Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
TunnelRat shoul dnever find this link, for the world shall explode.
MAKE: Blog: Homebrew high voltage projects
MAKE: Blog: Homebrew high voltage projects
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Sweet. Might need one of these. HyMotion's PHEV battery lets you plug in your hybrid
This doesn't seem like it could be real... Individually Packaged Peanut Butter
How the CRAP do people think this is a good idea? Acetylene filled balloon blows up inside car
O. M. G. Cat Piano.
This doesn't seem like it could be real... Individually Packaged Peanut Butter
How the CRAP do people think this is a good idea? Acetylene filled balloon blows up inside car
O. M. G. Cat Piano.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Well, I have been thinking about this for years. Now someone went and actually did it. Water-Pressure Powered Light-up Shower
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
I am not sure what I think... YouTube - Gothic and Lolita
But this is just cool. New touchscreen tech
But this is just cool. New touchscreen tech
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Friday, February 03, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Sent to me by a little bird.
Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Creepy huh?
Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Creepy huh?
Monday, January 30, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Wow. So Hawaii is pretty neat. 5 minute walk to the beach for snorkeling. Went again today and took the spear we got to try and spear some fish. I only saw one that was of good size and it got away from me. Ah well. Mostly for sport. I mean, I'd eat it and it'd be cool, but I don't NEED to kill my own fish. I have enough income to pay for someone else's fish that probably wasn't caught by hand with a spear. Anyway, cool.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Interesting: Body Box – An Automated Washing Machine with the Luxury of Bathroom
Want one of these: PowerFilm® 10 Watt Foldable Solar Battery Charger
Want one of these: PowerFilm® 10 Watt Foldable Solar Battery Charger
A great quote from an interesting article. Racing in Alaska: "There are tours to Admiralty, to view the greatest concentration of brown bears in the world. It's no place to step ashore casually, however. One guide suggests that to stop a charging bear, you need a rifle that will penetrate 42 inches of wet phone books, or a very well-timed bolt of lightning."
Oh, a couple of my friends grew up on that island. They are one of four families that lives there.
Oh, a couple of my friends grew up on that island. They are one of four families that lives there.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Photo: lesbian kiss in Tiananmen Square under guards, Mao
I have been thinking a lot about China lately. It seems to be such an enigma to westerners. The language is among the most complex, and the history and customs are older than the entire U.S.A.'s history. They all at once seem like an oppressed people and the greatest force on earth. The same is true of lesbians. There is some odd compulsion in the (U.S.A) male populace that finds lesbianism erotic. I have never understood this or felt it. I am in awe of lesbians because they are what I can never be. Gay men, not so hard to identify with. I have the same equipment. Lesbianism seems like the ultimate rejection or all that is male. How could that be erotic? When I see "hot" lesbian action, I just think of how I am forever denied that experience. It's not that I want to be transexual. That's not the same. I just want the body-mind swap to experience it. To all lesbians: I am jealous.
It feels as though the only area in which my male body has an advantage is in capacity for physical strength, and I am nowhere near that ideal. And that doesn't even seem like a useful goal. I can hone my body to it's potential. It was for many years. I know what it is like to feel every movement to be controlled and precise. Years of gymnastics, martial arts and rock climbing will do that.
I have lost that, because for the last 6 years I have been going to school, supposedly honing my mind. I have the degrees to show for it. I feel like I have once again run up against some invisible wall that limits me. This time it is mental. I can't memorize or access enough information. It's just the same as the physical limits. There is some point where I either have to stop to maintain balance or specialize and lose performance in another area.
So what do I do now?
I don't know.
