Scout Jordan

Hi, I'm Jordan Running. By day I write about software for Tucows.com. By night I blog at swirlee.org (sometimes), do some programming, take some photos, and otherwise keep myself busy.

Website: http://swirlee.org/

Member Since: May 26, 2006

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks

Free Ice Cream at Cold Stone Creamery on Sept. 28

Travel – "On September 28th from 5:00 - 8:00pm, guests will be treated to a serving of Cole's Creation*. In exchange for the free Creation, customers are encouraged to make donations to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation."

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 06:48pm

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Why I hate Evite

Gadgets & Tech – "Evite today is almost exactly like it was in 1999...except it is slower. And this was early 1999 so that's almost 8 years ago." Just say no to Evite.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 06:25pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks

Frak Party - Plan a Battlestar season premier party

Television – Frak Party is a site by fans, for fans, to plan a "Frak Party" for Battlestar Galactica's upcoming 3rd season premiere on October 6.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 06:18pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks

Child's Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale

Art & Design – A Japanese company made Sotheby's and Christie's play Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who would auction off their $20 million art collection. Christie's won after taking the advice of two 11-year-olds who said, "Everybody knows you always start with scissors. Rock is way too obvious, and scissors beats paper." No, really.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 11:21am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks

Stone Skipping World Record

Popular Videos – Stone skipper Kurt Steiner tosses a stone for 34 skips. It just keeps going, and going, and going...

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:52am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

Skydiver almost gets hit by passing plane

Popular Videos – As you can imagine, he uses some pretty strong language.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:51am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

Portrait of Lincoln made from 1,702 pennies

Popular Videos – This guy uses 1,702 pennies to make a great portrait of Abraham Lincoln, using only the different shades of the copper.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:49am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks

Bird does the moonwalk

Popular Videos – This little bird has some pretty smooth moves. So does the wacky ornithologist. Must-see.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:47am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

Chris Angel swallows a quarter, then cuts it out of his arm

Popular Videos – Very cool magic trick, though not for the faint of heart.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:35am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / 1 sink

Creamshavers - Create free Flash screensavers for Windows

Gadgets & Tech – "Creamshavers is a totally free web service to create windows screensavers from Shockwave Flash files. Just upload your swf flash file and Creamshavers will produce a windows installer .exe with a totally nag-free fullscreen windows screensaver."

View Story Discuss (0) (creamshavers.com) 673 days ago by Jordan

Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:26am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks

Education's Fringe: 10 Radically Innovative College Programs

Gadgets & Tech – "The next 20 years of American innovation will be shaped by these 10 cutting-edge science and engineering programs. But before they change the world, these undergraduates will have to finish their homework."

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Submitted and Voted for on September 20, 2006 12:01am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Trivia hunters ask the textperts

Gadgets & Tech – "Having just completed his PhD at Cambridge, Tom Ellis knows plenty about DNA. But thanks to his current line of work, he is also in the enviable - and perhaps slightly disturbing - position of knowing exactly what questions are on the mind of the nation." Like "How tall is a smurf?"

View Story Discuss (0) (news.bbc.co.uk) 673 days ago by Jordan

Submitted and Voted for on September 19, 2006 11:53pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Chuck D lays down the law on DRM

Gadgets & Tech – "Digital rights management (DRM) has its benefits, but should not overly restrict users, according to musician and mobile entrepreneur Chuck D."

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Submitted and Voted for on September 19, 2006 11:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / 1 sink

The 50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music

Music – "Scott Stapp. Pop-opera. The braided goatee. These are just a few of the things even the most open-minded among us cannot abide." From Blender.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 19, 2006 11:39pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

How to lose your fear of being fired

Careers & Jobs – "I say it's time we take the stigma out of being fired. If you can rid youself of that threat (or at least reduce it greatly) then you grant yourself much wider lattitude at work. Trust me, our workplaces will be better and happier for it." Amen.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 19, 2006 10:38pm

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