a definitive list.Tumblr (3.0; @thingsthatmakemicahhappy)http://micahclemens.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42m4djpJl1rs6qlbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://factandaphoto.com/post/23234579687/every-time-you-shuffle-a-deck-of-cards-you-are" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">factandaphoto</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span><a href="http://nowiknow.com/shuffled/" target="_blank">Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you are almost certainly creating an arrangement which the universe has never before seen</a>.</span></p> <p>(Image via Wikimedia Commons)</p></blockquote> <p>Definitely worth checking out. 8×10⁶⁷ different configurations for a deck of cards is a pretty big number. It’s been a decade since I took stats in college, but I’m pretty sure the <em>probability</em> of hitting every single one in a shuffling marathon is a lot higher.</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23742868355http://micahclemens.com/post/23742868355Fri, 25 May 2012 14:14:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jvwnzJXJ1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Listening to Roderick on the Line waiting for the rain to come in (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23699012737http://micahclemens.com/post/23699012737Thu, 24 May 2012 19:29:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jqlpCZG21qe649zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://the-star-stuff.tumblr.com/post/23691608785/theres-more-water-on-jupiters-moon-europa-than" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">the-star-stuff</a>:</p> <blockquote><h1 class="headline title"><strong><a href="http://io9.com/5913104/theres-more-water-on-jupiters-moon-europa-than-there-is-on-earth" target="_blank">There’s more water on Jupiter’s moon Europa than there is on Earth</a></strong></h1> <p>Based on data acquired by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)" target="_blank">NASA’s Galileo satellite</a>, astronomers think the global oceans sloshing around beneath Europa’s icy exterior are likely 2—3 more voluminous than the oceans here on Earth. Not 2—3 times more proportionally, 2—3 times more in <em>total volume</em>.</p> <p><em>Illustration by Kevin Hand (<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm" target="_blank">JPL/Caltech</a>), Jack Cook (<a href="http://www.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a>), Howard Perlman (<a href="http://ga.water.usgs.gov/" target="_blank">USGS</a>); Spotted on <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120524.html" target="_blank">NASA APOD</a></em></p></blockquote>http://micahclemens.com/post/23692001111http://micahclemens.com/post/23692001111Thu, 24 May 2012 17:40:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j1wvLwlp1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guy and Michael Caine</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23668720961http://micahclemens.com/post/23668720961Thu, 24 May 2012 08:41:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h3z8aFAo1qc89wko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Woody Allen reads “Not A Creature Was Stirring,” his <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2012/05/28/120528sh_shouts_allen" target="_blank">Shouts & Murmurs piece</a> from this week’s New Yorker.</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23604184430http://micahclemens.com/post/23604184430Wed, 23 May 2012 07:30:44 -0400New YorkerWoody Allen<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_by_collective_term_A-K">List of Collective Nouns by Collective Term</a>http://micahclemens.com/post/23565167697http://micahclemens.com/post/23565167697Tue, 22 May 2012 17:39:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42pw0cNbW1qc89wko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love humor on the Internet</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23109237711http://micahclemens.com/post/23109237711Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m410mlGz6i1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>They did say please (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23049185614http://micahclemens.com/post/23049185614Mon, 14 May 2012 14:56:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40qlgmNMI1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found out these massive things cost $4 million a pop. They are impressively large. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/23040086217http://micahclemens.com/post/23040086217Mon, 14 May 2012 11:20:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z19ryAkh1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>5 ton metal Mary, pray for us sinners (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22979274977http://micahclemens.com/post/22979274977Sun, 13 May 2012 13:15:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3yqdhO5O51qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://micahclemens.com/post/22967466697http://micahclemens.com/post/22967466697Sun, 13 May 2012 09:20:05 -0400Neil TysonNeil degrasse Tyson<p><a href="http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/22728377058/same-sex-couples-should-be-able-to-get" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">barackobama</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“Same-sex couples should be able to get married.”—President Obama </p></blockquote>http://micahclemens.com/post/22729224604http://micahclemens.com/post/22729224604Wed, 09 May 2012 15:50:50 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/40503001" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22656991767http://micahclemens.com/post/22656991767Tue, 08 May 2012 12:43:04 -0400<a href="http://bonus.kottke.org/post/22588339938/not-all-you-can-fly">kottke.org: Not all YOU can fly</a>: <p><a href="http://bonus.kottke.org/post/22588339938/not-all-you-can-fly" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">jkottke</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Throughout it’s history, American Airlines has offered a variety of all-you-can-fly passes allowing unlimited first-class travel for life. Several people bought these passes, and actually used them, and when American started realizing how much the top users of AAirpass were costing the airline,…</p></blockquote>http://micahclemens.com/post/22590312978http://micahclemens.com/post/22590312978Mon, 07 May 2012 11:49:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mjuyOxNo1qc89wko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L5_Society" target="_blank">I’m living in the wrong era!</a></p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22551221669http://micahclemens.com/post/22551221669Sun, 06 May 2012 19:28:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3l644uuxM1qkogoeo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3l644uuxM1qkogoeo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://micahclemens.com/post/22550824774http://micahclemens.com/post/22550824774Sun, 06 May 2012 19:22:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kzrc3t961rtxouco1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://micahclemens.com/post/22396309233http://micahclemens.com/post/22396309233Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ify3vtYu1qc89wko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>We are coming up on the two year anniversary of the greatest letter ever written to a Member of Congress. Please enjoy.</p> <p>I’ve seen the original and I can assure you that it’s real. I’ve blurred out the author’s name and address to protect his identity.</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22391201483http://micahclemens.com/post/22391201483Fri, 04 May 2012 14:13:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ib7n8RvH1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>This image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. The submillimetre-wavelength observations, made with the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope and shown here in orange, use the heat glow of interstellar dust grains to show astronomers where new stars are being formed. They are overlaid on a view of the region in visible light. Credit: ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)/T. Stanke et al./Igor Chekalin/Digitized Sky Survey 2</blockquote></p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22387042235http://micahclemens.com/post/22387042235Fri, 04 May 2012 12:30:59 -0400spacenebulainterstellar dust grains<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3grwvpQhS1qc89wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I need some help here — <a href="http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucdsclnk?sl=BOSTN111004001#" target="_blank">who wants to go in on this lighthouse with me</a>?</p> <p>I must know enough people to raise $50k, right?</p>http://micahclemens.com/post/22336663853http://micahclemens.com/post/22336663853Thu, 03 May 2012 16:36:31 -0400lighthouseimpulsive purchases