Rant Things

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Everybody Poops!
  November 29, 2009 – Is nothing sacred?
• Uber Oreo (link roundup)
  November 29, 2009 – This may be one of the most beautiful foods I have ever seen.
• Journal of Eivind Uggedal: VPS Performance Comparison
  November 29, 2009 – Interesting comparison of “cloud” server performance. If this is correct, Amazon is stable but a slower performer, or the other companies aren’t pricing their offerings properly.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Insurgent Unleashes Teh Internets On Teh iPhone [IPhone]
  November 29, 2009 – I think I’m scared…

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Insurgent Unleashes Teh Internets On Teh iPhone [IPhone]
  November 29, 2009 – I think I’m scared…

Things which amused or interested me today:

• 1080p YouTube – The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody
  November 28, 2009 – Okay, everyone’s linked to this in the past few days, but I just learned that it’s one of the newer youtube videos that you can watch at 1080p. You can see the fuzz on the muppets’ faces!
• 165 robots with stuff – a robot with some explaining to do
  November 28, 2009 – “I fell on it.”
• FARK.com: Blog (Drew): How the Resale Subculture drives Black Friday, why Cyber Monday is a hoax, and some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 11/15 to 11/21
  November 27, 2009 – Hadn’t seen this take on Black Friday before. Oddly enough, I don’t really doubt it.
• White House official's net neutrality comments irk AT&T – washingtonpost.com
  November 27, 2009 – Dear AT&T: Just deliver the bits. Don't try to shape policy. Love, the people who use and enjoy the internet.
• New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels
  November 27, 2009 – I’m having a hard time seeing how this is a bad thing.
• New Tires Made from Orange Peel Oil Instead of Petroleum | America Reclaimed
  November 27, 2009 – Yay! And the orange peels come from an orange juice factory next door! This is what innovation is all about.
• THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: WHY BREAKING DAWN MUST BE MADE INTO A MOVIE
  November 27, 2009 – Not sure how realistic a plot summary this is. But if so, David Cronenberg to direct, indeed!

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Scientist explains why climate scientists talk trash
  November 27, 2009 – So much for the white lab coat stereotype. But it’s true.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Nomenclature
  November 26, 2009 – You wonder how many discoverers secretly (or not) wanted to do this.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Corrupted children's classics (and more)
  November 25, 2009 – Spectacular poster-worthy pictures today!
• CERN staffers at the LHC's first beam collision
  November 24, 2009 – I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bunch of happier expressions before. Remarkable.
• How the H1N1 vaccine is made
  November 24, 2009 – Interesting. I never knew they used chicken eggs.
• You know, like high beams and low beams.
  November 24, 2009 – Yeah.
• Behind Every Great Man …
  November 24, 2009 – This isn’t true all the time. Well okay, not true most of the time.
• Zombie Treat
  November 24, 2009 – Made by real zombies!
• Moses Maxi
  November 24, 2009 – Apparently not unclean…
• Hacked climate scientists' emails in context
  November 24, 2009 – Good science is about informed debate; I think this is a better take on these mails than the hysterical “Oh no, they’re lying to us” analyses that initially came out.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• 1905 Cablecar Journey – YouTube – Air – La Femme D'Argent
  November 24, 2009 – A well-matched chillout song and video from 1905 in San Francisco. Excellent bedtime watching.
• etiquette tip
  November 23, 2009 – In case you were wondering…
• in stores now – a Canine Thanksgiving
  November 23, 2009 – Sounds about right.
• The Pope Is Ready to Rock
  November 23, 2009 – I can add nothing more to this photo.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Ways Dick Cheney Can Kill You
  November 23, 2009 – Friends don’t let friends Dick Cheney.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Ways Dick Cheney Can Kill You
  November 23, 2009 – Friends don’t let friends Dick Cheney.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• LUNAR EAVESDROPPING IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
  November 22, 2009 – Impressive and a triumph for homemade that someone with personal radio equipment could pick up the Apollo radio transmissions directly from the moon.
• Ferret Dance
  November 21, 2009 – Oddly mesmerizing…

