Casiello Family Weblog

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

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”.

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

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).

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

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!

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.

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

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!

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

See also the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientistsâ„¢

(via digg)

A 2003 Academy Award nominee, progress as viewed by two rock-people: Das Rad or, The Wheel

From a co-worker: WTFs/m

Ultimate Game

Just in case you’re not a nerd, Gary Gygax was the co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game.

Headline writer deserves a raise.

A 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!

“…we would like to call for a ban on all food products falsely calling themselves chicken. It is our assertion that all foods be properly labelled to identify their true contents.â€?

Girl Scout cookies, anyone?

24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot – CollegeHumor video

Tim Jackson’s winning performance at the Drum Corps International Championships

Squirrels can heat up their tails to confuse rattlesnakes!

You’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?