Profiling
Those impressive profilers you see on TV and the movies? In reality, they're not quite as effective as they're portrayed—not by a long shot.
Wes Phillips
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Sun Ra Phones Home?
The Cassini-Huygens probe has been recording the sounds of Saturn. My cats, who are thoroughly bored by everything audio (other than the gear's heat-generating properties), were quite agitated by these sounds. Good to know, hee hee hee.
Stupid Filter
I believe I've linked to this in the past, but golly, I get a kick out of it—and it's coming soon!
Unintentionally Hilarious
I'm solidly hooked on The">http://www.joshreads.com/">The Comics Curmudgeon and I have to confess that the newly revived Cracked website is a guilty pleasure, so when the two get together to describe the "Five Most Unintentionally Hilarious Comic Strips," you know I'm there.
Late Show Writers On Strike
The writers for The Late Show are busy withholding their writing from the studios. So naturally, they started a blog. Great, as if I needed another daily blog addiction.
That's What I Call a Power Finish
Here's seven minutes of the most cringe-worthy rock spectacle I've ever seen. The official story for this caca-phony is that the backing tapes were played back at 48kHz sampling rate as opposed to 44.1kHz. (Umm, in pro sound reinforcement, wouldn't it be the other way around?) I think Eddie, who has to be eligible for AARP now, was concentrating so hard on getting those jumps just right, he didn't notice the incredible suckitude of the solo—or, for that matter, the song.
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Heroes
When Luis Sinco snapped Lance Corporal James Blake Miller's picture, he was photographing a hero. But heroes aren't always what they seem—and they don't always play to type.
Cow Cow Calculator
Human "mathletes" and what makes them tick.
Clive Cussler
I caught Sahara on the tube the other night, and thought its blend of pure mindless fun and solid barely plausible technical background was perfect. It wasn't a great movie, but it was a great guy-flick.
Thorstein Veblen, Burberry, and Snoop Dogg
Conspicuous consumption for pets—and its discontents.