September 2008
12 posts
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The Power Grid
It never fails, the second I realize something it seems like the rest of the internet realizes it as well. I have a class called the Science of Electronics, and after a few weeks I started asking questions about the power grid, and discovered it’s ancient, wildly ineffecient, and probably won’t be able to sustain the electrical demands of the future (electric cars). And the next day,...
A fantastic heart-pumping remix of Vampire...
Look! Small Space Living...In a Garbage Truck →
RSS Overload
Feeds are an interesting thing. My list of feeds started small, but has now grown so large it’s starting to take over my life. If I don’t check my feeds for an entire day, I could easily have 1500 unread items when I get home at night. That’s unthinkable. Getting through 1500 items would take at least an hour and fifteen minutes, and that’s if I only read a small...
'We're married, we just don't have sex' →
Despite not being physically attracted to other people, Paul Cox, 24, explains how he and his wife found love and happiness as an asexual couple.
LGBT high school planned for Chicago →
Belt-Driven Bikes
I just saw possibly the sexiest photo I’ve ever seen over on Gizmodo. Here it is again:
It’s a picture of a belt-driven bike. I know, right? I didn’t even know such a thing existed, and when I saw it it completely blew my mind. Apparently the entire belt-driven drivetrain is lighter than the just the chain on a regular chain-driven bike. It doesn’t need to be...
I'm in fucking bizarro world
What the fuck is this? Seriously, what the fuck?
if ($theCurrentFileName == "index") { $menuName = "practice-areas"; include($serverPath . $menuName . '.inc'); }
I’ve taken over development on this site and it’s riddled with that shit. Just the same If statement over and over again with a different string for $theCurrentFileName and $menuName. Seriously, this is basic...