Tied Up | Futility Closet

Posing as a surveyor, English prankster Horace de Vere Cole asked a passerby to hold one end of a length of string while he made a measurement. He chose the “pompous sort of good citizen of the bowler hat and rolled umbrella sort,” according to his friend David Scott-Moncrieff. Then he walked around a corner and give the other end to “another consequential ass.”

“Both victims held their ends for fully ten minutes, each invisible to the other, while the perpetrator of the joke quietly slipped away and joined me in a pub commanding a full view of the fun,” Scott-Moncrieff wrote later. “It succeeded far better than I had dared to hope, due to his brilliant selection of two absolutely perfect victims. Each blamed the other, and they nearly came to blows.”

Rock-paper-scissors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rock-paper-scissors Tournaments

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse on Vimeo

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.

6anTK.png (972×245)

6anTK.png (972×245)

book

YouTube - TIMEFONE

YouTube - The Time Phone

YouTube - Football You know it makes sense! Mitchell & Webb

Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "It aimed to sink the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior in the port of Auckland, New Zealand,"

Merry Christmas

New Zealand Military Releases UFO Files

New Zealand Military Releases UFO Files: "dying humans ascend as hydrogen atoms"

CIA - WTF

CIA to examine impact of files recently released by WikiLeaks: "The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks.

Officially, the panel is called the WikiLeaks Task Force. But at CIA headquarters, it's mainly known by its all-too-apt acronym: W.T.F."

scientology

imgur: the simple image sharer

Media

E09Ud.gif (320×260)

via Reddit

Twitter / @WikiLeaks: Does your business do busi ...

Twitter / @WikiLeaks: Does your business do busi ...: "Does your business do business with Bank of America? Our advise is to place your funds somewhere safer."

WWW-Talk Jan-Mar 1993: proposed new tag: IMG

WWW-Talk Jan-Mar 1993: proposed new tag: IMG

C1G6l.jpg (976×789)

YouTube - Fifth Gear and Dunlop Loop the Loop

4607671212201071009pm.png (457×135)

4607671212201071009pm.png (457×135)

13 Obvious Traps (PHOTOS)

Andy Borowitz: Golden Globes Announce Nominees; WikiLeaks Announce Winners

Andy Borowitz: Golden Globes Announce Nominees; WikiLeaks Announce Winners: "From his jail cell, Mr. Assange said he hoped that he would be released soon so that he could sit behind people in movie theaters and spoil the endings."

r1XqW.jpg (3264×1840)

r1XqW.jpg (3264×1840)

Sex Galaxy (2008) - IMDb

Sex Galaxy (2008) - IMDb: "awful Russian Sci Fi movies that are re-cut, ridiculously dubbed and have a few scenes with one good English speaking actor cut in to tie it all together. Well, that's most of what this is. It's a re-cut of an East German science fiction movie that was partly made of re-cuts of a Russian sci fi movie."

WTF! They were better dressed, could spell, and weren't fat. Even our flag-waving bigots have gone downhill. - Imgur

WTF! They were better dressed, could spell, and weren't fat. Even our flag-waving bigots have gone downhill. - Imgur

MPM Liquid Demo

MPM Liquid Demo

Andy Borowitz: Tired of Being Overlooked, East Korea Declares War on Other Two Koreas

Andy Borowitz: Tired of Being Overlooked, East Korea Declares War on Other Two Koreas: "In a sign of just how insulated it has become from information about the outside world, East Korea also demanded that the European Union pay it a ransom of 10 trillion Euros.

Speaking for the EU, German chancellor Andrea Merkel said, 'Obviously, we don't have that kind of money, but we'd be happy to give them Ireland."

Ice Cubes Recipe - Food.com - 420398

Ice Cubes Recipe - Food.com - 420398: "2 cups water (approximately)
2 tablespoons water (addtional if needed)"

one of those please

Patrick Millard | Formatting Gaia » Blog Archive » Top 5 Human Enhancement Must Haves: "1.  Brain Enhancement: Metabrain prosthetic, which includes
an observational feedback field
•  AGI decision assistant
•  cognitive error correction task pane with auto-correct options
•  multiple viewpoints window with drop down elements"

The Illusion of Transparency « You Are Not So Smart

The Illusion of Transparency « You Are Not So Smart: "Still, in this experiment some people got stuck in a feedback loop. They thought they appeared nervous, so they started to try and compensate, and then they thought the compensation was noticeable and tried to cover that up which they then felt was more obvious, and so on until they worked themselves up into a state where they were obviously freaking out."

