Fuzzier than Marble

How to destroy all inspiration and curiosity about math:

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:23:01 -0700

“This is the correct method for reaching the answer. Any other methods that also reach the correct answer are wrong because they’re not part of the class curriculum.”

Safety

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:02:04 -0700

Suburban summer nights
with near-starless skies

Sinless stories shared aloud
to wide, glassy eyes

“Did you hear?” they ask with glee,
sifting through the haze

Of orange, florescent nights
and cookie-cutter days.

“Something happened elsewhere…
something not the same…”

Chaos stirs so far away
spread by winds of fame

If inspiration flickers bright
to burn before it dies,

Onlookers look back to screens
with disappointed sighs.

Creation and chaos here
cannot fit the mold

Get along with those around
and do as you’re told.

Glassy eyes whisper softly
“Now what should we do?”

If time were a spectacle
We’d just be passing through.

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So I’ve started updating my deviantart again. Because whynot.

suicideblonde: Stefon’s Wedding |x| SNL 18/5/2013 German...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:45:15 -0700

suicideblonde:

Stefon’s Wedding |x| SNL 18/5/2013

German Smurfs, Gizblow the coked up Gremlin, Human Fire Extinguishers, Ben Affleck and is that Ryan Seacrest? No it’s a drowned albino who looks like Axl Rose.

"Because higher wages mean more expensive goods and customers don’t want to pay higher prices. While..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:32:48 -0700

“Because higher wages mean more expensive goods and customers don’t want to pay higher prices. While it would make for a simpler narrative, companies like Walmart, Gap, and H&M that have operations in Bangladesh outsource the making of their clothing lines overseas not simply because they want to exploit people on the other side of the world, but because we their customers all but force them to do it. While most of us would be appalled if we saw the working conditions and knew the wages of the people that make the clothes we wear and would no doubt shout our anger from the roof tops, our wallets tell a different story. Our wallets, or more specifically our spending habits reveal the cold hard reality that most of us just don’t give a shit about where we get our clothes, so long as we get them for cheap. Worse yet, as Tony Campolo would say, most of us in the church care more about fact that I just said “shit” than the fact that countless men, women, and children suffer and die everyday as a direct result of our lust for low, low prices. Which is why the problem of evil is hanging in our closets.”

- The Problem Of Evil Is Hanging In Your Closet (via azspot)

spaceplasma: A Burning Candle In Zero-Gravity The results of a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:10:29 -0700

spaceplasma:

A Burning Candle In Zero-Gravity

The results of a Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) experiment demonstrates that in zero-gravity—where heat doesn’t rise—a flame burns in a uniform oval.

Credit: Col. Chris Hadfield

the-sorcerer: Alexander horned sphere

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:06:41 -0700

the-sorcerer:

Alexander horned sphere

Photo

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:39:46 -0700

sk8nska: “I ♥ IJA” Photos on FacebookNew for this year!World...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:08:07 -0700

sk8nska:

“I ♥ IJA” Photos on Facebook

New for this year!

World Juggling Day is held annually on the Saturday closest to June 17th - the day the IJA was founded in 1947. This year, we invite you to join in celebrating the IJA’s 66th Anniversary by participating in the “I ♥ IJA” project.

On World Juggling Day, post a photo of yourself holding an “I ♥ IJA” sign to your Facebook wall.
Tag the IJA Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/InternationalJugglersAssociation) in your photo, and you will be entered into a drawing for a fabulous prize package of:

- A $50 USD gift certificate to Juggling Market
- 7 Phat Tyre juggling balls + ball bag from Flying Clipper
- A 2013 World Juggling Day t-shirt
- A Free IJA Membership

In the caption, tell us who you are and why you juggle! Who’s your biggest inspiration? What do you love about the juggling community? Or simply say, “Happy World Juggling Day!”

PDFs of various versions of the “I ♥ IJA” signs are available for you to choose from and print here: http://www.juggle.org/wjd/heart.php

Or, get creative and make your own sign!

Each time you see one of these photos pop up on Facebook on June 15th, you will know it’s another person celebrating World Juggling Day.

FULL/EVENT PAGE HERE

So this is a thing. I had no idea. Guess what I’m doing that Saturday.

cognitivedissonance: So this will be in my nightmares tonight.

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:06:20 -0700

cognitivedissonance:

So this will be in my nightmares tonight.

tastefullyoffensive: [jspowerhour]

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:05:52 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

[jspowerhour]

Video

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:16:59 -0700

in-my-mouth: Chicken Tikka Masala Pizza

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:30 -0700

in-my-mouth:

Chicken Tikka Masala Pizza

tastefullyoffensive: itscarororo: i never learned how

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:56 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

itscarororo: i never learned how

ikenbot: Jaw-Dropping Views of Night Sky and Earth Win Photo...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:54:38 -0700

ikenbot:

Jaw-Dropping Views of Night Sky and Earth Win Photo Contest

Eye-popping images of celestial wonders shining over equally stunning Earth views have won the top spots in the 2013 International Earth and Sky Photo Contest, competition organizers say.

Image 1: 3rd Place in Beauty of the Night Sky category goes to “Meteor Magic” by Shannon Bileski for her March 2013 outstanding capture of a streaking fireball and colorful aurora over a snow-covered lake in Canada. Credit: Shannon Bileski/

Image 2: The overall contest winner and first prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category goes to Stephane Vetter of France (nuitsacrees.fr), for his March 2013 panoramic photo “Sky above Godafoss” of aurora and the Milky Way over the “Waterfall of the Gods” in Iceland. Credit: Stephane Vetter

Image 3: Fifth place in the Against the Lights category goes to “Golden Gate Star Trails” by Rick Whitacre. A well-done photo sequence has captured star trails above the lights of San Fransisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. Credit: Rick Whitacre

The contest, the third annual event held by the landscape astrophotography group The World at Night (TWAN), aims to raise awareness about the importance of dark skies free of light pollution. It honors photos that show both the Earth and sky in all their glory.

Full Article

matthen: The bending of a light ray depends only on the angle...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:34 -0700

matthen:

The bending of a light ray depends only on the angle it hits the lens, and not on the thickness of the glass. This means thick lenses can be made thinner, as shown here. This is called a Fresnel lens, and is used to make magnifying sheets as well as in lighthouses. [more] [video] [code]

ilagrfaa: Unfortunately this is not my math teacher…

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:45:43 -0700

ilagrfaa:

Unfortunately this is not my math teacher…

tastefullyoffensive: 9 Cats Taking Selfies

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:53:01 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

9 Cats Taking Selfies

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:52:37 -0700

twocubes: (these two pictures are the same thing (iterations...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:50:04 -0700

twocubes:

(these two pictures are the same thing (iterations towards the boundary of the mandelbrot set), only colored differently)

Being an adult

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:55:30 -0700

My job necessitates wearing a suit every day. I talk to people about very serious things and help them get their lives in order. Often enough, my effort is rewarded with the responsibilities of people who are having trouble handling their own, and need help. So far, I really like this job, and I’ll like it even more when all the money I’m making ISN’T being poured into paying back my student loans.

This is definitely an adult job, and it’s a lot less stressful (for now) than I expected… and I’m still 23. I won’t be forever, and part of me still misses the chaos of college parties. I want to cut loose again sometime soon.