Like no other cat I ever saw...

Notify 25 people by phone in 30 seconds--Free

This is a cool website-- I just used it today to call 15 people in my wife's church group. Just enter the phone numbers, click and it calls you at your house, record the message that you want people to hear, and hit "confirm" and off it goes. You have the option to schedule it for another time instead. It seems to make simultaneous calls to everyone on the list. In seconds you've given the same message to everyone.

When you set up your call, you have an option to require them to RSVP, and you can instantly see a status of the call to know if the service successfully dialed (didn't get a busy or no answer), and if you ask for an RSVP, you see what the responses are. Later, you can put a check next to the numbers that you want to send another message to, and you call again. And get this--you can even give the recipient an option to leave a message back for you, and you can see all of the responses online and listen to them.

It's all pretty slick, and a great deal considering it's free for up to 25 calls. If you have a bigger list, you could divide it into smaller 25 person lists, or pony up and pay for the calls. You can make a call to up to 2,000 people in one fell swoop at 5¢ per call. For example, 100 people called would cost you $5.

For friends and family notifications, and for small groups, the free service is more than enough. It seems to work great. It does put a very short plug on the front of your message, but if you pay, that goes away.

I hope they don't pull the free option once they get more popular!

The gas crunch has its casualties

Must be a new scooter rider:

Now this looks like robotics are getting close to being useful:

I'm not into politics, but this was funny

A friend of mine sent me this, and it just rang a little too true. It just kind of epitomizes where she's at right now. I think Hillary has pretty much peaked at this point.

What is it like to have a hallucination?

Here is a simple 20 second exercise to show you what it is like to have a hallucination. Don't follow this link if you have any reason to believe that you might have a seizure disorder of any kind.

Truckload of explosives goes "boom"

Thought this was an interesting picture. Did you ever wonder what it would look like if a semi loaded full of explosives were to...uh, blow up?

The semi was essentially "vaporized" according to an article I read.