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The mosquito ringtone

A while ago, I wrote about an inventor in the UK, who’d made a machine that emitted a very high-pitched sound and could be used to make loitering teens go away. Apparently only they heard the noise, and older people were unaffected. Well, the teens have now turned this around, and are using the same high-pitched, mosquito sound, as a ringtone for their cellphones. This way, teachers and other authority figures can’t tell when they receive text messages or calls on their mobile phones. 😉

If you’d like to hear it, just play it below. You can even download it if you like.

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Juggler plays piano with balls

No, this has nothing to do with those balls. Get your mind out of the vernacular. This has to do with an amazing performer that plays the piano with four balls that he juggles at the same time. I’m not sure if it’s real or not, but if it is, he’s got an amazing talent!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1094643087935036471

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Want to see pilots in training pass out?

This is how they can tell which fighter jet pilots are going to make it through training:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2765681854456894446

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Remember "In Living Color"?

Stumbled onto some funny clips from the show on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Some big news at ComeAcross

I finally finished working on a new look for the site (version 1 wasn’t as flexible and easy to maintain as I wanted it to be) and also propagated that new look throughout the various ComeAcross sections. Yes, this means that whether you visit the main site (blog) or the podcast, or the current news section or the new mobile section, you’ll see the same look (which wasn’t the case with version 1, btw). The only section that still hasn’t got the new look is photos, but Gallery, the package I use to manage that, is definitely a monster when it comes to skins and customizations, so I don’t even want to touch that for now. In fact, I may even switch to a hosted photo service like Flickr. We’ll see…

Give the new and improved ComeAcross (version 2) a try, and surf through the different sections. Let me know how you like it, drop me a line. Working on it these past three days has been a very interesting experience, to say the least… I had this horrible bout of flu, and it was a bit hard to concentrate, since I wasn’t sure what to do first: pass out, vomit or just lie in bed and try to sleep (with “try” being the operative, though unsuccessful word.) I don’t know what kind of a virus this was, but it sure was a nasty one! When I have a cold or a flu, it lasts 1, 2 days tops. This time, it’s coming up on 3 1/2 days and I’m still not over it. Not fun, not fun… not fun. Add to that ridiculous muscle aches, bone aches, headaches and this ugly urge to keep moving my legs while in bed,and I’d hate to foist this monster on anyone, even my worst enemy.

So anyway, I managed to get a few hours’ worth of work done every day, although it was a nightmare. I hope you enjoy the end result, because this flu sure gave a new meaning to the creative birthing process… Trust me, this new look is no flu-ke! I for one don’t think the new look is flu-lish… Alright, okay, I’ll stop…

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