From Maho Beach in Sint Maarten, located in the northeast Caribbean, you can see this sight a few times a day.
747 Landing - St.Maarten
Another one with a 747 passing directly overhead.
landing on st maarten
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
«Princess Juliana International Airport»
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
«The Village Idiot»
Frank Schaeffer on Rachel Maddow
I literally yelled out "Yes!" in a triumphant manner when he said "We have a village idiot in this country, it's called fundamentalist Christianity."
How about a certain Californian Christian fundamentalist I know1? Do you think Obama is the Anti-Christ? I know you have a low opinion of Obama...
1: I know, I've been picking on Looney a lot lately. Despite this, I really do respect him.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
«Looney Cold»
I caught a cold. Yay... Sore throat, cough, headache, and oddly enough, a fever. Usually fevers don't accompany a cold. This is one catch I should have thrown back.
I blame Looney. That's right. Against all evidence, I have faith1 that I caught it from Looney. Doesn't matter than I'm geographically distant from him, and have never personally met him. Why do I say this? Because right after I read his blog post about him having a cold, I came down with mine.
Now it's your turn to catch it from me2, then retroactively blame Looney.
(I also have it on good authority that this Looney guy is a contraband smuggler and a killer3!)
1: That's what faith is, right? A belief that ignores any contradicting evidence?
2: That's right, catch the common cold from me over the internet, just as I did from Looney. Those colds are getting crafty...
3: Killer of a yellow jacket. It's like a type of bee. I don't want to falsely put in writing that someone's a killer! (Without fine text explaining it was only an insect, anyway.)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
«Ninjas Can't Catch You If...»
You're on fire. Click an image to view full.
Or if you surfed a Robo Dracula from the moon, apparently...
HELL YEEEESSSS!
So now you know how to avoid being caught by ninjas.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
«Y2K12 Countdown: Dust in Sydney»
A warning sign that Armageddon is still on track for December 21st, 2012. On September 23rd, 2009 a massive blood-red dust storm hit Sydney, Australia.
Dust Storm in Sydney, September 23, 2009
No, I don't buy into the whole 2012 end of the world thing, but there's already people trying to link this to it. I expect someone to dig up some old doomsday prophecy that says the sky will turn red with blood before the end.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
«Socially Awkward Bee»
There's other ways to be socially awkward, too. Like just not saying much at all.
Irving the Socially Awkward Bee
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
«iPhone: Midomi»
I have an iPhone. Not one of those newfangled1 3GS phones, but 3G isn't even available in this town anyway. I also have no cell plan for the iPhone, so it's basically a glorified iPod Touch. But hey, I can still use WiFi.
One app I have that I'm pretty happy with is Midomi2. It listens using the microphone built into the phone and identifies what song is currently playing. They say on the website it takes 5 seconds. In my experience, it takes anywhere between 8 and 20 seconds. With songs that start out slow, it may fail to identify it until the main part of the song is playing. I've also had a couple of false matches, but a re-try usually returns the correct song.
I'm actually surprised at how well it works. Unlike some of the music identifying apps out there, Midomi doesn't use the lyrics for identification. That means it can identify instrumental music as well. I've tested it with the music at the end of a movie during the credits, and most of the time it will identify the song, and even list the soundtrack album for that movie. You don't even have to hold it up to the speakers for it to work, either. Background noise or people speaking in the background can throw it off, though.
Understandably, it doesn't have a clue about some of the obscure songs I have. Like "We Like the Moon" or the "Soluble Song". But those are by Joel Veitch, just a random British person (emphasis on random). It does however, recognize "Still Alive", the credit music for the game Portal. But with a catch: it brings up the version sung by Jonathan Coulton (the writer of the song). For remixes, it usually just brings up the original song.
My favorite feature is when you don't have any connectivity. It will record and save it until you do have a connection. That's a big plus for me.
As a testament to how well it works, it correctly identifies this song (if you can even call it a song) no matter what part of it is playing:
Chacarron Macarron - With Lyrics In Video
1: I've been seeing the word "newfangled" all over the place lately, so I figured I'd use it, too.
