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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Ohm

More generally, with great power comes great dEnergy/dt.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Creepy

And I even got out my adorable new netbook!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Free

Asbestos is bad; definitely get the one on the right. Wait -- this one over here has no swine flu!  Now I can't decide.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Tornado Hunter

The Fujita Scale was replaced by the Enhanced Fujita Scale in 2007, but I think 'EF-5' sounds stupid, so I vote we just use the new measurements for assigning numbers but still call them 'F-whatever'.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Lincoln-Douglas

Stephen Douglas actually died soon after the debates and election, but if you demand historical accuracy in your webcomics you should be reading Hark! A Vagrant.

Friday, September 18, 2009

The Search

I am so excited about the Kepler mission. This is the second most important thing our species has ever done, right behind inventing the concept of delivery pizza.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Scribblenauts

Let me look away and type 'guy who's just jealous that I beat all his MarioKart times' and turn back, and ... yup, there you are again!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Brontosaurus

Well, sex is like a velociraptor: despite your movie-fueled lifelong neurotic obsession, unlikely to be found in your house.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Locke and Demosthenes

Dear Peter Wiggin: This letter is to inform you that you have received enough upvotes on your reddit comments to become president of the world.  Please be at the UN tomorrow at 8:00 sharp.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Date

Well, the kid's definitely getting the biology geek phenotype.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Blockbuster Mining

The 2007 Bridge to Terebithia trailer put me off too much to see that particular movie, but I am cautiously optimistic about Where the Wild Things Are.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Suspicion

Fine, walk away.  I'm gonna go cry into a pint of Ben&Jerry's Brownie Batter(tm) ice cream [link], then take out my frustration on a variety of great flash games from PopCap Games(r) [link].

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Anatomy Text

For many of the anatomy pictures on Wikipedia, I think this is actually not far from reality. They only look all formal and professional due to careful cropping.