Patrick on Everything Else https://patrickmn.com/feeds/aside.xml Patrick Mylund Nielsen contact@patrickmn.com 2017-04-20T18:00:00Z World of Warcraft on the NES https://patrickmn.com/aside/world-of-warcraft-on-the-nes/index.html 2017-04-20T18:00:00Z 2017-04-20T18:00:00Z Don't lie. Ever since you read that title half a second ago, you've been wondering what it would look like. Well... Solar Roadways https://patrickmn.com/aside/solar-freaking-roadways/index.html 2014-05-26T06:31:00Z 2014-05-26T06:31:00Z Why not turn roads into giant solar panels? Matt Damon Goes On Strike https://patrickmn.com/aside/matt-damon-goes-on-strike/index.html 2013-02-27T21:52:00Z 2013-02-27T21:52:00Z Matt Damon strikes in protest of the lack of clean water and sanitation. Mathemagic https://patrickmn.com/aside/mathemagic/index.html 2012-09-15T02:01:00Z 2012-09-15T02:01:00Z A funny video on how to do fast multiplication, exponentation, figuring out the day of the week for any day of the year, and more. What We Learned From Five Million Books https://patrickmn.com/aside/what-we-learned-from-five-million-books/index.html 2011-09-21T17:57:23Z 2011-09-21T17:57:23Z A really fascinating TED talk where Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel explain how they've used Google's book digitization effort to identify cultural trends. What's really interesting is that their work resulted in the Google Labs tool Books Ngram Viewer which is like Google Trends, only for books, and dating back to year 1500. Steve Wozniak Is a Life Hacker https://patrickmn.com/aside/steve-wozniak-is-a-real-life-troll/index.html 2011-09-20T21:56:22Z 2011-09-20T21:56:22Z Steve Wozniak, a laser security officer with the DoD, prints his own pads of $2 bills… and spends them. He’ll sell you a sheet with 4 bills for $5. Take One Of My Spotify Invitations https://patrickmn.com/aside/im-giving-out-50-spotify-invitations/index.html 2011-07-15T21:26:24Z 2011-07-15T21:26:24Z I’ll send a Spotify invitation to the first 50 impatient Americans who send an email to spotify-invite at this domain, or write a comment using an account with a valid email address. Otomata Makes You a Professional Music Producer https://patrickmn.com/aside/otamata-makes-you-a-professional-music-producer/index.html 2011-04-17T03:09:46Z 2011-04-17T03:09:46Z Otomata is a really cool sound tool/game made by Batuhan Bozkurt that lets you produce chaotic tunes using only squares that go in specific directions. Map of the 2100 Moscow Metro https://patrickmn.com/aside/map-of-the-2100-moscow-metro/index.html 2010-07-31T03:57:59Z 2010-07-31T03:57:59Z Planning on taking the Moscow metro at the beginning of the next century? If so, be sure to have this map handy — it should clear things up for you. Ransom Spam https://patrickmn.com/aside/ransom-spam/index.html 2010-07-27T20:59:57Z 2010-07-27T20:59:57Z While sifting through comment spam, I came upon this cry for help. I’m conflicted.