Dec 22 2006
It has occurred to me that it could be useful to have my wii number posted somewhere so other people can add me to their friends lists.
wii#:1070 8517 6079 1163
Since I have to add other people for them to send me stuff I can’t get spammed to death by posting it online so there’s no real downside. I may add it to the sidebar sometime later.
Dec 21 2006
Think I might pick up one of these t-shirts to poke fun at people who can’t handle their wii-motes.
Dec 19 2006
Dec 15 2006
Missed this story that happened over last weekend. How people can read $.002 and say “.002 cents”, that I can understand. But when someone repeatedly points out that .002 cents is actually $.00002, how do you not realize the mistake?
even anne frank could see that
Dec 14 2006
Thought I’d post some mental exercises I came across this week. The first one is a thought exercise about planes and treadmills:
“Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?â€
Credit goes to boingboing, but don’t click on that link until you’ve thought about the problem as it’s answered at the top of it! I’d love to see mythbusters attempt to tackle this one somehow.
Here’s another mental sit-up — also found on boingboing — newcomb’s paradox:
A highly superior being from another part of the galaxy presents you with two boxes, one open and one closed. In the open box there is a thousand-dollar bill. In the closed box there is either one million dollars or there is nothing. You are to choose between taking both boxes or taking the closed box only. But there’s a catch.
The being claims that he is able to predict what any human being will decide to do. If he predicted you would take only the closed box, then he placed a million dollars in it. But if he predicted you would take both boxes, he left the closed box empty. Furthermore, he has run this experiment with 999 people before, and has been right every time.
What do you do?
As I told Luda, I’d close both boxes, shuffle them around, pick one randomly, and ask the alien if he knew which one I took without looking in the other box. In any case, I’d want to mess up his experiment. 
Dec 13 2006
After hearing about this, I had to buy a bluetooth adapter for my ibook. This is icing on the cake.
Dec 11 2006
These Capstan tables might be even better gift than a pool table. I think they’re a bit more than I or anyone I know can afford though, considering that “all Capstan Tables are exclusively designed and built, and each one numbered.” (credit to BoingBoing for the link.)
