Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Absolutely Shocking Obama/Clinton Scandal - this is the lolz. Presidential politics are so, so, sadly stupid.
A List of Regional Pizza Styles - OMG, hungry.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Don’t Invite Morrissey to Your Birthday Party - this is my favorite Natalie Dee comic in quite some time
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Are We At War With Iran? - much like http://isitchristmas.com/, but a little less whimsical.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sad, Sweet One-Act Play, Told Entirely By a Burger King Receipt I Found - sad.
Shot by Shot remake of Journey’s “Separate ways”
Journey “Separate ways” from patsevc on Vimeo.
For comparison, here’s the original:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
When Geeks Go to a War Protest [thanks Jeff]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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, […]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Which Video Game System Should I Buy?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Game Boy Around the World - this is a great set of images.
Game Boy at Stonehenge
Originally uploaded by Cybjorg.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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 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 [thx, John]