December 2008
82 posts
“Better king of the vagrants than squire of the rich dudes. That’s what I...”
– giantforknspoon
Dirty
YORKIE FAIL
The Quest for Every Beard Type →
This guy is a hero.
Merry Christmas!
Surfing with a -22 wind chill →
I thought skiing in subzero temps sucked.
“‘The Spirit’ is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a...”
– Roger Ebert
Four Hands. One Guitar.
I JUST WANTED IT TO SNOW
“Apparently, she wanted to make the hallway appear that it had snow in it, so she decided to use a fire extinguisher (this is something that her dad has successfully done in the past). Instead of there just being a “little poof”, the entire hallway filled with chemicals that caused the fire alarm to go off in the middle of the night during finals week. Now this is her in the car...
Hossack-MacGowen Route →
There are some things that you look at and think, “There is no way anyone could ever descend that on skis.”
and then someone does it.
PIRATES!
Wow.
I really have no words for this video:
Enginoob Sunday Question
Prompted by this article, 2008: The Year in Band Names, by the AV Club, what is your favorite fictional band name?
Mine?
Rapelling with Chainsaws
Leave your answer in the comments below.
Dear Sheri
Every time you think to yourself “ROB IS AN INSENSITIVE JERK!!!!”, re-read this post:
I christen myself...
…the U.S.S dumbass.
Enginoob (with a side of bacon) →
This is awesome.
The Move →
First post on enginoob.com. Go read. Visit regularly.
ATTENTION ALL ENGINOOB READERS
Thanks to a Christmas present from friend/arch-nemesis Martz, I am now approaching legitimacy. I give you…..
ENGINOOB.COM
I am going to start posting my major stuff on there, and will link to it from here. There might be some crossover, and I will probably continue to post stupid pictures and videos here. Im gonna try to keep enginoob.com fairly legit….but we will see how that works...
Khoda →
The following five minute movie was made by stitching together over 6,000 individual paintings. This is an incredible testament to an artist’s patience:
Amazing stuff. Whats really interesting is that it stands as both a fascinating piece of art and well-shot film. I’m curious as to how (or if) the artist Reza Dolatabadi storyboarded the entire film out frame-by-frame before...
The lesson learned here...
…is that your life choices and direction is dictated by the part in your hair, as well as your choice of shirt. NO COLLAR = NO MORALS:
Common Sense Physics
Cali Snowstorm →
Some good pics of a storm that dropped snow on much lower elevations than normal. A couple faves:
I like this one because the dude doesn’t own a normal snow shovel, but he sure as hell has a backcountry one for digging snow pits:
Don’t see this very often:
Now with comments!
Notice that each blog post now has an option to leave a comment below it. Feel free to berate me, enginoob content, or rotaryforge all you want.
Now I can run my stupid contests and the winner will be decided by comment, rather than onevoice running down the hall telling me she knows the answer or giantforknspoon trying to get me to give up the answer via IM.
2008 in Photographs, Part 2 →
Six-wheel independent steering….I wanna do donuts with this thing:
I thought the liftlines around here were bad…
Buy me this. →
If anyone hasn’t purchased a Christmas present for me yet, here is your chance. Maybe a couple of you could talk amongst each other and someone pick up a few Harpoon missiles as well.
Oh, and Sheri, if someone buys me this, we are totally moving in.
My Short List
Here is my short list for movies coming out soon that I really want to see, in order of preference:
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Wrestler
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Doubt
I was disappointed that The Grandin in Roanoke had to move back Slumdog’s release date into January, but given the dearth of good films coming out for the next two months, the...
Knitting for Psychos →
Hey parents, want a guaranteed way to make your child cry on Christmas morning and then have nightmares for a week?! These are fantastic. Click through for more, but here are a couple of my favorites:
2008 in Photographs, Part 1 →
The Big Picture blog is doing a year in review, and given the amount of excellent pictures they have posted, it must have been tough to whittle them down. I’ll post parts 2 and 3 as they come in, but here is my favorite pic of part 1, an amazing shot:
A rescue helicopter prepares to hoist aboard surviving Japanese climber Hideaki Nara near the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand on...
Just Like Us. →
Goblin Shark
Be sure to watch through the 0:20 mark:
Spelling FAIL.
Skilz.
Bacon Rice Krispies Treats →
Another excellent addition to the bacon repitoire.
A little hydrodynamics...
While sitting here grading a pile of lab reports for an undergraduate Ocean Engineering lab, I remembered that I had some video sitting around from when I performed the same lab, in which we studied the forces on normal and supercavitating hydrofoils. Here is the abstract I wrote when I did the lab report a couple years ago:
“An experiment was conducted that examined the performance of a...
An island in a lake on an island in a lake on an... →
THE FUTURE!!!
LASER WARFARE:
Seriously though, the high end military-grade green lasers easily have the capability to blind. See: http://www.wickedlasers.com.
Fleeting Seating: The Slightly Uncomfortable Chair... →
The hypothesis: The secret to truly efficient meetings is having everyone in the meeting sit in truly uncomfortable chairs.
The experiment: This set of brilliantly thought out seating devices. See example below, then click through to the link, because they are hilarious:
Nice moves.
Say what you will about the man, but those are some impressive reflexes. That shoe was coming fast.
TIME TO GET UP
The Alps are getting absolutely POUNDED with snow right now. This guy had a rude awakening, as an avalanche decided to invade his bedroom:
…and you thought your alarm clock sucked.
“If Starbucks and Subway ever closed, my travel diet would convert to hotel soaps...”
– hotdogsladies
TRUTH
The future leader of the free world has a REAL christmas tree:
SCIENCE!
Obama will pwn joo
Huckabee vs. Jon Stewart
“Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident, he is one of our treasures...”
– Dong Yun Yoon, referring to the pilot of the F-18 that crashed in San Diego, killing the Korean immigrant’s wife, two children, and mother-in-law.
Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa →
A little nerdy, but very very cool. We used the same sort of genetic algorithm to arrive at the final concept submarine design for our senior design project.
“I was pleased that John didn’t use his iPhone at all during lunch but then...”
– AmyJane, mirroring Sheri’s thoughts when riding in the car with me anywhere…
“People actually use that term? “mixed media?”
You mean like skiing...”
– Kidwoo
Latest REI Catalog
If you don’t ski, you might not be able to tell immediately whats wrong with this picture:
BINDING PLACEMENT FAIL.
DCI Solo and Ensemble Snare 2004
Be sure to watch up through the 2:17 mark