69 posts tagged “vox hunt”

This is National Headache Awareness Week. Show us what gives you a headache

National Headache Awareness Week

Stupid awareness weeks give me headaches. Everyone knows about headaches!!! Why do we need a week for them? WHY?!?!

Show us the loveliest flower in your garden.
Submitted by Allio's blog.

It's not in my garden (actually in the sculpture garden in Washington DC) and I've already posted it but I'm doing it again because I really, really like the picture. So deal with it!

Purple Bearded Iris

Show us the URLs in your browser’s pull-down address bar.
Submitted by Jack Yan.

Here's what my browser looks like here. My laptop's browser isn't very interesting right now since I just reinstalled OS X last weekend.

Urls

Show us the comic strip you read most often.

I have three comic strips that I like to read most often. Well, 2 that I read often and the other one whenever they update. First off, the one that never updates...Wally and Osborne, a comic about a penguin and a polar bear in antarctica.

Wally And Osborne

For obvious reasons.

Next up is xkcd.com, which is a comic of stick figures written for geeky type people. Observe:

XKCD - 90's Flowchart

1 comment

And the last one, is PvP. I really like Scott Kurtz's sense of humor and art style. I try to check in every day.

PvP - City Of Heroes

Show us something bizarre.

Symmetrical Crossword!

Funny this should come up now because I've been waiting to use this picture somewhere...

I was working on a crossword puzzle the other day when I realized that the answers I had filled out were symmetrical without even trying to make it like that. Struck me as kinda neat. And since I'm a strange kinda person, I decided to take a picture of the occasion.

Show us a key.

Nissan Rogue Key

Here's the key to my 2008 Nissan Rogue. It's an intellikey, so I don't need to actually physically touch it in order to use it. There's a button on the door that unlocks the car if the key is within 3 feet of it when it's pushed. It also won't start unless there's a key inside the vehicle but once there is one, it starts by just turning a knob thingy.

Also a major plus is the fact that it detects when the key is in the car with the doors locked and the engine off without any people in there and it immediately unlocks the doors and throws a beeping hissy fit. It's physically impossible to lock my keys in my car now.

I love this thing. It sounds so small, but it's one of the things that makes me really love my Rogue.

Show us a great April Fools' Day joke.

ThinkGeek :: Defendius Labyrinth Security Lock

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tit...

Whether you know it or not, geeks have an intimate association with the word "labrys." It's Greek for "double-headed axe" (a thing in and of itself well loved and lauded by geek-kind) and gave rise to the term "labyrinth." We are all guilty of wandering through many labyrinths - some in the guise of dungeons (with and without dragons), some surrounded by scrolling green "computer symbols," and some through the awkward social interactions of everyday life (especially those with members of the opposite sex). And speaking of the opposite sex, pretend for a moment that you actually get one to come over to your "labyrinth of love" - how do you stop them from leaving? Piece of cake with the Defendius Labyrinth Security Lock.

Yes, I know I did say that I hate april fools day...But I've been playing an awful lot of console RPGs recently (Tales of Symphonia specifically) where I had to do absolutely ridiculous things in order to unlock doors. For example, draining moats, pushing blocks around to form paths, shooting balls of electricity at moving targets, etc.

So excuse me if I identify with one of thinkgeek.com's april fools day products...

Show us a sign.

Dubious Spelling

I saw this sign on a gas pump at a local convienence store. I don't think there's much else I can say...

It's Self-Portrait Thursday

I have only one self portrait I like to use for these types of questions, and I know I've used it before. But I think it's time for the return!

Self Portrait

Share your favorite holiday song.

My favorite song of the season probably has to be First Snow by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It's not really "holiday" exactly, but it's got a winter theme to it. And it's got a killer light show