Having said that, if he’s bluffing and doping was the case it’s a dark day for cycling. But I think he’s clean, and the WSJ published an intelligent piece. Booze can alter the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, in the WSJ article: “I don’t ordinarily ever drink alcohol during a race,” he said yesterday. But [...]
Archive for July, 2006
I’m Inclined To Believe Floyd Landis
Posted in GEEKDOM, HEH, LIFE SCIENCES, WTF? on July 30, 2006 | Comments Off
Human Space Invaders
Posted in GEEKDOM, HEH, VIDEO DU JOUR on July 19, 2006 | Comments Off
Been too busy lately to post much (i.e., at all), will get back to it sooner or later. Just saw this amazing video – yep, human pixels and all – thought I would share (runtime ~3 min.). Enjoy: Nice going, Guillaume Reymond! Update: A few friends commented and we’re wondering re the choreography. Guillaume’s idea [...]
World’s Largest Cam
Posted in GEEKDOM, HEH, PHOTOGRAPHY on July 14, 2006 | Comments Off
What do you get when you turn a hangar into a camera obscura? A 28 foot x 108 foot image, of course. The cloth was exposed for 35 minutes. The photographers and 60 volunteers developed the image by moving the fabric into an enormous, 1-foot-deep tray.
After the match the mood in the local French cafe decidedly turned and the crowd thinned quickly. The girls who moved outside to dance on the sidewalk during the breaks while satisfying their nicotine cravings, swaying to the cafe’s fine sense in loud music, disappeared. I hadn’t eaten since breakfast, the beer left me way [...]
On A Lighter Note, Heh, Free Money
Posted in GEEKDOM, HEH, SNA & ONA on July 8, 2006 | Comments Off
Local tech entrepreneur Jakob Lodwick appears to be experimenting again, and as always, having a bit of fun. Methinks Jakob, a keen analyst of human behaviour, wouldn’t have rocked the world with his biz partners in building their base business if he wasn’t. He’s offering a simple monetary reward in this experiment, cold hard (well, [...]
Campaigns Wikia
Posted in POLITICS on July 5, 2006 | Comments Off
Jimmy Wales is on to something interesting, he’s announced Campaigns Wikia: It’s time for politics to become more intelligent, and for democracy to really involve the people. Broadcast media tells you what to think and doesn’t let you get involved. It’s time to focus on what you need, what you care about, and the messages [...]









