omni550 asked about image editors on Early Retirement Forum, preferably free and able to paste heads onto another person. I threw this video together to show one way to do this with GIMP (Windows version). I grabbed two photos from the … Continue reading
Go check out his new book-promoting blog http://the-military-guide.com/ and Twitter account: http://twitter.com/TheMilitaryGuid .
I am now on Twitter: Is it wrong to feel good that http://bigmoneyjim.com/Twitter/ and http://twitter.com/BigMoneyJim reference each other?
A random sleepless-night posting: Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro If for some reason you find the first part too slow, jump to about 1:40. I’m impressed by how he has the melody and accompaniment coming off the same instrument. EDIT: … Continue reading
Roughly 30 years ago I lived on the West coast and was frequently pelted by Cal Worthington car dealer commercials. I am working on the West coast lately and was shocked to hear and see Cal Worthington still doing commercials. … Continue reading
I am getting so sick of things being repeated to me. I keep switching stations, but the dang radio commercials all now repeat their phone numbers three times. I’ve started turning off the radio when that happens. And for some … Continue reading
This would make me want to buy an iPhone: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/iboobs/ Update: Apparently Apple didn’t object to fart-based apps, and one–iFart Mobile (seriously)–is reported to be pulling in over $10,000 per day. This isn’t the best seller, but I love the tagline: … Continue reading
I filled up my car today, and somewhere between getting out and finishing the cc-at-the-pump transaction the girl who pulled up behind my caught my eye and made a point of saying “hi”. Dummy me felt good about myself and … Continue reading
I installed Second Life and tried it out. It’s like a MMORPG without the game. Or Sims with one real person actively controlling each sim. It took me a while to figure out how to get off the small introductory island. Apparently … Continue reading
Spammers keep getting more clever and sometimes cutesy. I periodically check my web server logs to see what sites are linking to me. I’ve had two or three links from places that aren’t really linking to my site but trying … Continue reading