January 2009
Watchdavereed:
My brother spotted these creepy little critters on a log that was freshly washed ashore near Tilamook, Oregon. Does anybody know what they are?
They’re, like, little claw-fingers sticking out of the surface of the log
Call Olivia Dunham they r part of The Pattern.
December 2008
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Baader-Meinhof phenomenon/"Synona-vu" →
nu:
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon - This happens to ::UN:: and me all of the time. We had dubbed it synonavu. Baader-Meinhof is similar to what happens to us, but an example of a synonavu is…
While driving downtown yesterday my husband saw a sign for the Idaho Barley Commission and the Idaho Wheat Commission. We joked about separate commissions for grains and that they should consolidate. As we...
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““Twas the night before Christmas And all through the van Your old buddy Matt...”
– Big Grains of Salt…: A Matt Foley Christmas
via beckypierson:davereed:
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Geek Poem
The text of the poem follows:
<>!*''# ^"`$$- !*=@$_ %*<>~#4 &[]../ |{,,SYSTEM HALTED
The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash, Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash, Bang splat equal at dollar under-score, Percent splat waka waka tilde number four, Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot...
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Fractal Writing
“The workers saw the black roadster twisting up the road to the top of the hill, saw Wynand’s figure always carried with it all the implications of his position; the quiet elegance of his overcoat, the angle of his hat, the confidence of his posture, tense and casual together, made one think of the Wynand Empire; of the presses thundering from ocean to ocean, of the papers, the...
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Post Modern Binomial Nomenclature
maybeandroid:
New Scientist has a short article about some of the rather bizarre names scientists have given to genes and so on, including the famous sonic hedgehog gene. They make a rather sensible argument about the important of consistency and clarity in scientific nomenclature, but I find that interesting and unusual names are more memorable (and make dull lectures a little more...
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Browncoats Tumblr →
I automatically follow myself.
via snowblind:incurable
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Link Bait Gets No Holiday Cheer
Me: (Follows link to forbes.com)
Forbes.com: (Giant flash advertisement hijacks entire screen.)
Me: (frown)
Forbes.com: (tiny link hidden in corner of page finally appears.)
Forbes.com: "Skip this welcome screen and proceed?"
Me: You link baited me to an advertisement. Not a "welcome" screen.
Me: Were not friends. I hate you.
Wife: (snicker)
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