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Photography allowed in Chicago’s polling places? October 15, 2008
The Polling Place Photo Project by the New York Times encourages Americans to photograph their polling place and submit their photos to their website. It sounds like a great project that would be fun to get Chicagoans in on. But…
QUESTION: How many safeties have there been in overtime? September 22, 2008
Image courtesy dewo via creative commons license It’s overtime in a NFL football game. Your opponent is pinned all the way down to their one-yard line. Your defense goes in and sacks the quarterback! Safety! Two points! Your team wins!…
Who can speak some German? August 19, 2008
I’m wondering who of the regular spudart.org readers can speak a little bit of German? No reason. Just curious. Danke. If you ever took any classes in German or learned it at some point, just please drop a comment on…
Which thumb do you use for the space bar? July 1, 2008
For those who type with both of your hands set in the “proper” position on the keyboard, do you use your right thumb or your left thumb to hit the space bar? I always use my right thumb. My poor…
What are your favorite karaoke songs? May 13, 2008
Whenever it comes time to do karaoke, I never know what songs to pick. I need to find some good dependable songs to do. Anybody have any favorite songs they like to karaoke?
Your favorite tea? How about Ginkgo tea? April 30, 2008
What type of tea do you like? My recent fav is Yogi Tea‚Äôs Clarify Ginkgo IQ. Does it clarify my mind? I dunno. But it‚Äôs quite nummy. And an odd combination I stumbled across a couple months ago is how…
Eggspensive eggs? March 31, 2008
The always great Tom of Xanga posted about how eggs are so expensive at two bucks for a dozen. But really, aren’t eggs cheap? I always thought eggs were incredibly, incredibly cheap. But then again, i don’t bake cakes or…
Unglush: What if “u” was the only vowel? November 30, 2007
u Pludgu ulluguuncu tu thu flug uf thu Unutud Stutus uf umurucu und tu thu Rupubluc fur whuch ut stunds, unu Nutuun undur Gud, unduvusublu, wuth luburty und justucu fur ull.
How are you being environmental? October 23, 2007
Things I am currently doing: Put my computer devices on power strips that I only turn on when they are in use. Use my 3.3 watt 2-inch screen tv, instead of the 180 watt tv. Recycle glass, plastic, metal, paper…
What would replace grass lawns? October 2, 2007
The year is 2050. Grass lawns have been outlawed due to some scientific reason. What would replace them? Stones? Cement? Steel? Astroturf?
What type of chips does Bill Clinton like? September 26, 2007
The presidential candidates’ websites send out some rather entertaining emails. Yesterday I get an email from Bill Clinton; part of it says: So here’s an idea: why don’t you and I share that excitement together during an upcoming debate. Hillary’s…
How many grains of sand can fit into one cup? September 21, 2007
I cannot find the answer anywhere on the web. Here are some hints: one grain of sand has a volume of 1.3 * 10^-9 cubic feet (from gomath.com) Some people on abc.net.au tried to figure out how many grains of…
Alternates to “What’s shaking?” September 6, 2007
What’s up? What’s shaking? yeah yeah. How about some new phrases: * What’s rolling? * What’s jumping? * What’s spinning? PLEASE leave some related alternatives in the comments. There’s GOTTA be some more.
That is true, no? September 5, 2007
It’s fun to end sentences with “, no?” Yes? I’m trying to think of a good example to leave here, no? But my brain isn’t coming up with any.
New phrase for “how are you”: What’s diagonal? July 23, 2007
You bump into someone you know, “Hey, what’s up?” Or you might even be a bit alternative and say, “What’s going down?” and do a little hip-hop fingering pointing down action with your elbows up in the air. But here’s…
Anyone willing to sell their old digital camera? May 18, 2007
I’m looking for a simple, cheap digital camera to take videos. Most older digital cameras are able to take short little digital videos. I used to have a Canon Digital Elph S110 that was a 2 megapixel camera that could…
Doritos: No longer cool? May 7, 2007
I nearly got ran over by a Doritos truck this morning while walking to work (well, kinda nearly). And it got me to thinking, whatever happened to Doritos? I remember them 15 years ago being much cooler. Is this just…
Have you ever gotten stuck in an elevator? April 20, 2007
I have never been stuck in an elevator. I like elevators. I want to experience this. Please share your elevator stuckedness stories in the comments. A search on flickr for elevator stuck results in some interesting photos, such as the…
What departments sit next to your company’s CEO? March 2, 2007
My employer is very good at finances. We run a very high profit margin, everything in the company has to run a tight ship financially. Which could be good for my job security. Sometimes I think it’s because the finance…
Scrabble’s letter distributions: Art or science? November 7, 2006
some cool graphs on which letters are most popular in Scrabble and in the English languageScrabble’s letter distributions: Art or science?
Why do we think left to right? October 19, 2006
And why do we read left to right? When we face north, the sun moves the opposite direction–right to left. Look down at the earth’s north pole from above, the world spins counter clockwise. Yet our clocks spin clockwise. Baffling!
Why does rain dissolve a sidewalk chalk drawing? October 6, 2006
A chalk drawing on a sidewalk will dissolve when it rains. So if you leave a piece of chalk outside in the rain, will the chalk dissolve? That’s a logical connection, but I think when it rains on a chalk…
Spider Monkey: Cute or scary? August 16, 2006
Do you find this Central American spider monkey (aka black-handed spider monkey) to be cute or scary?
What if postal mail was free? July 6, 2006
What would happen if you could mail letters through the postal mail for free? That would be fun. I’d miss stamps though. Stamps are fun. But it would also be fun to just dump a piece of paper with someone’s…
What is the longest time to stand motionless? April 23, 2006
According to a pringle potato chip, the longest time to stand motionless is 20 hours, 10 minutes, 6 seconds. huh.
Where’s George? Top Users Report April 8, 2006
I can’t believe the top ten users on wheresgeorge.com has each registered over 100,000 bills. That’s 91 bills each day–every day–for three years solid. How does one spend 91 single dollar bills a day? For that matter, how does one…
Which was the biggest carnivor dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus, or Spinosaurus? March 7, 2006
Dinosaur History Rewritten with the Spinosaurus now the biggest carnivor dinosaur ever! Tyrannosaurus rex Length: 40-50 feet Weight: 6 tons Fear factor: teeth up to 13 inches long Lived: 65 million years ago Where: North America Giganotosaurus Length: 47 feet…
Why stop at a perfect 300 bowling game when you can get 900? How about 1200? February 15, 2006
In the news “Ohio bowler rolls perfect 900 series.” Billiter, 24, of Colerain Township, rolled three consecutive 300 games Monday night to achieve a perfect 900 series sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress.(CBS News) The interesting thing is that…
Does the top of your mouth have tastebuds? February 1, 2006
Yesterday I burned my top of my mouth eating some very hot pizza. I still have a blister there now, and it makes food less tasty. Perhaps the top of your mouth helps you to distinquish the texture of the…
The truth behind construction cranes and lightning? January 23, 2006
Construction cranes probably have some sort of lightning rod at the top of the crane. Such a huge tall metal object is probably grounded, right? So then is the operating seat, like all covered in rubber or something?
Dumpster Diving is bad? December 7, 2005
Just a few weeks ago, I discovered that “dumpster diving” has a bad connotation. It’s associated with people who pilfer garbage to find financial information. I always thought of dumpster diving as a way of finding art materials. I’m gonna…