Random Wikipedia factoid of the day
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Random link | No Comments »Beer was prohibited in Iceland until 1989. This was too crazy a fact for me to just trust Wikipedia on. Sure enough: Beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989. Yes, this is not a misprint. Iceland, like the USA, underwent prohibition in ...
Best analysis of a PhD I’ve ever read
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »Found over at Jamie Lawrence's blog. I found myself nodding the whole way through. I remember hearing that, on average, 1.6 people will read your PhD thesis. I’m pretty sure that includes yourself, your spouse, your supervisor, your second supervisor and your ...
Random Wikipedia link of the day
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »Half plus seven rule.
Bubble 2.0
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Bay Area, Startups, Web products | No Comments »Annoying parodies aside, this is pretty spot-on. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I]
Amusing links
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »As shared in my reader sidebar, but I thought these were particularly amusing: Pulp Fiction as Shakespeare Polish Postcard Prank ABC runs the Lincoln-Douglas debates ...and for the Silicon Valley folks, Valleywag vs Arrington
Random Wikipedia Link of the Day – Donkey Kong Jr… MATH
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »Sometimes I worry about Wikipedia. I really do. After all, they'll delete the entry on Trovix, but they'll let something like this survive, nay, flourish. I present for your perusal, this. The game features one player and two player modes. ...
Amusing links
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »1001 uses for Jello in 1973. Does the Gold Kit really work? Photoshop disasters blog. Detroit vs Mountain View.
Isn’t Twitter a company that sells car parts?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues, Web products | No Comments »Amusing video (sadly only for a small group of people). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvKbv3FNW00]
Youtube comments versus Metafilter comments
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »As a follow-up to my post the other day, I found a great mashup highlighting the differences between the two. What I was served up just then. Youtube: who ever said he was fat, better watch their ass!!! ...
Amusing Youtube video of the day
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »Someone likes Apple a little too much. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjS89zUxtgM]
