Russian 'ninja' arrested in Italy

Be Careful for Ninjas!



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Breakfast

Breakfast
Originally uploaded by dave.worth

This is my view each morning - the two kids eating breakfast. Too cute.

Can you tell the difference between a fake smile and a real smile?

Jen and I were 15 for 20. How did you do?



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I Won Something

This weekend I entered a tournament in Salem for a game called the Settlers of Catan. I've been mildly obsessed with this game for the last year or so. My obsession became noticeably larger when I discovered the online version of the game.

Anyhow - in the final round it was me and my friend Chris going at it. We pretty much neutralized everyone else towards the beginning of the game. I thought Chris was going to take me down in the end but I held on and scored the victory and won the cash prize - $100! Not too shabby!

Microsoft did something cool

And by did, I mean but a company that did. Check out this video first. When you're done reeling with the possibilities check out the demo here. Photosynth is pretty incredible.

People who fidget are less likely to be obese.

I'm not the thinnest dude in the world, but maybe the thing standing between me and morbidity is my fidgeting....



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What would happen if the entire Chinese population jumped at once?

Don't get too excited.

The Pirate's Parrot

So my work is right next to where the Rose Festival is every year and from outside my building I've been watching this guy for the last couple of days. Although the website isn't very good I can vouch that the show is. It's really entertaining, the parrots do all of these tricks like taking laps around the crowd flying and doing all of these neat little tricks with the guy dressed like a parrot. I'm trying to figure a way to write this that doesn't sound sarcastic, but I really do enjoy the show.

Why do TV Adverts sound louder than the shows they interupt

The volume is the same, but they sound louder - and now the UK regulator is planning to try and even things out a bit. The deal is that the sound for the commercials is compressed. Basically, the quiet parts are louder, which makes the commercial overall louder. Blaring, to some ears (such as mine).

Speaking of, I use a utility to master my music tracks called LSAMP. It comes highly recommended, by me. It has a really great "console" feel for a digital product.



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Best Wikipedia category EVER

See for yourself. This reminded me tonight of something I haven't thought of in years. When I was in high school I competed in a category called "Extemporaneous Speech" which meant that you drew topics out of a hat, and whatever that topic was you would have half an hour to develop a five minute speech about it.

One of my competitors had a story about how the Soviet Union during WWII trained dogs to run under tanks with bombs strapped to their backs in an effort to turn back the German troops. What the soviets would do is strap raw meat under the tanks and then not feed them for days. The dogs learned that if they wanted to eat, the food was under the tanks.

The only problem was that when the Soviets finally started using the dogs in battle, the dogs could tell the difference between Soviet and German tanks. Since they had been trained using Soviet tanks, the dogs attacked the Soviets. My competitor would close his speech by saying "which, of course, is a classic example of a great idea blowing up in your face."

Which worked for any topic.



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