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Something to amuse us: From the 11/4/11 edition of “Mother Goose and Grimm” by Mike Peters: Mother Goose: “See, Grimm, that’s a cardinal, but not all cardinals are red. Some cardinals are yellow, and some are grey.” (she’s reading a book on birds, during the bird watching) Grimm, the dog (really bored): “Which is the [...]

Can’t believe that it’s November. I also can’t believe that baseball season is over (St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers in the World Series, for those not in the know; fun fact: Cardinals’ now-retired manager Tony LaRussa is a lawyer – JD and apparently passed the Florida bar exam back in the day). Football [...]

Can’t believe it’s October.  Time flies… Google doodle: celebrating Art Clokey‘s 90th birthday with a little Gumby (and his pals, Pokey, Prickle, and Goo, plus those Blockheads… – plus, Gumby and Pokey now have an online home). Oh, and a little YouTube search pulled up the Gumby theme song (remastered!): Last but not least: from [...]

The passing of Derrick Bell, a pioneer of American legal academia.  See also: the obit on Bell from NPR. From Newsweek/Daily Beast: A fascinating look at Anita Hill since her testifying at confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. [cross-posted over at sswslitinmotion.tumblr.com)

The passing of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. I don’t have an iPhone or other Apple products, but Steve Jobs – he was an original (Pixar! technological revolution! not perfect guy, but he changed society!). Via the Slatest over at Slate: “From his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford: ‘Remembering that you are going to [...]

I beat the computer 62% of the time! – Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer – NYTimes.com Source: www.nytimes.com I beat the computer 62% of the time! Test your strategy against the computer in this Rock-Paper-Scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.

Cracking open the Sinclair ZX81 | TechRepublic Source: www.techrepublic.com In 1981, Sinclair Research released the ZX81 as a follow-up to their earlier ZX80. The ZX81 was manufactured by the Timex Corporation and sold as a ki      My first computer – 30 years later I have 16 million times more storage on my iphone today in half the space!     

MUSEUM PRANK – KING PHILIP IV Source: www.youtube.com More info: http://improveverywhere.co m/2011/03/06/king-philip-i v/ For our latest mission we staged an unauthorized autograph signing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with an actor who bears a striking resemblance to King Philip IV of Spain. Standing in front of the 400-year-old Velázquez painting      Now that’s classic (or at least 400 years old)     

$15 for $30 Worth of Ice Cream at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory Source: www.groupon.com Ice cream ascended to popularity in 1972, when Richard Nixon returned from China with a Ming vase full of rocky road and kindly split it with Elvis Presley. Mix east and west into a tasty swirl with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of ice cream at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory on Bayard Str

You’ll shoot your eye out…with a 1MW laser pulse pistol – Hack a Day Source: hackaday.com G.I. Joe used them to battle Cobra’s evil forces. Han solo shot his first in the Mos Eisley Cantina. For years, hand-held pulse laser guns have been something that existed only in the realm of cartoons and movies…until now.      Now no longer sci-fi: this handheld laser pistol can take 50 shots without recharging. The target needs to be black to do damage, but it can also blind you if don’t have eye protection.