I Knew That

Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files?

2010-07-31T23:04:00.000-03:00

Yep, because they can.

Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe?

2010-05-28T22:38:00.002-03:00

Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe?

10 animals with the longest life spans | MNN - Mother Nature Network

2010-02-21T21:23:00.000-04:00

10 animals with the longest life spans | MNN - Mother Nature Network

National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com

2009-10-13T17:30:00.000-03:00

National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com

Close-up view shows Saturn's moons reshaping the planet's rings : Scientific American Gallery

2009-10-13T17:28:00.000-03:00

Close-up view shows Saturn's moons reshaping the planet's rings : Scientific American Gallery

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Can you see time?

2009-09-18T20:55:00.003-03:00

BBC NEW S | Science & Environmen t | Can you see time?
via neatorama

China: rare earths

2009-08-27T15:12:00.000-03:00

China: All Your Rare-Earth Metals Belong to Us | Danger Room | Wired.com

Exposure to nanoparticles=BAD

2009-08-20T22:59:00.002-03:00

Nanotech in your world.
It is going to take too long to regulate this industry and it is sad. More.
via BoingBoing

Seeing in stereo 48 years later

2009-08-04T08:51:00.001-03:00

Seeing In Stereo: Scientific American
Sue Barry discusses what it's like to live in a 2-D world and explains how she learned to see in stereo.

Don't mess with art teachers.

2009-08-02T23:06:00.003-03:00

Former art teacher sketches her own mugger - Telegraph
via arbroath

Living things glow

2009-07-26T23:45:00.001-03:00

Living things glow with visible light - Boing Boing

WHO | Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 news brief: no. 1

2009-07-08T16:48:00.000-03:00

WHO | Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 news brief: no. 1
And so it begins.

I love Cape Breton

2009-07-04T11:02:00.004-03:00

Buddy MacMaster and Natalie MacMaster
Watch out for the volume.
Better sound quality here

Art of Lora Fosberg

2009-07-02T22:22:00.003-03:00

Lora Fosberg Painter And Printmaker
At Jack Fischer Gallery.

Progress in the study of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

2009-07-02T22:12:00.002-03:00

NIMH- Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
"A trio of genome-wide studies – collectively the largest to date – has pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in part, to the same chromosomal neighborhoods."
via slashdot

Of course they were.

2009-06-30T13:13:00.001-03:00

PICTURES: Prehistoric European Cave Artists Were Female
"We don't know what the roles of artists were in Upper Paleolithic society [roughly 40,000 to 20,000 years ago] generally," he said. "But it's a step forward to be able to say that a strong majority of them were women."

Oldest Art in Americas?

2009-06-10T21:43:00.001-03:00

Found on Mammoth Bone?

Dancing parrots rock.

2009-06-10T21:13:00.004-03:00

I thought this was Snowball...but no, it is another fabulous parrot who rocks out.

via neatorama

Gesture of Love

2009-06-09T21:06:00.002-03:00

Thanks Ken!

oooooooh pretty

2009-05-15T20:55:00.002-03:00

via neatorama

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Taliban attacks little girls. Nice.

2009-05-13T21:22:00.000-03:00

Taliban accused of gas attack on girls - TheChronicleHerald.ca
What if only women were allowed to be soldiers around the world?

Boring Lecturer??

2009-05-11T22:08:00.000-03:00

25 ways to have fun with...
#11. Bring a small cactus to class with you. Raise your hand and when you're called on say that the cactus has a question. Turn and look at the cactus as if you're waiting for it to say something. After a few moments shrug and wait for your lecturer to move on. Do this once a day and become increasingly irritated with the cactus every time sighing heavily and giving it evil looks when it fails to "speak." When you leave the room after class start yelling at the cactus "I can't believe you embarrassed me AGAIN...."

Balalaika Amok

2009-05-02T10:48:00.001-03:00

Aleksei Arkhipovsky
If you can't enjoy this performance there is something wrong with you. At least enjoy the audience enjoying it.

13 things that do not make sense to science

2009-04-20T23:13:00.005-03:00

13 things - New Scientist
via Kottke
I can only pretend to understand this in the most basic of ways but I enjoyed reading it for the "I knew that" factor.

