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USPS loves Futurama

You gotta love the US Postal Services. The picture below shows envelope in which my official Master’s diploma arrived last week. Notice the big ass letters: DO NOT BEND. Ah, the irony. PS. Sorry for the cryptic post title.

Oops

The guy who tells his story in anonymous article in The Washington Post will be sorry he did so. The staff of the paper made the guy irrecognizable the pictures, but apparently there was still lots of metadata to be found. Slashdot readers found out pretty quickly: he lives in a little place with 3,000 inhabitants, is a 21-year old computer hacker, living close to a strip joint and a used car garage. Oops. [via: Standaard]

Global gas prices

Here’s a list that compares global gas prices. Chapel Hill definitely beats Brussels with $2.45 vs. $5.91 a gallon. On the other hand, I’m sure my old Ford Taurus consumes way more that the Twingo I have at home.

Piled Higher and Deeper

  The usual morning in a PhD student’s life…

Backup or blowup?

  I ran into this funny comic when strolling down the hall at Sitterson today. Anything to keep me from work …

This weeks’ HUMO gift

  HUMO magazine regularily gives out free gifts with their weekly issue; now that I’m living in the US, I have am missing out on some great items. And look what I’m missing this week! It’s HUMO’s big pairing-up action. Not 1 but 2 free condoms included!