This is exactly how I do it. (h/t, Holborn) || A problem you’ll want to have: To span or to stack? (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Universal Paperclips is a game. Think of it as a test of endurance. (Remember this?) || Tiny paper plants. || Peepers. || Plucking. || The baby panda is a creature of great elegance. || Personality test. Use code 92556379. || An interview with Adam Perkins, author of The Welfare Trait. || Camp on water. || Catch. || Abandoned orphanage. || Ambling starfish. (h/t, Matthew) || Fan mail of note. (h/t, Tim) || A little Mercury. || Streets of Amsterdam, circa 1890. || Stampede of tumbleweed. || Danish treetop walk. || Tolstoy’s cooking tips. || He sells Slinkies. || Glass ruler, $30. || The great phone-box graveyard. (h/t, Simen) || And finally, he does this better than you do.
Glass ruler, $30.
Very nice . . . .
---Does remind me of things like a Glass Body Scale . . . which always begs the question of what the point is of a glass body scale, if one doesn't have a glass body.
Posted by: Hal | October 13, 2017 at 00:24
"To span or to stack?"
At one time I was using 2-19" and 2-22" LCDs in a 2x2 arrangement. It really started to be a pain in the neck and I switched to one 30". Triple 49 inchers must be a real stretch.
Posted by: PiperPaul | October 13, 2017 at 00:26
The plucking soundtrack goes really well with the panda video.
Posted by: jabrwok | October 13, 2017 at 00:31
Yoga Joes and Advanced Yoga Joes.
Posted by: Hal | October 13, 2017 at 00:32
"Camp on water."
"...a first of it's kind inflatable floating raft with a tent topper..."
Some 30 years ago I almost imported tents (from which country I forget) that used air mattresses for floors and floating was one of the advertised advantages. The brochure cover looked a lot like the images at that website.
Posted by: PiperPaul | October 13, 2017 at 00:35
The paperclip game is evil.
Posted by: Randy | October 13, 2017 at 01:12
A little Mercury.
I do like to start the day by being reminded what a talentless loser I am.
Posted by: Ray | October 13, 2017 at 01:58
Universal Paperclips is a game.
Six hours and counting...
Posted by: sH2 | October 13, 2017 at 06:27
Universal Paperclips is a game.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Posted by: Rafi | October 13, 2017 at 06:54
I have a bad feeling about this.
I suppose it depends on whether you enjoy juggling resources and keeping an eye on a dozen different read-outs, sliders, etc., while managing investments, launching space probes and keeping track of astronomical numbers. For extended periods of time.
Someone has started a tip sheet for the game, though it’s still a work in progress.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 07:14
The paper plants are adorable!
*picks up spray mister*
Oh....
Posted by: JuliaM | October 13, 2017 at 07:25
Isn't the animal kingdom's mastery of camouflage amazing?
https://twitter.com/DickKingSmith/status/918723713817817088
Posted by: JuliaM | October 13, 2017 at 07:28
Heh.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 07:30
Kites of note.
A very British accident.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 07:31
This is exactly how I do it.
I think I'm in love.
Posted by: Sam | October 13, 2017 at 07:36
High drama.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 07:46
Universal Paperclips is a game.
Anyone remember the lemonade stall game? I was rubbish at it. :(
Posted by: Tim Newman | October 13, 2017 at 07:49
And finally, he does this better than you do.
Articulated rear wheels. Them's cheating.
Posted by: Tim Newman | October 13, 2017 at 07:52
Personality test.
Short version: I'm a well-balanced individual.
*waves results at wife*
Posted by: svh | October 13, 2017 at 08:00
The baby panda is a creature of great elegance.
Pandemonium?
Posted by: Theophrastus | October 13, 2017 at 08:49
A very British accident.
One is reminded of Douglas Bader's logbook entry for the sortie which ended in the accident that cost him his legs:
Posted by: TomJ | October 13, 2017 at 09:37
Adorable, but is it really any wonder why they're endangered?
Posted by: Tom | October 13, 2017 at 09:39
The paperclip game is evil.
That.
Posted by: John D | October 13, 2017 at 12:50
"Are you white ?" Your guide to Halloween costume fun, courtesy of Ohio State University.
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | October 13, 2017 at 12:57
“Are you white?”
It’s like watching someone teetering on the edge of a mental breakdown.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 13:16
In other news, this.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 13:20
In a similar vein to the "Amsterdam, circa 1890" link above, video footage of Berlin in colour, circa 1900-14: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-m9A8mY-U0
Posted by: Captain Nemo | October 13, 2017 at 14:01
"headline of note"
https://twitter.com/obnoxiotheclown/status/918812797135450113
Posted by: [+] | October 13, 2017 at 14:05
“Please don’t gender your rats.”
