http://www.lonelysocks.co.uk/

There is nothing sadder than a lonely sock.

Last weekend visiting my brother in Calif, we got to ride a Segway briefly at the San Jose Tech Museum of innovation. The movies are 1.5 MB, and you'll need Quicktime 6.

http://www.netjeff.com/video/jeff-segway.mov

http://www.netjeff.com/video/joe-segway.mov

At first it felt a little unstable. By the end of the minute we each had, it was easier, but you still had to think a bit. I'll bet that after 15 minutes of usage, you wouldn't even have to think about it. Way easier than learning to ride a bicycle.

Sweet!

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03361

Here's an odd combination to see parked next to each other: a new Porsche Boxster and a classic mini.

This is a little off-topic from my usual technology-oriented items. Not sure who the author is, it seems to have been floating around the internet for several years at least…

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation,or when we retire.The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with… and remember that time waits for no one.So, stop waiting

until your car or home is paid off
until you get a new car or home
until your kids leave the house
until you go back to school
until you lose ten pounds
until you gain ten pounds
until you finish school
until you get a divorce
until you get married
until you have kids
until you retire
until summer
until spring
until winter
until fall
until you die…

There is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

This is very funny, mostly because of the writing style.

http://www.knology.net/~carlos/redneck.htm

Give Me a Sign!

(from This is True)

Richard Ankrom, 46, an artist in Los Angeles, Calif., planned his latest masterpiece, a combination paint and performance work, for two years: he altered a major road sign on the Harbor Freeway in downtown. He put up his work in broad daylight, but was unnoticed because he was dressed as a road worker. The audience: 150,000 motorists per day. The payoff: no one noticed, not even state transportation engineers. The plan was to announce the project a year later, but a friend tipped off the press after 9 months. The modification, done to exact Federal Highway Administration specifications, helps motorists navigate a complicated transition ahead. "The experts are saying that Mr. Ankrom did a fantastic job," said a Caltrans spokeswoman. "They thought it was an internal job." The agency plans to leave the modification in place, since it is in fact helpful to motorists. Ankrom says helping out motorists "was the whole point." (Los Angeles Times) …If You Want Something Done Right, Do it Yourself — Industrial Division.

A Put Up Job

Photo composite of Richard Ankrom modifying a Los Angeles freeway sign — in broad daylight. To help motorists navigate a complicated ti-freeway junction, Ankrom added the word "NORTH" and the Interstate 5 shield to the far left portion of the sign so people going that way knew what lane to get in. Yet no one "official" realized it wasn't a real change until one of Ankrom's friends spilled the beans. All six people shown in the photo are Ankrom at different times during the installation. (© Richard Ankrom, composited from photos by Jim Payne, reprinted with permission.)

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I liked the "Payback" one the best.

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but February 20, 2002 at 10:02 pm is an interesting palindrome. If you use European DD/MM/YYYY notation and 24 hour time format you get 20:02 20/02/2002. Throw out the punctuation and you have 200220022002. Ok, so maybe it's a stretch. :-)