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05/13/2007 - Truck Buddy Warren Talbot lives his life on the road as a truck driver. He has a camera mounted in the passenger seat of his truck that broadcasts live 24/7. Watch as Warren and his cat, named Two Cats, cross America in style. Be sure to check out his excellent photo gallery.

Join our age's visionaries of space exploration by adding your name to this remarkable message to the future! From now until February 1, 2007, The Planetary Society is collecting names, which will travel to Mars on the Phoenix DVD. When the Martians of the future find and decode our message to them, your name will be there too, a permanent record of your part in the story of space.

10/07/2006 - My first real video production! Using my Canon Powershot SD550 and Windows Movie Maker I was able to assemble these short video clips of a printing press set to music. Hope you enjoy it.

9/05/2006 - This is interesting. A never ending zoom in picture interactive. Check out the site here. 10 Ways.

8/21/2006 - Ever want to send a message in a bottle? Now you can! Oceangram lets you send a virtual message in a bottle and also pick them up off the beach. Once you read a message you can add to it and send it on it's way again.

8/09/2006 - Now you can watch live surgeries via webcast. The real thing. Dates and times are posted for a live Robotic Prostatectomy, Total Thyroidectomy or a Heart Valve Surgery.

7/31/2006 - What's playin' on the radio? Every time a radio station in the U.S. starts to play a song, the title pops up on this realtime U.S. map.

This photo of the International Space Station taken by STS-121 Astronauts on July 6, shows an interesting blue streak in the background.

7/11/2006 - More video of STS-121 Discovery. Awesome short clip from the SRB cam as the boosters jettison.

STS-121 Right Forward Solid Rocket Booster Video. From lift-off to splash down. Approx. 12 minutes.

6/17/2006 - Here is a silent ringtone for your phone. It was created to annoy and disturb teenagers loitering at malls or other business places without disturbing adults. Now it is being used by teens so they can hear their cell phones in class without the teacher hearing it.

Try it out. Silent Ringtone. If you're an adult you'll need a kid. If you're a kid you'll need an adult.

6/09/2006 - Got a great desktop background that you hate having covered up by your icons? Here's a cool little ditty by © SillySot Software that will automatically hide your desktop icons when your mouse cursor is idle and then reappear when you move it. Lots of little extra features too!

It's also FREEWARE! But don't hesitate to send these guys "something silly" if you feel inclined. They also accept donations for their hard work.

5/07/2006 - Want to design a new dog house or convert your basement to a playroom? Here's a nifty free program that makes 3D modeling easy.

Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships.

When you submit a request for interruption, our agents go to work finding the right interruption for you. We consider your occupation, work hours, and the means by which we can contact you. Once a feasible interruption has been decide on, we work to slip it into your day via mail, email, telephone, or a workplace visit. We strive throughout this process to keep our actions invisible to your employer.

3/05/2006 - Here's a great site to make those motivational posters you see from time to time. Here's mine.

2/22/2006 - This is a map tracing the route of my potato using Google Earth™ . Pass My Potato is located at the bottom of the menu bar on the left of this page. Give it a try. Click the image for a larger version. Here is the .kmz file if you have Google Earth™

Travel Days	255.3
Times Passed	409
Miles Traveled	1,644,798
Average Speed (mph)	268.0
States Visited	45

2/11/2006 - Here's a cool place where you can let your creativity flow using a simple but smart online paint program. Practice by yourself or join others.

2/03/2006 - National Weather Service Enhanced Radar Image Loop is a cool animation of the United States weather radar. Click on sections to enlarge your area complete with weather information and clickable controls.

1/25/2006 - Ever hear of Holophonic Sound? If you have headphones check out this demo. You'll experience sounds ABOVE and BELOW you!

1/23/2006 - I bought myself some Aerogel off Ebay and just received it today. Amazing stuff! As you can see in the picture below, Aerogel against a black background appears blue. The same piece against a white background becomes almost invisible.

It's appearance looks foamy at first, but hold it up to the light and it looks just like a solid ice cube.

To the touch it is very light and feels like a piece of Styrofoam, but it instantly draws the moisture and the oil from your skin wherever it touches. A faint white fingerprint will appear on the surface of the Aerogel.

The samples in the dish originally were two pieces. A little more than just slight pressure makes it shatter like glass. Looking at it with a magnifying loop you can see small fractures traveling through it. The edges break clean and sharp.

1/18/2006 - The fastest manmade object to leave the Earth will try to launch again from Cape Canaveral today at 1:16 PM (est). The New Horizons spacecraft will travel for nine years to the planet Pluto. You can view the launch live here. Live Mission Status Center here. New Horizons home page.

