Sunday, February 25, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Craig Ferguson: no more Britney jokes (crowd laughs anyway)
Via: VideoSift
Ferguson sometimes drops the cynical late-night stance and speaks earnestly. This Monday, he decided to avoid cheap shots at the weak while reserving the right to jab at the powerful, as comedy should.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Totally fascinating in depth look at life in Tehran Iran
Via: VideoSift
In depth views of what life is actually like in Iran, beyond the insultingly shallow 1.5 minute nightly news American flag burning/nuclear weapon aspiring facade.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Ben's Guide to Gifts for Ex-Girlfriends
Looking for the perfect gift for your ex? Ben can help you craft the perfect present, as well as give you pointers on how to get it to her without violating your restraining order.
The Boy With the Incredible Brain - Daniel Tammet
Via: VideoSift
This is a documentary on one extraordinary (even by savant standards) person: Daniel Tammet. Daniel exhibits, aside from the amazing intellectual capabilites associated with savantism, self-awareness of his mental processes and is a relatively high-functioning autist. This is a huge thing, since most savants cannot function or even survive in a society without plenty of support from others. Thus, Daniel receives the immense abilities of a savant, while missing many of the stereotypical drawbacks.
Thanks to Daniel's agreement to many cognitive experiments and studies, our knowledge of the human brain and its amazing feats, as well the resulting link to social and neurological problems, is expanding by orders of magnitude.
From Wikipedia: Daniel Paul Tammet (born January 31, 1979, London, England) is a British autistic savant gifted with a facility for mathematics problems, sequence memory, and natural language learning. He was born with congenital childhood epilepsy.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Surprisingly witty, fun talk on dictionaries (54 minutes)
Via: VideoSift
"I am not the curator of the word museum." Erin McKean, editor and lexicographer for the New Oxford American Dictionary, describes the ten things she wishes people knew about dictionaries, how people go about making new words, and how lexicographers use Google.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
20 Hints-from-Helouise style tips
1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
2. Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time.
3. To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
4. To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.
5. To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature & roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
6. To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop-skillet will be much easier to clean.
7. When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead-no white mess on the outside of the cake.
8. If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato-it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up."
9. Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
10. Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.
11. When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness. (ah, an old 1940’s Fannie Farmer trick!)
12. To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh-if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
13. Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
14. Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
15. If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
16. Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
17. To get rid of itch from mosquito bite: try applying soap on the area, instant relief.
18. Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march-see for yourself.
19. When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
20. NOW Look what you can do with Alka-Seltzer:
* Clean a toilet-drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china.
* Clean a vase-to remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
* Polish jewelry-drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes.
* Clean a thermos bottle-fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).
* Unclog a drain-clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.
Via The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute
2. Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time.
3. To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
4. To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.
5. To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature & roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
6. To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop-skillet will be much easier to clean.
7. When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead-no white mess on the outside of the cake.
8. If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato-it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up."
9. Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
10. Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.
11. When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness. (ah, an old 1940’s Fannie Farmer trick!)
12. To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh-if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
13. Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
14. Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
15. If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
16. Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
17. To get rid of itch from mosquito bite: try applying soap on the area, instant relief.
18. Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march-see for yourself.
19. When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
20. NOW Look what you can do with Alka-Seltzer:
* Clean a toilet-drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china.
* Clean a vase-to remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
* Polish jewelry-drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes.
* Clean a thermos bottle-fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).
* Unclog a drain-clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.
Via The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute
Something Awful's Guide to Graduate School
Have you ever wanted your total debt to escalate from sub-epic to epic? Do you want to alienate your friends, family, and co-workers with your shocking lack of ignorance? Are you comfortable with your life beginning at 30? Can you handle another two years of scurvy and other pirate-related diseases due to your continued appalling diet? Yes, in our current setting - not unlike Blade Runner - where educated people are held in contempt more than ever, now has never been a better time to enter graduate school. After all, if the children of the future don't ignore you, who will they ignore?
Read more at Something Awful.
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Read more at Something Awful.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Saturday, February 03, 2007
American Gun Owners in their Homes
From Neatorama:
Since the founding of the United States, guns have remained an integral, yet controversial, component of American culture. The passion for guns held by many Americans stretches across all social and racial boundaries, as illustrated by Krause Books’ photo series entitled Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes.
The photographs are very well done, and the juxtaposition between owner and type of gun owned is sometimes surprising.
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Exciting Avant-Garde Candy Bars
"I suppose it’s in our politically-correct nature as a society to try to please everyone and fill every little niche. However, much like sexual fetishes, there is someone out there for everything under the sun. It really got me thinking…when does it stop? How far can you go?"
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Young MC -- Bust a Move
Via: VideoSift
I watch this just for the tuxedo t-shirts and the guy with pants made out of stuffed animals.
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