Casiello Family Weblog

Otto the Octopus

Brian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:54:41 +0000

Otto the octopus likes to short-circuit lights that annoy him, smash his tank with rocks, and juggle his fellow occupants.

Doin’ The Honeybee Quantum Dance

Brian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:52:25 +0000

Honeybee dances seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to projections of six-dimensional manifolds. Manifold as in ‘tricky math thing’, not the thing in your car.

Expect it to show up in an episode of Numb3rs any week now.

* Disclaimer: Numb3rs is a show on CBS, which used to be a partner of Switchboard.com, where I used to work. I own a baseball cap that says “CBS Switchboard.com”.

Long Live The King! (Really Long)

Brian — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:48:54 +0000

A bust of ‘Elvis’ carved in the 2nd century A.D.

Dr. Horrible…Going…Going…

Brian — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:53:28 +0000

This is the last chance to see the terrific Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog before it disappears at midnight on Sunday.

Joss Whedon (of Firefly and Buffy fame) created this superhero/villain musical (!).

If you miss it, you can borrow my DVD (which I’ll be ordering about 15 milliseconds after it’s available).

IM IN UR GALAXY EATIN UR STARZ

Brian — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:26:16 +0000

The Smithsonian posted aUCLA animation of stars in the center of our galaxy which provides evidence for the black hole in the center.

Spore Has More Species Than The Earth

Brian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:39:58 +0000

Electronic Arts reported yesterday that 1.8 million creatures have been designed using the Creature Creator program for its yet-to-be-released game Spore.

So far 1.5 million species have been cataloged on the Earth.

Intelligent Design FTW!

How Do You Get On And Off A Train That Never Stops?

Brian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:26:23 +0000

From the top, of course!

This looks really cool, but more expensive than my idea of a big net on the front, and a slide down into a sea-of-balls at the back.

Mazapán.se - You Have To Burn The Rope

Brian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:45:21 +0000

A game whose only redeeming feature is the end-credit song: You Have To Burn The Rope

Grand Theft Auto game causes crime! Proof!

Brian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:09:28 +0000

Ars Technica reports that Delivery drivers are stealing copies of the new GTA IV game en route to retailers!

I guess the conservatives were right all along - video games DO cause crime!

Language Designers - Keep The Facial Foliage

Brian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:09:12 +0000

There appears to be a correlation between language popularity and facial hair.