[thanks to UC#3 for today’s BLOTT topic] Dear UC#4 – excellent idea. But if the pandemic taught us anything, we can’t be dependent on supply chains and we must be flexible in our product requirements. Thus, I introduce a two part concept: 1 – Expand the definition of ‘twine’ to include ‘rope’ – aka ‘trope’. […]
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The Two Dollar Bill DALLAS, Texas — Thomas Jefferson is usually known as a founding father, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. He rarely gets any press for being on the two-dollar bill. But last week, his face got a lot of it after Heritage Auctions sold […]
WLBOTT R&D recently came across an image that does not contain yellow.a little croppage….and more….and more croppage…. WLBOTT Wonders: Huh? References [1] Wikipedia Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. Wikipedia Yellow is a Busy Little Color
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Yesterday’s eclipse images were disturbing, so I decided to have a session with my psychotherapist, ChatGPT. WLBOTT: I wanted to ask you about a psychological phenomena. The human brain tries to make faces out of patterns. Is there a word for this? ChatGPT: Yes, the phenomenon you’re referring to is called “pareidolia.” Pareidolia is the […]
[ed. note: my apologies to the Elders. Although they provided me with a plethora of great ideas for today’s BLOTT, I got hung up on the energy requirements for our WLBOTT time machine. This lapse may be reflected in my upcoming performance review.] [As you recall, the purpose of the WLBOTT Time Machine is to […]
We were saddened to recently learn of the passing of Jerrold Laurence Samuels (May 3, 1938 – March 10, 2023), better known as Napoleon XIV Jerrold was probably best known for his 1966 top-40 hit “They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha Haaa!” “Half a million copies in five days.” = 500,000 / (5 * […]
We have had many, many inquires[1] as to how we select topics for our BLOTTs. One technique is to use the Special:Random feature of Wikipedia. [1] Well, one person acted kinda curious, but they may have just wanted us to go away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Methodology Selection Criteria Would this Wiki page, in and of itself, make […]
You can issue the following link to get a random Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Admittedly, this qualifies as mildly interesting. Today’s BLOTT represents a curated sample of perhaps 200 random pages. It’s been that kind of Sunday…..
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Magic Number: 11780
[for reference purposes and future generations: 11,780 is the number of votes trump tried to coerce Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change.] Had an interesting chat with chatGPT: [me] Could you tell me some interesting properties of the number 11780? [chatGPT] Certainly! Here are some interesting properties and facts about the number 11,780: […]