Links posted in August 2009
August 31, 2009
Am I the only one that wasn't invited to Jill and Kevin's wedding?
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How could I miss this?
It was on NBC. It was featured in WaPo.
It's even on their website.
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Trikewriter - a neat way of taking your message to the streets.
August 29, 2009
The Placebo effect is getting stronger. The effect of sugar pills is estimated to have doubled (in some instances) in 2 decades, the effect varies in strength from country to country and even the colour of the pills is being shown to have an impact. Fascinating stuff (and my first exposure to the term nocebo too). [more inside]
A Decade of New Species Discoveries in the Himalayas.
August 28, 2009
Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture? [Via]
August 27, 2009
There once was a Curious George... Does anyone know any good bawdy (but not filthy) limericks or poems? [more inside]
August 26, 2009
YES!! Oh yes oh yes. Clippy messes with the wrong .doc
August 25, 2009
Erupting Volcanoes on Earth as Seen From Space.
August 24, 2009
Revolutionize Your Butt! I'll see your Monkey Western and raise you a Winker. [more inside]
Gigantic Lightning Jets Shoot from Clouds to Space. [Via]
An All Monkey Western [more inside]
August 22, 2009
The Rorschach Paintings. "In creating her new series, Pareidolia, artist and chemist Vesna Jovanovic detected biomorphic and medical forms in blots of ink." [Via]
The Robin Williams Rollercoaster
(the whole chart, readable-sized, here)
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August 20, 2009
All Hail Homunculus
Over on the gray, our and MeFi's own Homunculus is being justly honoured on the occasion of his 1000th ! post!
Here on MoFi, he's made nearly 500 first-rate posts and innumerable thoughtful contributions to others' posts.
Way to go, you little devil!
The Longest Poem in the World
is composed by aggregating real-time
public twitter updates and selecting pairs that rhyme.
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August 19, 2009
Golden Power. (Approx 10min youtube vid). Two very strong acrobats compete in the 6th International Circus Festival of Budapest, 2006.
Reader's Digest goes bankrupt. That which is digested: either vomit or shit.
August 18, 2009
BBC: The zombies would win. Using infectious disease modelling techniques, the University of Ottawa has conducted a study [pdf] detailing the spread of a zombie attack. Conclusion: "It's imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly or else... we are all in a great deal of trouble."
August 17, 2009
Got an abyss? You need a ficus.
26 Monkeys, also the abyss. A whimsical SF short story nominated for both the Nebula and the Hugo this year. A story with real monkeys! Ten minute read. I loved it.
August 16, 2009
August 15, 2009
Curious George and the Little Orange Fox
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Hope me once again, Monkeys!
According to annoyances.org, MS has once again hijacked my computer. Should I update my registry as suggested?
According to annoyances.com,Weeping Radish Root Beer is "exactly what a root beer should taste like."
Check out the beers. Draw a wombat.
Cyriak's Meow Mix
- YouTube WARNING: Contains meow
snarfled from Blort
Vintage men's magazine cover scans. Nazis. Women in chains. Women in various states of undress. Animals attack. Pirates. Ethnic stereotypes. These are just some of the wonderfully incorrect things that await the viewer of these images, which once sat proudly at our nation's newsstands back when manly he-men were actually willing to read. For pleasure.
August 14, 2009
Death by lightning covers the likelihood of an animal being hit by lightning (in particular, giraffes). [more inside]
August 12, 2009
August 09, 2009
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is man's earliest map, dating from almost 14,000 years ago. [Via]
August 08, 2009
All Eat All. Jenny Diski reviews An Intellectual History of Cannibalism. [Via]
August 06, 2009
Jorge Luis Borges: The Mirror Man
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"This program examines the life and literary career of the charismatic Argentine writer, as well as the thematic, symbolic, and mythological underpinnings of his works.
If you can't get the ubu link or want it in You Tube episodes, here you are, Episodes 1 - 6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Some Borges' poems
This wondermus post came to me right outta the Blue. Thanks, vronsky
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August 05, 2009
First Comes Global Warming, Then An Evolutionary Explosion. "In a matter of years or decades, researchers believe, animals and plants already are adapting to life in a warmer world. Some species will be unable to change quickly enough and will go extinct, but others will evolve, as natural selection enables them to carry on in an altered environment."
Curious Fun-lovin George:
My grandkids love hidden object games, and there are a few Big Fish and AOL games that could be especial favorites. The prices are fine for the downloads, I just don't know what I'm getting into.
Do I really want to do this?
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August 04, 2009
Ancient Cities Lost to the Seas. [Via]
August 03, 2009
The Complete Guide to TV Sharks You Won't See on "Shark Week" Because Shark Week may have jumped the shark. Plus bonus shark sacrilege.
Teste Touch
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That is all.
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August 02, 2009
PingWire is an (almost) live feed of images being posted to twitter with Twitpic, yfrog, and Twitgoo. All the randomness of the Internet with the mindless passivity of TV...
Sexy tattooed librarians
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That is all.
stolen from the Blue--thanks, crash
The Frederick Piano Collection . When the piano matters. The collection comprises only grand pianos, built from around 1790 to 1907 (according to Wikipedia the grand piano was originally developed in 1777, approximately 80 years after the piano's invention) and has over 20 instruments in playing condition. [more inside]
