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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.

by Zach 2 months ago | Link »

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

by Zach 5 months 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 5 months 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.

by Brian 6 months ago | Link »

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Date Archive: June, 2006

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Time Thursday Jun 29 2006 7:27am

Permalink for '' Javascript is Dead. Long Live Javascript!

Author by Sean Tags under No Tags Comments with 5 comments

Good gracious. My mind is gone.
The phrase “The King is dead. Long live the King!” is a traditional proclamation made during the accession of European kings. It refers to the transferring of royal power from the king to the prince at the exact moment of death. According to Wikipedia:

Due to the memorable nature of […]

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Time Sunday Jun 25 2006 2:07pm

Permalink for '' International Philosophy Soccer Match

Author by Brian Tags under Comments with 0 comments

It may be of less educational value than the Pythagorean Switch video we showed awhile back, but it’s certainly no less entertaining. Especially if you happen to like philosophy. And Monty Python.
And now, for something completely different.

Again, make sure you watch all the way to the end…
Smacks oddly of chessboxing, don’t you think?
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Time Friday Jun 23 2006 10:11pm

Permalink for '' Beta Bites: Issue 17

Author by Brian Tags under Comments with 0 comments

Beta Bites, anyone?

Brendan - Hard Rock Hallelujah - A great music video by Finnish “monster rock” band Lordi, and won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest (here are the lyrics). Praise the lords of rock and roll!

Brian - On why .9 repeating = 1 - It does. Read the post. Read the comments.

Grant - Fake […]

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Hooray! I just love air travel, don’t you? Once again a quick-and-easy 2-leg flight has turned into a full day of needless pain.
So, I’m on my way back to Billings, MT from Boston, MA for my cousin’s wedding, right? I got up bright and early this morning at 5:00 am and snuck out of […]

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Okay. Words can not express my rage right now. Tell me if this sounds familiar: You have Windows Update turned on (this is an IT managed laptop, so I can’t turn it off. Besides, it’s Windows, right? You better be getting updates somehow). Updates auto-magically start downloading against your will. Luckily for you, they […]

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