March 2008
43 posts
This blog is defunct
Other than using it for my hacky mobloging and history, it’s dead. Head over here for my new blog.
For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a... →
(via timmer)
It looks like scientists also make the correlation vs causation mistake.
why can't this happen to me? →
maeve: nz gov’t loses and then finds 600 mill. seriously tho.? You need the money to loose first! :)
Oyster cards cracked (Schneier on Security) →
(via timmer)
Here is a good one from my friend Scott. Moving these ideas within a large...
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Risks & Mitigation as well as conclusion
Things that make Men proud of themselves
testumblrone:
There are a lot of things that us men do that are just plain awesome. We are without doubt cool as fuck, and it’s things like these that reinforce this in our own heads.
3. HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the fields in blistering heat. Why? So, when it’s over we can stand there in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer...
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 30 TO 50 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA...
– Just kill me (source: Environment Canada)
Too much “ummmm” and I say the word “things” a lot and it makes me sound stupid.
Thank you, Steve Jobs, for saving us from Flash websites — the 2008...
– Yeah! The blink tag is for chumps, it’s all about marquee. Who doesn’t like good old HTMLmasturbation? (source)
iPod play count
timmer:
I’ve noticed that my song count doesn’t accurately reflect my listening habits.. It seems this is another case of binary logic: the song only registers a play if it reaches the absolute end of the file and switches to the next one. I often dislike many long, drawn out endings in songs and will skip to next. Because I’ve heard 95% of the song, shouldn’t that count as a ‘play’? I’m starting...
Discloser - Proud Capitalist
– Great discloser from Howard Lindzon