Charlie Chaplin - One of the Greatest Speeches Ever Made

My third meme!

Horse Hell

I can't stop watching...

Simple truth 1

Sometimes even though I have many important things on my agenda, I still waste time browsing the internet.

Bill Dance Bloopers...Hilarious!

My new hero Bill Dance!



Check out his website:www.billdanceoutdoors.com

Lucky

Lucky guy.

Afghan rope prank...funny!

Funny prank on the new guy.

Like a Bus!

Learn Morse Code: God knows why...but it's cool to know it anyway.

Found this great website about how to learn morse code easily and quickly. The website is http://www.learnmorsecode.com/. The image below is from the website. There are also plenty of books out there like this one....in case you are interested

Queen - Don't stop me now

Talk about interpretive dance!

Worst lines in movie history! Truly Epic!

Below is a small collection of truly epic line and scenes in movie history. These will go down in history as pure awesomeness.

Garbage Day!




Oh My Goooooooooooood!




Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God!...




and finally.....Death by Frisbee!

Tesco or Homeplus in South Korea

Tesco or Homeplus in South Korea came up with an amazing idea to sell to customers. This is probably an idea that could revolutionize shopping everywhere. Watch the video below for more details.

Surviving the World

I am an ardent fan of Dante Shepherd, the owner and creator of Surviving the world. His is a unique kind of blog where he draws on a blackboard discussing the many idiosyncrasies of life. He creates one "lesson" a day and posts it on the blog. While a lot of his musings on the blackboard are good, I was absolutely floored by today's lesson and just had to share it here. It is genius!

Subscribe to his blog here if you are using an RSS reader. The daily lessons he gives are quite interesting and very enlightening reads.

The Paradox of Choice

This is one of my favourite speeches from TEDtalks. The talk is given by Barry Schwartz where he talks about the Paradox of Choice. He wrote a book about it as well. I've linked the talk below, which I think is well worth a watch.

Portal for real!

This enactment of portal is brilliant. Very nicely done.

You know what would be even better? Portal the movie with Daniel Craig as the lead actor. That would blow my mind!

Rug Master!

So today I stumbled across this amazing blog which is all about rugs! (http://rugmaster.blogspot.com/) Apparently the owner of the blog (Dr Khosrow Sobhe) is a Rug Master and is a specialist on rugs and carpets. He's got a rug website, rug blog and even rug lineage (his father was into rugs as well). So he's got rugs and carpets in his blood. The blog and the website are both very cool with tons of information about rugs. Quality, repair, maintenance and essentially any information about rugs can be found at his sites. I myself have no clue about rugs and find his website fascinating. So if you are thinking about buying a rug or are having rug problems (?), you  might want to give Dr Sobhe a call and ask for his expertise.

Picture courtesy www.mprugs.com

Rugs man....Who knew!

My second meme...

Just a truth in life...

Of netipots and nailfiles

I recently came across this weird contraption called a netipot which is basically a small kettle like thingy that is filled with saline and water and then used to irrigate the nasal passages. Weird huh! But such a contraption exists and is apparently used widely in some countries. Picture of a netipot below.

I have no idea why anyone would want to irrigate their noses, but it just sounds like a weird idea to me.

Regarding nail files, I pose a question to you....Would you spend $21.95 on a nail file? The Malteser French Cobalt Triple-cut Nail File costs $21.95 on Amazon.

Now I know that spending money on quality items that you always use is a good thing; but 20 bucks for a nail file? That seems really out there. I'm guessing that you would never need another nail file in your life again. I'm also guessing that butterflies will seek out and croon over your fingernails after using this nail file. After all, for $21.95, it better do something other than just file nails right?

Creating my first meme...

Haha...this is true....and fun! Btw...if you want to create your own meme, go to memegenerator.net which allows you to create any meme and write any text that you want. It's definitely a lot of fun.

Didn't know about Sulphur Hexafluoride...and now I do!

I thought Helium was awesome...but Sulphur Hexafluoride is 10x more awesome than Helium.

The Four Chord Song....Genius!

If this is true, then we've all been scammed BIG time.

Waterspouts filmed off Australia - Very Cool

Waterspouts filmed off Australia from a helicopter - Australia is a very strange country...and the footage is Very Cool

How to get beaten up real quick.

This T-Shirt is a sure way for you to get beaten up really fast as you walk down the street. Only for the bravest of souls...

Richard Branson knows people

Spotted Richard Branson at the queen's dinner. Hah!...The guy goes everywhere.

True Cyan

True Cyan: I found this picture and had to share it. True Cyan is truly beautiful. Click on the image to view a larger version.

Freemake Video Converter

Freemake Video Converter is a free media file converter from freemake.com. Finally I stumbled across this great free file converter - a software that was looking for a long time. Until now, I was using realplayer's free file converter which they stopped making free a few months ago. So since realplayer stopped being nice, I wasn't able to find any other good converter now. Initial tests with this player have shown it to be a very good converter - especially mp4 to mp3. I use mp4 to mp3 very often and this has done the trick. I highly recommend this software to users looking for a good media file converter.


By the way, the software also has a bunch of other features such as downloading videos from facebook, youtube etc, as well as bluray ripping and dvd ripping. Give it a try and see.

How to tie your shoe

Didn't know I was tying it wrong all these years...

The most hilarious gif - The Lord of the Rings

This Lord of the Rings gif is the most hilarious gif that I have come across. I don't know who made it - really want to credit him, but can't find his name on the internet. If anyone knows who created it, please let me know.

progeCAD: An Alternative AutoCAD

progeCAD is a great alternative to AutoDesk's AutoCAD for individuals for private use. The layout is very similar to AutoCAD and the rendering has so far been very close. I have been using it for my designs so far and it seems ok with the dwg extension files. I'm just glad that there is a very good alternative out there for AutoCAD. The monopoly of AutoDesk was not good for the industry as the cost of the software was too high for small companies or even individuals. progeCAD at least provides a low cost alternative with the same features for companies that can afford it. I further applaud progeSOFT for providing the software free for individual use on their home personal computers. Give progeCAD a try and see if it is good for you and your company.

