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That number is hella ridiculous
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Oh man, a physics student at UC Davis has proposed that the number 1027 carry the prefix of “hella-”. As in a hellawatt, a hellagram, or a hellameter.
From the Urban Dictionary:
Hella
Originated from the streets of San Francisco in the Hunters Point neighborhood. It is commonly used in place of “really” or “very” when describing something.
The [...]
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Grocery divider etiquette
Are you constantly confused on who is responsible for putting a grocery divider down when in line at the check out stand? It’s a dilemma that I often find myself in as well. Stephen Pastis breaks is down.
I am constantly confused by the rules of etiquette for the little plastic dividers you use to separate [...]
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This happens to me all the time
What’s even scarier is how true the cats comment is.
[Via Ryan Block]
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Have there really been more earthquakes than average?
Damage in Santiago, Chile. Photo by Reuters/Marco Fredes
After the massive earthquake this past weekend in Chile, MSNBC published a sensationalistic piece entitled, “Is nature out of control?” The Wall Street Journal asked if three massive earthquakes around the world in two months are related and a cause for alarm. The mainstream media, always searching for [...]
Posted in geology, science 5 Comments
Picked up a new bike!
I picked up a new bike this weekend from someone on Craigslist! A ~1995 Schwinn Passage in perfect condition. It’s a great little touring bike and I’ve already put 25 miles on it.
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Civilization V announced!
Looks like Sid Meier and the gang at Firaxis have announced Civilization V, the latest game in the greatest video game series that has ever existed!
Here’s the trailer.
It’s going to be an extraordinarily long wait until Fall 2010.
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Cal Academy’s sneaky octopus
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article this morning on how carpenter ants have been borrowing out of their exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
One of the anecdotes they relate is the story of an octopus that snuck out of its enclosure at night and would snatch crabs from another tank. I’d actually [...]
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Green Screens
I always wondered how they filmed a number of these outdoor scenes in movies / television. This is devastating though. It’s like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real.
[Via Kottke]
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The Juliana Theory reunion tour is coming to SF!