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Seriously, what the hell?
Seriously, what the fuck? A nerdy vampire called Igor? A Christian girl called Faith repelling Igor like a 15th level Cleric? Igor accepting Jesus and becoming human? That’s kind of over the top even for Chick. Just what are potential convertees supposed to get out of this? Or should I not be applying Earth logic to this?
I’ve been following Chris Yates’ Reprographics webcomic for a couple of years now. He’s cute, talented and hilarious. But now he’s taken his art to the next level:
I’ve been following Chris Yates’ Reprographics webcomic for a couple of years now. He’s cute, talented and hilarious. But now he’s taken his art to the next level:
It’s like a Stop sign but it says “Poop”!
I don’t know if it’s the silliest or most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen. Hell, it could be both; maybe, like 26-dimensional string theory with branes and compact dimensions and such, mere laypeople like myself aren’t qualified to judge. Heh. Poop. Heh heh.
OS X Mail’s spam filter is really very, very good at its job. Every once in a while, though, something slips through the cracks. Like this gem right here.
Your Husk will be so big that you can use it on submarine like periscope!
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OS X Mail’s spam filter is really very, very good at its job. Every once in a while, though, something slips through the cracks. Like this gem right here.
Seriously… Husk? Periscope? That makes no sense. I got one spam once about my dick being like a ninja sword and ripping my woman in two, or something like that. The “wang == weapon” meme is old and respected. So if you’re going for a nautical theme, why not have, say, a ramming prow? Or am I putting too much thought into this?
This is simply the greatest blog ever.
Check ’em out.
I’m not planning on ever getting tattooed, but if I were… some of these designs are mighty neat. I’m especially fond of The Philosopher’s Stone and “Entropy”: simple yet unusual little designs that pack a lot of meaning.
I think this meme is getting out of hand.
Okay, so first we had lolcats. Then they upped the ante with lolbots.
Now here’s an awesome blog I just discovered: Paleo-Future, a look at how past generations saw the future (which is often our present). Domed, weather-controlled cities! Flying cars! Segways!
Now here’s an awesome blog I just discovered: Paleo-Future, a look at how past generations saw the future (which is often our present). Domed, weather-controlled cities! Flying cars! Segways! (seriously) Synthetic food! Robotic servants! (They better have those Three Laws, though…)
As one commenter said about such futurology: “it describes the present, with tailfins.” Heh.
Step one: go to Google Maps™
Step two: click on “Get directions”
Step three: enter “New York City” in the start address
Step four: enter “London” in the end address
Step five: click the “Get Directions” button
Or just click here.
I got this link at work, forwarded as a joke. “Ho ho, look at step 24 asking you to swim 3,400 miles across the Atlantic,” sort of thing. And yeah, I thought it was silly too. But then I thought about it some more; and really, it makes sense if you accept that Google Maps doesn’t know about ships or planes.
And then I started wondering about the details of this route. Why, for example, are we supposed to first drive from New York to Boston and then start swimming? Well, it’s probably the most efficient route. Not the shortest as the crow flies, but it makes for the shortest distance you have to swim. And since driving is faster, it’s a bit more efficient time-wise than if you cast off from, let’s say, the eastern tip of Long Island.
Right. That part’s clear. But the European end makes less sense. If we’re going to London, why are we first landing at Le Havre, then taking the highway to the Channel Tunnel? Is it really faster than landing at, e.g., Plymouth? According to Google Maps, it is. I also tried going to Cardiff, Dublin and Plymouth, and all three times I have to land at Le Havre. Likewise for Bordeaux, Madrid and Lisbon. Huh, is all I can say.
Just for a second, I wondered if the algorithm takes ocean currents into account and I’m actually taking the most efficient swimming route. But, nah. After experimenting a bit more, I found that even starting off from Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton or St-John’s, Newfoundland, I always swing by Boston. (The only difference being that for Canadian cities distances are measured in kilometres instead of miles. Go metric system!) So it looks like the algorithm has just this hard-coded connection between North America and Europe. The developers probably figured they wouldn’t need anything smarter. Can’t say I blame them, because who uses Google Maps to plan a transatlantic trip?
…is what the graffiti said, on the side of the freight train I passed on the West Coast Express this evening.
Awesome. Just think of the sights it’s seen! Welcome to VANCOUVER.BC.2007
…is what the graffiti said, on the side of the freight train I passed on the West Coast Express this evening.
Awesome. Just think of the sights it’s seen! Welcome to VANCOUVER.BC.2007
It’s March 14th, and that means Pi Day. All the cool geeks are celebrating it. Although in Canada, March 14 is really 14/03 but since we don’t have an April 31st, this’ll have to do.
It’s March 14th, and that means Pi Day. All the cool geeks are celebrating it. Although in Canada, March 14 is really 14/03 but since we don’t have an April 31st, this’ll have to do. Or, we could celebrate it approximately on July 22nd (22/7).
On this 3.14, what was I doing at exactly 1:59:26? I don’t remember exactly, but I was training with the CCS app and learning about SAP for half the afternoon, so there you go. I’ll be better prepared next year.