Archive for the 'the more you know' Category

August 7th, 2007

8 Surprising Household Deodorizers

8 Surprising Household Deodorizers : RealSimple.com
Deodorize Your Freezer
Problem: Odor on Ice
Those UFOs (unidentified frozen objects) in the freezer make your piecrust smell like a substance from another planet.
Solution: Wipe the freezer with a cotton pad dampened with pure vanilla extract. Refrigerator shelves will benefit from a wipe-down with a 50-50 mix of white vinegar and [...]

August 6th, 2007

List of cryptids

List of cryptids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cryptids are creatures presumed extinct, hypothetical species, or creatures known from anecdotal evidence and/or other evidence insufficient to prove their existence with scientific certainty. The slang term “cryptid” was first coined in 1983 by John Wall.[1] A cryptid may also be known as an Unidentified Mysterious Animal [...]

August 6th, 2007

IMAX 3D

IMAX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are two methods to creating the 3D illusion in the theatre. The first involves polarization. During projection, the left and right eye images are polarized perpendicular to one another as they are projected onto the IMAX screen. By wearing special eyeglasses with lenses polarized in their respective directions to [...]

July 13th, 2007

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friday the 13th isn’t exactly “scary” when its in July though

July 3rd, 2007

Plants

Medium-density fibreboard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medium-density fibreboard (MDF or MDFB) is an engineered wood product formed by breaking down softwood into wood fibres, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and resin, and forming panels by applying high temperature and pressure.
yay for MDF, my furniture is made from MDF.
MDF has been controversial in [...]

June 23rd, 2007

Theremin Crazy

Laughing Squid » Theremin Cover Version of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy
This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world’s collective consciousness.
sounds, and looks incredible.
Theremin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
via BB

June 13th, 2007

monotonous

Definition of monotonous - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: mo·not·o·nous
Pronunciation: m&-’nä-t&-n&s, -’nät-n&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek monotonos, from mon- tonos tone
1 : uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity
2 : tediously uniform or unvarying
- mo·not·o·nous·ly adverb
- mo·not·o·nous·ness noun
mostly because it is fun to type monotonous.  I suggest [...]

May 14th, 2007

How to Be a Ninja Punk

How to Be a Ninja Punk - WikiHow
Never go around shouting “Yo! I’m Ninja Punk!” for fun. Only say it when necessary.
Don’t worry, I bet there are TONS of times when its necessary.
Also see:
How to Act Like a Punk Girl - WikiHow
How to Be Punk at a School With Uniforms - WikiHow
Paint your nails a [...]

May 14th, 2007

Every Little Bit Helps

World Community Grid - Team
I fight AIDS @ home because I find it more worth while than seti and other distributed projects.  Even of all the projects @ World Community Grid, I think FightAIDS@Home is a better cause than Genome Comparison and Proteome Folding (not that those are not excellent causes)
I set it up to [...]

April 19th, 2007

No one belongs here

No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July
okay, so it isn’t screen reader capable, it sure is awesome.
the content of the website to promote her book was created with a dry erase marker and a digital camera.
I kinda want to read the book just because of that.

I am actually a huge fan [...]

March 20th, 2007

Alton Brown

Alton Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown suffered a motorcycle crash outside of Las Vegas. His only injury was a broken clavicle. This injury was caught on camera and was shown in episode 4. Brown wrote on his website that “it was a low charisma event. No flames, no smoke… just a lot of dust [...]

March 20th, 2007

Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realize it was [...]

March 17th, 2007

St. Patty’s Day

We did Irish Car Bombs last night @ midnight and they were delish!
If you drink, you fall asleep…
If you sleep, you commit no sin…
If you commit no sin, you go to heaven…
So let’s all drink and go to heaven!!!
Saint Patrick’s Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

February 19th, 2007

UN announces new radiation symbol

UnNews:UN announces new radiation symbol - Uncyclopedia

The UN expects that the new symbol will limit cases of radiation poisoning down to the utterly retarded.

January 16th, 2007

Battlestar Galactica

I accidentally clicked something that looked innocent on wikipedia about battlestar galactica . I think it was a spoiler.
must erase memory, must erase memory