Ever wonder what the path of a Roomba looks like as it cleans your house? It’s an amazing combination of randomness and precision, as shown by this long-exposure shot.

The shot was taken by shutting off all the lights in the room for 30 minutes and taking a long exposure of the path the Roomba took while cleaning up. It’s beautiful and surprising. I always assumed it worked with using some sort of grid, but that clearly isn’t the case at all. [Doobybrain via The Daily What]

Since all white people consider themselves to be “creative,” they are constantly in need of products and accessories that will allow them to capture their thoughts.  One of the more popular  products in recent years has been the Moleskine notebook.

This particular type of notebook is very expensive and was quite popular with writers and artists in the olden days.  Needless to say, these are two properties that are highly coveted in the white community.   In fact, it’s a good rule of thumb to know that white people like anything that old writers and artists liked:  typewriters, journals, suicide, heroin, and trains are just a few examples.

Much like virtually everything else that white people like, these notebooks are considerably more expensive yet provide no additional functionality over regular notebooks that cost a dollar.  Thankfully, since white people only keep their most original and creative ideas in the Moleskine, many of them will only be required to purchase one per lifetime.

But the the growing popularity of these little journals, is not without its own set of problems.  One of the strangest side effects has been the puzzling situation whereby a white person will sit in an independent coffee shop with a Moleskine notebook resting on top of a Apple laptop.  You might wonder why they need so many devices to write down thoughts?  Well, if a white person has a great idea, they write it by hand, if they have a good idea, it goes into the computer.

Not only does this help them keep their thoughts organized, but it serves as a signal to the other white people in the shop that the owner of both instruments is truly creative.  It screams: “I’m not using my computer to check email and read celebrity gossip, I’m using it to create art.  Please ask me about it.”

So when you see a white person with one of these notebooks, you should always ask them about what sort of projects they are working on their free time.  But you should never ask to actually see the notebook lest you ask the question “how are you going to make a novel out of five phone numbers and a grocery list?”

This is hilarious!

Clipboard: Friendpaste is a Code-Friendly Text Sharing Tool

Friendpaste is a web-based clipboard tool that can quickly shares snippets of plain text and computer code with friends or co-workers.

Friendpaste supports simple text sharing for revision, or you can lock your pastes against viewing and editing with a password. You can use formatting for dozens of different kinds of code, and it has a revision and annotation system so the friends you share your code with can leave smarter comments. One of the great code-centric features is the ability to leave a comment based on the line number of the code you are reviewing making it easier to reference comments to their appropriate place. If you have a trick or service up your sleeve for sharing your clipboard contents with friends and colleagues, sound off in the comments below.Thanks Steve!

Friendpaste

You can set up a custom domain using Posterous. Here’s the skinny:

1. Find a domain you like using Instant Domain Search. Most great domain names are taken, but there are a few gems out there left yet.
2. Register your domain using Go Daddy or register.com. This should usually cost about $10 per year. Avoid the extra fees around website hosting, and other services. All you need is a Domain Name Registration, probably for the period of 2 years.
   Using GoDaddy? See below for some additional screenshots of how to configure your domain.
3. Create an A record from the desired internet address to the following IP address hosted by Posterous: 67.207.139.81
4. Click Manage » Edit Site to set your custom domain to www.yourdomain.com.
5. You’re done!

Since 2003, prostitution has been legal in New Zealand. Contrary to what the right-wingers may have thought, the country didn’t denigrate into a nation of violence and sexual abuse.

Instead, it cleaned up the underground world of prostitution and turned it into a legit business, giving sex workers the same protection as regular workers. They can turn down work without fear of being beaten or killed. Health standards mean less sexually transmitted diseases. Sex workers can get quality clients instead of only those desperate enough to risk criminal charges.

So it’s been a success. Should the US and the rest of Europe do the same thing? I think so. Do you?

Since 2003, prostitution has been legal in New Zealand. Contrary to what the right-wingers may have thought, the country didn’t denigrate into a nation of violence and sexual abuse.

Instead, it cleaned up the underground world of prostitution and turned it into a legit business, giving sex workers the same protection as regular workers. They can turn down work without fear of being beaten or killed. Health standards mean less sexually transmitted diseases. Sex workers can get quality clients instead of only those desperate enough to risk criminal charges.

So it’s been a success. Should the US and the rest of Europe do the same thing? I think so. Do you?