Hot dog pi (2) Dec 13, 2006
Yep that's a pun.  WikiHow has an article describing in copious detail how to generate an approximate value of pi by repeatedly throwing a hot dog and counting how many times it lands in a position that crosses a line on the floor.  After a few hundred throws, the ratio of twice the number of throws to the number of times a line was crossed should be around 3.14.  $2 to the first person who can explain why this happens (my vote's on Rich).  (via Cynical-C) #food
Sports on demand Dec 13, 2006
I recently found a way to watch NFL on demand.  Well, sorta.  It's more like "every NFL game regardless of geographical location".  It's not exactly "on demand" in that I can't watch whenever I want; only on Sundays or other times when games are regularly broadcast.  Go to Streaming NFL Games and find the game you want to watch.  Download and install the appropriate software based on the links at the top right of the website.  Click the link for the game you want to watch and voila, you're watching low-quality streaming video.  The way it works is that people with TV tuners in their computers can share their TV channels by using the aforementioned appropriate software.  Then jerks like me who live in an area other than the one that houses my favorite team can use the same software to watch other people's TV streams.  I'm pretty sure it's illegal, but it works for now.  The only [major] downside is that the video quality takes you right back to 1997 and the dawn of dial-up internet (sorry Dad, it's not your fault rural Virginia still has dial-up).  So if you're as angry with NFL TV coverage as me, this might be worth a shot. #entertainment
Soy is gay (4) Dec 13, 2006
This WorldNetDaily article talks about why soy is making people gay.  The basic idea is that soy products contain estrogen, the chemical that makes girls girly.  Lots of food products contain soy (ever hear of soybean oil?), so this could potentially be a big deal.  I'm not sure if I believe this idea, simply because it sounds a little crazy.  But the writer states up front that he's a health food kind of guy, so he's not biased.  (via Cynical-C) #food
Handy Dec 13, 2006
Scott Adams (the Dilbert guy) writes offensive, political, gross, and sometimes hilarious things in his very own blog.  Yesterday was a hilarious day.  He wrote about his lack of handy-ness when fixing things around the house.  He often uses a hammer and a screwdriver to disassemble delicate things, and he later fixes the broken parts with duct tape or "a process I call 'jamming it in there'".  By far, the best statement in his post was this:  "I go through life like Helen Keller in a room full of Rubic's Cubes."  Genius. 

On the topic of being handy, Wendy works with a guy who has a young son.  The guy was doing color flash cards with his son and he showed him a card with a brown teddy bear on it.  The guy asked, "What's this color?"  His son said, "Yellow."  The guy said, "No, it's brown."  He went through a few more different color flash cards and eventually got back to the brown teddy bear.  He asked, "What's this color?"  His son said, "Yellow."  The guy looked at his wife and said, "Let's hope he's handy." 

On a final note, "Handy" is the name of Satchel's watch in the comic Get Fuzzy. #psychology