Mother of all wikipedia articles 2

Snowclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Small World | Futility Closet

Small World | Futility Closet

Les dix ans du Prix Marcel Duchamp : dix ans de talents français ? - Amateur d’art - Blog LeMonde.fr

Les dix ans du Prix Marcel Duchamp : dix ans de talents français ? - Amateur d’art - Blog LeMonde.fr

#13 davidope alias dvdp | iGNANT

#13 davidope alias dvdp | iGNANT

#13 davidope alias dvdp | iGNANT

#13 davidope alias dvdp | iGNANT

Storm sign! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Storm sign! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

State of Connecticut v. Julie Amero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

State of Connecticut v. Julie Amero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aguanomics: Smile Bonus: China to US: "Stop fucking with us"

Aguanomics: Smile Bonus: China to US: "Stop fucking with us"

4th Amendment Wear: X-ray scanner + metallic ink -...

4th Amendment Wear: X-ray scanner + metallic ink -...

Controlling cursors with thoughts: Faster, simpler, and more accurately; advance helps people regulate their own brain response, with therapeutic implications

in 6 minutes...Controlling cursors with thoughts: Faster, simpler, and more accurately; advance helps people regulate their own brain response, with therapeutic implications

CSS Box Shadow & Text Shadow Experiments - ZURB Playground - ZURB.com

crab

God Hates Iceland! - The Landover Baptist Church Forums

God Hates Iceland! - The Landover Baptist Church Forums: "s the cross by turning it sideways. Sata"

YouTube - Hatsune Miku - 3D Virtual Singer From Japan

fractals

Dekotora Art Trucks – Le tuning extr�me version semi-remorque Japonais | Ufunk.net

Dekotora Art Trucks – Le tuning extr�me version semi-remorque Japonais | Ufunk.net

YouTube - Political lobbying explained through the example of all-pay auctions

Monkey : Map (The Full Wiki)

check the map: Monkey : Map (The Full Wiki)

Placebo Buttons | Futility Closet

Placebo Buttons | Futility Closet

First 3D-Printed Car Hits The Road | KurzweilAI

Technically, the glass is always full - RelentlesslyOptimistic

Technically, the glass is always full - RelentlesslyOptimistic

Circular Argument | Futility Closet

Thomas Edison offered this burlesque on perpetual motion. “There will always be a nine opposed to a six,” explains Sam Loyd, “and as nine weighs more than six, it will make the wheel revolve rapidly, as well as your head when you understand it thoroughly.”

WAS

napster - Google leit: "Stream Music, Download MP3s, Top Songs, Buy Music — Napster�- [ ��a �essa s�u ]
Napster is the ultimate digital music service, offering MP3 downloads and unlimited on-demand streaming. Enjoy any track in Napster.s multi-million-song ...
Member Login - Member Sign In - Featured Music
www.napster.com/ - Afrit - Svipa�ar s�ur
Napster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia�- [ ��a �essa s�u ]
Napster WAS an online music peer-to-peer file sharing service"

YouTube - Mr Scruff - Kalimba

YouTube - Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze - The Dark Side Of The Moog

Remote Control

YouTube - Ali G Invents the Ice Cream Glove

Beyond the Rave (Video 2008) - IMDb

Beyond the Rave (Video 2008) - IMDb: "An English soldier must find and win back his girlfriend from the clutches of a mysterious group of hardcore ravers before he flies to Iraq in the morning."

Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer - Computerworld

Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer - Computerworld: "Roland Kawakami, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Riverside, said the clock speeds of chips made using tunneling spin injection would be 'thousands of times' faster than today's processors."

YouTube - The Mis-Informant Part 2 - with Jack Black as Nathan Spewman

I Believe in Advertising | ONLY SELECTED ADVERTISING | Advertising Blog & Community � International Society for Human Rights (ISHR): AIDS, Soil Pollution, Military Exhibition, Forest Fire, Batman

Electric chair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Electric chair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "As of 2008, the only places in the world which still reserve the electric chair as an option for execution are the U.S. states of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia."

