Model Making at Its Best | Bizarre stuff, Photos, News and More...

http://thebizzare.com/cool/model-making/

Mathematician Applies Complex Equations to Curious Phenomena | Magazine

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_alphageek_mahadevan/

MilkandCookies - Hillarious Jumping Spider Mating Behaviour

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/186980/detail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+milkandcookieslatest+%28MilkandCookies.com%3A+Latest+Links%29
Now, if that's not a caring lover, I want to know what is!

http://www.google.com/translate_tts?q=I+Say+Potato+you+say+potato

http://www.google.com/translate_tts?q=I+Say+Potato+you+say+potato
Text To Speech - direct from the Google? - Oooo, I've some apps for that

YouTube - Laura sings the "Diva Dance" from the Fifth Element

A nice cover of the non-aria part of this:

Remembering the late, great Dan O'Bannon | Phelim O'Neill | Film | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/dec/18/dan-obannon-alien
Nooo! Why wasn't I told of this?!
Dan O'Bannon was one of my heroes - Dark Star onwards :(

youparklikeanasshole

http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/
Not to be confused with: Fargin ice holes


Also:
http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/
http://www.youparkedlikeajackass.com

MilkandCookies - Robocop: Making ED-209

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/186193/detail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+milkandcookieslatest+%28MilkandCookies.com%3A+Latest+Links%29

BiDi Screen, on (and off) screen multitouch - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/12/12/bidi-screen-on-and-off-screen-multitouch/

FrontPage - The Open Knowledge Foundation

http://www.okfn.org/

Overly complicated gas guage - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/12/08/overly-complicated-gas-guage/

MilkandCookies - The Code

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/185472/detail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+milkandcookieslatest+%28MilkandCookies.com%3A+Latest+Links%29
Video about Linus Torvalds / Linux
//The Code is a Finnish-made documentary about Linux from 2001, featuring some of the most influential people of the free software movement.

The Code presents the first decade of Linux from 1991 to 2001. Besides Torvalds, it includes many of his closest allies in development process, that is nowadays seen as the greatest success story of the Internet culture. Eventually, Linux becomes a viable business solution within the computer industry.

Media loves the story of ‘a single hacker against the forces of darkness’. ‘Linux’ becomes a catch phrase. Torvalds turns into an international media star. No more a shy nerd, but a relaxed, witty media performer par excellence. Linus is a Jesus for a politician, respected and adored by both Linux enthusiasts, the counter-culture – and the big businessmen. A rare combination, this time or any other.

But even after all this attention Linus Torvalds remains, as a person, an enigma. When interviewed in the media, he is always asked the same questions and usually giving the same answers too. We think we know him, but do we really? Why did he put his code into the Net for free, initially? Many can still not understand it. Maybe because ‘given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow’, giving a way to a better product? Or is there something more to it?
//

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/08/the-horribly-slow-mu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
R/t: 10m Pos NSFW

Wasn't there a Python skit about murder most dull when someone is beaten to death with a piece of sting? (They die of anticlimax, I think)

Bloodhound Supersonic Car SCC

Start:	Dec 9, '09 6:00p
Location:	Savoy Pl, London

{From a previous attempt}


http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/
http://www.theiet.org/events/2009/bloodhound.cfm

Eureqa discovers equations - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/12/04/eureqa-discovers-equations/

I think I want some of this... I'm just not sure what I'd use it for yet...

http://sugru.com/
Welcome | sugru | Hack Things Better

Upload this to your alien spacecraft. | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/87139/Upload-this-to-your-alien-spacecraft

Network Challenge

https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx?teamfark

Nena? Network Challenge

https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/

Wolfram Alpha answers Christmas wishes of world's high school students Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/02/wolfram-alpha-answer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Wolfgang Pauli was a Gargoyle? | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/87092/Wolfgang-Pauli-was-a-Gargoyle

MilkandCookies - Ted Talks: Gordon Brown on Global Ethic vs National Interest

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/184838/detail/


T/T:18m

BBC photographer prevented from shooting St Paul's because he might be "al Qaeda operative" - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/30/bbc-photographer-pre.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Mr Benn to be recognised by residents of ordinary street in Putney (From Your Local Guardian)

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/4759857.Mr_Benn_to_be_recognised_by_residents_of_ordinary_street_in_Putney/?ref=rss

Aerial Imagery | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86937/Aerial-Imagery

Are these 2 news items related? Which fingers?

