June 29, 2005
Pong
This looks just like the old arcade classic, pong, but it is a machine instead.
June 21, 2005
Real Alternative
Personally, I hate RealPlayer and I consider it spyware. If there is something that you really want to listen to that is in RealAudio or RealVideo format, you can watch it using Real Alternative.
MP3 Gain
Just a quick recommendation for MP3 Gain. It analyses and adjusts MP3 files so that they all have the same volume. If you listen to a lot of MP3's, this is a very handy tool that keeps you from adjusting your volume with each new song.
June 10, 2005
Chocolate Can Fire Starter
Fire from a Can of Coke and a Chocolate Bar
All you need to make fire is chocolate, a coke can, sunlight and some tinder. Normally the bottom of a coke can is pretty dull, but you can polish it to a nice shiny finish using chocolate. (Don't eat the chocolate after you have used it for polishing because it will pick up aluminum from the can which is toxic) You can also use lots of other things like toothpaste to polish the can, but chocolate makes this fun. To actually start a fire, you need to hold the tinder at the focal point from the reflecting sunlight. You get the best result by orienting the can at the sun.
June 01, 2005
Kids & the Gator
Floyd & Vanessa took Teigue and Molly to the Okefenokee swamp last week. Here is a picture of them watching an alligator.