Stuff I Found

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333051152009-03-12T00:51:29.820-04:00Stuff I FoundWow, just look at all this stuff I found!Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.comBlogger456125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-35544220448190970322009-03-09T04:29:00.004-04:002009-03-12T00:51:29.844-04:00Muziic allows YouTube song streaming

According to this article:A 15-year-old has created a free-music service by harnessing YouTube's vast library of music videos.Muziic, created by teen developer David Nelson, has built an iTunes-like interface on top of YouTube. The service enables users to stream YouTube's music to their PCs without fiddling with videos. Users can build playlists and organize songs in a way similar to

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-62489353329347584712009-03-05T10:48:00.001-05:002009-03-05T10:50:42.546-05:00Driver pulled over for laughing

Somebody twittered this...When Mr Saunders got out of his car, the policeman told him: "Laughing while driving a car can be an offence."The officer spent half an hour questioning his suspect before reluctantly allowing him to carry on his way.So don't be too happy, drivers!

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-16727188154236157042009-01-30T13:55:00.001-05:002009-01-30T13:56:44.231-05:00Stop motion on a bed

Really cool idea and execution of a stop motion animation...

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-36852050692716016582009-01-20T22:15:00.004-05:002009-01-20T22:59:43.190-05:00The Historicalness of the Inauguration

This is something I found in my thoughts... it's been bugging me throughout the day...I have a heard so much about how historic this day is, how meaningful and special it is to so many people. I'm finding myself a bit confused. Why is it special? What makes it more historical than any other presidential inauguration? I guess the answer is obvious, it has to do with skin color and the history

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-79093019390760943872009-01-17T11:26:00.002-05:002009-01-17T11:29:34.173-05:00Why people think alike

This article seems to explain why a lot of people disagree with me even though I'm usually always right...You're in a room with 10 other people who seem to agree on something, but you hold the opposite view. Do you say something? Or do you just go along with the others?Decades of research show people tend to go along with the majority view, even if that view is objectively incorrect. Now,

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-75716251959314562362009-01-15T22:49:00.001-05:002009-01-15T22:50:22.405-05:00Star Wars Retold

Somebody twittered this, and it is indeed quite funny.The Star Wars trilogy summarized by someone who's never seen it...Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-57162393020885410642009-01-14T17:34:00.002-05:002009-01-14T18:02:38.607-05:00Strange marketing for Ghostbusters 3

According to imdb.com, Ghostbusters 3 is set to come out 2010, though no director or actors are listed (and if they don't have the original cast members, it's probably not going to be that good no matter what they do). But the point is, it's announced, so they're either shooting it right now and being secretive, or they're not.Anyway, last week this blogged went up: Ghostspy. The blogger claims

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-83945942039453970052008-12-28T13:06:00.002-05:002008-12-28T13:11:01.443-05:00Physics Invaders

An interesting twist on the classic game... unfortunately it seems all the levels are identical. I got bored and stopped playing after level six. Still, it's a big novel, eh?

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-14802810600016361532008-12-22T17:54:00.003-05:002008-12-22T17:56:54.804-05:00Natural whale explosion

The title above links to a video about an exploding whale... not that one that was purposefully blown up to get it off the beach, but one that exploded unexpectedly due to natural causes.Warning: Video shows whale guts and splattered blood. Lots of it. A whale exploded. Ew.

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-66079793256259440672008-12-22T17:50:00.002-05:002008-12-22T17:53:28.409-05:00Sugar not cause of hyperness

According to this article:our skewed perception of hyper behavior post-sugar might be mostly in our heads....if you slip kids some sugar without them knowing it, it doesn’t have a hyperactivity effect in most children, even ones with ADHD.One study shows that parents can fall prey to the placebo effect, seeing their kids as more hyperactive when under the false impression that the kids have eaten

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-8641776695392197962008-12-19T18:56:00.002-05:002008-12-19T19:07:27.441-05:00Old people watch more TV

According to this article:Young Americans just aren't watching TV like they used to.Put another way, the older you get, the more you watch, according to a report due out Thursday from Deloitte indicating that "millennials," the generation of ages 14-25, watch just 10.5 hours of TV a week.That compares with 15.1 hours for those belonging to Generation X (ages 26-42), 19.2 hours for baby boomers (

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-20188413987131026672008-12-17T00:22:00.004-05:002008-12-17T00:46:24.308-05:00Torture needed in video games?

According to this commentary by Clive Thompson, video games could use some more opportunities for players to torture other characters. Why? To learn about the consequences of course! I disagree. Thompson says:[Video games are] also extremely good at illustrating consequences: If you do X, then Z and L will happen; if you do Y instead, then C and Q result.I disagree with the premise that games

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-12604620639829774432008-12-16T00:05:00.002-05:002008-12-16T00:06:24.805-05:00Bush dodges shoes

He sure is good!

