submitted by Sang on 08.15.2006
Ever wondered what one million pennies in one place looks like?
From the site: This clear lucite case about the size of a refrigerator holds one million pennies and is currently stored at the Jewish Community Center as part of a Holocaust memorial project.
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submitted by Sang on 08.11.2006
I have no idea if this is real. If it is, this Marylander is pretty clever. He sent a letter to Paul S. Sarbanes (one of Maryland’s senators) asking to change his citizenship status to illegal:
June 7, 2006
The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes 309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Dear Senator Sarbanes:
As a native Marylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Immigration and Naturalization Service in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.
My reasons for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stem from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill’s pro visions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, what I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years.
I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out. Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.
Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications.
If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illeg al (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.
Your Loyal Constituent, Pete McGlaughlin
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submitted by Sang on 08.11.2006
Earlier this month, a one-eyed child was born in Chennai, India.
The baby girl was was diagnosed with a rare chromosomal disorder known as cyclopia. She was born with a single eye in the middle of her forehead, no nose, a brain fused into one hemisphere.
View the pictures. You can click on “View Full-Size Image” next to “Print Photos” at the bottom of each picture to enlarge.
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submitted by Sang on 08.9.2006
Recently, I’ve been addicted playing JezzBall more than normal trying to get high scores. Why? Because I have nothing better to do.
JezzBall is a computer game in which red-and-white ‘atoms’ bounce about a rectangular field of play. The player advances to later levels (with correspondingly higher numbers of atoms and lives) by containing the atoms in progressively smaller spaces, until at least 75% of the area is blocked off. You gain a bonus for getting more than 75%, which is calculated from the percentage over 75 that you manage to block off.
JezzBall was programmed by Dima Pavlovsky and introduced in 1992 as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack, and also in the later Best of Windows Entertainment Pack.
Today, I was able to clear a little more than 75% on the first level. My first try was pure luck as you can tell because I lost one life:
Here’s the second try:
Download Best of Windows Entertainment Pack (includes JezzBall) and try to set your own high score.
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submitted by Sang on 08.9.2006
Many of you might remember the upside down dorm room prank I posted a while back.
Some guys decided to prank their friend Mike while he was away for a few days. This prank may not be as elaborate as the upside down room one, but it’s pretty funny.
The prank? Turn everything in his cubicle into cardboard.
submitted by Sang on 08.8.2006
MC Plus+, an extraordinary geek rapper, has released “Chip Hop,” a new CD of nerdcore rapping. It’s all freely downloadable, too.
MC Plus+ currently has 2 albums: Chip Hop and Algorhythms. Some of his songs include MySpace Pimpin’, Still Hustlin’, Ascii Antics, and Syntax and Semantics from Chip Hop, and Computer Science for Life, Have to Code, and Dear Engineer from Algorhythms.
I just downloaded one song, and it’s pretty awesome, but I enjoy programming, so my opinion might be a little biased.
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submitted by Sang on 08.6.2006
This on-line java-based tool allows you to upload a photo of someones face and then transformer it into a variety of different things including, baby, young adult, Afro-Caribbean, Caucasian, east-Asian, manga cartoon, masculine, feminine and many more. It works well and can create quite a few laughs.
Here’s me as a chimp:
Here’s me as soccer superstar Ronaldinho:
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submitted by Sang on 08.5.2006
Introducing the world’s most expensive graphics card: The $18,000 Quadro Plex 1000.
According to Nvidia, you can have 12 mega pixel hi-def video, and a card (actually it’s more like a series of cards) that will run every PC game due for release in the next century.
Nvidia’s press release on the Quadro Plex
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submitted by Sang on 08.5.2006
This awesome flash game uses satelite technology from Google maps so that you can fly around in a plane around major cities of the world such as Paris, London, Washington DC, New York, and probably more.
The screenshot on the left is me flying above Paris.
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