Archive for April, 2009

Parentheses Fail

I saw this sign in my local Qdoba last night and took notice of the ambiguity.  The sign reads:

ADD ON

Chips and Salsa or Queso and a Regular Fountain Drink

for only $1.99

It can be interpreted in one of two ways.

Interpretation #1:

  1. You can have chips and salsa for two dollars, OR
  2. You can have queso and a soda for two dollars.

Interpretation #2:

  1. You can have chips, salsa, and a soda for two dollars, OR
  2. You can have queso and a soda for two dollars.

These are the questions that keep me up late at night.  Yes, I have too much time on my hands.

 

Star Trek: Countdown

Just finished reading Star Trek: Countdown, the official prequel to the new Star Trek movie.  Now I’m even more excited for the movie!  I encourage any other trekkies out there to pick up this graphic novel.  You can get it from Amazon for $12.

And once you’re done, watch the Star Trek Trailer again.

Amazon Link

 

Twitscoop Scoop

I just recently learned about Twitscoop, a website that groups the most commonly used words across all twitter updates, and apparently it does this in real-time.  I didn’t really think much of this until I saw the above keyword cloud tonight.  The biggest words tell the story: “korea launched rocket.”  This is a reference to North Korea just launching their highly anticipated missle/rocket.  You know, the one that the Japanese have been fretting over (with good reason) for the last week.

The most interesting part about this particular Twitscoop cloud is that I couldn’t find a single TV mention of this event for another 10 minutes.  Twitscoop has scooped the press (at least in my cable-free household.)

Twitscoop Link

 

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

This goes under the category of “Too bad it’s an April Fools’ Day joke.”  This Uber-Awesome sleeping bag is waaaaay cooler than the Heinz ketchup bottle one that I used to sleep in as a kid.  Love the lightsaber zipper and the tauntaun intestine lining.

ThinkGeek Link