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“Keepon,” a dancing robot that seems as simplistic as one of those dancing flower thingies, until you realize it’s got style.

via ***Dave, and BD, and Doyce, and Kate: Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life: Tech Writer House Cleaner Ass. Man. at Panera Nursing Four Places I Have Lived: The Hat Ranch, South Dakota Colorado Springs West Branch, IA Vermillion, SD Four of My Favorite Foods: Soup Sammitches Cookies Chocolate Four Places I’d Rather

The gospel according to Rowan Atkinson. “Put on a tutu and lie down in this box. And took he forth a sword and cleft her in twain. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.” (via BD.)

The Poet, by Michael Connelly. I don’t normally like police procedurals. This one is told from the perspective of a journalist who has managed to work his way inside an FBI search for a serial killer and was actually pretty durn enjoyable from that perspective: good characters, quick action, lots of twists… But. From a

1 pie crust1/2 c. turbindo sugar (plus 1/4 c. or so for the top)*1/2 t. ground fresh nutmeg (totally worth it for this pie)1/2 c. cream3 T. flour3 1/2 c. fresh peach slices1/2 c. blueberries Preheat the oven to 400F. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Mix the cream, sugar, nutmeg, and flour together

A little (still much bigger than the pig) black bunny has joined us, too.

Optical illusions, courtesy of Bill Nye the Science Guy. (via Neatorama)

After the death of Peeg (whom all of us mourned), there was something of a dearth of excessive sweetness at the Geek House on Server Drive, which, today, has been remedied by the addition of a mostly-white, male, red-eyed pig who may or may not be named “Toasty Marshmallow.” He reminds me of a Rosemary

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category

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