Otto the octopus likes to short-circuit lights that annoy him, smash his tank with rocks, and juggle his fellow occupants.
Otto the Octopus
December 10th, 2008Doin’ The Honeybee Quantum Dance
December 10th, 2008Honeybee 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*)
July 24th, 2008Dr. Horrible…Going…Going…
July 20th, 2008This 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
July 18th, 2008The 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
July 15th, 2008Electronic 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?
July 2nd, 2008This 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
April 30th, 2008A game whose only redeeming feature is the end-credit song: You Have To Burn The Rope
Grand Theft Auto game causes crime! Proof!
April 29th, 2008Ars 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
April 29th, 2008Das Rad or, The Wheel
April 27th, 2008(via digg)
A 2003 Academy Award nominee, progress as viewed by two rock-people: Das Rad or, The Wheel
Code Metrics
April 1st, 2008From a co-worker: WTFs/m
xkcd’s Tribute To Gary Gygax
March 7th, 2008Just in case you’re not a nerd, Gary Gygax was the co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game.
Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo
March 3rd, 2008Look Up Wednesday Night Feb 20 2008
February 19th, 2008A total lunar eclipse starts Wednesday night at 8:43pm EST, totality at 10:01pm.
Don’t miss it, the next one’s in December of 2010!
KFC Wants To Ban Chicken-Fried Steak
February 18th, 200824: The Unaired 1994 Pilot
November 9th, 2007Amazing Drum Tenor Solo Video
November 8th, 2007Hot Squirrel Tail, Yeah, Baby!
August 24th, 2007Hey, Gabe, how’d you like to be lifeguard for this pool?
August 15th, 2007You’d have to walk on the heads of the swimmers to rescue someone in this wave pool.
I wonder how much the water level drops when everyone gets out?