Category: Linkage

  • Link Exchange

    In our never ending quest for Technorati dominance, we’ve decided to put up a Link Exchange page for Hijinks.

    If you’d like to get your site listed, just add a link to Hijinks Inc. on your site and either leave your site URL in the comments or email it to me (aaron [at] hijinksinc [dot] com) and we’ll get it added.

  • New Entertainment Xbox on the way?

    The guys over at Smarthouse have reported a new Xbox just might be on the way:

    Microsoft, according to insiders at Toshiba owner of the HD DVD patents, claim that Microsoft is working on a brand new Xbox that will incorporate not only a new HD DVD drive but a large hard drive and new entertainment software that is a spin off from its struggling media centre offering.

    Sounds like it could be interesting. You can read the story here.

  • The Fanboy 100

    It’s fast approaching the time of year when lists really start going into full swing. This is one of the few lists that actually caught my eye. A quick bit of background for you:

    Earlier this year the American Film Institute re-voted their top 100 American movies of all time. The first list, compiled in 1998 sparked a great discussion, several TV specials and got people talking about some old classics they hadn’t seen in a while. This year that list was updated to see how the films of the last 10 years would be ranked and to see how our tastes in culture had changed.

    Apparently enough fanboys got upset by these rankings, or what was left out of them perhaps, that some of them made a list of what SHOULD have been the top 100. A quick glimpse at the top 10 after the jump:

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  • Nothing like a good… coffee nap?

    I can’t believe I beat Aaron to a post that is even remotely related to coffee, but I found this to be somewhat interesting. Check out this article on how to Cheat on the Need to Sleep

    Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed.

    1. Right before you crash, down a cup of java. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in.

    2. Close your eyes and relax. Even if you only doze, you’ll get what’s known as effective microsleep, or momentary lapses of wakefulness.

    3. Limit your nap to 15 minutes. A half hour can lead to sleep inertia, or the spinning down of the brain’s prefrontal cortex, which handles functions like judgment. This gray matter can take 30 minutes to reboot.

    And that’s not all, there’s some stuff in the article that I never had really thought about before. Not saying it’s guaranteed to work, but it’s worth a shot, right?

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  • Therepists agree, “Play with your Wii!”

    While I’m sure that headline might get changed if either of my co-editors have anything to say about it, it’s still true. There’s a new report that some physical therapists in Minnesota have started using the Nintendo Wii to help stroke patients recover. I guess this makes sense since the Wii does a good job of making you use all your extremities. I’ve watched people boxing each other in Wii Sports (and if you haven’t watched a match yet, you really have to see it, it’s hilarious) before, and it ends up being a pretty good workout… in addition to making them look like a fool.

    So now my question is this. Since I’ve reviewed some games here, I have been able to use the excuse that I’m “researching” games when I play them. If I buy a Wii, can I use the excuse that I’m exercising as well? Hmm… let me look into this further.

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