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Damn Interesting Problems

Written by Alan Bellows on 30 June 2006

Due to a glitch of unknown origin which resulted in some data loss, there will be a slight delay before the next Damn Interesting article appears. We uttered more vulgarities than you can swing a dead cat at, but it was a fruitless effort. Well, very little fruit.

Sorry for the delay… but in the interim you can always consume a random, cryogenically-stored article from the archives.

Alan Bellows is the founder, designer, and managing editor of DamnInteresting.com, and he is perpetually behind schedule.
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#1 another viewpoint 01 July 2006 at 06:44 am

Allan…no worries mate, I’m a patient person (usually). Just keep that Damn Interesting stuff coming after you get your problems resolved! Like we really have a choice? Then again, sometimes…you have take the bull by the tail and face the situation! Hurry back now y’hear.


#2 solitas 01 July 2006 at 09:40 am

Alan – a suggestion: along with the ‘previous’ and ‘next’ links under the top bar, I think it’d be a good idea to center that ‘wl-randompost.php’ link between them…


#3 junebee 01 July 2006 at 10:17 am

Have you tried percussive maintenance? If it doesn’t work, at least it expresses your frustrations.


#4 JPF 01 July 2006 at 12:58 pm

We will wait for you to come back!


#5 1c3d0g 01 July 2006 at 05:46 pm

Yeah, don’t worry, Alan. People need to learn to have a little patience these days. :-)


#6 Jeremy 01 July 2006 at 07:45 pm

I bet Toynbee’s behind this. Damn you Toynbee!!!


#7 Archcroc 01 July 2006 at 08:18 pm

Wait a minute… this isn’t damn interesting! This isn’t Damn Interesting!!!


#8 Marisa Brook 01 July 2006 at 08:51 pm

Sure it is. ‘A glitch of unknown origin’! It’s an engima. It fits right into our ‘Mysterious’ category!

Well…er…maybe not. But I tried.


#9 Arcangel 01 July 2006 at 08:54 pm

We get stood up by DI! Now that is Damn Interesting. There just might be a story in all this if it is printable.


#10 Bolens 02 July 2006 at 04:01 am

Wernstrom!


#11 another viewpoint 02 July 2006 at 05:43 am

…shoot, just chalk the problems up to those nasty little boogers…gremlins!


#12 Nonesuch 02 July 2006 at 07:23 am

Fruitless seems right… who is this aforementioned dead cat and why would I wish to swing it at uttered vulgarities?…. my recollection is that dead cats are best swung in cemeteries for good effect and that the cat swung in reference to hitting any abundance of objects (vulgar or not) is derived from the cat’o nine tails… just hoping more info is a step toward resolving unknown origins or glitches themselves,and perhaps refining an already very fine blog in some small fruity (kiwi?) way.


#13 Furnace 03 July 2006 at 05:43 am

Hey! This works out for me! I’ve been out of town for the last three days so this means I don’t have to catch up on anything!


#14 Sylph-DS 03 July 2006 at 05:59 am

Hey! There was another new article, where’d it go? D:


#15 another viewpoint 03 July 2006 at 06:32 am

…gremlins again, no doubt!


#16 Marius 03 July 2006 at 08:23 am

Damn Passenger Pigeons got it.


#17 anna k 03 July 2006 at 08:25 am

not having my damn interesting fix is like being lucidly decapitated

it means i have to actually do research MYSELF…

curses!!!!


#18 mkaatman 03 July 2006 at 08:34 am

For all of you that need a DI fix, I think this might qualify:
http://itrocks.biteus.org/amazing-female-tiger-plays-with-baby-pigs/

I saw it posted on reddit.


#19 schuylercat 03 July 2006 at 10:04 am

Must…have…DI. Withdrawals…painful. Head…empty. Need…something…DI. Help…

Wait. Tiger. Pigs. IS that damned interesting?

Sorry, mkaatman. Not quite. Damned cute, though. My head hurts less. Thanks!


#20 rp2 06 July 2006 at 05:25 pm

Jeremy said: “I bet Toynbee’s behind this. Damn you Toynbee!!!”

You’re kidding, right? This is all Canada’s fault!


#21 Ozgeo 15 July 2006 at 09:17 pm

Beautiful reference to “The Simpsons” up there Allan. No matter how technical or scientific we all get you can always find a common denominator in The Simpsons. If nothing suggested above helps then remember Homers famous words of wisdom…..

“Donuts, is there anything they can’t do?”


#22 Emmy 27 May 2007 at 11:31 am

I generated a random article and got this… o_O


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