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Transit toy
For those as see themselves as amateur transit planners:
you'll love this.
Doesn't try to imagine passenger volumes but how can a program know that?
Also, geez I've been away from here for too long. -
Accidental Poetry
Given how much happens on Twitter, it's not that surprising that occasionally two unrelated tweets are perfect anagrams.
And, of course, a site that tracks these to show the world.
These happen weeks apart, on opposite sides of the world, and yet... sometimes it hits just so darn perfect. -
You won't find this on the sports pages
This story from Ukraine, which is having a bit of trouble right now, enough that the soccer league suspended a weekend's worth of games. This included one of the more significant rivalries in the league, which the supporters organizations were totally bummed about. Apparently this to the point that someone in one of the groups said something on ( Read more... ) -
Wait, what was that all about?
I got a greeting on Facebook last week from someone who hadn't even tried to add me into their list. (My friends list on FB is actually rather cluttered, as I got into a game in which ability to progress depends on having friends who play. The common solution to getting around this is to find the discussion group for the game, post like you know ( Read more... ) -
My word, I've been away
Most of the thing I would have posted here have instead landed on Facebook, where most of you are seeing it, so this doesn't get much attention. But a rather intriguing item from the Institute of Unlikely Music showed up today.
Remember this?
Well apparently some engineers at Intel decided they could bring it to life. (NOTE: Apparently this was 2 ( Read more... ) -
Best use of Photoshop ever
So a bank sends out a credit card application to a guy in Russia.
He didn't like the terms the bank was offering.
So he altered the contract and put in his own.
Apparently the bank didn't read the fine print, and sent the card out, then proceeded according to the original terms (theirs, not the new ones) so now the customer is suing the bank for ( Read more... ) -
What happens when Deep Science and popular music collide?
This, evidently.
Bonus points if you actually understood what he was saying, keeping in mind that the performer was finalizing his master's thesis on that very subject in parallel with this project. -
Another reason to keep your computer uncluttered
Some game programmer has decided to make a game that actually reads your hard drive and makes an adventure game based on the contents. That is, the game environment is specific to the computer it is loaded on. -
And sometimes the universe throws you an easy one
This one almost makes me wish the Institute of Unlikely Music was an actual place. I could almost imagine my conversation with the head of the place...
IUM Guy: I got something really off the wall here.
ME: More out there than Carmina Burana on a banjo? Or the Star Wars Imperial March on bagpipes? (Both of these have been shown here ( Read more... )
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