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Beards and Bellies: bearded
  November 21, 2009 – Famous characters, with beards. I like batbeard myself.
• Shiny Suds
  November 21, 2009 – I am amused and a bit creeped out at the same time.
• I don’t know either, dude. They set our food on fire. They…
  November 21, 2009 – Food…on fire?
• Dear Lord, We would like to thank your for all the nummy shit…
  November 21, 2009 – Saying grace.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Beards and Bellies: bearded
  November 21, 2009 – Famous characters, with beards. I like batbeard myself.
• Shiny Suds
  November 21, 2009 – I am amused and a bit creeped out at the same time.
• I don’t know either, dude. They set our food on fire. They…
  November 21, 2009 – Food…on fire?
• Dear Lord, We would like to thank your for all the nummy shit…
  November 21, 2009 – Saying grace.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• kawaii not: roll up! roll up!
  November 19, 2009 – Yay derby!
• What if Earth had rings like Saturn? • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control
  November 19, 2009 – Very sci-fi. I love when people take a concept and run with it like this.
• Texas Accidentally Bans Straight Marriage – Law designed to forbid gay civil unions actually bars any unions
  November 19, 2009 – From the “oops” department…
• Custom Backyard Deck Will Make You Dizzy
  November 19, 2009 – I am vaguely intriguide by this concept. This man reminds me vaguely of Hunter S. Thompson. Vaguely.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• kawaii not: roll up! roll up!
  November 19, 2009 – Yay derby!
• What if Earth had rings like Saturn? • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control
  November 19, 2009 – Very sci-fi. I love when people take a concept and run with it like this.
• Texas Accidentally Bans Straight Marriage – Law designed to forbid gay civil unions actually bars any unions
  November 19, 2009 – From the “oops” department…
• Custom Backyard Deck Will Make You Dizzy
  November 19, 2009 – I am vaguely intriguide by this concept. This man reminds me vaguely of Hunter S. Thompson. Vaguely.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Oil of L.A. | Brand X | Los Angeles Times
  November 19, 2009 – Interesting video. I knew there was oil in LA, but I didn’t know there was so much (and that there are more oil pumps you can’t see).
• Scroll Clock
  November 18, 2009 – That’s a clever trick, that.
• The Real Reason the Droid's Camera Fixed Itself [Fixes]
  November 18, 2009 – I love bizarre bugs like this.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• nedhepburn: Ernest Hemingway kicking a can.
  November 17, 2009 – Ah, the man who writes the way Shatner acts. It’s more like this: Hemingway. Ernest. Kicking a can.
• Banned for life
  November 17, 2009 – I’ve always wondered why RPG people don’t mind when you run around breaking their crates and pots and such.
• I guess it’s working…
  November 17, 2009 – Aha — so that’s where that dog with its arm out the car window came from.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• etiquette tip
  November 17, 2009 – A helpful hint from your friends at Shoebox Greetings.
• SoundRacer – Make The Family Sedan Sound Like A Supercar
  November 17, 2009 – The playing card in the spokes for the commuter set. The video is highly amusing.
• Cup Communicator
  November 17, 2009 – Now that’s a walkie talkie.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• StupidFilter — can stupidity be detected programmatically?
  November 15, 2009 – This could get interesting to follow.
• This is Why You Were Bored as a Teenager
  November 15, 2009 – Very interesting. This might also be why places like http://hightechhigh.org/ work.
• These do not make me a killer
  November 15, 2009 – Yeah, about right.
• BLDGBLOG: The City and its Flooded Double
  November 15, 2009 – Tokyo and New York after the sea level rises. Very pretty, and not entirely post-apocalyptic. Via http://NOTCOT.org .

Things which amused or interested me today:

• StupidFilter — can stupidity be detected programmatically?
  November 15, 2009 – This could get interesting to follow.
• This is Why You Were Bored as a Teenager
  November 15, 2009 – Very interesting. This might also be why places like http://hightechhigh.org/ work.
• These do not make me a killer
  November 15, 2009 – Yeah, about right.
• BLDGBLOG: The City and its Flooded Double
  November 15, 2009 – Tokyo and New York after the sea level rises. Very pretty, and not entirely post-apocalyptic. Via http://NOTCOT.org .