2: The extremely observant of you will notice in the link to Midomi, the "from" url parameter says www.mastermarf.com. This is NOT a paid endorsement or review of Midomi. I just happened to notice that parameter in their url and figured I'd screw with their tracking metrics.
Monday, September 21, 2009
«Motivational Monday: Conspiracy»
The only way I can possibly see people believing some of the crap they believe in... They completely ignore reality.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
«The Stick You Could Be Saving With... Google?»
So I ran across this Google Ad during my ventures in the interwebs yesterday (pictured to the right, but not an actual live ad unit). The ad linked to Google's campaign: Pet Stick: A 'Worst-Case' Case Study
The ad says "Trust us, this is going somewhere." I'm pretty sure it already has. It seems to me, adding googly eyes to a random object is clearly NOT a Google innovation. In fact, I'm pretty sure Geico already did it. I'm speaking of course about "The Money You Could be Saving With Geico."
Geico | "Kash Kitchen"
Oddly enough, during my vacation 5 months back, I saw "The Money You Could be Saving With Geico" everywhere... On giant billboards, on TV, even in the trash (they had sent out postcards with the money picture to people). It got to the point that my dad and I started seeing it in other things, even...
This image was taken in Mount Vernon, Washington on May 24th, 2009.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
«The Better Place»
One of the many faults with the idea of Heaven.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
«Astronomy Size Comparison»
This Is Mind Blowing!
Now how arrogant would it be to think that all of that is just for us, and/or that we're the only life in the universe?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
«It's Only A Theory»
I see that argument all the time when there are "discussions" (and I use that term loosely) about evolution. "But it's only a theory..."
FYI: A Theory is the highest level of certainty in science, outside of mathematics. Here's a few theories that are in line with evolution:
Atomic theory: Matter is composed of discrete units called atoms.
Cell theory: The idea that cells are the basic unit of structure in every living thing.
Circuit theory: The theory of accomplishing work by means of routing matter through a loop.1
Color Theory: Color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations.
General relativity: i.e. gravitation.
Plate tectonics: Describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere.
Visual Perception: The ability to interpret information and surroundings from visible light reaching the eye.
We accept this stuff as fact. Or at least I would hope you accept that gravity exists, the tectonic plates move, and people are able to see things. Even something you haven't directly seen like atoms2, you accept that they exist. Something doesn't become a theory on a whim. Theories have significant evidence backing them up, and NO evidence3 against it.
So why use the word theory? Why not fact? It would certainly make evolution "discussions" easier. Because modern science is humble. It acknowledges that is it not infallible. Theories are refined as new evidence comes forth.
No matter how corrupt some would have you believe scientists are, no matter what political agendas there might be: the truth will surface eventually if the evidence is solid. We've had to acknowledge that the Earth is indeed, round4.
1: Remember, electrons are matter. Your computer seems to be proof that Circuit theory works.
2: Go ahead, point out that atoms can be seen with an electron microscope, and you just happen to have personally looked through one.
3: Ancient fiction with no basis or proof is NOT evidence.
4: Okay, it's not perfectly round. Earth is 0.17% away from being a perfect oblate spheroid. Smart ass.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
«Robie Bank»
Blast from the past... I had one of these growing up.
Robie noms a coin.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
«Google Moble iPhone App»
The Google Mobile App (opens in iTunes, if you have it) for the iPhone is interesting to play around with. Not because its voice recognition is accurate; quite to the contrary. It doesn't seem to pick up my speech very well, so it's funny to see what it thinks I said. Consequently, it's not that useful to me. I still have to type my search queries if I want to actually search for something meaningful.
For example, I say Master Marf and it searches for [nastia mouse]. That isn't to say that it doesn't sometimes get what I wanted. But it can't be a very complex search. Single words or letters seems to work okay.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
«Nihilanth»
I'll just leave this Nihilanth1 here...
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1: AKA giant fetus from the game Half Life.
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