The Burning Biscuit
Awesome New (free!) Product from Microsoft: Pivot
Gary Flake, a Technical Fellow at Microsoft, gave a great talk at TED 2010 about a new product Microsoft has created called Pivot. Pivot provides a seamless way to browse and categorize large amounts of data on the internet. You can get Pivot for free here!
The Unbelievable World of Warcraft
Image courtesy of Online Schools. They’ve got some really great images and charts over there, you should definitely check them out!
New Mobile Version of the Site
Posted by admin in Site Updates on February 20, 2010
Thanks to the WPtouch plugin this site now has a slick new look when viewed on an iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, or BlackBerry mobile device.
Social News vs. Editor Based Sites
Nine Words/Phrases Women Use
Credit: Have Fun With English
1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the football before helping around the house.
3. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!
4. A Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer quickly to No 9 for the meaning of nothing.)
5. That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
6. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you’re welcome. (I want to add a clause here – This is true, unless she says ‘Thanks a lot’, which is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say ‘you’re welcome’ – that will bring on No. 7).
7. Whatever: Is a woman’s way of saying, “F– YOU!”
8. Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking ‘What’s wrong?’ For the woman’s response refer to No. 4.
9. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in “Fine”.
Let’s Say You’ve Gone Back in Time.
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Venn Diagram
I was recently browsing the torrents over at demonoid and I noticed one of the top torrented movies of the day was The Tooth Fairy. Most of the other movies seemed to match what you’d expect to find on torrenting sites, such as Legion, Surrogates, Sherlock Holmes, etc. The Tooth Fairy, however, I did not expect to find. So naturally I made a Venn diagram of the situation.