Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Sterling Archer of FX’s “Archer” is practically a walking AP Literature text book. As the world’s most well-read secret-service agent, he knows the texts of “Animal Farm” and “Of Mice and Men” — even the works of French Philosopher Peter Abelard dating back to the 12th century — like the back of his hand. Or, well…
The Blurst of Times A genetic algorithm experiment — @joshmillard This script creates a series of virtual monkeys, each with its own genetic pre-disposition to whack certain sets of keys on a typewriter in a certain order. Each generation of monkeys competes to see who can produce output closest to the target sentence;…
The Large Hadron Collider – the incredible machinery that was credited with discovering the Holy Grail of long sought after particles, the Higgs Boson – has finally been re-awoken after a two year slumber whilst undergoing upgrades and repairs. Naturally this incredible piece of technology, with the ability to change our understanding of our universe as we know it, was due a…
hullaballoons: HELP I ACCIDENTALLY STARTED A PRESIDENTIAL CONSPIRACY I MADE THIS WEBSITE LIKE 6 YEARS AGO ITS FAKE EVERYTHING ON IT IS FAKE I MADE IT ALL UP AND NOW??????? I DID THIS????? THIS VERIFIED FB WOMAN WANTED TO BELIEVE JAMES BUCHANAN THE 15TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES REALLY RAISED PYGMY GOATS IN THE…
On Monday, at the White House Easter Egg Roll, President Obama’s reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was interrupted by bees. The children in attendance screamed, because children and bees are natural enemies. The President urged them to stop screaming, because “bees are good,” and besides, wild things wouldn’t be afraid of…
I’ve always had a teensy bit of penis envy. It’s not that I don’t value my chromosomes. Estrogen has its perks—amiright, ladies? And who wants to clutch their crotches in fear every time a baseball hurtles by? or deal with embarrassing teenage erections? Ew. But the lack of certain equipment makes my XX world more challenging. Stake…
“Most girls aren’t into this kind of stuff.” No way, do you have the list? The list of things most girls are into? I’ve been trying to find that thing forever, can you forward it to me? You have my email. Thanks, man, you’re the best. “You got it! Clever girl!” Accolades I would prefer…
Previously in this series: Two Monks invent dinner parties. MONK #1: do birds have meetings MONK #2: absolutely they have a Meeting Hat and everything MONK #1: what do they have meetings about MONK #2: mostly who gets to wear the meeting hat MONK #1: do human women sleep in beds or– MONK #2: no…
BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: Okay, so I think we’re pretty much set here. There’s not a lot of space, it’s single-occupancy, we’ve got a sink, a toilet, a blow dryer, a trash can – BATHROOM DESIGNER #2: Full length mirror. BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: What? BATHROOM DESIGNER #2: Full. Length. Mirror. BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: What about it?…
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