Grilled piglet van

I saw this van whilst walking in Brno and took a picture, sure that its text could only enhance the illustrations: a chef at a barbecue, a pig, and a stein of beer.
I was right. According to Google, the van advertises "piglets grilled to order," a "year-round garden," and that the Grilled Piglet Van does "celebrations and banquets." How excellent! I wonder if grilled piglets taste different than grilled pigs...

How does a blender work?

"How does a blender work?" is the thinly-constructed "motivation" for another lovely application of high-speed video cameras. If we ask a question, then setting things on fire is science!

Slow motion: bullets through candy

The Discovery Channel video podcast is sometimes so cool. They can afford the nice, expensive cameras to shoot this:


I am impressed that the sharpshooter can hit a candy that is smaller than the bullet.

Hunter S. Thompson

I've wondered if Hunter S. Thompson is accurately represented in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Here are some youtube videos of Johnny Depp reading letters from his correspondence with Hunter S. Thompson: 1, 2, 3. In particular, Mr. Depp admits,

If I do a remotely decent job of portraying you, you know there’s a very good chance you’ll hate me for the rest of your life.

Here is an interview that youtube suggested I watch after these videos: Hunter S. Thompson and David Letterman (1988).

I am astonished at the degree of faithfulness that Johnny Depp achieved with his performance. And I hope that Hunter S. Thompson does not hate it.

Differentiating nerds, dorks, geeks, and dweebs

The several groups can be differentiated by use of this Venn diagram:
From Great White Snark.