September 2007
60 posts
TED: Ideas worth spreading →
WatchAdagio for Strings by Samuel Barber — Main music theme from Platoon, the best war drama ever!
Britain's "only topless beach" doesn't exist! →
Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls →
Officers of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Saudi Arabia were attacked by two “inappropriately-dressed” girls. (via BB)
The World's Weirdest/Stupidest Conspiracy Theories →
Many of which are quite popular. Damn, I even believe some of them, especially this one: WWII was staged. It never really happened. The Illuminati employed elaborate special effects, stage magic, and phony journalism to scare the world into pacifism. (via BB)
Bug in Excel 2007 →
Microsoft Excel 2007 has a serious bug in simple arithmetic calculations that should produce 65535. The simplest example is 850 x 77.1, which results in 10000 instead of 65535. (via INQ)
“C++ is a horrible language. It’s made more horrible by the fact that a lot...”
– Linus Torvalds
Home Made Playdough →
Make your own playdough with flour, water, salt, and vegetable oil. (via LH)
Mango Free Language Learning →
Web-based interactive language courses in Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. (via LH)
Nebraska Senator Sues God to Stop Terror Threats →
Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers (D - Omaha) filed suit against God Friday, asking a court to order the Almighty and his followers to stop making terrorist threats. (via DU)
Time-lapse video of bridge deck replacement →
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was closed over Labor Day weekend to replace a football field-sized section of the bridge’s upper deck. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission created an amazing time-lapse video of the operation. (via BB)
:-) Just Turned 25, Happy Birthday! →
The horizontal smiley face, :-) is 25 years old according to Carnegie Mellon University (via INQ)
Blogger Play →
A slideshow of photos Blogger users have recently uploaded to their blogs. It’s a great snapshot of what people are thinking and posting about, right now! Every photos links to a blog post so you’re likely to find out the story behind that interesting photo. (via GOS)
“People in the late 70s who […] got an Apple II for their Christmas...”
– John C. Dvorak on TWiT 112
Spam is free speech, claims spammer →
This is original!
Watch1966 Prediction of Home Computers in 1999 (via BB)
Hidden method of reading revealed →
Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case. In fact, almost 50% of the time, each of our eyes locks on to different letters simultaneously. (via DU)
Italian Virus Outbreak May Portend Global Spread →
Rightmost Digits' Effect on Perception of... →
When the right digits are small, people perceive the discount to be larger than when the right digits are large. In other words, an item on sale for $211 from the original price of $222 is thought to be a better deal than an item on sale for $188 from an original price of $199, even though both discounts are $11. (via BB)
WatchKitten Feeding Horror — This brings back such good memories! (via DU)
“I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent; and this is what I have...”
– Luciano Pavarotti (1935 – 2007)
