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Striving to be a good dad, a good husband, a good son/brother, a good political scientist, a good photographer, a good cook and a good homo universalis.
I don’t really like ads on websites but also understand that ad-support is the predominant business model online these days. That said, this is the best ad I’ve come across online in years. Someone please show up to a party in a costume!

I don’t really like ads on websites but also understand that ad-support is the predominant business model online these days. That said, this is the best ad I’ve come across online in years. Someone please show up to a party in a costume!

Recursion: MS Office Setup Assistant would like MS Office Setup Assistant to quit before continuing.

Recursion: MS Office Setup Assistant would like MS Office Setup Assistant to quit before continuing.

Nikon needs to send some gear to North Korean photographers. On a different note, it’s possible that Kim Jong Il picked Kim Jong Un to be his successor purely based on the fact that the latter has an uncanny resemblance to Kim Il Sung. [via The Frame]

Nikon needs to send some gear to North Korean photographers. On a different note, it’s possible that Kim Jong Il picked Kim Jong Un to be his successor purely based on the fact that the latter has an uncanny resemblance to Kim Il Sung. [via The Frame]

I experience this, although usually around 11PM, not 2AM. [PHD Comics]

I experience this, although usually around 11PM, not 2AM. [PHD Comics]

The fountain drink machine at the Del Taco on the Hill

The fountain drink machine at the Del Taco on the Hill

“Transparent Beans” — I haven’t had to buy coffee beans for several weeks. During my weekly grocery shopping today, I bought a bag of sumatra and noticed the new coffee bean bags at Sunflower Farmers Market. Instead of the single line on which people write in the name of the beans, now the bags have a see-through window. Of course, being a coffee connoisseur that I am, I can tell that these beans are sumatra simply by looking at them through the window. (photo via my Flickr)

“Transparent Beans” — I haven’t had to buy coffee beans for several weeks. During my weekly grocery shopping today, I bought a bag of sumatra and noticed the new coffee bean bags at Sunflower Farmers Market. Instead of the single line on which people write in the name of the beans, now the bags have a see-through window. Of course, being a coffee connoisseur that I am, I can tell that these beans are sumatra simply by looking at them through the window. (photo via my Flickr)

I was looking for a wheat-new camera when I came across this on Craigslist. Not quite what I’m looking for.

I was looking for a wheat-new camera when I came across this on Craigslist. Not quite what I’m looking for.

newyorker: Cartoon of the Day Read Hendrik Hertzberg’s Comment on the oil spill.

newyorker:

Cartoon of the Day

Read Hendrik Hertzberg’s Comment on the oil spill.

They couldn’t have been spies,” she said jokingly. “Look what she did with the hydrangeas.

—The New York Times, June 29, 2010. 

This is the type of high-level math that every school kid should be learning…. [via xkcd]

This is the type of high-level math that every school kid should be learning…. [via xkcd]

I support interdisciplinary endeavors in theory, but they never work quite well in practice. [via xkcd]

I support interdisciplinary endeavors in theory, but they never work quite well in practice. [via xkcd]

Hilarious! Of course, “the South” means developing countries at large, in contrast to “the North.” [via xkcd]

Hilarious! Of course, “the South” means developing countries at large, in contrast to “the North.” [via xkcd]