Links posted in July 2005
July 31, 2005
Makes me happy to see that this stupid ass idea is finally over. Atkins is dead and now so is his company.
Just a heads up, looks like the shuttle will be coming back on august 8th between about 3 and 5am. If it turns out the flight path will be visible from texas I highly suggest staying up to see it re-enter the atmosphere. I've seen it 3 times now and it's absolutely spectacular. If you catch it early you can see the earths curvature and it leaves a glowing plasma trail in its wake. Also, it only takes about 2 minutes to fly from horizon to horizon and it's unbelievable to think that people are actually in there. [more inside]
July 29, 2005
Online Time Travel Pharmacy is the kind of hilarious one-note fleshed-out-then-forgotten-about idea that I'd like to see HyperLemur become. If they'd just add some Nigerian bank scammer jokes it could reach the apex of hilarity.
The Queen James Bible - So, in short, our goal is to rewrite the entire Christian Bible. From Old Testament to New Testament, no word will be left unchanged. No moral will be left uncorrupted. No penis joke will be left unmade. It will be a tough, lengthy and probably fatal task, yet we shoulder the burden for the good of our fellow man. [more inside]
it's a podcast quiz show! Answer the five posted questions by phone or email and the best ones end up on the podcast. I wonder if farting into the reciever would be good enough to make it on the air?
July 28, 2005
So you still think we haven't landed a man on the moon? Coriolis force causes toilets to flush differently in australia?
Check out bad astronomy for answers to these questions and more.
A drug discovery blog from a former alum of Dr. Tinsley's alma mater.
one more thing for texans to be proud of: "Texas had the biggest increase in the number of beach health warnings compared with a year earlier, up more than 1,000 percent."
We do everything bigger here in the lone star state.
July 27, 2005
What do you get when you cross a most excellent belief in Jesus' love with the relaxed sexual attitudes of pre-AIDS America? Why, Flirty Fishing, of course, which in turn becomes progressively less work safe as you get to the bottom of the page. By the by, compare those NSFW pamphlets at page bottom with Chick tracts for so much Jesus-related cognitive dissonance that your head will explode.
The Crackpot index John Baez is one of my favorite theoretical physicists, and now, I think he has made a very valid contribution to the literature. For anyone who likes to read crazy reformulations of physics as done by electrical engineers.
40 goats for Chelsea Clinton Ya think he could have upped the price a little past what is normally given.... It must have been hard for Chelsea to pass up a wedding presided over by TuTu.
Anyone found any good podcasts lately? The new version of iTunes has built in podcasting ability and I need stuff to listen to on the road. Seems like they tend to be hit or miss - hit.
July 26, 2005
Makes me think the space shuttle is just a flying scrap heap. includes this cute little quote:
"Video also showed the fuel tank's nose cone hitting a bird about 2.5 seconds after liftoff, apparently without damage, he said."
Tell that to the bird. They really have a lot of cameras on that thing now.
If World War II Was an RTS - If World War Two had been an online Real Ttime Strategy game, the chat room traffic would have gone something like this.
The Underhanded C Contest - you've heard, of course, of the Obfuscated C and Obfuscated Perl contests. The Underhanded C contest is in many ways "the exact opposite of the Obfuscated C Code Contest: in this contest you must write code that is as readable, clear, innocent and straightforward as possible, and yet it must fail to perform at its apparent function. To be more specific, it should do something subtly evil."
Fox 7 news reported on this tonight in a ~2 minute segment. [more inside]
July 25, 2005
Do we know a "Nathan, TX"?
Lance Armstrong: t3h suXx0rz or demi-god? Discuss.
The Faux Faulkner and Imitation Hemingway Contests - William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway knew just how to write a clean, well-lighted sentence or a paragraph full of sound and fury and it seems that there are plenty of other folks who do, too. And they proved themselves by submitting entries to Hemispheres' renowned literary parody contests, the Faux Faulkner and Imitation Hemingway competitions. The judges' decisions are in and you can read the winners.
2005 Faux Faulkner Winner: "The Administration and the Fury - If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House" by Sam Apple
July 24, 2005
Boy Butter - Boy Butter is a revolutionary multi-purpose lubricant, which maximizes the pleasure of sexuality in all its forms and provides guaranteed good times. Preferred by Boys, Girls, Men, Women, Gays, Lesbians, Heterosexuals, Fetishists, Jews, Christians, Buddhists and Muslims alike. [more inside]
Picking Up Girls Made Easy! - The Pick-Up System No Girl Can Resist!
