Stranger than fiction: parallel universes beguile science – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos Is the universe — correction: “our” universe — no more than a speck of cosmic dust amid an infinite number of parallel worlds? A staple of mind-bending science fiction, the possibility of multiple universes has long intrigued hard-nosed physicists, mathematicians and cosmologists […]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
God, I'm Dumb
My hands are shaking. I went to Starbucks to do some programming tonight. On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some milk and other refinements. Normal evening. As I came up to the corner of the major cross streets near my house, I saw smoke coming off of a […]
Zach Braff Quotes
Zach Braff Quotes “I pick the songs for my movies by typing a random word – say “bee” – and then by typing the word “pitchfork” along with it and then whatever pitchfork album review Google brings up I then look at the album, select the fourth song off of it, and then try to […]
God, I Need A Copy Of Ableton Live
Really, really bad. Mom was gonna get it for me for my last birthday, but it didn’t end up working out. I can’t afford $499 for a full copy (and I need a full copy, not the Lite version, which won’t do what I need it to do). I need it for live Red State […]
50 Most Loathsome Of 2007
The BEAST: America’s Best Fiend Lovely. Number 9 is “You”. You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can […]
Douchebags Gone Wild
Power to the Poachers Dude, it’s, like, your fuckin’ duty to sneak onto one of the four ski resorts in America that don’t allow snowboarding and, like, fuckin’, like, snowboard there. ‘Cause the Man is stickin’ it to you by keeping you off four of the thousands of ski runs located on this continent. As […]
Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally – New York Times
Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally – New York Times Ms. Bhutto, who had twice been the country’s prime minister and was a leading contender to be the next prime minister after elections set for Jan. 8, was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Rawalpindi at 6:16 p.m. local time. At least a […]
The Most Metal Christmas Gift EVAR.
My dad got me this skeletal dagger, with skeleton-rising-up-from-Hell holder. For all tomorrow’s sacrifices. Heh. Totally rad. I also got: an Arduino for learning to do hardware programming, an Ion drum machine, a USB Peltier cooler/heater for drinks, a cool portable 30W amp for my iPod, On Food And Cooking: The Science And Lore Of […]
Merry Christmas
And enjoy your last minute shopping: (Image from Centennial Society)
I'm DJing New Year's Eve @ Freakin' Frog
If you’re in Vegas and you’re not up for cruising the Strip and hunting an expensive club or bar to hang out on for New Year’s Eve, stop by the Freakin’ Frog on Maryland Parkway (between Tropicana and Harmon on the east side of the street, next to the as-yet-unopened barbecue joint with the highly […]