Saturday, December 3, 2011

Neo Teaches Cooper Colors and OODA

Whoa, a good example for explaining Cooper's colors and OODA.

Peyton Rumor

Josh_Ward RT @benmaller: Chris Myers on FSR, after speaking with Peyton Manning in Indy, feels better than 50% chance Manning retires.Sun, Nov 27 19:01:09 from Echofon

Killer Keyboard

WIREDInsider OMG Want: A multi-touch keyboard Commander Data would love: dld.bz/a3Wuf Thu, Dec 01 15:49:43 from SocialOomph


Sexy, probably worthy of Mac cultists.

Games of Thrones - Arya/Arry

Making Game of Thrones: Arya's New Look



A little too much info about shampoo, but it gets me ready for the second season.

Via GRRM

Not Just a Pretty Face

Tam has a way with words. Here is Tam quoting Tam in response to the video below:
"Central governments have managed to turn murder from a hobby pursued at home by individual craftsmen into a wholesale industry churning out slipshod and substandard corpses in numbers that can’t be read without sounding like Carl Sagan."


Video via Uncle


Search

Why Johnny Can't Search - I've wondered if Google has made us dumber. Clive Thompson discusses the our potential dependence on search and our inability to evaluate the results. Scary.
"Google makes broad-based knowledge more important, not less. A good education is the true key to effective search. But until our kids have that, let’s make sure they don’t always take PageRank at its word."
It won't help you evaluate the quality of the results, but here is an infograph to help improve your search.

Infograph via LifeHacker

Business Smarter than Government

Surprise! Why make a healthier meal when you can make more money?

Via Uncle

Tueller Drill

The instructor talked about the Tueller Drill in my carry permit class, but to see it in real life scenario is eye opening.



Via Uncle via BlueSheepDog

Camouflage is the new Black

Great. I barely started my EBR collection and now they are going out of style: Tactical and Camouflage.

So I guess I will start the long process of "de-tacticoollizing" my rifle. Even my radio is the wrong color.

Via Uncle


Best Toys - Ever!

Despite the wave of princesses and Hello Kitty stuff that is about to wipe out my home come December 25th, I believe this list of the Top 5 Toys of All Time is spot on. I've "owned" each one of them and still have them today. Although I don't play with them very often.