Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Random Links for Jan 31, 2006

The Great Banana Revolution
   <http://www.slate.com/id/2067407/>
Should you peel bananas from the bottom up?


Toogle
   <http://c6.org/toogle/>
Takes the first match for a phrase in Google Images, and creates a text
version of that image.
Examples:
   <http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=ipod>
   <http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=u2>
   <http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=ferrari>
   <http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=george+w+bush>
   <http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=toogle>


NASA's Water Balloon Experiments
   <http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm>


Which sports car are you?
   <http://www.tomorrowland.us/sportscar/>
Apparently I'm a Porsche 911: "You have a classic style, but you're up-to-
date with the latest technology. You're ambitious, competitive, and you
love to win. Performance, precision, and prestige - you're one of the
elite, and you know it."


The A to Z of Programmer Predilictions
   <http://www.hacknot.info/hacknot/action/showEntry?eid=81>
This last one is about computer programmers, but there may be similar
personality types in other occupations.