Home Taping Is Killing Music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Home Taping Is Killing Music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "'Home Taping Is Killing Music' was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI),"

Car-Eating Rabbits Invade Denver Airport

Car-Eating Rabbits Invade Denver Airport

YouTube - The incredible world of Diminished Reality

YouTube - The incredible world of Diminished Reality

Breakthrough in TV History!

Method of exercising a cat - Google Patent Search

Method of exercising a cat

World’s weirdest trials

World’s weirdest trials: "In 2005 a Russian astrologist, Marina Bai, sued NASA because the lady thought that the American Spatial Agency was guilty of destroying the balance of the Universe"

Future 2020 | 2020s Technology | Future | Timeline | 2050 | 2100 | 2150 | 2200 | 21st century | 22nd century | 23rd century | Far Future | Technology

Future 2020 | 2020s Technology | Future | Timeline | 2050 | 2100 | 2150 | 2200 | 21st century | 22nd century | 23rd century | Far Future | Technology: "2020-2035 - World energy crisis

2020 - Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide | Texting by thinking | Complete organ replacements grown from stem cells | Holographic TV is mainstream | Sweden becomes the first oil-free country |
Glacier National Park and other regions are becoming ice-free | Completion of the Square Kilometre Array | Wholly lifelike CGI

2021 - 'Thoughtcrime' is becoming a reality | Fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft | Telecommuting is a standard flexible work option | Traditional microchips are reaching the limits of miniaturisation | Water crisis in southwest USA"

Walking Randomly � Best source code comment ever?

Walking Randomly � Best source code comment ever?: "//
// Dear maintainer:
//
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
//
// total_hours_wasted_here = 32
//"

Javascript closure compiler error.

Google closure compiler converts

var jsonvar;
eval('jsonvar = '+msg.d+');
for(var i = 0;i<jsonvar.length;i++)
{
dochicken(jsonvar[i].Chicken);
}

as

for(d = 0;d < (void 0).length;d++) {
dochicken((void 0)[d].Chicken);
}


So don't declare your json ajax receptor before usage.

Revised according to comment:
Closure can start to do weird things if you include variable names in eval text.

This is a better solution from John:


var jsonvar = eval("(" + msg.d+ ")");
for(var i = 0;i{
dochicken(jsonvar[i].Chicken);
}
CHIKEN();CHIKEN();


Spaghetti code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spaghetti code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Streisand Effect � Blog Archive � Ralph Lauren doesn’t like that you don’t like their ad

The Streisand Effect � Blog Archive � Ralph Lauren doesn’t like that you don’t like their ad

Patrick Millard | Formatting Gaia � Blog Archive � Don’t Tell the Creative Department, but Software Can Produce Ads, Too

Patrick Millard | Formatting Gaia � Blog Archive � Don’t Tell the Creative Department, but Software Can Produce Ads, Too: "The software is called CAI, pronounced Kay, for Creative Artificial Intelligence."

Decoding spoken words from brain signals | KurzweilAI

Decoding spoken words from brain signals | KurzweilAI: "University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain."

Underground Acid Water Could Take Over Johannesburg - TIME NewsFeed

Underground Acid Water Could Take Over Johannesburg - TIME NewsFeed: "rising at a rate of about three feet per day"

4037689-Drekkingarhylur_II_no_throwing_of_coins-Thingvellir.jpg (182�130)

4037689-Drekkingarhylur_II_no_throwing_of_coins-Thingvellir.jpg (182�130)

Or is there? - RelentlesslyOptimistic

convert string[] to int []

int[] intarray = stringarray.Select(s => int.Parse(s)).ToArray();

Land of Plenty (2004) - trailer

imdb


Land of Plenty (2004) - trailer

Rhythm & Sound with Tikiman - Slave Driver dub

BLDGBLOG: Arctic Technology

BLDGBLOG: Arctic Technology

YouTube - TGM 3 Tetris Arika !!! Invisible Tetris

I want him to defrag my harddrive

Hurricane Earl… from space | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Hurricane Earl… from space | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

YouTube - What has Europe ever done for us?

rocket jump

BIRTHDAY CAKE FAIL | FRONT – The funniest, sexiest magazine on earth.

