Dr Wingnut

Year: 2005

  • Design Problem

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    All the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans.  Ants have been incredibly industious for missions of years.  Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil.  Human instustry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has brought about a decline in almost every…

  • Promotion

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    We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.Aesop

  • Fun stuff

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    Incubating ideasWhat geeks work on… real screenshots of their computersWarning: Addictive game.  Hint: press the space bar.The funniest little video clip in monthsA “spicy” full-on parody of the latest Star Wars debacle.Another Star Wars takeoff.A prank of pure silliness.Gel 2004/2005 speaker Digital Dan Dubno goes two miles under the sea, in the Galapagos (see right-hand…

  • Gutter

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    We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar Wilde

  • At the Pearly Gates

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    Einstein dies and goes to heaven.  At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, “You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven.  Can you prove who you really are?”Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, “Could I have a blackboard and some…

  • Certainty

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    I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.Michael Crichton

  • Brain Teasers

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    A murderer is condemned to death.  He has to choose between three rooms.  The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years.  Which room is safest for him?A woman shoots her husband.  Then she holds…