Barcode Yourself

From the site:

Barcode Yourself is a complete, interactive experience in the series of barcode art, created using the personalized data of participants. Enter an individual's gender, weight, height, age and location, and the barcode is formed using real-world data. 

The individualized barcode can then be printed, mapped, scanned, even depicted on a t-shirt or coffee mug. Uber-geeks can even test out their barcodes on their next grocery run. 

It is in scanning a barcode that the project reveals its humor, like a banner that reads: Disclaimer! Human beings are not merely worth somewhere between one cent and 10 dollars.

Read more about Barcode Yourself (along with some interesting social commentary) @

 Barcode Yourself

blatherskite

blatherskite blath·er·skite [blath-er-skahyt] noun
1. a person given to voluble, empty talk.
2. nonsense; blather.

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Certainly not a word I use; in fact, I've never seen or heard it before, but I'm afraid it describes me.

I probably should start a new blog and call it "The Blatherskite".

Dragon Baby

Apocalypse? Not Now!

You Would Survive an Apocalypse

Congratulations! You are one of the few who always has a plan B. And a plan C. You like to be well prepared in every aspect of your life. You are very responsible and conscientious. Zombies? Floods? Civilizational collapse? Famine? Killer clowns from outer space? No sweat for you. People may make fun of how prepared you are, but you know they'll be knocking on your door first when things go down.

Could You Survive an Apocalypse?

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I don't think "very responsible and conscientious" really would apply to me, but...I'm definitely ready for the killer clowns.

dulcify

dulcify dul·ci·fy [duhl-suh-fahy] verb (used with object), dul·ci·fied, dul·ci·fy·ing.

1. to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.

2. to sweeten.

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I wasn't familiar with this word and I'm certainly not familiar with the first definition...at the least, I'm not very good at it. 

Anniversary of the British Invasion

It officially began at 8 pm on Sunday 9th February, 1964 when the live broadcast of the first Ed Sullivan Show was aired with the full Beatles line-up. The band played five songs (All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Want To Hold Your Hand) and made broadcasting history.

Just a snippet of the first show, but someone on YouTube has made all three Ed Sullivan shows with the Beatles available in a single video.