December 2008
November 2008
Wikipedia's list of humourous units of measurement →
inky:
I can’t help but read this in the voice of Nigel Lambert:
Helen of Troy is widely known as “the face that launched a thousand ships.” Thus, 1 millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship.
Wikipedia's list of humourous units of measurement →
inky:
I can’t help but read this in the voice of Nigel Lambert:
Helen of Troy is widely known as “the face that launched a thousand ships.” Thus, 1 millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship.
“First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds...”
– Peter Ellis (via inky)
“Mother, there are terrorist cells more nurturing than you are.”
– Jack Donaghy (via extrafirmhold)
I encourage all of you to take eighteen-minutes...
WatchBecause I feel everyone should have one good belly-laugh every day.
“If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.’”
– Attributed to Henry Ford (via merlin)
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace →
aja:
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.
We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty...
Pop City - The Price is Right →
Whether you’re looking for a night out on the town or a night spent at home, Pittsburgh offers plenty of affordable options. With a cost of living that’s just 93% of the national average, your dollar stretches further here than in other cities. That’s one reason why Pittsburgh ranked nine on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s recent list of 50 Smart Places to Live. Beside factors such as...
“New sign in my office: ‘How do you want your answer? (Choose two) Immediate....”
– Remiel (via merlin)
WatchTED Talks:
Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything
Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.
Alex Waterhouse-Hayward - The Other Side of Two... →
“At my age (64) I must attempt to be objective and not denigrate this transition. I might like to hold a photograph that might even smell of fixer (and thus not be properly washed) but that does not mean that the two-dimensional images with all that contrast and vivid colour of a computer monitor are to be deemed inferior.”
