The World According to Rick http://rickworld.us/blog Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Jobs http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=177 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=177#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:40:17 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=177 How America can create jobs. This makes a lot of sense.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=177 0 Carrots http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=172 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=172#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:49:25 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=172 British gunners in WWII were able to locate and shoot down German planes at night due to the invention of radar, which the Germans knew nothing about.  To cover up the invention and extreme effectiveness of radar, the British spread about an urban legend that said that they massively increased the night vision of their pilots by having them consume large amounts of carrots.  This lie not only convinced the Germans, but also had a bonus effect of causing many British people to start planting their own vegetable gardens, including planting carrots.  This urban legend has persisted even to this day.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=172 2 Lists http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=158 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=158#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:35:56 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=158 The definitive list of the 99 things you should have already experienced on the internet unless you’re a loser or old or something.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=158 0 Secrets http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=154 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=154#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:27:08 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=154 It’s hard to quit reading these once you get started.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=154 1 Games http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=150 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=150#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:07:11 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=150 Prepare to lose the next three hours of your life. Chain Reaction.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=150 1 The Virtual Piano http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=143 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=143#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:47:43 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=143 The virtual piano.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=143 0 U.S. Supreme Court http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=140 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=140#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:03:52 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=140 “While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics.”

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in his rebuttal to the majority decision which will greatly expands the use of corporate funds in U.S. elections.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=140 3 Interesting http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=137 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=137#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:13:29 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=137 Oddly specific. The strangely particular website about paricularly exacting signs.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=137 1 Porn for the Blind http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=135 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=135#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:55:01 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=135 Porn for the Blind is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing audio descriptions of sample movie clips from adult web sites. This service is provided free of charge.

Share on Facebook ]]> http://rickworld.us/blog/?feed=rss2&p=135 0 Redrawn Electoral College Map http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=132 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=132#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:29:18 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=132 reform_gis_main_map_800This Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size – 281,421,906 divided by 50 is 5,616,997. This map shows one possible way to redraw the fifty states.

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