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      December 9th, 2005 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      My favorite economist posted a new article about Amalia Miller and her very impressive methods of scientific study.
      Enjoy it here.
      Well done Amalia Miller!

      My favorite economist posted a new article about Amalia Miller and her very impressive methods of scientific study.

      Enjoy it here.

      Well done Amalia Miller!

      Authored by: mike d.

      hmm.

      December 9th, 2005 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      Today’s interesting Google Search item:
      STUNTS THAT WENT HORRIBLY AND TRAGICALLY WRONG
      mikedidonato.com is #12.

      Today’s interesting Google Search item:

      STUNTS THAT WENT HORRIBLY AND TRAGICALLY WRONG

      mikedidonato.com is #12.

      Authored by: mike d.

      kabam.

      December 9th, 2005 by mike d. in A Day In The Life...

      currently eating: cereal

      I witnessed a car accident this morning. I was zipping down the snowcaked highway at a hefty 25-30 miles per hour when the car in front of me began to fishtail. I slowed down as he wobbled back and forth on the highway three or so times before spinning clockwise into the right guard rail. The rail really beat up his car. There was certainly no physical harm to the driver, but the drivers side front and rear were pretty smashed.

      What strikes me as odd is that the whole process was super slow. I have had my share of accidents and they always passed in slow motion. I assumed this was because my fearful brain, not unlike an overclocked hard drive, processed excessive amounts of information so time appeared to stall.

      But the fact that this accident seemed slow even to me, a bystander who had time to casually check his rear view mirror and relax his foot onto the brake, makes me wonder if my experience of bullet time during accidents wasn’t actually anything unusual… and in fact, accidents just happen slower than we expect them to. Or maybe this guy’s accident just happened to be slow. eh. who knows.

      Authored by: mike d.

      MSPAINT v7.0

      December 9th, 2005 by mike d. in Features, MSPaintContest

      tada

      MSPaint Contest!

      The challenge: Using only MSPaint (or mac equivalent) draw a picture of a penguin eating a bologna sandwich.

      This one is a bit unique. While the concept is simple, I encourage participants to embrace the bologna. Give me passion. Give me humor. Give me drama. Give me spontaneity.

      All entries are due by 9PM Eastern Standard Time next THURSDAY. That’s 6pm for your west coast folks. and something like 2 in the morning for our English counterparts.
      e-mail your submissions to mikedidonato AT gmail DOT com.

      Authored by: mike d.
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