[Not so much]Transparent Headphones help you hear the hot chick tell her friend how much of a freak you look

..oh geez…

I like the concept of these things. The mics on the sides of the headphones pick up the sound around you, and then adjust the volume in the respective ear. So, if someone is talking to[or about] you, the side nearest the communicator will fade out, so you can hear them.

But really, dude…you look like a moron…Seriously.

[via MAKE]

Safe Hex

See this shirt? I own one of these shirts. This shirt is magical, it can make completely tolerable people extremely annoying, to the point where when people ask “oh, what does your shirt say?” I tell them to stop because they’ll be confused. I’m sorry, but seriously, are we this behind? Hexadecimal. Apparently, a great number of people don’t have a clue what it is. I’ve started to begin doubting that there are even dead [0xDEAD, if you want to be an ass about it] people that even know hex. 

So here I go, let’s re-title this post:

specialKolin’s quick lesson in hex.

Okay, let’s start with the basics.

wtf = hex?

short answer: your mom, stop talking like that.

long answer: Hexadecimal, or base-16 is a numbering system, just like the numbers you learned in pre-school [those are called base-10]. Hex is called base-16 due to the 16 characters that are used. [base 10 = 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ] Each character has its numerical value which translates over to base-10, and is as follows:

0=0 1=1 2=2 3=3 4=4 5=5 6=6 7=7 8=8 9=9 [now the fun] A=10 B=11 C=12 D=13 E=14 F=15

Place Value

Now, I wouldn’t doubt some of you thinking “okay, so DEAD is 13141013″ and I really don’t blame you, cause that’s what you learn with B-10, [not the vitamin, I'm getting lazy...we're going to end up calling it "10"] but that’s not how it works with hex. Remember, it’s a different numbering system, therefore it has a different place value system. 

I sure hope we all remember what place value is, so I’ll skip explaining that. As you’ll recall, we’re calling the number systems Base-. So, you math-smart people know what’s next…

B-10 Place value:[first 8, sheesh]

10^7 10^6 10^5 10^4 10^3 10^2 10^1 10^0 [if you added that up it would be 11111111, or 255 in binary...but that's another bit of fun (lol @ puns)]

B-16 Place value:[4 is the standard amount of place value, but you'll get the idea]

16^3 16^2 16^1 16^0

(4096)(256)(16)(1)

So…

DEAD…

BLEEHHH….

[sorry couldn't resist]

the first D[on the left] would indicate 13, 4096’s

E = 14, 256’s

A= 10, 16’s

the last D = 13, 1’s

multiply it out, then add it up, then post your answers in the comments

if you have problems, call me at 0xF2359AD

[seriously if you can figure that out, you're a nut, cause you've got it fine]

ps: hex is always denoted by a 0x[zero x] at the beginning

Something Quick

Yeah, I ask for Super Fast Race Car, and I get that…wtf….

Anyway, in the event you didn’t know, I have a job over at the local Big Lots [WONDERFUL place for techies, btw] and I pretty much JUST got home from working there…just to go back in at 6 am. Sounds exciting? Absolutely not! [insert obnoxiously sarcastic facial expression/ gesture] so yeah, don’t be pesky expecting me to update for a little while…

Be awesome, and leave me a little note. See my contact BS at the bottom.

Okay, goodnight everyone, and may you be more awake than I in the morning!

ps: no, I didn’t even get to have waffles!