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Its not a fannypack, its a bike lock holder!

Billykirk takes a shot at making a belt loop lock holster. It may look a bit bulky, but it is a move in the right direction.

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The Internet Movie Firearms Database

At the Internet Movie Firearms Database for several years its been:

...a website that allows users to find which guns were featured in certain movies, television series, video games, and anime, as well as contribute to the site in a wiki format.

Of course I’m a sucker for the Featured Quotes on the main page:

Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett): Conserve your ammo, only shoot at what you can hit.—Black Hawk Down

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Happy Hindenburg Day

It was 72 years ago today when the Hindenburg disaster occurred resulting in the deaths of 36 individuals of which all but one were on the ship. And to make it even stranger is the fact that 72 years later the conspiracy theorist still crawl out of the woodwork about why and how it happened. Don’t get me wrong. Knowing how it happened is a very important yet illusive fact. Just the fact that they argue the difference between static sparks versus sabotage should be enough to make people turn off their televisions for the entertainment value.

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101 Last Suppers

In this fine (and apparently ever growing) collection of pictures there are currently 101 last suppers. I’m already a fan.

There’s nothing like a couple thousand years of of repetition and an iconic painting to get story to get lodged inside the heads of the creators of pop culture. Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 disciples would betray him is so ingrained in our culture that it has been co-opted by those wishing to give weight to their parodies, tributes and caricatures.

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The J8 is the Vehicle of my Dreams

Although it’s definitely not for everyone I really one to take the J8 backcountry camping.

What you need is something that stands out, something that says you mean business and something that all but screams “Get the hell out of my way!”
Something like the 2010 J8 MILSPEC from American Expedition Vehicles. Oh sure, the J8 looks like a lowly Jeep J8 Expedition, but it’s hand-built to military specifications…

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Cannonballs can Float in Mercury

From the office of strange and neat science facts here is an interesting one. Cannonballs can float in mercury. Thank you BBC for showing this one off.

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Make Your Own Etched Glass Storage Jars

Storing kitchen items can either look like you’re lazy just leaving everything it the container it came in or you’re spending an absurd amount of money on custom storage jars. What if you could spend very little on jars only to have them look custom? Yeah, I would spend the few minutes and a buck on supplies:

Keep pantry staples organized with a set of glass storage jars customized with etched lettering.

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Fast Food in Europe

When it comes to guilty pleasures fast food definitely is in the top five. Here in Texas unless you have the pleasure of driving through West and picking up kolache, taking 281 and stopping at Storm’s, or it being between 11 and 11 for Whataburger breakfast taquitos your choices are the same dribble the remainder of North America can nickel in less than the same amount of minutes.

Recent conversations with friends made me wonder what our recent transplant to Denmark would nibble on while gliding through her new surrounds. This of course lead to researching European fast food and having fond memories of fries in paper cones. Now I really have to stop by Belgium for some street side waffles.

Fast food in Belgium means frites or French fries. Stands serve them in a paper cone accompanied by mayonnaise, bearnaise or curry sauce. Another popular fast food is the Belgian waffle. Stands in outdoor markets bake them with crunchy bits of pearl sugar in the batter.

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A Collection of Unwritten Etiquette Rules

The Art of Manliness has a list comprising “The Unclassified Laws of Etiquette”. Its quite a long list, but here is a sample:

Never send a present, hoping for one in return.
Never speak much of your own performances.
Never fail to be punctual at the time appointed.
Never make yourself the hero of your own story.
Never pick the teeth or clean the nails in company.
Never fail to give a polite answer to a civil question.

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Get this Party Started

Thank you Falah for bringing this to my attention. What a fun way to start the week.

Tthhee Ppaarrttyy by Falah & Jenni from Jenni Leder on Vimeo.

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Helvetica Plus Nirvana

What happens when you combine Helvetica font plus the audio going ons of Nirvana? Entertainment.

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52 Exercise Songs

The Art of Manliness blog has comprised a list of “52 workout songs to help you get bigger, stronger, faster.” While I’m a big believer in music being a positive factor when it comes to exercise some of these I’ll skip over. On the other hand there are some good choices there. Then again some of my tastes venture into the realm of cheesy.

