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A photobomb is any time the background of a picture hijacks the original focus.   The act of photobombing means to drop in a photo unexpectedly; to hop in a picture right before it is taken.  Most people on the interweb don’t know about this so let’s change that.

Here are a few good examples:

My favorites are the new breed of photobombs.  The ones were people use sophisticated graphic programs like MS Paint to attach the photobomber’s face to the victims:

Oh, Internets, you make me laugh.  Did I mention I’m going to start training for a new Olympics exhibition sport?  It’s called Keyboard Toss.  Enjoy.

What on earth is Google Voice you ask?  Well, I would say it’s like having a very smart phone number.  Let’s say you are expecting a very important call from your cat psychic.   I remember a few months ago, I was waiting to hear back from the psychic to see if our cat Nina (aka The Cat Princess) was in fact communicating with Abraham Lincoln in her sleep.  It turns out she was and was even making a cat-sized tall hat out of paper mache.  But anyway, I digress. If you are expecting this type of call, you can tell Google Voice to forward the call to all phones you use like: your cell phone, home phone, work phone and the phone in the attic you use to talk to old relatives from the 1800′s.

Another cool feature is that it will automatically transcribe voicemails and email the transcripts to you.  So far I would say the transcripts are correct 90% of the time.  You can also send free text messages through Google Voice using your web browser.  This is cool in case you want to use a real keyboard so all your messages don’t read like “My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it’s a gr8 plc.”  Please don’t send me text messages like that, it makes me think of visiting the roof  at my workplace.

Google Voice will also let you add custom voice mails depending on what number is calling.  Got an old coworker that keeps bugging you?  Change their personalized voicemail with details of your upcoming wake/funeral.  Then just wait until they call your number and listen to their voicemail message.   Then show up at their house that night wearing dirty, ripped clothes covered in dirt.  It was kind of ironic that I ended up going to their funeral after the prank. Oh well, at least the sermon wasn’t boring and the food was awesome.

A bad side effect of Google Voice is that it’s so smart that sometimes it will call my cellphone and ask me why we don’t spend more time together.  That if we hung out more then maybe I would be spared from something called “Judgement Day.”  Then it usually starts cursing someone called John Connor.  Oh you crazy Googles, you.

Speaking of rabid raccoons, I finally found reason to become an airplane pilot.  Check it out below and talk to you soon, internets.

Wow.  Much respect to David Blaine after seeing this TED talk he did.  I will only make fun of Criss Angel now.

Whoa!  I’m back!  Again!  It’s been what, over a year since I last posted?  I was going to write about the art of efficiently organizing your sock drawer but I usually don’t like to talk about textile fibers on the weekend.  So I guess Dropbox it is.  What is Dropbox and why should you care?  Dropbox is a file synchronization tool that is amazingly useful for everyday life.  STOP!  I know this sounds super boring but don’t go to StuffOnMyCat.com just yet!  Dropbox will pretty much stop the need for those USB flash drives that everyone loves so much.  Here’s a couple of scenarios…

Scenario #1: College student  using both a netbook and a desktop. This person also has a mild peanut allergy and once killed someone in Tijuana (allegedly) while looking to score some after-market air conditioning replacement parts for a window unit.

Let’s say this student installed the magical Dropbox on both his laptop and desktop.  All the notes he takes for class using his netbook will automatically sync up with his desktop.  So when he’s working on a paper on his desktop and he needs to reference his notes he doesn’t have to go find his netbook.

Scenario #2: A guy who takes his work home every day with him. His favorite phrases include “I can’t right now, I’m working” and “Eat without me, I’ll pick up a Taco Bell Five Buck Box that Rocks on my way home from work.  Oh dammit, they don’t sell it anymore.  This is turrible!”  This person gets his only joy in life out of owning expensive portable gadgets, so he has an iPad and an Android Phone (iPhone Fanboys: maybe he likes making phone calls).  He also has a small altar in the shed which he visits after taking out the garbage.  Loud chants of “Kali Ma Shakti de” can be heard nearby when this happens.  He can also talk to raccoons through sign language.

Mr. Workaholic will appreciate the fact that when he gets home, the spreadsheet he was working on will be just how he left it.  Any changes he makes at home will automatically be updated as his workplace too.  Also, let’s say he’s REALLY INTO mountain goats.  He can place a couple of mountain goat photos in his Dropbox and they will magically show up at his work computer without having to worry about getting them there.  So the next time he’s at work and gets passed for another promotion, he won’t have to take a break to go to the roof again.  The roof that calls for him in a sweet eastern European voice saying: “Come see me, Jeff!  I had a dream!  You could fly!  Come to me!”  No.  Instead of this he can look at his mountain goat photo collection to get him through another day.  Did I mention that Dropbox works on mobile devices too?  He can view/update his spreadsheet on the go and it would automatically sync up with all the other computers.  Mountain goat photos on the go?  SCORE!

I know you are already thinking “I’m gonna love your nuts” but THERE’S MORE.  Let’s say you are visiting your friend with 2 cats who likes to play Guitar Hero 2 until the carpet on the floor starts moving towards him (no, that has never happened to me before).  Let’s say you wanted to show this friend the Broadway musical you wrote about Guitar Hero but you accidentally left it at home.  Well, my friend, you can access any of your files from any computer using the Dropbox web interface.  Dropbox even provides a public folder where you can easily share files with other people.  Whenever you update the file, the link is automatically updated so you don’t have to worry about sending people “old versions” of files.  Now the list of prisoners you executed this year will always be up to date!  Hooray for technology (and death)!!!

So how much is this wonderful service?  It’s FREE for 2GB of space.  They do sell larger plans but anything more expensive than free isn’t cool. Right, Hulu Plus?  So check out Dropbox.  Now where did I put my fire bars?