Knowing is Half the Prattle.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Oh Yeah! Oh No!!


OK, this actually made me laugh out loud.

Drunk History vol. 2.5 - Featuring Jack Black

This is the way we should have learned history in high school. More at http://youtube.com/user/DrunkHistory


Here is a picture of the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin as it is today.

The "Sir Speedy" store is apparently named after one of Benjamin Franklin's nicknames.

Friday, July 18, 2008

A Night at the Opera



Made this on the website "Type is Art" www.typeisart.com. On this site you take a given set of typographical segments and rearrange them to make a picture. This is mine "A Night at the Opera" The site suffers from a limited interface and the site really appears to be a secret advertisement for some woman's print which honestly isn't the best picture in the gallery but it's fun.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Wow, This Would Have Been a Great Idea 20 Years Ago.

The Zpen!



Yeah! A pen that can take what you write on paper and upload it to a computer screen. Just in time for a generation of student note takers who text message and IM like crazy and when penmanship is being cut from elementary school curriculums.

In the interests of full disclosure I do have a Wacom art pad but I've never actually used it for text capturing and don't imagine when I ever would want to. Maybe some artists who don't already have a drawing pad may want one but when that first drawing app for the iphone comes out, this invention is dead in the water.

wait for it ....


http://www.sketchesapp.com/

there.

Oh yeah and if that's not good enough for you, use the scanner that probably already comes with the printer you got with your computer. To "upload" your drawings.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Monday, July 14, 2008

I Think I've Just Found the Most Obscure Online Quiz Ever


What Kind of Zouave Are You?


If you don't know what a Zouave is click here. Oh, and the quiz is specifically referring to American Civil War Zouaves exclusively. Go 11th New York!