My son sent this today

The Scale of the Universe

Really really cool.

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Every few months I think I want to try the new Reminders list on my iphone. Then I realize that not only do I not have Siri, but the app doesn't let me use landscape to type (seriously? WTF apple?) And the location based reminders are so not ready for prime time yet.

I figure in about 5 years it will be fantastic. Right now it's just meh. Oh well.

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One of my friends sent me this link. I really need at least one of these, if not an entire army of them for my garden...

Combat Garden Gnomes.

Awesomeness. Sheer awesomeness.

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My husband found that some web sites he visits have video ads that run whenever you hit the site, a feature that is downright irritating. He is using ad block plus on Firefox and the ads still run. (even more irritating).

After a bit of investigating I found that under tools in the browser bar, there is an entry for Ad Block Plus. One can open a window of "blockable items" and you can scroll down through the list and look for links with swf. Then you can block their happy little asses.

I hate those wankers. I don't mind unobtrusive print ads but I loathe blinking ads or videos that run without my okay. They must all be stopped.

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And last but not least in news you need to know...

Mating call of an extinct bush-cricket rings out again after 165m years

Why?  Well, because they can. Or maybe they find crickets sexy. Hard to say.

Posted by: Teresa in FUN at 03:17 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 You just go ahead & keep making these lists. I never know what bit o' trivia will have value, and you publish a lot of good stuff.

Thanks, T.

Posted by: Rev. Paul at February 09, 2012 12:16 PM (0DZhf)

2 LOL - glad you like them.  It takes a while sometimes to find things that are amusing... but I try. 

Posted by: Teresa at February 09, 2012 12:22 PM (qZOzE)

3 I want combat gnomes LOOONG time!!!

Posted by: JihadGene at February 09, 2012 02:25 PM (X19JV)

4 LOVE the combat gnomes! 

Posted by: pam at February 09, 2012 06:35 PM (VZULe)

5 I love the sites.  With my boys... those garden gnomes would be the hit of the yard.

Posted by: vwbug at February 10, 2012 05:54 AM (FPOeI)

6 I think everyone loves the garden gnomes.  It's unanimous. LOL. 

Posted by: Teresa at February 10, 2012 08:50 AM (qZOzE)

7 OMG.  My Dad needs ALL those combat gnomes.  He's a master gardener and has an amazing yard.  He needs an army of gnomes. Except... they're $58.  He's getting one for every holiday until he's collected them all...  Holy crap.

Posted by: Bou at February 10, 2012 11:51 AM (DkNsp)

8 My pet peeve - autoplay audio files on websites.

Honestly, I hate [blink] tags less, and [blink] tags fill me with an unreasoning, murderous rage that can only be slaked with the blood of innocents.

Posted by: Harvey at February 21, 2012 01:26 AM (Ha/T5)

9 Harvey that's what this site was... it was auto play video and the same damn thing on every friggin page!!!  So yes, this trick would work with those too.  I hate anything auto when it comes to crap running on a website when I hit it. 

As for the blinking... ad block plus has almost never let one of those through that's why I adore it.  heh.

Posted by: Teresa at February 21, 2012 07:12 AM (qZOzE)

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