I have been thinking a lot about China lately. It seems to be such an enigma to westerners. The language is among the most complex, and the history and customs are older than the entire U.S.A.'s history. They all at once seem like an oppressed people and the greatest force on earth. The same is true of lesbians. There is some odd compulsion in the (U.S.A) male populace that finds lesbianism erotic. I have never understood this or felt it. I am in awe of lesbians because they are what I can never be. Gay men, not so hard to identify with. I have the same equipment. Lesbianism seems like the ultimate rejection or all that is male. How could that be erotic? When I see "hot" lesbian action, I just think of how I am forever denied that experience. It's not that I want to be transexual. That's not the same. I just want the body-mind swap to experience it. To all lesbians: I am jealous.
It feels as though the only area in which my male body has an advantage is in capacity for physical strength, and I am nowhere near that ideal. And that doesn't even seem like a useful goal. I can hone my body to it's potential. It was for many years. I know what it is like to feel every movement to be controlled and precise. Years of gymnastics, martial arts and rock climbing will do that.
I have lost that, because for the last 6 years I have been going to school, supposedly honing my mind. I have the degrees to show for it. I feel like I have once again run up against some invisible wall that limits me. This time it is mental. I can't memorize or access enough information. It's just the same as the physical limits. There is some point where I either have to stop to maintain balance or specialize and lose performance in another area.
So what do I do now?
I don't know.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Very important things about Chuck
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women.
Macgyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it.
Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
Chuck Norris only masturbates to pictures of Chuck Norris.
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
Chuck Norris appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.
Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13,000 percent.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of
the month.
Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a prolonged beard rub.
Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and the good Chuck, he taketh away.
Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't fuck with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
There are no disabled people. Only people who have met Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris does not have AIDS but he gives it to people anyway.
Chuck Norris uses ribbed condoms inside out, so he gets the pleasure.
There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
Chuck Norris once lined up to kick the winning field goal of a high school football game. When the football went flat, he persuaded the referees to let him kick the field goal with a 3 month old child. Chuck roundhoused kicked the baby 60 yards through the uprights and then proceeded to bang every girl in the stadium.
The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck
Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axles, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself to lure more pirates to him.
Pirates never were very smart.
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women.
Macgyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it.
Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
Chuck Norris only masturbates to pictures of Chuck Norris.
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
Chuck Norris appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.
Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13,000 percent.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of
the month.
Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a prolonged beard rub.
Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and the good Chuck, he taketh away.
Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't fuck with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
There are no disabled people. Only people who have met Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris does not have AIDS but he gives it to people anyway.
Chuck Norris uses ribbed condoms inside out, so he gets the pleasure.
There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
Chuck Norris once lined up to kick the winning field goal of a high school football game. When the football went flat, he persuaded the referees to let him kick the field goal with a 3 month old child. Chuck roundhoused kicked the baby 60 yards through the uprights and then proceeded to bang every girl in the stadium.
The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck
Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axles, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself to lure more pirates to him.
Pirates never were very smart.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Well? Don't you want one? This Aint No Willie Wonka
Bee Cows will rule the universe unless the Dog Babies can stop them!
Bee Cows will rule the universe unless the Dog Babies can stop them!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Friday, December 16, 2005
Me wanty. Mac mini : in-car mini dock
M@TH3R FUX0R! Army officer charged with using Iraq $$ to pimp out her NJ crib I need to get out of this damn country.
M@TH3R FUX0R! Army officer charged with using Iraq $$ to pimp out her NJ crib I need to get out of this damn country.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
This is a bit ridiculous. Phase One 39-Megapixel Camera
Dangerously strong magnets
Are we really that paranoid? Get ready for a new U.S. border fence I can hardly imagine the amount of money going into this.
Some beautiful metalwork. Eleek, inc.
Dangerously strong magnets
Are we really that paranoid? Get ready for a new U.S. border fence I can hardly imagine the amount of money going into this.
Some beautiful metalwork. Eleek, inc.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Map of the Earth with countries sized by population
and U.S. Delegation Walks Out of Climate Talks
This is the "me" generation.
OPEN YOUR EYES
and U.S. Delegation Walks Out of Climate Talks
This is the "me" generation.
OPEN YOUR EYES
Saturday, December 10, 2005
A battery-powered de-corker? Redickulous. Whale Tail Automatic Wine Opener - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Quite and interesting project. "A magical pet adventure...and stealthy primer on female sexual pleasure." Lapis
19th c. book: Geography for Dixie Children
Holy crap. I didn't know they came that big. Giant Jellyfish
19th c. book: Geography for Dixie Children
Holy crap. I didn't know they came that big. Giant Jellyfish
Sunday, December 04, 2005
It's so frustrating because there is no way I can. I want to be, but it is not possible. Someday it might be, and that will be a vastly different day. But for now it is just an ache.
You don't know what I am talking about. No matter how well you now know me or have ever known me you will not know this.
You don't know what I am talking about. No matter how well you now know me or have ever known me you will not know this.
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Ridiculous yet oddly intriguing. USB Powered Air Darts
Bwa ha ha! Porn for Bibles!
Megan-san, maybe you can explain the cultural significance of this: Japanese Panty Fighting Game
Beware the Lavender Menace.
Bwa ha ha! Porn for Bibles!
Megan-san, maybe you can explain the cultural significance of this: Japanese Panty Fighting Game
Beware the Lavender Menace.
What kind of pirate am I? You decide!
You can also view a breakdown of results or put one of these on your own page!
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
w00t. w00t indeed. A Real Final Fantasy Potions
Quantum Byte Achieved
Membrane Computers could be a wave of the future.
Ok, not it's just getting ridiculous. USB-Powered Fondue Pot
And you thought tree-rats were cute. Squirrels Kill Dog
A great edu-comic! Adventures in Synthetic Biology
Leave it to an Alaskan. Home Cyclotron Ban
I like to learn at least one new thing every day. Zeno's Paradoxes (another link) Or, as in this case, at least refresh my memory of cool things. I also learned about hypercomputation and generic bi-stablility. Although NOT IN CLASS. Damn school.
The nival climate muffles my creativity.
nival (NY-vuhl) adjective
Of, growing in, or relating to, snow.
[From Latin nivalis (snowy), niv- (snow).]
Quantum Byte Achieved
Membrane Computers could be a wave of the future.
Ok, not it's just getting ridiculous. USB-Powered Fondue Pot
And you thought tree-rats were cute. Squirrels Kill Dog
A great edu-comic! Adventures in Synthetic Biology
Leave it to an Alaskan. Home Cyclotron Ban
I like to learn at least one new thing every day. Zeno's Paradoxes (another link) Or, as in this case, at least refresh my memory of cool things. I also learned about hypercomputation and generic bi-stablility. Although NOT IN CLASS. Damn school.
The nival climate muffles my creativity.
nival (NY-vuhl) adjective
Of, growing in, or relating to, snow.
[From Latin nivalis (snowy), niv- (snow).]
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
I wish I could find it and root it out. Maybe I could get rid of the weight in my mind. It won't stop dragging. I want to dig it out and make the dull ache go away with a sharp pain.
It will stop eventually. Then I can go on.
I always harboured the dreams and fantasies. Now I begin to see some of them fade away into something that will never happen. It's made me lost touch with all of them.
I need to catch them again.
It will stop eventually. Then I can go on.
I always harboured the dreams and fantasies. Now I begin to see some of them fade away into something that will never happen. It's made me lost touch with all of them.
I need to catch them again.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Our move to the city is self-limiting behavior. We lose sight of the stars and the infinite expanse beyond our perception. It automatically limits our interest in expansion.
It could be one of the many causes of our turn inward and the great rise of the self in the U.S. But I am not a social psychologist.
It could be one of the many causes of our turn inward and the great rise of the self in the U.S. But I am not a social psychologist.
Monday, November 28, 2005
I've been starting to look at the world in such a non-absolute way. I think part of it is John's influence.
Awesome. Thermal keypad combo snooping
Awesome. Thermal keypad combo snooping
Monday, November 21, 2005
Okaaaayyyyy..... Drawer pull in the shape of an angry baby's head
A WORKING V8-Engine Paper Model
Dinosaur was particularly relevant to me today. Dinosaur Comics: #666 (The "what about the internet?" part, not the mousey).
A WORKING V8-Engine Paper Model
Dinosaur was particularly relevant to me today. Dinosaur Comics: #666 (The "what about the internet?" part, not the mousey).
Thursday, November 17, 2005
I've been reading The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana. It makes me want to move to Canada. And I don't even smoke. It's just the attitude that pervades the U.S. The "Bible Belt" is just too big and full of too many bigots. And the crime rate comparisons are ridiculous, especially for violent crimes. It makes living in the U.S. seem almost suicidal. And when the oil runs out (because the U.S. won't stop until it runs out even if it kills the ecosystem) there will be a huge economic collapse. And unfortunatly it could take a large section of the internet with it. That could set our technological progress back a generation...
As far as GOOD news goes, I had a creme brulee at the Co-Op today and it was Divine. As in transexual. SO good.
As far as GOOD news goes, I had a creme brulee at the Co-Op today and it was Divine. As in transexual. SO good.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
New Lemur Species Named After John Cleese And well one should be.
Yay! Engrish!
So freaky... Fears Photoshop contest
Yay! Engrish!
So freaky... Fears Photoshop contest
Friday, November 11, 2005
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
I can almost feel it. I can almost see it.
It's hiding in the ether just a candle flame's width away.
It's so near along the axis of time, just perpendicular to everything.
Robot limbs will be getting faster muscles. 1000 times faster than human muscle. Want bionic arms and legs now?
"Jesus didn't believe in judging people so how dare you judge me. Do you think you're better than Jesus? Well you're wrong. Because me, and all of my friends who are better than Jesus discussed it, and agreed that you're not." -- from the T-Shirt Hell newsletter
All that and a fancy wood knot that looks like a vagina from a table in the Co-Op.
It's hiding in the ether just a candle flame's width away.
It's so near along the axis of time, just perpendicular to everything.
Robot limbs will be getting faster muscles. 1000 times faster than human muscle. Want bionic arms and legs now?
"Jesus didn't believe in judging people so how dare you judge me. Do you think you're better than Jesus? Well you're wrong. Because me, and all of my friends who are better than Jesus discussed it, and agreed that you're not." -- from the T-Shirt Hell newsletter
All that and a fancy wood knot that looks like a vagina from a table in the Co-Op.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
WTF? JC's Girls Girls Girls
This was wonderful to read: I Cthulhu (Neil Gaiman)
And in case anyone wonders where the Pirate Monkey Robot came from, it's here: Goats 2003-10-29
The funny thing is that is the only mention of it. So it really came from nowhere and has a recursive definition. Mmmm... Recursion.
This was wonderful to read: I Cthulhu (Neil Gaiman)
And in case anyone wonders where the Pirate Monkey Robot came from, it's here: Goats 2003-10-29
The funny thing is that is the only mention of it. So it really came from nowhere and has a recursive definition. Mmmm... Recursion.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
BWA HA HA HA!!!!! Handheld Laser Gun available for purchase
TunnelRat might like this: Iran Electronics Industries
Found a great new webcomic: Hello Cthulhu (This is a good example)
I love Juxtapoz Magazine.
Dinosaur Comics is on a roll recently. Check outthe latest entry. (Megan-san and Guru, look at this.)
TunnelRat might like this: Iran Electronics Industries
Found a great new webcomic: Hello Cthulhu (This is a good example)
I love Juxtapoz Magazine.
Dinosaur Comics is on a roll recently. Check outthe latest entry. (Megan-san and Guru, look at this.)
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
One of my fave comics, dinosaur comics, rocked today. More than even the usual rockage.
I had a perfect childhood. As perfect as anyone could ask for. I grew up in a happy christian family where we all loved and cared for each other. I felt respected and loved for who I was. My brothers and I never fought. Not really. There were tears and hurt feelings, sure. But it was never hateful.
