Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Forgotten History: Ice Delivery in 1918
From a fascinating collection of colorized vintage photos comes this great image. Caption: "'Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is being done by girls. The girls are delivering ice on a route and their work requires brawn as well as the patriotic ambition to help.' September 16, 1918. Original black and white photo by American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918, colorized by Dana Keller."
Frozen.
Ave atque Vale, James Rebhorn
Veteran character actor James Rebhorn (even if you don't know the name, you probably know the face) has died, and he wrote his own obit. Read it! I think I have something in my eye.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Awesome: 20+ Disney/Pixar Characters Sing "Let It Go"
That is, 20+ characters and 1 amazing fellow named Brian Hull. For even more fun, listen to the video without watching it.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes!
Here's your 1980s nostalgia in glorious fashion as Kevin Bacon proves that he's still got it at 55 as he outdances people half his age. (Footloose is 30 years old this year?!)
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Ouch.
Hey, Barack? The 1930s called. They want the UK's foreign policy back. http://t.co/4oUqVKMKxt
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 20, 2014
Nerd News: Gaming the New SAT
I repeat: standardized exams test basically only how well you know how to take standardized exams. Obviously you can game them.
Friday, March 21, 2014
If You Strike Me Down, I Shall Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine: Turkish Twitter Edition
Via Samizdata comes this report:
Shortly after the Twitter ban came into effect around midnight, the micro-blogging company tweeted instructions to users in Turkey on how to circumvent it using text messaging services in Turkish and English. Turkish tweeters were quick to share other methods of tiptoeing around the ban, using “virtual private networks” (VPN) – which allow internet users to connect to the web undetected – or changing the domain name settings on computers and mobile devices to conceal their geographic whereabouts.
Some large Turkish news websites also published step-by-step instructions on how to change DNS settings.
On Friday morning, Turkey woke up to lively birdsong: according to the alternative online news site Zete.com, almost 2.5m tweets – or 17,000 tweets a minute – have been posted from Turkey since the Twitter ban went into effect, thus setting new records for Twitter use in the country.
March Madness: Duke's Out In the First Round
I didn't even have time to blink, much less get my Duke hate on, before the Blue Devils got eliminated from the Big Dance this afternoon. And just who beat the #3 seed and basketball powerhouse? Mercer. WHO? Yeah. Mercer, the 14th-seeded school that I had never even heard of.
You know, gigantic upsets like this are what make March Madness so great!
By the way, that howling you hear is the sound of millions of college hoops fans lamenting their now-ruined brackets.
As for Duke ... BYE BYE BYE!
UPDATE: Need a tutorial in dancing the Nae Nae on the grave of Duke's tournament dreams? We aim to please here at MM Blog!
You know, gigantic upsets like this are what make March Madness so great!
By the way, that howling you hear is the sound of millions of college hoops fans lamenting their now-ruined brackets.
As for Duke ... BYE BYE BYE!
UPDATE: Need a tutorial in dancing the Nae Nae on the grave of Duke's tournament dreams? We aim to please here at MM Blog!
Friday Fun Video: "What a Bunch of A-holes."
Yes, yes, I know the trailer's been out for a few weeks. I've been watching it for that long because it is hilarious! It never fails to make me smile, and - let's face it - with yet another wave of frigid temps and sleet/snow hitting the East Coast, we could all use a smile. Anyone up for a crazy space adventure starring a quintet of desperadoes with a 1970s Swedish rock band on the soundtrack? Oh, Marvel, you had me at "space raccoon with an automatic weapon."
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Couch Potato Chronicles: Stats and Arguing About TV
Lies, damned lies, and statistics! I don't care. I still think Breaking Bad is better than The Wire. There. I said it.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
LOL: Smaug on Twitter
I'm not sure what's funnier: the fact that some wag is on Twitter tweeting in the guise of Tolkien's dragon or that he can come up with things like this:
why is everyone so mad about people putting animals on vegan diets like heck yeah feed your animals all the vegans you can find
— Smaug (@actual_smaug) January 20, 2014
The Cat's Meow: Egypt in 3600 BC
Wow:
The skeletons of six cats, including four kittens, found in an Egyptian cemetery may push back the date of cat domestication in Egypt by nearly 2,000 years.
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