Tumblr (3.0; @giantrobotlasers)http://giantrobotlasers.com/<p>no</p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439785048http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439785048Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:01 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6pGbMJrXvLo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6pGbMJrXvLo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Your daily dose of the absurd.</p> <blockquote> <p><b>This Is Wacky, You Should Watch It of the Day: </b>Director <a href="http://www.queridoantonio.com/" target="_blank">Alberto González Vázquez</a>’s entry in the eighth edition of the <span class="description"><a href="http://www.notodofilmfest.com/ediciones/09/?lg=en" target="_blank">Jameson Notodofilmfest</a> is his latest and greatest: A surreal disaster short involving Ronald Reagan, paradoxical fashion trends, and the end of the world as we know it.  <br/></span></p> </blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/439436673/this-is-wacky-you-should-watch-it-of-the-day" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a> <a href="http://estamosaqui.tumblr.com/post/439183316/the-end-of-the-world-according-to-ronald-reagan" target="_blank">estamosaqui</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439542917http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439542917Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2mtjq5S61qz6arfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/google-maps-adds-directions-for-cylists/" target="_blank">Google Maps Adds Directions for Cyclists</a>! #bikeyeah via <a href="http://fascinated.fm/post/439085086/google-maps-adds-directions-for-cyclists" target="_blank">fascinated</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439134028http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/439134028Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:33:08 -0500bikeyeah<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BoQ0bqsJSJ8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BoQ0bqsJSJ8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/437989702/remix-of-the-day-action-scenes-from-battlestar" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Remix of the Day:</b> Action scenes from <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> strung together to form a near shot-for-shot remake of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PN7Xbexq4" target="_blank">the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” video</a>.</p> <p>Why yes, it <i>is</i> every bit as awesome as you imagine something like that might be.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mishmashed/battlestar-galactica-beastie-boys-sabotage-pku/" target="_blank">buzzfeed</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438489872http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438489872Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:25:39 -0500“The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>E.W. Dijkstra, quoted by <a href="http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/where-dijkstra-went-wrong-the-value-of-basic-as-a-first-programming-language/" target="_blank">The Reinvigorated Programmer</a> (via Eric Case)</p> See also: <a href="http://twitter.com/buzz/status/7203012768" target="_blank">my tweet</a> to this effect. <p>(via <a href="http://log.scifihifi.com/" target="_blank">buzzandersen</a>)</p></em>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438489756http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438489756Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:25:34 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w3TGMjJLOl8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w3TGMjJLOl8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahrobots.tumblr.com/post/438286022/advanced-musculoskeletal-humanoid-robot-kojiro" target="_blank">fuckyeahrobots</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3TGMjJLOl8&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Advanced Musculoskeletal Humanoid Robot Kojiro</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438485921http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/438485921Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1dvjgRU91qzrifqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I made the koolaide dude almost by accident using this <a href="http://mrdoob.com/lab/javascript/harmony/" target="_blank">awesome JS site</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437605692http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437605692Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:19 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxgmtcFZEs1qzzvv4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><b>Infographic of the Day:</b> <a href="http://nathanieljames.tumblr.com/post/375644177" target="_blank">Nathaniel James</a> tracks Jessie Spano’s excitement level over the course of <i>Saved By The Bell</i>’s classic, and classically superficial, anti-pill-popping episode, “Jessie’s Song”.</p> </blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://lookatthisfuckinggraph.tumblr.com/post/437596746/infographic-of-the-day-nathaniel-james-tracks" target="_blank">lookatthisfuckinggraph</a>, <a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/437563038/infographic-of-the-day-nathaniel-james-tracks" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>, <a href="http://flavorwire.com/76325/awesome-infographic-jessie-spanos-caffeine-intake" target="_blank">flavorwire</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437597749http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437597749Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:40:59 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/57ta7mkgrOU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/57ta7mkgrOU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU" target="_blank">kermit sings hurt</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437499484http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437499484Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:47:24 -0500<object width="400" height="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/19414" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/19414" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="210" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_Legacy" target="_blank"><i><span>Full trailer for </span>Tron Legacy</i></a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437124907http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437124907Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:30:58 