Shoo-fly
A fun little Flash movie — Shoo-fly. “Little” only if you don’t know anything about Flash. If you know anything about Flash, you know how much work went into the thing.
TiVo’s General Counsel Matthew Zinn
Law.com has an interesting feature on TiVo’s General Counsel Matthew Zinn. According to Zinn, his greatest accomplishment is that TiVo has not yet “been sued out of existence.” I know the feeling.
More on the benefits of cognitive leisure
Wired.com has more on the value of cognitive leisure.
Capitalizing on the notion that some video games inadvertently make gamers smarter, Nintendo is planning the release of at least one game that does so intentionally. Keep an eye out for Brain Age, to be released in about a month.
What happens when an Asian student gets a B+
A home video from Erick Liang: Crazy Asian Mother. Funny stuff.
Business Tennessee article on the Tennessee blogging community.
An excellent article from Business Tennessee magazine on the Tennessee blogging community, with a nice bio of the Blogfather.
Watch your whole life Flash before your eyes
A Flash animation showing life is but a vapor.
The Checkerboard Illusion: a study in perception
Check out the checkerboard picture at Inn of the Last Home. It’s an amazing optical illusion that serves as a lesson in perception.
Hat tip to TennVolChamp.
Eugene’s virtual 40th birthday party.
An old friend of mine is having a surprise, virtual birthday party tomorrow. Well, it’s today, I guess. A cool idea, and props to his blog-savvy wife, Juli.
WARNING: CONTAINS SOME INSTANCES OF INCRIMINATING PHOTOS OF AUTHOR OF MILDLY POPULAR EAST TENNESSEE BLOG.
So, Happy 40th, Eugene!
Cheney’s Got a Gun
Hilarious. Cheney’s Got a Gun. And props to Spike O’Neil — whoever he is — for sounding just like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
Just in case I need to explain this to anyone — this is based on Aerosmith’s Janie’s Got a Gun from back in the 90’s.
Autistic basketball player causes mayhem at game
UPDATE: The permalink on this thing keeps breaking. It’s working right now, but if it breaks again, let me know.
This will be made into a movie.
Hat tip to Burnt Orange Nation.
Sallie Mae celebrating huge win in Congress on student loans
Sallie Mae is gloating over a little-known provision in the recently-passed Budget Deficit Reduction Act prohibiting holders of student loans from refinancing those loans.
It’s just not right that you can refinance your mortgage, but you can’t refinance your student loan.
