If you made caffeine radioactive, do you suppose it'd work better?
Depending on the type of coffee, it might turn you into a coffee-eating weasel. With super powers.
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
Book ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 10, 2008 6:09:07 am PDT #3977 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2008 6:15:21 am PDT #3978 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This is awesome:
Dance Your Ph.D. -- using no words or images, interpret your Ph.D. thesis in dance form.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2008 6:23:28 am PDT #3979 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people
Nelson sez, "Japanese researchers have developed a fire alarm that sprays the aroma of horseradish instead of ringing an alarm. It was effective in waking 13 out of fourteen test subjects within two minutes, deaf subjects reacting particularly quickly."
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2008 6:30:02 am PDT #3980 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Show this to your boss!
Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity
People using the 24-inch screen completed the tasks 52% faster than people who used the 18-inch monitor; people who used the two 20-inch monitors were 44% faster than those with the 18-inch ones.
Emily - Mar 10, 2008 6:33:11 am PDT #3981 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh yeah, Egypt's like that, with the Sunday-Thursday work week. It's always interesting to realize which things seem universal... aren't.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2008 6:37:02 am PDT #3982 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another contest to come up with a caption for an illustration- this one's great: [link]
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2008 6:42:17 am PDT #3983 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2008 6:49:10 am PDT #3984 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
This book cover, from tommy's link, is hysterical.
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2008 6:50:47 am PDT #3985 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People using the 24-inch screen completed the tasks 52% faster than people who used the 18-inch monitor; people who used the two 20-inch monitors were 44% faster than those with the 18-inch ones.
Secret of my success, baybee. And I also have one in landscape and one in portrait, just in case.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 6:52:18 am PDT #3986 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Big monitors give me headache!