the best things in life aren't things
Joke of the day..
Jun 2nd
A small Alabama Wild Animal Park acquired a very rare species of gorilla.
Within a few weeks, the gorilla, who was a female, became very difficult to handle.
Upon examination, the park veterinarian determined the problem. The gorilla was in heat.
To make matters worse, there was no male gorilla available.
Reflecting on their problem, the park administrator thought of Eddie, a redneck part-time intern, who was responsible for cleaning the animal’s cages.
Eddie, like most rednecks, had little sense, but possessed ample ability to satisfy a female of any species. The park administrator thought they might have a solution.
Eddie was approached with a proposition.
Would he be willing to mate with the gorilla for $500?
Eddie showed some interest, but said he would have to think the matter over carefully.
The following day, Eddie announced that he would accept their offer, but only under the following 3 conditions.
“First,” he said, “I don’t want to have to kiss her on the lips.”
The park administrator quickly agreed to this condition.
“Second,” Eddie said, “you must never tell anyone about this.”
The park administrator again readily agreed to this condition.
And last of all Eddie stated, “You’ve got to give me another week to come up with the $500.”
A tune a day..
Jun 2nd
Hercules & Love Affair, aka Brooklyn producer Andy Butler, enlists Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons for “Blind”, a superb disco track I came to repeat in my playlist.
the art of complex problem solving
Jun 2nd
As some of you might know, I like to solve problems. I’d like to think I am a solver. While stumbling, I came across an interesting website about the entangled process of problem solving. The picture below illustrates this process.
After scanning the intricate illustrations, may I ask you: Do you,in any way, feel more confident about solving a certain problem? I think not. I appreciate the time put into this work and the idea behind it. But, unfortunately they failed in one of the last steps – communicating clearly. However clever the idea is, if you do not illustrate it in an easy fashion it will only make it more complicated than already is.
My advice to you solving any type of problem: think. If that doesn’t work, Google it!
Seriously now, there are a few tips that you can take into consideration:
- understanding the problem before trying to solve it
- keep it simple and stupid (reduce complexity)
- challenge every one of your assumptions
- address the problem, not the symptoms
Having read all this, go now..find patterns in primes, reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity, disprove god, cure cancer and bring peace to humanity! And don’t forget.. problems are opportunities.
A tune a day..
May 30th
“Pork and Beans” from Weezer starring some familiar YouTube faces. New Self-Titled “Red Album” out June 3rd, 2008!
We’ve landed!
May 27th
NASA Phoenix touched down on the Red Planet at 4:53 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53 p.m. Eastern Time), May 25, 2008, in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis, at 68 degrees north latitude, 234 degrees east longitude.
This is an approximate-color image taken shortly after landing by the spacecraft’s Surface Stereo Imager, inferred from two color filters, a violet, 450-nanometer filter and an infrared, 750-nanometer filter.
The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Joke of the day..
May 26th
A blind man wanders into an all woman biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee.
After sitting for awhile he yells to the waiter, “Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?”
The bar immediately falls silent. In a deep husky voice the woman next to him says, ” Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it’s only fair – given the fact that you’re blind – that you should know five things:
1.The bartender is a blonde woman with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde woman
3. I’m a six foot tall, 175 pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell the joke?
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and mutters, “No, not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”
A tune a day..
May 25th
If I die clutching your photograph
Don’t call me boring, It’s just ’cause I like you
