The mini-nibs thread!

[mini-nibs]

Hi guys, I thought I should formally introduce myself.

1) I'm not related to Nibs

2) I'm pretty little (hence the name)

3) I spend most days roaming on the desk. There's a lot of weird stuff up here - the other day I found a giraffe! I also think there might be some hobbits.

4) Spending a lot of time on the desk, I also surf the internet a lot. I'll post anything good I find. (Nibs - should we have an internet thread?)

Well, that's pretty much it. I just helped install that new iPod that Lee gave us and now it is working pretty well! The ear buds are a bit too big for me though (typical!). Anyhoos, I'll see you guys around later!

[lee]

Hi mini-Nibs,

Did you really get that IPod working? That's very exciting.

Have you played the Music Quiz on it yet where you can try to guess which song it's playing. That's fun...me and Schlop liked that. But all our songs were soundtracks and we never knew their names... "Atreju flies to safety" or "Falcor and Atreju rock the house" ....see what I mean.

Let me know what you think of the IPod.

[mini-nibs]

"Falcor and Atreju rock the house"

Heh. Rock the house? Is that a real song Lee or are you just joshing me?

I haven't played the name the song game yet. I will though! I will let you know if I win too.

[mini-nibs]

Wow, that was fast - it only took 3 days and today my new headphones arrived! They are pretty cool and don't hurt my ears like those buds did. They wrap around the back, and they have reflectors on them in case I want to go jogging at night. And the sound quality is pretty good too. Awesome!

I also ordered two CDs (the one that itunes deleted :( and the one with that Crazy song I like from Danger Mouse) and a book called Little, Big. I'm not sure what Little, Big is about, but from the title I hope it's about a little bear that gets to become big. That would be cool. But those things haven't arrived yet, only the headphones. I will post when the other stuff arrives.

[mini-nibs]

Today I got the two CDs I ordered and also the book 'Little, Big.' It's a pretty big book. I can't wait to crack it open. On the back it says

The kind of book around which cults are formed, and rightly so. There's magic here.

Whoa! Sounds like I better be careful while reading it. Don't drink the kool-aid, as they say. Right Lee?

[Petri]

Hey mini-nibs, I wouldn't mind cracking that book open with you! It sounds interesting, especially that 'Little' part. Let me know when you want to read it. I'm just downstairs under the desk. Give me a holler!

[mini-nibs]

This is from the google puzzle for today - you have to take the numbers 8,8,3,3 and using any combination of +,-,/,* and parenthesis, come up with 24. You have to use all four numbers (and only those four). Can you guys solve it? I wrote a computer program to do it for me - since I'm lazy like that! (My computer program is only 58 lines long!)

Hey Nibs - I challenge you to solve this puzzle! Are you Nibs enough for the challenge?

PS no cheating by googling for the answer...

[Muffins]

I was just checking out the Schlops forums when I heard a whooshing noise and saw what looked like a bear riding a giraffe go galloping by. Was that you mini-nibs?

[mini-nibs]

Hey Muffins, yup that was me. I like to take my daily trot with Lulu around the desk. She can get going very fast!

[mini-nibs]

Hi guys, lately I've been having some problems getting bombarded by jumping spiders during the night... does anyone know of a mini-nib umbrella I could use.

Also, Lee I know you are a web editor and came across this post on the site LifeHacker - it is a Firefox utility that helps with the web editing, so I'm told. Do you use Firefox Lee? I like it a lot since it has mini-tabs and also lots of cool extensions you can install. Personally I use the Adblock extension which lets you click on any ad and block it, and you will never see the ad ever again! Ad begone!

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/web- ... 102764.php

[mini-nibs]

Howdy,

Be sure to click on this link and check out 28 comedy acts in 28 minutes from the BBC. In particular I liked the one about the animals in the bar and also the Back to the Future one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks ... eight_acts

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Are you guys as big Bruce Springsteen fans as I am? Probably not, but you will still want to check out these two songs he recently did on the Conan show. The first one is rousing number with a cacophony of musicians (including Conan on guitar and Jimmy Fallon on spoons) and the second is a great anti-war song. Check 'em out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCzBhePcIns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4m4uSLE9K0

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Well, according to this article some people want to put more weights in teddy bears to make lifting them burn more calories for kids. I think this is a huge mistake. If anything, we should stay with the trend of making bears lighter and lighter until one day we can all float in the air like hot air balloons.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/29/he ... index.html

[mini-nibs]

Hey gang.

I found a cool site via Lifehacker.com on how to make the world's best paper airplane. Well, it took me a few minutes to get through all the steps (there is a video on the page that also helps) but I ended up with quite a respectable plane. Right now one of the hobbits is flying it around the bed and buzzing Gulliver while he sips his coffee. That hobbit is dangerous!

If anyone is interested in making their own:

http://www.zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/paper/air-bld1.html

[mini-nibs]

Whoa, this looks scary - the bear jumped on the trampoline. Was he okay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNnpxvI ... trampoline

Buy the merchandise here:

http://www.cafepress.com/bear_trampoline