Galileo's missing fingers found in jar

Vatican hosts meeting on extraterrestrials

via Fark

 

Slashdot | After 35 Years, Another Message Sent From Arecibo

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/23/013255
Oh no... here we go, behaving like teenagers again, and Text-spamming the neighbours

What was that Squeeze track called, again?

http://www.telegram.com/article/20091121/NEWS/911210343/1101
Via Fark
{Not so smart, though}

MonkeyFilter | City Bus Simulator 2010

http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/17035
Pass me my anorak

3D scanning with a plain webcam - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/3d-scanning-with-a-p.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Hypothetical Astronomy | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86844/Hypothetical-Astronomy

The Great Gig In The Sky | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86752/The-Great-Gig-In-The-Sky

There Shouldn't Be A GPS Tracking System In My Lingerie - GPS Lingerie - NSFW

http://gizmodo.com/5404481/there-shouldnt-be-a-gps-tracking-system-in-my-lingerie?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29
Gizmodo
Erm, as I understand it, GPS only really works outdoors.... and if you're an attractive female dressed in Lingerie outdoors I'm pretty sure lots of kind gents'll be more than happy to point you in the right direction

VIDEO: Low-flying pelican results in Bugatti Veyron Hydro Edition [*UPDATE: Now with actual crash footage!] — Autoblog

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/video-low-flying-pelican-ends-up-creating-bugatti-veyron-hydro/
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

NuFormer’s 3-D Building Projections

http://www.atissuejournal.com/2009/11/nuformer%E2%80%99s-3-d-building-projections/
via
http://www.metafilter.com/86620/Amazing-Building-Projections

MilkandCookies - Pigeon: Impossible

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/182685/detail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+milkandcookieslatest+%28MilkandCookies.com%3A+Latest+Links%29

//One day our teacher would give us a problem and solve for X. No problem. But then, the next day, the teacher would give us another problem and X would equal SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! I mean, come on! We just solved for X yesterday! How can X be all these different numbers?! Don't get me started on imaginary numbers. That's a racket if I've ever heard one. They're making up numbers, people! // via

3D medical viz system with Xbox controller - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/11/3d-medical-viz-syste.html

Test

If you're taking a multiple choice test and you don't know the right answer to a question: Should you...?

Choose the longest answer

 

 0

Eliminate the answer that includes the words "always" or "never;"

 

 0

Choose B or C because test makers avoid A and D

 

 0

Test

Ray Kurzweil On Speech Recognition, Music Synthesis, Virtual Reality & The Future » Synthtopia

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/11/07/ray-kurzweil-futurist/
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/10/teenage-ray-kurzweil.html

What Really Happened on Apollo 13? | Universe Today

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/08/what-really-happened-on-apollo-13/

Apollo 13 crew reflects on the mission from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo.

Martian Landscapes

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/martian_landscapes.html

http://gizmodo.com/5398894/were-not-so-different-earth-and-mars

http://laughingsquid.com/photos-of-martian-landscapes/

http://www.physorg.com/news176721098.html

Cat got Lost

http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/CatGotLost/

100 (Really) Creative Business Cards | Webdesigner Depot

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/100-really-creative-business-cards/

British Comedy Murderers' Row | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86445/British-Comedy-Murderers-Row

Angry people in local newspapers

http://apiln.blogspot.com/

Angry people in local newspapers

http://apiln.blogspot.com/

MilkandCookies: Jimmy Carr Owns Heckler (NSFW) very funny

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/181838/detail/

It's that time of year again - Happy Birthday Peter

(For Monday - I posted early because of the Royal Mail strike)

First, I was

Then I WAS

But then I was all

You see, I know, there's nothing at all to be

envious about

So now I'm, like...

Happy Birthday

Peter

(It's OK, I don't know what I'm on about, either)

Ten spooky places to scare yourself this Halloween | Travel | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/30/haunted-halloween-spooky-uk

MilkandCookies - Mythbusters: Thermite vs Ice

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/181266/detail/

TIDE 2.0 beta Java IDE/Debugger

http://tide4javascript.com/?s=Floyd
Fun!

Chris Heathcote: anti-mega - Full of

http://anti-mega.com/antimega/
Lots of interesting stuff here

MilkandCookies - Home Made Fireworks - Halloween fireworks?

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/180914/detail/
The Opening music says it all...

MonkeyFilter | There is a haunting beauty in the most terrible of things

http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/17008
Another one for all you Photo-geeks out there

Anvil Shooting: using explosives to fire anvils -- yes, ANVILS -- into the air - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/20/anvil-shooting-using.html

Robert Full on animal movement | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement.html

Hilarious videos campaigning to hold British MPs to account for ripping off public with bogus expenses - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/20/hilarious-videos-cam.html

Martin has turned thousands of children into mathematicians, and thousands of mathematicians into children.” | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/85991/Martin-has-turned-thousands-of-children-into-mathematicians-and-thousands-of-mathematicians-into-children

TED Http: //Www.Ted.Com John Gerzema Says there's an Upside to the Recent Financial Crisis -: The Opportunity for Positive Change. Speaking at TEDxKC, He Identifies Four Major Cultural Shifts Driving New Consumer Behavior and Shows How Businesses Are Evolving

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/180446/detail/
MilkandCookies -

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Landscape photo of the year 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8314105.stm
One for the photo-fiends out there

Binary adder will give you slivers - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/binary-adder-will-give-you-slivers/

Haptic Halluc 2 - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/haptic-halluc-2/

Letters of Note: TO A TOP SCIENTIST

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/to-top-scientist.html
via BoingBoing

Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html

David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion" | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you.html

