Bag of Randomness

  • I have a friend that lives in Texas but has had two phone interviews with a company in D.C.  For the third interview, they want him to use a web-cam for a video chat.  I think that’s the first I have heard of that being done.
  • A new Fox television show will be filming in Dallas, starring a former West Wing star and Tom Hanks’ son.
  • I noticed that Obama tends to laugh at a serious question during an interview.  My advice to him, don’t, you appear as if you aren’t taking the question and maybe the job seriously.  And I’ll save you right wingers the trouble . . . Too bad he isn’t taking the job seriously.
  • I also notice that he starts a lot of his answers with “look.”  I would also advice him to stop doing that.
  • One thing I never really liked about the State of the Union is the opposing party’s response, well, at least how quickly it is given.  I can guarantee you the response was written well before anyone got the advance copy of the president’s address, so it’s as if they never really listened to what the president had to say.  It’s a fault of both parties.
  • I think I heard something similar regarding some Kennedy files:  Records on U.K. Scientist’s Death Sealed until 2073
  • Create personalized fabrics online – Fabric on Demand
  • Interesting line from Steve Jobs in Apple’s earning report: “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”
  • Cornell’s Pi Phi sorority has some tough dress code standards
  • I bet a movie made by chimps would have the Blair Witch effect
  • A huge collection of celebrity siblings
  • Steps that create energy from your footsteps
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Haiti: 360°

Use your mouse to click and drag around the video to change the view. You can also zoom in and out (scroll wheel on the mouse). Pause and explore at any time by pressing the play/pause button under the video to stop and look around.

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The United States into 50 bodies of equal size.

The electoral college is a time-honored system that, has only broken down three times in over 200 years. However, it’s obvious that reforms are needed. the organization of the states should be altered. This Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size. The 2000 Census records a population of 81,421,906 for the United States. The states ranged in population from 493,782 to 33,871,648. In this map, new states have formed, all with equal populations of roughly 5,617,000.

Electoral College Reform

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