Dr. Samuel Says
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 |
Of all the strange pop culture artifacts produced by consumer electronics technology, perhaps the strangest is the phenomenon of the fake fireplace video. Initially released on VHS, these videos are just what they sound like -- footage of fireplace fires that you play on your home video machine in order to turn your TV into an ersatz hearth. In recent years, fake fireplace videos have migrated to DVD and, yes, even high-definition Blu-ray. Sure, it’s easy to make fun of these things, but -- to tell the awful truth -- they’re actually kind of nice, in a multimedia white noise kind of way. I’ve had one on permanent loop here in Dyscern World HQ Labs, and it seems to calm the rhesus monkeys.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Traditionally, I spend my Wednesday mornings calibrating the centrifuges and filing for patents. I'm losing focus a bit lately, though. I talked the bosses here at Dyscern World HQ Labs into springing for a PlayStation 3, and I'm terminally hooked on Fallout 3 . Best. Game. Ever. I kind of have a thing for post-apocalypse scenarios. Hence, my collection of underground bunkers at undisclosed locations worldwide.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
As a dedicated man of science, I never miss The Simpsons, which is -- quite empirically --- the greatest TV show ever. So I'm almost positive this was a joke onthe show many years ago. At some point, Homer got so fat he couldn't use his fingers to dial the phone, so he got a widget to cover his fingers with smaller finger extenders. Am I remembering this right? Someone help me out.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
Among all the busy research and development here at Dyscern World HQ Labs, we do occasionally like to take time out for fun. Last year I organized our first annual laser tag tournament, with real lasers, but that ended predictably with several interns, once again, in the emergency room.
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