Did you know that you can make Google talk?
Try clicking here.
I used a URL that looks like this:
I put the “+a” at the end because the voice quits very abruptly and cuts off the last part of the last word.
Google Talks! It Really Talks!
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Category Archives: Fun
Laughingstock Designs
An old friend of mine has a company called Laughingstock Designs that creates custom greeting cards. It’s a very cool idea. They also do other creative work.
Way to go Shane!
Windows & Viruses Born On The Same Day
Coincidence? I think NOT!
According to Wired, Bill Gates revealed Windows and Fred Cohen revealed the first computer virus on the same day in 1983, November 10th.
Kind of ironic given the Windows track record on viruses.
Very Cool Animation
Free Veterans Day Music
Where Are You?
At Get Lat Lon it’s easy to find out where you are. It uses Google Maps to give you a quick Lat/Lon location.
Yes, that really is my house.
Lions, Tiger & Bears On BBC Wildlife Finder
The BBC website has a great tool to find all the awesome footage of wildlife that they have. It’s called the Wildlife Finder.
Tonight Performance
Not Your Ordinary Jumping Rope
This is absolutely amazing! The Kings Firecrackers jump rope team performs for a Naval Academy Basketball half-time.
Happy Birthday Computer Bugs!
The first "documented" computer bug was a moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1947. Grace Hopper affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found."
via Wikipedia