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Month: January 2008

if i ran the zoo…

Posted on 30 January 2008 By antipaucity No Comments on if i ran the zoo…

…or, more accurately, the apartment complex. I was talking to a couple friends this past weekend, and told them I’d like to offer a per-minute lease on an apartment. It turns out that $0.02 per minute is $864/30-day month. For another penny a minute I’d include all utilities. Ok, so it’s a little off the…

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blih, commentary, ideas

snow

Posted on 19 January 2008 By antipaucity 1 Comment on snow

Yes, the frozen, white, flaky water that falls from the skies and accumulates on the ground. It’s snowing here in Durham, and I’m psyched. As a coworker said, “Snow is redneck kryptonite”. /me loves being from the north 🙂

blih

perfect camoflage!

Posted on 17 January 200817 January 2008 By antipaucity No Comments on perfect camoflage!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7190107.stm So, researchers have figured out how make a material that will absorb 99.9% of incoming light. So, does that mean you can only “see” it because you can’t see it? If it’s not reflecting any light, then you only think you see it, because you can’t actually “see” no light, you could only see…

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humor

sloshing dessert

Posted on 14 January 2008 By antipaucity No Comments on sloshing dessert

So, I was sitting at Cold Stone in Chapel Hill with a buddy of mine Saturday evening, enjoying my mint and peanut butter ice cream with pineapple and coconut mix-ins, when I piped-up with “this would be so much better with rum”. Then it hit me: I need to open a bar and ice cream…

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fun, ideas

what if google took the day off?

Posted on 9 January 2008 By antipaucity No Comments on what if google took the day off?

A few of my co-workers an I were chatting recently, and wondered what kind of economic (and physical) impact Google could have if they chose to just shut down for a day. There’s no Service Level Agreement between Google and the world that says they’ll be there, at least none that I’ve seen or heard…

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commentary, technical
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