one more link on why posting sensitive information on facebook is bad.
http://hackaday.com/2009/04/29/the-cloud-mirror/

second link stolen from john
http://www.geeksugar.com/3057465
http://www.shipmentoffail.com/fails/2009/04/sick-note-fail/

“…think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, like science festivals, robotics competitions, and fairs that encourage young people to create, build, and invent — to be makers of things, not just consumers of things.”

finally, nerds are patriotic. in obama's speech today he endorsed making things, robotics, and participation in science festivals. pardon me while i go eat some apple pie, play baseball, and make fun of those who buy foreign cars.

horray for free food and fancy alcohol! thank you security vendors!

sometimes city life overwhelms me with its constant stimulation, right angles, and flat surfaces. i need a break to get some peace and quiet and entropy.

i feel like a kid again, i'm up early watching saturday morning cartoons. ren and stimpy on dvd. oh log, how i missed you.

i'm taking a magical mystery tour through the origins of modern comedy. lenny bruce, george carlin, and richard pryor. any other suggestions?

"snapshots encourage memories; videos replace them."
cheryl russell on http://www.rulesofthumb.org

watch zardoz for a heady mix of 1970's sci-fi cinema and sean connery in a futuristic medieval speedo. it's painfully good.

i'm going to the make magazine meeting at instructables.com hq in san francisco tonight. i've been meaning to go to one for a while but it hasn't worked out with my schedule. should be lots of nerdy fun.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/makesf_meeting_tonight_41409.html

i've seen comparisons of size of objects in the galaxy before but this one's pretty good.
http://digg.com/d1ofQT

interesting article on a diamond heist where thieves broke into a supposedly impenetrable vault. it reads like the plot to a hollywood movie.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=1

wow, cold blooded american justice. three pirates shot in the head by snipers from at least 80 feet away in rough seas.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates/index.html

kumar is really quitting tv to go work for obama? wow.
although i guess they said the same thing about reagan and schwarzenegger.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/07/penn.white.house/index.html

young einstein and crocodile dundee. my studies of australia are complete.

i just downloaded 700mb of data (the ubuntu live cd) at work in less than a minute. it takes an hour at home. love it.