Loudmouthman

It seems appropriate for the 5th posting of Things to do on a weekend  to mention another favourite “ideas” site.

5min.com is the video alternative to Instructables. Whilst it is still in beta its content and organisation is great for advice, tips and idea creation for those planning a weekend activities. When watching the videos on the site pay attention to the little Smart Player button which expands the video into full screen.

Taking video content a little further the 5min website includes tabs on the left to link to additional content related to the video. Addons, Scenes, Links and related video content are all available within the 5min video.

On the right video controls allow additional Zooming, playback speed adjustment, frame by frame viewing and brightness adjustment. Meaning this site understands that the action within the video is as important as the content within the video.

Turning off the Keyboard Clicks in SecondLife

If only for the passion and excitement in Torleys voice.

How to Dad Series - Burp a Baby

Never work with kids eh !

How to install memory in a Apple Macbook

My personal favourite for now

For ideas for things to do, or just advice on how to do it , the 5min website is an interesting diversion before the weekend.

Thanks for reading.

What would happen to the world should the human race vanish in some fantastic fashion ?

The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman discusses the effects our creations and environmental modifications have had upon this planet. By chapters and stages he meets with experts and academics and describes the types of failures, breakdowns and decomposition of the articles of man. He describes in detail how shortlived our property is and in turn how insidious and overwhelming some of our by-products are.

One particular Chapter ( 9: Polymers are forever ) left me with the impression that we will be choking to death on the remants of our packaging or products long before nuclear waste and emissions ever effect us. The scale of the damage to our environment through plastic is mindblowing!

Has the book made me a better environmentalist ? no, but it had adjusted my view as to some of our environmental priorities.

Go buy the book and let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading.