Life on the Nerd Side

Pointless Family Photo of the Year - Pic

andrew — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:36:09 +0000

Would love to see the rest of the family photo album!

Scientists Find Cancer Cure, But Big Pharma Isn’t Interested

andrew — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:02:38 +0000

The drug dichloroacetate appears to target cancer cells, causing them to die. It’s potency as a cancer killing agent has been tested in tissue cultures and mice, with very promising results. However, clinical trials need to be run. Since the drug is not patentable and can be produced very cheaply, pharmaceutical companies won’t fund those trials.

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US Nuclear Targets by State

andrew — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:20:58 +0000

This site has a collection of state maps showing strategic nuclear targets in the region. Scroll to the bottom and select a state to see its targets. Pretty cool…

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Worst Gameshow Ever!

andrew — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:12:33 +0000

This is one gameshow I will never sign up for. These poor guys are trying to complete a tounge twister.

Jon Stewart on Bush’s Veto and Stem Cell Research

andrew — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:10:03 +0000

The president used his first veto to stop publicly funded stem cell research. This is a clip from the Daily Show. Check it out…

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Ted Stevens is a Moron…

andrew — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:32:49 +0000

It saddens me deeply to think that someone who has such an important roll in the future of the Internet has such a poor understanding of basic telecommunications concepts.

My favorite quote:

“Now we have a separate Department of Defense Internet now, did you know that?

Do you know why?

Because they have to have theirs delivered immediately. They can’t afford getting delayed by other people.”

That one is just too much. If you listen to the audio you can hear Senator Stevens struggling to put together a decent sentence. This is the same toolbag that refused to swear in oil executives at the post-Katrina gas price gouging hearing.

He ranks right up there with Sen. Orrin Hatch(R-Utah) in my book. Hatch is the guy who suggested that people who download copyright materials should have their computer automatically destroyed. Turns out, Sen. Hatch was using unlicensed software on his official website. Doh!

See, this is what happens when you have a congress with a 98.4% incumbency rate… Bill Nelson (D-FL) is not on my good list either: he happens to be a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, but has continually let me down on issues I care about.

If you want to hear Senator Stevens’ speech on “The Internets”, you can download it here.

Burrito Bride

andrew — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:46:10 +0000

Why, exactly, does it take so long for the wedding party to arrive at the reception? Well, I finally figured it out! The bride and groom get to sit in a private room and eat reception food before they make their grand entrance. I just happened to have my handy video camera to capture “the feeding”. Check it out…

If you don’t already have QuickTime Installed, use Quicktime Alternative to view the video.

The Dancing Outlaw

andrew — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:45:28 +0000

Credit goes to ~~Kim~~ Ginger for this one. Behold: The Dancing Outlaw.

RIAA Targeting Youtube and Google Video

andrew — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:42:41 +0000

According to the RIAA, Youtube and Google Video are the newest way to share music illegally. The RIAA’s served Youtube several cease-and-desist letters to remove content that users have uploaded because of background music.

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The DVD War Against Consumers

andrew — Wed, 31 May 2006 02:01:29 +0000

The current crop of DVDs uses a copy protection scheme that encrypts the disk, but that scheme was broken several years ago and the hack was widely incorporated in innumerable freeware DVD decryption programs. The movie studios have vowed not to let that happen to them again.

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