Kid Gives Speech After Learning to Bike

I saw a friend post this on Facebook today and I got a kick out of it. This kid will some day lead nations.

How to Catch A Mouse

I'm not sure if this video is more creepy or helpful.... either say, it looked like good blog material to me. Nothing catches a mouse like ingenuity.

Handheld N64

When it comes to do-it-yourself gaming consoles, there are a lot of creative people out there. Here is someone who took an N64 console and converted it into a working hand held. They pieced together a really neat looking device, but I'm not quite sure what powers it. Unfortunately they're about 15 years late on the implementation.

Learn Morse Code

Sure it's practically obsolete, but it may still be a cool skill to have. Here is a guide to learning Morse code in one minute. This is another skill that may come in handy in a post apocalyptic world when you're trapped and there just happens to be an old guy who knows Morse code walking by (like in the movies). If you learn it, I think that technically makes you bi-lingual.

Jedi Bear

This is a really nicely edited video of a bear playing with a light saber, that I got from a friend's Facebook post. I want to enjoy the video, but I keep thinking, this bear has lost several digits grabbing the blade of that light saber.

31

I started a few years ago blogging about my birthday every year (although this blog isn't really about me), so I guess I shouldn't stop now. If you hadn't guessed by the title, I turned 31 today. This officially makes me in my thirties... a thirty-something if you will. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I don't feel much older than 20, if that. I had a conversation with my grandpa (in his 80's) several months ago on aging, he said he still felt really young too, his body just didn't agree with him.
Last year was the big birthday, the big three-oh. I said something about it on Facebook and a friend said something along the lines of "It's not hitting 30 that's so bad, it's that you keep getting older after that". There is the kicker.
I find I have a fear of aging although it's part of everyone's life you you make it long enough. Right now I can't complain, over the last 2 years I've gotten in the best physical shape of my life. I can now do more pushups/situps/pullups, run faster and further than ever before. I think it's part of the whole fear of aging thing that's driving this. Although I'm nowhere close to getting to the age where things are physically declining, it's in the back of my mind and that's probably what's driving the whole getting in shape thing.
But enough depressing aging stuff... I can safely say, at the age of 31 I have a decent life. A great wife, a career that's cool, a few hobbies I enjoy, and great friends, and with that said, if you've made it this far through the blog entry, a great blog reading audience. Thanks for reading.

Feeling Good - Retirement Community Video

If I ever have to be put in a retirement community, I think I may want it to be this one (other than it being in Michigan). Just because you're getting old, doesn't mean you can't have fun.

Folk Song Through the Drive Thru

Usually I find people who mess with drive thru attendants fairly annoying, this one was very entertaining. I'm not sure if they planned it with the drive thru guy or not, but he did a tremendous job.

Rocky Tribute Video

One of my former coworkers (from a previous job) stopped in Philly on his vacation trip. He decided to do a tribute to Rocky Balboa while there... I got a good laugh out of it and it's really well done at that.

No Such Thing as a Free Slurpee

I was reading the USA today last week and came across an article talking about Free Slurpees from 7-11 and the effects. It's strange how you mention free and people will spend money to get it. Even I'm guilty of spending money on coffee at Dunkin Donuts on free doughnut day. I found it an interesting concept to think about. I've heard there are 2 types of free "Free as in Puppy" and "Free as in Beer". The first turns out that you have to spend money and time on it, the latter (for the most part), you get with no strings attached. If you did take part in the Free Slurpee promotion, I wonder how much you actually spent on it.

Mario on Paper

I saw this video last week and found that not only is it super creative, it also points out how much of a jerk Mario can be. It's hard to believe it was all done on paper. The guy does do some advertising for himself at the end of the video, if you're interested, his link is on YouTube.

Creepy Mario Character Pictures

I really enjoy fan art of things I like. People can come up with some really creative and neat stuff. Here is a collection of "Creepy Mario Characters" that were drawn by a fan. The people who thought up Mario may not have actually imagined what these creatures would look like in real life, but this artist did.

Packing Like a Boss

When I travel, my wife likes to pack with as few (and as small) bags as possible. It would be nice to do all carry on, but it seems like I don't have the packing skills; this guy does.

Common Mind Slips

I saw this article titled "The 13 Most Common Brain Farts in Human History" last night and thought it was worthy of sharing. I went through these and thought "yep, guilty of that" on quite a few. At least it's not just me.

Camera Through the Postal System

Here is an example of a well executed, clever, plan executed using the postal system. Someone made a package with a camera attached and asked the mail people to take photos of themselves. They ended up with a lot of photos of the package's journey and the hard working men and women of the US Postal Service.

Facebook on the "Most Hated" List

Almost everyone I know has a Facebook page (yes, this is unfair since I live online), but recently, it has been put on the "Most Hated" list. As the article points out it is a bit unfair to call it hated because of bad customer services, but anyway haters are gonna hate. This made me think that, if people truly hate Facebook, perhaps it's not the site, but their friends since practically everything on the main site is composed of your friends activities, thoughts, and complaints. Perhaps it's the socially awkward position these people put us in like "well, he's not really my friend, but I don't want to turn down his request because I don't want to hurt his feelings" (no one in particular in mind). While I'm on the subject, I may as well say I sure am glad they didn't have Facebook and Twitter when I was a kid, I sure had a lot of stupid things to say back then that I'm glad I didn't say to everyone I know.