Wednesday, December 10, 2008

All I Want for Christmas...

... is a giant, firebreathing robot dog that I can ride around the streets of London.



saw this at notcot.org

Hello, I Love Christmas Songs 2 : Phantom Planet

15 days before Christmas!!!



Hello, It's Almost Jason's Birthday


Monday, December 8, 2008

Hello, I Love Christmas Songs 1 : Raveonettes

16 days before Christmas!


Thesis a Progress Report

You always hear people say that it's hard to make progress if you don't keep track of your progress (okay maybe only I'm the only one who always hears it... from the strange voices in my head...). So to help make headway in the lost cause that is my thesis, I made the following charts to document how far I've gone after three months of thesis sweat, blood and tears:


Figure 1. Overall Progress


Figure 2. Number of Zits


Figure 3. Weight Gained (in lbs)


Figure 4. Stress-to-Output Ratio

I'm thinking of passing this to my thesis advisor in lieu of a real progress report...


Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Give Your Loved-Ones Herpes this Christmas


coolstuffexpress.com is selling plush herpes microbes. They're cute AND educational! They also make good christmas gifts for your significant other; nothing says "forever" like big box of herpes.

UPDATE: I never noticed how much herpes looks like a fried egg...

Hello, I Love Sleeping Around



Here's an interesting article from jezebel.com on why women sleep around and how it's not as anomalous or unnatural as some people think.

If you have the time, you can read the actual study from New Scientist that the jezebel article cites, it's longer but it's a good read.

Anyway, now I understand why I never seem to get a lot of tail...

Figure 1. My hand...