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz01b1f3du1qzrifqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/" target="_blank">Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/436219831http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/436219831Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:16:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyycoyIC5C1qzpr22o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/435046762/tedr-mrmattspangler-via-urlesque" target="_blank">rafer</a> <a href="http://tedr.tumblr.com/post/435030130/mrmattspangler-via-urlesque" target="_blank">tedr</a> <a href="http://mrmattspangler.com/post/434969018/via-urlesque-meaghano-strutting-jeffrey-rowland" target="_blank">mrmattspangler</a> <a href="http://urlesque.tumblr.com/post/434943942/meaghano-strutting-jeffrey-rowland-omg" target="_blank">urlesque</a> <a href="http://meaghano.com/post/434775245/strutting-jeffrey-rowland-omg" target="_blank">meaghano</a> <a href="http://fysigunk.us/post/434242930/jeffrey-rowland" target="_blank">strutting</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/wigu/status/10160495302" target="_blank">Jeffrey Rowland</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/435517012http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/435517012Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:41:02 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyz3k582kc1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/434960163/niftified-thrift-store-art-of-the-day-redditor" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Niftified Thrift Store Art of the Day:</b> Redditor <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/in_my_pants" target="_blank">in_my_pants</a> writes, “I have a friend who buys paintings from thrift stores and adds to them to make them silly.”</p> <p>As far as I’m concerned, any painting without a T-rex shouldn’t even bother.</p> <p>More <a href="http://i.imgur.com/MJ0GS.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://i.imgur.com/5wU42.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://i.imgur.com/tF5RT.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://i.imgur.com/GODBv.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/baie1/i_have_a_friend_who_buys_paintings_from_thrift/" target="_blank">reddit</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/434974795http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/434974795Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:55:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyu5nxYGaC1qzrifqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This week in my <a href="http://bit.ly/i_heart_rt" target="_blank">RescueTime</a>.</p> <p>Actually, there should be a lot more red, and a lot less purple, because google chrome wasn’t tracked well.</p> <p>There is an update thought. <a href="http://blog.rescuetime.com/2010/02/12/updateresolution-for-mac-firefox-and-chrome-problems/" target="_blank">Check it out.</a></p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/429197464http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/429197464Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:04:45 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytp43loBn1qzrifqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I still haven’t heard a story behind this image.</p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/428676382http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/428676382Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:07:14 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jy3TwgpOfr0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jy3TwgpOfr0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy3TwgpOfr0&feature=player_embedded#at=103" target="_blank">The Karate Kid - Official Trailer</a></p> <p>This looks good enough to excuse the title. Maybe.</p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426925401http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426925401Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:25:52 -0500<a href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20080270152&OS=20080270152&RS=20080270152">A patent on patent trolling</a>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426786768http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426786768Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:55 -0500<blockquote> <p>Our gain in net worth during 2009 was $21.8 billion, which increased the per-share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 19.8%. Over the last 45 years (that is, since present management took over) book value has grown from $19 to $84,487, a rate of 20.3% compounded annually.*</p> </blockquote> <p>Holy Mother of Jesus</p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426646862http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426646862Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:19:53 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://giantrobotlasers.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/426469644/tumblr_kyro8trg541qzokqb&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bmdesign.tumblr.com/post/426463654/die-antwoord-die-antwoord-vs-enya-this-popped" target="_blank">bmdesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>DIE ANTWOORD</p> <p>“Die Antwoord vs. Enya”</p> <p>This popped out the slime bunny recently, enjoy!</p> </blockquote>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426469644http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/426469644Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:58:18 -0500<object width="400" height="242" id="livestreamPlayer" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=nytechmeetup&clip=pla_14fb0d62-72b4-4fda-aaf9-3a4cb33428b4&autoPlay=false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed id="livestreamPlayer" src="http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=nytechmeetup&clip=pla_14fb0d62-72b4-4fda-aaf9-3a4cb33428b4&autoPlay=false" width="400" height="242" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Venmo: Say Goodbye to Cash via <a href="http://betaworks.com/post/424991715/venmo-say-goodbye-to-cash-via-shotzombies" target="_blank">betaworks</a>, <a href="http://shotzombies.tumblr.com/post/424971905/venmo-say-goodbye-to-cash" target="_blank">shotzombies</a></p> <p>I love that you can hear the interference in the sound system from the sending of the TXT message.</p>http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/425116241http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/425116241Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:48:55 -0500