Dominos Pizza Tracking With Python Script
What can’t you do with Python?
Vanity Searching the Web-o-Sphere
When was the last time you did a Google Search for yourself? We’ve all done it before out of curiosity. Nowadays, though, your online identity is taken with higher regard. Potential employers will do a cursory search for you to see if you’re “that guy” that set himself on fire when trying to drink a flaming shot.
Addict-o-matic is a search engine that scours the most popular social networking sites and presents the search results in an easy-to-read format.
SF Attacked by Giant Lego Ball
Any of you SF folk catch a giant lego ball rolling down Potrero Hill near 19th street?
Confessions of a Car Salesman
Edmunds.com has a great 9-part series, Confessions of a Car Salesman, about a journalist who went undercover “by working at two new car dealerships in the Los Angeles area.” It’s a long read, but it gives an interesting and accurate insight into what goes on in a car dealership.
I received this link from Angelo. He had a temporary stint as a (very successful) car salesman. He vouches for the authenticity of the content of this series.
Great find, Angelo!
Lightning and Magma
Believe it or not, the above photo is from an actual volcanic eruption that took place near the coast of Chile a few days ago.
From io9:
The results, which you see here, are called a “dirty thunderstorm,” and are quite rare. Nobody is certain what causes them, but according to National Geographic it’s believed to be “the result of rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collid[ing] to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.
Organizing RSS Feed Subscriptions
It’s easy to get bogged down with information overload, especially with infinite possibilities of the internet. RSS feeds help bring that information to you. Maintaining 10 subscriptions is fine, but how does one maintain 50 or more subscriptions?
How do you organize your RSS subscriptions?
Anderson & Roe Piano Duet play “Blue Danube Fantasy”
This is all kinds of awesome. Beautiful arrangement and performance of The Blue Danube. Great camera work as well.
Nice find, Joe!
Life Changing Books
Boingboing has a great post about big-name scientists and books that have changed their lives. My personal list of life-changing books includes:
- Ishmael and My Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
- His Dark Materials (Trilogy), by Phillip Pullman
- Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
What are yours?
How Secure is Your Mac?
I’ve discovered that a Mac straight out of the box is pretty open to attack (e.g. the firewall is turned off by default, etc.). It turns out you can set a firmware password to prevent a malicious user from booting up with their own external hard drive or optical disc.
Here are the instructions.
Family Trees
I’ve been wanting to map out my family tree for the longest time. After finding It’s Our Tree (still in beta), I now have no excuse to get started on this project.
It’s free, it has a slick interface, and it’s viral in its growth. As you add family members, you can invite them to access the tree and add to it. How awesome is that?
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