Free museum admission this Saturday. Everywhere. Go to a museum.
This looks like an amazing concept for a video game. They’re releasing a new version of Sonic the Hedgehog, and going back to 2d (it’s still going to look 3d). This makes me think of some of the types of things they might throw into the 2d environment to make it look cooler.
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They build themselves with a little help from a smaller cousin.
(via http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/video-how-a-construction-crane-is-erected/ )
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I found videos of Universal’s new coaster. Looks like I’m gonna be headed there this winter when the lines are empty.
The ride up is awesome looking.
Check it out at night.
The Universal-supplied animation (probably from the company that built the thing) shows off the big swooping turns. It fills in what you can’t see from the […]
Found a great article on the math of checkout lines. It does a great job of showing a concrete example of some fancy math concepts, and also shows the difference between thinking something is correct and having proof of it.
Given the picture below, which line do *you* think is faster? Click the image to find […]
Here’s a solid core workout that will get your core…solid. It includes such classics as:
Standard crunches
Knee-up crunches
Hip lifts
Oblique crunches
Side plank dips
Oblique leg extensions
Supermans
Bridged leg lifts
Pushups
Heel touches
Bicycle crunches
Half-up twists (I’ve heard these called “Irish boxer crunches”, they’re amazing)
As an added bonus, you get jittery pictures like
Seriously. Do this and you’ll never slouch again.
(Thanks to Kitzzy for […]
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My kids are aged 21 through 31 now, but we always had a family meeting every Sunday morning before we’d all clean up the house, because we have five kids and everybody has scheduled stuff.
So we’d sit down every Sunday morning and everybody would get their schedule out. The kids would have their schedules and […]
“If it’s going to keep me awake at night,” Mr. Buffett said, “I am not going to go there.” (via nytimes)
Friday evening, I went to an event on event planning (circular thought, yes?). It was organized by Mark Baratelli of The Daily City. There was lots of great information, and I tried to write down as much as possible. I got nearly all of the discussion, in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. There were representatives […]
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Fighting fire with…clowns?
http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/179794296/pukomuko-mikehudack-onemonthhere-noneck
Tennessee clowns kicked kkk asses.
In Knoxville, Tennessee, a white supremacist group, VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK, attempted to hold a hate rally. Then the clowns showed up….
“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.
“White Power!” the […]