Category Archives: Random Stuff

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

Seat saver

Need to save a seat for someone? Get one of these. Buy them here.

(via)

Make your own guitar picks

This is awesome if you are an artist or a guitar player. It’s called the Pick Punch and you can buy it here.
The pick punch

The Great Toilet Paper Debate: Over or Under?

Up until a few months ago, I had never paid attention to how I change a roll of toilet paper. When I was asked be a friend what I preferred, I didn’t have an answer. People who have an opinion are passionate about their stance on the issue. This diagram below gives us insight into those people. Is there a category for people like me that are indifferent? (via Laughing Squid)

What do readers of Duck Duck Gray Duck say?

Great Toilet Paper Debate: Over or Under?

More about this topic here.

Top 10 misused English words

My wife is a bit of a grammar Nazi, so I think she will appreciate this cartoon. Here is a list of the Top 10 misused English words.  (via)

Top 10 misused English words

Retro army toys

Man I wish they made toys like this still. How awesome would it have been to get this present as a kid? (via Questionable Advice)

retro army toys

Sears Christmas Catalog, 1964

Buy classic toy army men here.

HIV distribution map

A new interactive U.S. map shows U.S. data on diagnosed rates and cases of HIV. With just a few clicks, it shows county-by-county HIV cases and rates, and the epidemic’s patterns by gender, poverty, ethnicity and other demographics. In Hennepin County at least 249 of every 100,000 people are living with HIV. Click here to see the map in action and look up your hometown. (via Wired)

HIV Google Map

Stream live events through online video

Stream live events through online video

How many times have you been in a situation when you wanted to stream an event to someone, or a group of people? I never really thought about it before myself, but I think this is super cool and has a ton of practical applications in business and social life.

There is a new live video streaming website in town called Streamago built by Tiscali. With the help of the website you can stream any live events to your audience.

Concerts, tv shows, sporting events, parties and public or private events are all good examples of where you could use the service. Live event streaming can be done through any device with a webcam and internet connection, such as a computer, but also a mobile device, including iPhone and iPad, to name a few.

Each video event can be recorded and saved for on-demand access and sharing. You can also assign each video with your own title and description. Each Streamago user gets a free disk space of 10GB. All your videos will be catalogued under your own Channel. When it comes to sharing your video, you can easily do so by posting it on your Facebook wall to your friends.

(via Today I Learned)

A child’s to-do list

Being a kid was the best. I wish my to-do lists looked more like this. Maybe I’ll adopt this list as my own for the weekend.

(via The Whatever)

Inside the President’s Limo

The President usually travels in what is referred to as ‘The Beast.’ This gigantic bomb-proof General Motors Cadillac with eight-inch thick armour-plating on its doors is usually accompanied by a motorcade of at least 20 vehicles plus a dozen police motorcycle outriders. Of course many of its features are top secret, here is what we do know. Click image for larger view. (via Daily Mail)

President Obama's Limo

Source: Daily Mail

Minneapolis Firefighter from 1890

John Lesh, member of Minneapolis Volunteer Fire Company #1.

John Lesh, member of Minneapolis Volunteer Fire Company #1.

(via Black and WTF)