… but this guy can recite Pi to 100,000 places. It only takes 16 hours and some rice balls, apparently. (via Slashdot)
Cool BASIC Shirt
Now that’s one cool, extremely geeky, shirt. (via Coding Horror)
Making Windows XP Faster
Yet another list of Windows XP tweaks has been published, but this time it’s a short, comprehensible list which seems to contain the best advice I’ve seen so far (among the many tweaks out there many have no effect on Windows and sometimes can even make it perform worse).
Last night I tried some of these changes (specifically: A, B, C, F, J and K – some have been set for years) and my Windows XP really works faster! However, after having the same Windows XP installation for over 3 years, I think I’m going to have to re-install it pretty soon. (via Download Squad)
Online Dating Study Published
A study called “Online Dating: When Do You Like Someone Like Yourself?” presents some interesting data, which is summed up in this Tasty Research blog post. I wonder how accurate it is, considering that many people don’t exactly tell the truth about stuff in their online profiles. A link to the study’s PDF is in the blog post, in case you’re interested in reading the entire thing.
I wonder what freakonomics Levitt and Dubner would say if they had this data. (via Slashdot)
Paper CD Case
Paper CD Case is a cool nice website that lets you create custom paper CD cases for your CDs. You enter the CD information and get a PDF file ready to print and fold, that will dutifully hold your CD. Make sure you check out the public mix CD database before you enter the entire CD data yourself. (via Digg)
Some people really hate stuff…
…like this guy, whose domain name is ihatecrocs.com and the title for the website is “I hate Crocs so much, I bought the domain.” Don’t forget to buy a T-shirt in the I hate Crocs store.
(In case you live in a bubble and don’t know what Crocs are, here’s the website link.)
Three Years Old And Already Buying A Car
Not only that… he buys it online, on eBay. Shame he’s got such bad taste. (via Digg)
Vending Machines Of Japan
Would you buy flowers from a vending machine? How about flight insurance? Fishing equipment? All can be found in Japanese vending machines. (via Digg)
Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magician
Marco Tempest (website, YouTube user profile) is a magician who uses his video camera phone to do magic. He posts his one-minute videos on YouTube. Here are the 5 currently available videos:
The Umbrella
Did you see it…?
How to shrink a human
Freefall stunt
The Kiss
He also does other magic stuff (not just “PhoneCam Magic”) like The Prediction, which is also cool.
Where do I find the “Any” key on my keyboard?
This support link from COMPAQ is an oldie, but it’s still funny. Just in case you don’t know where to find the “Any” key. (via Digg)