1.21 Gigawatts of Opinion

After digging around a little online I found an awesome free voicemail service. Currently it only gives out 206 area code numbers but it is entirely free.

Callers will hear nothing but your greeting, and when checking your messages you'll hear a short advertisement. Not bad for something as useful as that!

Check it out here!

Call me! 206-984-6346 

1.21 Gigawatts has a new bookmark and addy box icon. It's cool! It's Plutonium!

A great Seablog find! Stories, romance, swordfights! Ok not so much the last two.

Check it g check it g check it, swing it g swing it g swing it!

[Omir the Storyteller]

Now that Google Video is active it's got a growing number of awesome videos. And as pointed out by Boing Boing a search for Highschool will bring up some of the best stuff.

As a fan of the 80s and especially of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, I have to point my readers here for a must see perfomance by anyone who loves the old NES games. An a capella performance of some of our favorite games.

[Nintendo A Capella] 

If Pirates Ruled the World.

Worth1000 photoshopping contest where the theme is If Pirates Ruled. Awesome pirating ensues.

via Boing Boing

Ahoy lubber! Today be th' official day o' talkin' like a pirate. If'n yer wonderin' what in Davy Jones soggy locker I'm talkin' 'bout ye should check out the 'ficcial website o' National Talk Like A Pirate Day.

While yer at it ye may want to check out th' new book "Pirattitude" by the sea dogs that came up with this holiest o' holidays.

This is a cool 8 page pocket organizer that you can mod with tables, grids, lines, planners and a tic tac toe board.

It is made of 1 sheet of printer paper and it even has a pocket on the front to hold a single business card.

Printable template is free and easy. Check it out!

[Pocket Mod] via Boing Boing

Bristlecone pines are the oldest trees on earth. Taking on a ghostly image of short gnarled ancient wood.

The following is from sonic.net/bristlecone:

"Colossal Bristlecone Ghost"

Bristlecones have the ability to remain standing for centuries after death. Invasions from bacteria, fungus or insects that prey upon most plants, are unknown to the bristlecone due to their dense, highly resinous wood. The dry air common in the subalpine region can kill by desiccation, but also helps preserve the trees from rotting. When the tree eventually falls it is because the supporting roots finally decay or are undermined by erosion. This ghost is located on the northwestern limit of Schulman Grove and overlooks the snow covered Sierra Nevada to the west.

This tree is located on the east side of Patriarch Grove at 11,200 ft. of elevation, is one of the most picturesque of all bristlecones in the White Mts.

The winds can be extreme at this location, and the day this image was taken, they were blowing at a steady 50 mph. Standing alone in a field of dolomite one can only guess at how many seasons it has endured. One thing is certain - it will be here long after we living today have passed on.

"Along Methuselah Walk"

These trees located in Methuselah Grove are on a steep slope and in an area where trees reach 3000 - 4000 years of age. Very old trees are typically squat and gnarled, with many dead branches and large areas of exposed wood. In this grove, scientists have found several pieces of deadwood lying on the ground for more than 7000 years!

[www.sonic.net/bristlecone]