Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
It’s official — Andersen is guilty of obstructing justice when they destroyed documents relating to the Enron debacle, and very likely won’t exist much longer. It was definitely interesting to be able to watch some of the downfall of Andersen from the inside for a while — and to see the final results as they come down the newswire. Neat stuff.
(via Blogdex)
An interesting piece from the NYT about just how drastically global warming — despite Bush’s insistance that it’s not a real worry — is affecting Alaska.
(via Daypop)
Continuing in the quote theme, the IRC Quote Database is a repository for worthwhile (or worthless) snippets taken from online chat sessions. Their top 25 list nearly had me in tears.
<CrazyClimber> top dangling modifier of the day:
<CrazyClimber> “A jet going 100 m.p.h. slammed into a deer, which ruptured a wing fuel tank and dumped 70 gallons of gas on the runway.”
<CrazyClimber> i knew about cows and methane, but…
<me_tew> Dammit, when are they going to REQUIRE that fuel tanks on deer be moved away from the wings.<doctorb> goth clubs should serve coffee. ice cold coffee. with nails and broken glass. and call then ‘depresso’s’
(via Daypop)
Here’s a cute little site that could make for an entertaining way to kill some time — In Passing…, a collection of snippets of overheard conversations.
It’s really hard not to go up to an intern in the middle of surgery and say, “Don’t freak out, but you’re doing that all wrong.” I try not to do it if the patient’s only under local.
— A man talking to a group of men on the patio at Raleigh’s.
(via MeFi)
The basic idea has been around for a while, but I’ve never seen something quite like this German company’s line of ‘nude’ clothing. It does make me wonder what kind of trouble that might stir up over here — it’d definitely be an eye-catcher! I’d almost love to see a group of 10 to 20 people walking down the street wearing this stuff, just to see how much confusion and consternation it would cause!
(via Boing Boing)
Wow — there’s a volcano not too far away, about 22 miles from Bend, OR, that looks like it might be preparing to erupt at some point in the near future.
This almost sounds like sci-fi, but apparently it’s a real theory being tossed around right now: a UK researcher is proposing the possibility that our consciousness is the brain’s electromagnetic field. Whether or not it’s true, I could see some very interesting possibilities in playing with that idea….
Wil’s been exorcising his demons this week — some of the best writing I’ve seen on his site. Three posts in a series that are worth a read: Mirror Mirror, Turnaround, and The Big Goodbye.
Okay — this is one of the most truly ridiculous, bizarre, and contrived conspiracy theory links I’ve seen yet — and I had to share it.
So — here we have conclusive evidence that the US knew about the 9-11 attacks not just weeks or months, but years before they happened — there are hidden pictures of both the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks hidden on the new $20 bill!
This should be a blast — according to an article in the Seattle PI, this August there will be a fleet of sailing ships coming to Seattle, including a cannon duel on Lake Union!
I’m there. Apparently more info can be found at the Tall Ships Challenge website.