Video camera that records at the speed of thought

http://www.physorg.com/news174554094.html

CineMassacre: Top 10 Twilight Zones | SPIKE

http://www.spike.com/video/top-10-twilight/3249847
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4686330&cpp=1


ManTran's Take

Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone
by Discodandan

NASA - Noctis Labyrinthus

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1488.html
I think we'd do well to remember that Mars is the Earth's "Ugly Sister"

TechEBlog » Piano Stairs Play Musical Notes

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/piano-stairs-play-musical-notes
via

Fark

MilkandCookies - Invisible Dogs

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/179047/detail/

Create Digital Music » The Speaking Piano, and Transforming Audio to MIDI

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/10/06/the-speaking-piano-and-transforming-audio-to-midi/

MilkandCookies - Sesame Street Pitch Film 1969 (3 of 3)

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/179067/detail/

reynen: owl in box

http://reynen.livejournal.com/97704.html
via BOingBOing
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/close-the-box-walk-a.html

Mini-Stonehenge Found: Crematorium on Stonehenge Road?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091005-mini-stonehenge-bluestonehenge-bluehenge.html

Google Holiday Logos: 2009 October - December

http://www.google.com/logos/

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Fry finds 'funniest ever' mating ritual

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8281382.stm
Also Douglas Adams' take of Last Chance to See the Kakapo Parrot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2843002

Five concept mice add multi-touch control - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/five-concept-mice-add-multi-touch-control/

BBC NEWS | Health | Technique can pinpoint tinnitus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8287791.stm

"Mastering the World's Most Difficult Language in 7 Days" -Scientists Explore Potential of Human Brain

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/learn-the-worlds-most-difficult-language-in-7-days-scientists-explore-the-human-brains-potential.html

OhGizmo! » Archive » Kymera Magic Wand Universal TV Remote

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/09/12/kymera-magic-wand-universal-tv-remote/

Superman's powers explained | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/85485/Supermans-powers-explained
The Grand Unifying Theory of Superman's powers.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Anti-wi-fi paint offers security

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8279549.stm
Yay, Anti-Tempest paint! What about the windows? (steel-mesh curtains?)

Microsoft's free anti-virus software arrives | News | TechRadar UK

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/microsoft-s-free-anti-virus-software-arrives-639117?src=rss&attr=all
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Bye Bye Ceefax :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8260196.stm
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 things you didn't know about Ceefax

Man sues BofA for 1,784 billion, trillion dollars | U.S. | Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58O3BK20090925

Picasa 3.5 brings facial recognition and geo-tags | News | TechRadar UK

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/picasa-3-5-brings-facial-recognition-and-geo-tags-637705?src=rss&attr=all

Odd economic indicators - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/21/odd-economic-indicat.html

Boing Boing Video: SYNESTHESIA, a film by Jonathan Fowler. - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/22/boing-boing-video-sy.html

D-Day - Normandie 1944 : Men of D-Day

http://www.6juin1944.com/album/thennow/index.php

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The book that influenced all others

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8255720.stm
Dog - NOT a cat

MP CHANGE

http://labs.mppark.jp/hige/
Via Fark
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4635857&tt=s

Haiku Finder

http://mrfeinberg.com/haikufinder/

Aw, poor chap

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/176443/detail/
BBC News Blooper: Timing, Punctuation Are Vital

TED: Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html


via
http://www.metafilter.com/84974/Rethinking-how-we-run-our-businesses

Google - Internet Stats

http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats/
via
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-09-11-n25.html

Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137708/Opinion_The_unspoken_truth_about_managing_geeks

Let's play "Cheese or Font"!

http://cheeseorfont.mogrify.org/play

Shredder Computer Chess Download - Play chess online with Shredder

http://www.shredderchess.com/play-chess-online.html

Chinese Scientists Record 40 Minutes of Clear UFO Footage - chinese UFO - Gizmodo

http://gizmodo.com/5354108/chinese-scientists-record-40-minutes-of-clear-ufo-footage/
So, a UFO or just the US thumbing their noses from an Aurora (SR91)(or similar) aircraft... I mean... It's a bit obvious hovering there like that on a day when they know loads of people will be looking up!

MusTech.Net: Music Education, Music Technology, & Education! » Music Teachers -Must Have Downloadable Freebies For The New School Year

http://mustech.net/2009/08/31/music-teacher-must-have-freebies-for
via
http://jsavage.org.uk/?p=442

The Sids on MySpace Music

http://www.myspace.com/thesidsband
A friend's band is playing in Mill Hill (London NW7) on Saturday night (9pm)

Anyone fancy coming with me?

Adam & Eve, Mill Hill, London NW7 on Google Maps

BBC NEWS | UK | Does brain training really work?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8237945.stm

TED: Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity

http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university.html?awesm=on.ted.com_V&utm_campaign=ted&utm_content=site-basic&utm_medium=on.ted.com-copypaste&utm_source=thingfo.com

MilkandCookies - Neil deGrasse Tyson: Children Do Not Read Horoscopes!

