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Wednesday
Mar 28, 2012
Conventional wisdom is that, to run Linux, you need a 32 bit CPU, a few megabytes of RAM, and a few gigs of disk space. Dmitry Grinberg shows that it really requires a lot less than that.
to Computing by riotnrrd
Voronoi diagrams, or sufaces if you're in 3D, are a way to divide space based on a distribution of points. It's popular in design, because it gives nicely formed, organic-looking shapes. They're incredibly useful for all sorts of geometric applications And now you can make bookshelves out of them.
to Mathematics by riotnrrd
Tuesday
Mar 27, 2012
This rebirth didn't happen.
to Memepool-News by isosceles
Monday
Mar 26, 2012
"What is the fourth dimension? Most people assume it is an inaccessible parallel universe that is impossible to completely understand, much like North Korea. This app lets you see it for yourself with only a minimal amount of headaches and nausea."
to Art by joshua
Friday
Mar 16, 2012
Touchy is a human camera, who is blinded constantly until someone's touch enables the opening of the automated shutters.
to Art by fool
Friday
Mar 19, 2010
What happened to memepool?
to History by crikey
Thursday
May 7, 2009
Many today have either forgotten R. Buckminster Fuller, or remember him as a sort of American visionary. In her new book, Becoming Bucky Fuller, Loretta Lorance challenges Bucky's autobiographical account of his life, and his legacy. Likewise, Buckminster Fuller expert and atheist blogger Trevor Blake challenges Bucky's track record as an inventor in a three part essay.
to Commentary by klint
Monday
Apr 21, 2008
Time lapse video and article about a man stuck in an elevator for 41 hours.
to Transportation by fool
Friday
Apr 18, 2008
An interview with the gentleman who created the largest time-waster of modern computing reveals his admiration of fake or not as well as this outdated website.
to Games by fool
Tuesday
Feb 26, 2008
When I die I'll go to Heaven, because I've already spent my time in Hell. And I picked up an engraved Zippo there, so I can smoke too.
to Gadgets by fatherdan
Monday
Dec 10, 2007
The Four Squeezins are two gentlemen (one of whom apparently dwells in the Uncanny Valley) who play musicfarting sounds. Throughout all of this, however, they maintain the utmost in decorum, amid all the pomp and circumstance.
to Music by isosceles
Sunday
Nov 4, 2007
The deep plot and backstory of Pac-Man meets the non-stop action of Zork: Pac-Txt!
to Games by isosceles
Saturday
Sep 22, 2007
A bathroom fixture for your comfort and happiness. It opens!
to Technology by leptirica
Friday
Sep 7, 2007
Temple Grandin, a doctor of animal science, devotes her life to designing more humane abbatoirs. That site is a treasure trove of information on both animal behavior as well as humane ways of dispatching them in ways that conform with modern technology and religious restrictions. And she is autistic, to boot. Her essay, "Animals are Not Things" is a good way of showing that one can care about animal welfare and still enjoy eating them.
to Zoology by isosceles
Citizens, I present to you Lee L. Mercer Jr., the next President of the United States! He has a compelling biography and shares your concerns about circumstances!
to Politics by riotnrrd
Thursday
Aug 30, 2007
Like literature by the volume? Read War and Peace and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and still find yourself wanting more? May I recommend the Harvard Classics (5 feet, 85 pounds) or the Penguin Classics (52 miles, 763 pounds).
to Books by fool
Sunday
Aug 5, 2007
If Tetris bores you, then play Statetris: Tetris with European nations.
to Games by isosceles
Friday
Jul 27, 2007
I never expected the bleak existentialism of early Peanuts to work well with the drunken, failed machismo of Charles Bukowski but, wow, it does.
to Art by riotnrrd
Monday
Jul 23, 2007
It's time for a trip to Nintendoland... for a crash course in KNOWLEEEEEEEDDDDGE!
to Sex by isosceles
Saturday
Jul 21, 2007
Thriller as performed by prisoners in the Philippines, Bollywood, and a wedding party.
to Art by fool
Tuesday
Jul 17, 2007
Unquestionably the best Victorian-themed slap-fight flash game ever.
to Flash by riotnrrd
Wednesday
Jun 27, 2007
You've probably already heard of Kopi Luwak Coffee, but now you can also buy tasteful gifts for your friends and family made from fresh, pure elephant poop.
to Outdoors by scromp
Friday
May 11, 2007
Dynamically added pigeon fez!
to Computing by riotnrrd
Wednesday
Apr 11, 2007
So, it appears Cats like public transit. Good. Now if we can only get these high- rolling dogs to stop skateboarding and playing poker, all our problems will be solved!
to Pets by caspian
Tuesday
Apr 10, 2007
Dead marriage? Bury the past and move on to a new tomorrow.
to Humor by leptirica
Monday
Apr 2, 2007
If rock, paper, scissors is losing its lustre, take it to the next level with rock, paper, scissors, gun, dynamite, nuke, lightning, devil, and so on and so on...
to Games by riotnrrd
Friday
Mar 16, 2007
Tempo and duration aren't fixed in classical music. Conductors exhibit a fair amount of flexibility with tempos but they also tend to slow with age. From a statistical analysis of 363 performances of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.
to Music by borges
Tuesday
Mar 13, 2007
Medical mystery: A truly bizarre skin condition.
to Health by borges
Monday
Mar 5, 2007
Mr. Muggles is the real hero of Heroes.
to Television by roo
Monday
Jan 8, 2007
GIRLS GONE GRABBLIN!!
to Culture by scromp
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