Is this person from Earth?

2009-04-13T15:07:00.002-03:00

Creative Grooming
I think not.

Robot Makes Scientific Discovery Entirely On Its Own - Neatorama

2009-04-05T10:23:00.000-03:00

Robot Makes Scientific Discovery Entirely On Its Own - Neatorama

Global Wheat Crop Threatened

2009-03-21T23:07:00.001-03:00

Global Wheat Crop Threatened by Fungus: Scientific American
'Cause this is just what we need.

Sixth Sense...sort of.

2009-03-16T21:36:00.003-03:00

This was fun to watch. Rough and really goofy but all the potential for refinement is fun to imagine. I instantly thought of the novel I just finished reading Halting State by Charles Stross. I was waiting for them to do a medical scanner Start Treck move with a finger and get a medical readout of their health too but I am sure reading toilet paper packages seemed more relevant.
via swissmiss

See-Through Concrete

2009-03-08T17:55:00.002-03:00

See-Through, Light-Transmitting … Concrete?!
via neatorama

Hope and Progress?

2009-02-26T20:25:00.003-04:00

Obama Administration Supports Telco Spy Immunity |Wired.com
I really really really wish this were not true.

Google-hot-Earth

2009-02-11T22:15:00.001-04:00

Google.org - Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
Google, a company that started out as an internet search engine is now thinking of drilling into the earth's crust to bring green energy to the planet. I love the internet.

The cake is a lie.

2009-02-08T22:46:00.002-04:00

Vandalist: We Do What We Must, Because We Can
If only all vandalism were so yummy and funny. The comments are rich too.
via wooster sorta

RFID sucks in so many ways

2009-02-03T11:03:00.000-04:00

Video: Hacker war drives San Francisco cloning RFID passports - Engadget
via neatorama

Fantasy Football

2009-01-29T11:04:00.003-04:00

Likely the only football thing you will ever see here.
Thanks again Ken!

Zombies, they're everywhere.

2009-01-26T23:48:00.002-04:00

Mark Roth's Proof of Reincarnation - Scientist Bringing Back the Dead - Esquire
This is a fun read about a science guy. Seriously.
via gearcult

Red Light! Green Light!

2009-01-24T21:31:00.000-04:00

Frozen Grand Central

thanks Ken!

Nice

2009-01-22T23:32:00.002-04:00

The Inauguration of President Barack Obama - The Big Picture - Boston.com
via neatorama....I think I might as well just call this the neatorama pick of the day blog.

Nose to the Art

2009-01-19T13:57:00.001-04:00

The Prado Museum Masterpieces in Google Earth - Neatorama
I got lost in The Annunciation on super high rez and refused to zoom out until I could find something recognizable.

Death by Beauty

2009-01-19T09:45:00.003-04:00

Beauty Secrets | Bitch Magazine
There are just too many ways to play this headline.
via current.com

Stabbed in Head and Feeling Fine

2009-01-17T15:08:00.003-04:00

Stabbed by Dad
"He's incredibly lucky. He could walk and talk perfectly and he will make a full recovery. One or two centimetres in another direction, though, and he would be dead," said one medic.
via arbroath

dollar bill origami

2008-11-03T20:33:00.002-04:00

Time is money.
via bauldoff

Circular painting time lapse

2008-11-03T18:12:00.005-04:00

Circular Painting from Fly on the Wall on Vimeo.
via Wooster

Shoe Rack “Kickit!”

2008-10-25T23:09:00.002-03:00

swissmiss: Shoe Rack “Kickit!”
Kick it good.

