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Thursday Geek-isms
Last night, while walking in SoHo, I noticed twin, parallel spotlights glowing just south of us. Being the idiot that I am, I asked, “Ooh, what’s going on over there? Is it a party? A premiere? Let’s go check it out!” You may now commence throwing your stones at me. The city of New York is eerily solemn […]
A Spike in Traffic
Yesterday, the great and mighty Neatorama linked to my Top 5 Star Wars Designs and What Inspired Them post in their 6 Things Inspired by Einstein. I almost let out a scream when I saw the one-sentence reference to my lil’ ol’ blog on one of my favorite sites on the web. Needless to say, […]
We’re Still Alive!
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, we’re still alive! The LHC has successfully completed its first round of testing! Here is a picture from the control room: (image via Slashdot) Yeah, I have no idea what it means either. However, just because the first beam test worked doesn’t mean we can rest easily. This was […]
In Case the World Comes to an End Tomorrow…
Unless you have been living in a cave, you should know that CERN is flipping the ‘On’ switch on its $10 billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tomorrow. (image via the NYTimes) The LHC hopes to re-create conditions that last existed when the universe was less than a trillionth of a second old. This comic by […]
The Best Salesman in the World
The last time I was in San Francisco, I ran into the world-famous Bushman as many other tourists do at Fisherman’s Wharf. After getting the crap scared out of me, I had a little chat with him, and even asked, “Do you make enough money doing this?” “Hell yeah, I sent two kids through college doing this.” […]
Thursday Geek-isms
Football season has officially started! Although I’ve always enjoyed the sport, I was never into it as much as basketball. However, this season I decided to join my first fantasy football league in order to get more exposure from the most popular sport in the US. J is overjoyed at the prospect as he is a football nut […]
만화방 (Korean Comic Rooms)
I used to love reading comic books as a child. Korea has huge, thick comic “magazines” that feature some of the more popular series of comics. These monthly compilations would almost always include cliffhangers would keep me whining and salivating for the next month’s issue. My favorite while growing up was 보물섬 (bomoolsum), which means […]