See how much juice various appliances pull, via this handy gizmo. (via Cool Tools)
Yes, but to whom am I speaking?
“…and this is—it’s your full-time job? Mm-hm, I see. So— So— And, so how long have you been in the telemarketing business?” A borderline brilliant “counter-script” to use against telemarketers, presented in a lovely choose-your-own-adventure/flowchart format. Done up by the folks (folk? organization?) at EGBG, though it’s not entirely clear what EGBG is. Whatever it […]
Posted by Ben on June 10, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/yes-but-to-whom-am-i-speaking/
Perhaps you doubt
Then see for yourself. A clever anatomy tool that lets you play with various facial expressions, seeing how muscles and whatnot react (that’s the technical phraseology, I believe). Who knows what you might accomplish if you actually knew what you were doing, kind of. How to get there: Click on APPLICATION, then on LEVEL II […]
Posted by Ben on June 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/perhaps-you-doubt/
Knots
Because, truly, what do you need more than additional ways to tie your shoes (and other stringy things)? (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on June 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/knots/
Snake! On a plane!
No, really! Monty Coles was 900m in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane’s instrument panel — a 1,35m black snake. “Nothing in any of the manuals ever described anything like this,” the 62-year-old Cross Lanes resident said. But the advice given 25 years earlier from his flight […]
Posted by Ben on June 5, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/snake-on-a-plane/
The Proposition [Review]
(2005) dir. John Hillcoat – w/ Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Ray Winstone, David Wenham, Richard Wilson, and Danny Huston; and let’s not forget John Hurt as an ornery bounty hunter (as opposed to what, indeed) – written by Nick Cave Synopsis: Set at the end of the 1800s, The Proposition, as it might be expected, […]
Posted by Ben on June 3, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/proposition/
You’ve always judged books by their covers
Now you have a forum for it, via the entertaining and succinctly-titled “Covers.” A site for the discussion of cover design, with a searchable database of book covers (surprise!), searchable by, e.g., designer, author, etc.
Posted by Ben on June 1, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/youve-always-judged-books-by-their-covers/
eMolecules
A way to search for chemicals by drawing pictures. (Formerly Chmoogle, until Google complained.)
Posted by Ben on June 1, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/emolecules/
Information Agglomeration
The Internet being what it is, it’s useful to have ways of sorting all that information. To be able to get at it later, easily. First there was Furl, which I’ve used in the past and loved, then there was Yahoo!’s My Web (which is my current default choice), and now there’s Google Notebook, which […]
Posted by Ben on May 31, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/information-agglomeration/
It’s like Babelfish… for animals!
Or maybe it’s just a table of animal noises in different languages… But just think, what if it weren’t…? (link [though not the graphic] via, probably, some other blog I’ve forgotten all about; just imagine the actual citation is right here)
Posted by Ben on May 30, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/its-like-babelfish-for-animals/