Math Humor
Ξ January 25th, 2007 | → 5 Comments | ∇ Humor |
Q: What do you get when you cross a mountain climber and an elephant?
A: Nothing. You can’t cross-product scalars!
Tongue Twister
Ξ January 19th, 2007 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Language, Humor |
I heard a German tongue twister today that I thought was pretty funny. Try to say this ten times fast:
“Junge Burschen, die vor einem Schokoladenladen Laden laden, laden Schokoladenladen-Mädchen gerne zum tanzen ein.”
Ironically my Russian professor taught it to me. Here’s the English translation: “Young boys that are loading boxes in front of a chocolate store, gladly invite chocolate store girls to go dancing.”
Not quite as funny in English. Thanks, Dr. Samuel!
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
Ξ January 16th, 2007 | → 3 Comments | ∇ Humor |
They opened up a new smoothie shop in my apartment building and for the event, they have had one of these Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men outside for the past couple of days.
And since no one can get enough of this, here it is for your enjoyment. The commercial from the Family Guy movie:
IT Rule #1: Don’t install beta software on production boxes…
Ξ January 7th, 2007 | → 4 Comments | ∇ Tech |
… otherwise I have to go un-install Windows Defender on 400 machines when the beta version expired on December 31st and the application fails very ungracefully.
Next time Microsoft releases beta software for public testing, it would be nice if it would gracefully let you know when it expires and maybe even give an option to install the latest and greatest. The whole “Application failed to initialize…” evil error message on January 1st doesn’t make my job as an IT Desktop Support guy very fun when it happens to 400 clients at once. I stand by my previous hatred for Microsoft on this one.
Oot
Ξ January 1st, 2007 | → 5 Comments | ∇ Language |
Okay. Seriously. What is the pronunciation rule here? “Boot” rhymes with “Loot” and “Soot” rhymes with “Foot”. So is there some rule that says that double vowels that follow certain consonants get pronounced different than others? Or is this just completely random? Please explain.
