As I write this, it’s March 14th at 1:59 p.m., which can also be written as 3-14 1:59. In other words, it’s time for π! Happy π Day!
To celebrate, an anonymous π provider left these in the Tucows lunchroom:
From left to right: cherry, apple and blueberry π.
Thanks, anonymous π provider!
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Mar
14
2007
Happy π Day!
Mar
14
2007
Jobnik!
Over at my friend Lisa’s site — On the Face — there’s an article about Miriam Libicki’s autobiographical comic book series Jobnik! (”Israeli slang for someone who did their mandatory army service in a low-prestige job - like clerk or a truck driver”).
Lisa writes:
Raised in a religious home in Ohio, Miriam immigrated to [...]
Mar
14
2007
Today is Canadian Number Portability Day
Based on the picture on the right, Sir Richard Branson either:
lost a bet
is celebrating the fact that phone number portability has finally come to Canada.
Time to start investigating my options! All right, mobile phone service providers — which one of you wants to cut an influential Canadian blogger a deal?
If you’re thinking about switching, Torontoist [...]
Mar
14
2007
Dude, I KNEW You Were Staring!
File this under “we always believed it, but now experiments have confirmed it”: here’s a snippet from an Online Journalism Review article based on an eye-tracking study whose purpose is to drive better news article layout and design:
George Brett knows you’re staring at his junk, dude.
Although both men and women look at the [...]
Mar
14
2007
Shutdown Day / A Modest Proposal
Shutdown Day: March 24th, 2007
“It is obvious that people would find life extremely difficult without computers, maybe even impossible,” reads the site for Shutdown Day, “If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope?
Shutdown Day takes place on Saturday, March 24th, 2007 and challenges everyone to see if they [...]
Mar
14
2007
Not-So-E-ZPass
E-ZPass is an electronic highway toll collection system that’s used in the northeastern United States, including Wendy’s home town of Boston. With an E-ZPass transponder in your car, you don’t have to bring you car to a stop and fumble for change to pay your toll; you simply slow down enough to safely pass the [...]
Mar
13
2007
Apparently, People Have to be Told That Too
Not only do people have to be told not to sit on crocodiles, they also need to be told not to feed or molest alligators:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
C’mon, what kind of freak would even think of molesting an animal?
Oh yeah. Forgot about him.
Mar
13
2007
FOX News-Like Distortion of the Truth or Mathematical Incompetence? I Blog, You Decide.
Think fast: what’s wrong with the pie chart titled Should we let US troops land at Shannon on route to Iraq? taken from the Irish Times, shown below?
Look closely: although the graph’s text correctly reports that 67% of the respondents said “no”, the graph’s graphics make it appear as though the “no” votes are in [...]
Mar
13
2007
Where the "Stretch Accordion" Picture Comes From [Updated]
Update, March 14, 2007: D’oh! I completely missed this comment for the original post — Kim Scarborough was actually the first person to point out where the “Stretch Accordion” picture comes from. My apologies.
Hanan Levin emailed me and let me know where the “Stretch Accordion” picture comes from: it’s a piece titled Virtuoso by visual [...]
Mar
13
2007
Even Dark Lords Have to Pee
It does look like Dick “Don’t call me the Vice President!” Cheney is relieving himself on a bush (now there’s a line for your next slash-fiction writing assignment) in this photo, doesn’t it?
Click the photo to see it at full size.
Mar
12
2007
“Dirtfarm” on Daylight Saving Time
The latest Dirtfarm comic takes a look at what you could’ve done with the hour you “lost” thanks to daylight saving time…
Click the comic to see it at full size and on its original page.
Mar
12
2007
“Chunk” from “The Goonies”, Then and Now
A link on the nerd-friendly social news site Reddit pointed me to entertainment lawyer Jeff Cohen’s page at Global Talent Associates’ site. Readers of a certain age might recall him as the guy who played “Chunk” in the 1985 film The Goonies.
Here’s a then-and-now set of photos of Mr. Cohen:
Mar
12
2007
Song of the Week: “Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) (1950/1980)”
Here’s a song that celebrates a cornerstone of my personal philosophy as well as yesterday’s shift to daylight saving time, Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think), written in 1948 by Carl Sigman (music) and Herb Magidson (lyrics).
The Guy Lombardo Version (1950)
I’m going to share two versions. The first version [3.0 MB MP3] is the [...]
Mar
12
2007
Once Again, It’s Daylight Saving Time
It’s time to run the official photo of the first Monday of Daylight Saving Time:
What daylight saving time feels like (dramatization).
Mar
10
2007
Stretch Accordion
I assume it’s some kind of art piece:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Even at this distance, I can identify the make of accordion — it’s a Titano.
