Digital Wilderness

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Mindy B
Happy Birthday to you

Hah, good ol’ Lego:

Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick

Men’s Journal has an article about the art of napping. Included in this article are tips on Getting The Perfect Nap and How Long Is A Good Nap?

• THE NANO-NAP: 10 to 20 seconds – Sleep studies haven’t yet concluded whether there are benefits to these brief intervals, like when you nod off on someone’s shoulder on the train.
• THE MICRO-NAP: two to five minutes – Shown to be surprisingly effective at shedding sleepiness.
• THE MINI-NAP: five to 20 minutes – Increases alertness, stamina, motor learning, and motor performance.
• THE ORIGINAL POWER NAP: 20 minutes – Includes the benefits of the micro and the mini, but additionally improves muscle memory and clears the brain of useless built-up information, which helps with long-term memory (remembering facts, events, and names).
• THE LAZY MAN’S NAP: 50 to 90 minutes – Includes slow-wave plus REM sleep; good for improving perceptual processing; also when the system is flooded with human growth hormone, great for repairing bones and muscles.

I definitely gravitate towards the Lazy Man’s Nap I hate the Nano Nap, which I usually end up doing when riding in a car during an extended trip. I doubt a Micro or Mini nap would do me much good, either. I find that I wake up more tired after a so-called Power nap than before. Give me a full nap any day!

Also, did you know that:

Salvador Dali napped in his armchair, holding a spoon over a metal pan on the floor below. When Dali hit REM Sleep and lost muscle tonus, the spoon would fall from his grip, bang the metal pan and awaken him.

(from powersleep.org

Via The J-Walk Blog

Do you Fancy Park?

Most of you have done the simple “Classic Fancy,” but only the more adventurous may have perfected the “Spin the Bottle” method. I know I’ve seen many people out there that think they can pull off the “Was That a Space?”

I’m not afraid to admit that I have a parking problem. I tend to pull in crooked and when I try to correct…well, it doesn’t really help. I don’t know if I can pull off some of these Fancy Parking methods, though the Drive Thru is one I use whenever possible.

The site also gives answers to your important questions about Fancy Parking, such as “Is Fancy Parking legal everywhere?” or “I’m totally into Fancy Parking, but my dad says it’s for sissies. Who’s right?”

Via J-Walk

Congratulations to Matt and Jennifer on their recent engagement! They’ve been dating for more than 4 years and Matt proposed on Christmas Eve. I wish you both the best!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Nick M
Happy Birthday to you

Merry Christmas everyone!

No matter what greeting the world tells you to use, no matter what people say the real history of this day is, no matter what the government says you can or can’t do, always remember the true meaning behind Christmas – the birth of our Lord and Saviour – and keep it in your heart forever.

May God Bless you and yours on this special day.

Merry CHRISTmas!

Here are a couple of quick hits since I’m going to be busy the next several days.

Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows. Can’t beat the mixture of science and fun – and explosions! Adam and Jamie, the hosts of the show, recently answered questions posted by slashdot readers. Check out the interview: The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions

A skill everyone should have: Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes Would be cool, but I think it would take me longer than 10 minutes to get my name to look right. And who would know what it said, anyway?

What a bunch of garbage… Molecule gives passionate lovers just one year. I can’t believe people are trying to find a physical explanation behind love. I wonder if this type of thinking is a cause or symptom of the way the world is today, with half of all marriages ending in divorce.

Here are some cool, interesting and possibly useful sites that I invite you to check out.

wayfaring.com
Had a perfect date and want to document what you did? Take a fantastic trip and want to share it with others? Map it out on this site.

sportsvite.com
Useful for organizing and finding games.

Find a Human
Press 1 for English, Press 2 if you want to listen to my droning voice some more, etc… This site gives you the options to go straight to a human.

bugmenot.com
Tired of having to create accounts for sites that require registration? This is the site for you.

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Jenee
Happy Birthday to you

Lol, funny stuff from YouTube. Some of you may have seen this on SNL…

The Chronic of Narnia Rap