links for 2008-05-16

All That Remains…

Yesterday, I took a hike though Tilden Park (located in the Hills overlooking Berkeley) and came across the pelvis and partial spine of some sort of animal…

It was a nice reminder that, in the end, this is all we are: meat and bones.

Amazon Recommendations: Shakespeare Love = Muppet Show Purchase???

I will admit I am usually impressed by the accuracy of recommendations given by Amazon; usually I want or have already purchased the recommendation.

Today, I received a recommendation e-mail that just boggles my mind…

Who would have thought that a person that has purchased or rated Shakespeare plays on video would translate into purchasing the Muppet Show Season 3?

Only a computer algorithm could make that leap, but is the recommendation accurate…

What a Strange Long Trip…

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide 25… what does its strange chemical combination; a synthetic version of Ergot Acid, say about humans and their place in the world?

Albert Hofmann, the man that discovered LSD, died today at 102.

What does his discovery still hold for man, we do not know… He is on the final trip of existence; that of nothing.

Mario KartWiil

I have searched the internet… and no one has called the Mario Kart Wheel the obvious name… I give you, the MARIO KARTWiiL!

I am sure that Nintendo could have sold 20% more at launch if they had come up with this brilliant name.