Category: web randomness

Man Builds Secret Apartment in Mall, Lives there for 4 Years

“An artist in Providence, Rhode Island was apprehended the other day by mall security as he left the secret apartment he’d built almost four years ago”

url:  http://consumerist.com/consumer/childhood-fantasies/man-builds-secret-apartment-at-mall-gets-away-with-it-for-four-years-306415.php

The Best of Orange County

Great article has the best of pretty much anything, you’ll have to take a look to see what I mean:

http://www.ocweekly.com/features/best-of-oc/magnificent-07/27766/

Dr. Evil’s next hideout?

This Titan missile silo for is for sale on ebay.  Listed as being located somewhere in Washington.  I love this stuff, awesome!

url:  http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/titan-missile-silo-f.html 

Crime rate in Irvine a nationwide low

Awesome, no wonder it is so dang expensive to live here!

url:  http://www.ocregister.com/news/crime-city-report-1852359-fbi-violent 

Exercise Doesn’t (Necessarily) Make You Lose Weight

Good little article from Consumerist, but not encouraging since I do visit the gym reguarly.

url:  http://consumerist.com/consumer/obesity-epidemic/exercise-doesnt-necessarily-make-you-lose-weight-303880.php

Poison Lunch Boxes

More Chinese lead poisoned products…

url:  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lunchboxes21sep21,1,3454041.story

Pasta Strike in Italy

Due to the increase in wheat cost, pasta has increased in cost by 20% in some cases.  As a result, today is designated as the day not to purchase pasta in Italy.  The demand for wheat has increased, due to the recent emergence of bio-fuels.  Ciao.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/striking-news-recipe-pasta-strike-in-italy/?hp 

Cool Mouse

Check out this mouse! The World’s Smallest USB Receiver.  Very nice and expensive for a mouse!

url:  http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/3271&cl=us,en

“Interweb” neighbors

When you buy a domain name, like wattsfamily.com, you are put a single server (fancy word for big computer) with a lot of other people.  This is a lot less expensive then asking for your own server just to host your web domain.  So a friend and fellow podcaster Russell showed me this website that list the other people on the same server as you, very cool!  I have 217 neighbors!  Here is the link:

http://www.myipneighbors.com/