I have long been an advocate of sites such as ThinkGeek.com. As I had mentioned before, I have purchased a number of items from the site. I think the apparel is hilarious. As I was browsing through the latest duds I came across the Wi-Fi Detector Shirt.
The Wi-Fi Detector Shirt is a neat way to detect Wi-Fi signals. I am sure that it attracts a little attention as well. I think I need to get one of these shirts.


*Image source ThinkGeek.com

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Having recently picked up a new phone and turning on unlimited SMS, I have a new fascination with 'texting'. SMS has been around for a while, but I never really got into it. After using it for a while it is difficult to imagine being without IM while 'out and about'. If you need to get a quick 'ping' texting often is a bit easier and quicker than a phone conversation. Another cool SMS tool I came across is Google Mobile SMS. This is a neat little way to get weather, directions, phone numbers and other results while you are away from your computer.

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Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot...

This game is an adaptation of the popular Rock Paper Scissors game. Rock Paper Scissors is a popular game that is typically played between two people. It is a game that can be played pretty much anywhere and is fun for all ages. This page allows you to play against a computer.

Rock Paper Scissors has three basic rules:

1. Each players substitute the three elements of Rock, Paper and Scissors with hand signals.
2. The hand signals are delivered simultaneously by each player (Typically one player will say ‘Rock Paper Scissors Shoot’ and both players will display their hand signal when as ‘Shoot’ is said)
3. The Outcome of play is determined by the following:
   Rock beats Scissors
   Scissors beats Paper
   Paper beats Rock

To play, simply click your button choice. As you make your selection the computer will also choose. Let's see how well you do.

ready to play? Click Here

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With this weekend’s Powerball Jackpot reaching $365 Million, who isn’t tempted to purchase a ticket or two. Let’s limit that question to those that are both geographically and physically capable of purchasing a ticket. I have never been a big lottery participant. When I do venture out to get a ticket, the troublesome task of picking the ‘winning’ numbers makes me sweat. I am a logical guy, and I try to come up with some sort of ‘logical’ reasoning behind my selection, which requires a lot of work. So, needless to say I always opt for the ‘quick pick’ route. That’s right, let the computer pick the numbers for me. Having a little extra time, after reading Marco’s book (for a second time) and having spent an abundant amount of time in Visual Studio in the past few weeks, I decided to whip something up with my favorite IDE. The results: a ‘Random Number Picker’ (notice the logo). Click here for the results.

This random number picker (I am not looking for any debates on the randomness of the numbers) allows you to enter the number of numbers you would like returned as well as the upper and lower bounds of the numbers returned. If you want more of a ‘most popular’ number, each number’s percentage and number of times listed is also displayed.

There are a couple additions I want to make over the next day or so, like an option to allow duplicate numbers or not – (hey, some lotteries allow it) and formatting for my browser of choice - FireFox (it looks fine in IE). After that I will post the source up.

If anyone else has any suggestions pass them along…..

Oh, and use of the random number generator for lotteries or any other ‘thing’ does not guarantee or increase your chances of winning anything. It is intended to be just one other way for me to pick numbers….

‘Random Number Picker’

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The internet contains a vast number of interesting web sites. If you are like me you categorically bookmark your favorites. One site in particular that I visit often (and tend to get a chuckle out of their apparel) is ThinkGeek.com. They have quit a few gadgets and their t-shirts convey messages quite nicely. Although I can’t have them all (I do wish I had most of them) I did receive a Binary People and SQL query. Next on my wish list is WTF?, No, I will not fix your computer and Dead Hex People.

Any other favorites out there?

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