Posted: June 3rd, 2011 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: science, true story, xkcd | Comments Off on WikiSmarts
True Story: My friend/co-worker Swabby & I have been talking about starting a reading challenge where we have to cover all the Hugo Award winning novels, starting with the first year and working our way up. Oddly in this day and age, one of our biggest hurdles was trying to find a complete list of the winners. Seems even the Hugo Awards website didn’t have a complete list. Then we randomly mentioned it to our friend Jenn, and within 3 minutes she came back with a full list. Her tactic: use wikipedia. Thanks Jimmy Wales.
Posted: November 8th, 2010 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: monday, work, xkcd | Comments Off on Monday Inspiration
I am sad to report that the work week has started over again, but at least I can leave you with some cool math and perhaps a theory to test out during the week.
And yes, as friction approaches Zero, your productivity does dip into the negative, as you lure coworkers into chair-spinning competitions.
Gotta love XKCD.
Posted: April 9th, 2010 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: english, xkcd | Comments Off on Literally vs Figuratively
Sometimes it pays to be a word nazi. Especially if your job is “editor”.
Very rarely does it pay to be the crazy, over-zealous person.
(From xkcd.)
Posted: February 27th, 2010 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: choice, self, xkcd | Comments Off on This is me, in a nutshell
XKCD: Choices
It’s true.
I have this same quandry all the time. I am continuously baffled by the limitless existance of Choice.
I have equal issues with the idea of Individuality.
It is rooted in the foundation that “wow, I could do all these things”, and the “whoa, so could anyone else“, and finally “wait, you mean that every moron I encounter has the same faculties I do, and this is what they do with them?“.
I also like this comic-strip because in the last couple of years I’ve consistently peppered my speech at work with options of violence, and met pretty good/envious results.