Qualifications

(via Bad Newspaper)

What Is The Best Thing?

Tom Scott really waded into the deep end when he decided to run a poll of the best things. First, he had to define "thing," which eliminated a lot of choices, but there was way more work to get the choices down to a manageable number. Then he had to figure out how to rank the things in an automated fashion. Then he got over a million votes in just a few hours. Now, since there's no way to get everyone in the world to participate, you must realize that the final list is from the opinions of "English-speaking extremely online nerds." The list appears at almost seven minutes into the video. We only get the top ten, plus some other interesting tidbits.

(For the folks asking: I'm not planning to release the ranked list -- partly because "ranked list of major world religions" sounds like the sort of thing that'll cause trouble, and partly because I can't guarantee there aren't some other nasty things still in the list. Apologies!)

Yeah, it's a dumb question, and you won't agree with the answers. "Kittens" did not make the top ten.

Big

(via reddit)

Playlist

At over four minutes, I think he's being optimistic. (via reddit)

The Choice

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Who’s Interested?

There are certain subjects that appeal to a limited audience. If we are lucky, we know where to find that audience. And if they are friends, they will understand how you feel about that. This comic is from CommitStrip.

The Truth is Revealed

Maybe it was just a brain fart. Or maybe you really learned why John is a bookkeeper and not a web developer. This comic is from CommitStrip.

Geek vs. Nerd

Funny, I've heard these terms explained in the complete opposite manner before. This comic is from Shoe Box. (via reddit)

Http3

Are your IT geeks current on all the latest tech updates? Yeah? Is that what they told you? How would you ever know? They know you'll never find out for sure. That's why they have the IT jobs and you don't. This comic is from Commitstrip.

Nerds

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How to Make a Geek's Head Explode

Normally, I'm completely against trolling someone just to provoke a reaction, but in this case, it's so extreme and so fictional that I'll let it pass as an example of what not to do. This isn't even nice. Oh, sure, if the target geek were iron the joke, it would be completely different. It's the latest comic from Zach Weinersmith at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

Total Awesome Viking Power

These folks are role playing as Vikings. They are really into it, but one guy just can't seem to get with the program. He gets a time out -as a dead man. And that's when things really get weird. The line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred when Viking deities are invoked. Odin doesn't care a bit about the boundaries between LARP groups. But is he really who he says he is? This video honestly gets better as it goes along. (via Geeks Are Sexy) 

Move Just One Match

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Happy Square Root Day!

(Image credit: Flickr user Alan Sheffield)

Seven years ago, we celebrated Square Root Day on March 3, 2009, because it is abbreviated as 3-3-09. Even in Europe. At the time, we considered the next Square Root Day to be a long way off,and here it is! Today is 4-4-16, and since 4x4=16, four is the square root of 16. The holiday is the brainchild of Ron Gordon, the master of calendar holidays. On his website dedicated to Square Root Day, Gordon is celebrating the convergence of Square Root Day with Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. You know, the game where men run around all four sides of a square to get home. Tonight is the championship game of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, too! It’s a good day to "root" for your team.

There are plenty of ways to celebrate Square Root Day, including going to a ballgame, planting root vegetables, eating your carrots and other root vegetables cut into squares, watching math videos, etc. Gordon has more ideas, and a contest!

It's a good day to.......get things squared away, try to fit a square peg into a round hole, go square dancing, tie a square knot, travel on Route 66, drink rootbeer from a square glass, root for the underdog, eat a square meal, or watch the pigs root around.

We've established a contest with two prize packets. Each group of winners will share the date in dollars---$441.6. One packet will be divided among 4 + 4 + 16 U.S. winners. A second grouping will share the international prize, also totaling $441.6. The winners will be those who involve the most people in a Square Root celebration. Entries can include creating the largest square root sign from people, serving rootbeer in square glasses to the most folks, or cutting many roots into squares (well, cubes) for a square root stew.

Share your Square Root Day celebrations at the Facebook page dedicated to the day.