http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger Welcome To My Internets Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:35:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an example of having a heck of a lot of time. This guy designs a level for Super Mario World which requires absolutely 0 input by the user. Full of bouncing off power-ups, riding on animals, and using the physics engine gravity to propel Mario. ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/27/custom-super-mario-world-level-no-input more animals http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/26/hey-man-it%e2%80%99s-cool%e2%80%a6-it%e2%80%99s-cool%e2%80%a6 A recent article came out here which was news of a lady who sold her house to raise £25,000 ($ 46,522 American dollars) to clone her deceased pit bull ... "Booger." Apparently distraught over his death, and being that he had saved her life fending off an attacking dog. ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/26/one-crazy-lady-and-cloning-made-easy Google Notifier for Mac OS X is really handy. Having had it, I rarely miss emails to my Gmail account as it is really quick to see when a message comes in and if I need to address it immediately. However, this program connects to Gmail and authenticates ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/21/how-to-secure-google-notifier This has probably been shown a ton through forums and news articles but I wanted to make sure to reemphasize the need for security with Gmail. Gmail is great, there is no doubt about it, and I love and use it every day. Though you need to be ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/21/how-to-secure-gmail I have come to love Twitterrific and while realizing some security issues I was having with Google's Gmail Notifier, I uncovered yet another security concern. It appears that Twitterrific does not connect to the Twitter service via HTTPS, and rather, connects via HTTP and authenticates over plain text! ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/21/how-to-secure-twitterific more cat pictures http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/16/tank-u-ceilingcat-for-our-daily-nomz Not since 1863 when Lincoln imposed martial law have we seen such a act passed. I came accross this news article here. There is also a better write-up here. Apparently in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas a recent gang turf war has enacted drastic measures by the Mayor James Valley. ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/14/martial-law-not-cool People that know me, know that I have this terrible addiction to monkeys. They add a modifier to everything funny. I call it the "monkey modifier affect." Add it to something, and it makes it 30% funnier. So Holy crap man, this movie was totally made for me. ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/12/zomfg-skating-monkeys Badminton cant be all that cool now can it? Honestly I wasn't even aware that this was an Olympic event. This will make you change your mind about how insane it can be: Crazy Badminton - More amazing video clips are a click away I mean holy crap! ... http://www.johnstrunk.com/blogger/2008/08/11/omg-badminton