Blog of Josh Hall

The list comes from CNN, but I went ahead and got the youtube links for each track. “She Blinded Me With Science,” Thomas Dolby “Dare to Be Stupid,” Weird Al Yankovic – Of course Weird all has to be there.  I’d actually put something like “All about the Pentiums” or “White & Nerdy” on the [...]

The internet is a place of free information by people just like you and me.  Sure, the quality of that information varies greatly, but it’s still information.  As they say, Human knowledge belongs to the world!  So here are the top 100 documentary movies free to watch online.  There are some real gems in there. [...]

For some reason, CNN only posted 9 rip-offs, so we have to come up with the 10th on our own… http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1001/gallery.americas_biggest_ripoffs/index.html

This isn’t a How-To jailbreak your iphone.  It’s just some top reasons to jailbreak your iphone, based on my personal experience.  There are a lot of jailbr0ken apps that are used far more than any that I will list, but they’re the reasons why I’m jailbroken.  Right now I’m on 3.1.2 on my iphone 3G.  Version [...]

Reposted from my friend, Neil: *Top ten things Pittsburghers should do to celebrate if the Pens win the Stanley Cup* 10. Flip over Mellon Arena’s dome and put it on top of PPG Place to make the biggest, shiniest Stanley Cup ever 9. Load people dressed in penguin costumes into Giant Eagle shopping carts and [...]

A list of 100 things from BBC from news articles last year that exposed interesting facts.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last.shtml Some highlights: 4. Etiquette dictates that at dinner parties, a man should always talk to the woman on his left during the first course, and right during the main course. More details 21. Short men are more likely [...]

From Time Magazine:  http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1852747,00.html My favorites: #6 – the svalbard global seed vault:  total awesomeness.  EVERY plant seed in the world is kept here.  "just in case"  I LOVE IT.    http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_1854195_1854118,00.html #16 – The moving tower scuplture thingy:  It just further enhances my amazement…ok, LUST to go see Dubai.  http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_1854195_1854134,00.html #24 – bionic contact lenses:  [...]

There are more than 10, but some of them I wasn’t too impressed with.  I could definitely see myself on/in one of these crazy couches.  If there were a true market for artistic furniture, that would be my dream job.  I love to design stuff. http://freshome.com/2008/09/08/35-of-the-most-unique-creative-sofa-designs/

I have no idea why the listed the top one first, but it’s still a pretty crazy list.  Some of these conditions are borderline super-powers if you ask me.  I wonder where we could be if we could extract these peoples’ genes…  http://www.oddee.com/item_96473.aspx

There’s a bunch of lists out there, and I’m sure you’ve heard how geeks are great lovers, but I think I have a few things to add to the list.  Geeks are great. 10.  Getting to know a geek is easy – just google their name…or sometimes, their alias…or aliases.  You can find pictures, blogs, [...]