December 2008
41 posts
Early this morning, all 30 GB Microsoft Zune MP3... →
Nuking the Fridge, and other ridiculous movie... →
Recession Special!
justin:
samreich:
I’m saving up for a Canon 5D Mark II and thus am selling my original Canon 5D, as well as a ton of my personal video equipment, on Craigslist. Check it out.
Items of note are my Canon HV30 and Brevis Lens Adapter, which make for a sweet little handheld setup if ever there was one. Sample footage can be seen here.
Update: HV30 and lens adapter were sold within 5 minutes at...
Even baby elephants like the snow →
Merry Christmas!
“Holy fucking shit I wasbjust in a plane crash!”
– some guy twittered about the plane crash he survived in Denver the other day.
http://twitter.com/2drinksbehind?page=2
“Whoever traveled back in time, had lost his watch.”
– 100-year-old Swiss Ring-watch found in 400-year-old tomb
http://holy-web.blogspot.com/2008/12/archeologist-joked-saying-whoever.html
WatchVideo from a trip to Rome that I shot back in 2006 and never got around to uploading to vimeo.
I wish I had a time machine to go back and make it HD.
erikxraj:
The Juliana Theory - Duane Joseph
One...
“Think of financial theory as a stool. The stool is supported by three legs, or...”
– -Scott Adams
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/financial_markets_explained/
"So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" →
A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.
Law of Succession & “The Interregnum of Despair” →
“The precarious state of relations with the nations at war in Europe, particularly Germany, made Wilson fear for national security in the event of an interregnum — which then, before the ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933, lasted more than a month longer than it does today. A former professor of political science who had studied and admired parliamentary systems, Wilson decided upon...
“Thank goodness that FDR didn’t bother saving the US piano industry!”
– http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker115.html
“A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from...”
– The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports.
The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media warning of the dangers of excessive kissing.
“While kissing is normally very safe,...
Happy Anniversary!
Today is the 75th Anniversary of Prohibition being repealed.
What Prohibition Tells Us About America:
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/200812/today-is-the-75th-anniversary-repeal-what-prohibition-tells-us-abou
Tic Tac Toe
xsheerhartattack: "How can I win the game of tick-tack-toe?" It is well known that I cannot, if I assume (in keeping with the conventions of game theory) that my opponent understands the game perfectly. Put another way, there is no "technical solution" to the problem. I can win only by giving a radical meaning to the word "win." I can hit my opponent over the head; or I can drug him; or I can falsify the records.
moral of the story: you can win any game by abandoning the rules
Grab the book closest to you. Go to page 56. Find...
“All the states that involve both phase in equilibrium are located under the dome, called the saturated liquor-vapor mixture region, or the wet region.”
… that’s what I get for having my closest book being an old college text book on the floor next to my desk…
WatchIf anyone doesn’t have HBO and didn’t get to check out the first season of “The Life and Times of Tim” you should check it out online. It’s pretty funny.
