Speed reading

So I found this site today called Spreeder.  It displays text one word at a time, starting at 300 words per minute, but you can set it to display faster than that, such as 400 or 500 words per minute.  At first 400 words per minute sounds like a lot, but with this it actually isn’t too hard to keep up with, it just isn’t a relaxing read.  ;)

And according to this site I can read at around 250-300wpm (not sure where my comprehension lies exactly), so this effectively increased my reading speed ability by about 150 words per minute.

I don’t know if I will ever use this on a regular basis, but it’s definitely interesting.

~ Jon

I’m sooo hungry!

I thought this picture was golden.  ;)

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~ Jon

To have a beard

Beard, no Beard.

Pork, beans.

You probably heard the song Pork and Beans by Weezer, but have you seen the video? This was a really cool move of Weezer to do–incorporate youtube ‘stars’ into their song. I don’t know how/if this will translate into more songs, but I really like the idea.

Just in case you didn’t get all the references here are a few of the main ones–Chocolate Rain, Miss Teen South Carolina, Kelly (from the Shoes video), Chris Crocker (Leave Brittany Alone), Diet Coke + Mentos, guy from Evolution of Dance (random–but is it just me, or is this video not that great? I guess it’s just me, since 91 million views says otherwise), Daft Hands, Daft Bodies, Charlie the Unicorn, the Ninja guy (haha, I love how weezer gives this guy a comeback :P), the Dramatic Look Gopher, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, K-Fed, Lightsaber guys, 155 T-shirts, Numa numa, all your base are belongto us, Sneezing Panda, and GI Joe PSA.

The ones that I didn’t link to contain profanity, so yeah. :P

And hopefully I’ll never have this many links in a blog post again. ;)
~ Jon

Sad dog

Have you ever seen a sad dog? What about a dog this sad? So I thought this was awesome. ;)

Source: flickr user *christopher*

In other news, PCC is in less than two weeks! I’m pretty excited about doing the slideshow–it will challenge me to be creative, endure (taking more pictures than I ever have in one week), and do better than the previous standard. ;-) I think I’ll do fine making a super-awesome slideshow, but my photography skills aren’t quite as good as a certain Mr. Smith, nor is my camera. But if I can excel in creativity, being at the right place at the right time, and taking a multitude of pictures, I think I can overcome those factors.

You can also expect to see the entire slideshow on jonyoder.com by Monday, and hopefully a few talent show videos uploaded by then too.

And thank God for rain! :)
~ Jon