'Safe Bedside Table'

2008-10-25T22:57:00.002-03:00

James McAdam Design
Honey! I hear someone breaking into the house, quick get the table!
via gearcult

Intelink...yoikes

2008-10-23T20:33:00.002-03:00

I guess it isn't a good idea to have a link to anything IARPA or DARPA related. Intelink has been visiting me. This is who they are:
"Intelink is the name of the classified and highly secure intranet used by the US intelligence community. It was established in 1994 to take advantage of Internet capabilities and services to promote intelligence dissemination and business workflow. Since then it has become an essential capability for the US intelligence community and its partners to share information, collaborate across agencies, and conduct business. Intelink refers to the web environment on protected top secret, secret, and unclassified networks." Wikipedia.
Hey, I wonder if they use Google alerts. lol.

pretties

2008-10-19T20:42:00.001-03:00

Art From Code : Generative Graphics
Not just pretties, smarties too.
thanks: neatorama

Ha ha ha ha aaaaaaaahhhhh!

2008-10-19T00:00:00.002-03:00

via arbroath

The machine

2008-10-18T23:30:00.000-03:00

via wooster collective

The Machine from mudlevel on Vimeo.

Eyes on IARPA

2008-10-16T20:44:00.002-03:00

New Spytech Agency Already Facing Conflict of Interest Allegation (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired .com

Data visualization & visual design

2008-10-08T22:11:00.000-03:00

information aesthetics
I should know better by now. Every time I think I can just quickly look at this website to see what's new I get sucked in by the goodness. This lil beaut was so visually pleasing, I totally stopped listening and enjoyed the show.

Jay Walker's Library

2008-10-08T21:52:00.001-03:00

Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library
Where does one even begin to comment on such a collection?

Kaust supercomputer ambitions

2008-10-05T20:37:00.001-03:00

PC World - Saudi Arabia unveils grand supercomputer ambitions: "Saudi Arabia unveils grand supercomputer ambitions
Plans a petascale system and more as it seeks top spot on supercomputing's list"
Yep, its brains not oil that's gonna be the next thing we need.
via realitycarnival

Opera Parrot

2008-10-04T23:01:00.001-03:00

Bird Singer Opera!
via arbroath

butter pen!

2008-10-02T21:51:00.001-03:00

butter pen!
Um, I missed this golden goodie somehow. GO NOW. Make thyself a butterpen.

More Made of Meat

2008-10-02T21:32:00.002-03:00

Photos of Gadgets Made of Meat - Art for Carnivores
More meat things. Why can I not not look. Of course this is via Boing Boing, where else?

Kid's Dalek video

2008-09-12T22:01:00.002-03:00

Exterminate!
via Boing Boing

Light Bright

2008-08-20T23:59:00.000-03:00

Light Graffiti

Shadow Art

2008-08-12T22:52:00.001-03:00

Neatorama/ Relativity
“Relativity” is an art project by Drzach & Suchy in which pictures are created using raised tabs. The art is revealed by the shadows of the tabs, and the picture changes depending on the direction of the light. This particular piece is called “Marilyn”.

The Shepard Scale Auditory Illusion

2008-08-10T09:37:00.000-03:00

Neatorama- The Shepard Scale Auditory Illusion
Try it!!! AAAAHHH!

Eagle Fetches.

2008-08-06T09:38:00.001-03:00

Nothing To Do With Arbroath
This is pretty much the best blog I have seen lately for random internet goodness. Neatorama which is also a super fav seems to link to it often too.

Yer not smart, just a hard worker dear.

2008-08-03T21:23:00.001-03:00

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American
"Our society worships talent, and many people assume that possessing superior intelligence or ability—along with confidence in that ability—is a recipe for success. In fact, however, more than 30 years of scientific investigation suggests that an overemphasis on intellect or talent leaves people vulnerable to failure, fearful of challenges and unwilling to remedy their shortcomings".
via swissmiss

Ironic irony

2008-08-03T20:28:00.003-03:00

Ban the book about banning books.
Where do they hold these "How to Be More Ignorant" classes that some people seem to be taking? Oh. Right.
via metafilter

I can't help it!

2008-08-02T22:57:00.002-03:00

Slashdot | White House Briefed On "Potential For Life" On Mars
It seems this blog is developing an "aliens exist" theme. Who can blame me though? When "the truth" gets out, I will be right on top of it and if it doesn't, well, what's another "alien" link on the internet eh? A drop in the cosmic ocean I say.

