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This is going to be the best thanksgiving ever!
Mwehehe. We're currently in preparations at our house for an impending Thanksgiving potluck, which will have 12 people in attendance. Last night Laurence brought over a 19-pound free-range turkey, which he brined and put in a water cooler. Actually, it was inside a styrofoam cooler, which was inside another styrofoam cooler, which was inside a ( Read more... ) -
Answer to picture trivia question
I just realized that I never answered the trivia question I posted, asking people to guess what this apparatus does.
The answer is that it's a "Geodesic Photogrammetry System," used to localize electrodes for EEG experiments.
http://www.egi.com/gps_etal.html
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Wii; Glowstick Revolution idea
Oh wow, I really want a Wii. Do any of you folks have one already, or have you tried one? I'm kind of curious about what it's like. I'm pondering purchasing one while I'm home in Orlando for the holidays.
I wonder how long it'll be until somebody makes a glowstick rave simulator for the Wii. Glowstick Revolution, anybody? I wonder what sort of ( Read more... ) -
USB Missile Launcher
Cool... it looks like Thinkgeek now carries USB Missile Launchers. UKadian retailer Marks & Spencer sold these things a year or two ago, but then stopped carrying them, leaving me much-distraught in my search for one.
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It's funny because it's true
Onion article: Caltech Physicists Successfully Split The Bill
... The team of physicists decided to test Dreyfuss's Pay For What You Ordered Algorithm, which hypothesized that it was possible to determine what each individual owed by defining variables such as the cost of one's entrée, the total number of beverages one consumed, one's percentage ( Read more... ) -
Borat banned in Russia
Heh... looks like the Borat movie is banned in Russia:
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Life in a nutshell
Wow... I didn't realize until now that John Kerry had recently given a speech at Pasadena City College last week, let alone that a comment he had made there had blossomed into a major media incident. The funny thing is that I live a half-mile from PCC, and pass by it regularly on my way to lab ( Read more... ) -
Udder Cream
I was at Trader Joe's earlier, and noticed a container full of something called Udder Cream. I just assumed this was a catchy name for some product, but when I started reading the back of it, it had directions for how to properly apply the cream to a cow's teat. This caused me some degree of confusion ( Read more... ) -
Jurassic 5 - Swing Set
I rather enjoy this amateur music video of Jurassic 5's Swing Set ( Read more... ) -
Where's the holy wafers?
I just bought the following (used) CDs on Amazon:
- Aqua: Aquarius
- A*Teens: The ABBA Generation
- Eiffel 65: Europop
What kind of monster have I become? It's all just for ceroc music, I swear!