14. “I Believe In a Thing Called Love” - The Darkness

22. “Feel Good Inc“ - Gorillaz

29. “D.A.N.C.E.” - Justice

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The Return of the Calling Card

In the west victorian style personal calling cards have been making a resurgence. In such a high tech world its a wonderful thing to see a low tech approach to a common problem of trading information without being bound by your business. The sad part is some people would try and list their favorite social networking profile as their primary homepage. The happy part is all the information one can include on it. Now the west just needs to embrace QR Codes.

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Why Hello There Edouard

Its coming right at the Lone Star. According to the news its suppose to be ‘near hurricane speed’ by tomorrow. Experience deems this statement to be watered down. Time for another hurricane party!

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Free EBooks Available at Tor.com

For a limited time Tor is offering a variety of free ebooks and high resolution cover art. Pick and choose. Cheers.

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UPDATE: The offer ends on Sunday! Act quickly.

Tofu Packed in Balloons

In another beautiful display of reducing the packaging of a product in an innovated way Kamakura-komachi is now storing tofu in balloons. A simple poke of a toothpick and the packaging ‘pops’. The world can take a lesson from Japanese companies on these notes.

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Tugg Speedman, Panda Celebrity

Oh what does Ben Stiller have in store for us now? Here he is portraying a celebrity for panda adoption.

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Every Joker Ever

Here is a pictorial list of every Joker portrayed on the small and big screen.

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Help Save Totoro’s Forest

The Sayama Forest was the inspiration for Totoro. The bad news is that it is under thread for development.The good news is that over 200 of the top international artists from print to animation are donating artwork for the cause. You, too, can help by donating. Besides, the site contains a wonderful gallery of works that have already been donated.

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The Hockey Organ

When technology gets hacked you have combinations like a casio keyboard which controls an old school tabletop hockey game.

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The Return of the Circus Maximus

Officials in Rome, IT are planning on reviving the Circus Maximus with chariot races. Ben Hurrrrrrrr!

“The races will last for three days, starting from October 17, 2009… Chariot racers from around the world are expected to compete,” Franco Calo, one of the promoters, said.

He said the races would be held at the Circus Maximus, an ancient chariot racing venue which is now a park.

Chariot racers are, understandably, far and few between, and anyone hoping to participate will have to take lessons before heading for the starting line.

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20 Hot Client Industries That Hire Freelancers

Are you looking for a new job or, like myself, looking for employment that is more your style? Well take this into account….

With the coming recession, I get a lot of questions about whether it will be increasingly difficult for freelancers to get new clients and, more importantly, projects that pay appropriately.

Over the past eight months, the following industries have proved extremely lucrative for freelancers. I categorize them into Spheres.

The industries in the extreme sphere are those that are currently crashing or booming. Why would a crashing industry be a good industry to find clients in?

If you’re a freelancer, you’re less expensive and easier to handle for a struggling entrepreneur or business than an employee would be. Additionally, if you provide marketing services or can help them secure a presence online, they need you.

A recent global study by McKinsey & Company demonstrated that online marketing drastically out-pulled traditional offline marketing in results. 62% of participants rated online marketing as very or extremely important to their company.

Struggling industries must invest in direct profit-producing services like marketing and online tools to survive.

Then it goes on to list said industries. Check it out.

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The Highest Popping Toaster in the World!

Meet the CO2 gas powered toaster. To the Guiness Book of Records it’s the highest popping toaster in the world.

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We’re Taking a Half Day and Tomorrow Off

For a microcosm of public health we’re taking the rest of the day off from posting. We’re also taking tomorrow off. See you on monday for more to come. Shareholders and all to be meeting with.

50 Office-Speak Phrases You Love to Hate

Thanks to the global economy and virtual office space the lingo we hear around business meetings and thrown into email is, like everything else, becoming homogenized. This does have a benefit to where we can all complain about those ‘phrases we love to hate’.

5. “My favourite which I hear from the managers at the bank I work for is let’s touch base about that offline. I think it means have a private chat but I am still not sure.”
Gemma, Wolverhampton, England

32. “My least favourite business-speak term is not enough bandwidth. When an employee used this term to refuse an additional assignment, I realised I was completely ‘out of the loop’.”
April, Berkeley, US

38. “I have taken to playing buzzword bingo when in meetings. It certainly makes it more entertaining when I am feeding it back (or should that be cascading) at work.”
Ian Everett, Bolton

I’m in agreement that ‘talking about it offline’ is my least favorite of the 50.

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