Stumbled across this video this morning as we were looking for a commercial release of this holiday song. If anyone knows of someone that’s produced this on an album and released it.

I got an email a few weeks ago from my mom. Attached to the email was a PowerPoint slideshow that explained why the numbers we use everyday look the way they do.

I normally don’t open emails with attachments that are sent from my family members like that, so I started looking for a website that shared the same information and found it on the Orble website.
The article on the Orble website, Why do our written numbers look like they do, explains why the numbers we use are shaped the way they do.
We say our numbers are based on Arabic …read more

I did something tonight I haven’t done in 22 years. I tried to figure out and work on Slope Intercept Equations from my old Algebra 1 days. I didn’t actually need to know the answers, I needed to remember how to explain it to a high school freshman that needed help with her own homework.

The challenge with picking up this math stuff wasn’t so much the remembering how to do it myself. The challenge was both reminding myself of what was going on, understanding the concepts involved and then, the hardest part, being able to explain it to someone …read more

My family has become keenly aware of the best places to eat out with our family and save the most money. Tonight we were hungry for a little something out of our normal game plan and wasn’t sure what other restaurants may have some specials available where kids eat free.

Tonight I found out about a new website called KidsMealDeals.com where you can enter your zip code, a mileage radius and what day of the week you’re looking for and will return a list of restaurants with deals for kids.
The options for us tonight consisted of Golden Corral, which is …read more

One of our most active posts ever was one where we introduced a website developed by OfficeMax called ElfYourself.com. Millions of people have visited the site and brought plenty of holiday cheer to the Internet.

Now the ElfYourself website is back and it’s powered by that folks at JibJab.com who know a thing or two about making funny, custom videos for sharing around the web.
The ElfYourself website and JibJab allow you to upload your own photos to their servers and mash them up against canned video sequences where they replace the face on the characters with your face and …read more

One of my favorite new groups over the past year or so is called "Straight No Chaser". They’re a men’s a capella group that got together while attending Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Here’s a video of them performing one of my favorite songs, "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King.

This clip is from their performance in New York City that will be airing in a variety of markets on the local PBS station.
Straight No Chaser also just released their 2nd Christmas album titled "Christmas Cheers".

With the holidays approaching it could be time to reminisce down the halls of memory and see just how far we’ve come with our home video game entertainment systems. We have a come a LONG! way.

Most people remember Pong, or the Atari 2600 and even the original Nintendo Entertainment System. There are plenty more systems and variations of systems that hit store shelves over the last three decades and more.
I uncovered The Game Console website while I was trying to remember the name of a home game system we had when I was a child. I couldn’t remember if it …read more

There are two sounds effects in this world that are absolute classics! The problem is when you need them you just can’t figure out where to find them. These two websites have solved that for you and given you exactly what you’ve needed.

The first sound you always need in your arsenal is the sound you use when you somebody does something stupid or silly or makes the wrong choice. You’ll know it as soon as you hear it, and all you need to do is visit www.sadtrombone.com and just press the big, orange "play!" button.
The other website you …read more

One of my new favorite shows this season is Modern Family on ABC. I wasn’t expecting to like the show at first, but the characters they’ve built the stories around are absolutely perfect!
Here’s a scene from this past week’s episode where one of the characters plays a clown for his nephew’s birthday party. In this scene he deals a little clown intimidation to a jerk at a gas station.

If you want to see more great scenes like that, just watch Modern Family on ABC on Wednesday nights.

A friend of mine just flashed me back over a decade ago when he mentioned this video. These guys took the "COPS" TV show them and recreated it with with STAR WARS stormtroopers.

This was one of those videos I waited for about 5 hours to download back in the mid-90’s when I first heard about it. It was hilarious then, but just shows how far along we’ve come with video on the web.
Hat tip to prebynski for sharing and reminding me