BIRTHDAY CAKE FAIL | FRONT – The funniest, sexiest magazine on earth.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Fan death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fan death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "electric fan chops up all the oxygen particles in the air leaving none to breathe"

Bj�rn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change | Environment | The Guardian

Bj�rn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change | Environment | The Guardian

crash test dummies

We are sitting here Exposing ourselves ...

joke space horse

Daily stories issues - Today's Top stories

Soccer_sportscaster_incoming.gif (354�430)

Titanic in 30 seconds with bunnies.

Titanic in 30 seconds with bunnies.

Life in Dubai: Sound familiar?

Life in Dubai: Sound familiar?

200$

File:FA-18 Hornet breaking sound barrier (7 July 1999) - filtered.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the lost generation

all know spam.
spam has been with us since the 1980s.

If you have an email account, you know spam.

More importantly, you know spam filters - junk mail folders etc...

But what about the 21 year old girl, who met a guy at a bar, they got along REALLY well.


The 21 year old girl got the guys email address and proceeded to send him the following message:

Subject: Would love to meet you again!
Hey, this is Samantha, would love to meet again, feeling horny and fantasizing about you

This email has a snowball's chance in hell to get through the email filters, specially if sent from generic email account like yahoo/hotmail.

So let us do some numbers here, pure guesswork.

this has happened 200.000 times.
Let's say 0.1% of those emails would have resulted in pregnancy (either through a relationship or just one(+) night stand)

That is 200 people.

200 people that do not exist today because of spam.

joke

We went to get some cold, refreshing beverages after a vigorous tennis match. We placed our order and drove to the window. When I got there, the cashier said, "$4.04".

I replied, "Not found?"

The cashier looked at me like I was a fucking alien. My girlfriend looked at me like I was a fucking idiot.

I laughed and handed over the money.

sacrifice

"human dominos have to train up to 4 hours per day"

f2

http://f2.np.is/Listen

f2 coming soon

more news hmm... soon ?

quote about f2

"if f2 had existed when the bible was written, it would be religion today!"

"the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon"

Eric Schmidt: Every 2 Days We Create As Much Information As We Did Up To 2003: "the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon"

Magnað!

And pretty damn good

Pioneer One, A BitTorrent Exclusive TV-Series | TorrentFreak

Brian Eno - coming soon on Warp Records

Brian Eno - coming soon on Warp Records

Ahhh, the spam.

I've always dreamt of meeting a beautiful girl called $girlname.

>

> Hi !

> I am $girlname, $age.

> I live not far from you! Lets meet tomorrow in some motel !

> Please check my photos and contact me on this site

> http://someurl.com/zw5xc

>

for a real challenge!

tetris1d.org

Nick Holmes... / Epic.

Nick Holmes... / Epic.

Nick Holmes...

Nick Holmes...

It is still not clear exactly what meat was used.

BBC News - Prison governor apologises for non-halal food: "It is still not clear exactly what meat was used."

recursion - Google Search

recursion - Google Search

There are two types of people in this world those who understand recursion and those who don’t understand that there are two types of people in this world..

Do not feed the bears

Would have though any environmentalist would know this.

Timothy Treadwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SPY PLANE FASHION - Viceland Today

SPY PLANE FASHION - Viceland Today

Unquote | Futility Closet

“Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.” — Arthur C. Clarke

Funniest Protest Signs of 2010 - Funny Political Protest Signs

Funniest Protest Signs of 2010 - Funny Political Protest Signs

Visual studio keybinding open specific file.

Made these macros to make my life easier, since most of the time i'm editing the same files.

Sub ToChickenStatic()

DTE.ItemOperations.OpenFile("e:\Chickenphotos\code\Chickenstatic.cs")

End Sub

Sub ToChickenExtends()

DTE.ItemOperations.OpenFile("e:\Chickenphotos\code\Chickenextends.cs")

End Sub

Actually I have about 8 of these, and they are bound to CTRL-1,2,3...

