Monthly Archives: April 2005

I came across this site that I find fairly interesting. If you click on the ‘play 20q’ link, (you don’t need to give out any information about yourself, just click play), the computer starts to ask you questions about an … Continue reading →

I came across this gem, and can’t determine if it’s real or not. It looks like it’s on an honest to goodness state site, but who knows? Regardless, it’s funny stuff.

Ok, so a British Journal is reporting that using e-mail actually makes you dumber. Apparently more dumberer than if you use pot (sorry for the gramatical errors, I’ve been using my e-mail a lot lately). They also mention that e-mail … Continue reading →

For those of you who have experienced the ‘rejection letter’, you may empathize with this. The academic world has become an increasingly hostile place to make a living. It must be true because it comes from a reliable source.

Ok, so I have a mystery for somebody to solve. The way I see it, there are two possibilities, and I’m hoping you can help me determine which one is the more logical. I’m on the couch last night, watching … Continue reading →

Interesting article over at CNN today. Apparently a group of MIT students wrote a program that creates randomly generated ‘scientific papers’ full of gibberish. The papers looked like other academic literature, only they really didn’t say anything. The students then … Continue reading →

David Wiley lent me his copy of Stephen Wolfram’s book, “A New Kind of Science.” I’ve seen Dave toss books across his desk to students who may glean information from them, but there was no tossing this book. It was … Continue reading →

You would think that an invention that would allow people to experience taste, smell, or images might be patented by a company hoping to let the deaf hear, or the blind see. Nope. Sony has 2 patents that they hope … Continue reading →

The book that I have coming out in June is mainly humor. My main staple is humor, and I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the subject the last year or so. While I admit it’s probably more … Continue reading →