http://www.schwippy.com/blog I browse the web all day... You get the results. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:17:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The year was 1989. I was only 5. Me and my step brothers, David and James, were all at a public park for the day. While the adults were playing some basketball, we ventured around and whatnot, and eventually found a construction site where they were laying in new underground plumbing ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/07/my-date-with-a-concrete-pipe/ I finally did the write-up on the Emergency Party Button that I made a few months ago. I took a short video as well. The video does it no justice... you totally need to be there to experience the awesomeness. If you want to see how it was done and what all ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/07/emergency-party-button/ This year, we have set up a Christmas Tree with lights that can be controlled via a web interface for all to enjoy! On the Schwippy Christmas Tree page, you can choose to control our christmas lights and view a webcam image of the tree and anybody (or any thing, ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/29/control-the-official-schwippy-christmas-tree/ 'nuff said. http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/06/kangaroos-are-idiots/ Who knew that one of the best games ever invented could get even better? Along with the three common hand signs that can be thrown, 22 more signs have been added, each with their own set of rules on what beats what. Click the image for a full size view Check out the ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/21/rock-paper-scissors-25/ 1) For one thing, I never get around to finishing things I started. http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/26/top-10-reasons-you-can-call-me-lazy/ Is it just me, or was Superman a total jerk back in the old days? Haha, check out these funny comic book covers and image scans from real comic books from way back when. Linky linky below! Funny Superhero Book Covers @ Fresh99 http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/23/sperman-was-a-jerk/ So while in San Diego for the weekend, we decided to go to the mall do a little time-killing before we headed back to our simple lives in the good ol' IE. Well, we found a Bed Bath and Beyond, and seeing as how me and Sarah are going to ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/21/2-story-target-and-their-cartalator/ If you've ever been to a mid to high end mall, chances are that you have seen one of those advertisement machines that incorporate a hanging projector that project stuff on the floor. Well, I just came across something over in the Make Group that would use something to that ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/23/poetry-at-the-mall/ Just try to make a guess on how old the world's oldest business would be. 50 years? Nah, Carl's J.R. restaurants are older than that. How about 100 years? Not even close. Ok, ok... enough senseless guessing. The worlds oldest business record is held by a Japanese company called Kongō ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/20/worlds-oldest-business-is-no-more/ If you have a folder full of images and want to post them to a web page somehow, you'll probably want to size them down some way or another. You actually have a few options for doing so too, such as uploading to flickr or another photo site and have ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/16/making-thumbnails-automatically-in-photoshop/ KCF has it all figured out. They have been using technology to advertise like never before. I just learned that last year, KFC had a commercial that told the world how to get a free sandwich at any location just by saying a secret password. They even told you the ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/11/interesting-advertising-by-kfc/ Check out this instrument synth device. Aparently made by some hard core geeks. The reactable is a multi-user electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical artefacts on the table surface and constructing different audio ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/11/tangible-reactable-what-what/ Finally! Put your hamster to some REAL use! Make him work for his own well being. Load a sheet of paper into the shredder, and your little buddy just does his thing, running his little butt off, and presto; a few gear reductions later, an instant hamster bed made from ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/11/hampster-prance/ When it comes to peripheral docks, usually you don't get that much choice in terms of customization. Chris decided he didn't like that. At all. He made himself a dock out of Legos! Its actually 3 docks in one. Chris can hook up his Pocket PC, get some more tunes on ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/06/best-dock-ever/ Quick! Amazon has a bunch of silk ties, cuff links, leather wallets, and silk squares all marked at $1! I just found the deal online and ordered $20 worth, haha... i dont know how that happened, but whatever. Theres quite a lot of Christmas and other holiday ties, but if ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/05/one-dollar-silk-ties/ When journalists are writing for a newspaper, they know the rule: no digital photo manipulation. In other words, no using that beloved stamp tool in Photoshop to take out that pedestrian that ruined your perfect shot of the president. But sometimes, the temptation is just too much for the reporter and ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/05/fake-photo-detection-software/ We all love peeps, Right? Well, ok.... maybe we all just like sticking them in the microwave. But that aside, heres an awesome little tutorial on making your own peeps, done by the minds over at Evil Mad Scientist. Clicky clicky on the linky linky. Make Your Own Peeps @ EvilMadScientist http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/04/diy-peeps/ The X Prize foundation is probably most notable for their past sponsorship, the Ansari X Prize; an $10,000,000 prize to the private group who could first get a spacecraft into space and return safely. That contest was finally put to an end in 2004 when Burt Rutan and Paul Allen ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/03/x-prize-wants-their-mpg/ Heres just another reason I need to get into a university. http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/i-need-to-go-to-college/ ModernLifeIsRubbish has obtained an up-to-date top 10 list of currently used passwords online. I'm willing to bet that you've used one or more of these passwords online before. I know that I have used 'qwerty' on more than one occasion for throw-away accounts or for shady sites that I fear I ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/top-10-used-passwords/ If you're like me, you've heard all about ferro fluid but just haven't seen it in action. Heres a great video of it showing you its real-world properties. For those of you that don't know what ferro fluid is, ferro fluid is simply a fluid that is has a ferrous material ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/magnetic-fluid-video-aka-ferrofluid/ According to DreamWorks, in the year 2009, every one of their movies will be produced in 3-D! The technology to make animated movies is nothing new, and in fact you've probably even seen a few 3D movies yourself. The reason that DreamWorks says 2009 is for the mere fact that ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/29/how-dreamworks-is-changing-the-world/ Instead of all the other companies in the anti-theft world that try to create more and more elaborate devices to protect your car every day, Yanko Design has come up with a damn good alternative: just put on the brake! The BrakeLok fits over your already existing hand brake and covers ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/28/the-brakelok/ Well apparently, 7-11 has made some kind of deal with The Simpsons crew. 11 of the stores are going to be transformed into, you guessed it... the Kwik-E-Mart. All to promote The Simpsons Movie I'll admit it, thats gonna be pretty funny. But Ill also tell you straight out that Im ... http://www.schwippy.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/stupid-7-11/