There is a new video from the guys at EepyBird.com up at Google Video.
It's more fun with Diet Coke & Mentos. They shoot off 251 bottles of Diet Coke with 1506 Mentos. Coke & Mentos sponsored the new video & they are sponsoring a contest where the winner gets to be in the next video.
How many computers do you have in your house?
Submitted by Foomper.
Only 4, the main one is a Dell 8300, with 3GB of RAM, two monitors, two printers, two hard drives & even two mice. It's a couple of years old but it works just fine. Here's a picture I used previously showing it & the mess:
The second PC is a IBM X23 Thinkpad. It's probably 5 years old, but it works just fine for most basic tasks.
PC number three is an old IBM 770Z Thinkpad, that I got because of a $3000 pricing error on a dot bomb e-commerce site in 1999.
The last PC is Jonnell's work Dell laptop. I don't know much about it other than her company has repaired it twice in less than a year.
I also have an XBox 360, that's a computer, right?
I'd like to get a new PC before too long, either a quad-core desktop, a Lenovo (formerly IBM) X60, or maybe a Mac laptop. The Mac Book is about the right size, but the keyboard is awful, you get spoiled after using Thinkpads for a long time.
Do you listen to podcasts? Are there any you'd recommend?
Inspired by Alex.
Podcasts, I listen to lots of podcasts, here's a big list:
This Week in Tech (aka TWiT) - Great podcast that's usually hosted by Leo Laporte (formerly of TechTV) with a rotating cast of other tech reporters and gurus. As you might assume from the name, it comes out every Sunday night.
The Daily Giz Wiz - Another Leo Laporte hosted show, this one co-hosted by Dick DeBartalo, a writer with Mad magazine and a gadget guru. They pick a new gadget to talk about every from Monday - Thursday and on Friday Dick pulls an old gadget out of his collection to talk about. Dick also talks alot about the career at Mad and his days as the head writer on the Match Game.
Diggnation - The podcast from the guys at Digg. They drink beer while talking about some of the popular stories on Digg.com. It's really funny. It's also available as a video.
Coverville - The cover song podcast. Brian picks out great covers three times a week.
Boing Boing Boing - Not surprisingly, this is the podcast from the people at boingboing.net. I expected not to like this one because I figured it would be a big political rant, but it's not for the most part, they talk more about the things they have posted in the previous week and they have interviews as well. I really like this one a great deal.
Inside the Net - Leo (again) and Amber MacArthur (formerly of TechTV Canada and now with CityTV) every week interview the people behind hot new websites and/or internet related software. They interviewed the YouTube guys right after Lazy Sunday popularized their site. Most of their shows are good, there is occasionally one I'll skip.
That's enough to get you started I think.
Remember - You don't need an iPod to listen to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!
Some people don't understand that.
One more thing, Leo would prefer you called them netcasts.
I thought I jinxed the Bears on Monday. Jonnell yelled at me for an hour and a half saying it was my fault they sucked against Arizona. Thank god they ended up winning the game.
It is all because I ordered this shirt last week:
I bought the shirt because of the orange Sharpie. It makes the shirt.
Go buy your own (if you are a Bears fan) at sixteenstraight.com
It's a genius bit of marketing, despite Rex Grossman's best efforts on Monday night.
If you are going to dress up for Halloween, what will you be? Why?
Submitted by Auweea.
Well, as I blogged before on my Typepad blog, I am going to be one of Jean Girard's pit crew members from the movie Talledega Nights. I won an EBay auction for a lab coat and shirt that was used in the movie.
That's the picture from the auction. The logo is embroidered onto the coat and is very well made. The coat is the perfect size for me as well.
All I need now is invitations to more Halloween parties to show it off!
What was your very first job?
Submitted by Laurel.
I stocked shelves in a supermarket in Northport, NY in high school back in the late 80s. Can't remember the name of the store, but I think it was a NYC area or Long Island only chain.
I remember that after a few months I didn't want to spend any more time than I absolutely had to in the detergent aisle. I remember feeling sick whenever I had to work in that aisle.
I also had my first experience with getting fired and office power struggles. There was a day manager and a night manager. The day manager was a good guy and the night manager was a jerk. I worked from 5-10PM during the week, I think there was a NY state law that said high school kids couldn't work later than 10 (but I could be wrong).
Well, the night manager at some point decided that I and the other people my age had to stay until the semi-truck of groceries was unloaded each night. Well, since my parents picked me up at 10, I couldn't stay past then. One night, 10 PM rolled around and we weren't done yet. My parents were there so I had to go. I told the guy I had to leave and he blows up at me and tells me if I leave I am fired. Well, that set me off, so I left and figured it was the end of my supermarket career. The next time I was scheduled to work I didn't go, because I thought I was fired. Around an hour after my shift would have started the day manager call and asked why I wasn't at work. I told him the night manager fired me and he started to laugh. He told me the night manager was full of crap, he can't fire anyone and can I come down to the store that night.
I think I lasted a few more months after that, but then I started running track after school and didn't have time to work.
What are some of your favorite, forgotten albums that have stood the test of time?
Submitted by PeterGibbons.
Del Amitri - Waking Hours
I first heard "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" on Canadian radio in college in 1989. I really like the song and picked up the album from a record store in Potsdam, NY. It's their second album, and my personal favorite from Del Amitri. They broke up after their last album, Can You Do Me Good, didn't sell in the UK and was never released in the US. My other memory of Del Amitri is hearing them on the radio on WXRT in Chicago after drinking with morning DJ Lin Brehmer for most of the previous night.
Another oldie-but-goodie from my college days is "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits.
I sat at a table adjacent to Studs Terkel at lunch today. We went down to the Pittsfield Cafe, which I've been recently going to around twice a week, and the very old guy was sitting nearby. I thought it was nothing too unusual until a woman brought a big book up to him to sign. That's when the guy I was eating with heard them mention Studs' name.
I saw Studs at a Chicago Prairie Home Companion show a few years ago. I didn't recognize him today until I heard his name.
I felt it would be tacky to take a cameraphone picture of him.
Which of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, hearing, or smell) do you value the most?
Submitted by Elisheva.
Hearing is most important. Sight is important, but not being able to listen to music or other people talking with me would be really depressing. I have a little tinnitus in my ears, which is worrisome for the future, especially with the amount of time I spend each day using my in-ear earphones. I'm hoping that the damage will occur slower since I'm mostly listening to podcasts instead of music.
Which of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, hearing, or smell) do you value the most?
Submitted by Elisheva.
Hearing is most important. Sight is important, but not being able to listen to music or other people talking with me would be really depressing. I have a little tinnitus in my ears, which is worrisome for the future, especially with the amount of time I spend each day using my in-ear earphones. I'm hoping that the damage will occur slower since I'm mostly listening to podcasts instead of music.
