March 2011 | wodeces

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Lamp

'That was definitely not in my top three wishes.' 'Who said anything about YOUR wishes?'

Monday, March 28, 2011

Model Rail

I don't know what's more telling--the number of pages in the Wikipedia talk page argument over whether the 1/87.0857143 scale is called "HO" or "H0", or the fact that within minutes of first hearing of it I had developed an extremely strong opinion on the issue.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Beauty

The best hugs are probably from hagfish, which can extrude microscopic filaments that convert a huge volume of water around them to slime in seconds. Instant cozy blanket!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Trapped

Socrates could've saved himself a lot of trouble if he'd just brought a flashlight, tranquilizer gun, and a bunch of rescue harnesses.

Monday, March 21, 2011

2009 Called

2017 called, but I couldn't understand what they were saying over all the screams.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Time Management

I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

FPS Mod

Wait, that second one is a woman? ... wait, if that bothers me, then why doesn't ... man, this game is no fun anymore.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Fairy Tales

Goldilocks' discovery of Newton's method for approximation required surprisingly few changes.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Charity

I usually respond to someone else doing something good by figuring out a reason that they're not really as good as they seem. But I've been realizing lately that there's an easier way to handle these situations, and it involves zero internet arguments.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Advertising

I remember the exact moment in my childhood when I realized, while reading a flyer, that nobody would ever spend money solely to tell me they wanted to give me something for nothing. It's a much more vivid memory than the (related) parental Santa talk.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Server Attention Span

They have to keep the adjacent rack units empty. Otherwise, half the entries in their /var/log/syslog are just 'SERVER BELOW TRYING TO START CONVERSATION *AGAIN*.' and 'WISH THEY'D STOP GIVING HIM SO MUCH COFFEE IT SPLATTERS EVERYWHERE.'

Friday, March 4, 2011

Nolan Chart

Also in the right quadrant are NFPA-compliant chemical manufacturers and Sir Charles Wheatstone. Sharing the top with the internet libertarians are Nate Silver and several politically-active kite designers.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Herpetology

Birds are Aves, which is part of the clade Theropoda, which is in Saurischia, which is in Dinosauria. Those birds outside our windows are dinosaurs. We can clear out the rest of our brains because we now have the best fact.