February 2010
58 posts
Self-Referential Aptitude Test →
Since I’m on that logic kick today… This is pretty clever (and difficult) challenge. For example:
19. The answer to this question is:
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
logic this
I’ve recently become slightly obsessed with KenKen (damn you NYT!!) and through a lot of lateral/tangental thinking was recently reminded of one of my favorite logic puzzles:
You are suffering from some terrible disease which requires you to take two pills every day. One pill must be of type A and the other of type B. The two types are identical as far as you are able to measure.
One...
mid semester slump
UGHHHH midterms. Alright, within the next two weeks: one presentation, two books to finish, three papers, three exams. And lord knows I’ve got a horrendous amount of reading/catching up to do.
Expect nothing but music* and progressively deranged antics as I get less and less sleep. =___=
*Blu x Exile x Fashawn x Superblenders Mixtape. You know you want it.
“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have...”
– Roger Ebert.
from this incredible article by Chris Brown.
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you...”
– Ernest Hemingway
Okay, one more paper to go...
Time for a beer.
^______^ v
Basement Jaxx - My Turn f. Lightspeed Champion
If...
Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome. →
deja-vu:
“Emotion in general leads to transmission, and awe is quite a strong emotion,” he said. “If I’ve just read this story that changes the way I understand the world and myself, I want to talk to others about what it means. I want to proselytize and share the feeling of awe. If you read the article and feel the same emotion, it will bring us closer together.”
The sublime is alive and well...
“Number one rule of a pimp: never kiss and tell. That’s how they find out...”
– As heard in the sophomore industrial design studio…
Sean Connery gets a call from his agent one day. The agent goes, “Sean, I’ve got you a job - starts tomorrow, early. You’ll have to be there for 10-ish”.
Sean furrows his brow and says “Tennish? but I don’t even have a racquet.” »
mitw-chi asked: have u seen boostalk? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae_HL6OenA
djlimbs:
Paint By BPM
I made this mix in 07 as...
“There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.”
– Goethe
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Because its...
BATTLEFIELD EARTH: THE DRINKING GAME
Step 0 (optional): Get high or download the rifftrax or something… because you know how some movies are so bad they’re good? This disaster is so ridiculous it’s passed that point and come back around to being absolutely horrible.
Step 1: Acquire alcohol.
Step 2: Drink when…
There is maniacal laughter. Maniacally laugh along with it. First person to laugh normally has to...