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/175805/detail/


Neil Tyson: "At nearly every public lecture that I give on the universe, I try to reserve adequate time at the end for questions. The succession of subjects is predictable. First, the questions relate directly to the lecture. They next migrate to sexy astrophysical subjects such as black holes, quasars, and the Big Bang. If I have enough time left over to answer all questions, and if the talk is in America, the subject eventually reaches God. Typical questions include "Do scientists believe in God?" "Do you believe in God?" and "Do your studies in astrophysics make you more or less religious?"

Publishers have come to learn that there is a lot of money in God, especially when the author is a scientist and when the book title includes a direct juxtaposition of scientific and religious themes...Let there be no doubt that as they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion...The argument is simple. I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religious document. Indeed, I can make an even stronger statement. Whenever people have used religious documents to make detailed predictions about the physical world they have been famously wrong.

There's no denying the public's appetite for cosmic discovery. - Neil Tyson

Flood Maps

http://flood.firetree.net/

MilkandCookies - What's Virgin Mean?

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/175762/detail/

WebUrbanist : Clonehenges: 20 Creative Recreations of Stonehenge

http://weburbanist.com/2009/09/03/clonehenges-20-creative-recreations-of-stonehenge/

Spreadsheet of every TED talk as of 9/2/2009 - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/04/spreadsheet-of-every.html
Direct link

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pjGlYH-8AK8ffDa6o2bYlXg&gid=0

Arduino muon detector - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/09/03/arduino-muon-detector/

Tries to pick-out "Blue Moon", "Moonlight seranade", "Moondance", "Bad Moon Rising", "Dark Side of the Moon"...fails - moonbell

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/selene_sok/index_en.html
via http://www.metafilter.com/84744/Lunar-Jamming

Web browser history detection | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/84737/Web-browser-history-detection
Direct link:
http://whattheinternetknowsaboutyou.com/

Urinal Protocol Vulnerability | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/84703/Urinal-Protocol-Vulnerability

69 Must-See SciFi Sights in the U.S. | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/84708/69-MustSee-SciFi-Sights-in-the-US

Project Euler

http://projecteuler.net/

So, does this chap just bathe in Catnip everyday?

Via

http://yougottaseethisvideo.com/2009/08/guy-becines-friends-with-38-lions.html

Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/willard_wigan_hold_your_breath_for_micro_sculpture.html


Via Fark

Ignite Show - Sort of TED on Speed (but less serious)

http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/
//Ignite captures the best of geek culture in a series of five-minute speed presentations on topics ranging from The Best Way to Buy a Car to Hacking Chocolate. Imagine that you're on stage in front of an audience of hundreds of people, doing a five-minute presentation using a slide deck that auto-forwards every 15 seconds, whether you're ready or not. What would you do? What would you say? Could you stand the pressure? Every week, find out how some of the smartest minds on the planet dealt with this situation as your host, Brady Forrest, highlights a different talk from Ignites around the world.//

Shakesville: Cat Experiments

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/08/cat-experiments.html

FARK.com: (4590941) One of the greatest photographers ever was born 100 years ago today. Happy birthday, Henry

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4590941&tt=s
One for the photo-heads among us

SELECT specific_problem FROM problems WHERE specific_problem != 'A Bitch' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 99; | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/84331/SELECT-specificproblem-FROM-problems-WHERE-specificproblem-A-Bitch-ORDER-BY-RAND-LIMIT-99

Wild swim: a magical dip in Skye's Fairy Pools | Travel | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/aug/21/wild-swimming-scotland-kate-rew

Check

Start:	Nov 1, '09 11:00a
End:	Dec 21, '10
Location:	wiki

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8213612.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelbaset_Ali_Mohmed_Al_Megrahi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Biggs

Cat Ladders From Around The World

http://laughingsquid.com/cat-ladders-from-around-the-world/

Video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/19/video-of-helen-kelle.html

A question for physicists out there....

I've been given a pair of polarized "3D movie" glasses to play with, but they've confused me.

If I put them on and look at my LCD (DELL E171FP ) monitor, the image on one eye is slightly different to the other. One's slightly browner, the other slightly greyer.

If I take the glasses off, and still looking from the "proper side" tilt them to and fro (clock/anti-clockwise) the effect is more pronounsed in both lenses...

I sort of expect that a bit, seeing as they're polarised and all

Now, the confusing bit. If I turn the glasses round (so the ear-hooks point towards the screen, and then repeat the to-and-fro motion the screen goes MUCH more dark (probably what I would have expected in the first place)... SO, how comes the lenses behave differently when viewing from one side to the other?

Hackaday: Moon phase light modification - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/08/19/moon-phase-light-modification/

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Your answers to 10 tricky children's questions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8200022.stm

Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_yet.html

Common operating system for robots - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/10/common-operating-sys.html

Dark Roasted Blend: Jet Engines on Trucks (For Fun and Profit)

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/jet-engines-on-trucks-for-fun-and.html

Perseid /Geminid Meteor Shower

Start:	Dec 13, '09 11:45p
End:	Dec 15, '09
Location:	Up!

