January 2012
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100 Years In 10 Minutes
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December 2011
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A Short History of the Modern Calendar
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Hello Halley's Comet again?
via reddit.com I ran across this comic on Reddit and it really struck a chord with me. I remember back in 1986 when Halley’s Comet was last visible. I was in the 5th grade, but didn’t actually get to see it. I still have a Halley’s Comet pencil that I got in school that year. I will be 86 when it comes around next in 2061. Hopefully I will be about to get out of my bed with...
XKCD's new Mnemonics
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Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How... →
Christopher Hitchens - an atheist's tribute →
Phthalates and BPA: Of Mice and Men →
Why Dr. Oz is wrong about arsenic and apple juice →
iPad 2 dropped in lava in the name of marketing
via news.cnet.com I usually hate when people destroy products for marketing. I guess what I liked most about this video is the up close shots at the lava. I was there in Hawaii two years ago running around in the harden lava. It was amazing to see. I wasn’t lucky enough to find any lava flowing over land though. Probably because I obeyed the hazard signs.
“Basically we’re still stuck in the situation we were three years ago and we...”
– Reagan Economic adviser Bruce Bartlett explains why Republicans have doomed the economy (via wilwheaton)
Lowe’s Home Improvement Store Succumbs To Hate →
Happy Caturday
via consumerist.com I wish my cat would sit long enough for me to wrap her up.
NPR should get a Pulitzer for this →
Perry: Not Ashamed, For Some Reason →
Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They...
via laughingsquid.com I couldn’t tell you how many trivia questions I have gotten right buy knowing that Istanbul use to be Constantinople thanks to the classic They Might Be Giants song. This electronic version of the song can be found on their new rarities album, Album Raises New and Troubling Questions.
Survivors Of Pearl Harbor 70 Years Later | Photos →
Some myth busting for the holiday season →
Kepler Confirms First Planet in Habitable Zone of... →
New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to... →