Posted in Fun Facts on Mar 21st, 2007
Mr. Chávez’s reintroduction of the coin invokes a period when Venezuela enjoyed large foreign investment and remarkable price stability. A common response then to the question “how are you?” was “en la lucha por la locha,” an expression revolving around the coin, meaning roughly “struggling to make a buck.” This quote from the NY Times [...]
Posted in Fun Facts on Mar 11th, 2007
Trot ON, Hortensia! This is the iJoyRide, a fitness machine that thinks it’s a horse. It’s got four speeds (Warm Up, Taking It Easy, Getting Serious and Pump It Up) and 30 minutes on it will burn the same amount of calories as a 30-min run or bike ride. Wannabe mustang riders could probably play [...]
Colin Powell is credited with coming up the “Pottery Barn” Rule of foreign policy, i.e., “You break it, you bought it”. Read the rest of it at imao.us, The “Hulk Smash” Rule
Posted in Fun Facts on Jan 2nd, 2007
Link to Day By Day Cartoon 01/02/07 Been there…Done that! Although I think the constant talking to oneself is more related to the number of years you have been married. The scary part is that if you pause to search for the right word, your spouse will wake up and finish your sentence.
Posted in Climate Change, Fun Facts on Dec 4th, 2006
Temperature measurement using modern scientific thermometers and temperature scales goes back at least as far as the early 18th century, when Gabriel Fahrenheit adapted a thermometer (switching to mercury) and a scale both developed by Ole Christensen Rømer. Fahrenheit’s scale is still in use, alongside the Celsius scale and the Kelvin scale. Source: Temperature [...]
Posted in Fun Facts on Nov 4th, 2006
Gizmodo reader/potential vampire Shaun just popped this interesting graph in our email this morning, comparing the price of HP ink to other various fluids, some bodily in nature. He calculates that a $30 HP #45 black ink cartridge gives you 42ml, pricing out to $0.71/ml. Meanwhile, blood apparently costs $200 for 500ml from the Red [...]
Posted in Fun Facts on Sep 28th, 2006
The Best College Football Play Ever submitted by soapdev 1 day 3 minutes ago (via http://youtube.com/watch?v=woz…) Best Ending to College Football Every. Nuff Said.
Posted in Fun Facts on Aug 9th, 2006
Expert: 40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted | TwitchGuru An expert in computer, Internet and video game addiction believes that 40 percent of the more than 6 million subscribers suffer from a clinical addiction to the game and wants warning labels on the game boxes similar to the Surgeon General’s warnings on cigarettes. [...]
Posted in Fun Facts on Jul 26th, 2006
Dog Pack Kills Alligator In FloridaAt times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the ‘apex predator’ in its natural eco-system, can still fall victim to implemented ‘team work’ strategy, made possible [...]
Posted in Fun Facts on Jul 22nd, 2006
Is a Hybrid Worth It? This article, although a couple months old, shows that even though gas-electric hybrids are the most fuel-efficient passenger cars on the road the industry-high efficiency can’t economically offset the steep sticker price. The author gets down and dirty with the math and specific examples.
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.