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 15:34
"Please don’t gender your rats"
Another one of my hobbies obliterated by The Patriarchy, dammit.
Posted by: PiperPaul | October 13, 2017 at 17:17
“Please don’t gender your rats.”
She doesn't work in a pet shop then.
Posted by: Mags | October 13, 2017 at 17:46
Camp on water
What do you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and have to pee?
Posted by: champ | October 13, 2017 at 18:05
Did anyone else ever catch La Cabina?
Posted by: Brian, follower of Deornoth | October 13, 2017 at 20:05
Did anyone else ever catch La Cabina?
Doesn’t the poor chap end up on the back of a lorry, still trapped inside the box?
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 20:25
Camp on water
Sorry. It's been done.
Posted by: R. Sherman | October 13, 2017 at 21:03
Larry Elder on the noble savage nonsense.
Posted by: David | October 13, 2017 at 21:22
Dead Malls.
Posted by: Hal | October 13, 2017 at 22:26
https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/10/muslim-women-self-care-america/
Can someone fill me in on what happened when Islam became a race rather than a religion? I seem to have missed that part.
Posted by: Pogonip | October 14, 2017 at 03:49
@Pogonip
Hadiya graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in Women and Gender studies and Middle Eastern Studies.
With that degree, we just have to accept everything she says as being true...
Posted by: champ | October 14, 2017 at 05:53
It does amuse me that much of her self-care advice seems to simplify to "stop stewing in the toxic fever swamp of your ideological echo chambers".
Posted by: Daniel Ream | October 14, 2017 at 07:21
It does amuse me that much of her self-care advice seems to simplify to “stop stewing in the toxic fever swamp of your ideological echo chambers”.
Heh. That.
Posted by: David | October 14, 2017 at 08:55
It does amuse me that much of her self-care advice seems to simplify to “stop stewing in the toxic fever swamp of your ideological echo chambers”.
Like so many other, eerily similar articles in Everyday Mentalism, it roughly translates as,
I’m paraphrasing, of course.
Posted by: David | October 14, 2017 at 09:56
"Obesity is an incurable disease"
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/919037662836678656
Posted by: Joan | October 14, 2017 at 11:09
“Obesity is an incurable disease”
It’s always unfair and it’s never your fault.
Posted by: David | October 14, 2017 at 11:17
"Obesity is an incurable disease"
I suppose we could ask the Venezuelans on the Maduro Diet, if they had phones that worked.
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | October 14, 2017 at 14:38
Noted in the Twitter thread:
Posted by: Spiny Norman | October 14, 2017 at 17:18
The Maduro Diet.
/risks triggering the resident contrarian
Posted by: Spiny Norman | October 14, 2017 at 17:27
Patriarchy.
Posted by: David | October 14, 2017 at 18:38
Popping in to say Hello and suggest sending our leader your spare change.
I don't think "obesity" per se is a disease, but the tendency to overeat may be. It does seem to fade as you age.
Posted by: Pogonip | October 15, 2017 at 02:11
The guy in the flower hat. Bought a robe for my wife many years ago. Similar pattern.
https://youtu.be/3yxVAhAtExs
Posted by: WTP | October 15, 2017 at 03:36
This Man Has Been Living On Cruise Ships for Twenty Years.
--And this week . . .
Posted by: Hal | October 15, 2017 at 06:56
Motorcycle of note.
Posted by: Jonathan | October 15, 2017 at 12:02
Heh.
Posted by: David | October 15, 2017 at 12:03
This Man Has Been Living On Cruise Ships for Twenty Years.
Well, hell, no wonder he has done it, a deal like that is hard to find outside of any Holiday Inn.
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | October 15, 2017 at 13:05
Yeah, this is worth 40 grand a year.
Posted by: Farnsworth M. Muldoon | October 16, 2017 at 01:59
A problem you’ll want to have: To span or to stack?
3 men demonstrating geekish/ techy tendencies
All of the dozens of comments below the YouTube video appear to be made by men.
That James Damore chap had it all wrong, didn't he?
Posted by: a different james | October 18, 2017 at 19:28
All of the dozens of comments below the YouTube video appear to be made by men.
Somewhat related.
Posted by: David | October 18, 2017 at 21:06
“Obesity is an incurable disease”
I don't know about "incurable", but I have seen recent articles reporting that recent research indicates that a diet high in sugar can permanently alter a person's metabolism in ways that lead to obesity: the body shifts to creating and keeping fat. I know a few obese people who have lost weight on low-carb diets but who are still rather fat. /anecdotal evidence.
Posted by: pst314 | October 19, 2017 at 02:34