These are the links that I posted on my Facebook Account during the month of May 2010.
Link Disclaimer: most of the links in this post go to external sites beyond the control of cliffdweller. Please understand that some of them may not yield the exact results over time that the original description on this page outlines.
- May 7, 2010 – Hyperbole and a Half: How to Make Showering Awesome Again
Here at Sueeve, we understand that showering can be one of the most boring, shame and confusion-filled parts of your day and we've made it our mission to fix that!
Paul said: Giggles all around. I especially like the tagline for the razor: "The closest your face will ever come to being shaved by a spaceship." - May 9, 2010 – Lipton Ice Tea with Hugh Jackman, Full Version.
Lipton Ice Tea Ad, featuring High Jackman. The longer (and better) Version. Directed by Michael Gracey.
Paul said: why don't we get commercials like this one in the states? - May 11, 2010 – 'Super 8' Official Trailer HD
Directed by: J.J. Abrams Produced by: Steven Spielberg.
Paul said: Next summer "it arrives"… sweet. I love this crap! - May 11, 2010 – UPDATE – New attack bypasses EVERY Windows security product | ZDNet
Are you a Windows user? Do you make sure that your antivirus program is updated regularly? Do you feel safe? You shouldn't! Read on to find out why ..
Paul said: more happy virus news. why do people use windows? I keep missing the point I guess… - May 12, 2010 – Emeco 111 Navy Chair: Information
About four years ago, in 2006, Coca-Cola came to us at Emeco with a proposal. Their recycling plant in Spartanburg South Carolina was brand new and processing thousands of plastic bottles a day and they were looking for ways to show the value of recycled plastic. …
Paul said: sure, but is it comfortable? - May 12, 2010 – Jupiter loses a stripe – image 1 – space – 11 May 2010 – New Scientist
A dark band in Jupiter's southern hemisphere is not visible in this 8 May snapshot, but it can be seen in earlier images (Image: Anthony Wesley)
Paul said: The universe just vanished out of sight
and all the stars collapsed behind the pitch black night - May 12, 2010 – Panic Blog » An Apple //e, an iPad, and Jed
I just saw some photos of your office and couldn’t help but notice an Apple //e. I have an odd request. Back in 2005 I created a music video for the band Grandaddy by programming a text animation on an old Apple ][+. You can see the video here.
Paul said: this is cool... click on the video to watch it. especially if you are an iPad nerd or an Apple ][e nerd, or a retro video nerd... - May 13, 2010 - Springfield Punx: A Little More LOST
Oh,Wow, Dean! Those rule! You did such a good job of capturing the actor's likenesses, but at the same time manage to keep them Simpsonized. What a beautiful way to help wind things up...I'm going to miss this show... ...
Paul said: I refuse to get sucked into Lost. The Simpsons, on the other hand... - May 17, 2010 - Apple Responds – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
I agree more with adobe’s stance than the adobe crapolanch to be frank.Its like microsoft saying, nah we dont want Safari or Quicktime or iTunes on windows as its dodgy and has a habit of causing system ...
Paul said: I [lego brick] the internets. - May 17, 2010 – Back in Black – Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's
Glenn Beck needs to find an attic and hide there for the next three years without making a sound. Airdate – 05/12/2010
Paul said: OMG this is funny. And a little scary. - May 18, 2010 – Craftsman Music Experiment – Craftsman Labs
What you are watching is built entirely from the sounds of Craftsman tools mixed and edited by Kutiman. No musical instruments were used.
Paul said: What the Art of Noise *wanted* to be back in the late 80s… - May 18, 2010 – On the gulf, a trip with the Coast Guard to search for oiled waterlife | OregonLive.com
VENICE, La. – Rough weather kept them in port for five days, but on Monday, wildlife rescue crews finally got back on the water to search the Mississippi River Delta and Gulf of Mexico for birds or other wildlife oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Paul said: Tyler's Famous! Thanks Julie for pointing it out! - May 18, 2010 – What Stormtroopers do on Their Day Off | WildAmmo.com
Stormtroopers aren’t fighting in battles every single day like you see in the Star Wars films. Here’s what they do when they have some free time.
Paul said: More star wars themed stuff… cute. - May 19, 2010 – Impossible motion: magnet-like slopes
Winner of the Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest 2010 http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/ Koukichi Sugihara Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Japan In this video, wooden balls roll up the slopes just as if they are pulled by a magnet. …
Paul said: It's an illusion… - May 19, 2010 – Less is More: Hunt's Ketchup Removes High Fructose Corn Syrup From Entire Retail… — OMAHA, Neb.,.
Less is More: Hunt's Ketchup Removes High Fructose Corn Syrup From Entire Retail Line. New Hunt's 100% Natural Ketchup Features Five Simple Ingredients.
