Link dump (some really old)
Bad business name puns:
Nothing Bundt Cakes
O'Aces Bar (eye-bleeding layout, even for Myspace) in SW Las Vegas. There's another one outside of St. Louis but they don't seem to be affiliated.
Some really old links I apparently saved up but never posted (or maybe I did, but enjoy them again):
I'm not sure what society's (and I include myself) fascination with clever/flashy thieves is, but here's another one. "After spending so much time chasing Blanchard -- and then talking to him -- McCormick and Levasseur developed a grudging regard for his abilities. And Blanchard grew to admire their relentless investigation. Like a cornered hacker who trades his black hat for white, Blanchard took on a new challenge: working the system from the inside. He provided such good information that McCormick and Levasseur were able to put together an eight-hour presentation for law enforcement and banking professionals. 'When those guys hear what Blanchard told us,' McCormick says, 'you can hear their assholes pucker shut.'"
The cow tunnels of NYC: "[C]attle traffic was so heavy in the 1870s that a tunnel was built to increase the flow to slaughterhouses along 12th Avenue and 34th Street."
Poor man's centrifuge made out of a salad spinner -- no electricity required.
Interesting graph: do you know how heavily subdized fossil fuels are compared to other energy sources?
And some fresh links:
McDonald's hamburger survives 12 years without decomposing. You can assume it's because of chemicals in the burger, or you can do science.
Uh-oh: you can absorb BPA by handling thermal receipt paper. "The studies' authors recommend that pregnant women stay away from thermal receipt paper, and wash their hands after handling it. BPA absorption is also linked to sexual dysfunction in men." I really hope casino cashout tickets are something different.
Commenter: "Before we start another Bisphenol A panic, it may be a good idea to read this article from Science-Based Medecine, about the not-very-clear evidence for a link between BPA and harm to human health: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=209 Jus' sayin'."
No wonder I can't sell my car
Nothing Bundt Cakes
O'Aces Bar (eye-bleeding layout, even for Myspace) in SW Las Vegas. There's another one outside of St. Louis but they don't seem to be affiliated.
Some really old links I apparently saved up but never posted (or maybe I did, but enjoy them again):
I'm not sure what society's (and I include myself) fascination with clever/flashy thieves is, but here's another one. "After spending so much time chasing Blanchard -- and then talking to him -- McCormick and Levasseur developed a grudging regard for his abilities. And Blanchard grew to admire their relentless investigation. Like a cornered hacker who trades his black hat for white, Blanchard took on a new challenge: working the system from the inside. He provided such good information that McCormick and Levasseur were able to put together an eight-hour presentation for law enforcement and banking professionals. 'When those guys hear what Blanchard told us,' McCormick says, 'you can hear their assholes pucker shut.'"
The cow tunnels of NYC: "[C]attle traffic was so heavy in the 1870s that a tunnel was built to increase the flow to slaughterhouses along 12th Avenue and 34th Street."
Poor man's centrifuge made out of a salad spinner -- no electricity required.
Interesting graph: do you know how heavily subdized fossil fuels are compared to other energy sources?
And some fresh links:
McDonald's hamburger survives 12 years without decomposing. You can assume it's because of chemicals in the burger, or you can do science.
Uh-oh: you can absorb BPA by handling thermal receipt paper. "The studies' authors recommend that pregnant women stay away from thermal receipt paper, and wash their hands after handling it. BPA absorption is also linked to sexual dysfunction in men." I really hope casino cashout tickets are something different.
Commenter: "Before we start another Bisphenol A panic, it may be a good idea to read this article from Science-Based Medecine, about the not-very-clear evidence for a link between BPA and harm to human health: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=209 Jus' sayin'."
No wonder I can't sell my car