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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Absolutely Shocking Obama/Clinton Scandal

Absolutely Shocking Obama/Clinton Scandal - this is the lolz. Presidential politics are so, so, sadly stupid.

A List of Regional Pizza Styles

A List of Regional Pizza Styles - OMG, hungry.

High-Velocity Falcon

High-Velocity Falcon - ok, this is awesome. They take a Peregrine Falcon up 15k feet with a little embedded computer to see how fast it can dive. The falconer who owns the bird dives out with it. The verdict: 183 mph.

Don’t Invite Morrissey to Your Birthday Party

Don’t Invite Morrissey to Your Birthday Party - this is my favorite Natalie Dee comic in quite some time

Are We At War With Iran?

Are We At War With Iran? - much like http://isitchristmas.com/, but a little less whimsical.

Sad, Sweet One-Act Play, Told Entirely By a Burger King Receipt I Found

Sad, Sweet One-Act Play, Told Entirely By a Burger King Receipt I Found - sad.

Shot by Shot remake of Journey’s “Separate ways”

Shot by Shot remake of Journey’s “Separate ways”
Journey “Separate ways” from patsevc on Vimeo.
For comparison, here’s the original:

When Geeks Go to a War Protest

When Geeks Go to a War Protest [thanks Jeff]

Looking Dinner in the Eye

Looking Dinner in the Eye - kudos to the chefs for doing this. The more I think about these issues, the more convinced I am that I need to witness, or preferably participate, in this something like this before I can eat meat with a clean conscience. [thanks to s-m for the tip]
LAST Friday, […]

Which Video Game System Should I Buy?

Which Video Game System Should I Buy?

Dunning-Kruger effect

Dunning-Kruger effect
- The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon wherein people who have little knowledge think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge. Just in case you were wondering.

Game Boy Around the World

Game Boy Around the World - this is a great set of images.

Game Boy at Stonehenge
Originally uploaded by Cybjorg.

Building a New Heart From Old Tissue

Building a New Heart From Old Tissue - I heart science?

Donated hearts for lifesaving transplants are scarce, but now researchers may have hit upon a way to generate the blood-pumping organs in the lab–at least in rats. The approach, which involves transplanting cells from a newborn rat onto the framework of an adult heart, produced […]

The Falling-Down Professions

The Falling-Down Professions In short - doctors and lawyers don’t have it as great as they once did, and they aren’t happy about it.

Some people handle the weather more gracefully than I

Some people handle the weather more gracefully than I [thx, John]

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