How's this for a real causal effect

TNT channel has a new series centered around organ transplants.
http://www.upmc.com and the TNT site.

Cool stuff

The alarm clock that runs away and hides when you don't wake up. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time. nandahome.com

I wonder if Clocky and Roomba would chase each other around? What would their offspring look like?

More net stuff

In my prior life as a webmaster I always put security and safety items on my web pages. Most security is experiential. Eventually, as you spend more time on a computer and on the internet, you learn good and bad habits and things to be aware of.

I remember last year getting an email regarding a web site called addictinggames.com being full of adware and other nefarious items. I had already been to the site and didn't remember seeing much. Perhaps in it's infancy they could have been. I really don't know.

But now, I recently came across a site that you can enter a web site and it will show you info about that site. It is from a security and antivirus company McAfee so it should be legit. LOL http://www.siteadvisor.com the analysis results page will show you the site you entered and the links from that site to other sites as well as other "stuff". While it doesn't appear to be all inclusive, it is a good place to start when you have a site you aren't all too sure of.

More neat stuff

I was reading Dooce that sent me to AlphaMom that sent me to Uncommon Goods that brings me back to causaleffect for your enjoyment.

Some of you may not have any problem talking at the table at dinner, breakfast or when ever. But I still thought this was a neat idea. They are called Table Topics. Plastic cubes with conversation topics. http://www.uncommongoods.com. Tey cost $24.00 each and are in 6 topic versions. I might have to pick a few up.

I love this idea

Textbooks for school is a RACKET. I love Virginia's idea.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher or a TinyURL here.

It's easy givin it's tough gettin

Here's an article about signing up for various web sites, accounts and services. It written by a journalist that signed up and tried to cancel these "services".
http://tech.msn.com/products/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2244490

It's an interesting read for sure, not at all surprising, but interesting.

mac guy v Bill gates

In the wake of the iPhone announcement last week, here is a funny blog entry with Bill Gates having a conversation with the mac v PC commercial mac guy. (Actually it's their pictures, but you will get the gist when you read it.
http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/01/11/iphone-debate-im-a-mac-vs-bill-gates/

Time to go

06:00 hrs
[banter, neat stuff, travel]
I finally made it to bed around 2am. My alarm was set for 4:30 am.
I actually got up when the alarm went off. I guess I should treat it as a nap rather than actual sleep.

My flight to Chicago was okay but a little bumpy. On the iPod, Avril Lavigne, Giant, Aerosmith.
I found a program that will allow me to put my LEGALLY owned DVD's onto my iPod. The registration won't accept
yahoo or gmail addresses. So I am waiting for a reply from their support to see if I can still buy it.
I have used it in trial mode (it puts a BIG TRIAL MODE across the screen). It takes about 45 +/- minutes to convert a DVD and depending on the length
about 500-800 MB in size. Unfortunately, I will have to re do the 5 or 6 I have already done.
My list includes (but is not limited to) Blazing Saddles, Airplane, Mr and Mrs Smith, Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail and Seinfeld Live on Broadway.
I have a bunch more, but that's all I want to do for now since I have to re do them.

2006 Pictures of the Year

Since I am a photographer here are MSNBC's selection for pictures of the year.
Some you may have seen, many you probably have not.