On July 19, 2006, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired what is largely considered the best explanation of the Net Neutrality Act ever put together. Please listen closely (and laugh along, too) — if opposition to Net Neutrality gains any traction, then internet as we know it will be done for. Stay informed, voters!
As a web developer who has struggled with Internet Explorer for, well, nigh on 8 years… this is hilarious:
“Internet Explorer’s CSS rendering: WYSIWTF.”
We now return you to your regularly scheduled tumbledry’age’ing’ster’ling’ly.
I love little facts like the one from a Wikipedia article on the White Sands National Monument:
Unlike dunes made of quartz-based sand crystals, the gypsum does not readily convert the sun’s energy into heat and thus can be walked upon safely with bare feet, even in the hottest summer months. In areas accessible by car, children frequently use the dunes for downhill sledding.
100-degree sledding is food for thought.
This morning, I had an 8:30 meeting on the sixth floor of the pilot process/laboratory building next to the building in which I work. I sprinted up 6 flights of stairs to wake myself up (and to get to the floor the meeting was on). The view from the conference room was incredible.
You see, 3M’s campus is covered in oak trees, and they all got a thick coating of frost last night. So, this morning, a diffuse reddish-golden glow shone over the entire scene — it looked like the kind of view you would have from a castle in a storybook. With some effort, I stopped admiring the brilliant colors of the perfect dream-like winter landscape and focused my thoughts on the meeting ahead. I wondered if any one of my colleagues were as distracted as myself by the beauty behind them. Perhaps, I mused, decades in cubes and laboratories stunts one’s appreciation of the transient beauty of nature. It was like a Schumann opus playing behind a group of deaf people.
Matt Haughey’s Thoughts going through my mind while at the dentist, listening to my iPod and on nitrous for the first time piques my curiosity about the day at dental school where you practice novocaine injections on your peers. Hmm, I wonder if everyone has to practice gas, too.
The parking garage of the Library of Kansas City looks like a bunch of huge books lined up against one another. The Charlotte’s Web book looks exactly how I remember it.
Confucius say: “Man who run behind car get exhausted, but man who run in front of car get tired.”
The 18th Century Sundial and Compass is a great gift idea for that wanderer in your life who also has a timeless (har) sense of style. This isn’t a hint as a gift for me (I could use a kitchen table, frankly), but I thought I’d pass it along.
Nils writes:
This video describes visually and aurally what Indian culture is all about: Benny Lava. I have never seen a more educational video on Indians than this one right here.
I want to be Benny Lava,
Nils
Gosh darnit if that isn’t catchy. Thanks!
Warner Chappell Music owns the copyright to the song “Happy Birthday to You.” You may view the lyrics and request a license for performing the song in public. Can I get a “lame”?
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