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clock | September 25, 2008The cover graphics designer at Nature is not going to sleep very well tonight (and will, in the future, always open up the mag to see both the front and back covers at the same time), after making this gaffe:
stoat | September 24, 2008I just found google charts (thanks NB) and you can see some nice ones here and maybe even discuss wheat yields. But for raw pointlessness I offer you:
(yes, I didn't even manage to get the scaling right). Anyone found anything less useful done with google charts?
clock | September 24, 2008Here:
Apparently not - it won't embed so check it out at the link above...
stoat | September 23, 2008I was going to have a 6,000th comment contest to line up with Seeds 1,000,000th comment contest. But the number bumped up while I wasn't watching. Oops.
So I retrospectively declare the winner to have been Dave Rado for this. Though I'm not sure about the counting, so Eli wins second prize for this.
When I say "prize"... I'm not sure there are any actual prizes... Eli can have a refund of iced carrots perhaps. Dave can have... a photo:
Not quite the 6000th photo I took with my old Nikon, but close. This was 6k exactly. Ah, those were the days.
awild | September 21, 2008
The BBQ Song. Once this gets in your head, good luck. It won't come out.
stoat | September 18, 2008 I walk past this sign every time I take my daughter to school. It irritates me every time. Am I allowed to walk dogs, but only if I'm not doing it in the interests of health and hygiene? Or does it mean that they consider dog walking unhygienic? The ambiguity is annoying: this is in a school, dammit, what kind of lesson does this provide the children?
Yours, pedant-of-Coton
stoat | September 17, 2008Via dubious sources, I've just discovered thedailymash, and Obama defends 'creationist psycho bitch' remark in particular. Their take on the US housing crisis is good, too. There's even a bit aboutGW.
On a more techie note, I came in at the facebook article before my technical lead directed me to the Lib Dems political plans. But I found this all by myself. Sorry: I went to public school, you know.
Meanwhile, from cyrolist, it seems the UKMO is interested in ice shelves:
Polar Ice Sheet Modelling Scientist
Salary: GBP 25,500 + competitive benefits including Civil Service Pension.
Permanent…
clock | September 14, 2008Don't click on "Play"! I warned you. Don't blame me if you cannot sleep for a week trying to get rid of this old pernicious ear-worm:
clock | September 13, 2008A Chicago Tribune reporter travels to an Illinois farm to literally try to put lipstick on a pig:
clock | September 13, 2008Mimi and her husband took a trip to Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and all I got were these movies:
clock | September 11, 2008....is to read how Grrrl visited the Harry Potter spots in London:
My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 1:
The Leaky Cauldron, Gringott's Wizarding Bank.
My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 2:
Platform 9 3/4, Diagon Alley, Lambeth Bridge, The Houses of Parliament.
My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 3:
Little Whinging Zoo, Train Station, The Ministry of Magic, 12 Grimmauld Place (Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix), View Out the Windows of Harry's Room at the Leaky Cauldron.
stoat | September 10, 2008Posted to an internal newsgroup:
Customer: Hi there, I sent you two sample units last week so you could investigate our problem. Can you give us an update on your progress?
CSR: We accelerated your units up to 99.9% of the speed of the light and smashed them into each other, by looking at the bits that fly off we can understand the inner workings of your system.
Customer: And what did you find?
CSR: We are speculating that your system does not work because of something we are calling a "Bugeon"
Customer did you detect any Bugeons?
CSR: No, we believe we need to accelerate a fresh pair of…
clock | September 8, 2008From http://www.ImprovEverywhere.com, 16 agents create a spontaneous musical in a food court in a Los Angeles mall. Using wireless microphones and the mall's PA system, both their voices and the music was amplified throughout the food court. All cameras were hidden behind two-way mirrors and other concealed structures.
This is one of over 70 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past six years in New York City. Others include Frozen Grand Central, the Best Buy uniform prank, and the famous U2 Rooftop Hoax, to name a few. Visit the website to see tons of photos and video…