Puppy cam:
It's possible that he's in the land of perpetual Wednesday, or the crazy melty land, or you know, the world without shrimp.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 61*
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.
Dana - Oct 27, 2008 8:28:25 am PDT #6790 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sue - Oct 27, 2008 8:30:20 am PDT #6791 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Hivemind: is there a standard conversion of words to minutes when you're writing a speech? I need to write a 15-minute talk (that will not actually be delivered), and have no idea what ballpark to be thinking about in terms of word or page count.
I think the rule of thumb is two minutes a double-spaced page.
Gudanov - Oct 27, 2008 8:30:52 am PDT #6792 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
sumi - Oct 27, 2008 8:31:06 am PDT #6793 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Thanks. So. cute.
Scrappy - Oct 27, 2008 8:31:58 am PDT #6794 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Two of those puppies are totally making out.
tommyrot - Oct 27, 2008 8:32:06 am PDT #6795 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.
Wow, I've never seen a picture of an epidexipteryx before.
PZ sez:
And here's what it would have looked like in life (only the colors are imaginary). It would have been about the size of a pigeon — I think a pack of these scurrying about New York's Times Square would be both scenic and would quickly clean up the pigeon problem there.
I totally want one....
megan walker - Oct 27, 2008 8:40:44 am PDT #6796 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think the rule of thumb is two minutes a double-spaced page.
That sounds about right. I think I usually tried to make my 20-minute conference talks between 10-12 pages.
Note: Double-spaced, with real margins (i.e., 1 inch, and not Word's new default of 1.25).
brenda m - Oct 27, 2008 8:46:28 am PDT #6797 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They totally were, Scrappy.
lisah - Oct 27, 2008 8:54:04 am PDT #6798 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
sarameg, thanks for posting about making cat boarding reservations. That helped me stop waffling and get on that.
tommyrot - Oct 27, 2008 8:59:00 am PDT #6799 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.
Robot maids are here! Or, they will be, in seven years. If you live in Japan.
I, Robot Maid: Toyota ushers in the era of the robot servant
Japan's rapidly declining population due to low birth rates and a graying majority has the country in a panic, but Toyota plans to save the day with a new category of server robots. Unveiled last week the new robot is the result of their collaboration with Tokyo University's Information and Robot Technology Research Initiative.
The robot demonstrated the ability to clean rooms, do laundry, and clear a dining room table, all with smooth moves and no accidents. The robot can recognize obstacles and learn from mistakes, abilities sure to improve seven years from now when Toyota plans to commercially release the robot and give Japanese consumers their very own Rosie the Robot Maid.