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purepedantry | June 15, 2007I am leaving for the weekend, so I haven't had much time to blog. In lieu of actual science, I leave you with the following YouTube videos of amateur science rappers. (There are a bagillion of these on YouTube, most of them bad...but these ones are fun.)
On Physics:
On Mitosis:
I have only one comment: In any just universe, there would be underwear on the stage at the end of each of these performances.
Hot.
purepedantry | April 23, 2007For those of you who don't have time to shower and have a cup of coffee (or who have failed miserably to do those things simultaneously), why not consider caffeinated soap:
Tired of waking up and having to wait for your morning java to brew? Are you one of those groggy early morning types that just needs that extra kick? Know any programmers who dont regularly bathe and need some special motivation? Introducing Shower Shock, the original and world's first caffeinated soap from ThinkGeek. When you think about it, ShowerShock is the ultimate clean buzz ;)
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Shower Shock is an all vegetable…
purepedantry | April 20, 2007As I indicated in my previous post (also related to Lindsay Lohan), being a redhead derives from a recessive allele in the Melanocortin Receptor 1 -- a receptor from Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone.
MC1R mutations also result in the phenotype of
A) Being super hot
and
B) A higher risk for skin cancer
so it would be useful for individuals of such a genetic inheritance to identify themselves and one another (you know...by ways other than their hair...).
To accomplish this task, Realm of Redheads sells the t-shirt on the right. The geeky goodness of this shirt boggles the mind.
purepedantry | January 22, 2007This guy made his home theater look like the bridge of the Enterprise on Star Trek. Check out this picture (click to enlarge):
There are many more pictures on his site.
Wow. I don't really know whether to be impressed or frightened, although its good that there are no love-seats in that room. I doubt he will be needing them.
Hat-tip: Slashdot.
purepedantry | November 30, 2006Wired magazine is asking for nominations for the top ten sexiest geeks of 2006:
Be they programmers, scientists, writers, architects or attorneys, please leave your suggestions in the comment space below. There are no rules for submission. The only guidance we can offer is: you know a sexy geek when you see, nay, experience one. We'll publish the finalists next month along with a space to vote for who you think is the smokingest geek.
Hot.
purepedantry | November 27, 2006NPR had a great article about how otaku or nerd culture is driving economic growth:
Take 24-year-old Kai. Sengoku Basara is her favorite computer game. An office worker by day, Kai spends her weekends dressed up as a 16th-century samurai, Chosokabe Motochika. Her chest is bound flat. She wears a gray wig, armored cuffs, high black boots, a red satin jacket and a red eye patch over one eye. Other women, all dressed as computer-game versions of samurai, surround her. "I don't want to be a man," she says, "I just like cosplay" -- short for costume play.
"I'm a nerd. This is Japan's new culture…
purepedantry | September 28, 2006I was having a conversation with someone the other day, and I mentioned the phrase All Your Base Are Belong to Us (AYBABTU) and just got a really blank stare. This is a shame because not only is it a funny line, but it is an absolutely critical part of recent geek history. So I thought I would share it with you -- you meaning those of you who were not already aware of it.
The phrase All Your Base Are Belong to Us originates from a video game called Zero Wing that was translated poorly from Japanese to English upon its release here (apparently in Japanese it made a lot more sense). Here is…
purepedantry | September 21, 2006Hells yeah:
Modern, Cool Nerd
86 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 30% Dork
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.
Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable…
purepedantry | July 12, 2006Nerdcore is a new genre of music created by nerds for nerds. Feel that music underrepresents your strong feelings about your +2 Chain Mail...well now you have no need to fret. Nerdcore is what happened when people who know what a Hidden Markov Model is started rapping about it. I hadn't heard about this until today but I have been perusing about and some of this stuff is just fantastic.
Here is a description from Wired Magazine:
Tupac and Biggie, move over. A new hip-hop feud is brewing that glamorizes not guns and 'hos but Java and secure encryption algorithms.
While gangsta rap is seen…
purepedantry | June 27, 2006In unrelated geek news, there is a new trailer for Spider-Man 3. Ooooh...I am giddy as a school girl.