This link is stolen from Scott McCloud, my long running link of the week, but it was so cool that I had to post it myself. Witness The Picture of Everything. You can actually zoom in completely, and every single object in the picture is identified once you're zoomed in close enough. Seriously, this man is insane. Explore and enjoy.

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I love this book. I had neglected it for a while, and now that I'm reading it again, I just have to spread the joy. Bill Bryson basically covers the entire history of modern science, in relatively easy to understand prose, and even a bit of humor thrown in for good measure. I'm having trouble following all of the names, but that's to be expected ( Read more... )

Came across this while crusing some message boards. Nothing I love more than expanding the Patriot Act. I need to read 1984 again, because I'm sure there are lots of appropriate references I could make at this point. I suppose I could continue this paragraph a little bit longer, but you should just read the article for yourself instead.
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But apparently I'm supposed to play for Metallica. Ordinarily I'd question the validity of such a prediction, but it's from a Meme Generator, so it's got to be true: But now on to more important news. As some of you know, my new gaming obsession is Rubies of Eventide. I've you've talked to me recently, I've almost certainly plugged it. Well ( Read more... )

But I've been working a lot. I tried to make a post on Thursday about some freaky article I read, but LJ was being bad, so you'll just have to do without. Not much to say, except that I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving, and by extension, Christmas Break. So yeah, um, see you then.

Apparently Penn State is subscribing us all to Napster next semester. This article gives the details, but it seems the University has formed a "ground breaking" arrangement with the now-legitimate music distributor. It's not all roses though, since it appears that the program only allows "tethered downloads," meaning you can transfer them between ( Read more... )

I didn't much want to see Elf, since I don't particularly care for Will Ferrell, and I'm not ten. But then I found out that my girl Zooey is in it, which is a whole different story. Apparently she's the love interest or something, and I'm praying to all that is holy that this romance stays on the screen. But I should stop hating on Ferrell, ( Read more... )

I didn't much feel like walking to Japanese in the rain today, and since there was nothing due and we're allowed three absences, I decided to go for it. Wouldn't you know that the rain stops about five minutes before class was supposed to start. I had already made up my mind by that point though, so here I sit. I'm just glad for the detailed ( Read more... )

Well, it didn't take me long to make up for my unprecedented work ethic last night. I was running late after my shower this morning, so I figured I'd just skip Game Theory. It was only after I had been sleeping for an hour or so that I remembered the quiz we were supposed to have in that class. I e-mailed Sean post haste, and he informed me that ( Read more... )

I actually had to leave the Anime Club meeting tonight, because I wasn't able to concentrate on the show we were watching. For the life of me, all I could think of was the Computer Architecture project due on Friday. My group left it up to me to map up a control unit for the Modified Booth's Algorithm, and right in the middle of the first episode ( Read more... )