I'm no Superman

Feder: my computer slipped off my bed and fell SMACK onto the wood floor and now it doesn't work. damn Apples and their sensitivity to falls

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:25:00 -0500

Feder: my computer slipped off my bed and fell SMACK onto the wood floor and now it doesn't work. damn Apples and their sensitivity to falls
Simko: Conversely: last week I lodged my laptop into the crack between the subway doors to keep them from closing. It still works and I didn't miss the train
Feder: you probably gave it a learning disability

duplo: Catherine grew a cat beard. Berto, you have to do this...

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:20:57 -0500

duplo:

Catherine grew a cat beard.

Berto, you have to do this with Consuelito!!!

I’ll be waiting.

science: Right whale meets human. Huge!

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:01:14 -0500

science:

Right whale meets human.

Huge!

That’s me after running. My eyebrows/eyelashes are...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:57:08 -0500

That’s me after running.

My eyebrows/eyelashes are completely useless. There’s sweat all over my eyes and it hurts.

I need a headband ASAP!

jessicabigarel: this feels new. i like it. How cool is this?! I...

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:29:00 -0500

jessicabigarel:

this feels new. i like it.

How cool is this?!

I have to try this with my little niece. I’ll be singing and she is going to edit the whole thing.

My new hobby is to solve Project Euler’s problems. In...

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:24:23 -0500

My new hobby is to solve Project Euler’s problems. In their own words: “Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems”.

I’ve solved the first two problems, and my CPU is now trying to find the solution for the third one. It’s been running for ~10 min with the CPU at 100%. I hope to find the answer soon… if the computer doesn’t explode.

LHC by the numbers

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:48:21 -0500

LHC by the numbers:

science:

Nature:

US$4.1 billion = cost of building the LHC. US$4.5 billion = cost of the USS Ronald Regan.

Color! v color world.. by *gnato on deviantART

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:49:57 -0500

Color!

v color world.. by *gnato on deviantART

"Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:53:49 -0500

“Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.”

- Michael Sinz (via simko)

caseyliss: yourdp: In true Mythbusters fashion, drawing the...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:29:18 -0500

caseyliss:

yourdp:

In true Mythbusters fashion, drawing the Mona Lisa in 80 milliseconds with paintballs. Epic win. (ffwd to 1:25 if you have no patience, 2:05 for the slowmo)

Freaking awesome.

"Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them."

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:11:20 -0500

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

- Dion Boucicault (via vanne-h) (via masomenso)

caitlinoppermann: Usain Bolt is an arrogant tool. It’s...

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:17:04 -0500

caitlinoppermann:

Usain Bolt is an arrogant tool. It’s unbearable to even watch him. He’s more concerned with [looking like an idiot] for the camera than running in the final. It’s disgusting to watch especially after seeing so many gracious winners and losers in gymnastics…and every other sport I’ve watched.

I don’t think he is arrogant. He’s simply the best (by far).

jessicabigarel: I can relate. unicornology: (via...

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:20:00 -0500

jessicabigarel:

I can relate.

unicornology:

(via rgeissler)

Oh, Amèlie!

(via observando)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:20:24 -0500

(via observando)

"Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in..."

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:40:02 -0500

“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

- Mary Tyler Moore (via thresca) (via vanne-h) (via masomenso)

Instantes

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:48:58 -0500

observando:

Si pudiera vivir nuevamente mi vida.
En la próxima trataría de cometer más errores.
No intentaría ser tan perfecto, me relajaría más.
Sería más tonto de lo que he sido, de hecho
tomaría muy pocas cosas con seriedad.
Sería menos higiénico.
Correría más riesgos, haría más viajes, contemplaría
más atardeceres, subiría más montañas, nadaría más ríos.
Iría a más lugares adonde nunca he ido, comería
más helados y menos habas, tendría más problemas
reales y menos imaginarios.
Yo fui una de esas personas que vivió sensata y prolíficamente
cada minuto de su vida; claro que tuve momentos de alegría.
Pero si pudiera volver atrás trataría de tener
solamente buenos momentos.
Por si no lo saben, de eso está hecha la vida, sólo de momentos;
no te pierdas el ahora.
Yo era uno de esos que nunca iban a ninguna parte sin termómetro,
una bolsa de agua caliente, un paraguas y un paracaídas;
Si pudiera volver a vivir, viajaría más liviano.
Si pudiera volver a vivir comenzaría a andar descalzo a principios
de la primavera y seguiría así hasta concluir el otoño.
Daría más vueltas en calesita, contemplaría más amaneceres
y jugaría con más niños, si tuviera otra vez la vida por delante.
Pero ya tengo 85 años y sé que me estoy muriendo.

Algunos dicen que este poema es de Jorge Luis Borges, otros dicen que no. La realidad es que no sé si está comprobado o no. Pero es precioso igual.

Yo sólo sé que este poema estaba pegado en la pared de la peluquería a la que fui durante mucho tiempo. Creo que es buen momento para recordarlo.

21 Economic Models explained with Cows - 2008 update

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:01:00 -0500

snooz3r:

itscastro:

carocat:

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away…

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.

SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows.
No balance sheet provided with the release.
The public then buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called ‘Cowkimon’ and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy….

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive

I had to post this. She’s my niece. She is sooooooo...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:59:00 -0500

I had to post this.

She’s my niece. She is sooooooo freaking CUTE.

Photo taken by Berto.

simko: I’m officially obsessed with hybrid animals. My first...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:17:13 -0500

simko:

I’m officially obsessed with hybrid animals. My first exposure was the unbelievable product of a female zebra and a male horse - often called a Zorse or Hobra (photo). My most recent is this cross between a Leucistic Indian Peafowl and an Indian Blue Peacock. The result is gorgeous…

My favorite one is the Liger (lion + tiger).

The distance between the Earth and the Moon (all at the same...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:26:35 -0500

The distance between the Earth and the Moon (all at the same scale). via upload.wikimedia.org