Heroic Space Monkey

From the BrainFuel archives we have this great explanation of how a guidance missile works. Enjoy!

Years ago at my old job at marchFIRST we were all ushered into a small conference room one busy morning and it was announced that we would soon have a new boss. Since our current boss was also in the meeting it made for an awkward moment. And then we found out that our current…

What exactly is UPS trying to communicate with this image on their entry page? The first thing I thought of was the freeway scene from the Matrix Reloaded… then I saw the sky and was transported to the Northeast in winter. Maybe I’m supposed to think, subconsciously, “boy, I’m glad it’s those UPS guys out…

Sometimes in my job I get to be a fly on the wall. On Tuesday I was asked to take photos at the hospital (for a medical related web site we’re doing). Being that photography is my hobby I frequently am asked to take photos, especially recently for some reason. I only do it if…

This is the neatest thing I’ve seen in a while. 1. Call everyone into your office. 2. Go to http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html 3. Before cliking “play”, instruct everyone to count how many times the people with the white shirts on pass the basketball, and be quiet while the movie is playing, so as not to distract anyone….

The Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft…