March 2008
48 posts
Kiwi man claimed to police he was 'raped by a... →
Crikey!
Cephalopods are cool.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Cephalopods are cool.
This blog post is purely about the beak of the Humbolt Squid: Not Exactly Rocket Science : A squid’s beak is a marvel of biological engineering.
That post also links to these two fascinating articles about the incredible encounters of diver Scott Cassell:
It’s Hard Out Here for A Shrimp Dancing with...
Visible Body →
3D Human Anatomy on your desktop, for free. Cool.
Straight Hair Is Knottier Than Curly Hair?... →
Self-Experimenter Freed Himself from Insomnia,... →
Tap Water is Not a Naturally Occurring Substance →
I hadn’t thought of it like that before, but it’s true.
(I’d like to know why the writer said “we definitely don’t want to drink pure H2O”, though. Why not?)
Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a... →
This is one seriously damming letter.
(Hat tip: Daring Fireball)
Larry Niven's body parts suggestion, meet this...
Just sometimes, things I read from separate sources seem to resonate together.
Just yesterday, John Scalzi’s whateverettes pointed here: Larry Niven tells DHS they could spread organ harvesting rumors in Spanish to stop illegal immigrants using hospitals.
Today I read this report: A Texan man declared dead and ready for organ harvesting, feeling ‘pretty good’ 4 months later.
...
Stairs can be cool. →
VR snow game better than medicine for burns victim... →
New Glasses Can Help You Find Your Car Keys →
Why not the "Clarke Event?" →
Get a life! (On eBay, of course.) →
Mastermind admits stolen body parts scheme →
Earwax flavoured jelly beans (and more!) →
J K Rowling should have patented the idea ;-)
Hospital gets leg and anus operations arse-about. →
I’ve always thought that if I was ever in to have a leg amputated, I’d definitely write “Not this leg” all over the good one. This, however, means I’m gonna have to write in a lot more places now.
Writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 →
Goodbye, Mr Clarke - your works live on in my bookshelf.
U.K. Doctor Uses Do-It-Yourself Cordless Drill to... →
Couple, married 83 years, share their secret →
I sometimes meet people who are absolutely AMAZED that anyone, e.g. my wife and I, have been married more than 13 years. May we also still be going in another 70. :-)
Non-European PhDs In Germany Find Use Of 'Doktor'... →
Heart defect ignored for 23 years →
They told her she was lazy at school.
“If you have a way to buy stock in Internet flame wars, now would be a good time...”
– If only…Quote from Martian Headsets - Joel on Software - an interesting article about web standards and IE8.
Physicists Successfully Store and Retrieve Nothing →
Woman Stopped With Skeleton at Airport →
Singing: “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother… so on we go.” ;-)
Adobe (nee Macromedia) Director programming...
Despite my relatively new status as a pointy-haired boss, I still return to my roots as a programmer on the side whenever I can. And when I do, my language of choice is Lingo, the language of Adobe Director (previously Macromedia Director.)
If you have an interest in Director programming, you can gain a huge amount of knowledge from one of the masters of the art, Dean Utian. Dean has recently put...
Woman spent 2 years sitting on boyfriend’s toilet →
Some things I read are weird and funny; others are weird and tragic. This one is just plain weird.
Cognitive Daily: What makes a kid cute? More than... →
John Denver karaoke sparks killing spree →
Still a tragedy, however understandable.
Confession: actually I kinda like John Denver’s music.
Listeria sandwiches →
NZ Hospital fare.
Coding Horror: A Question of Programming Ethics →
(via Daring Fireball)
Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die. →
“Offenders will be severely punished.”
Second Sight: "I am one of those moderate... →
Me too. I also very grateful that I do NOT live in the USA where genuine Christianity has been taken over in the public view by extreemists.
‘Sea change’ seen in spouses’ financial roles -... →
Of Two Minds : Could Superman's X-Ray Vision... →
An Amazing Love Story - Separated by Stalin. →
Dog Travels 70 Miles to Find His Marine Best... →
Mom, baby share Leap Day birthday →
February 2008
39 posts
Awesome comeback
This comeback has made my day:
Skinny bitch: “God, I don’t know, I just feel so, like, fat today. I feel like such a big fat cow.” [turns to full bodied woman, a stranger] “How do you stand it every day?”
… a beat …
Full bodied woman: “You know, it’s normally not too bad, but today I’m having one of those days where I feel like a...