This is quite beautiful

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

via

http://www.metafilter.com/77836/2008-in-40-Seconds

More for camera nuts - In flight insect photo rig - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2008/12/27/in-flight-insect-photo-rig/

Formica: Affordable, open source swarm robotics | Warranty Void if Removed

http://warrantyvoidifremoved.com/formica
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/30/25c3-cheap-swarm-robotics/

BRB: One for Cat Lovers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1102749/Firefighters-use-baby-oxygen-masks-revive-cats-overcome-smoke-house-blaze.html
Firefighters use baby oxygen masks to revive six cats overcome by smoke in house blaze | Mail Online

Strobist: Beers With: Rembrandt

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/12/beers-with-rembrandt.html
Any use to any of you photo-heads out there?

Is this (together with some broken cables) the reason the \/1@9a spam's stopped?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7800549.stm
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Viagra lure' for Afghan warlords

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7797162.stm


Spam seems to be returning with fake R01e>< ads at the moment

TED: Steven Strogatz on sync | Video on TED.com

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


R/T: 22mins

TOP TEN SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo10.html

TED: Einstein the Parrot talks and squawks | Video on TED.com

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


http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/einstein_the_parrot.html

http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/einstein.htm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wnTT7u5U4Yo

7400 series logic simulator - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2008/12/18/7400-series-logic-simulator/

TED: Penelope Boston says there might be life on Mars | Video on TED.com

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


The Daily Galaxy: NASA Images Reveals a "Doorway" Structure

Physorg: Life on Mars? Researchers say elusive mineral bolsters chances

Experts detail the 3 rules for technological fixes

http://www.physorg.com/news148816545.html
1) Technology must largely embody the cause-effect relationship connecting problem to solution.

2) The effects of the technological fix must be assessable using relatively unambiguous or uncontroversial criteria. The benefits of the fix, that is, must be obvious to all.

3) Research and development is most likely to contribute decisively to solving a social problem when it focuses on improving a standardized technical core that already exists.

NASA puts $42 million price tag on space shuttle

http://www.physorg.com/news148755906.html

TED: Dan Gilbert researches happiness | Video on TED.com

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

Confused about the cosmos? Can't tell a planet from a star? Then give us just five minutes, and we'll show you what they are. | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/77481/Confused-about-the-cosmos-Cant-tell-a-planet-from-a-star-Then-give-us-just-five-minutes-and-well-show-you-what-they-are
I think I prefer The Sky at Night (less "shouty" and entusiastic)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Serious security flaw found in IE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm
Funny, I didn't notice any warning on the MS site

{Didn't want to scare-monger, but this spooked me this AM}

Welcome to 1-time.org | Free Single-Page Web Hosting

http://1-time.org/

xkcd store

http://store.xkcd.com/
via BoingBoing

The Making of Tron | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/77356/The-Making-of-Tron

Continuing to like the Moon...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081211-biggest-brightest-moon.html
Sky Show Friday: Biggest, Brightest Full Moon of 2008
via Fark of all places!

Scientists extract images directly from brain

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/11/scientists-extract-i.html
What are you reading? It's alright, we know what you're reading...

Water Vapor Confirmed on Alien Planet | Wired Science from Wired.com

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/embargoed---wat.html

It's OK to say Feck

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Official:_its_okay_to_say_feck&in_article_id=438598&in_page_id=2&in_a_source=

GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods | Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

http://www3.gendisasters.com/

Genetic Flash - Evolve a vehicle

http://www.wreck.devisland.net/ga/
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/08/genetic-algorithm-ev.html
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/08/genetic-programming/

MIT TechTV – Tiny Bubbles

http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/273-tiny-bubbles

'Chav' nativity which has Jesus turning water into lager angers parents - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3688456/Chav-nativity-which-has-Jesus-turning-water-into-lager-angers-parents.html

Shamelessly nicked from Fark

Happy Birthday, Mouse - Doug Engelbart 9th Dec 1968 Demo

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html
via MeFi

R F Greasbys Auction - Check out the Tender Photos Link

http://www.greasbys.co.uk/index.html
Anyone want to sniff around an auction?
(A friend sent these to me)

Nexcare Duct Tape Bandage One Size:1in x 3 5/8 in - 20 ea

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H3RKI0/downandoutint-20
Via Fark


Good too (via Fark Comment)

BBC - Scotland Outdoors Articles - The 'jelly' mystery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/articles/jelly/

TED: 3D display - Nick Sears demos the Orb | Video on TED.com

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

LiveLeak.com - Huge squid attacks ROV

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=517_1228303564

I can think of a few people who'd like this video

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/138696/detail/

Wii Drum High, Wiimote drumming - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2008/12/03/wii-drum-high-wiimote-drumming/

Alt! Your papers are not in order! Schnell!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/12/03/dl0304.xml
Oh dear!

