How cool would it be to play a virtual cat and mouse game with a real mouse?
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Miniature biological machines
Stunning simulation of DNA replication.
First watch this:
Then watch this:
Amazing!
First watch this:
Then watch this:
Amazing!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Super-thin flexible OLED from Sony
WOW!
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony is showing off prototypes incorporating its super-thin, flexible OLED technology at the CREATEC JAPAN 2009 IT and electronics trade show in Makuhari Messe (Chiba) in Japan.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Escape from Debt City
That's one way of avoiding debtor's prison:
Jaubert explains that he bolted last year after government interrogators threatened to stick needles up his nose. With 007 panache and a woman’s all-encompassing burqa concealing his frogman gear, Jaubert slipped into the sea, swam out to a police patrol boat and disabled its fuel line so that it could not give chase. He then used a rubber dingy to get safely beyond the UAE’s territorial waters where he was met by a confederate in a sailboat. Eight days later they landed in India.
Monday Kickstarter - The Fun Theory
While I imagine this could be annoying after a while, it at least seems effective at getting people to use stairs.
Read more at Mashable.
Read more at Mashable.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Monday Kickstarter - Imaginarium!
The trailer for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is out, and it looks visually stunning!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday Kickstarter - Art imitating life
In this case, artists using Google Street View as inspiration for landscape paintings. V. cool.
Street View:
Street View:
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Michael Savage On His Ass
Don't let the door hit your ass, douchebag!
Earlier today, the conservative blog Patriot Axom noted that far-right radio host Michael Savage has been taken “off the air” from his San Francisco-based flagship station, Talk 910 KNEW.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Who Is Next After Van Jones?
I'll bet Hillary wouldn't lay there with her legs in the air like Obama has been. All through the campaign, we saw how scared Obama was of fighting. Now it's coming back to bite him in the ass. Sorry, Mr. President. Just because you don't like to fight, doesn't mean you have the luxury of avoiding fights.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Friday, September 4, 2009
Animal Farm Friday - Chill!
This one has made the rounds before, but it's a cool video for a hot summer Friday!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Egg Hatchery Grinds Live Chicks to Death
I had no idea this was standard industry practice. Definitely time to start buying eggs only from local farmers.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday Kickstarter - Unnatural Nature as Art
Flora Grubb has made some interesting "vertical gardens" that qualify as art, but she's done nothing on this scale:
Read the whole story at wired.com.
Read the whole story at wired.com.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
If you've ever wondered why I think Justice Antonin "Nino" Scalia is a scum-sucking waste of life...
...here's but one in a litany of examples:
Scalia opines that there is nothing unlawful about executing an innocent man. Well, how much class can you expect from a piece of worthless garbage like Scalia?
Twenty years ago, off-duty police officer Mark McPhail was shot and killed in a Savannah, Georgia parking lot. Based on information provided by Sylvester Coles, the police sought Troy Davis for the murder. Davis turned himself in and was charged with the crime. He was found guilty and sentenced to death based on the testimony of eyewitnesses.
Since then, however, nearly all of those witnesses have recanted, claiming in affidavits that they were pressured by police to name Davis as the perpetrator. Meanwhile, additional evidence has been found indicating that Coles, the prosecution's star witness against Davis, was the actual killer. Yet despite national and international attention--including pleas by former Georgia Governor and U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Georgia Republican Congressman and federal prosecutor Bob Barr, and even Pope Benedict--neither the Georgia courts nor the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board has seen fit to stop Davis's execution.
Last week, the Supreme Court offered Davis a ray of hope. In response to his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the Justices ordered that a federal district court in Georgia "should receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could not have been obtained at the time of trial clearly establishes [Davis's] innocence."
The Court's order in Daviswas not unanimous, however. Justice Scalia, joined by Justice Thomas, dissented. Justice Scalia said that even if the district court were to find Davis to be innocent, there would still be nothing unlawful about executing him.
Scalia opines that there is nothing unlawful about executing an innocent man. Well, how much class can you expect from a piece of worthless garbage like Scalia?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wired on Craigslist
The tone of Gary Wolf's article in Wired pisses me off quite a bit. He seems to be writing from the perspective of someone frustrated by Craigslist, and certainly, there are things about Craigslist that frustrates its users. But I would suspect that all those Craigslist users who are frustrated with Craigslist, their frustrations are not impediments to use. There are things about Craigslist that frustrate me for sure, but it doesn't stop me in the least from using it, both for finding stuff, and getting rid of stuff. I've been far more successful than not with Craigslist, so I have to wonder about why Wired and Gary Wolf are so damn pissy.
As a Web designer, I marvel at the success of a site that is so visually unappealing. But it succeeds in the area that has frustrated so many Web designers, and that is UX (User Experience). Craigslist simply works because it is so simple. Ultimately, in Web design, the one thing that matters more than anything else is usability. This is where Craigslist excels like few other sites on the Web.
If you are one of the few who needs shiny graphics and Ajax widgets to hold your hand and soften your online experience, then there's probably some other online classified sites you can pay to use. I for one appreciate the simplicity of Craigslist, and take the bad with the good. Craigslist dominates Amazon and EBay in traffic for one simple reason: It's simply works.
For added giggles, check out Wired's picks for Craigslist makeovers by "leading" designers. Puh-leeeez! (*Though I do kinda like the "Make It Simple" design)
Monday Kickstarter - 8-bit trip
Yes, it's Tuesday, but I've been sick.
This may been inspirational to some, but I'm a bit on the fence. Having been so depleted of energy for days now, I can't fathom the notion of spending 1500 hours futzing with Legos trying to pull off something like this. On the one hand, I think I might go insane thinking about it long enough, but then maybe I can channel that into inspiration. What say you?
This may been inspirational to some, but I'm a bit on the fence. Having been so depleted of energy for days now, I can't fathom the notion of spending 1500 hours futzing with Legos trying to pull off something like this. On the one hand, I think I might go insane thinking about it long enough, but then maybe I can channel that into inspiration. What say you?
Monday, August 17, 2009
Monday Kickstarter - Daily Monster 101
Here's a new category to TLB as it gradually becomes re-defined, with a diminishing focus on politics (yawn!) and more emphasis on things that matter to me more, things hopefully more interesting to others as well.
It's useful to me to start my week of right with something inspiring, and that's something I'd like to share. So for the inaugural Monday Kickstarter, check out this interview with the Daily Monster creator, Stefan Bucher (then check out some of his monsters):
It's useful to me to start my week of right with something inspiring, and that's something I'd like to share. So for the inaugural Monday Kickstarter, check out this interview with the Daily Monster creator, Stefan Bucher (then check out some of his monsters):
Obama: I was for the public option before I wasnt
Back in July, Obama said the bill he signs must have the public option.
[A]ny plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track records of a variety of plans - including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest - and choose what's best for your family.How quickly he caves. From a town hall over the weekend:
"[T]he public option, whether we have it or we don't have it, is not the entirety of health care reform. This is just one sliver of it, one aspect of it."Add one more to the very long list of major disappointments.
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