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January 30, 2006
I forgot to mention this a while back, I now have two diseases
Besides being awesome I also have Ankyloglossia. In layterms, I'm tongue tied. The little thingy that connects the mouth to the tongue, well that thing, in my case, is connected too far out down my tongue. This means I can't stick my tongue out very far and brooke makes fun of me for it. It also means I had a higher probablity for speach inpediments and needing braces but neither manifested themselves. This means though that I have a medical reason for why I talk fast. Well, I guess only for why I can talk faster, not why I talk faster. Anywho, just thought this might be potentially amusing to someone.
I found this out when I went to my new dentist last time, which was this fall. He was looking in my mouth and said "huh....", which I think they should teach doctors of any kind not to do. Like, being a doctor 101, don't leave tools inside of people and don't say 'huh' and then not follow it up. He informed me of my condition and was surprised it didn't cause complications.
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Smart people shouldn't mate
At least with each other. I've read stuff like this before but here's a link to an article stating that the offspring of two analytically oriented people has a higher chance of being autistic. I guess this means I have no recourse but to marry a rock star or a super model, bummer :/
I heard Lisa Loeb was single these days, now only if I looked a little older instead of like a 16 year old...
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Opinion time
So, I'm thinking of changing the domain name for my site and altering the format a bit. This started as a "what the crap is joe up to down under" thing but now it's just a link cache with my occasional rants on topics. I guess I'm not going to change the format but recognize that it's chagned. I'd probably not name myself with the new site to avoid the watchful gaze of google and those that stand to judge me, like employers, grad school application reviewers, etc.
The big question is, what to call it. Right now I'm thinking either highfivesareokay dot org or someguynamedjoe dot net. I like the first one because in my mind that makes me like a non-profit advocating the reacceptance of the high five by society at large. The second one seems more "bloglike" in nature, which isn't bad at all, just a little different vibe than the first.
Let me know what you think.
UPDATE: brooke and Josh both like the current name, which is valid, so there's now a third option which is "leave it alone and stop thinking you're clever". Feel free to revote if you prefer this option.
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January 27, 2006
Yeah for astronauts
The staff of the ISS are tossing a suit with some transponders out an airlock. It will crank out a prerecorded message in 5 languages and can be picked up by anyone on earth with a moderately sized antannae. The article makes it seem like it's pretty much just for fun and is intended to draw the interest of kids in primary and secondary schools. There are prizes being offered for whomever deciphers special words that are part of the messages in each of the 5 languages. I guess there's also an image too. I saw this is neat, good work outspace team. Now quit dilly-dallying and get back to constructing my orbiting death ray.
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Quality clip from the Colbert report
Colbert debates himself and uses an analogy about Superman to show why W should be able to wire tap without any court supervision. The funniest part is where he mentions Aquaman and the wondertwins.
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January 26, 2006
Freaking David Hasselhoff
Josh linked to a video of Mr. baywatch covering "hooked on a feeling". It's really funny, totally absurd and mostly ridiculous, check it out.
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January 25, 2006
Stanford is giving away knowledge
get it while the bits are hot. So far I've only listened to is the 2005 commencement speach by the Steve. I can't get it to give up an iTMS link so just go to the link above, let it fire up iTunes, go to "heard on campus" and then "Visiting Lecturers and Speakers". You can even get the video if you're so inclined. I really liked the Jobs speach, especially the mention of "Woz".
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January 24, 2006
Friggin' sweet
So, my sisters ibook has had a rather lengthy ordeal in our most recent attempt to get it fixed. First the guy that took the order didn't write anything down, so nothing was fixed, and then it got mis-shipped and misplaced and blahblahblah, nearly a month later we get it back, still busted. Oh, and thanks to the shipping snafu the warranty is up as of Jan. 3rd.
Well, I took it into the apple store at Rosedale, where some of my friends work, and through the sheer niceness of the assistant manager, Dan, I'm in posession of a brand new, 12" G4 ibook along with a brand new 3 year apple care warranty. That means my sister will have gotten 6 years of ibook action off of an ibook I bought at like 25% off, thanks to my employee discount at the time. That's what I call a sound investment.
Oh, and if anyone cares, her logic board had gone out, producing symptoms such as it would boot of anything( we tried the interal hard drive, an external firewire harddrive and a cd) if you were doing a reboot and on a cold boot the time was always getting reset, indicating several capacitors had blown at a minimum. This was the 2nd logic board it'd blown and it had a logic board cable go bad also. Yeah for a broad interpretation of the three strikes rule.
