Month: March 2005

My burrito has 48g of fat, and
1203 calories. How about yours?

SourceForge.net: Project Info – Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem:
Awesome.  Now I don’t have to reformat my MP3 drive when I toss it in the external enclosure I haven’t bought yet . . . .

I was so inspired by the neat photos on this flickr page, that I went ahead & made my own. It’s kinda boring, though; my laptop here at work sits in front of a window that looks onto a blank white wall. Anyway, take a look:

I ImageReady’ed it down to 56k, so it shouldn’t take too long to display. Click the “thumbnail” to view the full-size (1024×768) version.

Hopscotch – by Levi:
I don’t usually go into the “part comic, part writing” thing (as evidenced by the fact that I no longer read Everything Jake.  But something about Hopscotch calls to me (in a way).  It’s probably the great art that isn’t in plain old “black pencil on white” that catches me the most, but the narrative is also starting out very good, although many of the plot elements that I’ve seen so far are very reminiscent of other things I’ve read.  There are only 3 or 4 (issues? episodes? postings?) on the site right now, but from the look of it things are off to a good start.

I guess it comes from being a bartender…
(hat tip to Jacob)

Jungle Juice Congratulations! You’re 162 proof, with specific scores in beer (100) , wine (100), and liquor (147).

You are a true alcohol connisseur. You not only know what drinks are best for parties or dinner or cocktail bars, you can make most of them as well. You don’t mess around with the cheap stuff–only the good stuff will do.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 93% on proof You scored higher than 93% on beer index You scored higher than 95% on wine index You scored higher than 99% on liquor index

Link: The Alcohol Knowledge Test written by hoppersplit on Ok Cupid

You know, it’s interesting.  I notice this from time to time while I’l out driving around, and I think I can construct a formula to demonstrate it.  In most cases, the probability that a driver will use their turn indicators for turns or lane changes is inversely proportional to the purchase price of the vehicle.  I.e., prob(signal) = 1/vehicle.(purchase price)

Not a day goes by when I don’t get passed by some jerk in a Lexus who can’t be bothered to use their blinkers.  I mean, it’s not like it takes that much effort.  Maybe a pound of pressure on a lever that’s already at your fingertips.  And it keeps people from accidentally smashing into you because you’re too damn lazy to do it.

You’d think people driving a $30,000 luxury car would want to protect their investment.

Lateral Science – The Young Man’s Book of Amusement:
This is awesome. Just check out a few highlights:

• Valuable Transformation – Gold plating charcoal
• A more powerful Fulminating Powder
• The Leyden Phial – “…a painful jarring sensation is felt at the joints of the fingers, the elbows, shoulders & chest,…”
• To Recover a Fly after being drowned several hours
• Galvanic Experiments on the Dead Body of a Criminal

Everything a young man needs for hours of (thoroughly educational) amusement!