My father was always there with correction and hugs and playing. He was gone a lot commercial fishing, but I never felt like he was not really there. I look up to him as a totally devoted family man.
I was homeschooled by my mother until high school, and i attribute my success in highschool and college to her. She was always there with a hug when I felt bad and always took care of me when I was sick.
My parents never had to spank me. They just told me what I had done wrong and why it was wrong, and they explained it so well that I understood and felt bad enough to not do it again.
It's hard for me to see so much pain and so many fucked up people in the world. I know what physical pain is as much as anyone, and I have some deep emotional wounds from some relationships. But it seems piddling compared to the physical, verbal and sexual abuse that people I talk to have gone through. I have been lied to, decieved, tricked, and betrayed. But I have never been put down by someone I love, told I was worthless, or that I am a drain.
I have cut and pierced my own body and had other do it. I have hung from metal hooks several times and liked it. But I have never been forcefully penetrated, beaten in anger, or struck with hate.
I have learned to control the physical pain. It makes my perception of the world clearer and sharper and in focus. I don't do it to wipe out emotional pain, I do it to feel, experience, and understand.
I've screwed up some past relationships by trying to be the healer.
But some wounds never seem to heal no matter how much you pour into it. Some people don't seem to know how to heal.
It usually just ended up wearing me out and killing the relationship.
If this helps anyone understand me any better, that is good.
I had a perfect childhood. As perfect as anyone could ask for. I grew up in a happy christian family where we all loved and cared for each other. I felt respected and loved for who I was. My brothers and I never fought. Not really. There were tears and hurt feelings, sure. But it was never hateful.
My father was always there with correction and hugs and playing. He was gone a lot commercial fishing, but I never felt like he was not really there. I look up to him as a totally devoted family man.
I was homeschooled by my mother until high school, and i attribute my success in highschool and college to her. She was always there with a hug when I felt bad and always took care of me when I was sick.
My parents never had to spank me. They just told me what I had done wrong and why it was wrong, and they explained it so well that I understood and felt bad enough to not do it again.
It's hard for me to see so much pain and so many fucked up people in the world. I know what physical pain is as much as anyone, and I have some deep emotional wounds from some relationships. But it seems piddling compared to the physical, verbal and sexual abuse that people I talk to have gone through. I have been lied to, decieved, tricked, and betrayed. But I have never been put down by someone I love, told I was worthless, or that I am a drain.
I have cut and pierced my own body and had other do it. I have hung from metal hooks several times and liked it. But I have never been forcefully penetrated, beaten in anger, or struck with hate.
I have learned to control the physical pain. It makes my perception of the world clearer and sharper and in focus. I don't do it to wipe out emotional pain, I do it to feel, experience, and understand.
I've screwed up some past relationships by trying to be the healer.
But some wounds never seem to heal no matter how much you pour into it. Some people don't seem to know how to heal.
It usually just ended up wearing me out and killing the relationship.
If this helps anyone understand me any better, that is good.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
This makes me happy: Using Copyrights To Fight Intelligent Design
BEGIN RANT
Religious peoples: Okay, Science class is about SCIENCE. Intelligent design is NOT science. It is theology. Look it up in a dictionary. Science excludes mention of supernatural events because the definition of science requires experimental investigation.
If you want intelligent design in schools, petition for a SEPARATE class on theology. I have NO problem with that. Heck, I even think it's a good idea. Theology is an interesting and worthwhile subject. More people have killed and been killed for theological ideals than for any other reason and I think that reason alone gives it merit for study. We have to learn from history.
END RANT
This looks like fun in some ways: For sale: Britain's underground city but not as good for actually living.
This is just cool: a device that can detect weapon fire, locate the source and identify it in 6 milliseconds. This could go several ways, but I hope it makes the use of force less desirable. Mutually assured destruction never seemed good during the cold war though.
