Lately, I have been seeing this word a lot: "teh". For example, here is a post at Sadly, No which reads in its entirety: "Teh funny". And it links to something funny. Well, I finally had it. I wanted to know what "teh" meant. Guess what it means? "The". And when used in front of an adjective, it turns the … Read More
Viral Video
This video of two Chinese students lip-synching to the Backstreet Boy’s "I Want It That Way" is the latest in "viral video" — homemade videos that, for some reason, get passed around, emailed, uploaded, downloaded, and talked about. Why everybody loves these silly homebaked videos, I do not know. But they are strangely compelling, like a bad car accident. Still, … Read More
Now I Know Why I People Don’t Read My Blog More
From Harper’s, via Atrios: Number of erotic Harry Potter fan-fiction stories posted on a website run by an Illinois woman: 1,750 Average number of hits the site receives each day: 198,000
Sudoku
I haven’t joined the sudoku craze, but for those who have, did you know it is possible to play with pictures instead of numbers?
Bored?
Then try to draw yourself as a police sketch.
Ingenious Solution Is Pretty Stupid
As you all know, one of the difficulties in traveling to the moon is cargo weight. There is only so much a spacecraft can handle. You have to pack fuel, oxygen, and so on. And if you are planning to explore the moon in a vehicle, like the Apollo Moon Rover, that’s even more weight to consider. What if we … Read More
How Am I Doing?
This article list the top ten blogging design "usability issues": 1. No Author Biographies Unless you’re a business blog, you probably don’t need a full-fledged "about us" section the way a corporate site does. That said, the basic rationale for "about us" translates directly into the need for an "about me" page on a weblog: users want to know who … Read More
So Long, Jesse
Jesse Taylor is leaving political blogging to work in politics. Pandagon now in the able hands of Amanda Marcotte.
The Second Question Of The Day
In the same vein as this, the new question of the day is: Which movie scene always makes you laugh? Frankly, I’m too tired to play. But two answers quickly come to mind: From Dr. Strangelove: "Well, one of our generals went and… well, he went a little funny in the head. You know…just… funny." Also, "Gentlemen, you can’t fight … Read More