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

http://www.physorg.com/news168874856.html

Bouncy Laser Awesomeness | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/83895/Bouncy-Laser-Awesomeness


Reminds me of the Light-based creatures in Dark star

Bouncy Laser Awesomeness | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/83895/Bouncy-Laser-Awesomeness

NASA "Extraterrestrial-Life" Hacker Faces Extradition (Video Interview)

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/08/nasa-hacker-faces-nearcertain-extradition.html
Is this true? Has this not been in the US Press?

http://freegary.org.uk/

World Science Festival on Vimeo - TED Beware?

http://vimeo.com/user1103909

Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/01/bobby-mcferrin-hacks.html

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

WNYC - Radiolab » After Life

http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/07/27/after-life/

EDGE

http://www.edge.org/

Amazing Robot Hand Dexterity

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/30/amazing-robot-dexterity/

20 Things you did know about eclipses

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/30-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-eclipses

We're in the Future: Scientists Warn of Robot Overlords - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/27/were-in-the-future-s.html

BBC NEWS | Technology | Barcode replacement shown off

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8170027.stm
Cool & powerful

Start A Lie :: Start a lie about the bottled water industry.

http://www.startalie.com/

Calculator calculator calculator calculator calculator | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/83574/Calculator-calculator-calculator-calculator-calculator

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Surrey | Top Gear star to build Lego house

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8168892.stm

MonkeyFilter | Dog Malfunction

http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/16908

Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/

Cat Ladies, A Documentary That Explores The Real Story Behind Crazy Cat Ladies

http://laughingsquid.com/cat-ladies-a-documentary-that-explores-the-real-story-behind-crazy-cat-ladies/

Video: Continue Time wall clock articulates in weird, wondrous ways

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/17/video-continue-time-wall-clock-articulates-in-weird-wondrous-w/

APOKALIPS - Life Through The Eyes of a Child

http://myapokalips.com/show/45#comic

TED:Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning.html

World's Best Response to a Cease and Desist Order

http://failblog.org/2009/07/13/omg-u-fail-so-hard/?cp=4#comment-523234
In other Fail news:
TeleTubbies Fail (Did I post this already?)

2D Goggles » Lovelace– The Origin

http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/

Stroke of Genius: 10 Artists with Abilities Borne of Brain Damage | WebUrbanist

http://weburbanist.com/2009/07/12/stroke-of-genius-abilities-borne-of-brain-damage/

Spacevidcast Live Channel | Spacevidcast | Space Video Clips

http://www.spacevidcast.com/live/?STS-127-take5
Next launch 2hrs 14mins - at 22:51:24 GMT (06:51:24 EDT)

Led Zeppelin vs. Indian religious sitcom - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/13/led-zepplin-vs-india.html
Almost as good as ReallyGood.Com's Viking Cats

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Cats 'exploit' humans by purring

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8147566.stm

Maths From Outer Space: An MNU Sponsored Initiative

http://www.mathsfromouterspace.com/
Yay! I got 8 out of 10

100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-basic-geek-skills-for-geeks/

Super-slow-motion pictures show soap bubble bursting in stunning detail | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199149/Super-slow-motion-pictures-soap-bubble-bursting-stunning-detail.html
For photographer-types out there in 'ply-land

DynDNS.com: Free DNS Hosting, E-mail Delivery, and VPS Hosting

http://www.dyndns.com/
Handy little place for setting-up a dynamic DNS - IP mapping

Computer learns sign language - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/09/computer-learns-sign.html

15 ton robotic arm + WiiMote - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/08/15-ton-robotic-arm-wiimote/

Dave Carroll Music.com (Beware, plays music on opening)

http://www.davecarrollmusic.com/
Bloke gets his own back on United Airlines after they break hi guitar (Part 1)

via
Fark

Cows With Guns

I was going to suggest if anyone wanted to write additional verses

What's a "Quick Note" when it's at home?

Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released! | ProgrammerFish - Everything that's programmed!

http://www.programmerfish.com/source-code-of-several-7800-games-released/

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | An exciting stats website? Believe it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8130554.stm

It's full of stars | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/82939/Its-full-of-stars

There, I Fixed It.

http://thereifixedit.com/

How to run KDE on Windows | News | TechRadar UK

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/how-to-run-kde-on-windows-611178?src=rss&attr=all

Tip of My Tongue - Chirag Mehta : chir.ag

http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/

Music is Math is Beauty | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/82828/Music-is-Math-is-Beauty

For all your optical illusion and visual gimmick needs. | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/82817/For-all-your-optical-illusion-and-visual-gimmick-needs

Text utilities

http://streetpc.free.fr/text/

The Musical Genius - Derek Paravicini - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/22/the-musical-genius--.html

Boing Boing - One month to go until the next total solar eclipse - July 22

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/21/one-month-to-go-unti.html

June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This Big

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/06/dayintech_0619

Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Charity Gig - The Maniacs - Covers Band

Start:	Jun 20, '09 8:00p
Location:	The Two Brewers Pub, Hadlow, Kent (Nr Tonbridge)

If you're not going out tonight I'd like to recommend this:

A couple of mates' (covers) band "The Maniacs" are playing charity gig (for Breast Cancer Research) in Hadlow, Kent.

