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AMillionMonkeys

	Mon, Nov. 30th, 2009 11:50 pm

Zombie Reagan

http://amillionmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/11/zombie-reagan.html

Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP

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AMillionMonkeys

	Mon, Nov. 30th, 2009 12:49 pm

Blog namesake edition

http://amillionmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-namesake-edition.html

A University of Plymouth study tests the "Infinite Monkey Theorem."

Who and when: Students at University of Plymouth, 2003, paid for from a £2,000 Arts Council grant

The aim: To test the "infinite monkey theory", which states that if a monkey hits keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time, it will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.

And the kicker:

What was learnt: The theory is flawed. After one month...the monkeys had partially destroyed the machine, used it as a lavatory, and mostly typed the letter "s".

[NB: I was reminded of this brilliant one-act by David Ives.]

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AMillionMonkeys

	Sat, Nov. 28th, 2009 08:03 am

The LSD No-No

http://amillionmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/11/lsd-no-no.html

I love this animation set to audio of Dock Ellis telling the story of how he pitched a no-hitter on LSD in 1970:

"I said, 'Oh, wow. What happened to yesterday?'"

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AMillionMonkeys

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 09:44 pm

Empires

http://amillionmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/11/empires.html

Pretty cool thing, via kottke. As he says, "France pretty much just explodes around 1960."

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

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AMillionMonkeys

	Mon, Nov. 23rd, 2009 10:39 pm

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle

http://amillionmonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/11/pyongyang-journey-in-north-korea.html

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle

Pretty fascinating. Not penetrating exactly, but honest and true to the writer's experience of life as an outsider inside a totalitarian state. It is pretty dull, occasionally terrifying, with flashes of the saddest stuff ever.

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