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More Trouble With Blaintology

In the spirit of Josh's last post; getting called on your bullshit can be painful, like so:

Would you like to learn more about Blaintology?

When a famous tantric guru boasted on television that he could kill another man using only his mystical powers, most viewers either gasped in awe or merely nodded unquestioningly. Sanal Edamaruku’s response was different. “Go on then — kill me,” he said.

Plenty more found here.

Elegant

http://yourworldoftext.com/love
You can go there without the /love at the end, or add your own /evil, /sex, /whatever

Each destination starts as a blank wall, you drag yourself around in there, and you can write whatever you like wherever you like in regular monotype.

It's simple and elegant, and awesome.

BFD

There's something lovable about Joe Biden for me. His spontaneity? His goofiness? His good-natured lack of propriety, perhaps? Whatever it is, I think it's pretty well embodied in this clip here.

I'm also loving that Obama wasn't the least bit offended by it, and that one of his first reactions was to put it on a t-shirt.


(Thanks again to Chris Cactus!)

Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

Since not everyone has read the comics, although they should, the movie looks spectacular!

Also didn't realize they got such an awesome cast to play the seven evil ex-boyfriends.

August is such a long way away.

Some Criticism

The stereotypist (John Campbell of pictures for sad children) takes a look at Star Trek: The Next Generation. He totally accurate and not kind.

Speaking of Numbers...

The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.

Ada Lovelace, Notes on Menabrae’s Memoir on the Analytic Engine

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Cheers to the original computer programmer!

Nature by Numbers

I have a few quibbles with the inferential leaps people make about the Fibonacci number, phi and related ideas (for instance, fudging examples), but I cannot argue with the quality of the following video — it is a stunning visualization of the the relationship between the Fibonacci sequence, the Golden ratio, the Golden Angle, Delaunay Triangulation and Voronoi Tessellations:

This Made Me Smile

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

How many can you recognize? It's not a competition, just a fun test of your art history knowledge.

FSM Art.

I spent a moment this morning making fun of somebody's "helpful" description of a technical problem, with JohnnyLogic. Part of my railing included a Google Search of the word "This".

"This" resulted in the exploration of a page of evidence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Rationalist Anthem

The Movie I've Been Waiting For

"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" from Aaron Paul

In Communist Russia, Song Sings YOU.

A backlash to nihilism, perhaps?

(Thanks, Chris Cactus!)

Pumpkin

Rapping From Quarantine

Pardon Richard Nixon

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell

Attack!!

TV Science vs an "Actual Science" TV Show

Read the whole comic.

Solar Cell With >90% Efficiency!

Created at Caltech:

"These solar cells have, for the first time, surpassed the conventional light-trapping limit for absorbing materials," says Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor, professor of applied physics and materials science, and director of Caltech's Resnick Institute, which focuses on sustainability research.

The light-trapping limit of a material refers to how much sunlight it is able to absorb. The silicon-wire arrays absorb up to 96 percent of incident sunlight at a single wavelength and 85 percent of total collectible sunlight. "We've surpassed previous optical microstructures developed to trap light," he says.

More Reasons to be Cheerful

It's official: HBO has given a green light to a 10-episode series based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy series Game of Thrones and released the first image from the show, which you can view below. Production begins in June; no premiere date was announced.

The first official picture, below:

This Too Shall Pass Redux

Rube-Goldberg-tastik!

Gay Boyfriend, By Garfunkle and Oates

You can find the lyrics on the YouTube page.

Yes, Men, Cars Can Effect Your Attractiveness

It turns out that cars do have a measurable effect on the perceived attractiveness of men by women. Not the other way, however.

Wes Anderson's Spider-Man