It’s very annoying to go away for a couple of days and discover that the only book you’ve brought with you is a resounding DUD. This is what happened to me with What Does A Martian Look Like?, filed under ‘popular science’ and[…]

Rob wants a bling bling on his microphone? Try THIS!! This, being a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats some fifty light years away!! And as if that wasn’t bling bling enough, it’s real name is BPM 37093!!! Just imagine TH[…]

Good question, Riley. The answer is: 10 inch, solid aluminium costing $5000 each. Bling! etc[…]

Patriotism Corner: God bless you, T A Harley! “These pages contain information about one of my favourite interests, the British weather.” He’s not joking either! I’ve already put some of it to ‘good use’ on Popular[…]

RSS wars
“The alternative–still in search of a name after being known variously as “Atom,” “Echo” and “Pie”–would closely follow RSS technically but have different specifications.”
Last week[…]

Ridiculous hyperbole? Check.Sexy fake-mathematical selling points? Check. Hilarious dangling modifiers? Check.
Introducing our exciting NEW laser engraved pen… the INFINITY EXTREME!I’d like to take this opportunity to present the laser-en[…]

Juicy quotes:
“At the time, prefrontal lobotomy or orbitofrontal undercutting — a less radical
method of treating severe mental disorders — might have been useful in treating
severely psychotic patients without causing more disrupt[…]

Scenes from My Life as a Bad Teacher: it’s 20 years ago now so don’t expect names. I taught one-on-one for three years, at a place which didn’t mind if the kids failed their exams cz the mums and dads were rich, and just sent them b[…]

A new series in Proven by Science — punXoR science textbook reviews!

Juicy quotes
“The behavior of norbornyl systems in solvolytic displacement reactions were suggestive of neighboring-group participation.”
“Attack by acetate[…]

The United States government has boldly (ha ha) banned Courier New 12.
“In an internal memorandum distributed on Wednesday, the department declared “Courier New 12″ – the font and size decreed for US diplomatic documents for y[…]