doylez.com

-> wikileaks has published a bunch of leaked us military documents pertaining to the war in iraq, none of it flattering [guardian.co.uk]

-> 13-year-old girl destroys the boys in her little league with her mid-60’s fastball and knuckleball. she struck out 127 batters in 6- innings this year, and leading her teams to a 95-8-2 record in the past 4 years [espn]

-> some quantitative analysis of the data collected by dating site over the years reveals that most people tend to fudge on their stats [ok cupid]

and…

-> facebook profile of the week – hilfonso “hildy” starling [facebook]

this week is busy with two graduations and a couple birthdays, all with the nba finals happening at the same time. whoever invented the DVR should be given some sort of nobel prize for science. squeezed into this schedule, i found the time to collect some links for your reading pleasure:

-> 15 facts about wealth and equality in the US. seems like finland or sweden would be good for mom and dad because of their great social systems. it would also be good for the boys so they could hook up with some hot green-eyed blondie [sfgate]

-> like the iphone form factor but want to run android so you can have flash? this team is dedicated to it [taranfx.com]

-> i got inspired by these pictures [below] and am going to try this out after the hubbub. so many projects and things i’d like to try out, but getting called out by the son to play some baseball or make paper airplanes makes me forget them. this means that i’ll probably end up trying these things when the boys are 15 and don’t want to hang out with dad anymore [noupe.com]

its been a while since the last post on the website, thanks in part to baseball season and falling behind at work a little bit. this holiday weekend should be nice and relaxing. check out the following links to kill some time under the great weather we’ll be having:

-> amazing how complex the world is – close up pictures of a bee, including their eyeball with “over a thousand lenses” and their stinger [discover magazine]

-> you would think that the tropicana twister fruit punch you give your kid is better than 2 7-ounce cans of whipped cream – think again octomom [blogspot.com]

-> if you are negotiating a crucial business deal with some other men, just bust out the meat business card and seal the deal [meatcards.com]

-> are the hills steep in san francisco, or are the houses just tilted a little? [amusing planet]

-> npr review of the new book detailing the rivalry between magic johnson and larry bird, starting in college and continuing into the nba. the lakers and celtics combined for 8 titles in a 10-year period [npr.org]

-> the new nissan leaf looks pretty girly, but it’s a completely electric car with a 100-mile range [nissan]

-> i almost didn’t want to post this because of its graphic nature, but you may have read it already.

-> if you suffer from epilepsy and seizures, do not visit this website in a dark room while playing heavy-bass electronic music [bestiario.org]

bring dem!

-> i have been reading about liquid flouride thorium reactors with great interest. it’s super nerdy but there is enough throium in the earth’s crust to power the US for 1,000 years within a nuclear reactor with just ‘grams’ of radioactive waste as a byproduct. additionally, the waste cannot be reprocessed into a nuclear weapon. why are we not doing this already? [wired.com]

-> george hutchins is a real candidate for some district in north carolina that includes our office in morrisville. the guys in my office are pretty cool. this guy used ms frontpage 2.0 to build his website [georgehutchins.com]

-> sf gate has a regular feature on some local real estate for sale. how sweet would this place be? [sfgate.com]

-> when you lick an envelope, you are usually greeted with some weird chemical taste. jd foods has solved that problem by inventing an envelope that tastes like bacon [jd foods]

-> it took us this long to invent the supine reading glasses? i hate finding a comfy position on the bed to read my dystopian novels. each position ends up in some part of the body falling asleep or having to read the book sideways! [hammacher schlemmer]

for about 60 minutes, isaac and i thought of team names for marcos’ upcoming t-ball team. he’s currently on the tigers, like the major league team from detroit. it would be nice if we can pick our own names for the team based on the composition of the kids – fremont fartbags, fremont failures or fremont phreakshow might be more appropriate? got any suggestions? send them to me.

-> a “growler” is a new way to tote your beer around. it’s a 64-oz jug that you can get filled up at your local bar and then bring home what you don’t finish [ny times]

-> the annual national cub and cougar convention just met the other week in millbrae. i know a couple ladies who might like to get into this next year [sj mercury]

-> who needs photoshop when you have ms paint for your web artwork? [squicky.com]

-> this guy’s wife cries at the end of movies, almost any movie – he’s captured this and posted them to youtube. he must like sleeping on the couch [cryingwife.com]

so, i needed something here quickly and the vendor offered to ship via ups next day. it was delayed in southern california due to “inclement weather” whereas i got something from fedex today taking the same route. wtf? i’ve tried to give ups a chance to get more of our business but they suck at stuff like this. anyway, now that’s off my chest, enjoy these stories while you stay dry under a roof somewhere:

-> i knew san francisco was a little crooked with lombard street, hilly landscape and weird people, but this photographic evidence proves it [theoriens.com]

-> the guy in the picture above could be charging his cell phone or ipod while he walks if he uses one of these new devices [cnet news]

-> very interesting way to compare the world’s religions [religionfacts.org]

-> maybe dubai’s punishment for making women wear a burqa and walk behind the men is that now they are facing one of the biggest financial meltdowns in history [denver post photoblog]

-> considering people’s attention spans these days, it’s miraculous that they spend the time to write such lengthy notes and leave them on people’s windshields [theangered.com]

-> the zeppelin ‘eureka’ is based in the bay area and you can rent it out for small groups and take a zep tour. here are some great hi-res pics (example below) from a recent trip [comcast.com]

it was pretty interesting last week, but we’re back to the grind this week.

-> nbc is lame for caving in to jay leno. he’s old and not funny. let conan have his turn [wsj blog]

-> yemeni guy now living in canada writes about how his sisters used to shop for bikini’s and now they are content in burqa’s. no wonder everyone is so upset in the middle east, when their women are wrapped up in big blankets all the time and out of the public eye. ridiculous [globe and mail]

-> boston globe’s big picture section covers the paris-dakar rally [boston.com]

-> james bond-ish eyeglasses with a video camera attached [wired gadgetlab]

-> the latest oatmeal column – this time about ink cartridges [the oatmeal]

home for the new years because you are old and have kids and don’t want to get jostled by rowdy-ass drunk kids in some public venue drinking $10 greyhounds? hate to be you. here’s some links to read while you sit in your snuggie with your eggnog latte:

-> what if there was facebook during the star wars years? [collegehumor]

-> what if there was adidas during the star wars years? [fast company]

-> emerging green technologies usually require some ‘rare earth’ minerals. just one problem – these elements come almost entirely from china, from some of the most environmentally damaging mines in the country, in an industry dominated by criminal gangs. this is going to end well [ny times]

-> you still have one more day to take your picture with ‘hunky santa and the candy cane girls’ at the beverly center [hunky santa]

and…

check your email for a link to download some good music from 2009. if you didn’t get it, send me an email or FB message and i’ll re-send it.

-> snoop dogg (real name cordazar calvin broadus) paid $1.3M of his own money to start a football league in his hometown of crenshaw. basketball rules there and football takes a back seat because of hefty requirements like expensive football pads & helmets), a playable field and lots of non-incarcerated coaches. the football revival is now complete as crenshaw high played for the CIF Division I state football championship this past weekend, losing to perennial powerhouse De La Salle of Concord. this is a MUST READ [ny times]

-> scientific study which shows that men prefer the smell of gasoline and bacon, compared to the smell of babies. i like how there is money being devoted to this at a scientific level [telegraph.co.uk]

-> after seeing pictures of the world’s hairiest man, there should be no further dispute about the theory of evolution [blogspot.com]

-> the most inappropriate obama products on the market now, including the obama ecstasy tab, as seen below [huffington post]