Randall Munroe, ladies and gentlemen, truth-teller of a generation: The Lease I’m glad that someone else out there is willing to admit that they honestly feel like they’ve merely been passing as an adult for pretty much their whole “adult” life? Though, I suppose merely asking the question our intrepid stick-figure hero does in panel […]
Coming up on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA is releasing never-released footage of the landing, which was presumed lost (it wasn’t initially released because the special camera used a high-quality format incompatible with commercial TV broadcasts). This, friends, is really pretty cool stuff, especially if you’re a fan of the […]
From this, responding to this, which was, in turn, responding to this: … I applaud cats for taking control of their evolutionary destiny. I don’t want a pet to be too industrious. I get pets because they’re relaxing. I don’t require strict obedience from a pet, and I like cats because they don’t obey you, […]
Japanese railway workers have their smile rated daily by a computer program: Your smile, rated on a scale of 1-100 using some strange facial recognition mirth detection algorithm, then offered happy-making platitudes if it’s not up to snuff. Then there’s this: Workers at Keihin Electric Express Railway will receive a print out of their daily […]
I came upon scalzi’s meditation on what it means to be an introvert during today’s spin through my carefully-crafted preferred subset of the internet, and recognized a lot of myself in the description. Not that I was necessarily surprised by this, I’ve been well aware that I’m an introvert for some time now (I’ve tested […]
Leopard Frogs can be found in all kinds of sites, from dirty cloudy marshlands to freshwater lakes. They come mostly from Southern Canada and the northern half of the Unites States. Mostly nocturnal creatures, these guys tend to take cover in the water when startled. They feed on various small invertebrates, including crickets, spiders, and […]
