Feral Gifter

Worms Wrote “Hi” on Woman’s Tomato

Phyllis Smith is waging a war with worms in her tomato garden. She’s clearly losing the battle, as she recently found a “hi” message from the worms on one of her tomatoes:

Calling Dick Tracy, Calling Dick Tracy

Another Walkie Talkie Watch, but this time not quite so nerdy looking.  The 3km (1.86 mile) range is better than that other set of walkie talkies, but these don’t come cheap—$109 plus shipping for a pair. – Jason Chen

Walkie Talkie Watches [I want one of these via Coolbuzz]

Twinkie cookbook

Twinkie cookbook - News and Siteseeing

At only 150 calories per “unit”, Twinkies are relatively dietetic.  Oh, and also someone published a book of Twinkie recipes.

Thanks Squiddy!

Insect Macro Photography

Anyone know what this is?  Looks like a kind of praying mantis to me.

A very neat collection of macro photography of insects (and frogs)
Link - via Cynical-C.

Lali, San Diego Zoo’s Baby Rhino

“Lali,” an 8-week-old female Indian rhinoceros calf, makes her public debut at the Wild Animal Park alongside her mother, Gari. Lali, which means darling girl in Hindi, is the 50th born at the Wild Animal Park since two of this endangered species arrived in 1972.

B25 Airplane Pulled Out of Lake Murray, South Carolina

From Abandoned But Not Forgotten, a website dedicated to abandoned building and sites in the United States:

“Recently, there has been some big hype going on in the small county of Lexington. Lake Murray is home to the island called “Bomb Island” where the air force used to do test bombing runs and assorted other activities, leaving many pieces of history to be found.. Like this B25(EDIT: thanks for the clear up) bomber. A private collector organized this retrieval of the plane and plans on preserving it at a state university or something like that.”

Link - via Fosfor

Doctor Who: The IR Control Daleks

The IR Control Daleks stand 8-inches tall and even speak in 9 digitized sounds from the 1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks movie. They come in three colors (red, black, and blue), but you can’t pick which color you want.  They also sport a powered rotating head, a moving laser turret, and flashing eyes. The included Infra-Red remote lets you rotate the Dalek left, right, and forward. Uses 3 AA and 3 AAA batteries (included).

Page Boost Generator

The Generator Blog says to check out  Page Boost Generator .  Which I did and got the following:

(Start laughing now)

Review of Feral Gifter

“I just saw <feralgifter.com>.
The color scheme is very balanced. Supreme.
(…)
What a splendid page! Seeing Feral Gifter,
I’m simply speechless. Just perfect. It must have taken many years to
fine-tune the page. If only Apple would have a cool page like that. Of
course, I expected the creator to succeed. The page contains 119 links,
a well-calculated amount. The underlying source is completely
uncluttered. There are 32,025 characters in the HTML, which is a great
length for the Firefox browser. The URL has 22 characters. Just the
perfect length. Mental note: got to visit this site daily from now on.”
– Vincent Russel, Usability Report Weekly

Tire Condom Helps You Stay Clean

Remember to cover your rig if you get a flat gifting.

The Flat Tire Concierge will keep you and your workwear pristine should you ever get a flat on the way to work. Complete with a pair of rubber gloves, a mat to kneel on and a “condom” to slip over your tire.

How to Install WordPress

David at Blogging Pro has a useful post for those wanting to switch to
WordPress but who are daunted by the process. His post is My WordPress Install Process.

Similarly Rachel has a screencast of her install process - which was so simple that even I could do it!

Of course then there is the official Installing WordPress Guide

Written on June 20, 2006 by Darren Rowse