My Wife Mocks Me For This
I grew up in the South and I cannot pronounce "pen" and "pin" so they are distinguishable. I showed Ms Ph.D. in Linguistics this article and said, "See, my dialect isn't weird after all."
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Giddy Astronomers?
Now there's a term you don't hear every day.As Dave Barry says, it would be a good name for a rock band (WBAGNFARB).
Thinking As a Hobby
William Golding on thinking—and how almost everybody has got it all wrong. Hint: It ain't sedentary; it's active.
The Blackwing Diaries
I'm linking to this particular day's posting because it's so clear and well argued, but this insider's animation blog is a constant joy.
Who Says TV Isn't Educational?
Pinky and the Brain present The parts of the brain.
Pssst!
Bagheera: "You distract him and I'll knock the kibble off the shelf. He's slow—we'll make out like bandits."
Big Trouble
Society has been turned upside down and a generation raised by young, inexperienced mothers is now running amok. Here's the kicker: We're talking about pachyderms
Entered Into the Collective Audio Unconscious
Is the "amen break" the most important drum loop ever? Nate Harrison thinks so. This nicely illustrates how having total command of the subject can make any topic fascinating.
Terry Gilliam Says "Go Ahead, Be a Pirate"
TG on the insanity of making movies, Spamalot as pension plan, and who really deserves the term "crook."
Quantum Computing
SciOrg is reporting that an optical-based quantum computer has successfully demonstrated "counterfactual computation," which is to say it came to its conclusion using information that is counter to what actually happened to reach a correct answer. Also, the computer did not actually run.