Wednesday Zeitgeist

Day late, because the script I use to parse the RSS of my Tumblr link blog and generate the HTML for the Zeitgeist is not on my laptop and I couldn't be bothered writing another script. Sorry about that.

And yes, I am that guy ... parsing RSS to generate HTML for your edification. I am sure you're jealous of my elite hacking skills, because we all know that chicks dig skills.

Nothing much else to report. Working on stuff, hanging out. Usual.

Oh dear. First rule of boxing - don't just stand there. Need to fast-forward to the 30 second mark. And ignore the bad music. It's a weird thing that people do to these fight videos.


That's Don Frye, who looks suspciously like my father-in-law. He is awesome, over 40 and still fighting. Like some sort of MMA Rocky ... brawler with a magic chin. He's also mental. There's a fight we're the ref stops it before he taps out in an arm-bar because it looks like he WON'T tap out. Am arm bar is basically where you get someone's arm between your legs and bend it the wrong way with your bodyweight. If you don't submit your elbow snaps. The guy must be nuts.

My occasional addiction to MMA (now through the unified UFC and Pride) continues unabated. I must be nuts.

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The Profit Calculator

Splash, Splash, You're Dead: The Military's Next-Gen Water Gun: The SPP-1 flying-nail pistol came into service in 1971. It is more compact than the Underwater Defense Gun and half the weight, and even now is standard issue for Russian combat divers, including a section of the Presidential Security Service that patrols the flooded sewers connecting the Kremlin to the Moskva River.

“Number of stars in the visible universe = 30 billion trillion (3x10²²)” - The Universe within 14 billion Light Years - The Visible Universe

Or our nearest neighbours: The Universe within 12.5 Light Years - The Nearest stars

The Traveler's Dilemma. Game Theory

Schneier on Security: Cyberwar

Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Star Trek Parody)


HowTo: Make your own M41-A Pulse Rifle, the rifle from Aliens

Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine

“Russia has repeatedly claimed that the majority of these manufacturers produce AK-47 without a proper license from IZH.[17][18] The Izhevsk Machine Tool Factory acquired a patent in 1999, illegalising manufacture of the Kalashnikov rifle system by anyone other than themselves.[19]”: AK-47 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nessie caught on tape (via goochcamper)


Further investigation has reveleaed that Nessie was caught on tape by a guy who thinks Aliens talk to him. May not be reliable, is all I'm saying

Q&A: Seth Godin Says 'Know When To Bail'

“Speedy solar storms carrying a billion tons of charged gas through space let out a thunderous scream before they unleash satellite-stopping radiation storms that slam into Earth's magnetic field.”- Radio ‘Screams’ Forecast Dangerous Solar Storms

Startup Search. Directory of web technology startups. I am not in there. Yet.

The LOLs never stop: LOL BOTS

Desktop Tower of Money: 3 tips to profit from casual games

Glyphius Copywriting Software Review