Big Mac 1989

Cleaning out my locker at work I found this Oakland Athletics Magazine from 1989. The cover shows a very young looking Mark McGwire. One of my coworkers knew that I was an A's fan and donated it to my collection.

While I'm looking for a new job (the last time was 25 years ago) I will be selling off some of my many collections. I decided, long before losing my job, if I start selling now I may get rid of it all before I die. I am a toy collector at heart. I think it comes from having very few toys as a youngster. My mom, a single working mother of five, had very little disposable income for toys.

Testing Shozu

Testing Shozu with the ipod Touch

Test

Testing BlogWriter Lite from my iPod Touch

College Cove best place for family picnic. Really?

The Eureka Reporter readers rated College Cove as the #1 best place for a family picnic. Really? According to the page which has run this week College Cove offers breathtaking vistas

Another of the world’s notable nudist beaches-College Cove Humboldt County: On a good day, about 50 / 100 visitors over both beaches. Both beaches are popular with young singles, although most of them are textile. There is a higher percentage of nudists on the south beach, but even there they are in the minority. Some gawkers - gonudist.com

Bizzarre Records: odd album art

Bizzarre Records: Images of strange and unusual vinyl records! A collection of thrift store and other junk records. Most of these are records that mainstream collectors consider too insignificant to bother with. You be the judge.

Tagging your music? Discogs can help

At Discogs you can search for information about music, and help build the database by submitting information that is not here yet. With a Discogs Account you can personalize parts of the site, and track your collection and wantlist of music. Discogs also offers forums for discussing music.

Recycled Record Sculptures

Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave that is dotted with bursts of colorful labels. Sound Wave is an eco-friendly...more

The TOMY Rockstar hot for xmas

The TOMY Rockstar, a neckless virtual guitar, may be one to watch if available in the states for Christmas 2008




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Sara Bareilles Twitter. Coming home?

Is Sara Bareilles on her way back to Humboldt?

Hijacked Micro-Blogging - Twitter is Penis

Twitter is Penis: We take innocent tweets, replace certain words with penis, and republish it for your entertainment. We find it funny.

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Fitbit Tracker

The Fitbit Tracker contains a motion sensor like the ones found in the Nintendo Wii. The Tracker senses your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities. The Tracker measures the intensity and duration of your physical activities, calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled, how long it took you to fall asleep, the number of times you woke up throughout the night and how long you were actually asleep vs just lying in bed. You can wear the Tracker loosely in your pocket or clipped to your clothing, even bras.

Tumbltape: Inspired by muxtape

Tumbltape: Inspired by muxtape, each tumbltape is created from the latest songs on a users tumblelog. As new songs are uploaded, they automatically update your tumbltape playlist.




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very cool Solar Cell Tree Charger

The Solar Cell Tree Charger, or PhotonSynthese, is constructed with branches that are made out of a series of jacks which eventually blossom into the 54 solar cell leaves, and the whole arrangement is interchangeable so that the tree can be reconstructed to better suit your sunlight situation or your aesthetic needs

Humboldt County Massacre by Frank Black

I found this video about the Humboldt County Massacre by Frank Black. I had never seen it before. I found it using VideoSurf. Basing its search on visual identification it grabbed a pile of videos I've never seen. It's in beta but I have some invites if your interested.

VideoSurf: Using a unique combination of new computer vision and fast computation methods
VideoSurf has taught computers to see inside videos to find content in a fast, efficient, and scalable way. Basing its search on visual identification, rather than text only, VideoSurf’s computer vision video search engine provides more relevant results and a better experience to let users find and discover the videos they really want to watch.

Hurricane IKE links

Hurricane IKE links: 
Twitter
National Weather Service www.nhc.noaa.gov

Get breaking News With Flex and Google Maps

Breaking News With Flex and Google Maps
Breaking News Map
link: http://fo.reca.st/BreakingNewsMap

iPhone App channels 1970s electronic handheld

iPhone App based on the 1970s electronic handheld football game : I have a box of these in the shed. Yea, I'm that old.