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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)

Which direction do you see this lady spinning?

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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?

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A giant moon-shaped night light. I need one; I’m not sure what for though.

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Mixing two great things Guitar Hero + Hiro from Heroes = Guitar Hiro T-Shirt. I love it.

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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)

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These carnie pics are incredible. (Via A Welsh View)

An incredible picture of rides at a fair.

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I’ve been using MapMyRun to map my running route and log my time and distance.

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By selectively breeding pale skinned frogs, Japanese researches have developed a transparent-skin frog. (Via Boing Boing)

A transparent-skin frog.

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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)

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Make your own playdough (Via Lifehacker). There’s an episode of Teletubbies that shows kids making playdough. It always looked like fun to me.

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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).

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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;
}

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For me, this is bitter-sweet. Pirates of the Caribbean III trailer.

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