Archive for March, 2008



XKCD’s Travelling Salesman Problem Comic

Gotta love math humor. See more at XKCD.com

Rick Roll’d

You have been Rick Roll’d!

Senator Obama’s Speech: A More Perfect Union

Watch Senator Obama’s speech on race in America and building a more perfect union.

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: ‘A More Perfect Union’
Philadelphia, PA | March 18, 2008
As Prepared for Delivery
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, […]

John Ashcroft’s Back-room Sweetheart Deal

“You don’t believe that it may be a conflict of interest in a former employee hiring the former boss, or suggesting that he be hired, for a very lucrative contract?” she said of the 18-month contract [worth $28 million to $52 million], which requires Mr. Ashcroft to make sure that Zimmer complies with the terms […]

Doh! Homer Simpson graces Hulu’s Error Page

This video accompanies Hulu’s error page.
“Sorry - we’ve encountered an unexpected error. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly.”

Intel Atom announced today.

From today’s Intel press release.
The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to when using a standard PC and the Internet.
The chips have a thermal design power (TDP) specification in 0.6-2.5 […]