The Weekly Weird - 2015-01-30
- Super Mario World plus buffer overflows = https://www.metafilter.com/146375/A-very-specific-sequence-of-weird-tricks-that-Bowsers-HATE
- Ever wonder why NYC's metrocard machines are so...clunky for everyday transactions? http://nextcity.org/features/view/what-is-the-best-way-to-sell-a-train-ticket
- If you're driving out west and you see a big rig with Government plates followed by a weird looking pickup truck maybe take a pit stop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gVEdSly4g
- Guess what happens when you stop the subways in a blizzard? They don't actually stop: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2015/01/26/after-cuomos-surprise-overnight-subway-service-continues-without-passengers/
- At least the Mayor has a sense of humor about Blizzardgate: http://gothamist.com/2015/01/27/listen_de_blasio_is_the_onion.php
- Some ideas you look at and go "that will never work" and then they do: http://theaviationist.com/2015/01/26/uscg-cirrus-ditching/
- Today from the brains-are-weird deparment: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/30/chicks-put-low-numbers-on-the-left-just-like-humans/