A really creative series.
Monday, October 29, 2007
ZIP Code Mashup
It never ceases to amaze me when they can make so much data available online from what's already out there! Check out ZipSkinny.com.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Best Dear Prudence Post
It's fun reading some of the questions and answers on SLATE's Dear Prudence column. This recent one has already been making the rounds in e-mails and posts so I decided to confirm that it was indeed a real post (it is!). Full post is HERE.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Bored at Work on Tuesday Afternoon?
Really bored? Really, REALLY bored? Virtual Bubble Wrap popping HERE.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
How to Cope with Death
A re-post, this time to a longer version that appears to be posted by the animator himself, Ignacio Ferraras.
Monday, October 08, 2007
The Hardest Workers in the World?
I just finished reading an article titled The Hardest Workers in the World in which the argument is made that Americans collectively generate more per-capita than any people in the world. Coincidentally, I got an oldie-but-goodie in my Inbox that made me want to put these two tidbits together:
SO JUST WHO IS DOING THE WORK?
The population of the USA is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city governments.
And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188, 000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You. And me.
And there you are, sitting on your ass, at your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice...
SO JUST WHO IS DOING THE WORK?
The population of the USA is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city governments.
And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188, 000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You. And me.
And there you are, sitting on your ass, at your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice...
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Where Do Shooting Stars Come From?
From a talk on the challenges of going to the toilet in space as explained by Colonel Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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