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Trivia Thursday
In what Ursula Le Guin novel are the inhabitants of the planet Winter able to become either Male or Female depending on the dominant sexual emotion at the time they enter “heat?” The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, was based on what Arthur C. Clarke story? What football star was the other head in the…
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Link Dump
Solar System Necklace – Neat necklace that represents the solar system, each bead being 20 million miles. Geek Dad – Book of “awesomely geeky projects” for parents and kids to share; from the guy who does the GeekDad blog on wired.com. Two from the Star Wars shop: Bow TIE Tuxedo Shirt Slave Leia BBQ Apron…
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Seen Online
“I hope you’re a beta tester, because I’m unstable and flaky” is probably my worst pick-up line. — baileygenine hacker – Anyone who knows anything at all about computers beyond e-mail/web browsing, and therefore is a troublemaker. — FakeAPStylebook You know you’re doing something right in life when the Terminators show up. — badbanana after…
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The First Rule of Ferris Club…
…is you do not talk about Ferris Club. Y’know, the movie actually makes just as much sense if you imagine Cameron with multiple personality disorder. (via BoingBoing)
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RIP BLRWIZ
One of the O*W*C’s most loyal and long-standing members fell and injured himself badly a few months ago, and his brother just posted the sad news that he has passed away. August 1 Posted 3 hours ago It is with great sadness that I must report that my brother, Brad Rutter, passed away at 7:50…
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I Totally Plan to Do This
(From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)
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Trivia Thursday
On your Last Day you report to Carousel or you’re a runner. Who chases after runners? Name the Pink Floyd album Stanley Kubrick wanted to use music from for his film A Clockwork Orange (but the deal was never made to allow it). What happens in all of these novels? The Iron Dream (Spinrad), The…
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(Pseudo)Science!
Crispian Jago created this wonderful Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense. I particularly like the element “blocks.” He’s also made the image available on T-shirts and other bric-a-brac at CafePress. (via Friendly Atheist)
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Last Supper with Scientists
Larger version and a description of each scientist at Rational Crank.
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Moonbase Alpha
NASA has developed a commercial-quality video game called Moonbase Alpha, which requires players to get a lunar base’s life support back online running before everyone suffocates. The game imagines a base in the year 2020; a meteor strike disables its life-support systems, and one or more players must get it running in 25 minutes. The…