I'm going, and if anyone else would accompany me, they'll be more than welcome - I'll have an empty car, and I'd rather not go alone - I'll drop you home after the gig - and if you to my place by around 1830 I'll bring you, too.

There is a theme: Pink (I don't have anything pink I can display openly, so I'm not sure what I'll do)

http://www.themaniacs.co.uk/Gigs-2.htm
http://www.themaniacs.co.uk/News-2.htm


Venue:
The Two Brewers
Maidstone Road
Hadlow
Tonbridge
TN11 0DN(see map ^)

Telephone:
+44(0)1732 850267

(A great little friendly pub)

Let this be a lesson: Be nice to your copywriter

http://consumerist.com/5295538/sausage-package-illustrates-what-happens-when-youre-a-jerk-to-the-copywriter
Consumerist - Sausage Package Illustrates What Happens When You're A Jerk To The Copywriter - copywriting

Cycorp, Inc.

http://www.cyc.com/

Kotaku - Augmented Reality Game Fights Zombies With Skittles - arhrrrr

http://kotaku.com/5293855/augmented-reality-game-fights-zombies-with-skittles

Atlas Obscura | Wondrous, curious, and bizarre locations around the world

http://atlasobscura.com/

Goths In Hot Weather

http://www.gothsinhotweather.com/

Want to opt out of the new 118800 "Mobile Directory Enq"?

http://www.118800.co.uk/faqs.html#privacy
Check if you're listed: http://www.118800.co.uk/

Frequently asked questions about 118800 mobile phone number directory

Mapumental (UK only, at the mo) - Please have a play and pass it on

http://mapumental.channel4.com/
This is a very handy utility for analysing house price vs travel time vs desirability

WolframTones: Generate a Composition

http://tones.wolfram.com/gen/GLVpzU4RoiDrxYDehX84s70IBdKFj2mnIOixAWtpYMgakcUFCH
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/computermusic?entry=generative_music_in_your_web
{Seems very familiar - Perhaps I / somene like me posted this before?}

TED: Michael Merzenich on re-wiring the brain | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_merzenich_on_the_elastic_brain.html

TED: David Merrill demos Siftables | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Bass - How music works (Documentry)

http://www.metafilter.com/82185/Kick-Punch-Its-All-in-the-Mind
Kick, Punch, It's All in the Mind | MetaFilter
Part 1 - Melody (alt)
Part 2 - Rhythm (alt)
Part 3 - Harmony (alt)
Part 4 - Bass (alt)

MonkeyLectric LED Bike Wheel Light

http://store.monkeylectric.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=M133S
via BoingBoing
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/05/monkeylectrics-full.html

You Know More than You Think: Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=you-know-more-than-you-think
via http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/05/how-to-tap-the-wisdo.html

Blender Defender - Don't leave anything breakable nearby

http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender/

E309: the 7 things you need to know about Microsoft's press conference - Offworld

http://www.offworld.com/2009/06/e309-the-7-things-you-need-to.html
Wii killer?

Here is the News - Newsmap

http://newsmap.jp/#/t/uk/view/

Amazing 16-Year-Old Finds Bernoulli Numbers Relationship

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/05/29/bernoulli-numbers-altoumaimi/
{unbelievably via Fark}

Does he have somekind of "Jesus" complex?

http://www.physorg.com/news162884806.html
Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test

ME BIGFOOT. ME ON TWITTER. - Boing Boing (I bet you didn't think to look there)

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/29/me-bigfoot-me-on-twi.html

Coincidence? Moon or Bees Needs

 

http://www50.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=moon+24th+May+2009

Bees swarming in the UK

Bees swarming in the US

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iiuE5IrkUFn5s3z95AjdCdqk7E5gD98CB4L81

via Fark

 

Swarm of bees trap people for hours in NYC GameStop. Dozens of Game Informer subscriptions sold 

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4405508&cpp=1

TED: Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tom_shannon_s_magnetic_sculpture.html

TED: Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm (NSFW?)

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html


Stimulating discussion!

The Da Vinci Code - Webmonkey

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/The_Da_Vinci_Code%3A_What_Happens_When_You_Twitter_the_Mona_Lisa_
http://incubator.quasimondo.com/

Space Zen: Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer Space? -A Galaxy Insight

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/05/will-our-brains.html

Is There a Milky-Way Galaxy/Earth Biodiversity Link? Experts Say "Yes"

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/05/hubbles-secret.html
Ok, so the article reads like the lyrics of a certain Monty Python song -
but the Big message is a little more scary

Random Acts Of Reality :: Really Rather Stunning - Stand by me by Buskers

http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/5/15/4187059.html

Do you have a Broadband Router? - Let this be a warning!

http://hackaday.com/2009/05/12/d-link-adds-captcha-to-routers/
I've noticed over the past month or so, someone's been trying to log on to my ADSL router - Thankfully, I'd already re-configured it from the default (which allowed both LAN and WAN logins) to disallow logins from the WAN-side (rest of the planet)... but they keep trying.

