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Sun, Jul. 6th, 2008, 07:21 pm
Written English: Then and now
Tue, Jun. 24th, 2008, 05:59 pm
Found a long-lost favorite
A transcript of Severn Darden's "Metaphysics Lecture", which I heard many times on WFMT's Midnight Special, is on-line.
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nostalgic
nostalgicWed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 09:33 pm
Biofuels
See another episode of xkcd, though I think they should have said "herbs."
Wed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 09:20 pm
Pure sciences
See xkcd. Let your mouse hover over the comic....
Current Mood: amused
amusedMon, Jun. 2nd, 2008, 12:19 pm
Really Old Tool?
A member of the Oldtools list found this classified ad in his local newspaper.
Ark welder. Older style.
Current Mood: amused
amusedThu, May. 22nd, 2008, 09:51 pm
Math joke
See Not from concentrate.
Via the Bad Astronomer, who commented:
Via the Bad Astronomer, who commented:
Understanding such things is as easy as pi. ‘e just goes to the root of the problem, cos it’s no sin. And if you don’t get it, well, secant you shall find.
Sun, May. 11th, 2008, 12:36 pm
Heard in Church
Today is the Feast of Pentecost. At St. Mary's, as at other churches I have known, part of one of the Bible lessons was read in multiple foreign languages (See Acts 2: 1-11). Afterwards a small but very clear voice in the congregation said: "That was freaky."
Current Mood: amused
amusedFri, May. 2nd, 2008, 08:58 am
E-mail blooper of the day
From our Building Operations Manager:
Property Services is in the process of investigating a water leak in the A-Tower. In order to investigate this further, all water in A-Tower has been shut off, which includes the restrooms. We apologize for the incontinence, please use the restrooms in C-Tower until further notice.
Current Mood: amused
amusedMon, Apr. 28th, 2008, 10:19 pm
Sir Archy on Barack Obama's temperament
"As the Ghost of a Person dead these 250 Years and more, who had seen enough of Bedlam..."
And his next comment:
And his next comment:
I should forbear to remark on any Physick of my Day to restore the Balance of Humours, except to note this Image of Mrs. Moore, the Actress much taken with Bleeding by Leeches as a Means of Cleansing the Blood, &c.
"Tis to be hoped that Sen. Obama does not need to make similar Resort to these Creatures to keep his Humours in Repair.
Wed, Apr. 16th, 2008, 05:54 pm
The current U.S. Presidential race....
.... as it might have been reported 250 years ago.
Sir Archy looks at recent developments
Sir Archy looks at recent developments
Current Mood: amused
amusedTue, Apr. 15th, 2008, 12:41 pm
Choices
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Tue, Apr. 15th, 2008, 06:55 am
The Doctrine of Feline Sedentation
Wed, Apr. 9th, 2008, 10:07 am
Traditional Wisdom
Mon, Apr. 7th, 2008, 05:05 pm
What the user wanted
I received a couple e-mails today about the rewrite of a computer system that I am involved with (not at work). They reminded me of these classic sketches.
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annoyed
annoyedThu, Mar. 27th, 2008, 07:45 pm
An alternative look at a classic optimization problem
Thu, Mar. 20th, 2008, 12:02 pm
That's one way of looking at it....
See today's Onion
Current Mood: amused
amusedMon, Mar. 17th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Saint Patrick's Day Note
St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Engineers because ( Read more... )
Tue, Mar. 11th, 2008, 06:08 pm
On a lighter note....
I just discovered Larry Niven's Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex is on the web!
Current Mood: amused
amusedFri, Feb. 22nd, 2008, 06:33 pm
Coming in Three Weeks!
Fri, Jan. 25th, 2008, 10:09 am
The City has enough image problems!
This morning I got a call from someone in the Atlanta area, clearly not a native English speaker (quite common in my line of work). He pronounced "Minneapolis" like "menopause".