Category: Useless knowledge

Information you have no need for. Ever. Usually about me, but possibly about other trivial crap in the world.

Hamster manual – not what you expect

Sometimes these flashbacks in scientific history that the Modern Mechanix blog gives us just make me laugh. Most recently, I was catching up with MM posts when I found this old advertisement from the April, 1948 Popular Science magazine for the hamster manual. Apparently, back in the 40s, when people thought of hamster manuals, they did think of them in the same way we might in our perverted modern society:

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The most complete guide book on the successful breeding and raising of Syrian Golden Hamsters. Tells all about this new, fast growing, profitable and interesting hobby industry. Reveals all the secrets of the largest breeder of these delightfully profitable pets and laboratory animals. 34 Chapters chuck-full of information gleaned from actual experience as a breeder. Twenty Pages of illustrations. A few subjects are: history, housing, three methods of breeding, easy to get feeds, sexing, fertility vitamins, handling, educational, scientific projects, crating, profits and selling, where to buy and how to sell hamsters. Sent postpaid for $1.00.

Albert F. Marsh, 1524 Basil St., Mobile, Alabama

Now there is that brief mention of sexing the hamsters, but that looks to be in reference to breeding the hamsters with other hamsters. No mention of cardboard tubes or other oddities we think about in modern times. Because they weren’t naughty perverts back then like we are now – especially you…

[tags]The hamster manual, Hamsters and sexing – no cardboard tubes necessary[/tags]

Tattoos affect skin sensitivity

This really is a useless swig of information for most people, I suppose. A psychologist in Colorado, Todd Allen, has determined that tattooed areas of skin are less sensitive than non-tattooed areas of skin.

University of Northern Colorado psychologist Todd Allen tested 21 undergraduates who had gotten tattoos within the last couple years, most commonly on their lower back for females and upper arm for males, and found tattooed areas were less sensitive than matching non-tattooed areas.

Allen tested sensitivity with an aesthesiometer-a sort of caliper with two plastic points. The points were gradually moved closer together on the skin until the person could only feel one point of pressure instead of two. Tattooed individuals felt this point sooner on their tattoo than on the same part of the corresponding non-tattooed body part.

By the way, these tattoos on the lower back are called tramp stamps, and if I ruled the world, all hawt chicks would be required to get them just to please me and my love of the freaky chicks. Just to add some additional useless knowledge to the post.

[tags]Tattooed skin less sensitive, Tramp stamps rawk[/tags]

More on the coming robot uprising

The robots are learning humor. Perhaps in an effort to catch us all off-guard? Regardless – don’t be fooled by friendly utterances from robots!

How do you stop a robot from destroying you and the rest of civilization?
You don’t.

Little Susie tosses a clock out the window. A robot inquires, “Why did you do that?” She replies, “I wanted to see time fly!” The robot says, “Ah … A perfect subject for elimination,” and shoots her with a laser beam through the face.

(via boingboing)

[tags]Robot humor, Signs of the coming robot uprising[/tags]

Hologram theory

While perusing boingboing today, I followed a link to a site called wikidumper, which tracks some of the best rejected content from Wikipedia in case it should eventually be removed. The first item that stopped my reading was this post title Hologram theory. According to hologram theory, there were no planes on 9/11. This is really one of the more worthwhile posts I’ve ever put up. You really should read on… Continue reading “Hologram theory”

Good ol’ Frank

A joke passed along to me by someone at work:

A man walks into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, “Perfect timing. You’re just like Frank.”

Passenger: “Who?”

Cabbie: “Frank Feldman. He’s a guy who did everything right – all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time.”

Continue reading “Good ol’ Frank”

Pwnage video

you-got-pwned.gifI’m sure I’ll suffer some unknown karmic backlash for posting this, but I chuckled at this when I saw it. Truth is, if you really think about it, someone is getting seriously hurt. Once I saw the animation full-sized and could see how badly that person got hit, I stopped chuckling. It’s freaky scary. And yet, I can’t resist posting it.

[tags]A bad day – with vehicles, Vehicle pwnage[/tags]

Slowdown in posting

There’s been quite a slowdown in posting lately (again). I’ve been trying to get the content out here, but I’ve had so many people interrupting my site work time that I’m not getting much put together. I have a bit I’m working on discussing the lies the liberals are telling you about Social Security, but it is slow going – I’m not sure I’ll have it out in time to inform you before you vote on Tuesday. I’m also preparing a massive post or three with do it yourself and “Hey look at this” links to a lot of really cool stuff to come from the MAKEzine folks – readers and magazine authors. Naturally, I have more to say about airline security, terrorism news, and such nonsense as I see it – I’ll probably always have rants about those topics. Beyond that, I’m not sure what other posts I’ll work on and get up to the site, but I will begin catching up on some content soon.