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For the geeks in all of us....
My birthday and phone number are in there. So the next time someone asks me for it I will say pi and give them a offset.
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In the 1990s Bill Geerhart was an unemployed, not-so aspiring screenwriter in his 30s. To pass the time, he channeled his inner child, 10-year-old Billy, and started writing letters to famous and infamous people and institutions. These letters, written in pencil on elementary school ruled paper, asked funny but relevant questions to politicians, serial killers, movie stars, lobbyists, CEOs, and celebrity lawyers.
Geerhart saved copies of his letters and the replies he got back. This week, Harper Collins published them in a book called Little Billy's Letters: An Incorrigible Inner Child's Correspondence with the Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Bewildered. The publisher gave us permission to run some of our favorites. Enjoy!
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The National Hobo Association believes that "unlike tramps or bums, the hoboes are usually very resourceful, self reliant and appreciative people."
Susan Atkins is a convicted murderer former member of the Manson Family. When she died in prison in 2009, she was the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system, having been denied parole 18 times.
Robert Shapiro was a member of O.J. Simpson's "dream team" of defense lawyers.
The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, with more than a billion members.
Caesars Palace is a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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I had always assumed that McDonalds' hamburger hegemony of the United States, if not the world, was complete. I was wrong. Clearly, I need to leave the Northeast more. The above map shows the dominant burger chains in different parts of the United States. The black dots represent the density of McDonald's, and other colors represent...everyone else.
A Disturbance In The Force [Weather Sealed] (via Fast Company)
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Google’s tentacles continue to wrap around every portion of our lives with the addition of an API for their PowerMeter software. The PowerMeter tool works with smart electricity meters to monitor and display power usage in the home. This will allow manufacturers (and hackers alike) to design new devices with the Google interface in mind.
We’ve got an old-fashioned power meter with a spinning dial and no blinking LED. This means we can’t monitor that blink to add our own PowerMeter interface. But if you do have an easy way to grab data from your meter you can design a home system that takes full advantage of Google’s tools.
Ok, who’s going to be the first to have their Google PowerMeter-compatible hack featured on Hackaday?
[Thanks Juan]
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Is evil computer system GLaDOS rebooting? Hidden messages placed in a cryptic patch give gamers plenty to chew on as they search for answers.Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL MAKE Magazine
During the time that we were brainstorming ideas internally for DIY Movie Making month, a link to this video gem got circulated. It brought back so many memories of the beginnings of HBO and this amazing opening sequence. I've always had a special soft spot in my heart for miniatures and model-making of all sorts. And this opening was sort of a model-maker's paradise, as this making-of video will attest. Who knew that the flying H-B-O where physical models? [Thanks, Lish Dorset!]
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