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When Worlds Collide

I would've gone to many more college football games if my team's marching band was as creative as this:

See, nerds have something to enjoy at games too!

Liquid Hot Magma

If you had 20 hours to kill, a video camera and an erupting volcano by your side, what would YOU do? Maybe something similar to this. Is it just me, or wouldn't this be more fun to watch than a 5-minute fireworks session?

What the Heck?

If you've never knowingly voided a warranty on a product, then maybe you won't get as much a kick out of this guy as I do. But, Benjamin J. Heckendorn certainly knows what he is doing when he pops off them screws and digs into the guts of a gadget. What can I say, I dig his style.

He's particularly awesome at creating portable versions of game consoles. If you have time to kill (why would you be here otherwise?), check out some of the cool hacks he's done:

Atari 2600 Portable
Colecovision Portable
Combo NES & Atari Portable
N64 Portable
Sega Genesis Portable
Playstation Portable
Playstation2 Portable
Wii Laptop
Xbox 360 Laptop

Jacque Fresco: The Genius You've Never Heard Of

Jacque Fresco has been described by many as the Da Vinci of our time. He is an industrial engineer, architectural designer, social engineer and futurist. Jacque works out of a compound in Florida known as The Venus Project, where he and other similarly-minded thinkers can ponder what is possible to achieve in the world we live.



One of the most interesting of his many, many ideas was a plan for a Circular City (but sadly, no Circuit City). It employs many opportunities for growth through what Fresco calls a resource based economy. So, if reading about technology and the future (with AWESOME models, imagery and computer renderings) doesn't make your head feel like it's going to explode, take a look at The Venus Project Website. Or, watch the documentary on Jacque, Future By Design, on dvd. Maybe you'd rather just check out some of his videos on YouTube. Heck, you can even be friends with Jacque on MySpace. Not bad for a dude in his 90s...

For Those About to Air Rock...

So, last night I watched a movie with my friend AVN. We've been known for finding some really under-the-radar types of flicks (so, expect to see more stories beginning like this). Now, every once in a while we watch a movie that makes me say, "Why have I never heard of this before?" Last night was such a night.

The movie was a documentary called Air Guitar Nation. It follows the first two American competitors in their quest to win the Air Guitar World Championship, which is inexplicably held each year in Finland (although their motto of "World Peace and Air Guitar Forever" is pretty sweet).

American competitor David "C-Diddy" Jung puts the rest of us amateur air guitarists to shame:

Welcome and What's This All About

Well, if you are reading this, you've successfully navigated to my latest blog. Now then, what in the world is it?

Put simply, this is a place for me to unload my brain. If you're not intimately familiar with me (and few are), you might be surprised that I am exposed to (and expose myself to, heh) lots and lots of random information. There are so many different forms that this type of learning embodies, and I tend to absorb more than my fair share. It varies from internet phenomena (such as a YouTube video featuring a dramatic chipmunk) to obscure movies (The Cure for Insomnia has a running time of 87 hours) to anything else I find remotely interesting (Did you know you can create your own Simpsons character?).

So, stop by whenever you have, as the title suggests, time to kill. Take a look at what I have discovered and then leave your comments on the subject. If you feel the desire to share weird stuff with your friends, email them a link to my posts.

There's a lot of crazy stuff out there... enjoy it. And, if you find something cool, help me post it here.

P.S. Here's my Simpsons character...