a wal-mart ethics fiasco? they have ethics?
a fun little flash game teaching kids – and politicians – how to gerrymander. maybe some kid will have the sense to make a libertarian district or fifty.
i like british news, it’s witty and informative, and specifically not american news. so when they say their people have a problem with liver disease, that doesn’t include me right? i did a quick tally of drinks this week:
- Monday: beer at guitar hero night ~ 1 drink
- Tuesday: Dinner with Sarah ~ 2 drinks
- Wednesday: I really don’t remember what I did on wed. but I’m pretty sure I didn’t drink anything ~ 0 drinks
- Thursday: Bowling ~ 1 drink
- Friday: Father’s Day ~ 2 drinks
- Saturday: Sarah’s parents were in town ~ 4 drinks
- Sunday: apres driving range nightcap ~ 2 drinks
So tally tally tally and bam! 12 drinks in a week. Am I damaging my liver. I don’t know. Does anyone know?
and finally, quite possibly more interestingly, Isaac Newton throws in his opinion on the end of days. note that the title of the article says that the world will definitely end in 2060 according to Mr. Newton. THAT’S NOT WHAT HIS LETTER SAYS AT ALL YOU TARDS. their own article clearly states
“It may end later, but I see no reason for its ending sooner,” Newton wrote. However, he added, “This I mention not to assert when the time of the end shall be, but to put a stop to the rash conjectures of fanciful men who are frequently predicting the time of the end, and by doing so bring the sacred prophesies into discredit as often as their predictions fail.”
I guess all that matters is that you get people to read your stupid site. GREAT JORB. meh.
From the front pages of digg: an interesting compilation of “oldest cities in the world.” Rife with differing opinions because no one’s actually lived long enough to be there when those cities were actually created.
You can get your ugly face off of google maps (MAN PEEING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD… wish i still had that link). Just give them your identity. via lifehacker.
If Bill Gates corrupted Steve Jobs I think I’ll cry. Just read the comic.
I like this idea. Since I do music too, you should all follow this graphical set of instructions. If you click on the graphic there’s an article. But it was long and boring. DON’T READ IT.
Good story about justice and identity theft. How appropriate and popular a topic. But seriously, kudos to the lady that got her ID back.
Some sci-fi must sees. Why? Just because some guy on the internet says they’re better than star wars. PFFT.
Interesting article in the uk publication Daily Mail about the physical boundaries given to children. I remember when I was eight I was not allowed to go past the Beans house. Somehow I managed to find woods to play in though.
A mom in Virginia gets time for hosting a sweet sixteen for her son and providing the booze. The funniest part of the article:
Eckert recently helped launch an awareness campaign in the county called Parents Who Host Lose the Most.
Thank-you babysitting socialist pigs!
War Profiteers: Business as usual.
Awesome entry from wired about a G.I.’s guide to Iraq in 1943 and the G.I.’s guide to Iraq presently. Definitely worth checking out.
A blog of -hilarious- bad spock drawings. via kottke
We should just set a distance from the sun and say, “If you’re past this point, you aren’t a planet.” I know pluto is crying right now. via kottke
From the MAD SCIENTIST files, a man is trying to send information back in time using quantum mechanics. Oh, how the logic of the space-time continuum makes me dizzy.
Ars Technica’s annual BYOC (Build your own computer) guide. GOD BOX GO!
We’re back for a morning edition after an awful downtime while I moved servers. So here we go! This is the digg/reddit I’m lazy and bored edition.
A kid does bacteria testing in his school and finds that the toilets are cleaner. With all the chemicals they use on toilets does that mean they’re actually safer?
A guy gets a tattoo of the zune logo. That sucks. Beers all around!
I’m not really sure what the context of this is, but if you would like to check out exactly how awesome the geography of the Earth is, check out a bunch of lakes on islands in lakes etc. etc. etc.
And finally some politiks. An ultra-conservative blog posting that seems to bite Rolling Stones in the ass. Let me just say, whether you think they have a point or not, I don’t care. Rolling Stone is an idiots guide to politics and I can’t stand it. Mixing politics with entertainment lands you Arnold as Governor.
Afternoon Edition!
An interesting article on arstechnica through digg about Verizon disclosing records to the NSA, claiming the first amendment in defense of a lawsuit. I haven’t had time to check the facts on this one too deeply, but there is a great comment on the digg page and a link to an interesting write up on the rights of corporations.
A top 25 list from usatoday about public meltdowns. Who knew famous people were this crazy? Oh wait, we all do.
I was thrown a little curveball by this article, but thought I would comment on it briefly. More and more I’m becoming a huge fan of Ron Paul, so when I saw this article I was very interested to see how it would turn out. I ended with slightly mixed feelings. I started reading expecting more information about Paul and ended up getting a lot of rhetoric about the “new media.” Don’t get me wrong, the “old media” makes me absolutely sick. I’m just not a big fan of rhetoric. So now I’m looking for a transcript of the debates because it’s looking like Ron Paul might be my man for the big “P”. More info on my findings later
And finally, some good news from Cisco. I don’t typically follow stocks as much as I probably should, but Cisco interests me because the recently acquired webEx, and I’m a regular user of that software.
Just a couple little tidbits in the morning rush of things.
Found a neat little piece of software that tracks the programs you use on your computer similar to the way last.fm tracks the music you play on your media player. It’s called Wakoopa, and you have to download a little program on your computer for it to work. The signup is really easy and the weberface is really clean and seems easy to use. I haven’t actually gotten to stretch it’s legs though because I believe work is blocking me from being able to connect the program to their servers. I’ll bring more news on that when I get it to my lappy at home.
