July 03, 2009
and in other news on not thinking things through...
July 02, 2009
Court: Man Burned at Burning Man Assumed Risk of Being Burned by Burning Man. [Via]
July 01, 2009
Bamboo Bikes An intriguing, enterprising and eco-friendly idea but at $900 a pop, will it sell?
Four years, hand made. Of paper.
My daddy said the movie made his soul sick and he wants his money back. 7 year old's review of Transformers 2.
June 30, 2009
The Surreal Appeal of the Falkirk Wheel. [Via]
This seems like good news to me. Think I'll give it a shot, see how it goes.
June 28, 2009
Last rolls please. With only one place to get it processed left, Kodak announced that it was discontinuing Kodachrome Film (an earlier announcement for another family member). The technology behind some very recognisable shots, it will also be remembered via its namesake state park. [more inside]
June 25, 2009
Curious George: Online teaching resources I'm about to go out teaching again, but this time my class is quite different, with 30 children age 11-13 all with varying degrees of either dyslexia, autism, or dyspraxia, or perhaps combinations in some instances. What are some useful resources about effectively teaching children with these particular needs? [more inside]
Monkey urinates on Zambian president.
CROP CIRCLES - now even more awesome than previously thought. A prehistoric ceremonial complex has been found in southern England. Archaeologists are astonished.
June 23, 2009
Thomas Friedman Clogged My Toilet.
June 20, 2009
Viet Photo - A man returns (Youtube). Vietnam war veteran Rich Luttrell returns the photo of a man he shot and killed to the daughter. Background story. [more inside]
Ladies and Gentlemen - start planning your next vacation [more inside]
June 19, 2009
A 2,500-year-old bird's nest has been discovered on a cliff in Greenland. The nesting site is still continually used by gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, and is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded.
Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case - $1.92 million/24 songs: Exorbitant fine or just desert?
The thing is, Tank Commander is far more dangerous than Tank Man.
June 18, 2009
Reviews. Of potato chips. [more inside]
Satellite pictures from Nasa display big changes over the last decade.
Pet Hoekstra is a Meme “my thighs cramped up doing sprints this morning, just like being in a stress position at Gitmo”
The not bigoted at all UK police are stopping and searching thousands of people to provide racial balance in official statistics.
June 17, 2009
June 15, 2009
The Blue Beanie
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Play a sweet little time-waster.
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June 13, 2009
A perky bit of Flash fun - short, straight forward puzzler.
June 11, 2009
Indian sex workers learn karate. "Prostitutes in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have begun taking karate lessons to protect themselves from violent customers and pimps." [Via]
June 09, 2009
A new use for old CDs George W. Hart, formerly artist in residence at MIT, explains the math behind his bizarre constructions. Many of them use traditional methods of fabrication, but the ones called Gonads of the Rich exemplify the hyperexpensive methods of stereolithography (like $13,000 for an 8" long object made that way, I was once told). Cheaper are the virtual objects like these AVI animations of George's structures growing forth... [more inside]
Baby Baboon
- By Weebl. WARNING: FLASH. Insane Catchiness. Endless Loop.
Via BLORT
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Mind-Melting Demo Disasters - Anonymous demos from an indie label. [via] [more inside]
