101 - SOA

Nice high level overview of Service Oriented Architecture, in less than 3 minutes (after the annoying ad).

Plenty of other good stuff on this site as well.

Make your mark maties

Please mark your calendars now… National Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/08/27/woman.pirate/index.html

Thanks to Jenny for the heads up!

Bill Gates goes to college

OK, it is old, but if you have not seen Bill Gates and Napoleon Dynamite together, you should.

Oh for the good old days of Microsoft Bob.

Brand protection gone bad

Sometimes, even if you are right, it ain't right... for example, the Red Cross debate

StarOffice

StarOffice is now part of Google's "Google Pack" offering.

Now sure how this blends with the whole Google Apps thing - not at all is my first guess. I downloaded my first copy of StarOffice on a 28.8 modem connection and enjoyed all that an hour plus download had to offer.

I love broadband. Nice reminder why.

101 - BitTorrent

Nice, tidy BitTorrent overview from Wired.

Redmond Ink

For the geek who has everything, a Blue Screen of Death tattoo.

Sponge Ed

So... here is the blending of Spongebob and Iron Maiden's Eddie.

Different.

What would be stranger? Charlie Brown blended with Freddie Kruger? Smurfs and Nancy Grace?

Space ranging

I had mentioned Photosynth in my blog in the past.

I was struggling to see a "killer app" for this. Not sure the following example is it... but it is way cool if you are into NASA at all... Space World

Baseball map

Very cool map that summarizes baseball fan alignment. I wish the White Sox territory was larger, but can't really argue with it.

10 worst Sci-Fi shows ever

Stroll down memory lane and see how many of these Sci Fi clunkers you recall. Pretty good list (I had totally blotted Quark from my memory), but what about:

1. The Planet of the Apes series
2. The Star Wars holiday show
3. Mork and Mindy (kinda Sci Fi????)
   

Mmmmmmm.... bacon-y

BaconSalt.... because everything should taste like bacon (the candy of meats!).

Well, this is different

I know Kirby. Kirby and I have taken on many challenges together (on several game platforms). Kirby is NO hater!!!

Kirby vandalized

101 - RSS in plain English

Just as good as the wiki overview, here is an explanation of RSS that is clear, simple and engaging.

Avatar vs. reality

Real people and the avatar counterparts. Pretty spooky.

Mutli-player musing

Pretty interesting take on blending business and MMORPG.

Regardless, I remain convinced the future of interviewing lie in This Spartan Life

Simpsonize me

Cool movie tie in for the Simpsons. Convert yourself to your Simpson alter ego.

For example...

I tell tell just by lookng at 'em

Test your ability to prejudge and paint with a broad brush.

Neat little site where you guess political affiliation by looking at someone's photo.

Two Actuaries and an Underwriter walk into a bar...

Insurance humor. Niche market. Slightly above the pun in the hierarchy of funny.

Well, so much for my Capt. EO spreadsheet :(

Surprisingly, e-mail is not an ideal tool to render in a "second life-y" way.

Maybe they should have tried implementing virtual email in a virtual world via a virtual console.