What I did Last Week on the Web September 29th

	Shared This Looks Legit. Have Fun Kids!.
	Has anyone heard the “Jesus Christ Show” on the radio? [helmsb]
	Did they change the Gamma settings in Snow Leopard? Everything looks much darker and with a deeper contrast [helmsb]
	Increasingly the killer feature for me in Google Chrome is having the combined search/address box. [helmsb]
	The Twitter SPAM is getting WAY out of control. I just blocked 10 more [helmsb]
	Shared Latest Ikea Design Has Critics Fuming.
	Shared Loaded Tubbin.
	Shared JoT 1288: Now is the Snow Leopard of our discontent..
	The new automated greetings in the McDonald’s drive-thru makes me laugh every time [helmsb]
	Shared This Is What An Apollo 11 Engineer Ends Up With After 20 Years Of Working On a Travel Trailer [DIY].
	Shared Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year. Interesting.
	Setting up a new site for the church on Wordpress and thinking about using Wordpress MU. What are the gotchas? [helmsb]
	Shared The Real Reason You Got Back So Much Hard Drive Space With Snow Leopard [Apple].
	Shared Five-pound gummy bear costs $40 and packs 12,600 calories.
	Shared Real flubber iPhone cases will save your iPhone from death and destruction.
	The amount disk space reclaimed by installing Snow Leopard is akin to a “Scratch and Win” game. [helmsb]
	Shared Skype Sale To Investor Group Led By Andreessen Horowitz Confirmed.
	New Blog Post: Q: Which City Was the Only City in the Continental United States to be Bombed During World War II? (http://bhnet.me/23) [helmsb]
	Shared Chrome Is Gaining Desktop Notifications. I love notifications!
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed I love notifications!
	I love the sound a sea of iPhone makes when everyone in the office has the same meeting reminder [helmsb]
	Shared Photoshop Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments.
	Shared 15 Snow Leopard Tricks You Have to Try [Snow Leopard]. I love how excited we get about having WiFi signal strength and the date in the menubar
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed I love how excited we get about having WiFi signal strength and the date in the menubar
	Shared Sony adopts Chrome as default browser for VAIO line. People buy Sony computers?
	Created Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) by Tony Bennett.
	Shared YouTube — PAC MAN (REMI GAILLARD).
	Posted a comment. Sony adopts Chrome as default browser for VAIO line People buy Sony computers?
	What is up with Twitter today. Follow counts fluctuating by 10–20. @replies disappearing. Lost 60 direct messages. [helmsb]
	Edison get’s no respect. Europe’s ban on incandescent light bulbs beings http://bhnet.me/24 [helmsb]
	Shared Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins — NYTimes.com. Hmm… Harsh light, costs more, mercury poisoning, can induce epileptic seizures this sounds like a great idea
	Posted a comment. Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins — NYTimes.com Hmm… Harsh light, costs more, mercury poisoning, can induce epileptic seizures this sounds like a great idea
	What am I going to do without my Gmail?! I think we need to begin looting and rioting [helmsb]
	New Blog Post: Q: Which City Was the Only City in the Continental United States to be Bombed During World War II? (http://bhnet.me/23) [helmsb]
	RT @google: We’re sorry for the Gmail trouble earlier. Find out more about what happened here: http://bit.ly/4gBxqO — Way to be transparent! [helmsb]
	Shared YikeBike: A mini penny-farthing for the 21st century.
	Shared What’s up with that? Cheyenne Diner to start its trek from NYC to Birmingham.
	Shared Microsoft Discontinues All Current Zunes.
	Shared Happy 40th birthday, Internet.
	Shared Happy 40th birthday, Internet. Happy Birthday Internet!!!
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed Happy Birthday Internet!!!
	Happy Birthday Internet! http://bhnet.me/27 [helmsb]
	Shared Microsoft Discontinues All Current Zunes. It’s a sad day
	Posted a comment. Microsoft Discontinues All Current Zunes It’s a sad day
	Shared Opera for Wii Now Available for Free [Wii].
