O, teh interwebz!


obviously we were never meant to reach $4 / gallon
May 30, 2008, 1:00 pm
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Back whenever gas pumps were first made, no one would have thought that it would creep over a cost of $4/gal.  Hence, some gas pumps actually can’t go to $4 on the display.



your mom’s from a tribe in peru
May 30, 2008, 12:37 pm
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I can’t imagine this will happen for too much longer.  Frankly, I’m impressed that there are still some far reaches of the planet whose contents we don’t know about.  Either way, it’s very very cool



no one who says “sammies” could possibly be a terrorist
May 29, 2008, 2:20 pm
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wow, rachael ray is one of the most “down home” tv cooks i’ve ever seen.  this is just plain ridiculous.



i found my next pet
May 29, 2008, 2:16 pm
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beside the fact that this is just plain cool, the really interesting question is why did it charge the camera? according to the article, it was hidden, using infrared light, and digital… 



… no peanuts … [follow up]
May 28, 2008, 12:54 am
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a few days ago, i posted a story about an amazing sky dive attempt that was to take place last week.  here’s the unfortunate series of events that actually happened.  maybe next year…



i no longer have to argue with fundamentalists
May 26, 2008, 6:18 pm
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from now on, if anyone wants to know how science and religion get along, this is where i’ll direct them.  genius. 



there’ll be no peanuts on this trip
May 25, 2008, 6:30 pm
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beside the fact that this dude spent $20 million on this event, this could be one of the coolest things a human has ever done. 



birthday suggestion
May 23, 2008, 6:54 pm
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so, tomorrow’s my birthday.  if you could get in touch with all the other people in the world to chip in, i’d like one of these, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.



this is not your little nephew’s juice
May 23, 2008, 5:38 pm
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oh dear lord.  

 

after i finished wiping the vomit off my desk, i was able to summon the courage to link this article on steroid use.  

 

heavens to betsy, that is ridiculous.



must… try… this…
May 23, 2008, 5:11 am
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Well, I have a new goal in life.  Backflip into a pair of jeans…



Physics schmisics
May 22, 2008, 12:41 pm
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It’s pretty obvious that some of these guys never took physics.  Otherwise, they’d know that they shouldn’t be able to jump so freakin high…



watch your step
May 21, 2008, 4:07 pm
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Sinkholes are generally pretty cool, but numbers 2 and 1 are what earn this article a posting on randomwebcrap.



Some of my friends are complex…
May 20, 2008, 8:06 pm
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This one’s for Laura.  This has the potential to create a downward spiral of math/physics jokes that most people will scoff at. I say we give it a shot…



I’d give this a 110%
May 20, 2008, 8:04 pm
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If I were ever so lucky to have to grade an assignment that looked like this, I would probably pee my pants…



the sky isn’t falling… yet.
May 20, 2008, 7:58 pm
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One writer’s take on the “most important satellites” in the sky at the moment.  Pretty cool, but that KH-13 thing kind of scares me…



better than the original
May 19, 2008, 11:44 pm
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This one goes out to Sarah.  Who needs the real version when you can have something like this….



E. Coli, pancakes, and computers
May 19, 2008, 11:20 pm
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Apparently E. Coli can be genetically engineered to make me breakfast… or something like that. 

I don’t know if this will ever scale to practical sizes, but the idea is pretty freakin cool. 

 



do you think he got to wear the cool hat?
May 19, 2008, 7:02 pm
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I’m wondering whether this “graduate’s” classmates felt like their degrees were somehow worth a lot less after this….



russian… break dance?
May 19, 2008, 3:22 pm
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maybe it’s just the soundtrack, but this is so ridiculously reminiscent of modern breakdance competitions it’s kinda freaky… make sure you see the dude spinning around at 1:40.



slow-mo is always awesome
May 19, 2008, 3:14 pm
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sort of tom cruise-looking dude gets a water balloon in the face.  awesomeness ensues…