I saw this puzzle earlier today and thought it was clever enough to repost.
Without measuring and using only the information on the image, can you calculate the radius of the circle?
If you get the answer, say so in the comments, but don’t write the answer itself!
Watching TPM (The Phantom Menace) in 3D would be like the car actually crashing into your face as opposed to just unfolding before your eyes. (via Twitter)
Yesterday George Lucas announced that he’s going to re-release all six Star Wars movies, this time converted in 3D. Please stop, George. Haven’t you already done enough?
Countless rogue hacker organizations have tried and failed, but now it’s your chance to destroy The MKX® once and for all, and you get to do it in style…. Asteroids style!
Here’s how you do it:
This amazing little demo is by erkie.
What will we have in another ten years?
Well, here I am full of warm and fuzzy feelings with my beautiful multi-monitor rig, and along comes my brother (the one who is not even an engineer!) and emails me a photo of his rig.
Nine monitors total. And he claims they are FDA approved to boot, in case you wanted to eat one. Also, you can see that he uses the exact same phone I use at my office, which doesn’t mean anything but I wanted to point it out. He’s a couple of screens shy of recreating his own Circle-Vision 360°, which is cool but is no Space Mountain (not even a Pirates of the Caribbean).
It is still unclear how many screens are driven by the same computer.
The only way to simultaneously amass tons of geek cred AND work on your tan is to surround yourself by four large LCD monitors. This is my new setup, put together after lots of scavenging around the office. Does it make me more efficient? Maybe. Does it make me cooler? In some circles. Does it make you jealous? Most certainly. Can I launch nuclear attacks from it? That’s classified.
In one day I run into two articles extolling the virtues of semen. I stress the term “run into”. I was not searching or looking for anything in particular.
And if this is not enough for you, I am told it is also often used as one of the main ingredients in baby making!
I spent Yom Kippur in Houston. At the synagogue I grabbed their flier to see what they are up to. The small section “Mazal Tov” is where they congratulate members for various things. I found it to be a funny and interesting window into the Jewish psyche. Some examples in no particular order:
I’m actually surprised that the births of the grandchildren weren’t farther up in the list.
I try to keep this blog fairly politics-free, but this one was just too good to pass up. I just saw this material on Christine O’Donnell, Republican Party nominee in Delaware’s 2010 United States Senate.
On evolution (emphasis added):
Well, creationism, in essence, is believing that the world began as the Bible in Genesis says, that God created the Earth in six days, six 24-hour periods. And there is just as much, if not more, evidence supporting that.
On masturbation:
If she wins I will never… visit Delaware or something. It really makes you want to laugh. Or cry. Or feel very scared.
I must admit that I’m a little turned on by that video.
Yoni sent me this one. It was during the World Cup.
