December 2010
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If this minute degree of curvature fits your head, well, you must have a cranium...
– David Pogue, humorist for the nerdist of nerds.
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You’re welcome.
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"Television Shows Are Ads For Ads." →
Hot Rod: The Matrix.
Galvatron: It will do you no good Autobot. It cannot be opened.
Hot Rod: Not by a Decepticon.
Galvatron: Like it or not we are allies now against a common foe.
[Shrill noises and bright lights surround Galvatron]
Unicron: Destroy him Galvatron NOW or you, yourself shall be obliterated.
Galvatron: Yes my master.
It’s like if you or I morphed into fully functioning cyborgs after being thrown...
– Caleb Scharf, an astrobiologist, talking about a newly discovered bacteria’s ability to exchange its phosphorus atoms for arsenic atoms, but also this dream I had.
The Speed Camera Lottery →
Richardson’s idea, quite simply, is to build a better speed trap. Strategically placed traffic cameras will photograph all passing cars. Drivers exceeding the speed limit are sent tickets, while those obeying it are pooled into a lottery funded by the fines. Every now and then a randomly selected winner is sent a check.