	Shared Harry McCracken on the One-Year Anniversary of Chrome.
	Testing out Prey Fetcher: Twitter Push Notification (http://bhnet.me/28) Could someone send me an @reply to try it out? [helmsb]
	Shared Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad 1963. They were so ahead of their time
	Posted a comment. Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad 1963 They were so ahead of their time
	Dear Mercedes-Benz, I never cease to be amazed by the engineering marvel that of your single blade windshield wiper [helmsb]
	Shared A Brief History of Closed Captioning.
	Shared 75 Inspirational Web Site Designs + 25 Nostalgic Designs.
	Shared Gamesalad aiming to bring their development system to the iPhone.
	Shared How To Rob An Apple Store In 31 Seconds.
	New Blog Post: Bookmarks for September 2nd through September 3rd (http://bhnet.me/2a) [helmsb]
	Shared Inside AT&T’s Global Network Operations Center: Where Calls Go to Die [Image Cache].
	Young Frankenstein is on AMC!!! [helmsb]
	Shared Top 15 Facts You Probably Don’t Know.
	Shared Big Amazon will give you back your copies of 1984, annotations won’t be sent into the chute.
	Shared Would you be willing to die on Mars?.
	Shared 5 Things You Don’t Know About 5 Different People.
	New Blog Post: Enough is a Enough Jefferson County (http://bhnet.me/2b) [helmsb]
	Shared Balls Of Steel: F-18 Hornet Buzzes Man’s Head.
	Shared Early color photography.
	Old WordPress Versions Under Attack « Lorelle on WordPress http://j.mp/ozBID (via @ScottATaylor) [helmsb]
	Anyone else having issues with the new lifestream WP plugin? It messed up the path for the icons [helmsb]
	RT @wordpress: How to Keep WordPress Secure: http://bit.ly/12zHUd [helmsb]
	Shared The beautifully detailed art of Mac OS X app icons.
	New Blog Post: The Great WordPress Attack of 2009: My Thoughts (http://bhnet.me/2h) [helmsb]
	Shared Losing Its Religion: The New York Times Compromises.
	Shared Life Recorders May Be This Century’s Wrist Watch.
	Shared ASUS planning dual screen Eee Reader: world’s cheapest e-book reader.
	Shared Top 10 Mysteries of the Bible.
	From the Blog: The Great WordPress Attack of 2009: My Thoughts (http://bhnet.me/2h) [helmsb]
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 4th through September 7th (http://bhnet.me/2i) [helmsb]
	At what point in the future do we default all computers text to speech voice to Majel Roddenberry’s voice? [helmsb]
	This Antiques Roadshow appraiser is so condescending [helmsb]
	Shared Official Flickr App Brings Smooth Uploads, Browsing to iPhone [Downloads].
	Shared Google Maps’ Giant Game of Monopoly Begins Tomorrow [Google].
	How to not get hacked: http://bhnet.me/2j The solution is like barricading yourself in your house so you don’t get hit by an asteroid. [helmsb]
	If you own an iPhone and you use Flickr you need to download their new app! It’s extremely well done! http://bhnet.me/2k [helmsb]
	If your website was compromised could you restore from backup right now? If you hesitated, stop what you’re doing and go back it up! [helmsb]
	Shared UN wants new global currency to replace dollar.
	Shared Automattic Aquires AtD.
	From the Blog: The Great WordPress Attack of 2009: My Thoughts (http://bhnet.me/2h) [helmsb]
	Automattic Aquires AtD — Matt Mullenweg http://bhnet.me/2l [helmsb]
	RT @nprnews Panel Tells Obama Moon Return Is A No-Go http://su.pr/1dl0LH — I really think this is a step int the wrong direction [helmsb]
	Shared Video – Obama/Dragnet Mashup On Healthcare Reform.
