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- A massive LEGO homage to Logan's Run, if there was ever an intersection of my interests...http://flic.kr/p/8xAYaT 6 hours ago
- Oh, for ****'s sake. RT @newswise: Another oil rig in gulf of Mexico has exploded, ap reports 17 hours ago
- The Scientist on how researchers may trust reporters. I'm going to nail copies of this up all over the Institute: http://bit.ly/9LBEcg 2010/09/01
Category Archives: Uninformed Critic
Handwriting recognition on the iPad
A new app claims to answer the one major objection I had to buying an iPad: where’s handwriting recognition? So this means I’m buying an iPad, right? No, are you kidding? They’re expensive. I’ll manage without…for now… …and when I … Continue reading
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Tagged gizmos, ipad, technology
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Massive Bat Die-off in NJ? Maybe…and another fungus to blame!
The Star-Ledger reports that 95% of NJ bats died off this winter from a fungal infection known as “white-nose syndrome.” That sounds pretty damned scary, until you read the article and find that the headline was taken from a single … Continue reading
Posted in Dumb thoughts, Rant/Rave, Science Fandom, Science/Geek, Uninformed Critic
Tagged bats, bees, die-off, frogs, fungus
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Why I don’t go into the water Britain …Reason #1,767
The Telegraph reports finding a 600ft jellyfish crop circle found in an Oxfordshire field. Kill it!!! Oh, wait… At the end of the article, the writer oddly refers to an entirely different crop circle from last year, and reuses the … Continue reading
Black Sheep, THE best grossout horror comedy I’ve seen in years
This Saturday we were graced by the lovely Liz and her charming Frank. We provided the pizza (pi for pie day. Sicilian, of course, because pi are square. I’ll keep saying that until its funny.) and they provided the love, … Continue reading
“…we are all vainer of our luck than of our merits…”
– Nero Wolfe. Still breaking in my Sony Reader. Sure it isn’t as hip as the Kindle — and doesn’t have wireless — but it does what I want it to do very well. I’m on my third Rex Stout … Continue reading
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Tagged Nero Wolfe, Sony Reader
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And Louie, Louie Gets Me Hot Just Thinking about It
Interesting press release in my morning Eurekalert! feed In an article published in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that teenagers who preferred popular songs with degrading sexual references were more likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Dumb thoughts, General stuff, PR Guy, Science/Geek, Skeptic, Uninformed Critic
Tagged Borg, music, science
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The Uninformed Critic Presents: Battle of The MST3K Stars
This is totally more Keri bait (dude, do you even read emails?)…but here’s proving that I can judge a book by its cover: RiffTrax vs. Cinematic Titanic…Mike vs. Joel… RiffTrax Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett Audio tracks to be … Continue reading
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