Links posted in April 2005
April 30, 2005
THIS is when you throw Fire! Millions of dollars on the line, you only have a few choices, what's it gonna be? Rock ... Paper ... Scissors ... shoot!
April 29, 2005
Clientcopia - There's no getting around it. At some point in your career, your patience will be tested with a stupid client who is so clueless that you'll question your sanity, career choice, and the future of mankind.
Evil Satan chair enemy of Jesus biting little kid's fingers off. Just look at the red one (ughh, just had a menstruation post flashback) in the middle, pure evil!
Ladies, try to restrain yourselves - the array of talent in this 1982 gathering of video game all-stars is nigh unprecendented.
April 28, 2005
"I killed a baby" and other euphamisms for menstruation from around the world. [more inside]
April 27, 2005
A small company in Joisey has gathered up humanitarian aid to send to the women of Iraq. Nice story, but nicer since the aid was in the form of vibrators. Read the notes they enclosed thanks to Harpers magazine.
April 26, 2005
Kay and John both called and asked for you earlier. They want to know what you think about changing the senate rules on filibusters in judicial confirmations. Can you give them a call back? [more inside]
Roadside America attractions in Austin, TX - several I was unaware of.
April 25, 2005
I saw a variant on mrflip's post title recently. It was in a discussion pointing out the massive proliferation of phrases such as "I, for one, welcome our new X overlords" on the internet. (For those who don't recognize, it is a Simpsons quote). There are lots of phrases like this that people have tweaked and put on their weblogs or in the entertainment section of the newspaper. Examples include "X is the new black" and "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a X." Well, some language nerds decided to give the phenomenon a name: snowclone. Should make it easier to look up discussion about it in the future.
What about BOB? Learn about the new Jack radio format -- stations like Austin's BOB-FM (103.5 on your dial), his brothers Bob, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Dave, Hank, and other robo-DJ'd radio stations.
Explicit Content Only - NWA's Straight Outta Compton remains surprisingly listenable, even with all non-profanity removed. Meanwhile, Nina Gordon takes it in a different direction (almost-brilliant video here).
I will define our goal thus: by any means necessary, to render the Earth into a form in which it may no longer be considered a planet. Such forms include, but are most definitely not limited to: two or more planets; any number of smaller asteroids; a quantum singularity; a dust cloud.
April 23, 2005
Most awesomest expression of patriotism ever... Before this video I was filled with nothing but disdain for our troops and firefighters. But, after viewing it, I know we must all stand as one. I think it was the angels or maybe the flag/wave that did it.
Two penguins, travelling from Sea World, go through the airport metal detectors.
Presumably to make sure they won't hijack the plane to Antarctica.
April 22, 2005
Love isn't complicated, not when you're in the NBA [skip to last couple paragraphs], even on the bench. OK, maybe not for everyone in the NBA. Maybe the last guy could try some poetry instead.
A Celebration on Non-Penetration - "For the gals: When hugging or kissing your faith partner, you may have noticed a little something getting hard inside his pants. It's called the penis and it means he wants to marry you! It's perfectly safe so long as he keeps it inside his pants. You can grab it, stroke it, squeeze it, or rub yourself against it like a fevered dog. Trust us, he won't mind a bit!"
How do you make A Capella music Nerdlier yet More Radtastic? A Japanese-influenced experimental art piece, that's how.
Abe Vigoda, Alive or Dead? Now in handy Firefox status panel form.
April 21, 2005
stick it on vibrate or turn the bloody thing off. That's damn good advice.
I had this same idea like a year ago. I was totally scooped on this one. I had this same idea a while back after I almost left my bag (with laptop in it) at the dobie mall during a friday lunch. Damn.
Its a marshmallow cannon that can hold twenty rounds and sounds friggin' awesome man. I'm so getting one of these and you other bitches best watch out cuz stay puft marshmallow man's coming back with a motherfucking vengeance.
Update: Eric Cornell, the Nobel prize winner who lost his arm to necrotizing faciitis, is healthy again. His postdoc (pictured in this article about the recovery) arrived one week after he went to the hospital. The postdocs doc came from the MIT group that shared that Nobel Prize, thus further illustrating the inbred nature of science hiring.
KittleMania should be especially excited to see that Dr. Cornell has decided to look for EDM...
April 20, 2005
The Taliban reduced world supplies of heroin by 65% Brutal Taliban enforcement of poppy-growing bans reduced the area of opium poppy cultivation in areas under its control by 99%. "Though Afghan poppy growing returned to previous levels after the fall of the Taliban government, this may have been the most effective drug control action of modern times." Eat that, War on Drugs.
Remember the simple days of the four food groups? Eat more of these, eat less of these, then you'll be fine. The USDA went and took this simple system and busted it out into 3D with the advent of The Food Pyramid. Not everyone was happy with it. The USDA regrouped and only a decade or so later has just released yet another system of...uh...12 different pyramids. That should quell the critics.
420. The High Times Timeline. Maybe the universe will totally explode on this day at that time this afternoon. Whoa, dude, I think I just blew my mind.