Vampire Bot

2008-07-29T23:46:00.002-03:00

Robot a Day
This Vampire does not scare me. But it would if it could do scary things like turn into dust or fly or get into my house by tricking me into giving it my permission. Yeah, that kind of stuff would be scary.
via Craftzine

Vampire Power

2008-07-29T23:35:00.000-03:00

information aesthetics - data visualization & visual design
Vampires scare me. A lot.

Cats and blogs

2008-07-29T22:46:00.006-03:00

So here's the thing, Neatorama had a post about how they wanted people to send in links to their blogs. I enjoy reading Neato quite a bit as you may have noticed and so I was happy to have a chance to flog my blog there. But now I can't stop going there and sifting through the other 250 responses left by my fellow bloggers, some weird stuff there. I hate to keep borrowing from them but I really enjoyed this silly video. Opie, my black kitty is curled up on my desk as I type.

"BARKLEY THE CAT" - Marc Israel Music Video! from Marc Israel on Vimeo.

Unusual articles

2008-07-29T13:22:00.001-03:00

Wikipedia:Unusual articles -
At first I thought this was a link for unused articles which seemed odd.This is where I found the link for micronations, which I found while digging through the blogs of the authors of neatorama.

Micronations

2008-07-29T13:11:00.003-03:00

Principality of Sealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is one of those internet things that just never dies. Read the part about the "forcible takeover". Gadz, do I ever want my own micronation. Here is a link to other micronations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation

More aliens action

2008-07-25T21:02:00.005-03:00

More on moonwalker Edgar Mitchell's claim re: aliens
Boing Boing

mah na mah na ba dab bop badda bop wooo!

2008-07-25T10:49:00.004-03:00

Audio only Mah na Mah na.
How many times could you listen to this in a row?

"Aliens are real" says 6th man to land on Moon

2008-07-24T16:06:00.002-03:00

Kerrang! Radio
"Dr Ed Mitchell, was the 6th man to land on the moon. He came on air with Nick Margerrison and told us that UFOs definitely exist, he has been in on it all, and that they are in contact with our government."
Check out the audio clips. I am convinced (more).
via Boing Boing

Fingernail Watch

2008-07-24T15:54:00.002-03:00

Doesn't Prevent Hangnails - Geekologie
via popgloss

Cake Wrecks

2008-07-23T22:16:00.003-03:00

Cake Wrecks
via clusterflock

Gimme

2008-07-23T15:33:00.003-03:00

Digital Rolleiflex Mini Camera | GeekAlerts
Turns out this isnt a "real" Rollei, nor is it actually 5 megapixels but it is just so darn cute!
via neatorama

Paper electronics?

2008-07-23T15:15:00.002-03:00

First paper-based transistors
To me this is the kind of thing that makes me feel that exponential increase in technology innovation that Kurzweil talks about.
via slashdot

Fish Lips

2008-07-22T14:21:00.002-03:00

Rosy-Lipped Batfish- National Geographic
I needed this ridiculous picture here to keep my brain from shredding itself over the sunscreen issue.
via digg

This is not cool.

2008-07-22T12:56:00.005-03:00

Are Sunscreens Safe?: Scientific American
After reading this article and mentally adding the nanotechnology issues I have covered before I am freaking out about the Brand that I have been pouring all over the kids for weeks which has a !moderate! risk rating according to this site.

"In all, 84 percent of the 831 sunscreens EWG tested did not pass health and environmental muster. Many contained potentially harmful chemicals like Benzophenone, homosalate and octyl methoxycinnamate (also called octinoxate), which are known to mimic naturally occurring bodily hormones and can thus throw the body’s systems out of whack. Some also contained Padimate-0 and parsol 1789 (also known as avobenzone), which are suspected of causing DNA damage when exposed to sunlight."

The Google Way of Science

2008-07-22T11:20:00.002-03:00

Kevin Kelly- The Technium
"There's a dawning sense that extremely large databases of information, starting in the petabyte level, could change how we learn things. The traditional way of doing science entails constructing a hypothesis to match observed data or to solicit new data. Here's a bunch of observations; what theory explains the data sufficiently so that we can predict the next observation?"
via metafilter

Cool Jewels

2008-07-22T10:02:00.001-03:00

Beelen, Paul jewelry design
I like the rings the best.
via Popgloss

Smog blog from China

2008-07-21T22:25:00.001-03:00

James Fallows: Environment Archives
Scroll down through the photos on this blog of how the air is changing around Beijing in anticipation of the Olympics. Also interesting article by the same guy on this topic.

