kirabug’s idea files

• An interesting view of why this author won’t be seeing The Last Airbender that makes me think maybe I won’t either.
• The facts in the case of Andrew Wakefield, which tells the story of how some folks came to believe that autism is caused by vaccinations.
• Since I saw it while I was in England, I found the Tate Modern made of sugar cubes to be kind of cool, actually.
• This picture cracks me up. (Pic is SFW but the rest of the site – including the ads – might not be. You’re warned.)
• Three Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics worth reading:
  • one
  • two
  • three
• Adam Savage on problem solving
• This is some wild and crazy art by Boris Artzybasheff, which I thought was really cool

OK, that’s good for now.

“You are entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.” – Michael Specter

A very tall comic, but worth the giggles.

Inquiring minds at work wanted to know.

Science Netlinks has one of about a dozen answers on the web, most of which seem to say this too.

For you science geeks out there, here’s an article on using games to solve real-world problems which links to a protein-folding game.

If Osama’s Only 6 Degrees Away, Why Can’t We Find Him? pokes some really really big holes in the six degrees of separation theory. Big ones. Truck sized.