Spring Break in CA

So I went to the International Laser Safety Conference in San Francisco over spring break. I gave a presentation and saw some sites. Here are some photos I took if you want to look at them.

Emergency tips, courtesy of the U.S. government

Fact: It's funny when warning signs are taken out of context. Example: http://www.armenianteens.com/emergency.php

Knowing is half the battle. The other 75% is math.

Get Your Uninumber Now!

Ok, so this isn't pertinent to people who only have one phone number (like me), but I just thought this was darn cool. And it's free (or $15 a month if you don't want ads and stuff)! And it has tons of awesome options, too. This article led me to it. I thought it was rather clever.

Go Viacom, take down those dirty linux users at google

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/ViacomSuesYouTube.aspx?GT1=9215

I've got pants.

Just thought you and the rest of the blogosphere should know. This is some high quality news here. They aren't fancy pants, or anything of the like. But they do work for the purpose that pants serve.

But, if you want some useful, free-to-own open-source software, you should look at freemind, which is the digitized form of mind mapping, a technique for organizing streams of thoughts, ideas, and majiggers. I also seem to vaguely recall something like that from my grade school years.

You'll need Java to use it (the link is for Java 5.0 for Windows XP. It's not the latest Java, but it works. For now.)