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Dogs reacting to the theme to Law & Order →
I had no idea that this was a thing.
Via Will Fleitch.
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Active T. villosus foraging on a leaf. Note that the water-film on the leaf is adhering to the shell. Why do snails have hairs?
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Question of the Day:
What was your favorite Sim___ game?
Tough one…
- SimCity 2000
- SimTower
- SimAnt (in black & white… running off of a floppy disk!)
- SimCity
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Watched UFC with friends tonight. Every time I see MMA, I wonder why I don’t watch more of it. What a great sport! Boxing will be culturally irrelevant in 20 years.
Boxing is culturally irrelevant now.
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He says that’s okay, so I go: Sarah Palin.
Idiot, he says.
I’m like, Right on, so why don’t you just say that? Every time you write her name, put “idiot” after it? Like it’s a title? Like “Sarah Palin, Idiot.” Or, put it in front of her name, like, “Idiot Sarah Palin said today …” Or just use it as a subordinate clause. “Sarah Palin, who is an idiot, today called for …”
He goes, Look, I’m impressed that you know what a subordinate clause is, but we can’t do something like that. Because think where it leads us. Every time we write about you we have to say, “Steve Jobs, who is a total insufferable dick.” You see?
I tell him I wouldn’t mind one bit if people wrote that about me, and he says he realizes that, which is why he knows that I truly am a total insufferable dick. The point, I tell him, is that the Times needs to just be open about its liberal bias, and revel in that. It’s what makes the Times the Times. You need a point of view. Without it you’re just the AP on sheets of paper.
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The Material ConneXion Library is home to roughly 5,000 materials, from tiny pellets of bioplastic to something eerily like human skin. Each month, a jury of design experts selects new materials on the basis of four criteria: new materials process, a significant advancement on existing materials or process, technology transfer, and sustainability. Via.
I think I might try to pull the teacher card to get into the library for free next time I’m in NYC…
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Live off groupon →
Awesome viral campaign.
First, say goodbye to your routine, your apartment, and your signed photo of Elvis punching Nixon. You’ll end your lease and put your stuff in storage. You’ll close your bank account, cut up your credit cards, and put your money in escrow. You’ll have nothing but a stack of Groupons and a suit of clothes made from Groupons.
We’ll give you a camera, phone, GPS, and computer to document your experience. We’ll expect you to blog most days. We’ll also give you unlimited Groupons in any of our 30 cities, including Groupons for lodging and transportation and special Groupons for cities that don’t exist yet.
If you last a year without breaking the rules, we’ll give you $100,000.
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KCFR (my local NPR station) had the person in charge of Colorado’s state curriculum on this morning, to talk about what has changed in the new state standards.
The whole interview was a gem (I can’t seem to find it online though), but the definite highlight came when the standard-maker gave an example of what a new 4th grade math standard would look like:
“The new standards are very specific. One example might be that a fourth grader needs to know the difference between the denominator of a fraction, and the nominator.”
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]jj - ecstasy
I always think lollipop is coming on when I hear this.
I have the opposite problem - I now expect jj for a second whenever Denver crap-rap radio plays lollipop.
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