Knick-KnackRandom links from a guy in Colorado.Flash Brain Age- July 2, 2008 Flash Brain Age. What will happen is the system will toss up a series of numbers in random places within the box. You click the spots in numerical order to advance to the next round. After messing up a couple 3 times it will calculate your "brain age".http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15035 Sig Sauer P6 9mm- July 2, 2008 Last week I purchased my first gun, a Sig Sauer P6 (aka P225 in America). This is a pistol produced for the West German police department. Not long ago the police traded them in all at once so Sig refurbished them and put them back out on the market, I picked up a pistol that normally would have been $700 for half that. The gun is really in fantastic shape, as the man at The Gun Room told me "it was probably shot once a year for qualifications and other than that just cleaned and maintained."..http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15034 5 Regular Expressions Every Web Programmer Should Know- July 2, 2008 5 Regular Expressions Every Web Programmer Should Knowhttp://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15036 Tetra-Ethyl Lead: The End of an Era for a Well-Known Molecule- July 2, 2008 Tetra-Ethyl Lead: The End of an Era for a Well-Known Molecule. Interesting, worth a read. Perhaps you are thinking, Wait, wasnt lead-free fuel mandatory for passenger cars in the 1970s It was, but the NASCAR formula preserves automotive technology in its 1950s form. The beam-axle, tube-frame 3,400-lb cars are powered by iron-block V-8 pushrod engines designed in the 1950s using carburetors those complex, inefficient fuel-air mixing devices that used to sit atop every engine and now are only...http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15033 Ubuntu Satantic- July 2, 2008 Ubuntu Satantic helps you either install Ubuntu to begin with or gives you alternative themes (with some NSFW wallpapers...) I actually really like their "Recant" theme, I may install it.http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15031 The Website is Down- July 1, 2008 The Website is Down. Kind of a BOFH for the modern age...http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15021 "Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James Duane- July 1, 2008 "Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James Duane. Interesting video, worth watching.http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15025 Capture My Colorado- July 1, 2008 Capture My Colorado, a photo-contest where the winners will be published in a book. Not sure about the legitimacy but it sounds interesting.http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15023 Typical Reaction to the Revelation That I Do Not Own a Cell Phone, By Year- July 1, 2008 Typical Reaction to the Revelation That I Do Not Own a Cell Phone, By Year. Everyone I know except my mom has one now (including Jane, we got her a pre-paid one last year when she was driving out to Moab alone, just in case there was car trouble or anything...)http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15020 Colorado Renaissance Festival- July 1, 2008 It's been at least 8 years since I was last at the Colorado Renaissance Festival and Jane had never been. Saturday we loaded up and did the drive down the Larkspur where we were met with cloudy skies and wonderful moderate temperatures (I've been there before and baked, so this was just right). Jane made a wax hand, picked up some gifts for others (and a couple things for herself) and she learned while she likes to eat turkey she's not so keen on a massive turkey leg for lunch (but the...http://www.knick-knack.com/index.html/post/15028 |