The crook hired people on Craigslist to show up near the scene in a particular outfit while he robbed an armored car and made a getaway using an innertube. Police are still looking for him.
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Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 7
Craiglist Crime Syndicate
http://news.cnet.com/bank-robber-hires-decoys-on-craigslist-fools-cops/?tag=rtcol;pop
Wednesday, September 3
Math Joke
The ark lands after The Flood. Noah lets all the animals out and says, "Go and multiply."
Several months pass. Noah decides to check up on the animals. All are doing fine except a pair of snakes.
"What's the problem?" says Noah.
"Cut down some trees and let us live there", say the snakes.
Noah follows their advice. Several more weeks pass. Noah checks on the snakes again. Lots of little snakes, everybody is happy.
Noah asks, "Want to tell me how the trees helped?"
"Certainly", say the snakes. "We're adders, and we need logs to multiply."
Several months pass. Noah decides to check up on the animals. All are doing fine except a pair of snakes.
"What's the problem?" says Noah.
"Cut down some trees and let us live there", say the snakes.
Noah follows their advice. Several more weeks pass. Noah checks on the snakes again. Lots of little snakes, everybody is happy.
Noah asks, "Want to tell me how the trees helped?"
"Certainly", say the snakes. "We're adders, and we need logs to multiply."
Thursday, February 7
Bill and Hillary in 1970
This reminds me of pictures I've seen of my parents and their friends in the 1970's.
Tuesday, February 5
Tagged Blog Game
A friend of mine 'tagged' me, which comes with a challenge to post 10 random facts about yourself on your blog. So, at the risk of sounding digital diary-ish, here goes.
Gretchen tagged me from Myspace.
- I haven't used Microsoft Word (except at work) for almost 3 months. I've used OpenOffice and Google Docs to do pretty much everything I need.
- I haven't bought or downloaded any music for almost 6 months because Pandora plays everything I want to play without me having to mess with playlists or file storage.
- In 4th grade I did a science project about growing bacteria in a petri dish and kept the jars till I left for college because whenever I thought about throwing them away, they just looked so cool!
- My highschool was the Patriots, my college was the Patriots, so I rooted for the NE Patriots for the Super Bowl. It has nothing to do with any affinity for Boston or that team in particular, I'm just used to rooting for the "Patriots." I don't want this to lock me out of rooting against them later on, I might actually like some future team. Redskins are cool because I like Joe Gibbs.
- Those who know me might like to know that my hair is short now. Like, real short.
- I'm a Christian Jew who keeps Kosher because Jesus kept kosher because that's what the law says is good. I think that law applies to everyone, but how people want to live is up to them, and while I may be wrong about the law, I'd definitely be wrong to force other's actions.
- The second part of number 6 is why I'm also a libertarian.
- I've listened to every show of the Anthony Sinecoff Show, and while I don't agree with everything he says, he's a friend of mine that I'm glad to know and glad to see still active on the web.
- I play World of Warcraft on the Earthen Ring server, PST to Donleo.
- I'm a firm believer in not posting too much personal info about yourself online, like not giving more than 9 random facts about... um.
Gretchen tagged me from Myspace.
Monday, February 4
Light Bulbs galore
I bought light bulbs today.
I bought 6, 2 energy smart 26 watt bulbs, and 4 soft white 100 watt bulbs.
I did this because I wanted to have the packages so I could make this blog post.
I came up with formula to figure the total cost of light to me. The energy bulb is 18% cheaper at my energy price. But most of that discount is raw bulb cost if I reduce the price of electricity to $.001, the Energy bulb is still 17.7% cheaper.
Here's the formula:
cost per bulb X number of bulbs used in year
+ Watts X Price of Electricy X Hours of usage
-----------------------------------------------------------
Total cost of light for the year
Results may vary based on prices in your area, but feel free to use my spreadsheet to lower your cost of light, these prices don't change much, so you could do it once and not ahve to do it again for a while.
I bought 6, 2 energy smart 26 watt bulbs, and 4 soft white 100 watt bulbs.
I did this because I wanted to have the packages so I could make this blog post.
