My siblings (and others) really enjoy the terrible game Cards Against Humanity (previously mentioned here). It looks like the manufacturers are releasing a Science pack (benefiting women's STEM education), and some of the cards are pretty entertaining.
KATE AND JAMES! This is a really cool documentation of how the Hubble telescope images are colored (and please note that the guy's name is Zolt, which apparently means 'life' in Hungarian). (Also, hat-tip/still shots here.)
My labmate Ryan linked this ESPN notice that Miller Park (home of the Milwaukee Brewers) are going to be featuring 'Nachos-on-a-stick' ("a stick of beef, loaded with refried beans, rolled in Doritos, and then deep fried and drizzled with sour cream and cheese") this upcoming season. It is noted that people might want to split it, but there are some who probably will eat the entire thing. Also mentioned are the Lambeau Field Brat'chos; " Sliced bratwurst, potato chips, sauerkraut, jalapenos, sour cream with beer cheese sauce are served up in a bucket". Hopefully, one would share those as well.
i seem to take a lot of headshots/portraits for friends to use on things like seminar announcements and passport/greencard pictures. While looking at the specifications for this the other day, it turns out that on the US passport site is a widget that lets you crop pictures to their specifications (go here, widget link on the lower right). That's pretty nifty.
Bryan linked this penny farthing bike race/festival the other day. Penny-farthings are those bicycles with a much larger front wheels, so called because " from the British penny and farthing coins, one much larger than the other, so that the side view resembles a penny leading a farthing" as based on the wikipedia article, and the front wheel is directly connected to the pedals. From the looks of things, there is a small step to help mount it. Moreover, it looks like some of the modern ones have a brake, and here is a youtube clip of a (modern) race. While that all looks like fun, i'll stick to my modern "safety" bike.
A few of us were watching westerns on television a few weeks ago, and an infomercial aired several times about coloring books for adults. There was a definite discussion about the purported 'stress alleviation' one might attain, as claimed, and about the popularity of such an item. Last week and much to our surprise, a NYTimes article featured these same coloring books. From the article; " Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies. ". Huh.
SXSW happened, and happily, NPR provides amazing coverage for those of us not in attendance. Austin always has a happening musical scene, and i've been to concerts at several of the venues, particularly Stubbs (which is a remarkable mash-up of barbecue joint and concert venue, not to be confused with an Alaskan mayoral cat), so seeing footage filmed there has a very familiar feel. The Belgium artist/rapper Stromae (covered in this blog post) had a set there, and i was super curious to see what those present would make of a very fashionable dude rapping in French; looks like the crowd was receptive if not outright thrilled.
March Madness is nearly through (spilling into April for the final four), and the mens' UW-Madison Badger basketball team is doing very well. They are a generally decent and entertaining bunch of guys, but i think my favorite 'oh, this crazy kids' story has been the arc where Nigel Hayes (and teammates) has been fascinated by and challenging the stenographers present; here is a compiled list of his recent terms, and a recent UW article has suggested a few more, should he run out. Go, Badgers!
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