One of the amusing aspects of life Downtown are the waves of visitors. It is often entertaining to guess what sort of convention is responsible for a new wave of similar people in the CBD, and it’s usual simple to determine whether the home team won the day’s game. Many crowds are familiar, […]
Tag Archives: culture
Daily Bookmarks
February 19, 2007 – 11:45 pm
Links bookmarked on 2007-02-19
Kelley Computing - rember
GUI for memtest - thorough RAM tester
Unplanned ‘offspring’ at Olympic Sculpture Park get SAM’s blessing
"We were thinking we were all punk rock and under the radar, and instead we were embraced."
Monster Trucks
February 17, 2007 – 9:57 pm
Ryan and Kelly talked me into joining them for the Monster Truck Jam. Kelly’s a fan. It was everything I expected.
The national anthem was preceded by a cheesy ritual of military personnel being asked to stand. Then veterans. Then their parents. Then police and fire fighters. I was disappointed […]
Daily Bookmarks
February 13, 2007 – 11:45 pm
Links bookmarked on 2007-02-13
Equine Criterium International
A horse joins the Criterium International peloton
Ironic Sans: Idea: The Pacifist Chess Set
Another gem from David Friedman: chessboard where the pieces are all the same color, but that only is revealed when they intermingle.
Daily Bookmarks
February 12, 2007 – 11:45 pm
Links bookmarked on 2007-02-12
AOL phishing fraudster found guilty | The Register
Spammer actually convicted.
Fish use simple logic to infer their social status « Neurophilosophy
Cichlids are smart enough to model dominance relationships
Daily Bookmarks
February 10, 2007 – 11:45 pm
Links bookmarked on 2007-02-10
The Compton Effect
Atheist Hip-Hop artist that has Will Smith’s voice.
Instacalc Online Calculator | Instant Results
Simple but effective calculator
Encabulation
February 10, 2007 – 11:35 pm
Ryan shared this technical video spoof:
Rockwell’s retro-encabulator is a refinement of the turbo-encabulator, which Chrysler demonstrated to the world in a 1980s instructional video, although the design dates to at least 1946. Apparently work continues.
Ryan asserted we should produce nonsense jargon-laden material like this to describe our work. Indeed, it’s odd that software […]
Electric Oxygen
February 9, 2007 – 8:46 pm
After a year of research and hunting, I’ve finally embraced the urban geek stereotype and ordered a moped.
I wanted one because I was jealous of my neighbor when I saw him ride his classic Vespa to the office on hot days. It’s not worth driving to avoid a half mile of walking in the […]
QOTD
February 4, 2007 – 8:32 pm
While I’m on the subject of Constitutional rights, here’s another from Mark Jaquith:
Racial slurs may be covered by the First Amendment, but you’re still an asshole for using them
Police 2.0
February 3, 2007 – 11:02 pm
It has been fashionable in our culture to address undesirable behavior by enacting laws that call for the police to make the bad people that stop doing those bad things by arresting them. For the really, really bad things, like possessing a leaf from a plant which makes you happy if you consume it, […]
