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Calvin and Hobbes for March 09, 2011

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:00:07 -0500

Calvin and Hobbes for March 09, 2011:

"For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And..."

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:06:47 -0500

“For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.”

- Bill Bryson (via dianeisadork)

kateoplis: Japan’s Meteorological Agency said that there are...

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:03:39 -0500

kateoplis:

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said that there are still major Tsunamis to come, some as high as 8.1 magnitude and as late as next week. This is the biggest earthquake in Japan since records began over a century ago and fifth biggest in the world.

The tsunami is higher than some Pacific islands and could go right over them.

The IAEA reports that four nuclear plants have safely shut down, but Japan’s PM will still issue a nuclear emergency statement at 9:30 GMT.

allcreatures: thesophie:mabelmoments: A mouse looks out from...

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:36:19 -0400

allcreatures:

thesophie:mabelmoments:

A mouse looks out from the jaws of a huge voracious African bullfrog. These carnivorous amphibians have an aggressive temper and can jump 3.5 metres. The huge predatory frogs sit and wait for animals to pass by. They are stimulated by movement and will lunge at pretty much anything that comes within range, including this unlucky mouse. Picture: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / MARK ABBOTT / BARCROFT MEDIA

Mousetrapped

Gay is the new straight

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:08:27 -0400

Gay is the new straight

Photo

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:45:05 -0400

Very Touching effyeahnerdfighters: Rest In Awesome, Esther The...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:41:17 -0400

Very Touching

effyeahnerdfighters:

Rest In Awesome, Esther

The Friends of Esther Fund: http://www.thehpalliance.org/friendsofesther/
Esther’s Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/cookie4monster4
Esther’s twitter: http://www.twitter.com/crazycrayon
Esther helped run the amazing site http://effyeahnerdfighters.tumblr.com/

In which John remembers nerdfighter Esther Earl, who was his friend and also a friend to all of nerdfighteria.

"When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would..."

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:39:00 -0400

“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind… . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time… . That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful… . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.”

- Ann Druyan, talking about her dead husband Carl Sagan (via savagemike, atheistramblings, phazerblast, jonahray, wordsbycodi, lunchbreak, emilyinternet, savagemike, classyandshit, sarahb, ljm, bowfolk, skirtonfire, definatalie, cpezaro, cjernigan) (via macmankev)

allcreatures: Giant guinea pig- ‘Caplin Rous’, is the most...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:35:58 -0400

allcreatures:

Giant guinea pig- ‘Caplin Rous’, is the most famous capybara in the world- he has a Twitter following of 3,377! Three year old Caplin Rous is as house trained as a dog and even manages to stand on his hind legs for owner Melanie Typaldos in Buda, Texas. Picture: BARCROFT. Telegraph UK

What You Will Not Hear About Iraq

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:41 -0400

What You Will Not Hear About Iraq:

Sad, but what is to be done at this point? Hard to say, but people should know.

macmankev: walex: writer-a: soupsoup: victura: a thousand...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:02:46 -0400

macmankev:

walex:

writer-a:

soupsoup:

victura:

a thousand words

Or one: .

Ah crap, now I’m crying at work again.

fuckyeahcomputerscience: folengo: What different sorting...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:58:46 -0400

fuckyeahcomputerscience:

folengo:

What different sorting algorithms sound like (via andrut)

allcreatures: hennypotter: OH MY GOD I love everything...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:39:37 -0400

allcreatures:

hennypotter:

OH MY GOD

I love everything about this

dianeisadork: source Truth

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:28:00 -0400

dianeisadork:

source

Truth

melecwi: So we (hopefully, probably) find out today if my...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:23:22 -0400

melecwi:

So we (hopefully, probably) find out today if my friends Laura & Dustin are giving Chloe a brother or sister. My bet’s with sister, but if it’s a boy…
Yeah, I think I’m going to need to get him this.

My Nephew is gonna be rockin’ it

macmankev: hannahiscadaverous: New promo for season five of...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:09:45 -0400

macmankev:

hannahiscadaverous:

New promo for season five of Dexter

OH MY GOD! YES!!! :D:D:D

Psyched!

effyeahnerdfighters: photo from here (submitted by...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:01:50 -0400

effyeahnerdfighters:

photo from here

(submitted by accioawesome!)

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:11:41 -0400

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

- Edgar Allan Poe (via quote-book)

Photo

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:44 -0400

Plot for INCEPTION Found in 2004 Scrooge McDuck Comic Book! Full...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:00:53 -0400

Plot for INCEPTION Found in 2004 Scrooge McDuck Comic Book!

Full comic is crazy similar