	Sergeant Joe Friday talks to Obama about Healthcare and reform http://bhnet.me/2m [helmsb]
	Sergeant Joe Friday talks to Obama about Healthcare and reform http://bhnet.me/2n — Wrong Link last time [helmsb]
	I’m so glad to see Steve Jobs back! [helmsb]
	Inside Bernie Madoff’s Penthouse \| NBC New York http://bhnet.me/2o [helmsb]
	Shared Inside Bernie’s Penthouse \| NBC New York. The penthouse is nice but he had not taste when it came to furniture
	Shared Twitpocalypse II Coming To A Twitter Client Near You This Friday.
	Shared Apple Strikes Back: iTunes 9 does NOT sync with the Pre.
	Genius Mix is not showing in my iTunes. Has anyone gotten it to work yet? [helmsb]
	It you aren’t seeing the new “Genius Mixes” feature in iTunes, click “Update Genius” in the “Store” menu. [helmsb]
	From the Blog: How to See the New Genius Mixes Feature in iTune (http://bhnet.me/2p) [helmsb]
	Shared Now S-U-P-E-R-sized!.
	Posted a comment. Inside Bernie’s Penthouse \| NBC New York The penthouse is nice but he had not taste when it came to furniture
	Watching President Obama’s speech [helmsb]
	President Obama just mention Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. I can’t imaging why [helmsb]
	Wow the blog post I wrote on getting “Genius Mixes” working after you upgrade iTunes is getting a TON of traffic! http://bhnet.me/2p [helmsb]
	Shared RSSCloud Vs. PubSubHubbub: Why The Fat Pings Win.
	Shared Homing Pigeon Faster Than South Africa’s Internet.
	Shared iTunes 9 Sports Windows 7 Taskbar, Jump List Enhancements [ITunes Tip].
	From the Blog: New Logo for my “Personal Brand” (http://bhnet.me/2r) [helmsb]
	Shared HAL Robo-Suit Exoskeleton Hits the Streets of Tokyo [Exoskeletons]. No one thinks it’s a bad idea to let a company names Cyberdyne build robots?
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed No one thinks it’s a bad idea to let a company names Cyberdyne build robots?
	Shared Sprint Any Mobile Official: Unlimited Calls to All Mobile Numbers (Unless You’re Roaming) [Sprint]. Come on AT&T this is what I want to see from you.
	Posted a comment. Sprint Any Mobile Official: Unlimited Calls to All Mobile Numbers (Unless You’re Roaming) [Sprint] Come on AT&T this is what I want to see from you.
	Is the Feedsmith plugin not available for WordPress anymore? I can’t find it in the plugins directory [helmsb]
	Shared Make History with the National September 11th Memorial & Museum.
	Shared Get your notifications: experimental Mac app from Facebook.
	Shared Express lane not always express.
	Shared WP on Palm Pre. Wow people are so ingenious
	Posted a comment. WP on Palm Pre Wow people are so ingenious
	Shared Photo of the Day: “Wanna Get Away?”.
	From the Blog: New Logo for my “Personal Brand” (http://bhnet.me/2r) [helmsb]
	Shared The Gullwing Flies Again.
	Shared AMD demos “Eyefinity” mega-multi-monitor system.
	Does anyone actually watch “MonsterQuest” on the History Channel. I never see anything but that or “Gangland” on there anymore [helmsb]
	From the Blog: New Logo for my “Personal Brand” (http://bhnet.me/2r) [helmsb]
	From the Blog: I Remember… (http://bhnet.me/2t) [helmsb]
	In the car on my way to school. More of my story on my blog http://bhnet.me/2t #911WhereIHeard [helmsb]
	Shared 9/11 Screengrabs \| \| Mediaite.
	From the Blog: Screen-grabs of Websites on 9/11 (http://bhnet.me/2v) [helmsb]
	Shared What Ever Happened to the 9/11 Video?.
	Looking for instructions on installing mod_gzip for Apache on Windows. My searching has only turned up Linux and out of date tutorials [helmsb]
	From the Blog: Call for Changes to the WordPress Plugin Install/Upgrade Mechanism (http://bhnet.me/2w) [helmsb]
	I’ve seen High School football on cable access that looks better than this PPV Alabama game [helmsb]
	I don’t think it’s been said on Twitter yet but Kanye West is a jerk. No class whatsoever! [helmsb]
	Shared Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner) Mint For $170 Million.
