Freitag, Dezember 23, 2005


Found via Boing Boing:
A fisherman caught this rainbow trout with two mouths in Nebraska last weekend. Pretty freaky, huh? See the article.

But that's not what made me post this. What made me post this was his golden comment to the Associated Press when they asked him what he's going to do with the fish:

"I'm going to smoke it up and eat it."

Dienstag, Dezember 20, 2005

World Jump Day

JOIN US IN THE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE PLANET EARTH INTO A NEW ORBIT, BY LETTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE JUMP!

Scientific research has proven that this change of planetary positioning would very likely stop global warming, extend daytime hours, and create a more homogenous climate


Haha. Hahahahahahahaha.
...
Hehe.

Edit:
Wanted to add (because of Zakcq's comment) that the site specifies that only people in the Western hemisphere are to jump, since otherwise everyone would cancel each other out. See, it makes total scientific *cough* sense!
Since Gmail continues to absolutely rock, I thought I'd give it another plug:

Switch to Gmail

Gives you a bunch of specific instructions how to easily switch from wherever you're at now to Gmail.

BTW, remember you can continue to use your old address, so you don't have all those Hi-everyone-my-email-has-changed...AGAIN-pains.
World of Warcraft Tops 5 Million Subscribers

5. Million. Subscribers. Each of which are paying, say, $12 a month. (That's what Stephi and I are paying.)

That's $60,000,000 dollars a month (give or take $10,000,000) going into Blizzard's pockets. Well, sure, Blizz has to pay a bunch for the servers and stuff, but they are making so much cash it's absolutely mind-boggling.

Freitag, Dezember 16, 2005

Wow, this is pretty intense - there's a 16-year old boy in Nepal who has been meditating for months now, and villagers say he hasn't eaten or drunk anything for 6 months.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Scientists to check Nepal Buddha boy

I wonder if there's some thing scientists don't know about yet that enables bodies to withstand that, by going into some kind of hibernation, since there are records of other monks doing the same thing, also you have the record of Jesus (who was fully human!) doing the same thing (although not necessarily hibernating ;) for 40 days.

Anyways, it'll be interesting to see if the scientists figure anything out - like, it's 3am, the boy super-quick pulls out a hidden Pepsi can from his cloak, takes a gulp, and instantly goes back into meditation.

Mittwoch, Dezember 14, 2005

Nice little Google hack I wrote to see what Google thinks of you:






John desperately needs a transfusion
John desperately needs his estranged wife
John desperately needs approval from his father
John desperately needs Freud to explain his own urges
John desperately needs this encouragement

Dienstag, Dezember 13, 2005

Time for a little insider joke.

THE 47 SOCIETY

I am home.
Most of these are pretty obvious, but there are a few I had never noticed, but that are so true - 40 Things That Only Happen In Movies - Nostalgia Central

Some of my favorites:

All beds have special L-shaped sheets that reach to armpit level on a woman but only up to the waist of the man lying beside her.

During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.

All single women have a cat.

If a microphone is turned on it will immediately feedback.

Montag, Dezember 12, 2005

Whoa, this is a typo you don't want to make - a company ended up selling 610,000 shares of a company at 1 yen (less than a penny) each, when they wanted to actually sell 1 share at 610,000 yen. Ouch. Really ouch.

$225,000,000 typo
Here's something pretty cool - a world map with each country sized according to its population. India and China are GIGANTIC, while America and Europe seem pretty small...
Check it out.

Found via BoingBoing.

Freitag, Dezember 09, 2005

From the same page (wow I'm impressed they put this on there!):
Over Three Hundred Disproofs of God's existence.
Just as humorous:

ARGUMENT FROM BESTSELLERDOM

1. The Bible is the best-selling work in history.
2. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's the Word of God.
3. And there's plenty of evidence to suggest it's not.
4. [Sound of theist squirting milk out his nose]
5. Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT

1. Check out the world/universe/giraffe. Isn't it complex?
2. Evolution (aka random chance) is a good enough explanation for me how they became so complex.
3. Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL ABILITY

1. I lifted a car off my trapped puppy.
2. I did that without God.
3. Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY

1. Bite me.
2. Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY, ACCEPTED

1. Bite me.
2. OW! YOU BIT ME!
3. I'm being persecuted!!
4. Therefore, God doesn’t exist!
Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence

Very humorous.


ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF
(1) If God exists, then I should believe in Him.
(2) I believe in God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE
(1) [arbitrary passage from OT]
(2) [arbitrary passage from NT]
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM GUITAR MASTERY
(1) Eric Clapton is God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION
(1) See this bonfire?
(2) Therefore, God exists.

Donnerstag, Dezember 08, 2005

Just found this cool code snippet which shows our Flickr pictures as a slideshow within this blog post. Enjoy:



Found here.

My Dad sent me a link to this picture: Europe at Night, found at the incredibly cool NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day site.

If you're into space pictures and stuff, that's the place to go, also check out:

  • Blue Marble
  • Celestia, an incredible space simulation
  • Mittwoch, Dezember 07, 2005

    Why smart people defend bad ideas - This is a bit long, but just skimming it smarted (ha ha) a little, because I see myself in this article a few times too many.

    Smart people, or at least those whose brains have good first gears, use their speed in thought to overpower others. They’ll jump between assumptions quickly, throwing out jargon, bits of logic, or rules of thumb at a rate of fire fast enough to cause most people to become rattled, and give in.


    "Brains with good first gears." I like that.

    Dienstag, Dezember 06, 2005

    Wow, this is powerful:

    More, an Academy-Award nominated short film by Mark Osborne.

    Montag, Dezember 05, 2005

    Coolest. Gadget. EVER.

    USB Powered Air Darts. Aim and fire with your mouse. C’mon, wage your very own war with weapons of mass compression. You know you want to. £19.50.

    Powered by your mac or pc, you’ll have hours of flying fun with these USB air darts. Let the mission begin! * Control the aim and the firing mechanism of the darts via your computer mouse * Cylindrical base * 3 darts * USB powered * Software included


    Unfortunately hopelessly sold out. :'-( I want one. *sob*

    Found via BoingBoing, via The Red Ferret

    Sonntag, Dezember 04, 2005

    Stephi got Civilization IV for her birthday, and it ROCKS. We've been playing it quite a bit (it is dangerously addictive, though - one of the if not THE most addictive game(s) I've ever played... "One...more...round...*yawn*").

    Anyways, it has an extremely cool intro song called "Baba Yetu" for the opening menu, you can get it here, courtesy of civfanatics: http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/music/BabaYetu.mp3. Very epic, kind of mysterious, very catchy.

    Well, I just found a page that explains the lyrics here.

    And...it's the Lord's prayer in Swahili! That's friggin' cool! :)

    Samstag, Dezember 03, 2005

    You know, there are some Flash games out there that are really a lot of fun.

    But, these games at the official Harry Potter site are mind-numbingly horrible. I mean, they're so boring that a four-hour lecture on the epistomological differences of left from right would be more exciting.

    But here's the killer: Try one of the games out, and remember how many points you have after enduring a half a minute of the game. Now, look at the high score table on the main page. Un. Believable.

    Found via Game|Life

    Donnerstag, Dezember 01, 2005

    I am an...

    INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.
    Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)


    What are you?
    BREAD IS DANGEROUS.
    Here's a fun way to test your general Bible knowledge (if you even want to): 2005 Bible Content Exam

    Some of those questions are real tricky. :)

    Found via Todd-from-Amsterdam's blog "being free"