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Blagojevich on the Daily Show Tomorrow

The guest tomorrow night on The Daily Show is the estranged former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. On The Daily Show’s website it seems that the editor made a Freudian slip about their guest upon seeing Rod’s hair:

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If the weather map shows red and a bunch of spinning circles over my house, is that bad?

While sitting at Starbucks studying, I received a phone call telling me to come home right away. Tornado sirens were ringing and we had twelve funnel clouds over our city at one point tonight. Luckily none of them went directly over my neighborhood, but there is a second front approaching at 4 A.M.. I’ll probably [...]

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WashU Physics Professor Member of Elite Scientists Tasked with Stopping Oil Leak

The story seems a bit like something out of Ocean’s Eleven- Obama’s Nobel Prize-winning energy secretary, Steven Chu, brought together a diverse team of five elite scientists to create plans to stop the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. One of these scientists is Jonathan I. Katz, Professor of Physics at Washington University [...]

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Picturesque Time Lapse of Iceland Volcano Eruption

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

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Students Get Priority Access to Google Voice

Students Get Priority Access to Google Voice

Geeky students rejoice! Google’s research indicates that students are one of the most active user groups of their Google Voice service. Hence, they have decided to give priority access to the invite-only beta system to people with a .edu email address, ensuring that they will have access to the system within 24 hours. As [...]

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