Archive for the ‘Fun Stuff’ Category

Very neat video editing

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

This is a really cool Video I found on Vimeo.  Awesome videography and editing.

5 Websites Proving Google has a Sense of Humor

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Below are 5 examples showing how Google can make fun of themselves.  Most of these were likely derived from an April Fools joke.

Enjoy…

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

Thirsty?  Give Google Gulp a try.  That’s right, Google has it’s own drink now. Or do they?

Google Gulp

http://www.google.com/mentalplex/

Search without typing.  Simply think about what you want to find and Google will do the rest.  The future is now.

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

Ever wondered what PR really stands for?  Truth be told, it actually has NOTHING to do with Larry Page!  Pigeon Rank is the new standard.

http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

So you want to work for Google, huh?  How about living on the moon?  You can have the best of both worlds if you apply here.

http://www.google.com/romance/

E-harmony not working for you?  Well the guys at Google have finally figured everything out.  Test your romance luck with Google Romance.

Amazing Video of the 2nd Largest Aquarium in the World

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Mount Hood Skiway – 1956 News Reel

Monday, June 7th, 2010

This is a newsreel I found on Mount Hood. It is from 1956 and features the Mount Hood Skiway which at the time was the worlds longest tram. It was built from old city buses and used a cable system that was developed by timber loggers in Oregon that ran from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge. The Tram opened on February 3rd, 1951 but only lasted a few seasons as it turned into a financial disaster. In 1961 the cable system and tramway was permanently removed from the slopes of Mount Hood. Enjoy!

For more history on Mount Hood check out http://pdxhistory.com/html/mt_hood.html

Grooveshark- Have you tried it yet?

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

As a web designer I obviously spend alot of time on the computer and enjoy listening to music while I work.  After awhile the same songs get old and I find myself looking for new music to listen to.  At first, I would just download different albums by various artists and listen to those.   After awhile that got old too.  Next came Pandora, a revolutionary website that streams music on radio stations you can customize yourself.  But like so many other internet based music companies they struggled to make money and put a limit on your listening time to 40 hours a month unless you want to pay up.   So that sent me looking for other options, once again.

Enter Grooveshark.  Grooveshark is a website that uses a “cloud network” to stream music off of other users’ computers.  It gives you access to thousands of songs for free and best of all, it does not cost anything.  Unlike Pandora  you can save a playlist with the songs you want and play them on demand.  At a friends house and have nothing to listen to?  Login to your Groovshark account to access your playlists.  It doesn’t matter where you are, as long as you have an internet connection you can access thousands of songs on demand.  You can even embed your playlist in an html file as seen here.

Try it out:  http://www.grooveshark.com