You may remember my original post concerning the Wal*Ocaust T-shirts. Well, Wal-Mart has filed suit to prohibit the sale or production of the wal*ocaust logo. Check out www.walocaust.com for details. Again, I don’t really have an opinion about this, but it is certainly interesting.
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Microsoft Word Help
I found a glorious site yesterday that deals with all sorts of the common issues you run into if you use Microsoft Word. The Word MVP Site will give you definite ideas of what to do and what under no circumstances you should ever do, and it will tell you why! The why is the …
Bending the Brain
If you are a Math dilettante, do not go here to Good Math, Bad Math. If you are one of my crazy friends who can’t get enough of it, feel free…
Scary Robert Jordan News
In the past, the wife and I have joked about how devastating it would be if J. K. Rowling died before finishing the seventh Harry Potter book. I have joked similarly about how world-destroying it would be if Robert Jordan passed on before he completed the Wheel of Time series. Well, poking around the Tor …
Computer Operations
In case you’re looking for a reason to stare endlessly at you monitor, try this link. It will demonstrate the actual operation of your computer.* *yanked from a friend, Chris Schierer
Happy 456 Day!
In the western traditional spirit of celebrating weird date milestones, I wish everyone a happy 456 Day! (That’s 04/05/06 in the American version of dating) I’m sure that there is something cosmically significant about this day, but I can’t find it. I can’t wait unit 666 day!
Research without Research
If you read my blog, you will see posts about Intelligent Design and its crazy way of making life very interesting. However, occasionally something comes along that is truly ticklish. Try this article out of The Panda’s Thumb on for size. It makes me wonder if the researcher, Brian Alter, didn’t do it on purpose.
UT Scientist Getting Hell from IDiots
The intelligent design movement has it’s moments, and this is one of them. A Scientist from the University of Texas, Eric Pianka, who spoke about a possible “crash” in human population due to many reasons, has been reported to the Department of Homeland Security and is receiving death threats and unfriendly looks. For better coverage …
Kids Picking Legs off Ants
The NY Times today had an article entitled Wingless Gliders May Reveal the Origins of Insect Flight. I usually peruse these types of articles just to find out what’s going on that is newsworthy. I think the author (Elizabeth Svoboda) had a lot of fun writing this. To summarize, Dr. Stephen Yanoviak of the University …
Analogic Bear Volcano
Here is a link to a post by PZ Meyers of Pharyngula with a very thinly disguised methaphor for science vs. religion. Let it not be said that I either endorse or anti-endorse this post. You must only read it, then start going through the comments. It’s the comments that make this post worthwhile. If …