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BLDGBLOG: Drains of Canada: An Interview with Michael Cook

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Okay—a new post, since who am I to resist Hawaiian blog zombies? I absolutely wish I was crazy enough to do this kind of crap. However, I’m guessing that the human element, if nothing else, makes this kind of idiocy more dangerous in my neck of the woods than in Canada.

BLDGBLOG: Drains of Canada: An Interview with Michael Cook

Boing Boing: XXX-XBOX: teledildonics mod with live video chat

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Your mom will clearly be taking a bigger interest in gaming…

Boing Boing: XXX-XBOX: teledildonics mod with live video chat

Hot hot optimus mini porn

Monday, August 21st, 2006

YouTube – Gizmodo: Optimus Mini Keyboard, Slot Machine

THE WAR AGAINST THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ON - Engadget

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Caps lock is annoying, but nowhere near as annoying (and useless) as scroll lock.

THE WAR AGAINST THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ON – Engadget

Quick! Bring me some mammoth sperm!

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Experiment on frozen sperm raises hopes of “restoring” extinct mammals – Wikinews

Social note taking for students - Lifehacker

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Haven’t tried it yet, and i have no use for it presently, but it seems like a good idea.

Social note taking for students – Lifehacker

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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

blogjam » Blog Archive » pepto-bismol ice cream

Victor Mair playa-hating on linguistic innovators of the 12th century

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

This is slightly funny, as we had to read Mair’s translation of Zhuangzi for Roth’s course (not nearly as good as the Graham translation of the Inner Chapters, and I recently bought a copy for future reference. (As opposed to borrowing the crap out of Dan’s copy, which is not a lot less convenient than it used to be.)

Also, I find it funny that the 12th century just isn’t good enough for him, as far as ancient proverbs go.

Language Log: Phony Oriental wisdom in the 12th century
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Boing Boing: Advertising TV shows on supermarket eggs

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

I find this deeply disconcerting. Eggs are creepy enough.

Boing Boing: Advertising TV shows on supermarket eggs

Boing Boing: Toothpick Engineering is Dentist’s Hobby (in 1940)

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

The last few words are clearly the best. Moral of the story: All you aspiring anthropologists had better have a good plan B.

Boing Boing: Toothpick Engineering is Dentist’s Hobby (in 1940)