	Shared How To Integrate Facebook With WordPress.
	Shared Apple Drops Price of 160 GB Apple TV to $229.
	Shared First Private Manned Orbital Flight Announced.
	From the Blog: My Blog is Now Connected With Facebook (http://bhnet.me/2x) [helmsb]
	Shared Book titles, if they were written today.
	If you went to my last blog post on commenting with FB Connect and the FB connect button wasn’t there it is now fixed. http://bhnet.me/2x [helmsb]
	Shared 300,000 Kanye West Tweets Interrupt Twitter.
	Shared Löopa Gyro Bowl. Why didn’t I think of this? I could be a millionaire right now!
	Posted a comment. Löopa Gyro Bowl Why didn’t I think of this? I could be a millionaire right now!
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 11th through September 14th (http://bhnet.me/2z) [helmsb]
	Kanye West is the Joe Wilson of music [helmsb]
	RT @BitterOldPunk @helmsb Now I ain’t sayin’ he’s a teabagger, but he don’t roll wit no single-payer. [helmsb]
	My next tweet will be number 3000! What should I say? [helmsb]
	Shared Norwegian Viking Man Changes Name To Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov. Kill it with fire!
	Shared Penn and Teller iPhone App Is as Magical as It Is Doomed [IPhone Apps].
	My long fight to the 3,000th tweet was a struggle. This clip symbolizes my struggle http://bhnet.me/30 [helmsb]
	POST UPDATE: My Blog is Now Connected With Facebook (http://bhnet.me/2x) [helmsb]
	* “I just posted an update with a plugin that I like a lit…” http://bit.ly/1qD2dH [helmsb]
	Shared Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky [UAVs]. That drone knew EXACTLY where it was going.
	Shared Hitler Rants About iPod Touch’s Missing Camera [Apple]. SPOT ON!! Very well done!
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed SPOT ON!! Very well done!
	Shared When You Think About It, The Death Star Was Stormtroopers’ 9/11 [Humor]. Star Wars Truthers…
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed Star Wars Truthers…
	Shared Sadly This Is Probably Easier Than Reassembly.
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 14th (http://bhnet.me/31) [helmsb]
	My FB is all in German today. Unfortunately my German is limited to WWII propaganda and Mercedes-Benz owners manuals [helmsb]
	Shared Lil’ Bow Wow. Stuff like this makes me angry!
	Trying out the new Bing Visual Search. This is one of the sample searches. Scanning through it gave me chills. http://bhnet.me/32 [helmsb]
	Posted a comment. Lil’ Bow Wow Stuff like this makes me angry!
	Shared Medicare Would Rather Buy $8000 Computer than $150 iPhone App [Politics]. Our government in action!
	Shared YouTube — Kanye West Interrupts Barack Obama Speech (MTV VMAs Spoof). Kanye West interrupts Barack Obama
	Kanye West interrupts Barack Obama http://bhnet.me/33 [helmsb]
	Shared Surveillance video of insurgents in Afghanistan accidentally blowing themselves up while planting a bomb.
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed Our government in action!
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed Kanye West interrupts Barack Obama
	Shared Apple Is “Amazing, Awesome, Beautiful, Great, Incredible, Really Nice and Unbelievable” [Apple].
	Shared Google Acquires reCaptcha To Power Scanning For Google Books And Google News.
	Google Acquires reCaptcha To Power Scanning For Google Books And Google News http://bhnet.me/34 [helmsb]
	Found this in my mailbox this morning. The Suspect Description is priceless! http://yfrog.com/09fasvcj [helmsb]
	The Office did not disapoint! One of the best episodes since the early seasons. They finally got the “akwardness” back [helmsb]
	Shared People Really Love Their Volvos.
