Doc Ott’s Life Hack Blog

Over at Manybooks.net you can download lots of open source books, including many ‘classics’ You can download them in iPod (as notes) format which is kindof cool.

Ok, this is cool, you can add text to a chalkboard being written on by Einstein and then save the picture
Insert words into Einsteins chalkboard

So I am doing long runs and I like to listen to talking instead of music when running for 2+ hours. I have been hoping for some school to come up with good lectures I can download. It MIGHT be UC- Berkeley. I subscribed to the Undergrad colloquim on Political Science which might be cool. […]

I am not sure why I love these types of site. The Earth View
site allows you to look at the Earth in ‘real time’ from any angle. It shows the terminator (line between night and day) and includes the lights of cities on the night side. Good for a desktop image.

A Message from the President of the United States
So before you record a television presentation, you have to make sure everything is cool, including audio and video feeds. The President seems to be used to this ‘prep’ time, and decided to have some fun this time.

For those of you who have seen any Brick Films, you will like this entry. It is a Star Wars spoof Brick film with a pretty funny set of scenes. Make sure you check out the scene during the credits roll at the end.
LEGO.com STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE BRICK

It should be noted that my […]

I saw this video a long time ago. Before any space travel, NASA wanted to see if a man could survive a parachute jump from 100,000 feet. No craft could go that high except a helium balloon. He goes up (into to what is technically considered ’space’) and stepped off the platform, falling to earth. […]

Here is a little film that poses one version of technological events projected 10 years into the future. It seems completely plausible, that’s what is so scary about it…
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/epic

Animation of Entire 2005 Hurricane Season
A little film with 3 or 4 frames per day of the Atlantic Ocean showing the track of each of the 21 (so far) named storms this year. There are various level of resolution depending on the size of your pipe.

Joe’s Music
My good friend and colleague, Joe Shackelford, is a budding musician. He has recorded some cool music and you can find some here. It’s worth a listen.