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-73722266508495378332008-12-12T20:27:00.002-05:002008-12-12T20:37:46.186-05:00Recording our dreams?

In the future, will we be able to record what we see? Will we be able to see our visual thoughts? Will we be able to record our dreams at night, and watch them again when we're awake? Sounds too good to be true, in my opinion, but according to this article:A Japanese research team has successfully processed and displayed images directly from the human brain, they said in a study to be

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-13236438131610762482008-12-11T10:53:00.002-05:002008-12-11T10:56:56.197-05:00Cool library designs

My closest public (which I'm working at right now... and blogging at the same time... shhhh, don't tell anyone) is being renovated and added to. The new half of the library is almost finished. Woohoo! But these cool library designs sure make this library look pathetic...Really kind of makes me wish I was an architect with a big budget...

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-24841855665060612522008-12-11T10:47:00.001-05:002008-12-11T10:49:49.927-05:00When your mind disowns a limb

Here's an interesting Scientific American article (I really miss getting that magazine... someone buy me a subscription please):... what if you could be fooled into thinking that one of your hands belonged to someone else? Scientists at the University of Oxford recently incited this false perception through an illusion—and they found that when people felt dissociated from a limb, their brain

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-34062585233398025552008-12-11T09:56:00.001-05:002008-12-11T09:57:24.632-05:00Stupid dog

And I thought our dog was stupid...I love to see this dog go through a maze made of soda cans.

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-3739906433044311342008-12-11T09:53:00.001-05:002008-12-11T09:54:20.921-05:00Musical toy piano shirt

Yeah, I think I'll have to pass on this stupid looking thing...Then again, I think I'd love it! I could come up with a really cool dance!!

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-62727240434121789072008-12-10T04:02:00.001-05:002008-12-10T04:04:32.176-05:00Drink drive tester drove drunk

According to the article:A US woman has been charged with drink-driving after she drove to a jail to test a suspected drink driver.I guess after years of testing drunkards she felt she was missing out?

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-17848500408513335092008-12-08T22:49:00.003-05:002008-12-08T23:08:44.870-05:00Beedle the Bard a movie?

According to this wee article:WB is looking for ways to squeeze more out of Potter. According to one of our regular, reliable sources, they’re hoping to do it by digging deep into other J.K. Rowling work; specifically “The Tales of Beedle The Bard”. ...None of these [five] stories [within the book] seems to have any connection to the other, which ought to make it difficult for Warners to fit them

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-18324633422920280302008-12-08T00:03:00.002-05:002008-12-08T00:44:02.165-05:00Why I procrastinate

It's actually very simple... you see...The psychologist, from the University of Calgary, has subsequently formed an equation for why people procrastinate, which began by studying 250 college students.The equation is U=EV/ID.The 'U' stands for utility, or the desire to complete a given task. It is equal to the product of E, the expectation of success, and V the value of completion, divided by the

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-12830946525229973432008-12-06T02:36:00.002-05:002008-12-06T02:40:49.509-05:00Dark matter is 'just right' for life

According to this article:A new model by a scientist has determined that the amount of dark matter in our Universe is 'just right' for life to emerge.Gee, how long did it take scientists to figure this out? Duh! If the amount of dark matter were wrong, we wouldn't be here. Might as well say "Scientists determine we do exist" or "Scientists determine we will live until we die."But, seriously,

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-86857296012005861672008-12-06T01:20:00.001-05:002008-12-06T01:21:13.700-05:00What do you think?

About anything? I'm trying to get my blog to be more popular by requesting participation, so... just... what do you think?

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-89868386795800733572008-12-05T02:26:00.002-05:002008-12-05T02:30:04.971-05:0010 top reasons I hate lists

Geez, why are lists so popular? Who keeps reading these things? I'm sick of looking through my Google Reader and seeing "Top 10 This" and "Best 10 That" ... and most lists are way too subjective anyway. I've never come across a list I agreed with. Stop blogging lists, people. You're annoying me.

Sean Hannifinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754499128178916466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33305115.post-13735331878736529702008-11-26T05:05:00.003-05:002008-11-26T05:14:28.368-05:00My Truman syndrome

The "planners" of the show I'm the star of thought it would be really funny if they threw this article onto my show!The Truman Show delusion, or Truman Syndrome, has drawn attention in recent months, in the United States and Britain, as psychiatrists in both countries describe a small but growing number of psychotic patients who describe their lives as mirroring that of the main character in the

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