Pop Out Painter – Alexa Meade
August 25, 2010
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Juggalo Venn Diagram
August 25, 2010
This may be the most accurate Venn diagram on the Internet.
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The Mockingbird Song
August 24, 2010
An animated bedtime story that is not appropriate for young children
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How to Replace Vital Documents
August 24, 2010
Birth certificates, Social Security cards, passport, deeds, titles, and tax returns: All documents you’re supposed to store in safe, fireproof place. But let’s say you’ve been less than diligent about doing so.
As GRS points out, they’re not documents you generally need often, but when you do need them—say to “sell your car, travel overseas, apply for a job, get through an audit, or refinance your house”, you need them now. If you’ve lost or misplaced any of the above documents, the post details every step required to replace them.
For example, it’s not all that difficult to replace your social security card:
A Social Security card can be required for a number of things, such as applying for a job or enrolling in college. Sometimes you only need the number, but other times you might be asked to produce the card. To replace it, contact your local Social Security office. You’ll fill out an application form, and you’ll need one of the following forms of ID:
- U.S. driver’s license
- State-issued, non-driver identification card
- U.S. passport
Plus one of the following proofs of citizenship:
- U.S. birth certificate
- U.S. consular report
- U.S. passport
- Certificate of Naturalization
- Certificate of Citizenship
And as a side note—maybe now would be a good time to get the fireproof lockbox or safe-deposit box
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Skritter
August 23, 2010
Although a number of people learn to speak Chinese and Japanese, writing these languages is a different matter. Most people cannot properly differentiate between the characters of these languages. To help them write these languages better, Skritter was created.
Skritter is a web service that helps users learn to draw chinese Chinese and Japanese characters with mouse. Although the site is a paid service, you can try out the demo during which you will learn a number of Chinese and Japanese characters.
You start the demo by selecting a language: simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, or Japanese. According to your chosen language the following screen will present characters as well as tips on stroke rules in each language. Initially character outlines are shown which you need to trace but as you progress, the outlines are no longer there and you draw the characters completely on your own. Character pronunciations are also available on the site.
Features:
- Learn Chinese and Japanese characters online.
- Supports simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, and Japanese.
- Brush stroke rules are focused on the site.
- Contains pronunciations for each shown character.
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Five Best Places to Buy Cheap Textbooks
August 23, 2010
As As if college weren’t an expensive enough endeavor, textbook prices tend to range from shocking to outrageous. Save on your textbooks with these five great places to buy cheap textbooks.
Chegg
Chegg offers a nice compromise between buying the overpriced textbooks at your local bookstore and shopping for iffy-quality used books online. At Chegg you don’t purchase your books; you rent them for a semester. The Chegg discount, compared to retail prices, is anywhere from 30%-80% off, with most book rentals falling around the 50% mark. You rent them a semester, a quarter, or a 60-day rental window and then ship them back for free with a prepaid UPS label. You won’t be able to find books at pennies on the dollar like you can by scrounging for used or out-of-print editions elsewhere, but you do get a 30-day “any reason” return policy and free return shipping.
Amazon
No one should be surprised to find out that Amazon has their hand in the textbook business. The book superstore originally offered textbooks mixed in with the rest of their book offerings, both new and discounted through their third-party marketplace. Now Amazon has a dedicated student/textbook section with enhanced textbook search and student-centric features. They even offer a free Amazon Prime membership to anyone with a valid student email address (even if you have an Amazon Prime account already, they will refund you the remaining balance and extend your Prime membership a year into the future). With careful shopping you can find textbooks anywhere from new with a slight discount to heavily-used and extremely discounted.
AbeBooks
AbeBooks is a massive online marketplace for new, used, and rare books. They have a bustling textbook section with new and used books that average 50% off retail—we found quite a few books in our test searches that crept up in the 75-90% range, however. AbeBooks has a 30-day return policy and an easy-to-use sell-back program—plug in the ISBNs, print off a free mailing label, and ship them back for cash in your pocket.
Half.com
Half.com, an eBay subsidiary, offers cheap media and books including textbooks. Like a giant used bookstore/record store equivalent of eBay, Half.com is a great place to find cheap textbooks. Low prices aside, one of the strong selling points for textbook shopping at Half.com is their Buying Wizard. Using the Buying Wizard you can search for the books you need and the wizard will search all the deals on Half.com to find you the best combination of prices and combined shipping to get your textbooks faster and cheaper.
BIGWORDS
BIGWORDS is the textbook website that put seller/shipping optimization on the map with their Multi-Item Price Optimization services. When you search for textbooks at BIGWORDS, they scan dozens of other textbook retailers and resellers to find you the absolute bargain basement prices. When the semester is over you can use the BIGWORDS engine in reverse to sell them all back or donate your textbooks through Better World Books to help fight illiteracy in developing nations.
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Lady Gaga sings about Java programming
August 23, 2010
Ok, so it’s not Gaga but she does work “object oriented” into the lyrics.
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CeeLo Green’s “F*ck You” Video
August 20, 2010
Breaking up is hard to do
Obviously NSFW (language)
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Simon’s Cat in ‘The Box’
August 19, 2010
Simon’s cat is nowhere near as patient as Schrodinger’s cat about this particular experiment.
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Danny and Annie
August 18, 2010
The PBS series POV is airing a series of animations made from stories told to StoryCorps. The latest story involves Danny Perasa and his wife Annie, who have been in love since 1978. This animation was directed by the Rauch Brothers, on whose blog you’ll find more about the work. Warning: this will tug at your heart. You can be the first to see other StoryCorps animations on POV with a schedule posted at StoryCorps. Link
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