Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:49 pm

http://www.dtmts.com/

From the files of "Why didn't I think of that?".

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:08 pm

LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:28 pm

BSF21 wrote:http://www.dtmts.com/

From the files of "Why didn't I think of that?".

That is fantastic.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:54 pm

govmentchedda wrote:
BSF21 wrote:http://www.dtmts.com/

From the files of "Why didn't I think of that?".
That is fantastic.

Why can't i figure out what it is?

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:58 pm

"don't tell me the score"

For people who want to see the highlights not knowing what is going to happen or how it ends up.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:10 pm

The swamp has a few road warriors.

For me, http://expensify.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is the most important development in years.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:33 pm

travzilla wrote:"don't tell me the score"

For people who want to see the highlights not knowing what is going to happen or how it ends up.

When I clicked through, I picked a game and it took me to a page with the score in 40 point font (along with highlights, stats, etc).

Is it just that the scores aren't on the first page?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:36 pm

i'll try out expensify. last year i tried out about a half-dozen expense account/receipt apps, i didn't like any of them.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:41 pm

Shirley wrote:
travzilla wrote:"don't tell me the score"

For people who want to see the highlights not knowing what is going to happen or how it ends up.
When I clicked through, I picked a game and it took me to a page with the score in 40 point font (along with highlights, stats, etc).

Is it just that the scores aren't on the first page?

Clicking through takes me to the video game highlights from the NHL.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:34 pm

kranepool wrote:The swamp has a few road warriors.

For me, http://expensify.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is the most important development in years.

That looks pretty awesome, but our company switched to Concur a couple of years ago, and that has made my expense report submissions infinitely easier. Only downside is I have to scan all of my receipts, which can take several minutes depending on the length of my trip.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:09 pm

Sabo wrote:
kranepool wrote:The swamp has a few road warriors.

For me, http://expensify.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is the most important development in years.
That looks pretty awesome, but our company switched to Concur a couple of years ago, and that has made my expense report submissions infinitely easier. Only downside is I have to scan all of my receipts, which can take several minutes depending on the length of my trip.

My company also went to Concur a couple years ago and I like it a lot. We don't have to scan/provide receipts other than hotels, unless you didn't use the company credit card and the expense is over $25.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:06 pm

This is great. A guy bought the house in front of the Westboro Baptist Church and set it up as a LGBT "equality House"; painted it pride flag rainbow. Brilliant!

LINK (with photos)

Now . . . a US Military recruiting station on the other side would be just perfect.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:30 am

govmentchedda wrote:
Shirley wrote:
travzilla wrote:"don't tell me the score"

For people who want to see the highlights not knowing what is going to happen or how it ends up.
When I clicked through, I picked a game and it took me to a page with the score in 40 point font (along with highlights, stats, etc).

Is it just that the scores aren't on the first page?
Clicking through takes me to the video game highlights from the NHL.

I think the idea is that you can see the highlights, but they have blacked out the scoreline at the bottom of the screen so you don't see the scores of other games.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:34 am

From Slate: Seven or eight guys on what it's like to beat Duke in the NCAA tournament.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sp ... ted.4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But no room for anyone from the 1993 Cal team, knocking off Duke when they were two-time defending champs? That's bullshit.

(And holy shit, that was 20 years ago?)

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:42 pm

The Irrepressible Ingenuity Of People Who Draw Dicks In Video Games

I love that someone came up with the "time to cock" concept.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:51 pm

I am digging Expensify. How does the Smartscan work--a bunch of dollar-an-hour Indians reading my receipts? Shoebox was one of the apps I had tried and didn't like. I don't remember why, I think it is somewhat similar, but this has a great interface, super easy and intuitive.

Thanks for the rec, Kranepool. I don't care what they say about you; you're all right!

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:08 am

Ok, Expensify. They gave me ten free Smart Scans. After that, $0.20 each. In January, I had 18 receipts (mostly taxis); that would be $3.60. I think I can handle that cost. Not sure if it is worth it, on a larger scale, but it is cool and convenient.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:23 pm

Heroic Beavers Save Salt Lake City

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:40 pm

Nice beaver(s).

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:30 pm

howard wrote:Ok, Expensify. They gave me ten free Smart Scans. After that, $0.20 each. In January, I had 18 receipts (mostly taxis); that would be $3.60. I think I can handle that cost. Not sure if it is worth it, on a larger scale, but it is cool and convenient.

Under IRS guidelines (help me out, HDO), receipts aren't required for expenses less than $25.

I only use smartscans for entertaining, auto-rentals, parking, and hotel.

I uploaded my company's expense reporting template (which sucks), and they mapped out all the categories to export to my company's format with one click. That mapping process, also free, took about 5 business days.

