Winner of the 2012 Spam Comments Award goes to…
Long time fan and reader of the Tavish Armstrong blog, 2012 UEFA Euro Football Cup, had this pithy quote to share: Make no judgments where you have no compassion. — Anne McCaffrey In that vein, Adrian Chen’s profile of Horse_ebooks is worth a read. Spambots are starting to get really weird.
Take it easy on the candy bars, guys
Don’t ask why I was reading the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, but I thought this paragraph was funny. Moreover, despite our manipulations, we do not intend to advocate consuming large quantities of sugar as an ideal strategy for improving self-control. Eating several candy bars, for instance, may give one a boost of energy [...]
Funny comics by me, Simon, and Natalie
Simon and I have been drawing comics together, where we alternate drawing each panel. The plot is always ridiculous since we’re making it up on the fly with no discussion between us. Yesterday Natalie joined the team and the results are hilarious. Try to guess who drew each panel! Singing Worm Guy Axe Bot
Flattering spam comments
WordPress sites get a ton of spam comments. I get several a day on this one. The creativity of these spam bots astound me. “payday loans” has this to share: Thanks a lot for the downright post.this can be a words that sustains me on target straight through out my day. “Youtube to MP3″ is [...]
Things my DE prof says
My differential equations prof, Dr. Vatistas, is this enthusiastic greek guy. I find it difficult to learn the material from his lectures, but he’s one of my few profs that keeps me awake for the full 75 minutes. He starts a lecture conversationally, talking about how we shouldn’t drink too much, or about the virtues [...]
Wizard Homework
To make homework more fun, Natalie and I devised an RPG where we earn XP for doing our homework. The idea is loosely based on Wizard Staff (a drinking game), and Epic Win (an iPhone app). So far, we have both earned hats and tea. Natalie is a level 4 homework wizard, and I am [...]
The craftiest frog you’ve ever seen
My friend Simon Sweetman paints awesome concept art and posts it on his blog May Contain Dragons. For Halloween, he posted this critter. The theme was “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”. Check out his other stuff. Some of my favourites are: Portal Guardians, Forest Harvester.
Genetically modified organizations
I bought some fancy fancy Belgian chocolate for the lady the other day. The package is really cool: Like all good things, it opens up like a book: My camera sucks, so you won’t be able to read the text on the left hand “page”. It’s the English translation of the French (which is on [...]