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[del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-06T21:12:46-08:00http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/02/06/Opinions/Abolish.Student.Government.The.Case.Against.Asua-3190973.shtml<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/3-P8lIVN2ks" height="1" width="1"/>http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/02/06/Opinions/Abolish.Student.Government.The.Case.Against.Asua-3190973.shtmlreddit.com: Out of sight, out of mind (pic) [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-06T05:53:35-08:00http://reddit.com/info/67tyu/comments/<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/9xkAr9dkIWE" height="1" width="1"/>http://reddit.com/info/67tyu/comments/"Green Porno is a series of very short films [...] about the sex life of bugs" [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-06T03:33:22-08:00http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/isabella-rossellini-does-bug-porn/<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/60E4YeQEeBs" height="1" width="1"/>http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/isabella-rossellini-does-bug-porn/full service institution [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-06T03:30:48-08:00http://jwz.livejournal.com/840587.html<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/kd5P29s8Ca4" height="1" width="1"/>http://jwz.livejournal.com/840587.htmlPolice in standoff with empty house [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-06T03:29:24-08:00http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/FON0101/802050359/1985<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/bzirvydiCsY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/FON0101/802050359/1985Thailand’s latest drug is a concoction of Coca-Cola and cough syrup [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-04T23:29:42-08:00http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=15461<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/FdGhsLHU0NY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=15461What I Killed Today [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-02-03T04:55:21-08:00http://whatikilledtoday.blogspot.com/<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/4CP-Fhs0O6A" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatikilledtoday.blogspot.com/"a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of [...] all blue-eyed humans" [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-31T02:43:02-08:00http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/all-blue-eyed-humans-have-common-ancestor-15361.html<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/K1OtUi5XyCg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/all-blue-eyed-humans-have-common-ancestor-15361.htmlThis is a cheeseburger. In a can. [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-30T03:23:12-08:00http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/T_Lhwg7VvSc" height="1" width="1"/>http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen"If you have no posessions, you have nothing to lose." [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-29T18:55:00-08:00http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/4Su68le3Us8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.htmlHow can you sleep? [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-29T01:37:12-08:00http://www.vvork.com/?p=5926<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/FtbuI0rMJuM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.vvork.com/?p=5926The Best Stupid Game Show Answers [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-28T19:50:59-08:00http://youtube.com/user/stupidgsa<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/WlG7b1rrvaI" height="1" width="1"/>http://youtube.com/user/stupidgsa"We learn that approximately 1.42% of total revenues of a typical library cafe or restaurant are accounted for by sales of fruit" [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-27T22:12:26-08:00http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2244344,00.html<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/A6yDf1YSbFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2244344,00.htmlGrutas Park offers visitors a journey back to 1984 to remind citizens what life was like under Soviet rule [del.icio.us]partylemon2008-01-27T22:07:45-08:00http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Soviet_theme_park_features_KGB_interrogations_0122.html<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/5D-soCX8C-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Soviet_theme_park_features_KGB_interrogations_0122.htmlRainbows and Riches2007-09-17T12:00:00Ztag:partylemon.com,2007-09-17:/articles/3.htmlArmed with half a dozen roughly-cut wooden stakes, a pottle of screws, and a wooden sign covered in still-wet paint, we’re heading towards the College of Education. I’m wedged in the back of the recently-completed Undie 500 van, between the sign and poorly-secured couch. They’re not doing any lecture-speaking or notice-board posters, their campaign style is a “big, wooden, fuck-off” sign to pull in the votes of the future educators.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/YsHwnSplSDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/articles/3.htmlI'm Back2008-01-28T19:21:53Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-01-28:/articles/4.htmlAfter almost two years of stagnant space and a few hopeful promises about the state of this site. I’ve finally resurrected partylemon.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/kWgkp1-TJLk" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/articles/4.htmlCutting Arts to the Core2008-02-27T12:00:00Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-02-27:/articles/6.htmlFollowing a year-long review of the College of Arts and its Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, the university has unveiled its vision for the future of the embattled college. Released at the end of January, the proposed future is a radical transformation of the college and, if approved, would see the loss of 21 full-time staff, a merger of several schools, and the closure of two entire departments—American Studies, and Theatre and Film Studies.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/vLXzshtlrms" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/articles/6.htmlPen Computing2008-04-08T06:48:43Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-04-08:/articles/7.htmlWhile doing a bit of digging in the annex next to my office after getting bored with WPF for yet another day, I came across some old hardware abandoned by former postgrad inmates. Among the floppy disks, digitisers, and VHS tapes was this:<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/0EOJ1PomjuQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/articles/7.htmlLast year, during honours, we played ...2008-04-14T11:17:12Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-04-14:/thoughts/11.htmlLast year, during honours, we played a lot of Quake 3 Arena and kept all of the stats (more important to some than others). In total, we played 794 games (over 200 hours), an average of 2.8 per day; here’s how they were distributed over the year:
Where the blue areas indicate when we had lectures, green during exams, and red when we had no other work but our honours (“It is intended to give you an uninterrupted stretch of time dedicated to project work. The due date for all major pieces of work associated with Honours papers will be scheduled to avoid this period.”).
Update: more.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/ByNESd4lciw" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/thoughts/11.htmlMad Quake Stats2008-04-17T06:17:20Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-04-17:/articles/8.htmlAs mentioned, there was a lot of Quake-playing in the honours room last year. Since I’m easily distracted, and like pretty graphs, I decided to mine the Quake stats that were accumlated from every game that we played. A total of 794 games (over 200 hours), an average of 2.8 per day, distributed over the year like this:<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/Hmy-fKQBXVE" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/articles/8.htmlAn interesting thing about Direct Con...2008-04-17T11:18:03Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-04-17:/thoughts/13.htmlAn interesting thing about Direct Connect is that everybody’s searches are broadcast to every other user. So for a few weeks, I’ve been sitting on the local university hub 24/7 collecting search data.
Unsurprisingly, the data follows Zipf’s law pretty tightly—maybe I can get a paper out of this…<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/V6mCZS3yuhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/thoughts/13.htmlPublic holidays, like weekends, have ...2008-04-25T11:18:26Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-04-25:/thoughts/14.htmlPublic holidays, like weekends, have become days where I just work from home and give myself the illusion that I’m on holiday.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/eiTg6JGZYZ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/thoughts/14.htmlIm marking a first-year engineering a...2008-05-05T11:18:50Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-05-05:/thoughts/15.htmlI’m marking a first-year engineering assignment where students had to design a device to separate egg yolks from their whites and shells.
At least a quarter of the students have cited their mother in their references.
I also worry about the guy who cited a tape ruler, a ruler, soft drink bottles, a soap container, solder, plastic boxes, and a spoon knife.<br/>
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Continue reading on partylemon.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/partylemon/~4/iy3EjgNZJx4" height="1" width="1"/>http://partylemon.com/thoughts/15.htmlDear People-who-write-in-library-book...2008-05-09T11:19:43Ztag:partylemon.com,2008-05-09:/thoughts/17.htmlDear People-who-write-in-library-books,
What the fuck?
Love,
Phil<br/>
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