Category Archives: Random Stuff

Random thoughts, topics, and factoids you’ll be happy you read.

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Adorable in a terrifying kind of way.

The Shining
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Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken

Inspirational new ideas for things you use everyday. I am seriously considering hiring a carpenter for the stair drawers. You can buy the camera picture tacking baton here. Same with the umbrella. (via)

Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken

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Glasses by Pavel Puhov / 183Art.

Glasses by Pavel Puhov / 183Art

Assorted advice. Take it or leave it.

Seth Godin posted nuggets of advice for living life. Here’s that advice. Take it or leave it. Seth Godin has lots of great books too. 

Assorted tips. I hope they help.

No stranger or unknown company will ever contact you by mail or by phone with an actual method for making money easily or in your spare time. And if the person or company contacting you asserts that they are someone you know, double check before taking action.
Don’t have back surgery. See a physiatrist first, then exhaust all other options before exploring back surgery.
Borrow money to buy things that go up in value, but never to get something that decays over time.
Placebos are underrated by almost everyone.
It’s almost never necessary to use a semicolon.
Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
Cognitive behavorial therapy is generally considered both the quickest and most effective form of addressing many common psychological problems.
Backup your hard drive.
Get a magnetic key hider, put a copy of your house key in it and hide it really well, unlabeled, two blocks from your house.
A rice cooker will save you time and money and improve your diet, particularly if you come to like brown rice.
Consider not eating wheat for an entire week. The results might surprise you.
Taking your dog for a walk is usually better than whatever alternative use of your time you were considering.

Told you they were assorted.

What’s Your Blues Name?

Use the chat below to find out what your stage name would be if you were a Blues musician. Mine is Boney Sugar McGee. Sounds about right. What’s yours?

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(via Blame it on the Voices)

Snowmobile Rider Caught In Avalanche

A snowmobile rider triggers a small avalanche that covers one of his fellow riders, thankfully with some luck and quick reactions, he was saved. Holy nightmare.

(via Stuff I Stole From The Internet)

Where in Mexico is it safe to travel?

mexicoWe have all heard of the gang violence in Mexico resulting from the Mexican drug cartels. You may wonder what cities are safe anymore. A recent article in The Washington Post offers a great, updated guide to what cities to avoid.

Safe to Visit
Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Campeche, Merida, Tulum, Uxmal and Chichen Itza, Leon, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Queretaro, Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas, Oaxaca

Go with Caution
Avoid traveling alone and at night in Tijuana, and beware of street crime in Mexico City.

Dangerous places
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Copper Canyon, Baja California, Guadlajara, Veracruz, Monterrey, Mazatlan, and Acapulco

True story

Where you place your hands on the steering wheel says a lot about you. (via)

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Fake swimming pool

Fake swimming pool

This is the swimming pool art installation in 21st Century Museum of Art, at Kanazawa Japan by artist Leandro Erlich.The top surface is filled with 4 to 5 inches of water that looks like a realistic pool. The people underneath the swimming pool can actually look above with realistic water effect on top of it.

A layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass. Below the glass is an empty space with aquamarine walls that viewers can enter.

Here is video of it in action.

(via Design Rulz)

Famous photographers posing with their famous shots

Wired has a cool collection of famous photogs posing with the pictures that captured history.  All are included in a new book called Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends.

Neil Leifer holds his photo, Ali vs. Liston, which he took on May 25, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.

Lyle Owerko: "No one knew such a beautiful warm day would serve as the backdrop to one of the most painful and confusing events to the heart of mankind.