	Shared Entire City Rendered In 3D Using Nothing But Flickr Photos [Visualizations].
	Get out of here Kanye! http://bhnet.me/35 [helmsb]
	http://twitpic.com/i6sw0 — The photo doesn’t really backup the headline. [helmsb]
	Had lunch at Momma Goldberg’s. Highly recommend it! The cajun turkey wrap was awesome! [helmsb]
	Shared Burning Man’s burned man denied appeal. People like this should be led out of the court and shot for stupidity
	Shared FCC Backs Net Neutrality, Chairman’s Full Speech Posted.
	Posted a comment. Burning Man’s burned man denied appeal People like this should be led out of the court and shot for stupidity
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 15th through September 21st (http://bhnet.me/36) [helmsb]
	Liked 2 stories.
	Shared fail-owned-paragliding-fail.jpg. Context FAIL
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed Context FAIL
	Liked Leo Laporte Shows Off 1998 Ultimate Gaming Machine.
	Liked Top 10 Sporting Cheats.
	Liked Some Remarkable Stop-Action Photos.
	I wish the “real” Mark Wahlberg hosted “Antiques Roadshow” [helmsb]
	Shared A Day Of Radio Remembered. This is so cool!
	Posted a comment. A Day Of Radio Remembered This is so cool!
	From the Blog: WordCamp Birmingham is Nearly Here! (http://bhnet.me/37) [helmsb]
	Liked PSA: Hollywood Speaks Out to Help Health Insurance Companies.
	Liked 10 Best Things We’ll Say to Our Grandkids.
	Shared Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On [Nukes].
	Shared Gizmodo reveals the Microsoft Courier tablet. Bring it on Microsoft? How ’bout it Apple?
	Posted a comment. Gizmodo reveals the Microsoft Courier tablet Bring it on Microsoft? How ’bout it Apple?
	Liked The Godfather: ‘Nobody enjoyed one day of it’.
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 21st through September 23rd (http://bhnet.me/38) [helmsb]
	My daily bookmarks now include articles I dugg on Digg. That is all. [helmsb]
	Liked Why It’s So Hard to Make Nuclear Weapons.
	Just got the confirmation for my Windows 7 House Party! I can’t wait to get my Windows 7 napkins! http://bhnet.me/39 [helmsb]
	Shared HD Video From the Edge of Space, On the Cheap.
	Shared 3887302639_bc8714c635.jpg. Good comeback!
	Shared 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011 [Airships].
	Posted a comment. 3887302639_bc8714c635.jpg Good comeback!
	Shared This Incredible Windows 7 Launch Party Video Is Either the Best or Worst Microsoft Ad This Year [Windows 7].
	Shared This Incredible Windows 7 Launch Party Video Is Either the Best or Worst Microsoft Ad This Year [Windows 7]. I can’t wait for MY Windows 7 Launch Party
	It still hard to believe the Windows 7 launch party is real! http://bhnet.me/3a [helmsb]
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 23rd (http://bhnet.me/3b) [helmsb]
	The History Channel is going to have a lot of programming gaps in 2013 [helmsb]
	Posted a comment. This Incredible Windows 7 Launch Party Video Is Either the Best or Worst Microsoft Ad This Year … I can’t wait for MY Windows 7 Launch Party
	http://twitpic.com/ixrnq — Today’s trending topics are causing me to lose more faith in humanity [helmsb]
	Shared At Least You Won’t Be Picking Ticks Off Your Butt. Saw one of these in Africa
	Shared Announcing the WebsiteSpark Program. Microsoft is kicking it up a notch!
	Posted a comment. At Least You Won’t Be Picking Ticks Off Your Butt Saw one of these in Africa
	Posted a comment. Announcing the WebsiteSpark Program Microsoft is kicking it up a notch!
	Shared 5 Brazen Examples of Price Fixing.
	Shared Three probes send back “unambiguous” evidence of lunar water.
