I previously reported on the "Amazon Tax" Bill (HB 3659) making its way through Illinois Legislation and landing on the Governor's desk. Two months later, Governor Pat Quinn (recently elected Governor by .9%) has signed the bill into Public Act 096-1544. The Act "closes the loophole" (a.k.a. twists the law in lobbying groups' favor) so that the same law that requires businesses … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Readability
Readability is a company with the goal of making the Web a more reading-friendly place. Readability removes a lot of the distractions from a website and allows you to format documents the way you like for a consistent and improved reading experience. You can utilize Readability as a web app or a mobile app to remove the distractions or to save something to be read … [Read more...]
What Does MS Paint Sound Like?
From YouTube, user r2blend has discovered that importing an executable into an audio editing program can have some interesting results. To be specific, they imported the MSPaint executable from Windows 7 x64 into Adobe Audition as 22050hz 8-bit stereo audio raw PCM data. The description of the YouTube video: Just made a really weird and awesome discovery. If you import an EXE … [Read more...]
TinEye – Search By Image To Find The Source
Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens all the time these days. Somebody will find an image online funny, say a comic or a piece of artwork, and want to share it. They then take the time to download the image, crop off any identifying logos or watermarks, and then upload the image to imgur or min.us. The creator has lost all credit and won't benefit from the traffic (ad … [Read more...]
Magic Boss Key – Get Back To Work Instantly
So let's say you're at work and you're on the clock. You're supposed to be working, but your friend two cubicles over just sent you a link posted to something funny. It was funny and then you got distracted looking at some of the other postings there. Suddenly you hear footsteps rapidly approaching your desk! Those footsteps sound like your boss and they're headed your way! You … [Read more...]