Binary Expressions

This has to be one of the geekiest things I’ve found to date. A guy by the name of Kirk Baucom wrote a perl script that creates a virtual aquarium using ASCII characters. Chuck Houpt has created a Mac OS X package of Asciiquarium and Michael Pyne and Maksim Orlovich have created a KDE Screensaver based on Asciiquarium.

Source: ASCIIQuarium

I ran across an old Nintendo 8-bit commercial. It sure brings back memories. The video is been provided by Gaming-Age.com is it’s Nintendo introducing Tetris.

Source: Gamin-Age.com - Tetris Commercial

GameSpot.com has an awesome report on the next console system from Nintendo, code name Revolution and more recently called Nintendo Wii (pronounced “we”).

Source: The Nintendo Revolution Report

TechEBlog has an awesome article about the Top 10 Strangest Game Controllers. Amazing of what controllers are out there that I didn’t even know exists.

Source: TechEBlog’s Top 10 Strangest Game Controllers

Every had a situation where you required a photo editor but didn’t have GIMP, Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro handy. Well there is such a tool now online that requires no plugin nor software installation, PXN8. PXN8 (pronounced pix-en-ate) is an online basic image editing tool that just uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript. PXN8 provides the ability to crop, resize, rotate, image centering (spirit level), remove red eye, adjust colors, whitening tool, light correction, flat/noisy correction, zoom in/out, selections and fun effects. Images can be loaded into PXN8 via uploading one via your computer or via a web site address. After your editing is completed you can save the results to Flickr or save it to your computer. Just basic editing but good enough for most people’s needs. For the more adventurous PXN8 can be customized using HTML, CSS and a variety of web programming languages. Of course for those wanting to do this one has to pay the big price tag of $749.00 USD. Seems a little high considering Photoshop or let alone GIMP blows this online application out of the water. However I could see this being quite handy for various businesses online. The only real concern I have is what about my privacy with the images I’ll be using in PXN8 at pxn8.com? No mention on the site to this that I saw. Over all I would have to say this online application is quite amazing considering what it can do only using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Source: PXN8.com
Source: GIMP
Source: Adobe Photoshop
Source: Paint Shop Pro
Source: HTML / CSS / JavaScript
Source: Flickr

This is pretty cool in a geeky sorta way, a Firefox Bus. Check out the source below for pictures. I wish we knew more details then the article describes. Odd that there is no web address to Firefox.

Source: Kalyan Firefox Bus

Oh man I’m a little behind the times on this one but look at this awesome car, 2006 Porsche Carrera GT. Get all the specifications and pictures at RSportsCars.com. Oh would I love to drive a car like this just once (drool).

My web site The Kid’s Bookmarks was mentioned in the podcast show 101 Uses for Baby Wipes episode #135 (56 minutes 44 seconds). This is great news, more exposure the better. I want kids and parents to work together to make this site grow. It’s the whole reason I created it. If you know someone that can benefit from using this web site please feel free to pass it along.

101 Uses for Baby Wipes is an audio podcast of a reluctant father’s journey through parenthood hosted by Dennis Gray. The show provides a Dad’s point of view of parenting with news headlines related to children and parenting, parenting experiences, parenting issues, listener feedback and Dennis’ famous solutions to problems using baby wipes.

Source: 101 Uses for Baby Wipes
Source: The Kid’s Bookmarks

I saw an excellent episode of Marketplace on CBC, “Supermarket Secrets“. I would highly recommend anyone in Canada reading these articles. It discusses what is going on in supermarkets and the health concerns there is out there. There is some really good points and tips that consumers can do to protect your health and safety. Let’s fight back against this trend and report incidences to your health region.

Source: Marketplace: Supermarket Secrets
Source: Problems Coast-to-Coast
Source: How to find out about your local supermarket
Source: Foodborne Illnesses
Source: Food safety: From the supermarket to supper table
Source: Food Safety Tips
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

This has got to be one of the most interesting solutions to make use of those old floppy disks.

Source: Floppy Disk Notebook - Acorn Studios

Learn About Easter: Wikipedia on Easter
Flash Game: Easter Egg Hop

I finally did some work with my other web site, “The Kid’s Bookmarks“. The web site seems to be quite a hit for little child and with the parents too. I’ve repaired 3 broken links and the rest verified as valid links. Add 9 new games with a total of 69 games. Removed 1 game. See below for additional changes and possible new features coming to the web site. Please send in your comments or suggestions. This site was made for the kids and parents. So let’s here some feedback!

New Features Coming Soon (possibly)

• Game descriptions for older children and parents.
• Game categories or pages to allow for faster loading site and room for additional games.
• Multiple Web Site Editions - This would allow for separation of games and the site to grow with the children as the get older. This would mean I would break the site up into age ranges. Not sure how this will work at this point.

New Game Additions

• Super-Fishing
• Simon
• Clowns
• Turbo Spirit
• Table Hockey
• Space Invaders
• Astroys
• Busy Burgers
• Luigi’s Revenge Interactive
• Easter Egg Hop

Games Removed

• Barney Online - Seems to be something wrong with it and not much there anymore.