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One of those Newton’s Apple-type trivia bits I tend to trot out with reasonable frequency (and have for as long as I can remember, practically) is that glass is “supercooled liquid”.
Now Garret points me to this article which actually shows us that I was ill-informed:
When glass is made, the material (often containing silica) is quickly […]

Senegalese chimps appear to manufacture and use spear-like implements.
In one case, Pruetz and Bertolani, from the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies in Cambridge, UK, witnessed a chimpanzee extract a bushbaby with a spear.
In most cases, the Fongoli chimpanzees carried out four or more steps to manufacture spears for hunting.
That’s just great.
When were humans first […]

A common need for web apps is to insert something into a database table and then immediately find out which ID got assigned to your new thing so that you can refer to it later in the script (probably while inserting more data).
A lot of folks start out doing something along the lines of:
INSERT INTO […]

Oh, but they can!
If you had told me, I never would have believe that Shaquille O’Neal could ever do a windmill spin. I wouldn’t believe he could have done it when he was young and strong, much less at his current age (he’s two months younger than I am) and decrepitude (he’s starting to get […]

How Not to Talk to Your Kids by Po Bronson (Interesting considering some gossip I’ve heard regarding how Bronson’s kid is handled day to day.) With nice extras in Po’s blog.
Then the students were given a choice of test for the second round. One choice was a test that would be more difficult than the […]

Never bet against Boston University in the Beanpot.
After falling behind early, Boston College took control of Monday’s championship game halfway through the second period and outshot Boston University 26-10 through the last 40 minutes of regulation.
“We looked like we were waiting to lose,” Terrier coach Jack Parker said.
But in overtime — after playing relatively little […]

If love was a submarine sandwich, it would be made at a place called Snarfs.

Sting can no longer sing the unsingable parts in “Roxanne”. Suck.
Prince was wasted introducing Beyonce.
Dixie Chicks?! Gads.
I love me some Wyclef. He and Shakira were actually a highlight.
The tiny in-audience stage was a horrible idea. At least as far as giving/receiving awards goes.
Gnarls Barkley did a boring slo-mo version of “Crazy”, but it’s worth mentioning […]