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Monday, 30 January 2006
where Comic Sans came from

http://www.connare.com/comic.htm

posted by: kenjprice at January 30, 2006 19:26 | link | comments |
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bloody phones

[ loudmouth mobile phone users ]

Sick of hearing morons yapping on phones in restaurants, buses, etc?

Download these, print them and hand them to the idiots

posted by: kenjprice at January 30, 2006 16:54 | link | comments |

[ The wonderful world of 1 ]

Benford's Law predicts that in random or naturally-derived  set of numbers, numbers that begin with the numeral 1 will appear more often than other numbers. It has widespread application.

This little jigger lets you test it

posted by: kenjprice at January 30, 2006 16:41 | link | comments |

Sunday, 29 January 2006
secret codes

[ codes used by retailers to mark their cost price on price tags ]

The world CHARLESTON is handy for deciphering price tags in Longs Drugstores.

posted by: kenjprice at January 29, 2006 20:11 | link | comments |
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face transplants

photos of face transplant.

This is more groundbreaking than it might seem. I noticed recently a case where a witness was told they did not really see a criminal because they did not see their face. We can see all of a person except for their face, but apparently that is not enough to identify them. Lots to think about here (and a long walk needed to sort it out)

posted by: kenjprice at January 29, 2006 12:50 | link | comments |
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I built this Space Elevator on a swamp. They said I was mad. It sank into the swamp. I built another one. That burnt down, fell over and then sank into the swamp. But this Space Elevator stayed up

Whoooaaaa.. vertigo

posted by: kenjprice at January 29, 2006 12:45 | link | comments |
home and personal

[ He's the ideas man. That's why Dad calls him The Ideas Man

[ tell him he's dreamin'  ]

The shack that appeared in the classically awful australian movie The Castle is for sale.

" we're goin' to Bonnie Doon"

posted by: kenjprice at January 29, 2006 12:38 | link | comments |
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Saturday, 28 January 2006
risk preference.

Risk

risk and intelligence. interesting. but validity?

 

posted by: kenjprice at January 28, 2006 20:17 | link | comments |
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Monday, 23 January 2006
copyright and the roman catholic church

The world of copyright is full of all sorts of fun things, which is I suppose predictable when one combines lawyers and human greed.
 
Latest is the announcement by the Vatican that all Papal documents will be governed by copyright invested in the official Vatican publishing house. The edict covers not only the writings of the present Pope but those of the last 50 years.
 
<quote>: "The Union of Italian Catholic Publishers and Booksellers said that it had not been consulted, and that the edict “flies in the face of what we do — spreading the Pope’s message to the world”." </quote>
 
 A publisher that had printed some of Pope Benedict's speeches has reportedly to have been sent a bill for €15,000 (£10,000).
 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2005615,00.html

posted by: kenjprice at January 23, 2006 21:28 | link | comments |
it subject area, tasite

geometric fruit

[ better than the real thing ]

Fruit.

Geometrically shaped fruit (and no, not the usual spheres etc)

posted by: kenjprice at January 23, 2006 21:18 | link | comments (1) |
mthings

expressionless

[ the many moods of the mindless ]

There are several people who are termed "celebrities" whose fame is not due to their mental prowess.

One such person is Paris Hilton.

This wonderful animation of real photos shows the range of her facial expressions. It covers the full range, from A to A.

Another person with questionable reason for existence is shown here in the same way.

Hugh Grant is the next obvious candidate.

Also shown: http://orly-dcfe.ytmnd.com/ ,  http://kswizzle.ytmnd.com/  http://facialsegal.ytmnd.com/ (and of course the all-time great, that scary Spanish girl)

 

 

posted by: kenjprice at January 23, 2006 20:48 | link | comments (2) |
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Code words

[ don't let your children grow up to be an inspector, if your surname is Sands ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Sands

posted by: kenjprice at January 23, 2006 20:18 | link | comments |
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Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Hell: guide for visitors

Normal service has been restored. Current body uptime 10 days.

For those who wish to visit, an overview of the Hell Blues Festival in Hell, Norway.

 

posted by: kenjprice at January 10, 2006 20:33 | link | comments (2) |
home and personal

The world's widest homepage

[ there is a sucker born every day: this guy believes there are  millions ]

The Mile Wall: a mile-wide webpage wall. Prepare for a scroll in the park.

"Permanent space on the wall starts at as little as 1 dollar for a square inch. Doing so you are helping to build the longest single page in internet history! We only need to go 63,360 inches until that goal is fulfilled so help create a fun, strange, and really long web site."

"The Mile Wall has a reduced inch system so that it’s more visible on smaller resolutions"  HO HO HO

 

posted by: kenjprice at January 10, 2006 20:25 | link | comments |
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Fictions needed for daily life

{life-preserving fictions ]

What fictional beliefs do you need for daily life? Check out these

"I must believe that all dogs will go to heaven. " WTF? Isn't that a rhyme nmemonic used to tune a banjo or something?

"I have to continue going to college and maintaining my grades because, if I do, I will be able to accomplish my dreams and become an important political figure. I have to believe that, because the thought of waisting so many years in schools and spending such a vast amount of education with the result of living my life as a low-paid, unrecognized person that makes a minimal impact on the world is just too painful"  Three words: You Poor Bastard

posted by: kenjprice at January 10, 2006 20:20 | link | comments |
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Tropic of Calculus

[ Calculus Illustrated ]

Calculus.

Calculus taught by swimsuit models. In bikinis.

Yes, it's Bikini Calculus

Not so sure that it's been well-thought out, but there are some classic moments (and many more poor jokes).

posted by: kenjprice at January 10, 2006 19:45 | link | comments |
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Monday, 09 January 2006
pranks

[ merry pranksters ]

The Economist is seeking the best-ever prank.

posted by: kenjprice at January 09, 2006 15:33 | link | comments |

Sunday, 08 January 2006
MySPace post mortem

A collection of Myspace blogs belonging to people who have since died. Clearly this will only increase.

posted by: kenjprice at January 08, 2006 20:35 | link | comments |

oh my

[ no comment ]

none at all

posted by: kenjprice at January 08, 2006 20:31 | link | comments (3) |

esp and susceptibility test

[ you can fool some of the people all of the time ]

Mr Cliff Pickover is rising very rapidly in my estimation. He is a very clever man with a wicked sense of humour. I envy him.

Rather than mock people, he has allowed people to reveal their own gullibility; the comments for this little "experiment" really make one wonder if democracy is such a good idea. The fact that so many people spent so long.. (or, perhaps the comments are just fiction).

Very clever, and says a lot about our society.

 

posted by: kenjprice at January 08, 2006 20:22 | link | comments |
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