obsequious
adj.
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
adv. obsequiously, n. obsequiousness
Thursday November 05, 2009 at 21:38
Epic Fails in Star Wars Design
qliu:
Death Star
An unshielded exhaust port leading directly to the central reactor? Really? And when you rebuild it, your solution to this problem is four paths into the central core so large that you can literally fly a spaceship through them? Brilliant. Note to the Emperor: Someone on your Death Star design staff is in the pay of Rebel forces. Oh, right, you can’t get the memo because someone threw you down a huge exposed shaft in your Death Star throne room.
Nice. :-)
Tuesday November 03, 2009 at 22:44
by yours truly
Monday November 02, 2009 at 22:04
“The key to business is managing your scarcest resource.”
— heard recently at a talk; seems to be good advice
Sunday November 01, 2009 at 21:39
Doc Brown from Back to the Future goes ‘trick or treating’. :-)
(via qliu)
Tuesday October 27, 2009 at 10:52
by yours truly; I did a little double take on this hot dog sign :-)
Sunday October 25, 2009 at 12:00
Un-believable!
I’ve written about William Trubridge previously, but missed this footage of his record-breaking unassisted free dive to 88 metres in the Bahamas on April 10 of this year. Superhuman. He’s answering fanmail in the comments thread. (via Sockyung Hong)
Sunday October 25, 2009 at 12:00
“Not everyone who thinks believes, since many think in order not to believe; but everyone who believes thinks, thinks in believing and believes in thinking.”
— St. Augustine (you go guy)
Saturday October 24, 2009 at 12:01
The LAMY Safari—an awesome fountain pen btw. And only $30! (Click through for more info)
Friday October 23, 2009 at 12:02
“I am a huge proponent of face-to-face blogging. It’s called talking to people.”
— Bob Harris, new Chairman of the AICPA, in his inaugural address :-)
Thursday October 22, 2009 at 12:01
Computer interface innovations continue. Good to see the progress here.
It’s called Magic Mouse. It’s the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. And while it comes standard with every new iMac, you can also add it to any Bluetooth-enabled Mac for a Multi-Touch makeover. (via Apple - Magic Mouse - The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse.)
Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 12:02
Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 12:04
Purty looking briefcase. (Click through pic for details)
Monday October 19, 2009 at 12:06
CSI: Miami. May be a case of, it’s so bad, it’s good. :-) Above, a spoof of lead character Horatio’s infamous one-liners. If you’re glutton for punishment, check out this video of excerpts from actual episodes.
Sunday October 18, 2009 at 18:43
by yours truly
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