A collection of digital wonders and some other stuff.
Guess whose photo is on the front page of the U of L athletics website? That’s right, mine!
Since the page banner changes every time it’s loaded (randomly between different sports) I took a screenshot of the whole page for posterity.
I’ve been keeping myself busy today. So busy in fact that I never even had a chance to discuss my student loan situation with the people at student finance. I’m guessing I’ll actually have to call some 1-800 number but I didn’t even have time (or more accurately the good sense) to grab it before I left the University.
I did spend some time in the pool this afternoon and tonight the swim team is having a big pot-luck which I have already begun to salivate for. Tomorrow is the Horns Classic Swim meet which I’ll be out for to cheer on the team as well I need to get some web design work done, so it looks like my weekend is going to be full.
And now your moment of zen: 250,000 super balls.
Now (if you live in the United States anyway) you can just take pictures, upload them to flickr, order your favorites for printing and have them delivered right to your door. I heart flickr. This will be awesome for me once it’s available in Canada.
I got a letter in the mail the other day from the Alberta Government. They wrote to tell me that my student loans are coming due. To most people, including me, a letter from the government asking for money would usually put you in a bad mood, even if it’s money that you rightfully owe.
However, this particular letter said I owed exactly $10,000 less than I recall borrowing. So, either (A) my mind is going early (B) The government of Alberta is so rich they are just going to write off $10,000 of my loan, (C)somebody at the student loans office enjoys a sick form of entertainment toying with my emotions or (D) the missing number “1” was merely a typo.
I haven’t called them to find out the real situation yet because I’m trying to enjoy this brief façade for as long as I can. I’ll call them tomorrow and let everyone know what the situation is, because I know you’re curious. (Don’t forget to come back tomorrow, or you’ll never know…)
Update: Of course they didn’t just drop $10,000 off without telling me. I’m just not quite on top of things I guess. I have two loans, one from the Alberta government and one from the Canadian government. When I got the letter from the Alberta government saying how much I owe, I thought that was the total for all my loans; now I know better.
Babycal Throw: a simple and enormously addicting moderately amusing game.
I’d probably like this one better if it was more than just a twitch-click game but it’s still worth an attempt or two.
(via Metafilter)
Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams has a blog. Find out why his latest strip shows a cop firing a donut – and other anecdotes.
Coming to a Grand Canyon near you — January 2006. Yes it’s true.
Grand Canyon Skywalk
Scheduled to open January 1, 2006
Hualapai Indian Reservation
- Juts out about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft above the Colorado River
- Built with more than a million pounds of steel beams and includes dampeners that minimize the structure’s vibration
- Designed to hold 72 million pounds, withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake 50 miles away, and withstand winds in excess of 100 mph
- Has a glass bottom and sides…four inches thick
- Will accommodate 120 people comfortably (How comfortable would YOU be?)
(via Snopes)
Update: Here is another image of the Grand Canyon walkway, apparently from M.R.J Architects.
Update: Here is a photo of the finished skywalk:
Here is a cool optical illusion where an angry man and a calm woman appear to switch places when you view them from far enough away. It’s something you have to see to believe. Apparently it also works when scaled in Photoshop or printed on paper.
(via BoingBoing)
Of course now all the animation for the new King Kong will be done on computer, but just for fun here is some behind the scenes video at the new King Kong shooting including the original armature used in the classic 1933 King Kong (reanimated by the folks at Weta).
Behind the scenes of Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong (20.2mb Quicktime)
I like this game I stumbled upon. Getting a high score involves more luck than skill, but it’s got an addictiveness about it that I can appreciate.
The objective of the game is to get a chain reaction of tiles as long as possible. Tiles will start each other if their lines are connected. Click on a tile to start.