If any of this confuses you, or worries you, please comment.

via
D-Link adds captcha to routers - Hack a Day

Gamers Unravel the Secret Life of Protein

http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/17-05/ff_protein
I'm certain I (or someone!) posted about this (FoldIt) before, somewhere, but I can't find it now.
I kinda recall the title was "If you want to help a scientist" or "If you've got a few hours" or somet', but 'ply's less than useless search capabilities have thwarted all efforts to find it :(

Anyone remember?

British pub finds smoking ban loophole: report

http://www.physorg.com/news161412971.html
I dislike smoke and smoke in pubs, but I dislike fascism more!

Slashdot | Sad - Girl Who Named Pluto, At 11, Dies At 90

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/12/2324201&from=rss

Flowchart made with dia

http://dia-installer.de/index_en.html

The White House - Blog Post - Meet the Office of Public Engagement – and the Citizen’s Briefing Book

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Meet-the-Office-of-Public-Engagement-and-the-Citizens-Briefing-Book/
For all you USans, out there

Just at a time when our PM is demonstrating a lack of senseo' humour!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8042300.stm
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Obama's stand-up routine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8042300.stm
{Hmm... I wonder what checks are in place to prevent UK citizens' private bank details being pored-over by just about anyone the Home Office allows... oh, I forgot, they've relaxed those "Using CCTV to catch dogs fouling the street" rules, now}

Spacevidcast on USTREAM: Making Space Commonplace. 24/7

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spacevidcast
STS-125 Launch

WD40 - What's Inside WD-40? Superlube's Secret Sauce - Stinkbug juice? But it smells great!

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/st_whatsinside

BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kj2r2
I've always liked Anne Dudley's work - and when I saw she was involved, I knew it was going to be great!

Humanoid Robots: Learning to Behave: UKACC and IET Tustin Lecture 2009

http://tv.theiet.org/technology/computing/2309.cfm

Humanoid Robots: Learning to Behave: UKACC and IET Tustin Lecture 2009 By Prof. Dr. Edgar Korner, President, Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH From: Tustin Lecture 2009 2009-05-07 05:20:44.0 Control & Automation Channel >> go to webcast>> recommend to friend

A fascinating and excellent talk I attended this week

[R/T 51:00]

But the Bumblebee doesn't know that...

http://www.physorg.com/news160930969.html
Bumblebee flight 'triumph of power over finesse'

Awkward family photos

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/
via
MeFi

BBC - Earth News - Waves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8035000/8035593.stm

New Pattern Found in Prime Numbers

http://www.physorg.com/news160994102.html
Oh hell, there goes most of our web/financial security!
DRA, yet

Let's be friends

http://letsbefriends.blogspot.com/
via BoingBoing

Dopplr - Where Next? - The Social Atlas

http://www.dopplr.com/

I've been invited to Romania next month...

I'd like to go, but there's a lot of planing still to do -- Little things like how to find the place (it's not on my SatNag's database, though I'm sure the constellation does fly that way occasionally), what shall I do about currency, visas, carnets, insurance, ...

The EuroInvent show is in Iaşi, AFAICT (Details are a little sketchy)...

I'll probably drive there (approx 2 days, each way [B&B-ing en-route and while there], leaving from London/Dover/Calais probably)... If anyone fancies tagging along for the ride (assuming there's room!), I'd appreciate the company [Of course, they'll have to put up with me for upto 4 days solid].

Wiki: Romanian Inventors

Spoilers? - 10 Best Head-Scratching Stories, Explained

http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-05/st_best

The Neurobiology of Birdsong | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/81432/The-Neurobiology-of-Birdsong

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Giant laser experiment powers up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7972865.stm
Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration?"

Star Trek Sound Design, With Ben Burtt » Synthtopia

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/star-trek-sound-design/

Awww - snopes.com: Amazing Duck Story

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/amazingduck.asp

Jalopnik - "Ghetto Fab" Car Window Fail - Car Fail

http://jalopnik.com/5239934/ghetto-fab-car-window-fail

http://www.looselipstheband.com/

http://www.looselipstheband.com/

Reminds me of Ghostbusters

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2009/04/pl_design
Surreal Estate: Turning a Manhattan Apartment Into a Puzzle Palace

London's Underground Uncovered

http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/latest/1815816633/london-underground-uncovered/21529385001
(No, not a subversive organisation)

VictorySiren.com - The Internet home of the Chrysler Air Raid Siren

http://www.victorysiren.com/x/index.htm
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Cleveland-Park-Siren-Alerts-Us-All.html

What was all that stuff being said about the Car Manufacturers Jetting about?

http://www.metafilter.com/81202/Has-There-Ever-Been-a-Good-Air-Force-One-Photo-Op
Has There Ever Been a Good Air Force One Photo Op? | MetaFilter