July 23, 2005
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to see a water balloon pop in space? Well, wonder no more.
July 22, 2005
Science Creative Quarterly is an awesome science-literary magazine that is one part science, one part cockeyed.com, and one part mcsweeneys.net. Finally, a venue where comedy meets science and the comedy is actually intentional!
Tom This poor guy also has a bill board to let girls know about his website. He has had over 1,000 responses. I like the "dress Tom" section.
The disco cocaine barbie chic of Rachel Zoe - I wonder, if you moved to LA, would stuff like this stop sounding insane?
Why Costco kicks Wal-mart's Asssssss(NYT, NSFPJ) Extra! Extra! A company can sell goods inexpensively and not pay employees slave labor! [more inside]
July 21, 2005
The iPod Flea - smaller than the iPod shuffle, way smaller than the iPod mini.
July 20, 2005
The first to find the newest addition to my household in this picture list wins the golden ticket! [more inside]
looks like Kenny Rogers is gonna have to do more than just sit few games out.
My suspicions confirmed! Zoom in all the way.
July 19, 2005
And now the heat is on... Looks like Bush has decided to go the "ultra-loyal follower" route rather than the insane crazy bastard route. Not that religion won't be imposed on everyone, but at least it isn't a done deal as of yet. I don't even know how aggressively the dems should fight this shit... there are much crazier and more partisan assholes that he could have nominated. these hearings are going to be interesting
How To Bow - Whether you visit Japan as a tourist or a businessman - there'll be may occasions for you to drop a brick!
July 18, 2005
Looks like Seattle's monorail's in trouble. What's it called? Monorail!
Anderson Boys Interesting little two page article by Eric Chase Anderson (Wes' brother) on growing up in Houston. It's a little over a meg large since I scanned it and didn't make any changes.
Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties - A blog run by indiebride with advice and horror stories. [more inside]
"Everyone was in shock for what it seemed like a long time, but it was within seconds that we were running around helping people," Coon said. "A lot of us were on our knees, praying."
Um, if your group was just struck by lightning, an act of god, perhaps you should just stick to the rescuing part.
July 17, 2005
Guts - By Chuck Palahniuk (from the collection Haunted)
LoTR Trilogy featuring all of the hobbit eating times. Looks like some tasty food. Doesn't happen until August 21, but some online tickets go on sale this Friday, July 22.
19" LCD monitor only $250. Not a bad price...
July 16, 2005
How to build an atom bomb. Also, check out this nuclear weapons wiki. I thought it was appropriate for the 60th anniversary of Trinity.
July 15, 2005
A novel solar system has been discovered. Maybe the planet has intelligent water-like inhabitants.
July 14, 2005
I just saw some pictures taken in south padre island of the surf churned up by dennis on monday. Now you can too... [more inside]
Flexible electronic paper. Kick ass.
Super Mario Physics Tutorial Sometimes it's best to get back to basics in a format we can all understand.
July 13, 2005
It occured to me while listening to The Da Vinci Code audiobook that I'd never seen Newton's grave. Also, if anyone wants a copy on mp3 (330mb) just let me know. It's one helluva book. [more inside]
July 12, 2005
Christ be with you. [more inside]
www.nate.com
www.tina.com (we actually have this software in the lab)
www.todd.com/ www.tinsley.com/
www.pj.com
www.ben.com Damn ben, you should steal that guy's logo.
www.hotcarl.com SFW
www.javelina.com
www.ned.com
www.beckto.com
I'm tired of this.
Here's a class I wouldn't mind taking. Note the stark contrast between the lab component location and that of the physics labs at RLM. To be fair it might kinda suck having to walk around all the bikini-clad girls just trying to get to lab. What a hassle...
I couldn't agree more with the comparison between the Ford GT and the Millenium Falcon The MF was an ugly piece of trash that hauled ass and so is the new ford exotic. Ford needs to fire some designers... A supercharged turd still smells like shit.
July 11, 2005
The North American Solar Challenge starts this Sunday, July 17 in front of the Bob Bullock Texas State History museum. [more inside]
Harry Potter 6 "accidentally" sold before release date. And some British kid gets to interview Rowling. Jealous, beckto?