You can then bind the macros to keys via Tools->Customize->Keyboard

One of my more rewarding keybinds.

All that was left was a chaotic assemblage of random events.

Why I Hate LOST | the TV addict: "All that was left was a chaotic assemblage of random events."

On The Economist’s Cover, Only a Part of the Picture - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

On The Economist’s Cover, Only a Part of the Picture - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

c# toJson

Nice extension method if you work allot with ajax/javascript/linq.

public static string ToJson(this object o)
{
return (JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o));
}

Can call from code.

example:
[WebMethod]
public string GetAllPoultry(){
var q = from b in data.Chicken select b;
return q.ToJson();
}

Adding shortcut key for MeasureIt for Firefox.

/*depreciated*/
This no longer works with newer versions of firefox since the Keyconfig extension is dead. I use Greenshot for imagegrabbing, and that displays the pixel size.

Start by grabbing
Keyconfig.

Go to Tools->Keyconfig->Add a new key->Code is
"net.kevinfreitas.measureit.toggle();"

The shortcut key won't work to turn of MeasureIt, but you can use ESC for that.

I use CTRL-E, good for left hand when right is on the mouse, and not really used for anything (it's bound to web search, but you can unbind it easily)

more duck

smbs

Poultry

Some numbers:

1. My mp3 collection is 30.052 songs.
   
2. 17 song names have the word chicken.
   
3. 13 song names have the word duck
   
4. 3 songs have the word lion, (space lion, dub lion, gold lion)
   
   
   
   

How to: Return a Value from a Task

Simple version from .net 4 Task library.

Task chicken = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => DoChicken());

//Do some chicken.

then when you chicken,

if(chicken.IsCompleted)
return(chicken.Result) //calling chicken.Result will hang until DoChicken finishes
else
chicken chicken.

Get rid of css opacity errors in Visual Studio

Move them under warnings.

Jee

Jee: Matching lines: 5 Matching files: 3 Total files searched: 198

Find all "jee", Subfolders, Find Results 1, "Entire Solution"
Hmm: Matching lines: 2 Matching files: 2 Total files searched: 198

YouTube - Is That a Knife

Nelson Mandela

Wulffmorgenthaler.com | Comic strip | Entertainment - Since 2002. A Commentary on Life: Politics, News, Entertainment, Technology, Culture, and Weirdo Beavers

Exciting news for my reader!

This blog is getting some hits!

7 so far, and by my calculations either

1) hits will reach 117.440.512 by 20.12.2010
2) hits will reach 103 by 20.12.2010

Depends if the 100% increase is steady or the addition of 7 hits per week is steady.

Exciting!

live coding

Netbeans Javascript

Although I'm writing in VS 2010, I still prefer Netbeans (after a long search for a good javascript IDE) for my Javascript IDE, even though I haven't figured out to use the Javascript debuggin built in.

I got the simples version, for PHP, and create a new project, setting my option to store the project files in the default directory.

bónus!

All your base are belong to us.

Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: Main screen turn on. CATS: All your base are belong to us. CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time. Captain: For great justice.

Engineer: It appears that someone has planted explosives. Radio Operator: It's now showing on the main screen. CATS: All of your bases are under our control. CATS: Make the most of these last moments of your lives. Captain: Our hopes for the future...

eat red stuff

Genesis 25:30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.): "So Esau said to Jacob, 'Let me have the whole pot of red stuff to eat"

div width relative positioning scrollbar

Another 45 minutes (or so) gone.

if you create a div style="position: relative; top: 0px; left: 536px;">

someamazingtext

Bad idea - javascript handling

Spent 45 minutes of my life trying to figure this one NEVER enda a <script tag
with a /> when linking to a source. <script type="text/javascript"
src="/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ></script> NOT <script type="text/javascript"
src="/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" />

YouTube - LSD Trippy Acid Visuals - Aphex Twin - Gwarek 2

Infographic: Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench

Infographic: Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench

Underwater Base Jump - today and tomorrow

Underwater Base Jump - today and tomorrow

Checking For Empty Enumerations

Checking For Empty Enumerations

Charmed | Futility Closet

Charmed | Futility Closet

screenshot_9.jpg (593�562)

screenshot_9.jpg (593�562)

more bash

#628630 +(8161)- [X]
I heard about this guy who broke into a lion's den at the zoo
and got mauled
and people were talking about how there should have been better defences put up to prevent people getting into the cage
a friend of mine suggested setting up some kind of deterrent
for example, putting some sort of fierce animal in the cage, which would attack anybody who climbed in

QDB: Quote #2999

#2999 +(8123)- [X]
There was a 23% drop in temperature.
That's almost 25%!
... That was one of the most worthless comments I've ever heard.

