Category Archives: Random Stuff

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

SWAT signs

Posted on December 16, 2011 | Comments Off

Standardized hand signals for Close Range Engagement (C.R.E.) Operations. Don’t forget, street gangs have signs too.

(via)

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Tagged CRE, Gangs, Police, police procedure, police tactics, SWAT, SWAT Signs, SWAT Team

How to encourage tip jar participation

Posted on December 12, 2011 | 1 comment

Tip jars are often a neglected element of counter service. This establishment realizes that people love to vote on stupid things. It seems to be working.

(via Reddit)

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Posted in Funny Pictures & Videos, Marketing & Advertising, Random Stuff

Tagged cool idea, Customer Service, Marketing, restaurants, tip jars, tips

What Facebook looked like on the day it launched

Posted on December 12, 2011 | Comments Off

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The Web site’s membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students when it launched in February 2004, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University.

As of July 2011, Facebook had more than 800 million active users.

(via)

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Posted in Marketing & Advertising, New Products & Gadgets, Random Stuff, Retro

Tagged Facebook, Facebook 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, old Facebook, social networking, website design

Children’s paintings redone by professional artist

Posted on December 6, 2011 | Comments Off

Here is a collection of children’s paintings that have been redone by illustrator Dave DeVries. What do you think?

(via)

What children’s drawings would look like if painted realistically (3quarksdaily.com)

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The First Beer In Space

Posted on December 5, 2011 | Comments Off

On May 27th, 2011 Natty Light officially became The First Beer In Space. Here’s is how they did it. The entire flight was filmed with POV styling as the can of beer entered the “Nattosphere.” The video is actually quite breathtaking. Amazing the camera caught the flight (and fall) without breaking.

(via Bits and Pieces)

Note: This event took place on May 27th, with clearance and approval from the FAA. The documented footage was posted on-line November 18th.

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Posted in Marketing & Advertising, Random Stuff, Weird News Crazy Videos and Conspiracy

Tagged beer, Danny and Rich, FAA, marketing stunt, Natty Light First Beer In Space, PR, space, stunt, video

Is your city among the saddest in America?

Posted on December 2, 2011 | 1 comment

Using an algorithm that took into consideration a city’s suicide rates, unemployment rates, percentage of households that use antidepressants, and the number of people who report feeling the blues all or most of the time revealed which cities in America have the saddest citizens.

Is your city among the saddest in America? Check out the Top Ten list below.

St. Petersburg, FL
Detroit, MI
Memphis, TN
Tampa, FL
Louisville, KY
St. Louis, MO
Birmingham, AL
Miami, FL
Reno, NV
Las Vegas, NV

[For more ‘Frown Towns,” visit Men’s Health]

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Tagged Depression, geogrpahy, happiness, health, sad cities, sad face, sad people, suicide rates, top 10 saddest cities

Why Pennies Are Economically Inefficient and Should Be Abolished

Posted on December 1, 2011 | Comments Off

This place used to be called Zin's and is located at 5467 South 28th Ave. in Minneapolis

I used to torture the poor guy that ran Zin’s in South Minneapolis as a kid by emptying my grimy pennies on his counter and methodically buying penny candy. Those days are over for kids now for more reasons than one. Now, people are calling for the death of the penny. Too bad. I got my first lessons in economics using pennies.

C.G.P. Grey makes the case for “why Pennies are economically inefficient and should be abolished.” He does make some good points.

(via Laughing Squid)

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Tagged Abolishing the penny, Bulk confectionery, Candy, Confectionery, penny candy, U.S. Currency, Zin's Minneapolis

How to build a privacy computer monitor

Posted on November 30, 2011 | Comments Off

Now you can freely look at anything you want without people staring. And by “anything you want,” I mean pictures and videos of baby ducks.

Learn how to build one here.

Thanks Bag of Nothing.

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Tagged DIY, LCD, privacy monitor, private computer monitor

An old SNL photo

Posted on November 30, 2011 | 1 comment

Isn’t it funny how we get nostalgic about old Saturday Night Live casts even though we thought they were terrible at the time? Maybe they have been getting progressively worse?