April 19, 2005
It's almost summer, which means it's time to get out on that bike! At least one person thinks it's time to hang it up and quit racing altogether. Who will step in to fill his boots? I guess it's not the guy that gets crunk before he races in the olympics. Nice try, Tyler, you almost had 'em there.
Slumberil™ and Elysium
Vandal physicist jailed for 8 years. I've wanted to do bad things to SUV's, so I had a lot of sympathy towards this guy...up until the Molotov cocktail part. [more inside]
April 18, 2005
A moonwalking bird. Be sure to check the video out, worth the wait.
Daily forecast by David Lynch So, you knew he could make psycho dramas, but did you know you could depend on him for the weather report?
Nobody is going to be messing with Icy Special, AKA Tha Newborn.
Looks like the Kas group has finally got the cell stretcher up and running. I still think this is a stupid idea but I hope it becomes very successful.
Now it would be really friggin awesome if they could pull that technique off in situ.
April 16, 2005
From our friends at the Parents Television Council comes the Worst of the Week Clips Gallery
WARNING: Graphic Content!!! Do NOT push play if you don't want to see the explicit video!!!
Worst of the Week Clips Gallery [more inside]
April 15, 2005
Taking Foxworthy humor to a new (actually funny) level is this blog post:
You might be an indie-yuppie if...
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What kind of bill
are you going to present today, representative Bradford?
"Whatever I feel like! Guh!"
April 14, 2005
Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 - I found them while helping my parents clean out their basement a few years ago. They were neatly arranged in their own plastic file box. Plenty of the dishes seemed normal enough, but as I flipped through them, some of the recipes began to alarm me. And then I found the card for the "Rosy Perfection Salad."
Francesco Marciuliano is the comics artist that recently took over the writing duties of the comic Sally Forth. Never was one of my favorites, but I might have to rethink my position after reading his daily blog which is insanely funny and insightful. He talks about everything from the comics writing process to stupid conservative stuff. His "series" on the how to write a comic is transcendently hilarious.
DW vs. Five Year Olds - Bring It On, Motherfuckers
I propose as a member of the GWC that we get a free vacation at the above linked destination at least once per year on the department. [more inside]
April 13, 2005
I know it's not tasteful, but...ulti-MILF.
So I was walking down the hall today and as I reached into my cargo shorts cargo pocket (which I almost never use) I found my Ipod shuffle. What makes this a postworthy story is that I just washed these shorts twice and dried them once with said Ipod in them the whole time and the little fucker still works. Wow...
Three cheers for apple!
some good kiteboarding in surf. The rest of the videos where I found that one live here.
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) - Babies are born perfect. Today's parents, say NO to circumcision.
April 12, 2005
Dear So and So, it sucks to be you right about now... For all you God fearing early planners out there who want to make sure you send an email to your hell bound loved ones before the rapture comes, just to let them know where in the hell, or heaven, you've gone to, here's a website for you. [more inside]
Anyone want to go to the symposium on friday about abrupt climate change. could be really good.
The NC State class president run off election is happening this week. Normally, this wouldn't be newsworthy, but the fact that a candidate named "The Pirate Captain" is involved changes that. [more inside]
You know, I was wondering what was going on in the 5th floor hallway. I saw some people with "We support the 5th floor" stickers on at the Posse today. They were made of colored masking tape and sharpies, but the thought was what counted. [more inside]
If you're a student at University of Dayton, you could do worse than the criminal justice program. A young lady named Michelle relates her feelings about the program in this video [transcript], but do you have a feeling that she left some parts out?
Dubya's iPod Yeah, it's a dumb article ("The 'first' iPod?" Give me a break!), but it was amusing that they included the question "What should George Bush listen to on his iPod?" Hey yeah, shouldn't we be able to vote on this sort of thing? [more inside]
If you're like me, you probably watched Bill Nye the Science Guy in high school (or later) even if it was geared more for a much younger demographic. He's now doing a new show, The Eyes of Nye. It's apparently on the local PBS channel on Fridays at 5 pm, which is not necessarily a good time to watch it, but I'm sure there are those with the means to watch it at other times.
April 11, 2005
Constrained art is some of the most thought provoking stuff due as much to its form as its content. Russian Ark and Hitchcock's Rope are 2 movies that were filmed in a single continuous take while Timecode features four simultaneous cameras and no edits. There are plenty of literary constraints that make for fascinating books. The French po-mo literary collective Oulipo has produced interesting works including a novel constructed from concept lists selected by the movement of a knight on a chessboard. There are 50,000 word books with no letter 'e' and a 230-page work with no verbs. The best example, however, has to be the 96 word Chinese tonal poem which only uses the word romanized as "shi". You have to hear it to believe it.
Hippo's are one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. So what the fuck is going on here?
Have you ever wondered how to launch a personal watercraft out of the back of your suv? Well, here's how not to do it (see extended text) [more inside]
What's next, pocket NMR's? Scientists take the big ass magnet out of nuclear magnetic resonance and end up with a much smaller unit.
Heh, I said smaller unit.
The plastics councel doesn't want this little tidbit coming out. Looks like brass containers actually have antibacterial qualities.