NFB beta

2008-07-21T21:32:00.002-03:00

Watch quality Canadian Documentary, Animation and Fiction
And I found Roadworthy's trailer here too, two birds-one link.
via metafilter

Cloud issues

2008-07-21T15:37:00.001-03:00

Slashdot | The Ideal, Non-Proprietary Cloud

You put the lime in the...

2008-07-21T14:40:00.002-03:00

Open source Earth saving.
via slashdot

Cquestrate Intro Video from cquestrate on Vimeo.

Ultra-Thin Invisible Body Armor

2008-07-20T20:12:00.000-03:00

Mad Science: Get Ready for Ultra-Thin Invisible Body Armor
Ultra thin invisible amour would be cool too.

Internet, are you better than books?

2008-07-19T21:47:00.004-03:00

Back when books were better than tv.
I loved this series. I just wanted to have a picture here so I could enjoy the titles. Make and Do. Mathemagic. The Green Kingdom. Sigh.

Scarry Fishies

2008-07-19T21:31:00.003-03:00

Dark Roasted Blend: Odd-Looking Marine Animals
When I was a kid we had a series of "encyclopedias" called Childcraft. One of them was about animals and had photos of deep sea creatures. This lil' beauty was one of them...WHY?? Scaring children is not nice.
via neatorama

Early graffiti coolness

2008-07-18T21:30:00.000-03:00

The Hip Hop Files // Current
via digg

This one is called "Puberty"

2008-07-18T15:28:00.002-03:00

Embroidery - Takashi Iwasaki
via Craftzine
Lovely.

Adz

2008-07-18T15:20:00.001-03:00

Toxel.com- 20 Brilliant Advertising Ideas
I hate it when people describe something as brilliant.

Drunk or Crazy?

2008-07-18T09:14:00.002-03:00

Dark Roasted Blend: Drunk Builders & Mad Architects
via cribcandy

Misspelled tattoos

2008-07-18T09:05:00.002-03:00

Stupidity forever.
via popgloss

I love counting too.

2008-07-16T23:20:00.004-03:00

Feist on Sesame Street!
Monsters walking cross the floor, chickens back from the shore....counting to four...wooo.
via digg

Pietre dure

2008-07-16T16:48:00.001-03:00

Pietre dure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I've never heard of this before. Found a link on Pruned (via kottke).

How well do you know your String Theory??

2008-07-16T09:21:00.004-03:00

The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory: Scientific American Podcast

Banksy Revealed?

2008-07-15T21:56:00.002-03:00

Banksy: Banksy Revealed?! (Not By Us)
Damn, how did I miss this one yesterday. Anyways, he is all like establishment now, I NEVER liked him and anyone who did was a loser lol. Sorry for doubling up on the linkage there Gawk.

Internet quitter says commenters hurt his feelings.

2008-07-15T21:52:00.000-03:00

Drama: Commenters Take Over Internet, Run Bloggers Out on Rails
This is funny. The comments are the only interesting parts of most blogs these days.

Supah' Slashdot!

2008-07-11T21:32:00.003-03:00

Wow, slashdot rocked out today. I was just trying to decide whether to link to the bottomoniom thing or the memristors or the solar cells or the state of R&D in corporate compuland but I couldnt choose. So go, now, read.

Nah, cant' hurt ya!

2008-07-11T15:08:00.000-03:00

Nanomaterials could pose health risks, need more oversight, council says
Testing new materials on the willing consumer is the way we have always done things. Right?

More crogy goodness

2008-07-09T15:14:00.002-03:00

craftershock - all things crafty.
Another lovely crog (craft blog) via popgloss.

Paper delights

2008-07-09T15:13:00.002-03:00

Peter clark collage
Superdupe paper collage stuff. All nice.
via popgloss