There are plenty of one-liners that are directly applicable to the news story regarding the new robotic breast tumor examiner. (Let me indulge in just one: "Man, I'd be happy to install an ultrasound device in my palm if it meant I got to have mrbun's old job!"). However, I wanted to elevate the humor to a higher plane: "Is it just me or does the good doctor's description of remote imaging make it sound like Michigan's UP is the barren, desolate, backwards northern equivalent to Botswana?"
Danny way does a 360 over the great wall of china and lands it on the second attempt. I wonder how much that ramp cost to build?
finding a freak on craigslist is one of life's sweet pleasures... but who has the time. my old college roommate, that's who.
July 09, 2005
Ugh. Another Supreme court vacancy is looming. At least Rehnquist is a crazy conservative nutbar anyway. Maybe this'll give el lider a chance to nominate Atilla the Hun and a moderate, keeping the status quo. Problably not.
July 08, 2005
Further signs of the apocalypse I just ate, but I've got such a craving for lamb right now. [more inside]
Just got finished reading an interesting article on Carole Keeton [McClellan Rylander] Strayhorn in Texas Monthly. Turns out Texas Monthly is a pretty good read. I snagged it from my parents house which is strange because it seems pretty left leaning compared with FoxNews, their favorite source for "fair and balanced" news coverage. Anyways, you know the peppery grandma is about to mount an effort to score some elected office (govenor, lt. govenor?) but did you also know:
Page Keeton was her father? Oh yeah, Page Keeton was a dean of the school of law for 25 years and is the namesake for Dean Keeton street.
Our president's press secretary Scott McClellan is her son.
I thought that was pretty interesting mainly because I always wondered if the "dean" in dean keeton was his name or job. Well, now I know...
July 07, 2005
Some a friend and her sister just bought new, but different, cell phones. Which is cooler: the Motorola E398 (with stereo speakers) or the Nokia 7280 (where the display doubles as a fashion mirror). Discuss.
Darren Yaworski's online art gallery. I scanned a bunch of old drawings of mine and created an online gallery. I update it every few days with more stuff.
July 06, 2005
McDonalds turns to Diddy for fashion advice Looking to "turn employees into walking brand billboards," McDonalds is investing millions to find a uniform design that's cool enough to wear to school without attracting passionate ass-whoopings.
"The Backstroke of the West" For "Revenge of the Sith," captions there be, mangled they are. [more inside]
Telltale Signs - Quoted text excerpted from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe.
July 04, 2005
Austin-based reality show cancelled. No, don't worry, the other one. You can relax and continue to watch drunk fights on sixth street and the resulting hospital trips for 13 more weeks. [more inside]
->Details here<- Sorry Reid, looks like Tenessee is turning as bat shit crazy as arizona.
Has anyone ever used this Map of Texas Roads? It's published by Texas A&M and the Amazon reviews are good, but what do you think? [more inside]
Can you spot the camel toe? [more inside]
Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives I don't know if you guys visit Slashdot a lot, but this was slashdotted last week (did a helluva trick on UT's servers). It's a little game I work on called "NERO". [more inside]
Has anyone ever used http://www.mp3search.ru/ because it looks like one heluva deal. Is it some ID theft ring or some shit?
July 03, 2005
What I know: mrflip returns at the end of the summer.
What I've heard: MD 20/20 returns for a visit in September.
What I remember: this (sorry, broken vid link. will fix upon return from florida, but you all know what we're talking about here).
What I've seen: Lance laps Jan in a time trial.
What I'd like to see: The gloves off. The gauntlet thrown. In this very thread. No one is saying you have to go with the guys you picked last year, MD or mr, but I want to see some sides chosen, some trash talked, and some debts settled up in the fall. Let's get it on!
The Underappreciated Art of Firecracker Labels In honor of our nation's independence, here are some things that make you go boom. Yes, that WAS a C&C Music Factory reference. [more inside]
July 02, 2005
Pornstar Bears - Somewhat NSFW.
July 01, 2005
Hey Okies, noodle this.
Back to back alleys and coat hangers Bush's first chance to appoint a "non-actavist judge" to the supreme court. I feel screwed.
This shirt would be super awesome if it wasn't $19.50... [more inside]