Archive for January, 2005
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20 Jan 2005
The Opportunity rover has discovered the first ever meteorite ever found on another planet. The probabilities involved have led some researchers to wonder what this tells us about the cratering rate and weather patterns on Mars.
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20 Jan 2005
Ask MetaFilter comes to the rescue, finding the answer to something that's bugged me for two and a half years. Simply phenomenal.
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20 Jan 2005
Somehow, I think Vlad's idea in today's Achewood would really be popular (in an ironic pop-culture Subservient chicken-esque sorta way). With a free afternoon, a few sandwiches and fixins, and a hungry woman, we could probably fake it.
Update: Is this somehow related?
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19 Jan 2005
In previous years, 24's bad guys roster has included a family from the Balkans, unidentified Mideastern countries, Mexican drug smugglers, and a British former intelligence officer. (Not to mention Nina. Where's she from?) But Muslims are (rightfully) upset with the depiction of the otherwise normal-seeming Araz family as a terrorist sleeper cell.
Your local Fox affiliate may begin showing PSA's before, during, or after the episodes.
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18 Jan 2005
Gizmodo has a photo of some pretty damn cool keychains: miniature terrariums with cacti inside. One of those and a blue tritium-filled keychain would make me happy.
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18 Jan 2005
Interweb personality trivia: Andy Baio sat behind Sean Astin in Anthropology 101 at LAVC.
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18 Jan 2005
I've started taking some pictures with my low-res camera on my Visor, and posting them to Flickr. There are a few up there of my workplace right now. I hope to integrate a "latest photos"-type thing into plutor.org in the near future.
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17 Jan 2005
Remember those six pound burger photos that made the rounds a while ago? The bar's challenge -- eat the burger in less than three hours -- has been met by a 19-year-old 100-pound female college student from New Jersey.
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17 Jan 2005
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14 Jan 2005
"Satirize a Goofus and Gallant strip" Fark Photoshop contest. Possibly one of the best ever.