Ghostbusters 1954 Trailer

This is somewhat awesome. This is a much better movie trailer mashup than.. say… Ghost Busters dubbed with Nickleback. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube...

Need a MacMini G4? $200

Update: This was sold My girlfriend Arika is selling her old MacMini 64. Here are the specs. 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 Processor 256MB of DDR SDRAM (supports up to 1GB) 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive Slot Loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) ATI Radeon 9200 graphics card Built in 56k Modem and Ethernet One Firewire 400 and 2 USB 2.0 Ports Built in speakers and headphone jack Running Tiger The same system...

Interesting Bit of the Day – Sight for the Blind

Is this what comes to mind when you think of prosthetic sight? The keynote speaker for the “All Hands” meeting today was Erik Weihenmayer. Erik gave an amazing and inspirational talk about overcoming adversity and achieving great things when others believe you can’t. This is often the topic of various motivational “You Can Do Anything” speakers. If I remember...

Interesting Bit of the Day – Dyson Trees and Stuff the Orbits Other Stuff

Wheat in space - Nasa.gov Today’s interesting bit of the day is an old favorite of mine – Dyson Trees. Dyson Trees were proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson as a means of creating atmospheric conditions on comets. The comet would provide the minerals and water for the tree to grow and the tree in turn would produce atmospheric gasses. This was all theoretical, but presumably is highly...

Interesting Bit of the Day – Peter Principle

A special thanks to David Hauser for finding this one… The Peter Principle is a  concept developed Lawrence J Peter in the 60s as a bit of office humor that states that all employees get promoted higher and higher until they attain a position which they are not suitable for and thus do not get promoted further. Another way to look at it is “If you are not currently in a position...