Wil Shipley (of Delicious Monster) on CompSci Education

So I've run into a lot of Computer Science students who don't seem to know the value of a particular course they're taking. I've met some at a later date who realized the benefits of a particular class, but it's still distressing to think of the number of students who don't know why they are studying something. I came across Wil Shipley's post "CS OMG WTF?" and wish I could point every CS student to it, if nothing else it'd help give them some perspective (and a very astute perspective at that).

[via Call Me Fishmeal]

Animated ThinkGeek T-Shirts

Perform a public service and let everyone know the WiFi signal strength, or just help them visualize the ambient sounds around you. These are just two of the useful things you can do by wearing one of ThinkGeek's animated t-shirts. Alright, I'm not sure how I feel about wearing a tee with a battery pack, as when I'm in a t-shirt mood I typically don't want it to be weighed down. I'll have to reserve judgement till I get one, but which one? Other t-shirts include animated Pong and one shirt that's more than meets the eye. I think I like the WiFi and Equalizer shirts the most though.

Photos of Old Bank Vault

Old Bank Vault - 007
Originally uploaded by JasonBechtel

Beautiful photo set of an old bank vault. You've got to love the detailed etching on the large cog, and the patterns on the retracting bolts. It would so easy to just make the mechanism plain and angular (not necessarily a bad thing), the effort that went into making vault locks look so good is greatly appreciated, as are photos like this that highlight them. Thanks Jason!

Weird Al Wednesday, and "This is the Life."

I have to confess to loving the incredibly corny movie "Johnny Dangerously," and was a little saddened that the Weird Al theme music was not included in the home video release. But here's Weird Al, along with scenes from the movie, performing "This is the Life." This post in no way indicates my approval of price-stickering puppies, I strongly recommend against such a practice ... apparently puppies don't like it and the stickers just come off too easily.

[via Revver]

Riddle of the dead readers!

Why is it that if only you, myself, and dead people can read hex, then we're obviously deaf hex readers?

(yes, it is indeed a riddle, comment if you've figured it out)

Flip Mode

An interesting perspective on switching (from PC to Mac).

[via graphpaper.com and Daring Fireball]

Mac vs. PC ... and Finder Sings (in addition to finding stuff)

After watching this, I want an Amiga to sit next to my NeXT.