Via The Daily What-Geek: The AlgoRhythmics, a dance team from Sapientia University in Romania, have taken traditional European dancing to an even nerdier place- math.

Bubble-sort with Hungarian ("Csángó") folk dance
Shell-sort with Hungarian (Székely) folk dance
Select-sort with Gypsy folk dance
Insert-sort with Romanian folk danceMerge-sort and ( Read more... )

( So I was going to go flake out on the sofa with music playing and chill out for a while, but... )

( I'm afraid it's already too late... )

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I adore thunderstorms.  I really, really do.  And there was a lovely one here today.

What I completely failed to adore was having my power blip out, right while I was in the middle of writing a comment (I so less-than-three Firefox for saving - and giving the option to restore - unexpectedly-ended sessions!!!), frotzing my xconfig in the process ( Read more... )

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome ( Read more... )

Thanks to sister_devora's brother cheerfulchaotic for this link:

I am not a girl.  I don't give a damn about boys, the color pink, makeup, the color pink, fashion, the color pink, jewelry, the color pink, dolls, the color pink, or Mary Kate and Ashley. ... Imagine a legally-sanctioned marriage in which both participants are interested in the exact same things. ... Imagine a ( Read more... )