Fallout Shelter

Stew is brilliant.

Just brilliant, I tell you.

"EMACS RULES VI DROOLS"

Ha!  The writer of xkcd is apparently an Emacs fan:

Make sure to mouse over the comic to see the title attribute; click through for the comic itself.

The real Concrete Island

The Ballardian gives us some insight into a possible location for the "concrete island" in J. G. Ballard's novel of the same name.

Watchmen credits online

Featuring "The Times They Are A-Changin" by Bob Dylan:

The Watchmen Titles

A few minutes long, but definitely worth watching.  I especially like the way the tenor of it changes over its course. 

[Via Vee_ecks.]

[Edit: Taken down.  I'd link to the new place I found it, but then it'd prolly get taken down too.  But it's worth looking for if you haven't seen it.] 

Daylight savings time does not save energy

An article in the WSJ about an interesting DST study in Indiana:

Daylight Saving Wastes Energy, Study Says

I think there was another study I heard about when we went through the last round of DST changes that also confirmed we don't save energy with it.  Anyway, my opinion is that noon is when the sun is highest in the sky.  Let's leave it as close as we can to that, ok?

BTW, the change is tomorrow.  Set your clocks forward an hour tonight, lose an hour of sleep, and increase your likelihood of getting in a car accident tomorrow (yes, really).  :(