Archive for December, 2005
Friday, December 23rd, 2005
SPAMtastic
A few years ago I wanted to write a post about how much SPAM I get. Sure, everybody gets a whole bunch of SPAM. Depending on the source you hear from, the average person gets 8 to 13.3 junk emails a day. Depending on the number of legitimate emails one receives, that’s a high percentage […]
29 Comments » - Posted in School, Internet, Tufts Med by nach
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Pancake Rabbit
Ever wonder about the origin of the rabbit with a pancake on its head? Yeah, me neither. It’s supposed to be an intricate balancing act? Can’t you see it?
6 Comments » - Posted in Internet, Asides, Funny by nach
Sunday, December 18th, 2005
Interview Season
I’m on a two week tour of duty in New York City interviewing for radiology residencies. I’ll be back next week.
33 Comments » - Posted in School, Tufts Med by nach
Sunday, December 11th, 2005
Greatest Games of All Time
Gamespot’s Greatest Games of All Time. Unlike IGN’s list, this one is a running list and its associated benefits or disadvantages. I was pleased to see Actraiser on there.
17 Comments » - Posted in Internet, Asides, Lists by nach
Saturday, December 10th, 2005
Party of the Month
For his estimated $500,000, I hear that 50 Cent performed only four or five songs - and badly - though he did manage to work in the lyric, “Go shorty, it’s your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it’s your bat mitzvah.” Read on … the description of David Brook’s daughter’s Mitvahpalooza is hilarious.
7 Comments » - Posted in Asides, Funny by nach
Friday, December 9th, 2005
Lightning Blizzards and Thunder Snowstorms
Surprisingly very little can be found about lightning and thunder during snow storms. Growing up, the great lightning storms of the flat plains were amazingly bright and beautiful (and frightening), but the photographers knew that they would only get the best shots during the peak April-August season. Not really the time of year for snow.
Right […]
13 Comments » - Posted in Boston, Science by nach
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
Awkward Videogame Scene
Photoshop contest of awkward video game scenes.
3 Comments » - Posted in Internet, Asides by nach
Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
Hurricane Names
Now that we’re up to Hurricane Epsilon in the 2005 season (which ended officially on November 30th), here are the previously retired hurricane names and future tropical cyclone names of the North Atlantic and elsewhere. Interestingly, the naming convention systems and types of names vary by region of of the world. It’s a safe bet […]
14 Comments » - Posted in History, Maps, Lists by nach
Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Firefox 1.5
Official version of Mozilla Firefox 1.5 out yesterday. I’ve been trying to get the Sage RSS feed reader working effectively but to minimal avail. I also added the medical dictionary search engine. I couldn’t believe they had it since it’s a relatively obscure, but comprehensive website.