MilkandCookies - Carrie Fisher Roasts George Lucas

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/157919/detail/

TED / Google H1N1 Swine Flu - Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=14.604847,27.773438&spn=139.156044,316.40625&z=2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8021916.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8021827.stm

Urban Exploration Database

http://www.forbidden-places.net/explo1.php

Which Beatles song can you hear Paul McCartney swear in?

http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2009/04/having-read-a-huge-amount-about-the-beatles-i-thought-i-pretty-much-knew-all-the-quirks-in-their-recordings-how-wrong-i-was.html
via
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/04/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_91.shtml

WNYC - Radiolab » Space Capsules

http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2007/11/20/space-capsules/
r/t 18mins

5K 3D MoonLander 07

http://sebleedelisle.com/games/moonlander3d/
Via

http://www.sebleedelisle.com/?p=428

Twit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/8018471.stm
BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | Magistrate resigns in Twitter row

TED:Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef.html

Flying penguins are awesome - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/24/flying-penguins-are-awesome/

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel on Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/4167288
http://www.metafilter.com/81119/Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggglllllllllle

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel on Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/4167288

The Real URI (Attempts to unshorten shortened URIs)

http://therealurl.appspot.com/
Example:
http://therealurl.appspot.com?url=http://tinyurl.com/1

17 cool magnet tricks - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/magnettricks
The Motor's my fave

via
http://hackaday.com/2009/04/22/uses-for-magnets/

Animated Sort Algorithms

http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/

YouCube by Aaron Meyers

http://www.universaloscillation.com/youcube/

The Georgia Guidestones - American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones
WIKI entry

I can't help thinking of:

Cassini's continued mission - The Big Picture - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html
Via MeFi

Bike Parcour

 

I'm sure I had some other Parcour links/vids, but can't find'em

Via   MeFi

Stephen Hawking Hospitalized, Reported Very Ill - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=7380112

YouTube - Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4

Simon & Garfunkel: Concert in Central Park -MilkandCookies -

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/88047/detail/
"Mrs. Robinson"

"Homeward Bound"

"America"

"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

"Scarborough Fair" (traditional, arr. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)

"April Come She Will"

"Wake Up Little Susie" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)

"Still Crazy After All These Years"

"American Tune"

"Late in the Evening"

"Slip Slidin' Away"

"A Heart in New York" (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)

"The Late Great Johnny Ace"

"Kodachrome/Maybellene" (Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed)

"Bridge Over Troubled Water"

"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

"The Boxer"

"Old Friends"

"Bookends"

"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"

"The Sound of Silence"

"Late in the Evening (Reprise)"

backstage.bbc.co.uk :: Backstage Blog :: R&DTV: a collaborative project between BBC Backstage & RAD

http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2009/04/rd_tv_a_collabo.html

Seth's Blog: How to opt out of cookie sniffing and trading

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/how-to-opt-out-of-cookie-sniffing-and-trading.html

Elizabeth Warren is frank and funny about the TARP trainwreck - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/19/elizabeth-warren-is.html

Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” Shows How Aliens Might Live on Ice Worlds | 80beats | Discover Magazine

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/16/antarcticas-blood-falls-shows-how-aliens-might-live-on-ice-worlds/
Also
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1892289,00.html

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/the-dark-secret-at-blood-falls/?hp

SpyPig - Free Email Tracking System - Find out if your email has been read!

http://www.spypig.com/
Ham? Spam? - E-mail spying? - I wondered howlong it'd take before someone provided this service... Ho humm.. another IP address to block

I've added the lines:

127.0.0.1 spypig.com
127.0.0.1 www.spypig.com

to my C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS file (Finger in the dyke)

Innuendo TV News? OK for public broadcast - NSFW?!

YouTube - Schuster: If You're Planning Tea Bagging Across The Country, 'You're Going To Need A Dick Armey'

Recent Visitors

Through (closed) kitchen window

How could Wiley Coyote fail?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=401_1239641197
LiveLeak.com - Mythbusters use rocket sled trying to pancake car

search the web for any song in the world

http://www.justhearit.com/

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran's future | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bruce_bueno_de_mesquita_predicts_iran_s_future.html

Emily Levine's theory of everything | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/510

Hang this in your time machine

http://i.gizmodo.com/5207549/time-travel-cheat-sheet
Gizmodo - Time Travel Cheat Sheet - Time travel cheat sheet

TED: Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria communicate | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/509



http://blog.ted.com/2009/04/the_secret_soci.php

via MeFi

ScenicOrNot

http://scenic.mysociety.org/

YouTube - Charlie Brooker's Newswipe S1E2P3 [NSFW language] slyt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4C1jxqDVYg&feature=related
via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKHQZobymg
via
http://www.metafilter.com/80728/Oh-Dearism

slud to slyt

Virgil, John, Gordon, Alan, Was there a "Walter" or a "Donald" on Thunderbirds?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5205915/the-magnificent-mercury-seven-nasas-first-astronauts-50-years-ago-today
Gizmodo - The Magnificent Mercury Seven: NASA's First Astronauts, 50 Years Ago Today - Mercury 7