Stuff from 26 February, 2007
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 26 February, 2007.
The Official Snack …
These pizza flavored Combos are, apparently, officially related to Nascar.
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 26 February, 2007.
Fun, useful, cool looking internet speed test - Check out the US speeds under the “countries” tab. US: 4661 kb/s down & 880 kb/s up. Compare to the number one ranked Japan 9358 kb/s down and 3241 kb/s up!
That makes Japan’s download speeds over twice as fast as US speeds, and upload speed almost 4 times as fast. This means the average Japanese computer user could download a YouTube video in half the time, and upload a video in a quarter the time their American counterpart would spend. The United States really has taken a backseat to other countries in this speed race. Oh, and don’t give me the “well, they’re a small country so they can quickly roll out high speed to many people” thing, because numbers 2 and 3 on this fastest internet list are Sweden and Latvia — hardly known for their population density.
Mykala, your pen is being kept in a safety deposite box until I see you again so nothing will happen to it.
Alex, that may be one of the best pictures of a pen ever…I am not sure how large of a genre that is, but at least you are at the top.
Nils, keep quiet about where this pen came from and you may just get your own.
Wait, how is that possible? Can someone versed in the ways of the sciences explain this confusing (yet visually pleasing) series of photographs? Thank you from a history major.
These pizza flavored Combos are, apparently, officially related to Nascar.
She surely does … I wonder what she was thinking.
I don’t consider myself particularly gifted in the art of conversation. My one hard and fast rule is to avoid saying too much or revealing a lot of my personality; I would rather most people saw me as shy and reserved, instead of judging me on a sliver of myself that is likely misrepresentative of the whole. This default reserved behavior is important in surviving when speaking to or interacting with a novel group, where you can feel the judgments flying back and forth like biscuits in a food fight.
The biscuits certainly fly around in my lab group, where we have a lot of dead time between experimental procedures. Staring into the laminar flow hood watching the micropipetting of IgG antibodies for the ELISA assay, I found my brain listening to a conversation amongst the girls in my group about open bars at weddings. The general consensus was, if it could be afforded, an open bar is a fun option for most any reception. Conversation continued, touching on making beer free but charging for liquor, and finding the appropriate people to pay for such amenities. Emboldened by the relaxed atmosphere, I thought I would chime in with a comment: “Yeah, or you could make it BOYB for the reception.” *silent cymbal crash indicating humor*
Crickets. No response at all. If I had been a comedian on stage, a very long cane would have pulled me off into the wings. Now granted, my statement wasn’t particularly funny (I’m not defending it on those grounds), but I really don’t think it earned the title of Worst Conversation Addendum Ever — No Response Necessary. Though earn that title it did. Handily, even. I threw in the conversational towel and went back to keeping my mouth shut.
Those must be very fast combos. I do not know about the rest of you but I feel like I want them more now that they are official NASCAR merchandise.
I agree, and it’s been getting me thinking - some of these comments are real softballs (that is, they are well suited for witty responses) that I feel Ryan M. Markoe could knock out of the park.
He should return triumphantly to tumbledry.