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Archive for June, 2008

30 Jun, 2008

New Spin on New Wave

Posted by: Russ Turley In: Razing Giants| Remember the 80's| Video

There is no such thing as New Wave from luze duze on Vimeo.

27 Jun, 2008

7 Words

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General

The things: Colbert rules, Hulu rules and Carlin ruled! Check it out.

25 Jun, 2008

This is Sofa King Great

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General

I would like to think this sign is genuine as well as intentional. It’s probably fake though.

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24 Jun, 2008

Oil Problem Solved

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General

Is this the solution to our energy problems? I received this today from a co-worker:
OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can’t buy it? Tough! Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled fillet of camel [...]

21 Jun, 2008

Be Funky

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General

I just saw this post on Twitter about cartoonizing yourself. With BeFunky you can input a URL to a picture of yourself and get back a cartoon version. Here’s mine:

Very cool. You have the option on the site of what level of detail, level of color and the ability to add things [...]

16 Jun, 2008

Turley Scooter Show

Posted by: Russ Turley In: Turley Family Podcast| Video

So the kids had a bee in their bonnet, or was it helmet, about making a scooter ramp this weekend. The height they described was about knee height. Suicidal height for a 4 year old that’s been scootering on two wheels since Christmas. It turns out their ideas were bigger than their [...]

09 Jun, 2008

Reading Books on Mobile Devices

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General

While listening to last week’s Macbreak Weekly, Merlin Mann had a pick for the Kindle that I used for my Treo 700p. Part of the pick was feedbooks.com. The service has links to public domain books available for download. The site also links to some software that you can download to your [...]

05 Jun, 2008

Daily Tweets Disabled

Posted by: Russ Turley In: General| Tweets

How annoying are the daily blog posts generated by TwitterTools? Pretty damn annoying. Jason Watts from The History Podcast asked me what I use for these updates. I sent him the link, but thinking about it more, I can’t recommend this tool. For someone that is updating on Twitter all the [...]


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