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From my brother: We are not alone.

Video of the Magnapinna squid, as captured 2.5 km below sea level by the Shell Oil Company. Pft, and we thought they didn't have anything positive to contribute! Related posts: Little Man Protest: War and Peace From my brother: The Real Michael Clayton Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Read more »

Science is scary, psychology is legit.

As far as rats are concerned, anyway. [youtube 41ZW0OGp4HE] Read more »

Glorious nerd rant that I’d like to perform on stage

August 3rd, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | 2 Comments »

...in the style of a soap opera. From Jon Lebensold's blog: This last week, I've been battling to get a Rails 1.x application moved to a hosting provider that has graciously upgraded to Rails 2.x. There is no migration documentation to be found aside from a scarce upgrade notes file. Now this is ... Read more »

Only fools would bomb Iran

July 24th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

Unfortunately, only fools are in power. [youtube 8XQan1qo8T4] [youtube SFnWJwRNRJg]Related posts: Iran vs Russia, Men’s Basketball – Live blogging the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Read more »

Best chat ever? Yes.

July 18th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

I'm not sure why I laughed so hard at this guy's responses, but I did...maybe because they were so quick (which indicates respect and interest) yet so aggressively disinterested (which indicates a much more profound lack of respect than the profundity of the respect shown by even the quickest of ... Read more »

Oddly enough…

July 16th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

I can't see them passing a law to prevent this: [youtube klteYv1Uv9A] I mean, he's not talking on his phone. Just, you know, multi-tasking. In a rather..."relaxed"...fashion. Good on him, I say. This is exactly the type of thing we need more of. We need more efficient people, more people who refuse ... Read more »

Interesting because it’s not an April Fool’s joke

July 10th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

We wish it was. But it's not. [youtube nda_OSWeyn8]Related posts: Only fools would bomb Iran Interesting angle. Interesting licensing fee arrangement. Read more »

MacGuyver 2.0

June 29th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

How to charge your iPod with an onion and some Gatorade. Seriously. Related posts: The true power of youth Read more »

The true power of youth

June 24th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

Somehow, it's more meaningful - it resonates more - when children speak up about our mistakes. This, a video of the speech given by then-12-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki, daughter of environmentalist David Suzuki, to the UN Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, is a good example of that. ... Read more »

Oh, and Wikipedia slaps you BACK! Take that, professors!

June 16th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

From Movieweb.com: WEBSITE BEATS NETWORKS TO REPORT RUSSERT'S DEATH Hours before the death of veteran NBC newsman Tim Russert was announced by any broadcast or cable news network on Friday, word of his passing took the form of changes on Russert's Wikipedia listing, published reports observed today (Monday). The first official news ... Read more »