The Accidental Voice » Miscellaneous

Mote of Dust

Craig Janson — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:14:52 +0000

Interesting as only Carl Sagan can make it. ‘Nuf said.

Useless Information II

Craig Janson — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:00:03 +0000

Not really useless, or maybe useless but at least a little interesting. As you start reading the below paragraph, you’ll notice something odd…but you can still read it.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Not sure where this came from, but it’s been floating around the net for about four years.

Dandelion Break

Craig Janson — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:33 +0000

Way back in the 80s there was a cartoon call Bloom County. And one of the ideas they came up with was the Dandelion Break. It essentially consisted of Milo Bloom, Opus and any number of others would head out to the meadow and sit amongst the dandelions.

We all need a break, here are 13 or so minutes of Dandelion Break. A recorded Colorado thunderstorm fresh off the Rocky Mountains in June of 2007.

With Music: right click to “save as…”

Just nature: right click to “save as…”

Load it on your mp3 player, sit back and just imagine being somewhere else.

Cakes

Craig Janson — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:45:04 +0000

Over the years, for most birthdays the boys are asked what they’d like the theme to be. In lieu of extravagant decorations, the cake is the focus. We’ve collected a bit of a gallery of those cakes and boy are they good…and good looking. Diane is a master. The absolute best one was the bulldozer, but this year’s pyramid (for Wesley’s birthday just this past weekend), was giving it a run for it’s money simply on taste alone. Home made frosting has become the standard…yummy. So here is some mouth-watering goodness for you. Wish I could include a download of a piece, but technology hasn’t come far enough that the wire wouldn’t get stuck in your teeth…

Useless Information I

Craig Janson — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:08:47 +0000

This is kind of weird/interesting.

Obviously, there is a need to be able to type backwards for languages like those in the middle east or in the east. But you can do it with YOUR keyboard layout, too.

Just copy the symbol below and then start typing anything with your cursor on the left of it. Everything you type will be backwards.

This symbol –> â€«â€¬â€â€®â€ªâ€«â€¬â€â€®Ò‰â€«

See watch this

â€«â€¬â€â€®â€ªâ€«â€¬â€â€®Ò‰
Now everything I type is backwards.

Iron Palm

Craig Janson — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:37:26 +0000

Just a thing I did in June. 3rd Anniversary Celebration of Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi. I have to admit I am a little proud of it. Perhaps you too will find it interesting.