Rejoice!
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Geekery, Radio, Science on Nov 24th, 2006
For it is the day after Thanksgiving, and Talk of the Nation Science Friday broadcasts the highlights of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes!
Ira! Ira! Ira!
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I Want to Move to Forks, WA
Posted in Allegedly Funny on Jul 18th, 2006
Okay, I think I may have found my dream town: Forks, Washington. The Mayor of Forks was interviewed on “All Things Considered” yesterday because Forks was predicted to have the lowest high temperature in the country. During the interview the mayor mentioned that people in town start complaining about the heat when the temps climb [...]
The Dewey Binary System
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Classification, Geekery, Libraries, Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2006
So, what do geek librarians in training do on a rainy Friday afternoon? We translate the Dewey Decimal System into Binary, of course! (For those of you who are unfamiliar with binary numbers, the following article from Wikipedia will tell you more than you probably ever wished to know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system)
So, here I present the much [...]
You know you’ve been in England for a while when….
Posted in Allegedly Funny, England Trip on May 29th, 2006
You start looking right, then left when crossing streets.
You recognize the coins.
You lost your sunglasses at least a week and a half ago, but haven’t really missed them yet (and may not have missed them for a few days after you lost them).
You recognize the names of most of what’s on tap when you pop [...]
