Browsing Archive: September, 2017

Hated driving

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Humor 
Heisenberg hated driving because every time he looked at the speedometer, he'd get lost.

Website 4 the day:
Can you spot the fakes:
https://warwickpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_a34DwCbDSlcGgiF&Q_JFE=0

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One day at a time

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Humor 
When people go through something rough in life, they say, “I’m taking it one day at a time.” Yes, so is everybody. Because that’s how time works.
-- Hannibal Buress

Website 4 the day:
Your webpage on different browsers:
http://browsershots.org/

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Against picketing

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Humor 
I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.
-- Mitch Hedberg

Website 4 the day:
Repeat a Youtube video:
https://listenonrepeat.com/

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The smell of books

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Humor 
If people say they just love the smell of books, I always want to pull them aside and ask, To be clear, do you know how reading works?
-- Bridger Winegar

Website 4 the day:
Rare aircraft films:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrydenTV/playlists

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10,000 opinions

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Philosophy 
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
British Museum 3D scans:
https://sketchfab.com/britishmuseum

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Perfection

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Humor 
The closest a person ever comes to perfection is when he fills out a job application form.
-- Stanley Randall

Website 4 the day:
Web based circuit simulator:
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html

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Win an argument

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, September 28, 2017, In : Philosophy 
It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.
-- Bill Murray

Website 4 the day:
Kaspersky Free Antivirus:
https://usa.kaspersky.com/free-antivirus

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The other side

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Humor 
To get to the other side. Why did the tachyon cross the road?

Website 4 the day:
Odd weather reports:
https://www.weatherfrom.com

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Word to the wise

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Humor 
A word to the wise is infuriating.
-- Hunter S. Thompson

Website 4 the day:
Types of civilizations:
https://futurism.com/images/kardashev-scale-the-kinds-of-alien-civilizations-in-our-universe/

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Organized political party

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Humor 
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
-- Will Rogers

Website 4 the day:
Lithium ion batteries dangerous when punctured:
https://digg.com/2017/hydraulic-press-battery-pack

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The chief function

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Philosophy 
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
-- Thomas A. Edison

Website 4 the day:
Collaborating editor:
https://draftin.com/

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Doing their job

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Philosophy 
If someone isn’t doing their job, get them the hell out of there.
-- Steve Jobs

Website 4 the day:
Linux Live CD running on Windows:
http://www.mobatek.net/labs_mobalivecd.html

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Amaze me

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, In : Philosophy 
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
Wide band radio:
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

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A Wonderful Organ

Posted by Ira Chayut on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, In : Humor 
The brain is a wonderful organ, it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
-- Robert Frost

Website 4 the day:
3D from your smartphone camera:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_photogrammetry_software

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I had potential

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Humor 
My physics professor said I had potential. Then he pushed me off a building.

Website 4 the day:
Welcome to the future:
http://www.futuretimeline.net/

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Controlling the future

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
-- George Orwell

Website 4 the day:
Free tech books:
http://www.freetechbooks.com/

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Nervous breakdown

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Philosophy 
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
-- Bertrand Russell

Website 4 the day:
Buzzwords to avoid:
https://sba.thehartford.com/business-management/60-business-buzzwords-to-delete-from-your-vocabulary

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Happiness

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Humor 
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.
-- David Lee Roth

Website 4 the day:
The only knot you need:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfpzRE9sgRY

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Fork in the road

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Philosophy 
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
-- Lewis Carroll

Website 4 the day:
Manage digital photos:
http://www.mobatek.net/labs_mobaphoto.html

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Everything heard is opinion

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
Lock your keyboard:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11570/disable-the-keyboard-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-windows

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Only invisible

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Philosophy 
You are only invisible to those who do not deserve to see you.
-- Emma Bleker

Website 4 the day:
All about logos:
http://www.bluesodapromo.com/blog/logo-design.pdf

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List of things

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 25, 2017, In : Humor 
Everyone should write a list of things they ought to do before they die ... their oughtobiography.

Website 4 the day:
Museum of unworkable devices:
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm

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Need for normalicy

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
The need to be normal is the predominant anxiety disorder in modern life.
-- Thomas Moore

Website 4 the day:
Consumer Reports car buying service:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/car-prices-build-buy-service/index.htm

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Another word

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
What's another word for Thesaurus?
-- Steven Wright

Website 4 the day:
Most expensive Google Adwords:
https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/these-are-the-10-most-expensive-google-keywords.html

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Long walks

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
-- Fred Allen

Website 4 the day:
Recognizing pictured dishes:
http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/datasets_extra/food-101/

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Laziness

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
-- Jules Renard

Website 4 the day:
Open source signal analysis software:
https://sigrok.org/

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Color of life

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
A person's life is dyed with the color of his imagination.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
Alternatives to "very":
http://www.grammarcheck.net/very

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Diet's 2nd day

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you’re off it.
-- Jackie Gleason

Website 4 the day:
Robot lights:
www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/reactive-solar-powered-lights-species-illumination-bob-de-graaf.html

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Smoking an e-cigarette

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
Accidentally fell asleep smoking an e-cigarette and when I woke up my whole house was on the internet.

Website 4 the day:
Domino row building machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-wU9NgsV4

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Perversion of itself

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity.
-- Nicola Tesla

Website 4 the day:
Superbird - the fastest browser:
http://superbird-browser.com/

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I forget

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
-- Benjamin Franklin

Website 4 the day:
Learn X in Y minutes:
https://learnxinyminutes.com/

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Motivation doesn't last

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.
-- Zig Ziglar

Website 4 the day:
Shadows brought to life:
https://digg.com/2017/shadow-street-art-damon-belanger

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Experience

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.
-- Oscar Wilde

Website 4 the day:
Lynching in America:
https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/

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Not simply good

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Be not simply good – be good for something.
-- Henry David Thoreau

Website 4 the day:
Native apps in a browser:
https://appetize.io/

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Nothing's worth

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
Domino homage to games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jeohWnmAQ

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Divorce

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
My cross-eyed wife and I just got a divorce. I also found out she was seeing someone on the side.

Website 4 the day:
Rock music:
https://vimeo.com/208067675

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Opening doors

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock.
-- Tony Gaskins

Website 4 the day:
Phone number information:
http://www.spydialer.com/

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Perfection

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Website 4 the day:
Odd physics archive:
http://amasci.com/amateur/physvids.html

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Lots of mistakes

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory
-- Josh Billings

Website 4 the day:
A Capella Science:
https://www.youtube.com/user/acapellascience

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Underestimating intelligence

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.
-- H.L. Mencken

Website 4 the day:
Radiator music:
https://digg.com/video/radiator-song

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Making mistakes

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Website 4 the day:
Convert files (215 formats):
https://cloudconvert.com/

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A gift

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Philosophy 
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
-- Marcus Aurelius

Website 4 the day:
Legendary mythology:
http://www.godchecker.com/

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A balanced diet

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, September 4, 2017, In : Humor 
My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Website 4 the day:
Turbo encapulator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag

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