Archive for category Interweeb!
Health Canada finds bisphenol A in bottles marked ‘BPA-free’
Posted by barista in Interweeb! on 08/08/2009
Props to the Ottawa Citizen for their article, though Health Canada seems to play down the findings of bisphenol A in baby bottles. Global news article.
Braess Paradox: Removing highways makes city traffic move easier
Posted by barista in Interweeb! on 08/04/2009
AutoBlogGreen’s article starts with the “O RLY” exclaim … since this is a hard thing to belive. Over the weekend, this same topic came up among friends, and so I dug this piece back out of my archives.
To quote:
Reed and Freemark cite the Braess Paradox and each driver thinking of ways to optimize their route as key players in the “add more roads, get more traffic” conundrum. When the city highways in these four examples were torn down, people naturally found other ways to get around, dispersing the traffic flow.
Manhattanhenge
Posted by barista in Interweeb! on 07/28/2009
And this same phenomenon happens in Toronto on October 25th.
Failed
Posted by barista in Interweeb!, Uncategorized, Vroom vroom on 07/27/2009
Click, read, shake head.
Friday Rudeness: Zip Codes by Foamy
Posted by barista in Coffee, Interweeb! on 07/17/2009
Props to Eric for sending me this … it has been tooo long since I’ve watched a Foamy rant.
TV Tropes
Posted by barista in Interweeb! on 07/14/2009
I have to blame/thank xkcd for getting me thoroughly into TV Tropes.
Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means “stereotyped and trite”. In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them.
Having shed it’s “TV only” status, you will find a medium that has an example you readily recognise. Don’t be surprised if you go on a serious Wiki-Walk.
-
You are currently browsing the archives for the Interweeb! category.
