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Vaudeville, Sideshow, and Circus Acts

I was listening to 1190 this morning and they played a number by the Yard Dogs Road Show that caught my attention. The DJ plugged the show and said that it is something worth seeing.

They remind me a bit of the Bindelstiff Family Cirkus. I try to catch the BFC whenever they are in town.

Juggling is a common sideshow act. Here is a entertaining routine by Chris Bliss and a more entertaining routine by Jason Garfield dissing Bliss.

Yo, Steve Brown can really Yo-Yo.

Boulder has a Circus Center and a low flying trapeze dance troop, Frequent Flyers.

Wow, what a whirlwind weekend.

Starting with 2 feet of snow, a graduation party(yay Vicki!), a football game( yay Broncos!), hosting a Christmas dinner(yay Santa), and then a basketball game(yay Nuggets). Wow, phew, made it!

• Did someone get you a gift card this year? Use it quick. Don't throw away money by leaving it in a drawer and forgetting about it.
• Here is a great idea; a handbag that detects your cellphone ring. My wife could use one of these.
• Extremetech mouse review

Wow, Good snowstorm

We had about 2 feet of snow with some 3 foot drifts at my house. I spent all morning yesterday digging out 10 feet of driveway and clearing the sidewalk. The truck handles the snow very well in it's new Yokohama Geolander A/T+II. They have been a great tire. I recommend them for your truck/SUV if you do any off-roading.

• Tis the season for Gluhwien and Feuerzangenbowle
• Science Magazine's breakthrough of the year, the Poincare conjecture proved. On a side not the open peer review doesn't seem to be working out.[via /. ]
• It is a little late for gift guides but here is one from FiringSquad and their hardware guide
• Need some cuteness. Stuffonmycat.com is the place to go.
• DIY ice-kite-board looks like a lot of fun. [ instructables ]
• MIT researchers create landmine detector [ gizmodo ]
• A-team smart car, LOL [ dethroner ]
• This dragon illusion is pretty cool. [ via randomgoodstuff ]
• Very cool; DIY electrolytic brass etching [ via digg ]

• What's next for AMD [ Ars ]
• A peek at Intel's roadmap [ Ars ]
• Lifehackers best apps of 2006
• Christmas tree stand/watering gadget. I think I want this.... [ gizmodo ]
• The X-51 hypersonic cruise missile is awesome [ via gizmodo ]
• Lonely? You could spend time with your virtual boyfriend/girlfriend this holiday. [ gearlive ]
• These reclining chairs kick-ass. They would look great in the theater room. [ via uncrate ]
• What happens to your body when you drink a Coke? interesting..... [ via gizmodo ]
• Blind Turin residents to be guided by GPS, cool [ engadget ]
• Track Santa with NORAD
• December 14, 2006 Aurora photos [ via digg ]
• Interesting article on the psychology of false confessions [ via digg ]
• Cool photos of the skywalker parade

• Engage cloaking device! German scientist create a material with a negative refractive index, very cool. [ via /. ]
• Energy hogs.... There has been a bunch of noise about tech gadget sucking soooo much power and vampire effects of wall warts. This WSJ article looks for the real culprits. [ via /. ]
• This guy found comic Russell Peters videos on You Tube, funny ethnic humor.
• This 727 ran into a little hail. jeezums [ via digg ]
• Top Gear: Car Olympics - the long jump, San Fran drivers take note [ via digg ]

• A new class of personal hot air blimbs is being developed [via /.]
• Spring loaded lightsaber, nice [ gizmodo ]
• Time's person of the year is a total cop-out, lame, Booooo
• The good book
• This bluetooth headset by Jawbone looks cool and should work very well
• Crazy furry laptop covers
• Prague 360 has some great panorama pictures of Prague

• How Skype punches the firewall. [ via /. ]
• Interesting article on adult/parent gamers [ via /. ]
• Series of photos of a F18 Superhornet landing mishap
• Rotor coffee table is pretty cool [ swissmiss ]
• Impressive video of a car crashing into a mall [ via digg ]
• How to photograph Christmas lights [via digg ]