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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/15\/chicken-fight-farm\/","trash":"","name":"chicken-fight-farm","parent":"","title":"Chicken Fight Farm","date":"2011-11-15 11:48:40","filepath":"posts\/2000756_chicken-fight-farm.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kV_k6N54IrU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What?<\/p>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/13\/spotlight-icarus-trash80\/","trash":"","name":"spotlight-icarus-trash80","parent":"","title":"Spotlight: Icarus - Trash80","date":"2011-11-13 11:48:49","filepath":"posts\/2000790_spotlight-icarus-trash80.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Chiptune artist <a href=\"http:\/\/trash80.net\/\">Trash80<\/a> created some impressive songs. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/trash80.com\/#\/content\/71\/Icarus-EP\">Icarus EP<\/a> is definitely worth a listen.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPq_Eo_lLhs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<em>visit Trash80's <a href=\"http:\/\/trash80.com\">official website<\/a>.<\/em>\n\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/trash80.com\/#\/content\/71\/Icarus-EP\">download Icarus EP<\/a> for free.<\/em>\n\n \n\n<em>Curious about chiptunes? \u00a0Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitpeoples.com\/\">8BitPeoples<\/a>.<\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/12\/singapore-shufflin\/","trash":"","name":"singapore-shufflin","parent":"","title":"Singapore Shufflin","date":"2011-11-12 11:37:19","filepath":"posts\/2000772_singapore-shufflin.xml.json","type":"post","content":"I mentioned in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/2011\/07\/29\/shufflin-shoppin\/\">earlier post<\/a> how I saw a group of guys shufflin' in Singapore during holiday and only later discovered what they were doing after seeing a Shoppin Shufflin and LMFAO video.\n\nFinally someone uploaded a new video about <strong>Singapore Shufflin'<\/strong>. \u00a0Perfect!\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25120558?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/25120558\">singapore shufflin'<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user7210202\">orangefoamfinger<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\nI truly regret not having a video camera at the time. \u00a0The guys were jamming so hard one kid vomited. \u00a0It was beautiful."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/11\/the-brooding-soldier\/","trash":"","name":"the-brooding-soldier","parent":"","title":"The Brooding Soldier","date":"2011-11-11 09:30:34","filepath":"posts\/2000770_the-brooding-soldier.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Julien_Memorial\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"The brooding soldier\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ab\/Saint_Julien_Memorial_2007.JPG\/250px-Saint_Julien_Memorial_2007.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>This monument is called \"The Brooding Soldier\" and is one of my favorite designs. The lines and size of the pillar\/obelisk is imposing for the viewer and the soldier emerging from the stone is just as... indefatigable.\n\nEven though the memorial is for Canadian soldiers, it's still worth mentioning on Veteran's Day since we should thank our allies that died along side our soldiers.\n\nAlso, the story behind the memorial is just as interesting... the Canadians stood strong during the first gas attack by the Germans and filled the line where the French soldiers broke ranks.\n\n<em>from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Julien_Memorial\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/10\/twinkie-diet\/","trash":"","name":"twinkie-diet","parent":"","title":"Want to lose weight? Eat a twinkie","date":"2011-11-10 17:45:54","filepath":"posts\/2000765_twinkie-diet.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"twinkie\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Hostess-Twinkies.jpg\/220px-Hostess-Twinkies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"98\" \/>Eating twinkies isn't a real diet, but a professor, Mark Haub, at Kansas State University put the concept of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/11\/08\/twinkie.diet.professor\/\">limiting calories to the test<\/a>.\n\nHe ate 1 twinkie or hostess cake every 3 hours for 10 weeks keeping his food intake to 1800 calories. \u00a0With this program he was able to shed 27 pounds and get a body mass index of 24.9 all from eating sugary foods. \u00a0Well, he also added a few\u00a0vegetables, a\u00a0protein\u00a0shake, and a multi-vitamin to keep his body at the proper nutrition.\n\nCounting calories is an effective diet and all that really matters when you want to lose weight. \u00a0So, eat what you want but keep the portitions small so you are burning more than you are putting in.\n\n<em>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/11\/08\/twinkie.diet.professor\/\">full article at CNN.com<\/a><\/em>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"four hour body\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourbody.com\/images\/book-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>From personal experience, I tried the\u00a0<em>Slow Carb<\/em> diet described by Timothy Ferriss in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\">Four Hour Body<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> simply because I wanted to see if it worked. \u00a0I wasn't overweight. \u00a0I just wanted to test my willpower and\u00a0exercise\u00a0control over my body.\n\nFor 3 weeks I ate anything I wanted as long as it wasn't full of carbohydrates. \u00a0This meant no bread, rice, tortillas, or pasta. \u00a0This was difficult because I am a whole wheat fanatic and crave bread all day, which becomes a problem when you travel to places in Asia, like say Japan.\n\nIn addition, fruits are off limits since the sugar content it too high and messes with your metabolism. \u00a0This means no orange juice in the morning and no afternoon apple. \u00a0It's difficult, but you can do it.\n\nThe last part of the diet is you can eat whatever you want on the last day of the week. \u00a0You can\u00a0gorge\u00a0on twinkies, candy bars, beer, hamburgers, anything. \u00a0This step is important because it keeps your hormones at the proper level for weight loss. \u00a0You don't want your body to jump into starvation mode and begin absorbing food more effectively.\n\nOf course, this day of gluttony is the best and most fun part of the diet. \u00a0By the end of the week, you'll learn what foods (and smells) you really like and how to listen to what your body craves.\n\nIn 3 weeks I lost 10 pounds, which was satisfactory, especially since I did not exercise and was able to eat as much as I wanted as long as it was within the guidelines.