Posts from — June 2005

The Chronicle: Daily news: 06/23/2005 — 01:

Require students to pay a fee, equal to 1 percent of the amount they have borrowed, to student-loan guarantee agencies. Under federal law, the agencies are already allowed to charge the fee. But few of the guarantors have done so in recent years, for fear of losing business to competitors that don’t charge the fee.

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why? who does this benefit? not the students….

Takara Walkiebits Robot Turtles:

These tiny turtle ‘Walkiebits’ from Takara aren’t much more evolved than the wind-up walking toys Japan loves so well. They do have one new trick, though: you can tap a rhythm out on their shell—up to 15 raps—and the turtles will walk to that beat. Okay, not that impressive, but the 5 centimeter robots are only $13 (and might even show up in the US, as Takara is pretty good about exporting here).

Takara Walkiebits 5cm robots [TechJapan]

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walking turtles…..

What Kind of Insects Are Those Buffalo?:

Quote of the day from a page entitled "Perceptual Fallacies":

There is a tribe called the Ba Mbuti that provide evidence that size
constancy is learned. This tribe lives in a thick jungle where they
never are able to see more than a few yards away. When taken into a
field and shown Buffalo in the distance, they asked what kind of
insects they were. When told that the animals were buffalo, the
tribespeople thought it was witchcraft.

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this a great example of something that is universal in some sense, that we all live in our own contexts and reality outside of those contexts seems to be as much of a fiction as anything.

I am a Gauntlet Adventurer. I strive to improve my living conditions by hoarding gold, food, and sometimes keys and potions. I love adventure, fighting, and particularly winning – especially when there’s a prize at stake. I occasionally get lost inside buildings and can’t find the exit. I need food badly. What Video Game Character Are You?

from phantomcity

Open Letter:

I am writing you with much concern after I read of your hearing to decide
whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design to be taught along
with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all agree that it is important
for students to hear multiple viewpoints so they can choose for themselves
the theory that makes the most sense to them. I am concerned, however,
that students will only hear one theory of Intelligent Design..

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classic.

Hair Daze:

Hair Daze

surely this is the winner.

Dave Barry’s Blog:

This year we will once again be submitting our poems to the fun-loving guys and gals at poetry.com, who, we are sure, truly enjoy being a part of this effort. Just click on “ENTER CONTEST” and write your poem. To identify yourself as a participant in the Poetry Project, you should enter a “nomme de plume” (literally, “hors d’oeuvre”) that includes the name “Habte,” followed by a hyphen. The only restriction concerning the content of your poem is that it should include some reference to a mullet hairstyle.

Damn, I Need A Job:

“…when you wear your shirt you better have some resumes on hand…”

seems like a good idea….

Want!:

I must have this.

oh yes, me too. i used to have a rof darwinfish on my car….

Our Documents – 100 Milestone Documents:

some of the important documents of the united states. it is missing the treaty with the barbary pirates though, the one that stipulates that the u.s. is not a christian nation.