Presenting the hottest new product in the telecommunications sector: the rPhone: rPhone combines three delightfully diverse products into one awkward and cumbersome handheld contraption — a revolutionary steam-powered satellite phone, a stylish French musicbox, and a vibrasonic multi-purpose tool that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a Sonic Screwdriver. rPhone is the first portable… Continue reading The New Telecom Product You’ve Been Waiting For
Category: Silliness
Blogwars!
Scott Eric Kaufman must have a dissertation deadline coming up, because his procrastination is getting intense. He’s just set up a text adventure game on his blog: You are standing near the Moral High Ground. To your South are Theists (or Theorists). To your North are Atheists (or Anti-Theorists). To your East and West are… Continue reading Blogwars!
The Meme That Wouldn’t Die
Via a colleague: (Original here.) I enjoy the really obscure ones…
LOL Vincit Omnia
Via the Little Professor, I learn that Geoffrey Chaucer can hath cheezburger. For many dayes ich haue desyred to maak Lolpilgrimes from the smal peyntures that Mayster Linkferste hath ymaad for my Tales of Canterburye – not oonly wolde it be a thing of muchel solaas to me, but it wolde be a good “pre… Continue reading LOL Vincit Omnia
Alive, Dead, or Bloody Furious?
The LOLcat phenomenon has reached the world of physics, with this Schrödinger cat picture, which is pretty good. I’m also amused by Serge’s poem from Making Light: Roses are red, Violets are blue. Is Schrödinger’s Cat dead? That remains up to you. I may need to get out more.
“And Jesus Sent Him to Scotland Where He Lived in a Loch for Oh, So Many Years…”
Via Charles Kuffner, a story about new footage of the Loch Ness Monster. It’s a dinosaur from the Bible… I tried to watch the video with the CNN story, but their annoying player took forever to load and the kept glitching up. So I fired up YouTube, and found this Scottish news broadcast. On the… Continue reading “And Jesus Sent Him to Scotland Where He Lived in a Loch for Oh, So Many Years…”
A Bunny Made of Cheese
A commenter in the “Bunnies Made of Cheese” thread points out a graphic that’s too good not to put on the front page (click for the original large image): Nobody tell the dog, ok?
The Internet Is for Gluing Captions on Things
Via John Lynch, Fark brings us LOLPresidents: There’s some good stuff, along with the usual rubbish. I also liked this motivational poster:
Dorky Poll: Craziest Nobel Laureate
I have a big stack of exams and lab reports to grade, so I need to go off someplace where I don’t have Internet access and do that. In my absence, here’s a Dorky Poll question inspired by recent news: Which Nobel laureate (in any field) is the craziest? There’s no real shortage of scientists… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Craziest Nobel Laureate
Life Cycle of Science PR
One of the fun things about EurekAlert is that it allows you to trace the full life cycle of the publicization of science in a way that used to be impossible for a regular person. For example, take the recent “Ring of Dark Matter” story. First, there’s a rumor of a result. This first stage… Continue reading Life Cycle of Science PR