Those of you with an interest in things Chinese and para-Chinese (I’m looking at you. Ahem.) might be interested in reading the blog that anthropologist David K. Jordan has been maintaining while spending a semester teaching in Asia. It’s chock full of linguistic and religious observations, all with that pleasant snarkiness that DKJ has mastered.
Category Archives: Fun
Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today!
This makes me happy. There’s a whole blog, Paleo-Future.Com, that focuses on images of the future that people in the past have held. Lots of Disney stuff, of course, but other very fascinating pictures, videos, and other resources.
The Algorithm Inspires Nerd Viral Marketing Take Over via Google
THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS
THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA
This is rich; hope you don’t mind Chris! Explanation here.
National High Five Day
In the spirit of peace, love, and general awesomeness, I high-five you!
National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April each year, which falls this year on April 19, 2007. The holiday originated at the University of Virginia in 2002, and has since spread across the nation, and around the globe.
Imagine that while on your way to class, you pass a dignified looking middle-aged man in a suit. Instead of noticing this respectable pillar of society fifteen seconds or so before your interaction is fated to occur, and lowering your head to avoid his disapproving scowl, you and the businessman simultaneously raise your hands and wordlessly high-five. You both walk on, and likely relate the story to whomever you eat dinner with that night.
Special thanks to Nate and Ted for bringing this to my attention.
finally a lottery ticket i’d buy
Buzz Aldrin announced something awesome today: a lottery to send some lucky winner into space.
Details of the competition are still sketchy, Aldrin said at a space investment conference on Wall Street Tuesday, with the legal status of selling lottery tickets still to be resolved.
He said the idea was to offer the top prize of a flight into Earth’s orbit, but it was not yet decided on what spacecraft.
So it’s not exactly “WIN A TRIP TO THE MOON!“, but it’s a nice first step in that direction.
[Hat tip to Patrick for the story link]