http://www.makeyougohmm.com Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 02 May 2008 16:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As far as snack foods go, popcorn is near the top of the list. Thanks to a friend this morning I learned about Popcorn Workers Lung: The study, conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (NIOSH) concluded that diacetyl, a chemical that gives microwave popcorn its butter ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080502/3816/ There have been some funny movies about marijuana and I was interested to learn that AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson was involved with one called Totally Baked. To promote the Totally Baked DVD, Johnson sang three songs with AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams laying the lowdown. The 3 free song downloads sung by ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080430/5137/ I'm a sucker for practice. I hear some people complain about practicing like it's some kind of time waster. Hey, if you want to improve your skill at something it should require work, shouldn't it? A couple days ago I shared the finger perils of not enough guitar ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080426/5136/ Having graduated from high school in Wisconsin, I cringed when I heard that a study found that the badger state ranks at the top of the drunk driving states list. Wisconsin, with its prevalent drinking culture, was rated the state with the most drunk drivers in the country ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080425/5133/ I'm not into 'why I haven't blogged' posts and try to spare you the exercise. For future reference, I write when: 1. I have the time 2. Something external (another blog post, news story, new site/service, etc) moves me and/or 3. I have something (fresh, preferably) to say or share With #3 I'm ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080423/5130/ Yesterday our Zoom cable modem crapped out at home and it was no April Fool's joke. Last night we went to Best Buy and picked up a new modem and upgraded our router to the D-Link Xtreme N Gaming Router which promises to prioritize gaming traffic. Replacing the cable modem was ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080402/5129/ Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton missed a way to turn a reporter's question around: a reporter for the student paper, The Butler Collegian, asked for her opinion "on the criticism of her mother that how she handled the Lewinsky scandal might be a sign of ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080327/5128/ Chocolate bunnies for Easter are cliched. What you really need to taste is a lemonade pig. Farmland Friends are made by R.M Palmer. You can bite off the head of a friendly duck if pigs aren't your kind of friend. I hope for those of you who celebrate that your Easter went ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080324/5125/ Good stuff on the horizon for Blu-ray fans as some much needed web-interactive features will become available. The downloadable content will range from bonus movie scenes and trailers to "interactive movie-based games." "With Blu-ray established as the high-definition optical disc standard, ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080321/5124/ Sure, football season is over and it's time to welcome the baseball season, but here's a neat soda marketing idea. Check out the Jones Soda Seahawks edition: Jone Soda doesn't stop there, you can get custom pictures on a bottle of soda -- great gift idea -- by visiting myjones.com. Now ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080318/5063/