If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)
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Friday Fun Link – 12 Elf On The Shelf Ideas To Thrill Kids And 12 That’ll Scar Them For Life
I think next year I’ll have to get an Elf on the Shelf to entertain myself instead of Sasha!
Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media
Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]
Friday Fun Link – Trump Sings Ariana Grande
This is pretty funny… …though, to be fair, Obama also got the same treatment:
Friday Fun Link – My Grandfather Has Kept A Detailed List of Every Book He’s Read Since 1949
This is pretty amazing. (via Reddit)
Friday Fun Link – Captain Connor Rap
I’m going to tag this as “Music” but that’s probably stretching the definition somewhat. 😉
Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates
This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.
The Five Year Old’s Guide to the Galaxy
Reddit has a sub-Reddit called /r/ExplainLikeImFive where the goal is to convey complex ideas in a way that even a child (or a typical Redditor?) can understand. Someone compiled some of the best explanations the site has provided in a single post.
Friday Fun Link – The World’s First Beer Hotel – With In-Room Taps and Shower Mini-Bars – Is Finally Open.
This looks like a fun place to stay!
Friday Fun Link – Minimal Turing Test
In computer science, the Turing Test is intended to tell if you can differentiate between who is human and who is a computer programmed to model human-like conversation in a text exchange between the two. The Turing test, developed by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, […]