August 2008
62 posts
When Desertion Is a Duty by William Norman Grigg →
When dwarf parties go bad. →
I have no words to express how whacked this video is.
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“To be nobody but yourself in a world that is night and day trying to make you...”
– e.e. cummings
“In a perfect world, he’d be accepted as he was and not expected to dope himself...”
– How to Get the Most Out of Your Eccentric Programmer/”Genius” « Learning Lisp
Stellarium →
An open source planetarium! Something high enough quality to use at planetarium projectors, that I can use at home. Flippin’ awesome!
Charley The Cat →
This kitty cat has a great life, despite…
“A man sees a boy sitting on a park bench, eating candy bar after candy bar. Just...”
– Robert Anton Wilson
Dog protected abandoned newborn for over 10 days →
Now here’s something that will make you smile. Make sure to scroll down and look at the additional pictures. The second one, where the dog is licking the baby, is adorable.
In Case You Missed It - 2007 50 Things We Know Now... →
Some pretty interesting things. Some pretty obvious things. Really, some of the things on that list may have only had “scientific” studies done aboutthem in the last year, but sensible people wouldn’t be surprised by the findings.
The 7 Vital Principles of Government →
If you really want to cure a pressing social problem, take steps outside the realm of government. If you don’t see how you can convince people to help you succeed in a non-governmental endeavor, how can you expect to control politicians who care nothing for your desires?
And if you really want to make a noticeable difference, if you really want to improve life, do...
Olbermann: Is Condi Rice a LIAR or just a plain... →
GOURMET SAUSAGES AND ITALIAN SANDWICHES -... →
Now this is how you market a small business.
Algonquin Round Table →
Cool group that met every day for a decade back in the twenties.
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"If we took one tenth of the state of New Mexico... →
chop51 wrote: Good idea. Here’s my quick “back of the envelope”: 10% of NM is ~7.5 mil. acres. times 43560 ft.^2/acre = ~32.5 x 10^9 I’ll low ball the cost per ft.^2 to build these hi tech greenhouses and say $100/per. Probably considerably more, but at this scale it should be under 1,000/per, so at least we’ll get an idea of what order of magnitude we’re...
“Most Americans still don’t know, as Marshall writes, that on the campaign trail...”
– Frank Rich: Other than his time in Vietnam, McCain’s record ain’t too pretty
I hate politics. But I don’t want to see someone who is unfit for office get elected because his campaign managers did too good a job keeping his incompetency from the public eye.
Each Grain of Sand a Tiny Work of Art | Earth... →
That first picture is beautiful. I love that blue swirly grain of sand. I want a whole beach full of those.
“There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy stupid ones....”
– General Von Manstein, about the German Officer Corps
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George W. Bush And Bill Gates Met In The Olympics →
Interesting example of how to twist perception of a situation by how you present images of the event.