\n\nDon't take my description of the guidelines since I don't have the book right in front of me. \u00a0Take a look at the book yourself.\n\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\">Four Hour Body, by Timothy Ferriss<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/em>\n\n "}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/07\/kitty-city\/","trash":"","name":"kitty-city","parent":"","title":"Kitty City","date":"2011-11-07 11:45:16","filepath":"posts\/2000754_kitty-city.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jX3iLfcMDCw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nWhat?\n\n<em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/cyriak\">cyriak<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/07\/amazon-fixing-something-before-it-breaks\/","trash":"","name":"amazon-fixing-something-before-it-breaks","parent":"","title":"Amazon: Fixing something before it breaks","date":"2011-11-07 10:21:03","filepath":"posts\/2000758_amazon-fixing-something-before-it-breaks.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Got an email from Amazon this morning. \u00a0This is how it should be done:\n\n\"It looks like you might not be interested in receiving daily deal emails from AmazonLocal, so we will stop sending them to you.\"\n\nMy respect for Amazon just popped up a notch. \u00a0It makes you think there are real people that work there that respect their customers and their company image.\n\n#NotAnAd"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/06\/damn-i-love-humans\/","trash":"","name":"damn-i-love-humans","parent":"","title":"Damn, I love humans","date":"2011-11-06 11:49:41","filepath":"posts\/2000751_damn-i-love-humans.xml.json","type":"post","content":"What pattern matchers we are. \u00a0Here is a story of a man that systematically experimented to say without out doubt a tree causes headaches; the bay laurel.\n<blockquote>\"Pierangelo Geppetti, who led the study, heard from a friend about a man who was trimming trees on his property and suddenly experienced a cold sensation in his left nostril and then excruciating pain around his left eye. In his youth, the man had regularly gotten cluster headaches, which are one-sided, intense bouts of exceptional pain that often recur in people who suffer from them.\n\nUnlike a full-bore cluster headache, the man\u2019s symptoms quickly faded, and he forgot about the episode. But a few months later when he was again working with bay laurel, the headache struck again.\u00a0 This prompted him to experiment, intentionally sniffing the crushed leaves of the tree. The intense pain resumed and not long after, Geppetti heard the headache story from their mutual friend.\u00a0 Intrigued, he began investigating the chemical compounds that might be responsible.\"<\/blockquote>\nIt is interesting how certains smells or inhalents cause headaches. \u00a0The next time you experience a headache, think back to previous headaches. \u00a0What was common? \u00a0Perhaps you had some soup and munched on a bay leaf... or snorted some\u00a0formaldehyde.\n\n<em>read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/335845\/title\/Headache_tree_is_a_pain_in_the_brain\">the article<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/04\/roku-points\/","trash":"","name":"roku-points","parent":"","title":"Some things about the Roku","date":"2011-11-04 13:23:31","filepath":"posts\/2000747_roku-points.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Roku2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roku.com\/Libraries\/partners\/xs.sflb.ashx\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"100\" \/>Here are four items that are worth noting about my Roku experience:\n\n1. If the space around the Roku is covered (like on a small shelf or TV stand), the wifi connection degrades and the Roku wireless connection is lost and takes a long time to reconnect. \u00a0It is necessary to move the Roku into the open and reconnect to the wifi hotspot.\n\n2. When interacting with the device via the remote, there are audible CLICKS on the TV output. \u00a0It is very loud and jolting when using the navigation buttons or other buttons. \u00a0There appears to be a voltage spike running into the HDMI output corrupting the audio signal. \u00a0Very annoying! \u00a0I almost sent the device back with the 30 day guarantee because of this. \u00a0The little box looks pretty, but it behaves like a POS.\n\n3. Before buying Roku I was using my Wii to watch Netflix streaming. \u00a0I was a Netflix customer for years and enjoyed the DVD's via mail program. \u00a0However, their recent behavior forsook my loyalty and I ditched them. \u00a0Good news for Roku since they directly made a sale because of Netflix's stupidity. \u00a0Yay for free markets!\n\n4. It is not Roku's issue, but it should be worth noting Amazon Prime browsing is horrendous. \u00a0There is no history or save list and the video offers shown are not good.\n\nOne more tidbit. \u00a0Tell the remote control designer to stop making the bottoms of the plastic remote curved. \u00a0It's been a recent fad, but no one has done a proper user study on it. \u00a0Sure it appears to fit snugly in our paws while we thumb the buttons, but rounded bottoms don't stay where they are put.\n\nWhen you place an object down you don't expect it to wobble and slide off tables and the arms of chairs. \u00a0The thing has the same heft as a wiffle ball and the same quality plastic. \u00a0Feel free to make the edges slightly rounded, but keep the thing rectangular, streamlined, solid. \u00a0Even the iPhone5 designers learned this one."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/04\/stand-on-the-side-of-the-egg\/","trash":"","name":"stand-on-the-side-of-the-egg","parent":"","title":"Murakami's speech while accepting the Jerusalem Prize","date":"2011-11-04 09:48:09","filepath":"posts\/2000741_stand-on-the-side-of-the-egg.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/culture\/arts-leisure\/always-on-the-side-of-the-egg-1.270371\"><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Haruki Murakami\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics.nytimes.com\/books\/99\/02\/14\/specials\/murakami2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote>\"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.\"\n\n--<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/culture\/arts-leisure\/always-on-the-side-of-the-egg-1.270371\">Haruki Murakami<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<em>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307593312\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0307593312\">1Q84<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307593312&camp=217145&creative=399373\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, Murakami's latest novel.<\/em>"}}