I’ve been listening to Further Seems Forever a lot recently. This is an album that I got from someone at work without thinking too much about it. I’ve always heard a lot about them because of their relationship to Dashboard Confessional, but never really got into them. Well, like I said I was listening to their album, How to Start a Fire, and I just got really into it. So I checked it out on wikipedia, and they broke up last year. Bummer.
and now for the instructable-icious edition. The first is for all you clue lovers out there. I give to you, the hidden bookcase door. (I don’t think there was an actual bookcase in the clue movie. I think they used a fake wall in the conservatory, a fireplace in the lounge(or study?), I think they used a cabinet or closet in the kitchen, and a painting somewhere else… but i digress). The circumstances for this project are pretty specific, but if I ever have a situation where this would be appropriate, you can count on me to build it. (or just think about building it.)
Next up on the DIY massacre are SLAP BRACELETS. That’s right those insane pieces of metal that they banned from elementary school because of rumors of slit wrists. Oh man, do I love/hate the 80′s. Also, dear brother, notice that the name of the article submitter is the name of one of your favorite 80′s songs.
And finally for the audiophile/yard sale addict in us all – the speaker/headset in an old phone receiver. a must for any dj or musician that’s bored with typical instruments… or just likes to goof around.
Next up is a great entry on Belorussian movie posters. I love Belarus. Nuff said.
A new translation of the bible! IN LEGOS! (Ok so not really a translation, but you know, whatever) Actually I think I saw this some time ago floating out there in space, but I just recently clicked through to it on some blog or another, so I thought I might share it with the crew. Now study up!
And from the factoid department comes the coldest place in north america. Along with a really spiffy picture of a guy and his frozen beard/companion
it’s kind of a slow day at work, and i feel that i’ve been delinquent in my surfing/slacking duties. so i give to you another really long list of internet goodies of the moment.
i’m tempted to put this weird food entry into the abusables department. alas, i will spare us all the fear factor like suspense and give you the frog shake from south america, via megnut.
Somehow, rotten tomatoes gave the upcoming movie “Knocked Up” a 90%. This movie is from the guys that did 40 year old virgin, and all i can say is, “not as good as grandma’s boy.” Now back me up on that one.
From my friends over at the freakonomics blog i give you the wildly titillating headlines of Pravda. I have nothing else to say about this, except wildly out of context hilarity.
Those witty researchers at ask yahoo are at it again. A pretty informative, entertaining, and useless factoid on a homeless man who owns the record to most arrests ever.
I’m a huge fan of the short-lived scifi series firefly, and the subsequent movie, serenity. That said, after further research and planning, there is a really very good chance that I will attend a benefit screening in philly. It benefits women’s equality and rights worldwide.
I wasn’t aware this was even happening, but apparently, there was a sizable digg uprising over a series of hexadecimal numbers that is a key to unlocking dvds. your usual money grubbing mpaa suits were involved, and in the end, i think the light side of the force won out.
Up next: Instructables round up. but i don’t feel like doing it quite yet. maybe this afternoon.
An instructable on a sphere speaker array. I’m adding this to my growing list of diy summer projects. I didn’t check out the research on this, rather, i’m intrigued by this project simply because of my girlfriend’s paper lamp room. A spherical speaker would go really well in there.
I forget where I stumbled on this, but here it is: a nautical map of internet communities. This reminds me of the software war map, but I forget where I saw that. Oh well, moving on.
Next up are a series of make goodies I found particularly interesting for various reasons. The first two are guitar hero hacks! I’ve always wanted to turn my old fender into a guitar hero controller. Chalk one more up to the diy project list. The second looks like a piece of software that turns your guitar hero controller into a sampler. I’ll have to combine that with some kind of midi hack for my reason/ableton setup.
The last make tidbit is a write up about the new WORLD OF WARCRAFT REWARDS VISA CARD. Oh holy crap. I’d get this but I don’t play anymore. Maybe if they came out with an LOTR card, and I actually got LOTR, and played LOTR. But I’m too busy playing Gears of War and Saints Row right now.
Stumbled onto this cool site that documents speed traps (apparently truckers call highway cops “bears”), new little factoid for me. Unfortunately I didn’t find it too useful for the Philly area mostly because if there is a trap listed they try and get you to buy some book or something first. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll just file this under “one of those great ideas that is ruined by commercialism.” But see for yourself.
Really neat artist site. Of particular interest were the dress tents. A visually fun stop on in the vast infinity of the internet.
Microsoft wins the stupid award of the day. They forgot the save as… button (from fumbled.org, don’t know if there’s a better source). I guess I’ll just have to save over all my old files or something. I’m just glad I don’t pay for their crap.
I know that I never speed 
. So, for those of you that do, Yahoo put together some tips for fighting speeding tickets. Stick it to the man!
I guess if we can’t get them to get along together, might as well keep them apart. Treating Iraqis like bad children sounds like a great idea. From the guardian.
I like the fact that there is a quiz is on a voting site that coyly admits that voting is really just a high school popularity contest. (WELL IT IS). So I was interested to find a popularity contest between God and Science. You’ve got to put your faith in something.
More 4/20 madness. Of course don’t we all know the best smoking is in Amsterdam.
Yahoo News is reporting yet another win for the Wii. Well, duhhh… Now if they would just make some more/decent games for the thing.
