Archives for March 16, 2009
$1,000,000,000,000.02
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 My wife just got a link sent to her by a fellow teacher that points to a site that shows visually what a trillion dollars and two cents would look like if you put it all in one place. Check it out: What does one TRILLION dollars look like? But be careful, DO NOT CLICK…
Condor Shot, Wounded, In Treatment
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 A California Condor was apparently ill (with suspected lead poisoning) so it was brought in for treatment. It was then discovered that it had been shot some time earlier . Unable to eat on its own, the condor was under intensive care at the Los Angeles Zoo and its prognosis was guarded, said Susie Kasielke,…
Ron Silver Is Dead
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 At age 62, political activist and actor (Reversal of Fortune, West Wing). He was a co-founder of the Creative Coalition. He was a good Democrat who Went Rogue after 911.
The Quattro Toilet
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 This is really good, because I can never get those damn chess sets to go down in one flush. null – Watch more free videos And that was perfect toilet music, don’t you think?
An open letter to Barack Obama
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 Dear President Obama, Congratulations on passing the stimulus package! I hope that the stimulus package will help the economy get back on track. One thing that could help is to eliminate some of the approximately five billion dollars a day that we waste as a world economy with closed source, proprietary software. How do I…
NASA has space satellites in 3D
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 … cool! Oh, but wait, it’s all Flash Multimedia stuff and you have to install extra plugins and that doens’t really work that well (their servers may be jammed). OK, NASA is going to eventually have Space Satellites in 3D. Click here to check it out, and let me know if it starts working properly.
The 94th Carnival of Space
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 … is Here, at Out of the Cradle.
Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 grep
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 grep Now, for your assignment, write a bash one liner or short script that finds and kills any process associated with Firefox.
Condom Breakage Survey Breaks Survey Site
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 The survey site burst open releasing all the data into …. wherever. So please go do it again. Scicurious has a more robust survey site that won’t break. It might not feel as natural but it won’t break. HERE Actually, if you took the survey and were able to finish, then you can relax, have…
My new favorite music video. And operating system.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 16, 2009 Sort of techno jazz fusion. And yes, there really is going to be a Jaunty Jackelope. Whcih, I think, is the first non-real animal to use for an Ubuntu release. Hat tip: Javier
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