Paul said: Wahoo! Hunt's Ketchup is my new favorite brand! - May 19, 2010 – London unveils 1-eyed Olympic mascots – Connecticut Post
London 2012 organizers unveiled the Olympic and Paralympic mascots Wednesday â" one-eyed creations from the digital age named after two small English towns. Officials predicted the mascots â" Wenlock and Mandeville â" will be a big hit with kids and help inspire young people to get involved in Ol…
Paul said: London unveils amazing one-eyed space alien hovering gay mascots for the 2012 Olympics… - May 19, 2010 – Tom the Dancing Bug: Nate – Oil Spill – Boing Boing
You can also buy Thrilling Tom the Dancing Bug Stories, All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned From My Golf-Playing Cats and Tom the Dancing Bug at Amazon.
Paul said: I didn't say… - May 20, 2010 – All-time scariest TV characters — #3: Weeping Angels
Character: The weeping angelsShow: Doctor WhoEpisode: 'Blink'A more appropriate title for this episode of Doctor Who would have been 'Don't Blink', or
Paul said: Yes. yes. and yes. I've only just caught up on Doctor Who in the past year, and I have to say the Weeping Angels are as scary as the red eyes in The Amityville Horror… - May 20, 2010 – Eggbot Kit – The Eggbot Project
The Eggbot is an open-source art robot that can draw on spherical or egg-shaped objects from the size of a ping pong ball size to that of a small grapefruit– roughly 1.5 to 4 inches in diameter (4 – 10 cm). …
Paul said: I'm so gonna *need* an Egg-Bot - May 20, 2010 – PAC MAN (REMI GAILLARD)
Dangerously funny videos created and produced by Rémi GAILLARD. The show continues on www.nimportequi.com
Paul said: ah, the french. - May 20, 2010 – Resort to Cannibalism – The game of deliciously hard choices
The game where you decide when it's appropriate to eat human flesh.
Paul said: what do I miss about not having flash on my mobile phone… - May 23, 2010 – Portland Coast Guard Petty Officer Tyler Joki Looks for Oiled Birds | OregonLive.com
Portland Coast Guard Petty Officer Tyler Joki leads a group of volunteers to look for for oiled birds, Mon., May 17, 2010, on a boat trip from Venice, La., down the Mississippi Delta into the Gulf of Mexico and back. …
Paul said: Tyler in the news again, helping in the Gulf of Mexico disaster… Go Tyler! - May 25, 2010 – Animals AutoTuned: Wolves
Download LaDiDa iPhone App: http://bit.ly/5VOnp This song was created automatically by LaDiDa, using only real wolf howls as audio input, from the actual video clips shown here. No tricks. Just some clever artificial intelligence. …
Paul said: for all my dog-loving friends… it's Auto-Tuned Wolf Music - May 25, 2010 – Ask Pablo: Does Sunscreen Cause More Skin Cancer Than It Prevents? (Updated) : TreeHugger
The original Ask Pablo article answering this question was very popular and the Environmental Working Group has just published its 2010 Sunscreen Guide. Since summer is right around the corner, this topic is more relevant than
Paul said: the sun is threatening to come out for the summer sometime in the near future, so I thought this might be appropriate reading… - May 25, 2010 – OMD – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The OMD Official Website: News, Biography, Discography, Songwords,Interviews, features, Merchandise and much more!
Paul said: OMD has a *new* album coming out this fall… and a free track to download from their website right now… Diego Jones & Melanie Clark, I'm looking at you… - May 26, 2010 – The latest version of the LittleDog Robot
This is the more advanced version of this robot, created by the University of Southern California. The robot is completely autonomous and trained by machine learning algorithms. The video is real-time, i.e., not sped up.
Paul said: yes, I want to see more. this is cool. - May 27, 2010 – AppleInsider | Apple market cap tops Microsoft, is now world's largest tech company
The dethroning of Microsoft now makes Apple — for now — the second largest American company, behind only Exxon-Mobil. Apple has a ways to go to catch the oil giant, which has a market capitalization …
Paul said: Apple's Market Cap closed larger than Microsoft yesterday! Take that all you naysayers from my NASA days… - May 27, 2010 – Christian Groups: Biblical Armageddon Must Be Taught Alongside Global Warming
Constitutional debate continues over whether public schools should include biblical Armageddon alongside global warming in end-of-world curriculum.
Paul said: I love The Onion. - May 27, 2010 – Icelandic volcano takes time out from disrupting flights… to produce a giant smoke ring | Mail Onl
Perfectly formed, it rose from Eyjafjallajökull's main crater and hovered hundreds of feet above the seething mountain for more than five minutes.
Paul said: sweet! - May 27, 2010 – IRON BABY
An Iron Man movie parody starring my baby girl. The costume was created by her uncle STROB. http://www.strob.net/mon-portfolio/ Get some pictures here… files.me.com/patrickboivin/b0ph05
Paul said: Silly, but better than watching that Babies movie… - May 27, 2010 – Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire
Fire With Fire is the first single from Scissor Sisters' amazing new album, Night Work. The single is out on June 20, with the album released on June 28. More info at http://www.scissorsisters.com/
Paul said: Scissor Sisters are back! here's the first video from their upcoming album…
