Public Service Announcements
h/t Mike Flynn
Friday Fun
More Time Wasting
From our friends at Failblog, There, I Fixed It, a collection of strange and interesting kludges.
The Cremation of Sam Magee
One of my favorite poems, by Robert W. Service.
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Family Dog
Amazing Stories - Family Dog
I loved this cartoon, it is from Stephen Spielberg's Amazing Stories. I think the dog reminded me a bit of the chihuahuas we had when I was a kid.Update on 2009-06-19 19:56 by Ben Espen
I just noticed that Brad Bird
Penny Stack and Coin Bridges
How to make bridges with pennies, and other feats of civil engineering.
I couldn't help but think about the old joke: what's the difference between civil engineering and mechanical engineering?
Civil engineers make targets, mechanical engineers make bombs.
Physics Warning Labels
WARNING: Reading this post will contribute to the heat death of the universe.
A Call for More Scientific Truth
in Product Warning Labels
by Susan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky
As scientists and concerned citizens, we applaud the recent trend towards legislation that requires the prominent placing of warnings on products
Top Ten No Sympathy Lines
http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/nosymp.htm
For anyone who has ever graded papers.