you know, i get an email every week or so with stats on pageviews here and the numbers, even more than being nonnegative, are actually positive. in a given week, there might be 5-10 unique visitors. i can only ask, “wtf??”
in any case, i’m here to let you know that i’m thinking about starting up again… i’m going to do a little bit of a graphic redesign, then start off posting some links. we’ll see where it goes from there.
don’t hold your breath.
traders implicated in the current economic crisis deny any shenanigans
viet nam launches its first satellite…might be time to invest
what is UP with the weirdness of the easter bunnies at the white house??
top ten healthy snacks (for kids)
did you cut a body part off? don’t sweat it. grind up a few pig bladders, sprinkle the powder over your stump, and you’re good to go!
will somebody please post a comment? i mean, i don’t want to sound desperate, but i’m desperate.
i’ve got a lot of free time on my hands, with potentially a lot more to come so let’s set some goals, right? i do firmly believe that the chance of accomplishing something increases exponentially when you write it down. so what do i want to do? in no particular order:
those are the plans. stay tuned…
dorks craving the ultimate in home theater experiences have something new to lust after.
we may still be a little ways away from sharks with laser beams, but at least we can put them in computers.
superconductor news.
from oregon, a really uncool prank. if anyone tries this at home, let me know…
for my more promiscuous friends, if you’re in a need to find out “if it’s yours” in a hurry, Identigene has you covered.
here’s a great illustration of the difference between the way food is advertised and the way it actually looks.
finally, an interesting essay about the feeling that comes looking back at childhood pictures as an adult.
first, for those of you who want to know how giant squid have sex.
not to be outdone, this is how geeks (don’t) have sex (ex: “I feel I have always been attracted to robots”).
not a bad essay on the difficulty of dating outside your socioeconomic class, inspired by stuffwhitepeoplelike.com.
another essay discussing the importance of advertising and consumerism to the environmental movement.
google continues to offer schools and nonprofits free email service, but privacy concerns might start trumping cost-cutting.
here’s an enormous pdf of slides and notes from an extraordinarily good lecture about climate change.
finally, the world of online apps got a little bit bigger with the addition of photoshop express.
the only guy smart enough to run a school network in alabama is an 11-year old. [insert tommy murphy joke here]
when you don’t have drill powerful enough to get through a brick wall, don’t use a gun.
with the visibility of the olympics on its way, beijing is still trying to control the weather.
a business week cover story on the up-and-coming green datacenters.
“Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
navy federal credit union (my bank) is all about sustainable architecture, but to improve employee retention.
step-by-step on how to construct your very own (and very dangerous) solar furnace.
a leaked memo details how one large bank falsified information to get sketchy loans approved.
new-age cushions zip together to create “Couchtron,” an invincible cushion-couch.
how dorky do you have to be to want a star wars golf bag? [does tommy murphy golf?]
awesome, awesome, awesome alert: batmobile sighted in DC!
the sweetest A-Team replica van i have ever seen.
are $1800-per-classroom infrared microphones really going to improve education??
an essay by a female head waiter at one of the most exclusive restaurants in new york city, wherein she describes setting a place for a couple’s stuff animal.
philosophically, i would rather buy something at circuit city than best buy, but i wouldn’t get anything installed at either - here’s why.
if you haven’t seen this girl yet, it’s pretty impressive. if you don’t get it at first, move your mouse around.
an amusing collection of “This is what ____ looks like” photos.
you could sleep in this bed, on the street, in south central LA and live to tell about it.
do we really need to keep the penny? i throw them away.
good summary on the state of the war between coal and solar power.
slate’s got a new “fix it” series. first up: the military and foreign relations.
saturday night, i received a phone call. i was told that it was important i come to mt. pleasant (a wonderful neighborhood in NW DC) as soon as i could. i’ve never been concerned with details and i didn’t start then. thirty minutes later, i’m parking and walking up to my friends’ house.
i was met on the porch and led down the street. as we turned the corner, i could see bright lights and more than one crowd gathered a couple blocks down the road. as we got closer, it became evident that we were, in fact, walking towards a movie set. i later found out that state of play has been filming in DC for quite some time.
so we continue walking down the sidewalk and now it’s clear that the crew is set up just across the street. they’ve got the big lights with the generators and a couple cameras and tons of people standing around. behind them, you can see the small group of locals gathered around to watch the goings-on. it’s difficult to determine, though, at this point where the actual set is. it’s late, the street isn’t brightly lit, and it’s hard to distinguish any actors from the people just standing around.
and then he appears.
long hair, slightly paunch, shorter-than-expected, but less than 4 feet away — russell crowe. our eyes meet, we smile at each other, silently acknowledging our respective superlatives. he’s just standing there, waiting for the next take and our presence (i’m accompanied by two girlfriends) feels vaguely intrusive, but we’re all good-natured about it.
as we pass, i can feel that he really wants to reach out to me, to ask for my advice on whether i think his character feels natural yet, what i think of the script. i give him my best “i’d-love-to-but-i-just-don’t-have-the-time-right-now” look and he nods imperceptibly. i hate to disappoint the man, but we all have our limits and i just refuse to work on a saturday night.
we continued walking and made it out of the set in another block or so. we joined the throng of the average who were content just watching from afar. after coming so close and having such intimate nonverbal communication, peering at the spectacle from across the street just didn’t have the same appeal and we soon moved on to dinner.
if anyone has any questions about russell, i’ll be happy to answer them.