This is kind of awesome. It was kinda Zen to just watch the cat fountain.

In Minecraft, a fountain of cats at the top of the world

271kochu created a "fountain of cats" in Minecraft by building a structure that extended to the top of the world, then exploiting the game's simple flocking rules for virtual cats to entice the sprites to form a never-ending fountain that is a joy to behold.

My cat was confused by all the mewing....

Breaking Good: how to synthesize Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) From N-Methylamphetamine (crystal meth)

Pseudoephedrine, active ingredient of Sudafed®, has long been the most popular nasal decongestant in the United States due to its effectiveness and relatively mild side effects [1]. In recent years it has become increasingly difficult to obtain psuedoephedine in many states because of its use as a precursor for the illegal drug N-methylamphetamine (also known under various names including crystal meth, meth, ice, etc.)[1,2]. While in the past many stores were able to sell pseudoephedrine, new laws in the United States have restricted sales to pharmacies, with the medicine kept behind the counter. The pharmacies require signatures and examination of government issued ID in order to purchase pseudoephedrine. Because the hours of availability of such pharmacies are often limited, it would be of great interest to have a simple synthesis of pseudoephedrine from reagents which can be more readily procured.

A quick search of several neighborhoods of the United States revealed that while pseudoephedrine is difficult to obtain, N-methylamphetamine can be procured at almost any time on short notice and in quantities sufficient for synthesis of useful amounts of the desired material. Moreover, according to government maintained statistics, Nmethylmphetamine is becoming an increasingly attractive starting material for pseudoephedrine, as the availability of Nmethylmphetamine has remained high while prices have dropped and purity has increased [2]. We present here a convenient series of transformations using reagents which can be found in most well stocked organic chemistry laboratories to produce psuedoephedrine from N-methylamphetamine.

In Minecraft, a fountain of cats at the top of the world

This is brilliant! I can't stop laughing.

I can't get to the Choose Your Own Adventure Office. I get to the Neatorama page but I don't see a link. I'm a dummy, clearly. Help me out! I want to waste some more time.

there is a link (small) right to the lower left of the image.

While I think she's sometimes over the top, I mostly think the Bloggess is funny as hell, and I want to be her when I grow up.

I generally crack up at her crazy antics and long-suffering Victor's reactions, but I think trying to pressure a celebrity you don't know into doing something for you via hundreds of readers/followers is beyond the pale.

This is brilliant! I can't stop laughing.

I need that as a screensaver. Or on a monitor on my wall, running continuously.

Choose Your Own Adventure Office.

Huh. I was eaten by a giant snake-man. That was unexpected.

I am watching Conan and there is a self-defense guy on there. He is teaching Conan how to puncture someone's skin with a sharpie.

I am going to fuck someone up tomorrow.

Le Nubian you are cracking me. On morning announcements each day, my school's Dean mentions how Sharpies are "tools of vandalism" and can get you suspended. Now I"ll have to tell them they are dangerous weapons too!

Apparently some people think the President killed Breitbart:

Was he whistling "The Farmer In The Dell" at the time?

It's kind of like, have you ever had an acquaintance that you suspected was sort of a dick, and then you're at a party or something and the person just goes off on a deeply racist/sexist rant, expecting everyone to agree, and you're all just sort of embarrassed for him/her? And you don't know what to do but step away?

Oh dear. I helped Wallybee with an interpreting training course. At one point we broke into groups to brainstorm, then had one rep from each group present. Our group had a Vietnamese interpreter present for us, and in the middle of it she suddenly went on this bizarre tangent about how we shouldn't allow any immigration from Afghanistan because they're all terrorists or some such, with a Pushtun interpreter sitting three rows away from her. I don't often want to crawl under a chair, but there's a time right there. (The Pushtun interpreter rightly called her on it, and managed to remain remarkably controlled about expressing his outrage.)