Archive for 2007


How to Install Wikipedia on Your iPod

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Yes that’s right. You can now have the entire Wikipedia encyclopaedia on your iPod. Clocking in at only 1.7 GB of space, it is a very handy tool if you have the sudden uncontrollable urge while out at the shops to discover the capital of Mongolia or the mating habits of eels.
[EDIT: I've tried this and it worked really well! It's basically Podzilla built as an encyclopaedia reader. The latest version of Wikipedia for it was from February 2007 though, it would be nice to have a more up to date one.]
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How to Do a Reverse Switch

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

If you've ever wanted to learn how to do a handbrake turn, drive backwards for a while and then spin back around to going forwards, then this video is for you!
andrewgentle.com encourages safe driving

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The Simpsons House In Real World (Photos)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Did you ever wonder what the Simpsons’ house would look like in real life? No, neither did I until I saw this site. The only problem is that the house in the photos is 712, not 742 Evergreen Tce.

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How To Decide Who to Marry: By Kids

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Children share their thoughts on marriage.
“How would you make your marriage work? Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.”

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Incredibly Detailed List of Easter Eggs in Pixar Movies

Monday, December 10th, 2007

“Here is an awesome list of where the in-jokes & self references in Pixar’s feature films & shorts are located.”

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Introducing Recipe Realm

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Well I haven’t posted anything in Site News for quite a while and that is because I’ve been developing a new site. It’s called Recipe Realm. The idea is that people sign up for accounts and then read, submit, rate and comment on recipes. It’s still under construction so, I don’t know, wear a hard hat.

http://recipes.andrewgentle.com/

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

“Health advocates are setting their outrage phasers on kill over a McDonald’s ad appearing on the report cards of Seminole County, Florida elementary schools. The ad promises free Happy Meals to kids with good grades, despite promises by McDonald’s that they would “ban advertising to children under 12″ “

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Introducing Chumby

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

“The Chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web: news, photos, music, celebrity gossip, weather, box scores, blogs — using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows — nonstop — what's online that matters to you.”

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Man Adds Canon Lens Mount to Sony DVCAM

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Here’s one alternative to using a lens converter, and this way doesn’t turn your picture upside down!
“Joshua mated his Sony VX-2000e video camera with a Canon FD lens mount and created this monster. With the new lens mount, he’s got a full selection of lenses without the huge investment of specialized lenses.”

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s FOX animated series Futurama has been greenlighted for 16 new episodes!

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