The world’s fastest clapper … very worth watching. Via
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Here’s a fun optical illusion. Supposedly, some people can only see this dancing lady spin one way. My wife and I saw it spinning in both directions? Which direction do you see? (thanks Cindy & Laura)

I updated my About Nicholas page. I never know what to say on a page like that, and it really needs an image. Hmmm… Anyone got any advice on what to say on my about page?
A giant moon-shaped night light. I need one; I’m not sure what for though.
Mixing two great things Guitar Hero + Hiro from Heroes = Guitar Hiro T-Shirt. I love it.
If it weren’t for the $40,000 to $90,000 price tag, I bet my wife would want one of these dragon BBQ grills. (Via Gizmodo)
These carnie pics are incredible. (Via A Welsh View)

I’ve been using MapMyRun to map my running route and log my time and distance.
By selectively breeding pale skinned frogs, Japanese researches have developed a transparent-skin frog. (Via Boing Boing)

My New Workout
I’ve been on a new workout schedule lately (I might be going on three month.) I’ve been really happy with it, so I thought I would share it:
Daily
- Situps: 2 sets of 25 holding 25lbs
- Push-ups: 2 sets of 25
- Pull-ups: 2 sets of 4
- Stretching: I do just about every stretch I can think of for a count of 20
- Oblique Side Bends: 2 sets of 20 holding 25lbs (I don’t always do this one)
Three Times a Week
- Running: 2 miles (I plan to move to 3 miles in a week)
I like the running the best.
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Leslie Patricelli, the author of Binky, has several other books that look interesting including Yummy YUCKY and The Birthday Box. (Via Parent Dish)
Make your own playdough (Via Lifehacker). There’s an episode of Teletubbies that shows kids making playdough. It always looked like fun to me.
Home Improvement Expert?
No, I haven’t become a home improvement expert, but I did stay up until 6am finally getting Danny Lipford’s site live (Danny Lipford: DIY Home Improvement Expert).
Verdict? Eh, it was way to hard too get this site finished, but in the end, it has a lot of really cool stuff on it. They hired an outside designer to do some of the design work (so, if you don’t like something, there’s a chance I didn’t do it).
Wordpress: Is_Child Function
Here’s a handy WordPress function I put together today. It tells you if the current page is a child of another page. I’m using it to show a sub-navigation on a page and its children.
function is_child ($parent) {
global $wp_query;
if ($wp_query->post->post_parent == $parent) {
$return = true;
}
else {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
For me, this is bitter-sweet. Pirates of the Caribbean III trailer.