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The morning coffee, space sex, and dessert

June 30th, 2010 No comments

Do you want to have sex in space? Too bad — the International Space Station is a sex-free zone. Perhaps they are trying to join Texas.


(Found at FFFFound. Photographer unknown.)

Awkward Family Photos normally features family portraits that have gone awry. Occasionally they deviate from the theme and feature stories about cakes to celebrate a child’s first period. Note to self: do not do this to your own child.

It turns out that Archimedes might not have set invading Roman ships on fire with a giant mirror, but instead he might have used a steam-based cannon. I am not sure if this makes the story better or worse. I think better. Now I find myself imagining Archimedes as a goggle-and-toga wearing Greek steampunk mad scientist/genius.

Categories: morning coffee

Links, featuring robot murder and suspicious minds

May 8th, 2010 No comments
In a shocking discovery, scientists have discovered that if you arm robots with knives and program them to stab people, it could lead to fatal injuries. Really, the study was done as the control experiment for a safety system. But the BBC is concentrating on the deadly knife-wielding hoody-wearing robots.
The girl who had a body.
Chimpanzees use sex toys. The sluts.
Pants on women. Legal in Kansas. Banned in Paris.
I am really fond of the mathematical punnery in the first T-shirt here.
Roy Lichtenstein was an artist who would re-imagine popular images appropriated from comic books. So it’s a little funny when those managing his estate send threatening letters to people who re-imagine those same images today.
It should be noted that in the UK (and elsewhere), you are considered to be breaking the law if somebody hacks your WiFi. Now you can help to force others into breaking the law with cheap Chinese WiFi hackers. I’m considering standing outside my MP’s home with one of these until his internet is shut down.
Welcome to London. Your internet is being monitored by the police.
Categories: Weekend Coffee

In which we link to robots, bears and sundry

March 27th, 2010 No comments
Airport security instructions for dealing with monkeys.
The best way to get to school in the morning? The flying fox, and a sack.
Upcoming Hollywood movies include those based on the video games missile command, asteroids and space invaders.
Bear Wars! Coming soon to a Canada near you.
The Catholic Church is suing Columbia Pictures, due to the appearance of a 130-foot high statue in the film 2012
Quantum Mechanics: Now visible to the naked eye.
The dangers of having an exercise left for the reader.
Pepsi is removing its products from schools by 2012.
Categories: Weekend Coffee

The morning coffee keeps forgetting to drink blueberry juice

January 21st, 2010 No comments

Getting old? Starting to forget things? The miracle cure is here! Blueberry juice! Remember your birthday, where you forgot your keys, the names of your grandchildren! Also — it’s delicious!


(photo can be traced back to here — does it go further? Is that the photographer? We do not know.)

The editor of the Independent believes that everything on Flickr is public domain, and can be used in their newspaper without having to pay for or credit their photos. If one actually reads his comments, he seems to be making the claim that if a rights-holder makes something available via the Internet, they automatically give up all rights. Strange, that.

Do you roleplay? Do you want to help people in Haiti? Then break out your roleplaying-game money and help them! If you donate $20 to Doctor’s Without Borders via Drive-Thru RPG, they’ll give you free roleplaying PDFs that would otherwise cost $1,000 — although it may take a few days to actually download them, as the offer is creating a wee bit of a strain on their servers.

Categories: morning coffee
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