I have had little links hanging out in my sidebar for some time now. I thought that maybe I could earn a couple of bucks to help pay for the site. The way Google AdSense works is it assigns a monetary amount to the links based on how many page views you have vs. how many times the links were clicked vs. a bunch of other analytical data that only Google knows about. When you reach $100 worth of hits, they send you the check.

So far I have $15 worth of AdSense money earned. At this rate, I should get my first $100 check in about 5 years. Maybe I should take the ads down.

Today is the last day that our country will be presided over by George W. Bush. Bush leaving office has been a long time coming. I would say at least 5 years overdue if not longer. Game Over Bush.

Next Boss: Barack Obama

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct……leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.”

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A”

I cant wait until this concept from Alex Tee and Evan Gant becomes a reality. I like the concept. The only problem is that the lasers are not powerful enough to repel cars from hitting the rider.

“A close brush with a distracted driver is enough to intimidate the most avid bikers from riding at night. The problem isn’t just about visibility, as safety lights are effective at capturing the attention of a driver. However, these lights are typically constrained to the bike frame, which highlights only a fraction of the bike’s envelope. Bike lanes have proven to be an effective method of protecting cyclists on congested roads. One key is that the lane establishes a well defined boundary beyond the envelope of the bicycle, providing a greater margin of safety between the car and the cyclist. Yet, only a small fraction of streets have dedicated bike lanes, and with an installation cost of $5,000 to $50,000 per mile, we shouldn’t expect to find them everywhere anytime soon. Instead of adapting cycling to established bike lanes, the bike lane should adapt to the cyclists. This is the idea behind the LightLane. Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to avoid. With a wider margin of safety, bikers will regain their confidence to ride at night, making the bike a more viable commuting alternative.”

[Via: DustBowl, GOOD, Boing-Boing, DVICE ]

Lily needs one of these installed in her room.

Cute With Keys, originally uploaded by biblicone.

Sock Monkeys, originally uploaded by biblicone.

Saturday Morning Hair Wings, originally uploaded by biblicone.

Cute Baby Lily is 10 months old today. Here is a pic of here with her ‘just woke up’ hair-do. I like to call it her ‘Saturday morning hair wings’.

Happy day everybody! Yay!