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April 10, 2002
Our interesting Kid's site this week is the
CIA's homepage for Kids
(http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/index.html).
No, really. I looked. Your government has put together a page to tell the little
ones all about the world of intelligence. I'm writing this with a straight face.
They have a 'Who we are' page, a history page, a list of books, the canine
corp., aerial photography pigeons (no, I mean it, he's a cute and fuzzy cartoon
pigeon in a flight suit named 'Harry Recon' with a sister named 'Aerial'), a
'Try the Disguise' page, word puzzles and a CIA museum. Ok.
Know someone with BO? By all means, don't treat them as second class citizens,
they are just people too. Send them to Project
KillBO (http://www.killbo.com/). Kill
Body Odor 'is a private non- professional initiative to explore alternative
methods of body odor care.' Ok.
For those with a strong will, and stomach, there's
Watching You (http://www.watchingyou.com/),
where the author has definitely collected, and commented on, some odd situations
in his environment which includes 'the many faces of Bryant Gumbel', 'my own
personal alien abduction', and 'strange foreign objects in dog, well, number 2'.
The later appears to have inspired a book by the same title. I love the things
that you do do do.
Do you ever get tired of those ridiculous warning labels you find on your
everyday consumer products? Well so did the authors of this next site called
Dumb Warnings (http://www.dumbwarnings.com)
'where you may see the consequences of numerous pointless lawsuits. This site is
dedicated to helping companies fight this menace which is plaguing society
today.' I had some fun looking at their collection of silly warnings, my
favorites included the following: Tesco Fruit Juice Carton on bottom side: "Keep
Upright;" Various Computers: Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue;
Komatsu Floodlight: This floodlight is capable of illuminating large areas, even
in the dark; Unknown Christmas Lights: Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only;
and one we could probably use around here, a sign on Highway 26, Idaho Falls,
Idaho: Warning to tourists: don't laugh at the natives. You can also have a
little fun with the various products you buy by adding some fake warning
stickers from Dummy Stickers (http://www.dummystickers.com/).
Have you ever wondered how things around you work? Have I got the site for you.
You've got to check out "How Stuff Works"
(http://www.howstuffworks.com).
They've got everything concerning computers, money, your home, audio/video
equipment, health, well, you name it. As a friend, who recommended it, said,
he'd never NOT found something on it. I know I've bookmarked it and look forward
to learning a lot about the things in my world I've always taken for granted.
There's an interesting (I use that word a lot, don't I) report concerning "The
New World Odor" that I won't waste your time commenting on, but I enjoyed
reading it. Check it out at
http://www.rru.com/webodor/
Today's Warning: The Badtimes virus...
If you receive an e-mail with a subject of "Badtimes," delete it immediately
WITHOUT reading it. This is the most dangerous Email virus yet. It will re-write
your hard drive. Not only that, but it will scramble any disks that are even
close to your computer. It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting
so all your ice cream goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your
credit cards, mess up the tracking on your VCR and use subspace field harmonics
to scratch any CD's you try to play. It will give your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend
your new phone number. It will mix Kool-aid into your fish tank. It will drink
all your Pepsi and leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company
coming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit
pants and hide your car keys when you are late for work. Badtimes will make you
fall in love with a penguin. It will give you nightmares about circus midgets.
It will pour sugar in your gas tank and shave off both your eyebrows while
dating your current boyfriend/girlfriend behind your back and billing the dinner
and hotel room to your Visa card. It will seduce your grandmother. It does not
matter if she is dead, such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the
grave to sully those things we hold most dear. It moves your car randomly around
parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave
libidinous messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and
subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather
interesting shade of mauve. Badtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will
leave the toilet seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine in your
bathtub and then leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase
grade-schoolers with your new snow blower. These are just a few signs... be very
careful! THIS IS A JOKE for those of you who will wonder.
Our interesting Kid's site this week is the
CIA's homepage for Kids
(http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/index.html).
No, really. I looked. Your government has put together a page to tell the little
ones all about the world of intelligence. I'm writing this with a straight face.
They have a 'Who we are' page, a history page, a list of books, the canine
corp., aerial photography pigeons (no, I mean it, he's a cute and fuzzy cartoon
pigeon in a flight suit named 'Harry Recon' with a sister named 'Aerial'), a
'Try the Disguise' page, word puzzles and a CIA museum. Ok.
Know someone with BO? By all means, don't treat them as second class citizens,
they are just people too. Send them to Project
KillBO (http://www.killbo.com/). Kill
Body Odor 'is a private non- professional initiative to explore alternative
methods of body odor care.' Ok.
For those with a strong will, and stomach, there's
Watching You (http://www.watchingyou.com/),
where the author has definitely collected, and commented on, some odd situations
in his environment which includes 'the many faces of Bryant Gumbel', 'my own
personal alien abduction', and 'strange foreign objects in dog, well, number 2'.
The later appears to have inspired a book by the same title. I love the things
that you do do do.
Do you ever get tired of those ridiculous warning labels you find on your
everyday consumer products? Well so did the authors of this next site called
Dumb Warnings (http://www.dumbwarnings.com)
'where you may see the consequences of numerous pointless lawsuits. This site is
dedicated to helping companies fight this menace which is plaguing society
today.' I had some fun looking at their collection of silly warnings, my
favorites included the following: Tesco Fruit Juice Carton on bottom side: "Keep
Upright;" Various Computers: Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue;
Komatsu Floodlight: This floodlight is capable of illuminating large areas, even
in the dark; Unknown Christmas Lights: Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only;
and one we could probably use around here, a sign on Highway 26, Idaho Falls,
Idaho: Warning to tourists: don't laugh at the natives. You can also have a
little fun with the various products you buy by adding some fake warning
stickers from Dummy Stickers (http://www.dummystickers.com/).
Have you ever wondered how things around you work? Have I got the site for you.
You've got to check out "How Stuff Works"
(http://www.howstuffworks.com).
They've got everything concerning computers, money, your home, audio/video
equipment, health, well, you name it. As a friend, who recommended it, said,
he'd never NOT found something on it. I know I've bookmarked it and look forward
to learning a lot about the things in my world I've always taken for granted.
There's an interesting (I use that word a lot, don't I) report concerning "The
New World Odor" that I won't waste your time commenting on, but I enjoyed
reading it. Check it out at
http://www.rru.com/webodor/
Today's Warning: The Badtimes virus...
If you receive an e-mail with a subject of "Badtimes," delete it immediately
WITHOUT reading it. This is the most dangerous Email virus yet. It will re-write
your hard drive. Not only that, but it will scramble any disks that are even
close to your computer. It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting
so all your ice cream goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your
credit cards, mess up the tracking on your VCR and use subspace field harmonics
to scratch any CD's you try to play. It will give your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend
your new phone number. It will mix Kool-aid into your fish tank. It will drink
all your Pepsi and leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company
coming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit
pants and hide your car keys when you are late for work. Badtimes will make you
fall in love with a penguin. It will give you nightmares about circus midgets.
It will pour sugar in your gas tank and shave off both your eyebrows while
dating your current boyfriend/girlfriend behind your back and billing the dinner
and hotel room to your Visa card. It will seduce your grandmother. It does not
matter if she is dead, such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the
grave to sully those things we hold most dear. It moves your car randomly around
parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave
libidinous messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and
subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather
interesting shade of mauve. Badtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will
leave the toilet seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine in your
bathtub and then leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase
grade-schoolers with your new snow blower. These are just a few signs... be very
careful! THIS IS A JOKE for those of you who will wonder.
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