QDB: Quote #2999

QDB: Quote #922982

QDB: Quote #922982

Super Barrio! - Plaid

YouTube - plaid and bob jaroc - The Return Of Super Barrio

< 1 hour

Anglo-Zanzibar War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dead Pool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dead Pool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Willett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daylight savings time campaigner!
William Willett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "William Willett"

Continuing Gaua activity at the NASA Earth Observatory � The Volcanism Blog

Continuing Gaua activity at the NASA Earth Observatory � The Volcanism Blog

Funny Protest Sign | Funny Pictures at DizzyBoy.com

Funny Protest Sign | Funny Pictures at DizzyBoy.com

Newsweek

Newsweek

Fair Trade Photographer: Microstock: why would a reputable company do this to themselves?

Fair Trade Photographer: Microstock: why would a reputable company do this to themselves?

gulfnews : Two women in court for mutual assault

gulfnews : Two women in court for mutual assault

MAD

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Rythmically falling objects • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

Rythmically falling objects •
VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

Must See Weirdness – Looping Around The House � Synthtopia

Must See Weirdness – Looping Around The House � Synthtopia

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Corporations running for office? // Current

Corporations running for office? // Current

Make: Online : This is not a spiral

Make: Online : This is not a spiral

fuck yeah dementia!!1!

fuck yeah dementia!!1!

Approval voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Approval voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ghostcapital: Charanjit Singh- Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat

ghostcapital: Charanjit Singh- Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat

The Pinocchio Paradox

The Pinocchio Paradox

Data Underload #12 – Famous Movie Quotes | FlowingData

Data Underload #12 – Famous Movie Quotes | FlowingData

Famous Movie Robots - Illustrated History of Film Robots

Famous Movie Robots - Illustrated History of Film Robots

ROBOT SAN! - 自然な表自然な表情のヒト型ロボット

YouTube - 自然な表自然な表情のヒト型ロボット

jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008 - ScottGu's Blog

jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008 - ScottGu's Blog

Linq to Json

var q = from b in data.napps2_price_categories
where b.Lang == lang
orderby b.Description
select new { b.Code, b.Description };
return (JsonConvert.SerializeObject(q));

Returns the results as JSON
JSON.NET

Calling the webservice from javasacript via JQuery

$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/WebServics/DoStuff.asmx/Functionname",
data: "{'lang': 'EN'}",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function (msg) {
AjaxSucceeded(msg);
},
error: AjaxFailed
});

function AjaxSucceeded(result) {
eval('var jsonvar = ' + result.d);
for (var i = 0; i < jsonvar.length; i++)
$('#divCategory').append('' + jsonvar[i].Description + '');
}

Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes Of All Time

Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes Of All Time: "#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity
1976: The British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room."

Discuss: Drinkable water in the world | FlowingData

Discuss: Drinkable water in the world | FlowingData

shiiiiiiiit

YouTube
- Clay Davis teaching English.

Trapped in the Closet (South Park) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the discovery of his surprisingly high "thetan levels", he is recognized as the reincarnation of the founder of the church, L. Ron Hubbard

Trapped in the Closet (South Park) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Possibility of TouchLESS Computers

Possibility of TouchLESS Computers

Chiastic

from the Greek: χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ"
Chiasmus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chiastic Slide

Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Russian child named BOCh RVF 26062002 refused birth certificate

Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Russian child named BOCh RVF 26062002 refused birth certificate

The Old Man of the Lake

The Old Man of the Lake is the name given to a 30-foot (9.1 m) tall tree stump

Fan Death - Wikipedia.

Fan death is a putative phenomenon generally accepted only in South Korea, in which an electric fan left running overnight in a closed room can cause the death of those inside. Fans sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.

More here.