Category Archives: Web Links

Map of the Japan earthquakes

Posted on March 17th, 2011 by Ryan

I knew about the aftershocks from an earthquake, but I didn’t realize there were so many. The first time I went to the following site there were 555 listed. About 5 minutes later when I went back to get the … Continue reading →

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Get a Mac to stop at dropdown menus

Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Ryan

After using nothing but PCs for the past 15 or so years, getting a MacBook has given me a little more of a learning curve that I was expecting.  Fortunately it’s been pretty intuitive and hasn’t been that bad.  But … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson was an inventor

Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Ryan

Who knew?  Michael Jackson had a patent in his name. It was a design that allowed his feet to go into the floor of the stage and stay locked in place for a dance move where he leaned out over … Continue reading →

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Bullet at 1,000,000 frames per second

Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Ryan

Sure, your fancy new digital camera does 10 frames per second. Sometimes that just isn’t fast enough. Be sure to head to Kurzzeit.com and watch the video.

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5 Photoshop brush sets to add to your collection

Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Ryan

Sure, there are a bunch of brush set for Photoshop out there.  The hard part is knowing what to get.  To help, here’s 5 sets that I came across that would fit in pretty much anyone’s collection. Hi resolution tree … Continue reading →

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Real life Twitter

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Ryan

Can’t say I’ve ever seen the point of Twitter. But it does make for a funny video. Watch Real Life Twitter on CollegeHumor

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DIY High Speed Photography

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Ryan

One of the first photo projects I can remember my dad and I working on was stopping the splash of milk dropping into a dish.  Nothing spectacular, but we did wind up with some pretty cool shots.  Shattering light bulbs … Continue reading →

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Need a repo man for a 747?

Posted on June 6th, 2009 by Ryan

If you need a repo man to take back a Pinto Nick Popovich is not the guy to call.  If you need a Lear Jet repossessed from an armed group of white supremacists give Nick a call.  Nick is a super repo man that … Continue reading →

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ProofBuddy 1.0 released

Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Ryan

One of my web projects met a milestone a few days ago with the 1.0 release. It took me over 2 years working part time, but 1.0 finally contains the full feature set that I wanted when I started writing … Continue reading →

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Add a false window to your wall

Posted on December 10th, 2007 by Ryan

If you’ve got an empty wall begging for a window but don’t want to break out the saw to put one in, or just can’t, you might want to look at one of these. It’s a set of blinds with … Continue reading →

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