	Looks like Gmail/Google may be under a denial of service attack [helmsb]
	RT @google We’re aware people are experiencing some diffs. w/ Gmail and we’re working to fix it ASAP. IMAP and HTML view are workarounds. [helmsb]
	RT @wordcampbham: In town tomorrow night? Pre-camp meetup at Jim N Nick’s starting at 6 p.m.! — http://bit.ly/18OPKN #wcbhm09 [helmsb]
	I’m at EBSCO Industries International Headquarters in Birmingham, AL http://gowal.la/s/9qz [helmsb]
	Shared An Important Message About Apple Industrial Design from Jon Ive [Blockquote].
	Shared The weight of a human soul.
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 24th (http://bhnet.me/3d) [helmsb]
	Shared Storm-sewer dwellers of Las Vegas.
	Shared 10 Amazing Translation Parties.
	From the Blog: WordCamp Birmingham Meetup at Jim ‘N Nick’s (http://bhnet.me/3e) [helmsb]
	Shared Too Far, Nerds: Flying a Camera on an R/C Helicopter Over an Under-Construction Apple Store [Fanboys].
	Shared Too Far, Nerds: Flying a Camera on an R/C Helicopter Over an Under-Construction Apple Store [Fanboys]. You don’t see people doing this at the new Microsoft stores
	Posted a comment. FriendFeed You don’t see people doing this at the new Microsoft stores
	Shared Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile.
	From the Blog: How to Enable MMS on the iPhone (http://bhnet.me/3f) [helmsb]
	Shared Spotted: Ultimate Apple Fanboy Visits The Mothership.
	From the Blog: Bookmarks for September 25th (http://bhnet.me/3g) [helmsb]
	From the Blog: WordCamp Birmingham 2009 is Off to a Great Start! (http://bhnet.me/3h) [helmsb]
	RT @wordcampbham: Revised #wcbhm09 schedule. re: time changes for morning sessions. http://odnhy.xrt.me [helmsb]
	I’m at Word Camp in Birmingham, AL http://gowal.la/s/9Kn [helmsb]
	My email is on blakehelms.net. I’ll help however I can [helmsb]
	RT @ScottATaylor: You’ll never see these Google Doodles… [PIC] http://ff.im/–8MzYV [helmsb]
	I’m at Shift Workspace in Birmingham, AL http://gowal.la/s/9cr [helmsb]
	Had a great time at #wcbhm09 ! Really great to meet so many new people [helmsb]
	How does Chumlee keep his job on “Pawn Stars” [helmsb]
	Why can people not understand that Rick has to make a profit when the sell stuff on #pawnstars ? [helmsb]
	From the Blog: Suggest Post Topics With Skribit (http://bhnet.me/3j) [helmsb]
	From the Blog: If You Were At WordCamp Birmingham Leave A Comment (http://bhnet.me/3k) [helmsb]
	If you were at #wcbhm09 I would love to get your twitter name and blog. Please leave a comment on my site and RT http://bhnet.me/3k [helmsb]
	Top 3 search referrers on my blog today: “WordCamp Birmingham”, “Skribit”, “Lawn Darts” [helmsb]
	RT @dougalI mentioned a sIFR-like font-replacement in PHP at #wcbhm09. I just remembered the name: FLIR. WP plugin: http://bit.ly/1mZbYX [helmsb]
	RT @pizzahut: We will donate 4 meals to World Hunger Relief 4 each person who RTs this: http://ow.ly/qWn8 More: http://ow.ly/r3Cy #pizzahut [helmsb]
	This is so bad it’s almost unwatchable!!! I can’t believe they actually distributed this video tape. http://bhnet.me/3l [helmsb]
	If you were at #wcbhm09 I would love to get your twitter name and blog. Pls leave a comment on my site and RT http://bhnet.me/3k [helmsb]
	Good morning all! [helmsb]
	Looking at my Google Analytics I’m huge in Moscow. I don’t remember posting anything that would peak the KGB’s interest [helmsb]
	Also it appears that Safari has just nudged Firefox out of the top spot in my browser analytics. [helmsb]