April 10, 2005
Bigfoot Lincoln - as described by misterpants:
I know what you're thinking. And what you're thinking is awesome. But this is not that. This is awesome too. But it's a different thing, awesome in a different way.
Jenna's at it again - shaking that ass, but not watching herself, at a bachelorette party. [more inside]
April 09, 2005
Typographical Tour of Austin - photos of Signs, Murals, and Sculpture across Austin
April 08, 2005
Engineers sneak into Apple to work for free. This is a cool story about a guy name Ron Avitzur, who is fired from Apple, but decides to sneak in the company at night to continue working on the canceled project, with some very neat results. Makes nerds seem kinda sexy. [more inside]
Partial solar eclipse today! While the eclipse won't be too spectacular in Austin (only 26.5 % of the diameter covered) this is the last eclipse visible in North America until 2012 [more inside]
April 07, 2005
Yet another instance where comics have kept me informed of recent events - today's Full Frontal Nerdity references a series of killings near Philadelphia in which one of the victims was linked to the killer by a group of D&D friends. [more inside]
How To Look After My Balls - We have designed a leaflet to help men with learning disabilities to learn more about their balls (testicles) and how to look after them. It is important for every man to check his balls regularly and to see his doctor immediately if he finds any changes in them. Download the leaflet to use yourself or help someone else.
They took my hour and now congress wants to keep it for two more months. Greedy bastards...
In a stunning turn of events, scientists admit that they were wrong. Classic...though definitely a little past the date.
April 06, 2005
If you're gonna get in line 7 weeks in advance, you might want to make sure that star wars will actually be playing there.
While surfing through some links on natedogg's helpful warning on shock sites, I stumbled upon a Wikipedia entry that was talking about one time where a supposedly famous shock site troll managed to get a front page post on kuro5hin, despite his reputation. [more inside]
Get your dose of the daily Delay at this nice little blog. No sense spending your time getting pissed at large corporations with questionable ethics when you can focus your rage on this high ranking public official with no ethics at all.
Potential names for the new Spears-Federline joint on UPN.
That's just super.
Man attacked by an ass. I know a lot of you men think that there are few things more satisfying than relieving yourself in nature amongst all of God's creatures. Here is a hazard you may not have anticipated. And yes, the ass is aroused.
Here's a version of Star Wars that you can watch on your mom's 8088 up in the attic.
Brackets don't have to end with UNC's NCAA basketball victory this week. Behold Popapalooza 2005. I'm riding South America all the way into the finals!!
April 05, 2005
Controversial - all the Wikipedia pages for which a "Neutral Point of View" is under dispute. It's interesting to see what topics are controversial: Hamas and DDT, sure, but Loop Quantum Gravity? Dead Kennedys? Nutrition?
This might make the perpetual snooze button game a thing of the past. I need one now!
You might want to avoid the shore break when sailing. Or at least that's what I learned from this photo album.
Google maps now has sattelite views. I'm really glad I spent money on keyhole now.
April 04, 2005
Weird Fields contest - intro physics students used an applet to visualize E/M fields and then submitted the most interesting one. Enjoy the best entries from 2005 and 2003 (article) or make your own. [more inside]
They're already in line for Episode III. [more inside]
Awesome Short Film It may take awhile to download the 100mb version, but it's worth it. It uses sound very effectively as well.
Brain Transplantation - When you car too old to fix it, you are buying a new car. Would it be wonderful if you will be able to change you human body as easy as you can change a car. Let say that your identity is a driver, and your body is a car. Moving your identity into a new, younger human body will make you young again! Brain Transplantation made it possible. We can preserve your identity by moving you brain into new body. See what we can do for you...
April 03, 2005
A new loveline flash cartoon. This one's my favorite of the three so far.
645 / br - small 2 bedroom to share - more Craigslist goodness. Read the many responses from people willing to share a room with that person.
April 01, 2005
Wow man, I'm impressed with myself and all of the posting I've done today. I especially liked my post of the three old dudes going at it. A real modern classic.
It's too bad Thinkgeek.com scooped my idea on this though, I've been working on a prototype for like a month now. [more inside]
Don't read this post... lest ye be sucked into a new Æ cliche tunnel. [more inside]
Personally, I like Google's new product, but the FAQ page is gold. [more inside]
"You, friend, are logged in as splatnikGanglion" - Alkaline Earth (04-01-2005 10:14 am)
Anata Mo Watashi Mo Pocky!
[mov] - Pocki Pocki Pocki! (more, and some explanation, here). Speaking of insane awesome, this video and this video between themselves contain everything that music video should ever contain.
Server Issues - the AE software was upgraded last night and it's acting weirdly. Hopefully it will be fixed by sometime tomorrow.
Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion - apparently bacteria left from the moon mission are quickly decomposing the moon's surface. Scientists have noticed deep cracks and holes, as well as a dimming of the light of the moon on a roughly monthly basis. [more inside]
Before & After Movies - relive such classics as 'Snow White and the Seven Samurai' and 'Anchor Man on Fire'
Inexpensive seismometer for home use With all of the earthquakes that keep cropping up, it might be a good idea to build a seismometer to have advance notice of Lake Travis tsunamis. [more inside]