Category: General

I was watching the Graham Norton Show, and they had this guy, John, in the audience. John had spent 50 hours tattooing his penis. Let’s pause for a moment to let that sink in. The dude tattooed his wang. For 50 unimaginably painful hours. He says this was his first tattoo, which is, I have…

This is a surprisingly interesting and informative discussion of the recent Fed actions, and what it means for the various financial markets.

I need to make a String Tripod and see how that works. I’ve tried the trick where you loop your foot through the camera strap, but you have to bend down so much for that it’s almost never very convenient. This might be a better option.

I’m not really a “car” kind of guy. I don’t watch racing, and I was never very interested in working on or even looking at engines. I couldn’t care less what I drive so long as it reliably and economically gets me where I’m going. In almost every way, I feel that smaller is better…

Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Astronomy: Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day?

MacApper has a good breakdown of some of the free software you can use to establish a remote connection to a home Mac from another Mac.

There’s an art walk going in at some of the Chinatown galleries this Saturday. I might need to go check that out.

I haven’t personally confirmed this, but according to Slate, if Amazon drops their price on an item you’ve purchased within the past 30 days, they’ll refund you the difference. Provided of course that you ask (and know who to ask).

There are some potential travel destinations over on Hillman Wonders of the World.