Geniuses that make you go

Wow, that's freaking awesome - Theo Jansen, kinetic sculptor
and
OMG, a 3-year-old just did that!
followed by
Hmmm, wonder if his math skills saved him

I just realized that Jon Gries who played Broots (a computer genius) on The Pretender also played Lazlo Hollyfeld on Real Genius. He looks quite different with hair than without, especially with long hippie hair.

Math tricks

Multiplication in 3 seconds

Large multiplication using a picture of lines

Nom nom nom

We had some mixers sitting in our pantry for a while now. I dug one out and mixed it up. Dolce de leche, coconut rum, and a few scoops of ice cream. Before it made a frappuccino-type drink. After re-freezing it, it now makes a wonderful, scoopable malt similar to a Wendy's Frosty, but with alcohol. :)

EDIT: Next time I'm totally making a DIY frap with Kahlua and possibly Starbucks Liquer and freshly brewed coffee. Oh Yeah.

Took me long enough

But I found what I was looking for, finally.

for sclerotic_rings in response to his post about Christmas Babies.

Christmas babies can always celebrate as Dido does:
Because she was born on Christmas Day, in childhood she celebrated, rather in the manner of the British monarch, an "official" birthday on 25 June.

There we go, problem solved. We just all become British monarchs. :)