Posts from — October 2004

Worship the yellow:

National Geographic Prints The Greatest Ever Scientific Article In the History of The World..

You get the feeling someone just lost it one day in the editorial meeting. Frankly, I’m going to have this one framed. Worship the Yellow, my young friends.

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clearly the National Geographic gets it right.

Homeland Security saves America by busting a toy store owner for legally selling a Rubik’s Cube knockoff:Mark Frauenfelder:
Reinvigorated after spending $500,000 on a self-congratulatory awards dinner in which it handed out “lifetime achievement” awards, the two-year old Dept. of Homeland Security went after an extremely dangerous toy store owner who was selling a knockoff of a Rubik’s Cube. We can all sleep a little more soundly tonight.

The next day, two men arrived at the store and showed Cox their badges. The lead agent asked Cox whether she carried a toy called the Magic Cube. She said yes. The Magic Cube, he said, was an illegal copy of the Rubik’s Cube, one of the most popular toys of all time. He told her to remove the Magic Cube from her shelves, and he watched to make sure she complied.

The whole thing took about 10 minutes.

After the agents left, Cox called the manufacturer of the Magic Cube, the Toysmith Group, which is based in Auburn, Wash. A representative told her that the Homeland Security agents had it wrong. The Rubik’s Cube patent had expired, and the Magic Cube did not infringe on rival toy’s trademark.

Link (Thanks, Ben!)

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well this is cute isn’t it. i mean it isn’t as if these things should matter, but apparently…. they do.

PhotoShop Weasels:

Mithras at Kos proves that the Bush campaign’s latest ad doctors a small crowd into a large one.

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more lying from the bushies…. it is not surprising anymore.

either it works or it doesn’t

radio is done.

i'm finding a new blog tool. expect irregular blog updates until i decide.

the reason

radio loses data in crashes, in a major way…. i lost 10 posts today, and have lost more in the past. i don't like it, don't need it.

so, what i need to find is a great aggregator with that in hand, i can then decide on how to post to a blog tool.

Grace Hopper Celebration Coming up soon: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, October 6-9 in Chicago Illinois. The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2004 is the fifth in a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career…

by three dead trolls…..

classic.

Another convert to KoL. Following reports from The Ludologist and the women_dev listserv, I tried out the online Kingdom of Loathing earlier this week. The game is a masterpiece. I especially like the humor, the simplicity, and the fact that the game itself limits you in regards to playtime– you are given 40 'adventures' each day to use as you want, but when they're up, you're done. Well, not really. If you eat food or drink alcohol, you can gain more adventures. But so far I've only gained a few from doing so, encouraging me to log out and get back to work…. [MemoryCard]

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it is a great game…. especially if you get into the culture of it. it is much broader than it seems to be at first glance…. the metagaming is a game in itself.

W. Bush's Social Constructions. Wow. I thought social constructionism in science was on the way out. That there was going to be a material… [Projectories]

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but the social construction of idiotic actions is never out……

The Scowcroft – George W. Bush Issue. Editor's Cut: Scowcroft Blasts W.. Listen to Brent Scowcroft for more evidence that W. is a reckless extremist. [The Nation Weblogs] [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog]

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well at least someone sees the bigger issues here in terms of national security policy…… too bad he isn't in the administration.