Check out Angry Alien’s latest offering, Raiders Of The Lost Ark in 30 Seconds (reenacted by bunnies).
Raiders Of The Lost Ark In 30 Seconds
Best. Billboard. Ever.
That’s Not A Knife…
10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed
10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed is a blog:
started by six friends who, sitting around the dinner table one Saturday night, came to the conclusion that civilization was doomed. We felt this way not because of the inevitable dimming of our sun, or an errant asteroid, but rather because of the idiocy of our times. Frankly, we are tired of the fake optimism, superficiality, non-talented celebrities, doped-up athletes, dishonest and illiterate politicians, corporate thieves, wife-beaters and evangelical terrorists rampant in the world today and we decided that one way of making ourselves feel better would be to list them for all the world to see and to add upon.
Feel free to contribute, as they’re only up to 1913 reasons as of this posting…
America Edges Out Turkey In Acceptance Of Evolution
It’s not a big revelation that the United States lags behind most countries in how its educational system teaches math and science. However, this rift is apparently not helped by “the politicization of science and the literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians,” according to Michigan State University researcher Jon Miller. His team’s findings were quite surprising:
A comparison of peoples’ views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey ranked lower.
That’s just embarrassing. The article goes into much more detail and shows data for the rest of the countries studied.
The Axe Falls At SNL?
Waxing nostalgic on “when Saturday Night Live used to be good” has been far too easy for the last couple of years. Well, it’ll probably be even easier after an alleged cast reshuffling for the upcoming 32nd season:
Longtime cast members Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Kenan Thompson will likely exit the late-night comedy staple, according to a source close to the show. Still inconclusive are talks to bring back Darrell Hammond, famed for his impersonations of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and other celebrities. Hammond joined the cast in 1995 and has had the longest tenure of any performer in the show’s history.
Meanwhile, SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels is expected to hand the reins of the signature fake-news segment “Weekend Update” – recently co-hosted by writer-performer Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – to a newer cast member, Jason Sudeikis.
Yeah, this could suck real bad…
indexed
indexed is a hard-to-categorize blog that illustrates different ideas and concepts with mathematical diagrams, e.g. Venn diagrams.
Mapvertising?
Can you spot the hidden images in these map-based ads done by the BBC? The one above is one of the easier to spot…
Pluto Demoted
Bad Astronomy Blog was one of the first web sites to report that “The IAU has voted on a series of resolutions on what a planet is and what a planet isn’t, and the verdict is… Pluto is not a planet.”
The post also notes that “This is a big turnaround from the initial resolution, which would have given our solar system at least 12 planets, and potentially many, many more.”
I guess this means that we’ll have to come up with a new mnemonic for remembering the nine eight planets…
Oh, and in case you’re interested, Collision Detection happened upon the somewhat surreal naming conventions for features on planets and moons in our Solar System.
Who’s On Force?
“Yoda and Jar Jar Binks play out the classic Abbot and Costello routine ‘Who’s on first?’” in the YouTube video “Who’s on Force?”
