Author Archives: mpj
Beverage adventures in Japan
Miksi Otto tykkää japanilaisista koulutytöistä? Koska Otto on lonkero!
English speakers: nevermind. Anyway, I, too, saw this yesterday. Didn’t have my camera along though.
Dialogue with the Oxford Chiropractic Clinic
So, a few people have been contacting their local friendly chiropractors regarding the recent ASA ruling. I think Martin was the first; jdc325 and Tristan have also done their bit, the latter with remarkable success!
The ASA ruling states that the chiropractor could not “refer to the treatment of IBS, colic and learning difficulties” in his [...]
Recording scanner output dictaphone-style, with silence detection
I tried to find a Linux solution to automatically record scanner traffic, something like Scanner Recorder for Windows. It looks like I am not alone. Anyway, I figured it out.
This is how I did it under Ubuntu:
Download xpvox here.
Compile it (I had to install libforms and then change all instances of #include "forms.h" to #include [...]
A land of a thousand islands
Apparently, British Airways wants to assure its customers that its routes will not change after the polar ice caps have melted. Take a look at this scan from the February 2008 edition of their in-flight High Life magazine, pages 96-97.
This is what BA thinks Europe looks like:
Cropped around Finland:
Google Earth’s view on the same area:
The [...]
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Most viewed pages on Conservapedia
Kieran Healy of Crooked Timber has unearthed some interesting statistics on Conservapedia, that beacon of piety in the secular world. As of right now, Conservapedia’s most viewed pages are as follows:
Main Page [1,907,392]
Homosexuality [1,575,873]
Homosexuality and Hepatitis [517,112]
Homosexuality and Promiscuity [420,721]
Gay Bowel Syndrome [391,120]
Homosexuality and Parasites [388,155]
Homosexuality and Domestic Violence [367,707]
Homosexuality and Gonorrhea [331,558]
Homosexuality and Mental [...]
Why have I never heard of Béla Fleck before?
These guys are amazing:
Béla Fleck
Hat tip to CC.
If cryptography is outlawed…
Some animal rights terrorists have been asked to hand over decryption keys under Part III Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) a mere few weeks after it was activated. Completely apart from the fact that I disagree with their cause, I think this is a worrying development. I hope it accelerates the development and adoption [...]
Wht is the SI unit for car fuel consuption?
The SI system of units is a wonderfully logical and functional system of units of measurement. In the SI system all units can be expressed in terms of a few fundamental, independently defined base units such as the second, the metre and the kilogram. (I freely admit that the fact the kilogram as a base [...]
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Look it up. It’s right there.
Via Pharyngula comes a link to an educational Bible study page by Jay Pinkerton. Since everyone already knows the basic stuff, this concentrates on the intermediate/advanced topics most Sunday schools don’t have time to mention. And it’s illustrated too!
Transatlantic beverage adventures