My kids force me to watch a number of shows I would never have watched on my own that I actually find quite enjoyable, like My Little Pony and Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. Others, like, Super Why!, well, not so much. It is fine. I just happen to not be an illiterate four year-old, putting me outside their target demographic. Continue reading “Dewey Decimal Easter Egg?”
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Edith Ramirez, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced that the FTC is committed to using its investigatory and antitrust powers to take on patent trolls:
First, she revealed that the FTC will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into the conduct of patent trolls. Second, she confirmed that, when appropriate, the FTC is committed to using its antitrust enforcement powers. – Daniel Nazer for EFF
The lovely and talented folks at CosmoQuest are raising funds to keep their programs and staff going. Those programs include a variety of outreach and citizen science projects. Changes due to sequestration and the way that science education is being funded by the US government has left valuable programs like CosmoQuest with uncertain futures.
On March 22, 2013 we found out that many NASA EPO programs will be suspended as a direct result of US budgetary sequestration. The full ramifications are still being learned, but we are proactively working to raise money to make sure that CosmoQuest can continue to support its staff and its programs. As we are able, we will also use any monies we raise to contract amazing people whose jobs are negatively impacted by budgetary cuts.
If you are incapable of loving this LEGO vignette based on the whale and bowl of petunias scene from Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then you and I can no longer be friends.
My four year-old loves the perspective created by the miniature trees and mountain.
I appreciate that the work captures the idea that the terminal velocity of the bowl of petunias would be lower than that of the sperm whale, and that creator Stefan Schindler is a fan of science:
I’m also a great enthusiast of the scientific method and reason…
His LEGO renderings of the ATV-4 “Albert Einstein” space vehicle and his favorite t-shirt (a play on a classic evolution image) lends credibility to that statement.
*Hat tip to Ralph at The Brothers Brick.
I think I can speak for everyone that drives the Oates Highway between Hartsville and I-20, especially in the north bound direction, when I say, “What were you thinking?”
Would it have killed you to go with Lois Lane? I know it is a cheap joke, but, come on, just a little giggle. It’d be like an IRL easter egg.
The Finch and Pea 