And A translator that doesn't even need you to speak. Other than just that neat part, it is a leap forward in how the speech is processed, using some newer AI techniques.
To all those that ever played "Animal Crossing": this is funny.
BEGIN RANT
Religious peoples: Okay, Science class is about SCIENCE. Intelligent design is NOT science. It is theology. Look it up in a dictionary. Science excludes mention of supernatural events because the definition of science requires experimental investigation.
If you want intelligent design in schools, petition for a SEPARATE class on theology. I have NO problem with that. Heck, I even think it's a good idea. Theology is an interesting and worthwhile subject. More people have killed and been killed for theological ideals than for any other reason and I think that reason alone gives it merit for study. We have to learn from history.
END RANT
This looks like fun in some ways: For sale: Britain's underground city but not as good for actually living.
This is just cool: a device that can detect weapon fire, locate the source and identify it in 6 milliseconds. This could go several ways, but I hope it makes the use of force less desirable. Mutually assured destruction never seemed good during the cold war though.
And A translator that doesn't even need you to speak. Other than just that neat part, it is a leap forward in how the speech is processed, using some newer AI techniques.
To all those that ever played "Animal Crossing": this is funny.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
A great read about bionic implants from an actual user. My Bionic Quest for Bolero. One of my favorite parts are
"So in mid-2002, nine months after activation, I upgraded to a program called Hi-Res, which gave me 16 channels - double the resolution! An audiologist plugged my processor into her laptop and uploaded the new code. I suddenly had a better ear, without surgery. In theory, I would now be able to distinguish among tones five notes apart instead of 11."
and
"My hearing is no longer limited by the physical circumstances of my body. While my friends' ears will inevitably decline with age, mine will only get better."
Soon my brethren of the Church of Body Mod. Soon our capabilities will only depend on how quickly we can adjust. Will you join us? Will you fall to the side? We will no longer be human. Will you still love us? Will you still accept us? Do you accept us now?
And the Catholic Saint of Data Integrity?
"So in mid-2002, nine months after activation, I upgraded to a program called Hi-Res, which gave me 16 channels - double the resolution! An audiologist plugged my processor into her laptop and uploaded the new code. I suddenly had a better ear, without surgery. In theory, I would now be able to distinguish among tones five notes apart instead of 11."
and
"My hearing is no longer limited by the physical circumstances of my body. While my friends' ears will inevitably decline with age, mine will only get better."
Soon my brethren of the Church of Body Mod. Soon our capabilities will only depend on how quickly we can adjust. Will you join us? Will you fall to the side? We will no longer be human. Will you still love us? Will you still accept us? Do you accept us now?
And the Catholic Saint of Data Integrity?
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
I pray to teh G0dz of T3chn0l0gy, bring us soon to the divine day of our Rapturous Technological Singularity! You will bless us with teh Diamond Age when our computing becomes Ubiquitous and we will rejoice in that we are God.
On the other hand, this is so entirely depressing. Turning kids into fierce consumers: "One study found that 69% of all three-year-olds could identify the McDonald's golden arches - while half of all four-year-olds did not know their own name."
I know some peoples who need this shirt.
This may interest Megan-san: Iyagemono
Beautifully simple: Hot ideas for interfaces in the kitchen
Today's EEK and BWA-HA-HA!
And SORRY to anyone reading this from an RSS. I totally fux0r3d it today.
On the other hand, this is so entirely depressing. Turning kids into fierce consumers: "One study found that 69% of all three-year-olds could identify the McDonald's golden arches - while half of all four-year-olds did not know their own name."
I know some peoples who need this shirt.
This may interest Megan-san: Iyagemono
Beautifully simple: Hot ideas for interfaces in the kitchen
Today's EEK and BWA-HA-HA!
And SORRY to anyone reading this from an RSS. I totally fux0r3d it today.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Refining what I said in an IM conversation with Megan-san:
Monkey's list of goals for our Earthship plan:
1. A place to OWN (at least partially) so I can experiment in the place I live like when I was growing up and so I can personalize it rather than living in a stale and static white box.
