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Garfield the cat doesn’t actually speak, so what would Garfield the comic look like if he just wasn’t there? Apparently it would look like Jon is a mental patient.

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A very cool new scooter design from the MIT Media Lab Smart Cities Group.

by Zach 1 year ago | Link »

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The ROFLCon preliminary guest list is up. They’re trying to get every famous internet meme or celebrity to go to Harvard in April for a conference. Must attend!

by Zach 1 year ago | Link »

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In case you actually decided to try Dwarf Fortress: The best how-to guide ever on how to play.

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Date Archive: May, 2006

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Time Wednesday May 31 2006 5:20pm

Permalink for '' Pythagorean Switch

Author by Brian Tags under , Comments with 8 comments

Leave it to the Japanese to come up with their own incredibly quirky brand of children’s educational television. Pitagora Suicchi, or Pythogorean Switch, is “a Japanese educational television program where children’s “way of thinking” is augmented under the supervision of Masahiko Satou and Mazumi Naitou.” The shows feature several Rube Goldberg (I hate to […]

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Time Tuesday May 30 2006 12:21pm

Permalink for '' I don’t like Airports

Author by Zach Tags under Comments with 1 comment

Ever since I started going to school 3000 miles away from home I’ve come to spend a significant amount of time in airports 4 times a year. The more time I spend in them the more I come to really really dislike them. Airports are dirty, crowded, poorly designed and full of […]

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Time Saturday May 27 2006 8:50pm

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Today’s guest author is Kat Kim, a fellow student and friend from Olin College. We’ve been getting settled into apartments in Boston for summer jobs. Kat had a considerably more interesting experience than we did, and she’d like to share it with the world.
Becoming an independent adult is a very eye-opening experience. There is […]

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Time Friday May 26 2006 5:37pm

Permalink for '' Beta Bites: Issue 13

Author by Brian Tags under Comments with 2 comments

We missed you last week. Here’s a present:

Brendan - How to Snatch An Expiring Domain - I was trying to do just that yesterday on a domain’s expiration date, and yet I noticed that the status of the domain didn’t change at all when the day had come and gone. So, I happened across […]

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Hoo-freaking-ray! Now, let me preface this post by saying that I despise the actions of the RIAA as much as the next person, and that I’m all for fair use. However, fair use has a limit. It doesn’t mean that you can do absolutely whatever you want with files. Some irresponsible people online seem […]

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