Foolishly, I neglected to link to the Surprise Squirrel when I first saw him, and now, he’s everywhere. If you haven’t seen him, check it out for a laugh.
Either way though, I can at least link to the Squirrelizer. Add the Surprise Squirrel to any photos you like!
The uncanny valley is the idea that at a certain point, when artificial representations of humans such as robots and video game characters become almost realistic, humans are disturbed by them, instead of being empathetic.
I don’t know what the opposite of the uncanny valley is, but Victoria Beckham is living there.
This Time magazine article from 1951 details the beginnings of the short-lived Phonevision service, a technology enabling viewers to watch movies at home, for a small fee. It’s amazing that it took another 30 years for home rentals to take off at all, and over 50 for streaming video to get started.
Yesterday I posted an offhand comment to Twitter:
72 virgins doesn’t sound like my idea of heaven. It sounds like a lot of really lousy sex.
This referred to the belief held by some Muslims that in paradise, they’ll be granted 72 virgins. I’m not really interested in the religious aspects of this, but the concept itself strikes me as rather ridiculous. Some questions:
As indicated, virgins are going to be inexperienced sexually. Is that really much of a reward?
So maybe virgins are your kink. But are these women virginal just once? If that’s the reward, you’re really going to want to make it last. One a year might seem like you’re taking it slowly, until you remember that you’re there for eternity. How do you ration 72 across infinity?
Alright, perhaps these are magical virgins, whose virginity regenerates. If so, I want to know one thing: Just how evil was the poor schmuck who’s stuck washing the sheets in heaven?
I’ve obviously been thinking about this a bit too much.
Dogs are as smart as 2 year old children, according to canine expert Stanley Coren. Coren has studied dog intelligence extensively, and ranks Border Collies, Poodles, and German Sheperds among the smartest.
We also love the beagle, which made it to the top 10 list of most popular dog breeds in 2008 by the American Kennel Club. That’s because they are so sweet and socialable, Coren said. “Sometimes people love the dumb blonde”.
Amusing tidbits from the August 5th, 2009 edition of that crummy-but-free paper, The Metro:
Finalist in drunk driving rap
This headline apparently refers to the fact that a finalist in a local election has been arrested for driving under the influence. Personally, however, I prefer to think there’s some sort of hip-hop & DUI-related contest and it’s almost complete.
Clinton Visit Frees Jailed Journalists
Laura Ling
Much to the journalists’ delight, Bill also gave them hoagies from his private stash.
A giant hammock could be hung in the Boston Common, made possible by a microgrant given by the Awesome Foundation. Rhode Island School of Design assistant professor Hansy Better conceptualized the giant hammock, which will open to the public free of charge, permit pending. She was given $1,000 by the Awesome Foundation, a Cambridge-based non-profit that was founded in June.
‘Conceptualized’ is, of course, common shorthand for “smoked copious amounts of marijuana while holding a sketchbook”.
Also, “the Awesome Foundation“? Awesome.
Ever played Flight Control on the iPhone? For one week a year, Oshkosh tower is even busier than that.
Wanda Adelman told Wired.com there are some bragging rights that come with the job here, “we actually beat O’Hare” she says referring to the Chicago airport which is the busiest in the region, “we beat Atlanta too, but nobody cares about Atlanta. They just want to know that we beat O’Hare.”
Saturday, August 1st, was Victor Martinez Bobblehead night in Cleveland. The only problem?
The Indians traded Martinez Friday, July 31st.
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