2. Growing at least some of my own food, and as much as possible.
3. Living with people I know and love instead of alone in my own little death-box room.
4. Experimenting with and USING alternative and renewable power, getting off the grid as much as possible.
Monkey's list of goals for our Earthship plan:
1. A place to OWN (at least partially) so I can experiment in the place I live like when I was growing up and so I can personalize it rather than living in a stale and static white box.
2. Growing at least some of my own food, and as much as possible.
3. Living with people I know and love instead of alone in my own little death-box room.
4. Experimenting with and USING alternative and renewable power, getting off the grid as much as possible.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
a pirate walks into a bar, and for some reason he has a steering wheel down his pants. "why ya got a steering wheel down your pants eh?" the bartender says. The pirate says "Arrr!!! It's driving me nuts!"
digital pirate
digital pirate
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
I was reading this this article about sleep and was thinking that if memory becomes externalized or even artificial, this process could be dealt with in a way that would not need a sleep cycle to consolidate the day's memories (the most common theory). This seems like a great boon to me. I certainly wish I never had to sleep.
A couple Japanese things for Megan-san: USB Mamory and some good old Engrish
And I would have had a even bigger head start on programming with this: board game based on computer programming
And who could not like a folding kayak.
And I would have had a even bigger head start on programming with this: board game based on computer programming
And who could not like a folding kayak.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
This makes me happy. I am not sure if I support it, but it makes me happy. The Girls of Geekdom - They're Smart! They're Sexy! They're Geeks!
I have been feeling lackadaisical towards school. Raise your hand if you had to look it up. A gold star for you if you did not have to look it up.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Combine this: Wal-Mart photofinishing narcs out student who made anti-Bush poster with this: Disappearing rights mug and I am scared and amuzed.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Serenity
This is awesome and is a wonderfully articulated way of saying how I feel about "Serenity": Orson Scott Card loves Serenity
Saturday, October 08, 2005
As long as De Beers doesn't assassinate him, Linares will provide an amazing jump in technology. I've been on this for a while, but I haven't heard much from others about this. This is really amazing and potentially HUGE. Is De Beers keeping it quiet?
Manufactured diamonds
I mean diamond is amazing... It's the hardest material, it won't expand in heat, won't wear, is chemically inert, has incredibly high thermal conductivity and is optically transparent. Oh, AND it can be made semi-conductive, making it the PERFECT material for constructing integrated circuits. This would be a leap forward in chip design allowing tiny chips with no thermal dissipation issues. Seriously tiny and powerful beyond anything currently out there.
Manufactured diamonds
I mean diamond is amazing... It's the hardest material, it won't expand in heat, won't wear, is chemically inert, has incredibly high thermal conductivity and is optically transparent. Oh, AND it can be made semi-conductive, making it the PERFECT material for constructing integrated circuits. This would be a leap forward in chip design allowing tiny chips with no thermal dissipation issues. Seriously tiny and powerful beyond anything currently out there.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
This is a significant shift in the stance of the Catholic church. This will cause an even greater rift with the fundamental Christians. I see this as a wonderful and intelligent move by the Catholic church. Maybe we really can all learn to get along.
Catholic Church no longer swears by [the infallible] truth of the Bible
Catholic Church no longer swears by [the infallible] truth of the Bible
Biodiesels and hybrids are great. If only VW would make a hybrid with one of their high-efficiency diesels... It would get 60-80 mpg by my estimations. Maybe more. Then run biodiesel in it. Awesome.
But even all of this is just a temporary solution... It's partially based on non-renewable resources and still pollutes.
Solar, wind and hydro power charging hydrogen fuel-cells is the real eventual solution.
But even all of this is just a temporary solution... It's partially based on non-renewable resources and still pollutes.
Solar, wind and hydro power charging hydrogen fuel-cells is the real eventual solution.
Monday, October 03, 2005
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