Monthly Archives: August 2005

Pray for those in the path of Kat­rina. Tags: hur­ri­cane Katrina

If you have iTunes you may have thought that shuf­fle play seems like it favors cer­tain tracks, play­ing them more often or per­haps twice in a row. Brian Hansen thought that too, but he per­formed a detailed sta­tis­ti­cal analy­sis just … Read More →

This pic­ture is dis­turb­ing on so many lev­els. Tags: nature picture

Some­times peo­ple believe in some­thing even when there’s ample evi­dence to the con­trary. For instance, the student-run Daily Egpyt­ian of South­ern Illi­nois Uni­ver­sity. For over two years, a man and woman were able to con­vince them a lit­tle girl was … Read More →

In case you won­dered, I’m on Google Talk, using Adium. If you know my Gmail address, give me a shout. Tags: Google mac jabber

The zoo in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. has a new baby panda and they’re hold­ing a web-based vote to select a new name. The baby has been unof­fi­cially named “But­ter­stick”, a name that comes from media com­par­isons to the baby’s weight. But … Read More →