The Straight Dope: On the Fahrenheit scale, do 0 and 100 have any special significance?. Yeah, why does water boil at 212 degrees?
January 23rd, 2008 • No Comments » • Tags: quicklinks •
Where the F*ck is Carmen Sandiego? Language not safe for work.
January 7th, 2008 • No Comments » • Tags: quicklinks •
They were 11 when Bush became president,” he often says of young voters. “Some don’t remember that a president can be articulate. They don’t remember that the federal government worked. And the saddest thing was that they don’t remember that our country was well respected around the world.” Al Franken, former funny guy, is a serious candidate.
December 5th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks •
Gaming: The Cal Marching Band’s 16-bit Video Game Halftime Show
November 14th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks •
Imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. One reviewer’s take on the Creation Museum
November 13th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks •
The world’s best slip’n’slide, as far as I’m concerned.
November 7th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: movies, quicklinks •
News Flash: People who play the lottery are bad at math. Presumably followed by “Puppies are Cute” and “Poking yourself in the eye with a stick hurts”.
November 5th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks •
Ze Frank on the Writer’s Guild strike and more. It’s like the show, without the duckies.
November 5th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks •
Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again
October 30th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: humor, quicklinks •
“I have a bachelorette degree in computers”
October 29th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: humor, quicklinks •
Ridiculous 15-lateral play for the game winning touchdown.
October 28th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks, sports •
Two preeminent aging experts are on opposing sides of a bet that someone living today will be alive in 2150.. Another fantastic science article by Carl Zimmer.
October 26th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: quicklinks, science •
When, exactly, did the Cold War start again?
October 25th, 2007 • Comments Off • Tags: politics, quicklinks •