Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers
Jaw-dropping and profoundly moving lecture on the importance of basic science.
Impersonations by Kevin Spacey
The amazing thing about these: Spacey nails the impersonations before he ever utters a word.
The Doctor Who Themes
47 years of key changes. Monty would be so proud.
Bush Tours America to Survey Damage Caused by His Disastrous Presidency
Somehow I missed this the first time around.
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Wow.
House vote on funding for 9/11 response workers suffering from health problems fails to pass. Anthony Weiner responds.
Best intro ever.
Interview with Brian Cox from the LHC project, on Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe, 10/7/2009:
Neil Denny: Hello, what’s your name?
Brian Cox: I’m Brian Cox, and I’m a professor of particle physics at CERN in Geneva.
Denny: It’s very kind of you to take a break from the very giant Bond villainesque maze underneath the countryside of Switzerland, where you physicists are basically plotting to destroy the world. Or the universe even. So why have you come to town?
Cox: Well, to give the world an extra week. Because if I’m not there, then obviously the process of destroying the universe is slowed.
Calacanis meets Brunson. Doyle has lunch.
Not sure how this missed my notice for so long. King of the new media douchebags plays a high-stakes game against the pros. Result: pure schadenfreude.
Is your brain melted? No. It will be after you read this.
So here’s how quantum computers will someday work: you will give it a problem, it will calculate all possible answers, pick out the right one and give it to you.
Really. No kidding.
Apparently, this makes time travel possible.
Condescending Apple Press Conference
Incredible physics engine
Extremely frackin’ cool. Many virtual bunnies were harmed in the making of this video. Via Alltop.
Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns
Cost of a stop sign: $112,000 per year.
Apple Store opening with free t-shirts
Apparently, Apple has decided to test just how much I like Brian Greenberg and the Penn Band.
Earth’s upper atmosphere collapses. Nobody knows why.
This is not a headline from The Onion.
An upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere recently collapsed in an unexpectedly large contraction, the sheer size of which has scientists scratching their heads, NASA announced Thursday.
An even better one…
Oh man, if I can find this in higher quality, it’s going to be my Desktop picture.
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Counter-protest at Comic-Con
Fred Phelps and his crew of dipshits showed up at Comic-Con. So there was really only one thing to do:
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The Onion: News from the Future 2137 (iTunes link)
My first iTunes video purchase. Thankfully, Macworld paid more than $1.99 for my article covering this release, so I’m still net profitable on the whole thing.
iPhone-grabbing thief picks wrong phone at wrong time
Thief pulls a snatch-and-grab from his bike on an iPhone… which was being used to test police GPS tracking software.
CEO David Kahn had asked Sturm to step outside — with a phone running A&R’s GPS live tracking app — so he could demonstrate the geographic tool to his PR folk. Moments after she walked out the door, the system came to life… and showed an indicator heading off down the street at high speed. Oops.
Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe
I wish they had given this guy 20 minutes instead of 7. Note to self: go to New York and spend some serious time at the Hayden Planetarium.
Old Spice Guy Remix