Now, with one click, my expenses are in my smart report about 12 hours later.

Expensify saving me hours each month. For next to nothing.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:59 am

Is the dog included? Canine 'photobombs' every picture of Craigslist property listing

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:45 pm

Scottie wrote:Is the dog included? Canine 'photobombs' every picture of Craigslist property listing

That was hilarious.

SlimChristian · Post by **SlimChristian** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:30 pm

One bad ass Medal of Honor winner.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:33 pm

SlimChristian wrote:One bad ass Medal of Honor winner.

Tiny white print on that dark background was very hard to read, but well worth it.

Post by **Sabo** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:37 pm

SlimChristian wrote:One bad ass Medal of Honor winner.

I would argue that any Medal of Honor winner is a bad ass, but wow, that guy is a REAL bad ass.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:55 am

Lenny Dykstra is not a nice person.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:56 pm

Haven't posted from this blog in a while. " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Strange but strong intimacies are the hallmarks of field friendships.

...

3) Taking turns kicking the bloated and steaming corpse of a cow to marvel at the spectacle of vultures, flying as if newly born, from its half-eaten anus (they just keep coming…). Then looking at each other and knowing, without having to say a word, that you will wait together so that you can watch them crawl back inside.

4) Maintaining eye contact - and I will neither confirm nor deny that hands were held, as well - while mutually defecating in the forest. Just to see if you can stand it. Which you can, but just barely. (And please, try not to laugh so hard while pooping in the future… it’s exceedingly strange in both sensation and outcome.)

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:59 pm

SlimChristian wrote:One bad ass Medal of Honor winner.

Jesus.

I wonder how much of that information is verified. It seems a bit TOO good, especially that last part.

Shrew · Post by **Shrew** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:11 pm

]NPR and the Center for Public Integrity have teamed up to produce an excellent and chilling series of stories about workers suffocated to death in grain bins — a major and well-known hazard in agriculture.

On a stifling hot day in July 2010, Whitebread joined his buddies Alex Pacas, 19, and Will Piper, 20, at the Haasbach LLC grain storage complex. Piper had begun working there the week before, and it was Pacas’ second day on the job.

The boys carried shovels and picks as they climbed a ladder four stories to the top of the grain bin, which was twice as wide and half-filled with 250,000 bushels of wet and crusty corn. Their job was to “walk down the grain,” or break up the kernels that clung to the walls and clogged the drainage hole at the bottom of the bin.

The work went well at first, with the boys shoveling corn toward a cone-shaped hole at the center of the bin. But around 9:45 a.m., Whitebread began sinking in the corn. He was sucked under in minutes and disappeared. Pacas and Piper also began to sink and desperately struggled to stay on the surface.

Six horrific hours later, only Piper was carried out alive.

NPR and the Center compiled reports of the nearly 180 worker deaths from grain-related entrapments since 1984; you can view them by state or browse through the disturbing event summaries. The entire “Buried in Grain” series is well worth reading — and bookmarking for those times when anyone tells you OSHA is being too hard on businesses.

Rams Fanny · Post by **Rams Fanny** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:30 pm

This is likely the weirdest music video you will ever see

SlimChristian · Post by **SlimChristian** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:31 pm

Badass of the week

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:56 am

The Great 8 plays some 3 v. 3 street hockey outside Verizon with passers by.
http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.co ... -f-street/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:00 am

SlimChristian wrote:Badass of the week

Damn. That's amazing.

And also amazing that Russia lost one million men in that little skirmish. One million men in exchange for Finland? And they didn't even get Finland.

The Russian attitude on the tiny value of life never ceases to amaze me.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:04 am

SlimChristian wrote:Badass of the week

The most prolific sniper known. One thing that write up didn't mention is Hayha would put snow in his mouth so condensation from his breath wouldn't give his position away. Imagine putting snow in your mouth for hours on end when it's well below zero. Then again, if the alternative is getting shot and killed, it doesn't sound so bad.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:12 am

Remember Maurice Clarett? Yeah, he's having a go at rugby.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:47 pm

SlimChristian wrote:Badass of the week

This read, in part, like one of SLolz'z presidential biographies.

SlimChristian · Post by **SlimChristian** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:36 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:
SlimChristian wrote:Badass of the week
This read, in part, like one of SLolz'z presidential biographies.

I thought the exact same thing.

BTW, my favorite line of those bios was for Abe Lincoln. "Nine months after a condom broke, Abraham Lincoln was born".

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:55 am

Eyeballs found in trash at Kansas City gas station

Bronto?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:22 am

Another dramatic ice floe disaster:

http://inserbia.info/news/2013/03/over- ... ian-shore/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:01 pm

http://actresseswithoutteeth.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;