Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
» Jared Fogel Passed Away
The internet loves hoaxes. A lot! (Be sure to contribute to the "Last Sandwich Jared Fogel Memorial Fund")
(tags: scams)
Ping.fm / Update all of your social networks at once!
More effective ways to spam everyone with inane details of my boring life: "Update From Anywhere! ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Sales Guy Vs. Web Dude
Kind of long but peppered with brilliance, if you've ever worked in IT.
(tags: funny tech video)
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
I got this funny email from Kathryn today:
I forgot to tell you about the weird dream I had last night - dreamt I was fishing at work (don’t ask) and caught several fish - they were “catfish” in the water, and then they turned to plain cats in the water. ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
Fascinating insight into Microsoft. Even Bill Gates is not immune to usability issues.
(tags: software tech companies funny)
Worst. Tattoo. Ever.
Patrick Swayze. As a Chippendale Centaur. With rainbows.
(tags: funny disturbing)
theweaselking: A brief vision of hell, on wheels.
Soon, it will be ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Neave Television ...telly without context
Great presentation of random clips of amusement and awesomeness. This would be an awesome exhibit somewhere.
(tags: tv video)
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
ZunZun.com Online Curve Fitting and Surface Fitting Web Site
Handy for fitting curves to experimental data. The interface took me a while to get used to, but this impediment is outweighed by the webapp's usefulness. VIVA LA SCIENCE!
(tags: science math)
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Science! ~ T-Shirts on the Edge of Forever
Best science t-shirts ever.
(tags: science apparel)
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
'Are Darwin's Theories Fact or Faith Issues?' by PZ Myers, Geoffrey Simmons, AM 980 KKMS - RichardDawkins.net
I just finished listening to this fascinating debate between PZ Meyers (renowned evolutionary biologist and blogger) and Geoffrey Simmon (pro-Creationism physician working at the DIscovery Institute, an "Intelligent Design think tank").
(tags: science religion audio)
Expletive ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Your computer might find them. I've had Seti@Home running in the BOINC distributed computing platform for a while now. My Mac Pro eight-core beast has been chewing through radio telescope data for a while now, and I recently came across a nifty website-badge that shows my progress:
Wow, I'm ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Daddy loves Mommy
...so he buys a "stay-at-home" server.
(tags: funny)
Yay, the Mars Phoenix lander confirms water ice at the landing site
I hope that smarty-pants robot finds some interesting stuff frozen in the ice!
(tags: space mars science)
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