http://www.planetjonny.com Wasting space since 1980 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:41:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the funniest videos I've seen in a while! http://www.planetjonny.com/2009/01/cat-vs-slide/ Firefox is such a great web browser but what differentiates it from others is the ability to install add-ons/extensions. Ultimately this provides you with a custom browsing "experience" that you can't really find anywhere else. At work though, Firefox is less of a browser and more of a tool I ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/essential-firefox-extensions-for-web-developers/ I've been meaning to create a JQuery/Flickr slideshow for a while now. JQuery is an amazingly simple, yet powerful, javascript engine and Flickr is a very popular photo sharing site. Flickr has a great API available which means that JQuery's built in AJAX/JSON functions are a perfect fit. I sat down ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/jquery-flickr-slideshow-viewer/ My sister made a couple of hula hoops for Rochelle and I for Christmas. How crafty! She bought a bunch of PVC pipe, ribbon, and some rice and threw it all together. They're awesome. Here's a video of how awesome I am at hula hoopin! Hula Hoopin! from Jonathan Broderick on ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/hula-hoops/ Winter has finally arrived in Eugene. Although not technically winter, it feels like it. 2 separate days of snow and sub-freezing temperatures all on the valley floor. Its crazy because Eugene hardly ever gets this type of weather. The snow has been great for many reason but one in particular: ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/winter-in-eugene/ So, as I have said in previous posts, Rochelle and I recently spent a week in Cabo San Lucas at the Me Cabo resort. It just so happens that we were there when two cast members (Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt) of MTV's show The Hills visited the hotel for ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/i-was-almost-on-mtv-and-the-hills-is-fake/ He said that being diagnosed with prostate cancer was good for him and that "The times with Christ in these days have been unusually sweet." "The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness." http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/great-quote-by-john-piper/ My dear friend Bryan sent this to me. I couldnt resist sharing this... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/crazy-old-xbox-lady/ My wife and I decided to forgo buying gifts for each other this year and donate the money to edurelief. God gave us his son to be our redeemer, the least we can do is give a little bit of money to a great cause for his "birthday". Anyways, even ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/christmas-list-2008/ I saw this on Make Magazine's blog. A solar paper lantern made up of 36 different solar panels. From the description "The circular layout of the panels and their optimal angle of inclination ensure that they will capture a maximum amount of sunlight in order to charge the lantern’s battery." Anyone ... http://www.planetjonny.com/2008/12/solar-paper-latern/