- Spam subject: “Your watch will find you no matter where you are.” What if I don’t want Stalker Watch to follow me around?
- @BadAstronomer writes a short-short story:
Beware of what you wish for… Immortality is boring.
- Waiting for food at Rubio’s. Employees are trying to get the lyrics straight for the latest Jack-In-the-Box commercial.
Category: Strange World
Out with the Old
OK, I think the new server is tested enough for now. Time for lunch. And, I think, a walk.
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Odd: I just watched two people tossing things over the edge of the roof of an office building in the distance for several minutes.
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I’ve just turned off our oldest internet-facing server. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it went back to 2001 – almost as old as IE6!
$2 Bill
Just got a $2 bill in change. Haven’t seen one “in the wild” in years.
Glass Bow
The other day I was walking past a construction site in the Irvine Spectrum area, and noticed a rainbow-like ring appearing in the road. I immediately thought of this mystery photo on APOD and its (rather technical) explanation. Naturally, I had to take a picture myself.
It basically is a rainbow, except formed by reflections in tiny glass beads (used for sandblasting) instead of raindrops. The physicist who posted his (much better) photo to APOD had a better camera handy. And a linear polarizer. (Don’t you always carry one of those?)
Sadly, I only had my phone.
Enviro Oddities
Top 10 Odd Environmental Ideas (Time via @ThisIsTrue). Some are disturbing, but I like the staple-free stapler.
Coyote in the Office Park
Walking across an empty lot, listening to “Gold Dust,” just saw a coyote sauntering across the lot.
Ridiculous!
8 Ridiculous Things Bigger Than NASA’s Budget.
Miniature cows? Didn’t I see this in a Jack in the Box ad?