once we evaluate your application.

Ah HUH. Two days later, I got this:

To: eswayne@gmail.com

from: no-reply@primatechpaper.com

Re: Important Message from Primatech Paper

Thank you for your interest in Primatech Paper and taking the time to complete our employee application.

We are always interested in unique individuals with special abilities to help us provide the best service to our many clients.

Please retain this email for your records. A Primatech Paper representative will be contacting you in a few weeks with the next steps.

Considerate! Glad they'll be contacting me, since as I have stated earlier, I AM special. But then, a couple days after that, we get the REAL payoff:

To: eswayne@gmail.com

from: no-reply@primatechpaper.com

Re: Plan A

Our first plan has gone into effect. Let's get together to observe. Go online to: http://www.samantha48616e61.com before 9:00 PM tonight.

Head on over to that site, and you're in PRIME viral marketing territory. A fake blog? Excellent! Hidden links on primatechpaper.com? Even better! Hidden dossiers on some of the Heroes characters, including one we haven't even seen yet? Perfect!

Ohhhh no, gentle reader, I've brought you this far. For all those lovely goodies, you're on your own.

Enjoy!!




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SO I FOUND THIS COOL WEBSITE...

Hi guys, sorry it's been a while since my last post.  I'm working on redesigning/adding new elements to this blog, so all that time I usually take to create a post, I've been playing around with CSS code and the like.

See that title?  My wife and I have been joking that most of my conversations start with that.  My co-workers always tell me that I know all the cool sites.  Well ya know what?  It's time I shared some of those with you.  Lay these bookmarks on your friends, and they'll think you've got all the cool sites, too.

• You've just gotten home from work and it's time to make dinner, but what to make?  You search through the pantry and fridge and find a random collection of ingredients that just don't seem to go together.  Are you lost and doomed to a life of fast food?  Oh no my friend, check out Allrecipes.com's Recipe Ingredient Search
  . Just enter in those seemingly unrelated ingredients, and this site will spit out great food ideas for that unusual assortment.


• Got a question? Sure, we all do. Before you go talking to your Uncle Charlie or whoever, check out Ask Metafilter, an online forum for anyone to ask a question and anyone else to answer it. Some of the answers are terrible, but there's also some true gold to be found there. A great search function will help you find if anyone's already asked your question.


• Great games have great music. Great geeks want the music. Great downloaders can find it here.


• I like my coffee, especially from my Melitta One:One coffee pod machine. Interested in the one-cup phenomenon? Like every other fad, it has a blog.


• And if you've lost your coffee mug, here are the twelve principles for finding something lost.


• If you want to learn more about web development, don't buy a book - it's already online. Meet the Web Developer's Handbook.


• LIFEHACKER. Lifehacker, lifehacker, lifehacker. If you don't know immediately what this is, go there now. I've found more information to enrich my life here than any other web site. Seriously, it's like second to the Bible in that category.

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