The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the unsolved murder of Penn State graduate student Betsy Aardsma in the school’s library. Her murder in the stacks became campus legend, with most of us ignorant to whether the murder actually happened, or was just campus myth.
Wanting to learn more, my classmate David Milone made a documentary about the murder which philly.com located and posted: Murder in the Stacks. It’s a good primer for the case, and features some camera work of yours truly (the footage of the stacks themselves).
This website offers a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the unsolved murder of Penn State graduate student Betsy Aardsma in the school’s library. Her murder in the stacks became campus legend, with most of us ignorant to whether the murder actually happened, or was just campus myth.
Wanting to learn more, my classmate David Milone made a documentary about the murder which philly.com located and posted: Murder in the Stacks. It’s a good primer for the case, and features some camera work of yours truly (the footage of the stacks themselves).
This website offers a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
# 2008 Jul 31
No love for my nostalgic favorite, “Flagpole Sitta”, though:
Fingertips have memories
Mine can’t forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
Via kottke.
# 2008 Jul 31
All the teasers for season two, collected. I like the use of condemnations from the Parents Television Council as commendations.
Also, motherchucker.
# 2008 Jul 30
Earlier work by game theorists has shown that the reason that, unlike so many other creatures, humans help strangers and unrelated people is down to reputation.
Reputation is important for the evolution of human cooperation, through a process called “indirect reciprocity”, summed up by ‘I help you and somebody else helps me’.
# 2008 Jul 30
Inside a tree:
Grown in the grounds of Sunland Farm, the tree trunk is so wide it takes 40 adults with outstretched arms to encircle its 155 foot (48 meters) circumference. The trunk is hollow, but its walls are still up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) thick.
The tree has its own cellar, with natural ventilation to keep the beer cold.
Seats about 15 people.
# 2008 Jul 30
From the Department of Things I Did Not Need To Be Given the Power To Do comes slydial. The service is dirt simple: call slydial, listen to a short ad, and you can access any cell phone user’s voicemail directly - eliminating the chance any chance of an unwanted conversation.
This’ll be fun until someone does it to me.
From the Department of Things I Did Not Need To Be Given the Power To Do comes slydial. The service is dirt simple: call slydial, listen to a short ad, and you can access any cell phone user’s voicemail directly - eliminating the chance any chance of an unwanted conversation.
This’ll be fun until someone does it to me.
# 2008 Jul 22
Don’t know how much there is to these reports, but something I'm watching with interest before deciding on an iPhone 3G.
3G isn't so enticing if it shares EDGE’s tendency to slow to a crawl when I'm forced to share the network with everyone else.
# 2008 Jul 15
“Act I: Wheee” is now available through iTunes. Masterminded by Joss Whedon, it stars Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day, and Nathan Fillion.
# 2008 Jul 15
MLB’s At Bat will be the death of my battery.
MLB’s At Bat will be the death of my battery.
# 2008 Jul 10
How Pixar reacted to one woman reacting to Wall-E:
As some of you know, when the trailer first came out, my girlfriend, Courtney, burst into tears at the trailer. She was emabrrassed but somewhat amused by this, as so she made a video of herself watching the trailer on her computer, knowing she would start crying every time that little robot said his own name.
After a few months, she started to get trickles of emails from people at Pixar who said they had seen her video and really appreciated it. It was all sort of under the radar — mostly code monkeys, and they were sort of circumspect about the subject.
How Pixar reacted to one woman reacting to Wall-E:
As some of you know, when the trailer first came out, my girlfriend, Courtney, burst into tears at the trailer. She was emabrrassed but somewhat amused by this, as so she made a video of herself watching the trailer on her computer, knowing she would start crying every time that little robot said his own name.
After a few months, she started to get trickles of emails from people at Pixar who said they had seen her video and really appreciated it. It was all sort of under the radar — mostly code monkeys, and they were sort of circumspect about the subject.
# 2008 Jul 07
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