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Date: December 22nd, 2008

Quick Thinking

22 December, 2008 (13:46) | Food, Silly | 3 comments

Pizza delivery man tosses a hot pepperoni pizza in the face of a would-be robber.
In a completely unrelated story, pizzas are no longer allowed on airplanes, and carrying anything larger than a personal-size pizza is now considered “armed and dangerous.”
via Schneier

Crafts for Crazies

22 December, 2008 (04:52) | Weird |

Knitting for Psychos

Cabbage Crates Coming Over the Briny

22 December, 2008 (04:52) | Business, Language, Science-general, science-y observation |

Who has the worst jargon?
I was recently asked to fill out a questionnaire to evaluate how my place of work was doing in terms of some business metrics. It was hell. Two groups that love their jargon and acronyms, the government and business. I thought that it could have been worse, because [...]

Would You Like to Play a Game?

22 December, 2008 (04:51) | Game, Physics |

No, not Global Thermonuclear War.
Space Invader + Physics = Physics Invader
Physics Invader is a Flash based game applies physics, including gravity and mass to the demise of the 8-bit aliens. As your laser cannon pierces each invader, its tiny little pixelated body falls to the ground, and their little carcasses pile up at [...]

 

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