I came up with formula to figure the total cost of light to me. The energy bulb is 18% cheaper at my energy price. But most of that discount is raw bulb cost if I reduce the price of electricity to $.001, the Energy bulb is still 17.7% cheaper.
Here's the formula:
cost per bulb X number of bulbs used in year
+ Watts X Price of Electricy X Hours of usage
-----------------------------------------------------------
Total cost of light for the year
Results may vary based on prices in your area, but feel free to use my spreadsheet to lower your cost of light, these prices don't change much, so you could do it once and not ahve to do it again for a while.
Tim Hartford Talks Stock Picking
Tim Hartford as the Undercover Economist explains the absurdity of predicting the stock market by telling people he can predict which que will move the fastest. Hartford also apparently has no Wikipedia article, that needs to be fixed.
It seems to me that a key difference might be the perceived simplicity of a que vs. the perceived complexities of picking a stock. Most people who are in que have lots of experience being in ques, and know that nobody can predict which one will move fastest. They see the complex stock market, though, and see a few people doing extremely well and figure that it must be predicable.
It seems to me that a key difference might be the perceived simplicity of a que vs. the perceived complexities of picking a stock. Most people who are in que have lots of experience being in ques, and know that nobody can predict which one will move fastest. They see the complex stock market, though, and see a few people doing extremely well and figure that it must be predicable.
Friday, February 1
Video Game Tax in New Mexico
New Mexico Proposes Video Game Tax to Punish Staying Indoors
Joseph Henchman says:
More ambiguously though, I agree with the philosophy of government given by Mr. Henchman. While it's appealing to think that Parks'n Rec would be paid for by Gamestop, as a service, parks and rec should be paid for by people that use it, not by people that don't. People should want more outdoor activities, government should try to 'make them want' more outdoor activities.
Hat Tip to Joseph Henchman @ Tax Policy Blog
But a coalition of groups, led by the Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club, is sold on the idea that outdoor education programs can inspire children in a way that video games and television cannot.
The coalition wants state lawmakers to create a No Child Left Inside Fund with a 1 percent tax on TVs, video games and video game equipment. The fund would help pay for outdoor education throughout the state.
Joseph Henchman says:
The fundamental purpose of taxes is to raise revenue necessary for programs, not micromanage people's decisions with subsidies and penalties. If a tax targeting video games is justified, it should be on the basis of actual negative externalities, not the whims of social engineers picking things they don't like at random.For myself, I can say without ambiguity that I vastly prefer this type of policy to efforts to ban certain types of video game content. One advantage is that a direct tax creates a disincentive to hurt the industry.
More ambiguously though, I agree with the philosophy of government given by Mr. Henchman. While it's appealing to think that Parks'n Rec would be paid for by Gamestop, as a service, parks and rec should be paid for by people that use it, not by people that don't. People should want more outdoor activities, government should try to 'make them want' more outdoor activities.
Hat Tip to Joseph Henchman @ Tax Policy Blog
Wednesday, January 30
Sunday, January 27
Thursday, January 24
Head Tracking using the Wii-mote
It's important to note, that Johnny is not actually using the Wii to run this program. But I haven't seen anything to indicate that the capacity to run this type of operation isn't there.
The one thing holding Nintendo back from destroying the M$FT and Sony empires is the perpetual Wii shortage. The Wii has been completely sold out of stores ever since the system launched 14 months ago. The ticker symbol is NTDOY.
Another hat tip to my roommate, Ryan Lea. He's the guy on the left.
Branson's Spaceship
Virgin Galactic Unveils Spaceships That'll Take Passengers to Space in 2009
More reasons why I intend to be a millionaire by age 30.
Also, check out the Spaceport in New Mexico that the amazing Richard Branson is building to launch.
Wednesday, January 23
Tasty Chocolate Grubs
I had dismissed this yesterday as only marginally interesting. My opinion quickly changed when my boss saw this on my screen and asked me what it was.So, would you offer a tray of these at your company picnic?
Hat tip to Pink Tentacle.
Friday, January 18
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