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It turns out girls are stronger than boys
At least during the fetal stage. The article is actually about how, during times of stress, less male babies are born. It's looking like the mothers body, when under stress, has less tolerance for weaker embryos(males) and will abort fetuses that would have otherwise gone to term. In the article it says that it is an accepted fact that male fetuses are weaker. I didn't know that until now and thought it was interesting and worth sharing.
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January 18, 2006
Remember the finger in the chili at wendy's?
Well, the couple that perpetrated the hoax are going to jail. Chalk one up for common sense. I think that brings common sense's score to 14, team crazypants McGee infinity - 3.
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And the next guaranteed seat in purgatory goes to...
whomever came up with the idea for star wars transformers. Way to take two things that were pretty freaking sweet in their own right, shoehorn them into a single manifestation and then revel in it's weak sauceiness. So whats next, are you going to kick my inner child in it's other shin and tell it that Santa Claus ate the Easter Bunny? Not cool buddy, not cool...
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January 17, 2006
Gaahhh, no more politicians telling me why God does stuff
So, I'm reading the BBC and come across an article in which the mayor of New Orleans tells us God sent hurricanes because he's angry. Why is he angry you ask? Well, the good mayor goes on to say "he can't be happy we're in Iraq under false pretenses".
RANT STARTS HERE:
Yep, God smote New Orleans because the W administration fibbed. Sure did....couldn't have been that the waves were bigger than the walls were rated for or the fact you built below the water line you raging tool. Yep, water flows to lower parts because God made it, not because of...oh....I don't know...GRAVITY? And the poor execution and disaster planning on your part, that couldn't have contributed to the loss could it? Gah....sorry, had to get that out of my system.
END RANT
ADDENDUM TO RANT
I pulled two sentences that were originally in the post about how God made them put the hospital generators in the basement and not on the roof because he hates the infirm and elderly but I feel that was getting a little carried away and that I'd already proved my point. I now think that this is pertinent for an additional reason. That, the putting the generators on the roof on account of flooding, seems like something that should be in a building code. And building codes, coming from the zoning office, is an area that a mayor should hold influence over. It doesn't seem the prophet-mayor is taking a whole lot of accountability for stuff like that, or maybe I'm just missing the news articles that go into that aspect. If I am, please set the record straight. I don't mean to lambaste a guy that doesn't deserve it but as soon as you tell people how to view their deity of choice, that's treading on some thin ice and you need to expect to be scrutinized.
END RANT ADDENDUM
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January 16, 2006
More fun with monkeys
Well, Nelson pointed me at the lateset in simian assisted living, trunk monkies. Start at video one and work from the bottom up. My personal favorite is the trunk monkey, chaperone edition.
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January 11, 2006
Ben Gibbard is in my pants....and I like it....
Ahah, made you look. In reality this is just a link to a BBC article about levis' putting an ipod doc and remote in their pants. Too bad they're asking $200 a pop, that seems pretty silly.
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January 06, 2006
Funny story time
Well, I don't think Paul thought it was funny but here goes.
I get home last night to see Paul and Joel eating some steaks that Paul cooked up. I say to Paul, "Oh man, this morning I stabbed the palm of my hand pretty bad on a steak knife as I was pulling my Nalgene out of the back of the dish washer."
Paul pauses for a second and says, "what did you do with that knife after you stabbed yourself?"
Suddenly realizing where this line of questioning is going I say, "Well, I left it in there but I was going to put the dishes away when I got home anyways so I'll rewash it by hand."
Paul then proceds to open the now empty dishwasher. He then points out the three knives he and Joel have used in the preparation and eating of their steaks and says, "Well, guessing we just ate off of your bloody knife".
Joel chuckles a little bit and I say, "well I didn't even bleed on the knife really, so it more so just has my hand germs on it and this was right after I showered so it should be okay".
At that point Paul, at least I think it was Paul, asks, in a not overly amused voice, "Well, hope you don't have any communicable illnesses" to which I quickly reply, "I don't unless you consider being awesome a disease".
Joel laughed pretty hard at that one and I felt whitty.
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January 05, 2006
Sweet new mouse
I just saw a link to a new mouse on /. I don't think I'd use it at my desk at home but if you were on the road this would be killer for some quick work on a plane or at a starbucks. Definite nerd appeal in my book for functionality. If it's ergonomic I'm guessing this will make a killing, especially with everyone wondering what to do with their pc slot now that ethernet and wireless is all builtin.
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