1/15/2006 - Tonight is the night that samples return back to Earth from the Stardust Mission. Two years ago this month the spacecraft Stardust was collecting the samples from comet Wild Child by deploying a honeycomb of Aerogel to catch the dust from the comet.

1/11/2006 - NASA is looking for help from people on the Internet. On Jan. 15, 2006, at 5:12 a.m. EST. a capsule containing dust from comet Wild Child will return to Earth in the Utah Test and Training Range.

When recovered, NASA will need people to look through a virtual microscope and find specs of dust. You will be able to control the microscope with your PC.

This is not for everyone. You will be trained and tested before you can qualify.

1/07/2006 - I added a new 3D category today. Check out the Google Earth™ 3D section on the left. Google Earth™ is a free program that lets you see Earth using colorful and high resolution satellite photographs laid over a 3D terrain. Type in your address and G.E. zooms you from outer space right down to your street! You can see the depth of the Grand Canyon or height of Mt. Saint Helen. Also on the G.E.3D page is a link to my G.E. vs. Real Life where I compare pictures I took from an airplane with screenshots I took from G.E. Simply amazing! Enjoy.

1/02/2006 - WARNING: This link is totally addictive. The Falling Sand Game is never-ending. It holds the power to pull you away from sex! Good Luck.

12/28/2005 - If you like fine art let me introduce you to Peter Gric. He's got a nice clean site and well organized with samples of his work from over the past 20 years.

Speaking of art, when you are finally ready to paint your house or design your website check out Color Schemer Online. It's the easy way to pick a color scheme that looks harmonic and makes you look like a professional.

12/27/2005 - I added a new Mars 3D section today. Stereo sets of the images were obtained from Mars Exploration Rover Mission web site at NASA/JPL. Scenes show images from Mars taken by the rovers Spirit & Opportunity. You can find all the raw images from the missions here.

I also added some more 3D in the misc. section. New images include photos taken from my flight into Orlando International Airport. Pointing my camera out the window I took rapid shots of the clouds going by. Choosing two pictures from each set I created some cool 3D of the clouds and the city of Orlando. You will notice the plane engine looks "sunken in" in some of the photos. This is because the perspective of the engine didn't change from my point of view.

12/27/2005 - Leave it to me to get banned from my own site. I tried to install a small message board but a corrupt install ended in me getting banned by my server. Took 2 days to track down the problem. I guess I won't be trying that again.

12/23/2005 - Here's a guy that just wants you to let him play dead. His dream is to appear in movie credits as "The Dead Body Guy" and he's starting to get noticed by the right people. www.DeadBodyGuy.com

12/20/2005 - Started running BONIC on my PC to donate my processor time for good causes. One nice feature of the program is that I can donate time to several projects. Presently I am donating to SETI@home and Predictor@home. If one of the projects run out of work it will run the other project, keeping my PC working and earning credits.

Ever wonder what some of the best sites are on the net? Checkout the Webby Awards. It's sort of the Academy Awards for internet web sites. This year is the 10th call for entries. See the nominees and past winners. Be sure to read the five-word acceptance speeches by the winners.

12/18/2005 - Whooo Hooo! SETI@home has accepted enough of my work units after shutting down that I was able to get my 5,000 WU certificate!

12/16/2005 - I'm adding pictures to the photo gallery. One of them is a girl named Orin who takes a picture of herself everyday so she can monitor and record the growth of her hair. So far she has about 3 years of pictures. I took one year of her photos and composed them into an animated gif which flashes the year 2003 set of mug shots.

12/15/2005 - I'm a little bummed out today. I have been participating in the SETI@home project since April 6, 2004 and today the "Classic" version is being shutdown. I'm bummed because I have completed 4,977 work units and was looking forward to getting my 5,000 work unit certificate. I'm missing it by just 3 days. The project is not dead though. They are switching over to a new system called BONIC which can do computing for several other projects.

I still have work units crunching away and hoping they will accept them in a few days when they finalize the count.

I have now added the extra help page for viewing the cross eye 3D pictures. Hope it helps others to see the 3D effect.

12/14/2005 - Made some progress today! I figured out how to make the text scroll over the background. Minor change but I like the effect.

12/13/2005 - For the most part I have finished the Cross Eye 3D galleries. They are much easier to navigate now. I will be adding more information about viewing the 3D pictures as there are a few people who still have trouble seeing the 3D effect.

Got some good links I want put up along with my photo chops and forum graphics. Fun stuff.

I still have some things to learn, like making this text scroll up over the background. All in due time.