O, teh interwebz!

justice is apparently not color-blind

jrmontag — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:38:09 +0000

An interesting study finds that in split-second decisions, referees are more likely to favor athletes in red (over blue). So, even without the home-field advantage, should we expect China to clean up at the Games this summer?

lightning is cool!

jrmontag — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:23:34 +0000

Wow, the odds of catching this must be ridiculously tiny. Nevertheless, how sweet is this??

6 degrees to you… and you… and you… ok, to ALL of you!

jrmontag — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000

A planet-wide survey of some 30,000,000 instant messages (via Microsoft) sent by 240,000,000 people have confirmed that, in fact, Kevin Bacon is God. really is separated by six degrees. Moreover, anyone is approximately six degrees away!

Do I get to take a course in Google-ing now?

jrmontag — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:59:24 +0000

As a physicist, I think this is freakin awesome. Even as a physics graduate student, I still might have a career at Google waiting for me in a few years!

“I” am not wimpy!

jrmontag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:27:58 +0000

Best quote:

“…one little letter had to represent an important word, but it was too wimpy…”

No, you’re stubborn. And dumb.

jrmontag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:24:11 +0000

While I’m all for keeping an open mind about scientific theories, I have to draw the line somewhere. ”Flat-earthers” earn no respect from me. They’re just silly.

who needs a dog?

jrmontag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:21:49 +0000

Forget cats, iguanas, pigs, or whatever else you might want for a pet. I want this.

Sneaky buggers, eh?

jrmontag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:12:35 +0000

I’m not sure how, or where, they would do this. But, apparently, 125,000 Western lowland gorillas were hiding from us… until now. While it’s cool that there’s so many more of them than we thought, I’m sure they would have preferred being undiscovered.

water confirmed on mars!

jrmontag — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:49:01 +0000

This is probably one of the most significant space science discoveries in all of recorded history.

Do want

jrmontag — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:39:03 +0000

I can’t think of any conceivable way to wake up that would be better than having the smell of (reasonably) fresh bacon wafting into your nose….