Milo lost his green ball. Poor Milo. I was bothered about this, so I looked up the channel, and there's an update!
I'm still hoping they find the original ball, but it looks like Milo is okay with how things worked out.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
A Sad, Sad Story
About Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock breaks scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock. When I was a kid, I favored using a rock most of the time, because in my childhood logic the rock at least never got destroyed. I wasn't very good at the game. The game you know and love originated in Japan, although it was a variation on a more ancient Chinese game. The Japanese relabeled the objects and gestures into something that could be understood globally. The game made it's way around the world, but didn't become all that popular in the US until only around a hundred years ago.
The history of the game only takes about three minutes of this video. Then we get some strategy for raising your odds of winning. These techniques require serious calculations and practice, but came about because rock, paper, scissors has become a serious tournament competition. People will turn anything into a serious competition.
She's Pretty Happy About That Hair Cut
This 5-year-old is feeling good after her first hair cut, and she tries her best to explain it to us. She's very good at describing the ultimate happiness, as she relates it to her experiences so far in life. No one has felt such joy since Navin Johnson saw his name in the new phone book. (via Digg)
It's Cancer
If you are convinced it's cancer, why wouldn't you go to the doctor? Any symptom can mean cancer, but the odds are that it's something else. Either way, you could easily find out what you can do about it by talking to someone who really knows. This is from The Awkward Yeti.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Darth Vader Addresses the San Diego City Council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee
Public comments before government committees are usually not well attended, but they should be. Citizens think that their opinions will be listened to, much less considered. But when Darth Vader shows up, people listen. This Sith Lord came to praise the use of Flock cameras for surveillance, and returned to denounce funding of libraries and other services. It's a satirical wakeup call, yet we have to remember that many Star Wars fans love and identify with Darth Vader specifically because he's so evil. (via Laughing Squid)
Dangerous, Difficult, and Disgusting Jobs
Chill Dude Explains titled this video High-Paying Jobs Nobody Applies For, but that's contradicted by the very first job, which has a waiting list of applicants. But yes, these are unusual jobs that pay well because they are dangerous, difficult, very unpleasant, and/or require lots of talent and training. When you see the descriptions, you'll tell yourself that money isn't everything. And even the idea of "high-paying" is doing some heavy lifting here, since his threshold is about $50,000. That's only considered high-paying if you're not making that much already. Heck, you can go back to school for a few years or marry your boss's boss and make that much, without having to endanger your life. That said, these ten jobs are interesting as well as difficult. The people who do them deserve our respect.
Wavy Windows
Have you ever looked at a large city office building and noticed how wavy the windows are? Did you wonder if they looked that wavy from the inside? No, I can't say that I've wondered about that, mainly because there are no such buildings in my small town, although I have briefly noticed waviness on city trips. Once inside the building, the view is fine, yet I never connected those observations. Not only does MinutePhysics answer that exact conundrum, but they explain a lot of neat things about how light and glass works.
Miss Cellania's Links
A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps. (via Damn Interesting)
Actual footage from the solar eclipse. (via Everlasting Blort)
The FCC's War Against Late-Night Is Getting Even Dumber.
Mohamed Bzeek: The Foster Father Who Only Takes the Children Nobody Else Will.
7 Common Misconceptions About the Manson Family Murders.
Three ways to make your own luck. You can't control everything, but you can optimize the way you react to it.
The MAGAs go back to when America was Great. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
25 Famous Quotes in Pop Culture You've Been Getting Wrong Your Whole Life. I will argue about the Neil Armstrong quote, though.
Bear Looking for Hibernation Accommodations Checks Out the Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel in in Estes Park, Colorado, is famous for inspiring Stephen King to write his novel The Shining. But the evil spirits from King's imagination are not the only intruders bringing notoriety to the hotel. A black bear wandered into the hotel lobby, possibly looking for a room, while 300 guests slept through the invasion. The bear climbed on the furniture while a desk clerk stayed very still and recorded part of the encounter. After a while, finding the service unacceptably slow, the bear left on its own. (via Boing Boing)
Lesser Superhero Movie Title Generator
Ooh, I'm thinking of plots already! Just pick one from each column, and off you go! This is the latest from John Atkinson at Wrong Hands. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Micropachycephalosaurus
This is JJ Q, a 12-year-old rapper and member of the Q Brothers. He's got a vocabulary that won't quit and an interest in dinosaurs. But his rapping abilities go far beyond kid subjects. You can hear him freestyle at Lollapalooza at the Awesomer. (via Memo of the Air)
Love Bytes
In a post-apocalyptic world, a scavenger robot learns about human life from the detritus we left behind. What is required to be happy? A companion, of course. He finds one, but this is animation, so we have to suspend our disbelief about power requirements. Just go with it, because it's funny. He can move, and she can communicate, but are they really compatible? And does that matter when no one else is around? Yeah, it's a strange relationship in a strange world.
Then, just when you start to care about the robot, you are reminded that he isn't human, and that his search for happiness hinges on what this machine knows about happiness. It's possible to change your definitions to make reaching your goal easier. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
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