my new personal hero

The HighLine. Nifty.

Interesting links that I wasted a few hours on today…

Marilyn is Wrong!
Web site about inaccuracies in the answers provides by Marilyn vos Savant in a column in Parade Magazine

The Skeptics Dictionary
You can never be too skeptical. Probabaly

Badastronomy.com
Pretty much what it says.

I think one of the more interesting thing about all three sites above
is they routinely admit their errors, and show them clearly, and document
when and why they made changes. Nifty.

Chuckle. Go Microsoft!

Was reading a page off a James Randi site
Apparently, Microsoft Entourage for the Mac includes a field for “Astrological Sign” in it’s
list of info for people in the address book.

A little digging around finds:
a screenshot showing said field

Dude! Cant you see you shouldn’t schedule me for the 11:20am Marketing meeting! I’m
a Capricorn!

pic of the day:

In the midst of the kind of thinking that accompanies about your 24th hour awake,
the following came to me:

Zeno’s Razor:
If you only do half of the work left, thats the simplest solution.

Occams Paradox:
The simplest solution will only get you halfway there.

Been browsing the site for the Lulu Tech Circus.
It’s starting to look pretty interesting. And for a $20 admission, I’m planning on
showing up. It’s an interesting idea at least. And for what it’s worth, the most
enjoyable trade shows I’ve been to were the early nc Linux Expo’s organized
by the same group of people, so there is hope.