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I’ve had this video around for years. In 2001 my buddies Jon, Ryan, Nick, and Corner got together and made this 5 minute short for a contest called iMovie Fest at Georgia Tech. We made the video in one evening (plus an all-nighter editing). When we got the call to “make sure we would be at the awards ceremony” we stated with calm indifference, “nice… we must have won first place.”

We showed up to the event wearing black suits and sneakers. This was a college freshmen event, so the rest of the attendance was wearing t-shirts and jeans. We sat in the front row like a bunch of VIP bad-asses. (At this point we weren’t really sure we had won, despite our apparent confidence). When our video came on as the first place video… it made the victory oh so sweet. We even scored $1,000 in prize money!

Soooo, Here’s the video:

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Let me know what you think! Also, if you prefer YouTube, you can get Freestyle Walking there too.

This be one of my favorite holidays of the year, ye scurvy dogs! Harr Harr Harrrrrrrgghh. Read on far sum gut-splittin’ jokes! Read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday strikes again. Marking the week’s middle day in this manner seems to make the weeks seem very short and not entirely productive! I expect that to change this summer. This time next week I’ll be bicycling in Brittany. Plus, this summer, I have no classes so I’m gonna be the work-doin’-est grad student you know!

Anyway, on to the wacky.

Oh Really?
Mr. T Dancin’
Poor Giraffe

That’s all I got for today.

Already Wednesday again, eh? Well, until I don’t find funny stuff on the web during the week, I’ll keep busting out the mid-week humor… Here goes:

Any civil engineers in the crowd?
Just plain silly
The Governator saying “eeuauaughhhuauaahh”

Q: What do you get if you cross an elephant with a chicken?
A: Chicken elephant sine theta.

Well, although I aspire to put gripping personal stories, informative academic information, and helpful product reviews on this blog… Today I think I’m going to have some fun. Here are a bunch of links to silly jokes and comics. In fact, maybe this can be a thing… “Wacky Wednesdays.”

• Math Humor 1
• Math Humor 2
• Scientists
• Programming & God
• Free Food
• What is The Thesis?
• Not quite so geeky

I know the geeks are all ROTFL right now… for all you non-geeks out there, I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Maybe next “Wacky Wednesday” I’ll make a special effort to put stuff that *everyone* will find funny. PS, PhdComics, xckd, and Diesel Sweeties are consitently good… I read them every day.

This is just a quick note to wish you all a happy Pi Day! This is my favorite geek-holiday coming in just ahead of Talk Like a Pirate Day. We celebrate pi today because the date. March, 14 (3.14), is the approximation used most often for this most magical of numbers.To celebrate, assemble your geekiest friends today at 1:59 and 26 seconds (3-14 1:59:26 har har), and cheer as you eat some pie. Most rookies miss their first chance (1:59 am… in about an hour for me), but remember come 1:59:26 pm!

BBC ran a story about some strange red rain that fell over India in 2001. This rain was found to be contaminated by tiny red particles. The Indian government released a report citing algae to be the cause. However, an Indian scientist has a different interpretation. Aliens.
Dr. Godfrey Louis has analyzed the and found some interesting stuff: They are indeed organic. They can reproduce even at temperatures of 300 C. Here’s the weird one though, they don’t contain DNA or RNA. All life known on earth does! Also, by his estimate over 50,000 kg of the particles were dropped (that’s a lot of algae). His conclusion is that the particles are alien life delivered to earth by a commet or meteor. Check these papers [1] [2] [3].

In my opinion, either could be correct, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed for aliens!

Could it be? Best Halloween costume ever? Well, probably not, but its a goodie! While its true that I invested some (considerable) money in this bad-boy, its sure to get re-used. I can see a raven-haired wookie, sasquach, King Kong, and all manner of woodland creature all with a little imagination and accessorizing.

(Oh yeah… That’s me.)

Furthermore, as the proud new owner of a gorilla suit, I think its something that every man should own. So to you all, “Happy Halloween,” and remember to watch out for any monkey business (aka tie-wearing gorillas bent on jungle-style destruction) this weekend and on Tuesday.

So, if you’re not as geeky as me (which, lets be honest might be hard) you may not appreciate these. However, I think that those of you who will appreciate them will appreciate them quite a bit. I got these off of a website but I won’t link to it or you too will spend all day reading all the not-funny ones instead of doing work. Without further ado…

Q: What do you get when you cross a virus and a mountain climber?
A: Nothing, of course… You can’t cross a vector and a scalar.

Q: What happens in the limit as Chuck Norris approaches zero?
A: Zero runs away like a little bitch.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Mobius Strip?
A: To get to the side.

Ok, har har… I know. But, if you have engineer/math/physics inclined friends you *will* retell them. One encore for all you non-techies:

Q: What did the fish say when he swam into a wall?
A: Damn.