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Posted on entry Try this at home ::: October 26, 2005, 04:51 PM:
P J Evans asked:
"What is a plethysmograph?"


Dictionary.com has a pretty good definition.
An instrument that measures variations in the size of an organ or body part on the basis of the amount of blood passing through or present in the part.


The fun part is imagining exactly how we got from that to "pneumatic poodle launcher".
Posted on entry Try this at home ::: October 25, 2005, 04:18 PM:
Similar in some respects to the PVC flamethrower, I discovered that I had actually built a pneumatic poodle launcher (actually, any small animal would suffice) while trying to construct a prototype active plethysmograph. But the addition of fire just raises the whole PVC weapon threshold to a giddy new height.
Posted on entry How Many Battalions Does the Pope Have? ::: October 12, 2005, 07:11 PM:
The Daily Show did an amusing video segment on the fluctuating numbers of Iraqi battalions. Helps make you laugh while you cry.
Posted on entry Soundtrack ::: August 31, 2005, 12:04 AM:
Zvi: well picked.
The Hip's New Orleans Is Sinking is, as everyone knows, the best song in the known universe.
Posted on entry The secret engines of the world ::: June 17, 2005, 03:57 PM:
I suppose that I had always assumed that newspapers had developed their original popularity because people wanted something more substantial (read "substantiated") than just over-the-fence gossip. Does anyone here know what the standards for verification were for dissemination over the ages? I'd look into it myself, but, well, you know...

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