Category Archives: fun

Nerd merit badges Continue reading →

Geoffrey Pullum trashes "The Elements of Style" Continue reading →

Time traveler’s cheat sheet Continue reading →

DoJ argues wiretapping program is a "state secret", beyond the courts; and the US has "sovereign immunity" against lawsuits for spying that violates federal privacy laws Continue reading →

Scientists create inhaler delivery system for chocolatey goodness Continue reading →

Just testing the new posting method Continue reading →

EFF calls his DoJ's stance "worse than Bush's" Continue reading →

“Wolfram|Alpha isn’t really a search engine, because we compute the answers, and we discover new truths. If anything, you might call it a platonic search engine, unearthing eternal truths that may never have been written down before…”

– Stephen Wolfram (who’s like that guy in Pi who drills a hole in his head) Continue reading →

Between 310,000 and 580,000 of us will commit suicide by cigarette this year Continue reading →

Things to do with a time machine Continue reading →