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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

I think I need just this portion of this panel of today’s Dinosaur Comics made into an 8 foot tall poster to be posted somewhere prominent where I will see it constantly. Perhaps I’ll add this to my list of tattoos to get.

I think I need just this portion of this panel of today’s Dinosaur Comics made into an 8 foot tall poster to be posted somewhere prominent where I will see it constantly. Perhaps I’ll add this to my list of tattoos to get.

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

A Love Letter For You Nice. This one reminds me of a certain Wolf Parade lyric. (via MetaFilter)

A Love Letter For You

Nice. This one reminds me of a certain Wolf Parade lyric.

(via MetaFilter)

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Catena clock

Catena clock

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I am declaring today’s Dinosaur Comic fabulous for three reasons: I propose that it is manifestly more awesome to refer to all scientific laws/theories using the word “o’” instead of “of”, with an exaggerated Irish accent (at least that’s how I imagine T-Rex is saying it), and that we should all do this from now on. “But maybe every atom of matter in the universe is imbued with just enough consciousness to decide to be a retaliatory dick every chance it gets!” I’m a sucker for magical theories that actually do a decent job of accounting for known scientific phenomena. “I can live in a world of immutable scientific laws, or I can live in a world where I need to revenge myself on my kitchen floor because it smashed up the glass I dropped.” Related to item 2. Finding the truth is awesome and everything, but sometimes life is just more fun if you choose to believe something bat-shit insane, and sometimes it’s worth it.

I am declaring today’s Dinosaur Comic fabulous for three reasons:

  1. I propose that it is manifestly more awesome to refer to all scientific laws/theories using the word “o’” instead of “of”, with an exaggerated Irish accent (at least that’s how I imagine T-Rex is saying it), and that we should all do this from now on.
  2. “But maybe every atom of matter in the universe is imbued with just enough consciousness to decide to be a retaliatory dick every chance it gets!” I’m a sucker for magical theories that actually do a decent job of accounting for known scientific phenomena.
  3. “I can live in a world of immutable scientific laws, or I can live in a world where I need to revenge myself on my kitchen floor because it smashed up the glass I dropped.” Related to item 2. Finding the truth is awesome and everything, but sometimes life is just more fun if you choose to believe something bat-shit insane, and sometimes it’s worth it.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

I have always wanted to have an excuse to write that.

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ssh -N -L 33642:hiddenHost:5900 user@firewall

You can do that? Why didn’t anyone tell me this earlier? I never realized I could open an SSH tunnel directly to an effectively completely hidden server (without ugly daisy-chaining) as long as I could SSH into a machine the target host wasn’t hidden from. Awesome.

(seen on this page)

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Monday, 9 November 2009

The Awesome Foundation

seems to be pretty awesome itself.
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If you’re going to mod a Roomba, this seems like the way to do it.

(via Engadget via Coudal)

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Friday, 6 November 2009

Patent Application: Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force

Submitted without comment, except for a very slow shaking of my head.
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Initiative Would Make Divorce Illegal in California Not exactly the most mature or productive response to the Prop 8 debacle, but it is very entertaining & funny (and is actually a rational point, even if it’s not going to convince anybody and is being portrayed in a really snarky way). I hope this really makes it onto the ballot. (via Yoda)

Initiative Would Make Divorce Illegal in California

Not exactly the most mature or productive response to the Prop 8 debacle, but it is very entertaining & funny (and is actually a rational point, even if it’s not going to convince anybody and is being portrayed in a really snarky way). I hope this really makes it onto the ballot.

(via Yoda)

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