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Posted by Deana in Philosophy on September 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments »

I rarely ask you to do anything for me, but this time I’m imploring you: go see “Serenity”:http://www.serenitymovie.com/ this weekend. Not later, not on DVD, but this weekend if you can. My motives are selfish: I want someone at SciFi to notice it and say, “Hey, that would make a good TV [...]

Posted by Chris in Film on September 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments »

Chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and even some birds have been shown to use (and sometimes even fashion) tools in the wild, for a variety of purposes. The latest find is that “gorillas use tools in the wild”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4296606.stm, which means that there isn’t a great ape that *doesn’t* use tools.
As much as the world hates to [...]

Posted by Chris in Science on September 30th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

What can we do? Stick figures everywhere are in severe danger!

Posted by erich in Fun on September 29th, 2005 | No Comments »

It’s Banned Books Week, a time to celebrate our (rapidly shrinking) ability to read stuff that other people tell us not to. So go “do something naughty”:http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/actionguide/actionguide.htm and maybe read a book, too.

Posted by Chris in Holiday! Celebrate! on September 27th, 2005 | No Comments »

We just launched a complete redesign at work. The site is now called “Eventful”:http://eventful.com, and it’s geared toward making event sharing as engaging as possible. (The company is still called EVDB, but I won’t mind if you call it Eventful too. It’s easier to pronounce.) As I posted in a “comment [...]

Posted by Chris in Technology on September 23rd, 2005 | No Comments »

Ah, The Onion as ever finds the most succinct way to sum it all up when it comes to companies like Haliburton.

Posted by Deb in You have got to be kidding on September 20th, 2005 | No Comments »

Since it’s “International Talk Like A Pirate Day”:http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html, you might enjoy Ben’s first joke:
bq. What does a pirate dog say?
bq. Arrrrrrrf.
Thank you folks, he’s here all week. Now cleanse your palate with something “actually funny”:http://www.partiallyclips.com/itlapd.php.

Posted by Chris in Holiday! Celebrate! on September 19th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Here is the link: The Pentagon’s New Goal: Putting Science into Scripts
Here is Kerrigan’s rant as I could not have said it better myself:
ummmmm…..so rather than fund education, let’s just make movies and have the kids learn from them instead! because we all know how much accurate science there is in movies [...]

Posted by Deb in Oddly Enough on September 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Patrick pointed out a New York Times article on “conservatives flocking to March of the Penguins”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/science/13peng.html because it “affirms traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child rearing”, not to mention (ugh) intelligent design. “Hooey” is the word that comes to mind, mostly because I saw the same film and didn’t feel even a [...]

Posted by Chris in Film on September 13th, 2005 | 3 Comments »