Jake of the Web Time Wasters And Then Some

You really suck at Photoshop

You Suck at Photoshop.
Useful Photoshop tips from an insulting, arrogant, self-destructive jerk whose life and marriage are falling apart around him. Learn about Photoshop, or just have a few laughs and feel better about how your life is going. Fun for all!

Shazam: Name that tune from anywhere!

A downloadable app for your iPhone that will recognize a song being played in the background, and tell you the artist and title of the song. This service is currently free via the iPhone, although it has traditionally cost about $1 per identification or $4/month unlimited. Next week I'll talk about similar options for people who don't want to shell out for an iPhone.

Shazam!
Shazam! for the iPhone

Bear Traps.com: Be prepared for Speed Traps

A great site warning about speed traps, mostly with information entered by truckers. The site itself is pretty rudimentary looking, but they have the entire country divided along major highways (I-15, I-85, I-97, etc.) and all of the states those highways travel through. One danger I see in this site is you may succumb to hubris: thinking you know everywhere the cops would possibly be, you speed everywhere not warned about and end up getting caught anyway. Still, with that in mind, knowing the main speed traps along your route is a great resource to have, and is easily accessible and interpreted here.

Bear (Cop) Traps

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Burn the rope: It’s not a drug reference… I think…

Burn the rope:
An online video game that is so simple, the winning strategy is the name of the game! Despite its simplicity, it is still quite fun.

Burn the Rope

50 hottest Wonder Woman impersonators.

OK, maybe more like 'The 10 Hottest Wonder Woman Impersonators... and some other chicks.' Still, it's worth a look.

50 Hottest Wonder Woman Impersonators

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Q: "The astrology of color…ism?" A: Colorstrology

Although intended to be more about design and fashion than fortune telling, this is an astrology site, telling you about your personality based on your birth date, but also points out 'your' color - the color that you look best in and will bring out the best in you.

Here's Punk's color (for May 20):
"Smoke Green: Intelligent, Emotional, Intense
You are highly intelligent and love to learn. Your mind is able to grasp ideas and concepts easily. You can be generous and inspirational to people that you come in contact with. Your challenge lies in the emotional area of your life. When you have been hurt or disappointed, your ability to interact with others becomes more difficult and you can lose your normal trust in humanity. Your personal color vibrates with financial ease and freedom. Wearing, meditating with smoke green reminds you to let go of the past and stay in present time where miracles can occur."
My color is lettuce green, and talks about how I have a way with words and that I am mentally agile, that I enjoy writing and care deeply about interpersonal relationships, all of which are pretty true in my book.
See what yours says.

Colorstrology.

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The art that is ‘movie titles’

I think it has occurred to most people that movie openings, just like movie previews, are an art unto themselves, and occasionally can be more enjoyable than the films they precede: 'Art of the Title' is a site dedicated to the best Title Sequences of films, television shows and event videos. Moderate commentary, but mostly an easy way to view great openings. Catch me if you can, Se7en, Stranger Than Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and my personal favorite, Once Upon a Time in the West are some of the Title Sequences they go over. If you're not interested in watching movie openings for the sake of the open, this is at least an interesting way to find new movies to watch.

Art of the Title

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