Posted on September 10, 2008 by drkllpnt
Today was special. The Large Hadron Collider fired it’s first beams this morning around 3:36 AM Central time.
That begs the questions – what the heck is the Large Hadron Collider? Which James Bond movie did they pull this idea from? How dangerous is 14 TeV? Who the F%^# cares??
Filed under: Experiments, News, Science, Society, Technology | Tagged: CERN, Large Hadron Collider, quarks, Stranglets, dark matter, vacuum bubbles, magnetic monopolies, black holes, doomsday, the end of, James Bond, electron volts, physics, Javascript, Klingon | 10 Comments »
Posted on August 22, 2008 by drkllpnt
Several days have past since my last (real) blog post, actually if you don’t count the TDK Prologue post, It has been mid-July since my last contribution… I’ve been extremely busy at work, I suffered from a bad case of writer’s block, I lost the ability to read or write… No excuses actually… or [...]
Filed under: Experiments, Internet, Society, psychology | Tagged: attention span, books, cognitive dissonance, mistakes, self-justification | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 1, 2008 by drkllpnt
This article from comes to us by the lovely Adrienne So, who writes for Wired magazine.
I’ll do a FJM style observation of parts of the article that I thought were, uhm, interesting, but you really should check it out for yourself. Some of the comments are funny as well. Hit the jump for the good [...]
Filed under: Experiments, Random | Tagged: alternative energy, breasts, Hilary Swank | 78 Comments »
Posted on June 13, 2008 by themicrocosm
Alright, so the test went down last night. I was in bad shape last night. Much of the night I was running a very high fever and it tainted the experience. However, here’s how the story goes:
Filed under: Experiments | Tagged: general produce, organic food, taste test | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 11, 2008 by themicrocosm
So, last night, I was hanging out with MisterNiceGuy and my neighbor. We watched the most recent episode of Hell’s Kitchen and ate the dinner I cooked. Dinner was a veggie-friendly couscous, greens, cheese, hummus and crackers, since my neighbor is a vegetarian. After the show we talked before we called it a night. Just [...]
Filed under: Experiments | Tagged: emprical tests, fruit, organic produce | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 23, 2008 by themicrocosm
I did not grow up in a wealthy family. That will be my only preface.
I did, however, grow up around a whole shit list of rich-prick assholes. There were exceptions to the rule, but not many.
When I was young I thought I wanted to join the military. I really wanted to be a fighter pilot [...]
Filed under: Culture, Experiments | Tagged: 18, America, draft, military, Norway, service | 20 Comments »
Posted on April 29, 2008 by themicrocosm
The next installment of Greg and Trevor’s adventures wrapped shooting this past weekend. It was a good shoot and we hope to have it edited and posted soon. In the meantime, we have decided to give the mini-episodes a title and it is…. Pushing 30
drkllpnt says that it hits too close to home [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Experiments, Film, Pushing 30, Super Shorts | Tagged: breaded or naked, Comedy, drkllpnt, Greg and Trevor, Pushing 30, Trevor wants a Cocktail | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2008 by themicrocosm
I thought I would try a post under the influence. Of what you ask? Ah, well… So, I have learned that my mouth doesn’t work like my brain. Have you ever thought something and realized you couldn’t voice the idea/thought in a way that is as brilliant as it is in your cerebellum (needed the [...]
Filed under: Culture, Experiments, Philosophy | Tagged: Drugs, Julius Caesar, shaving | 6 Comments »