"It turns out that in some places you will feel slightly heavier than others. A low spot can be seen just off the coast of India, while a relative high occurs in the South Pacific Ocean. The cause of these irregularities is unknown since present surface features do not appear dominant. NASA's GRACE twin satellites, launched in March 2002, are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field which will lead to discoveries about gravity and Earth's natural systems." - LinkFriday, August 31, 2007
Top 10 Most amazing facts about the Earth
"It turns out that in some places you will feel slightly heavier than others. A low spot can be seen just off the coast of India, while a relative high occurs in the South Pacific Ocean. The cause of these irregularities is unknown since present surface features do not appear dominant. NASA's GRACE twin satellites, launched in March 2002, are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field which will lead to discoveries about gravity and Earth's natural systems." - LinkUp Butt Coconut
"Musician Parry Gripp (Nerf Herder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme) and cartoonist Nathan Mazur create an animated rendition of a favorite childhood taunt." - LinkMonday, August 20, 2007
Prank Call to Arms
"The following are transcripts from actual phone calls to military recruiters. The officers' names have been changed to protect the somewhat innocent. This is the first of a two-part series." -The other thing, I'm a real clotheshound, and I gotta admit, I kind of like the uniforms, but I'm not into green for the most part.
Can you spice it up with some yellows or reds?
No, you can't.
Is your underwear also camouflage?
No, that's pretty much up to you.
So you can go wild with underwear—and socks, maybe?
Yeah.
Good, 'cause I've got a lot of red and yellow stripes, I'm a huge yellow and red freak. - Link
Business Reply Pamphlet
"This small, sixteen-page pamphlet is produced to put inside the postage-paid, business-reply envelopes that come with junk mail offers. Every envelope collected is stuffed with the pamphlet and mailed back to its original company." - LinkMonday, August 13, 2007
GalaxyZoo
"Welcome to GalaxyZoo , the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of galaxies that pepper the sky." - LinkInvading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire
Truer words were never spoken. This guy is really on the ball. He should run for office... Oh, wait... the last seven years. - Link
Thursday, August 9, 2007
The Best Geek Quotes
"There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't." "Windows has detected you do not have a keyboard. Press 'F9" to continue." "Well It looks like an ID10T Error." "What do people mean when they say, 'The computer went down on me?'" - LinkWoman Arrested for Not Watering Lawn
"A widow and grandma spent the morning in jail, arrested for refusing to give a policeman her name when he tried writing her a ticket for failing to water her yard. The woman hasn't watered her lawn in more than a year, and the condition of her yard violates an Orem zoning ordinance." Nice. Crime doesn't pay! - Link
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