July 07, 2010
My friend's
burger place was rated as "Best Burger in Chicago" and now the AV Club is doing a write up on it.
I had a few of their burgers last month and they were awesome! and waist expanding....
July 05, 2010
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May 21, 2010
I sent out this information in an email, but I don't have everyone's email address. Aethermix 2010 is back on, after a 4 year hiatus. If you want some of this, clicky for more info. [more inside]
May 10, 2010
Cute and not-so-cute
April 16, 2010
Scott Stapp pens Marlins theme song - posted for valatan's benefit as much as anyone. Sadly, I can't seem to find any old discussion (which I am confident does exist) referencing the excellent prior art in this arena (I'm talking of course about "Our Team, Our Time" and "Get Metsmerized").
April 06, 2010
Curious about the reaction Flip will have to THIS!
April 03, 2010
March 19, 2010
NCAA Bracket Smacktalk OK Since I have no leg to stand on, success-of-bracket-wise, I'll simply point out that 37.5% of PhD recipients in our sample aren't smart enough to sucessfully complete and hit "Save" on their brackets.
Insert Smack below [more inside]
Clay Mathematics Institute Millennium Prize Announced - nice explanation of the conjecture and proof. Don't miss part 2 either.
February 28, 2010
Unsatisfied with the dissimilarity between Guitar Hero and actual guitaring? Here's the solution for you! Mapping the buttons to chords is clever, though it would probably sound horrible to be playing chords that don't map to the game. Still, playing guitar hero on a real guitar sounds fun.
February 21, 2010
January 21, 2010
The Saints are gonna wish they still had this guy this weekend!
January 04, 2010
Anyone know where the $65 M in profit goes? In all my hatred of UT's football team, it had never occurred to me that they were making this much money... perhaps I could be less angry of all the hype if the profits were being used for "good".
December 10, 2009
Maybe you like old holiday TV specials. Maybe you should go to the Classic Television Showbiz site or follow him on Twitter because he's been on a tear putting up very special episode after very special episode.
December 08, 2009
Eddie Would Go - drop-of-a-hat Big Wave surf comp going on now. Only held when the Waimea bay waves are deemed epic enough, which last happened in 2004. If conditions look right, every top surfer and fans from around the world race to Hawaii in hopes the event goes on.
The event is going on this year - it just started, and they're looking at up to 50-foot swells today (Tuesday).
Eddie's story is also interesting -- an awe-inspiring lifeguard and surfer, he perished trying to rescue passengers of a capsized boat.
A 50-foot swell is about three stories tall. Anyone have an estimate for how fast the waves are travelling?
NYT Magazine on Texas Republicans - "Hutchison, like Perry, gets high"
Peer review hasn't changed much over the years.
December 04, 2009
Holy fuck! Have you read about Erik Prince? This man is not going to jail any time soon. [more inside]
November 22, 2009
It's time for the best-of lists, decade style this time. Oddly, for the bands I like I agree with the choice and order of the AV Clubs best of 00's list but in a great many cases would've chosen different albums by the same artists (eg Jay-Z, Outkast, Kanye, White Stripes, MIA, Girl Talk). And though the full thing felt a bit too Dr Feeljay for me, it's a solid list.
Please post other lists below as they flame your righteous indignation.
November 19, 2009
Name that Movie - different than the earlier ones, these feature some wonderful black and white illustrations: six per film, no stars.
November 16, 2009
The largest graffiti in the world, courtesy the MTA Crew, is no more. It ran most of the length along the river "bank" between the 1st St. and 4th St. bridges. [more inside]
November 13, 2009
Confusion over where money lent on Kiva goes - I'm sure you all remember the micropayment service which allows you to pay small lone amounts to individuals in countries that need investment. What a lot of people (apparently) didn't know is...well...that's not really how it works. When you see the picture of that person on the site they've already gotten their money from a local microloan agency; your money just backstops that agency. Soooooo, if you're basically just lending money to a bank...what do you need Kiva for?