SMBC - The webcomic of webcomics

There are very few contenders to the Dilbert webcomic today. One of them is Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (by Zach Weiner) which is perhaps the only close contender to Dilbert on the web today. Originality, hilarity and the subtle supreme intelligence of the comic have propelled it to one of the most successful of webcomics on the net. The website is www.smbc-comics.com. If you have a chance, subscribe to his RSS or just drop by his website to read the latest comic. At the very least, it will give you some comic relief for the day. Oh and he uploads a new comic everyday! No Exceptions. Zach Weiner is brilliant!

How many people have ever lived on Earth?

How many people have ever lived on Earth?



The answer is 57 Billion...according to www.1000memories.com. It's actually a pretty simple calculation - the integral of total births with respect to time. For a mathematician, it's a trivial calculation. The details are discussed on the website for those interested.

The Milky Way - Awesome

The Milky Way in a time lapse video...it's awesome.

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Reporter makes half-court shot...

Reporter makes an incredible half-court shot...while reporting on a story about a half-court shot. His face...is AWESOME!

Pretty Cool Ad by Google

Google's got a good ad...

The definition of being brave...

The definition of being brave...

Turn it off!

Weird robot that does not want to be switched on...

Basic Security tips about using Public WiFi's ... VERY Useful

Basic security tips about using public WiFi's ... VERY Useful - Especially towards the end.

Soldier Dancing on M1068 Tank...nuff said

Soldier Dancing on M1068 Tank with missiles flying in the background...

Trolling your dog ...like a BOSS!

This is how your troll your dog...like a BOSS!

What Financial Analysts do in their spare time.

What financial analysts do in their spare time...

www.stolencamerafinder.com

www.stolencamerafinder.com is one of those innovative sites that does that one specific little thing that you are looking for. The website does exactly what the url says. However, I'm not sure how well it does it, because I've not lost my camera, but it would be worth a shot to anyone who has lost a camera. I must say that I tried a couple of pictures from 2 different cameras which didn't return any results - which is disappointing since I've uploaded pictures onto imgur and other picture sharing websites. Theoretically, it should have returned those results at the very least. Anyway it's worth a shot for those who have lost cameras.

New Yahoo Mail (Beta)

So Yahoo launched their new yahoo mail (Beta) which I switched to today....and then switched back for 2 crucial reasons. The new layout had a much thicker header taking up much more screen real estate than the current layout. This is a huge blunder and problem that yahoo MUST fix before releasing the new version. I for one will not switch unless the header is brought back to the current size. The second reason was that the inbox has gone back to page views. While in the current mail layout just scrolling down will load the older email as you scroll, the new layout has gone back to the even older yahoo mail where the inbox was divided into pages of 20, 50, or 100 emails. I find this an unnecessary return to older design principles which are less user-friendly. While Yahoo mail is still props over Gmail through the use of tabs, these new backward features will set the mail service behind once more.

Phychologytoday

psychologytoday published an article that talks about the top 10 psychological studies done by science. The results are truly eye-opening and can help average people improve their lives tremendously through this knowledge. problems such as breaking bad habits, improving willpower, and how to make things easier are included in the article and is definitely worth a read.

Sri Lankan attitude towards Cricket

What motivates us...check out the video

pdfsam for Merging and Splitting pdf Files (free)

pdfsam is one of the most useful tools I have been using recently in joining and splitting pdf files. Adobe Reader doesn't do it, and Adobe Acrobat is just too expensive for me. pdfsam is an opensource free alternative to Adobe Acrobat and works like a charm. The website is www.pdfsam.org. You can also support the developer by donating some money as well. Please do so if you can afford it.

Quote of the Century

One of my previous bosses used to look at a pile of CV's, pick up half of it by random and stick it in the bin saying "I don't want to work with unlucky people"

Lamborghini makes Tractors

Lamborghini makes Tractors - Whoda thought it. They look damn cool too.

www.lamborghini-tractors.com

R8

R7

R6

CV

365 Days of Exercise

Exercise and its benefits seen clearly.


365 Days Of Exercise - Watch more Funny Videos

Patrickjmt - Another online teacher

Woah....just stumbled across a VERY close competitor to Sal Khan's www.khanAcademy.org. Patrick from www.patrickjmt.com does only math....but he's made hundreds of videos as of today...in the same style as Khan....I wonder who started the idea first. But the websites sure look similar, except that Khan covers other subjects as well as Maths. I wonder if the two of them know about each others websites. Anyway this is soooo COOL. This is the future of education.

The Binomial Theorem by Patrickjmt - http://patrickjmt.com/the-binomial-theorem-ex-1/

Khan Academy and Trignometry Website

For those struggling with math, maybe this website about trignometry can help you.
http://www.touchtrigonometry.org/

Another good website for studies is the Khan Academy. http://www.khanacademy.org/

Music from Windows 98 and XP sounds - Cool

5th Wheel Driving - Cool

Cool invention - Why you no implement?

Haruka Nishimatsu - A leader to emulate

Haruka Nishimatsu is indeed a one of a kind CEO.

Facebook Privacy Settings

Mashable has posted a guide on facebook's privacy settings. Even I was surprised by some of the hidden settings here. Please take a look at the article to check that your settings are what you wish them to be.

http://mashable.com/2011/02/07/facebook-privacy-guide/