NOTICE: Boring post follows. But don’t get too bored. It’s bad for your health. The White Stripes claim that their song was stolen and used in the Air Force ad shown during the Superbowl. Ok. I don’t want to talk about it here (but let me Google that for you). Which makes me wonder: Should […]
Measure of Death
If the measure of your life is how many people talk about you when you die (and it obviously is), then aldaily.com shows J.D. Salinger kicking Howard Zinn’s butt. Congrats, J.D.!
Falling and Condoms
A primer on how to survive falling out of a plane at 6,000 feet. I’m totally gonna try this. Completely unrelated is this article about the new exhibition at the Museum of Sex: “Rubbers: The Life, History & Struggle of the Condom”
Frown Less, Feel Happier
This study showed that people who were physically unable to frown (due to botox injections) took longer to understand sad or angry statements than they did when they were frownable. Apparently, it’s not a new idea that body and facial movement helps cognition, but this is more pinpointed than other studies. The article goes on […]
No-Sex Pregnancy
This is amazing, and I’m just going to assume it’s true because it’s on the Discover blog. The short story: * A 15 year-old girl performs oral sex on her boyfriend. * She and her boyfriend almost immediately get into a knife fight (yes) against her previous boyfriend. She suffers a serious stab wound to […]
Mark Twain Doesn't Hold Back
A beautifully seething letter from Mark Twain to a patent medicine salesman. It’s just the kind of thing I’d want to say to the parasites today who try to make money off the ignorant, weak, and desperate. In this case, the salesman was dealing with someone who knew better, and who’d lost two children to […]
One More iPad Thing
I posted already that the iPad will end up being cool because of the apps that aren’t out yet, mainly taking advantage of its larger-than-iPhone size. Omni group is planning 5 apps for the iPad: OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, and OmniGraphSketcher. I use one of those on a daily basis, one on a frequent basis, […]
Ice, Ice, Baby
I was chatting with a friend about ice. In short, we talked about how interesting it is that pressure, even without heat, can melt ice. I remember an experiment where you loop a string around a block of ice, then put a weight on the bottom part of the loop, so that the string is […]
Ok. The iPad
I’m not planning to get one. I mean, even if I was planning to spend some money and get something cool, I wouldn’t get the iPad. Not yet. At the moment, I use a laptop for laptop things and a phone when I want mobility and a Reader for eBooks. But I recognize that things […]
Roundup
By weeklyrob on January 20, 2010 in Famous People, Language/Lit, Law, Miscellany, Politics, Religion, Science and Such
— The Britannica blog calls a spade a spade. Robertson and Limbaugh are: “…two men who have made a very good thing in this life of saying very stupid things that excite an audience of equally stupid people.” [LINK] — Freakonomics wonders: Do Bike-Helmet Laws Discourage Bicycling? — The Why Files: Fish cheat and get […]