Fun with Windows

A couple months back I ran across a series of spoofs on the Mona Lisa. Here's one of the pictures.

It's nothing special, but I started wondering, what other things could you find pasted into the familiar windows XP background?

That's right, XP Gothic. I think it's really a bit too cheery to go with the original mood of the painting.

For the history buffs, there's always the possibility of reenactment battles. (If you were really creative you could have the icons attack each other.

Like sci-fi? Paste a couple spacecraft and an extra moon three into the picture.

There are plenty of opportunities for motor sport enthusiasts too.

Of course, you know the linux crowd has to take a shot at Microsoft. (Sorry Bo)

And for those days when nothing is going right with your computer - the H-Bomb background.

Isn't photoshop grand?

Quote of the unspecified temporal interval

"#3 pencils and quadrille pads."

- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the lines were not so dominant.

I think one of the marks of true brilliance is the ability boil something incredibly complex down to somthing much simpler . My hat is off to you Mr. Cray.

Monday

Ah, that Monday feeling

Unfit for any place but hell

I wouldn't exactly call this getting cultured, but today's website has quite a collection of quotes from The Bard's work. Only these aren't the lovely soliloquies that I find so fascinating, but some of Shakespeare's more 'saucy' comments.

Shakespearian insults.

In a day and age when there is an ever shrinking list of forbidden words, and seemingly no creativity in insults, I have to say, some of these lines are actually refreshing. (At least as long as they aren't being said about me)

Dusk at Midway

After a flight out of of Midway, and a night's sleep in a hotel I went on to spend 3 hours in meetings. One free lunch and an equipment inspection later and I was on my way back to Chicago.

The best part? It's just an ordinary day.

Today's overlooked headline

I just noticed that archeaologists are reporting that they may have found evidence of a pyramid in Bosnia. Not only would it be the first Pyramid found in Europe, but it may actually be larger (according to some estimates) than the great pyramid of Giza.



There may even be other structures nearby!!

You're kidding, right?

I ran across this link a little while back and I'm still amazed. It's not surprising that the USSR had a secret submarine base, but it's incredible how much this thing looks like the set of a James Bond film.




The great part is, now that this place has been decomissioned, it's actually open for tours. (Bus tours full of guys dressed like Dr. Evil will no doubt flock to the area.)

Math madness

Something here doesn't add up

                a = b
            a^2 = ab
        a^2-b^2 = ab-b^2
     (a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
            a+b = b
             2b = b
              2 = 1


              x = (Pi+3)/2
             2x = Pi+3
       2x(Pi-3) = (Pi+3)(Pi-3)
        2Pix-6x = Pi^2-9
           9-6x = Pi^2-2Pix
       9-6x+x^2 = Pi^2-2Pix+x^2
        (3-x)^2 = (Pi-x)^2
            3-x = Pi-x
             Pi = 3  


             -1 = -1
           -1/1 = -1/1
           -1/1 = 1/-1
     sqrt(-1/1) = sqrt(1/-1)
            i/1 = 1/i
              i = 1/i
          i * i = 1
             -1 = 1

It took me a little bit to find the flaws in all of these. After that it's obvious why it's wrong, but until then, these things will make your head hurt.

She canna take much more cap'in

I always wonder what type of far out projects rocket scientists will try next. I'm not really thrilled that NASA is the first group trying this (I suspect it will be a grossly inefficient project as a result) but I still think the fact that it's being discussed is really neat.

The anti-matter driven spaceship!


Whoops, wrong one. Here's the right picture.

Happy Easter!

This is awful, and you've probably seen it before but I'm posting it anyway.