Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I was at a social gathering last night where it seems I was they only one who'd caught a whiff of the "Is 'yo' the the gender-neutral pronoun?" talk that's swirling around in popular linguistics, so I point to the issue at Language Log here: Yo. (Oh, come on; it ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I've been hearing a bit lately from some old band-mates from the mid-late 20th century, which has been pretty cool. In honor of that, I share this video, which captures some small sliver of the joy of playing in a band.
You know the old chestnut: What do you ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
I subscribe to podcasts and listen in the car or in bed at night. Two that I get regularly are "The Onion Radio News" (from the awesome people at The Onion) and "NPR: Story of the Day". What's scary is that there are way too many times when ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Totally awesome video of a big walking "dog" robot with some serious balance and recovery abilities; the Boston Dynamics "Big Dog".
UPDATE: Here's the Big Dog home page.
Posted in science, tech | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Just for fun, my favorite apparition of Jesus story/image ever: Jesus image appears on dog anus.
Want more? How about Jesus appears in Romanian wardrobe, Woman feels blessed that image of Jesus appears in her tree, Jesus Appears in Dental X-Ray, Jesus Appears On CarWindscreen, Jesus appears in water stain on ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
More wackiness from the world's biggest cult: A doubling in the number of deadly sins, from 7 to 14! (Fewer confessions and new sins)
Added to the old favorites of Pride, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth, and Greed, we have the new collection for the 21st century: genetic modification, ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Shit. We get a guy who looks like a take-no-prisoners kick-ass Dem in as NY Governor, and he gets taken down by spending $5K a pop on prostitutes: Spitzer Is Linked to a Sex Ring as Client.
And he's not even going to get the piggish guy sympathy, because his ...
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