March 2010
52 posts
http://www.hipsterwifehunting.com →
(via shockandjia)
Words escape me.
“Hookers die all the time; it comes with their line of work. The important thing...”
– Emails from an asshole
February 2010
30 posts
Lagrangian Points →
thehiso:
I’m a sucker for really cool astronomy concepts. I was wondering how a satellite could capture constant images of the sun at one angle without its orbit interfering—BOOM, Lagrangian points.
Even more rad than geosynchronous orbit!
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Postus Interruptus
I was in the middle of writing a post, arguing that Pandora’s user experience is so much better than lala’s because with Pandora I just type in the URL and music starts playing, while with lala I get nothing without doing the work of building up a playlist, searching for new artists, etc.
And then I noticed a new (or maybe not new?) lala feature — “Mix it up!”. ...
Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Mystery →
The better the puzzle in a mystery story, the worse the resolution. Is this always true?
I understand that this is a controversial, vague, overbroad generalization. But let’s consider some popular mysteries.
So, do you know of any straight-up mysteries with satisfying endings?
Mrgan uses Lost to talk about mysteries in general. His hypothesis — the best puzzles have...
Engineer buys $3k worth of pudding: gets over 1mil... →
thehiso:
flandrea:
In 1999, UC-Davis civil engineer David Phillips was grocery shopping when he noticed something peculiar. Healthy Choice Foods was offering frequent-flyer miles to customers who bought its products. But a 25-cent pudding would bring 100 miles — the reward was worth more than the product itself.
Recognizing a good thing, Phillips bought 12,150 servings of pudding for $3,140,...
People I would not be surprised to find out are...
mrgan:
Alan Moore
Spike Jonze
Quentin Tarantino
Thomas Pynchon
My friend Aspen
All of 4chan
One Reginald C. Banksy of Wolverhampton
Stephen Fry after he’s had a few
Natalie Portman
Disappointingly, Damien Hirst
Even worse, Bono
Question of the Day
wumbly:
What was your favorite ____ Trail Game?
(ex: Oregon Trail, Oregon Trail 2, Amazon Trail, Yukon Trail)
Spent the most time playing Amazon Trail (spear fishing & snapping pics of capybaras). But the Oregon Trail we had at the school computers in 1st/2nd grade is the one with the fondest spot in my heart (you hunted with the mouse, not the keyboard, and got to write foul things as...
Dogs reacting to the theme to Law & Order →
alexbain:
I had no idea that this was a thing.
Via Will Fleitch.
Question of the Day:
wumbly:
What was your favorite Sim___ game?
Tough one…
SimCity 2000
SimTower
SimAnt (in black & white… running off of a floppy disk!)
SimCity
“He says that’s okay, so I go: Sarah Palin.
Idiot, he says.
I’m like, Right...”
– Fake Steve Jobs - Every time I go to New York, I’m reminded how lucky I am to live in California
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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...
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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...
thehiso:
jj - ecstasy
I always think...