YouTube - The Black Hole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Meet the world's director of time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7759281.stm

Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008 - The Big Picture - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html

Ghost Signs: Video Projections

http://brickads.blogspot.com/2008/12/video-projections.html

is it going to rain?

http://goingtorain.com/

Best Of 2008: Most Popular Top 10's of 2008

http://lifehacker.com/5099979/most-popular-top-10s-of-2008?page=1-20
Favorite Phone tricks
http://www.sorrygottago.com/
http://www.sorrygottago.com/indexTeleMktSurvey2.htm
Do you like math?

Harmless Geek pranks is good too
http://lifehacker.com/373817/top-10-harmless-geek-pranks

Obscure Google Search Tricks
http://lifehacker.com/339474/top-10-obscure-google-search-tricks

more...


Via Fark

Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Telephone Tricks

http://lifehacker.com/345501/top-10-telephone-tricks

TED Conferences TEDGlobal 2009 - TED's coming to Oxford, UK in 2009

TEDGlobal 2009, Oxford, UK.  July 21-24, 2009. Registration is open! Dear TEDizens, We are delighted to announce that TED is coming to Europe next summer as a major new, annual event. TEDGlobal 2009, is to be held in Oxford, UK, 21-24 July 2009, and every year after that. This is our next major step in taking TED global. From 2010 onward we envision simulcasts of this event to TED communities in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. (The UK's time zone is more convenient for these regions than California's.) To set the stage in 2009, we are reaching out to attendees from every continent to become founder members of TEDGlobal. We welcome a truly international mix of thinkers and doers, creatives and catalysts. Because all of the world's biggest ideas and biggest problems transcend borders and affect us all.  We're in this together. In a time of extraordinary global uncertainty and doubt, it's time to look beneath and beyond; to dig under the surface; to consider novel ideas that will drive the times ahead. Therefore we've based next summer's event on a potent theme: "The Substance Of Things Not Seen".   We've signed up a spectacular group of speakers: scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, tech wizards, creative geniuses, game-changing thinkers. As is TED's way, we won't spoil the surprise by revealing them just yet. But the internal view is that this is an amazing line-up, every bit as strong as our California conferences. There's a real treat in store. Oxford is a one-of-a-kind environment that for centuries has championed the power of reason and discovery and art, and TEDGlobal will be finely woven into the Oxford landscape. Most sessions will take place at the Oxford Playhouse, the city's theatre, with special events and parties at the distinctive Sheldonian Theatre, at the stunning Museum of Natural History, at historic Keble College, and at the Malmaison Hotel -- the newly renovated, extraordinary hotel that was once a Victorian prison. More details and pictures here. During the 24 hours preceding and following the conference, attendees will be offered a series of discoveries and special programs, including TED University, a tour of Bletchley Park (think Alan Turing and the Enigma machine), punting on the river Cherwell and surprising exclusive visits. These activities will be opened to registered participants only. Participation in TEDGlobal costs $4500. To sign up, follow the steps below. Seating is limited. All applications received will be considered for acceptance on the same basis. If the number of applications exceeds availability, we will have to make some tough choices on how to allocate the passes, seeking always to make the TED community the best it can be: talented, connected, diverse. Here is how to register: 1. Go to the TEDGlobal 2009 page on TED.com 2. Log-in and complete the form (if you are not a TED.com member yet, you will need to register on the site first). Please do take the time to answer the questions fully and accurately. These answers become especially important if the event ends up being oversold, as looks likely 3. Click on "Submit". If you have any problems with the registration process, you can get in touch with us through contact@ted.com. We are awed and humbled by the enthusiasm that is surrounding TED and the support shown by you and other TEDizens. We believe TEDGlobal will be a major step in our project to build TED as a borderless community of doers and thinkers that have the future of the world at heart. We hope to see you in Oxford next July. Thank you very much! Chris Anderson TED Curator Bruno Giussani TED European Director

Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Look! 70's Rock Musicians and Their Parent's Homes

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/look-70s-rock-musicians-and-their-parents-homes-070419
via BoingBoing

YouTube - The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBV-cXVWFw
Space is big! No, really. It's very VERY big!

Alien-like Squid Filmed at Ultra-Deep Oil-Drilling Site

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html
Have these people not seen "The Abyss"?

Top 10 Amazing Biology Videos | Wired Science from Wired.com

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/top-10-amazin-1.html
Don't visit this link! It's a trap! You'll lose a day there!

via (and the source of the trap is an even bigger trap!)

Seedmagazine.com | Portfolio | Colonial Intelligence

http://www.seedmagazine.com/portfolio/11_colonial-intelligence.html
(Art science)

SQL Mandlebrot Set

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Stupid-Coding-Tricks-The-TSQL-Madlebrot.aspx
via Fark
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=4040038&cpp=1

BigThink — Get to Know

http://new.bigthink.com/
I'm not sure whether this is just open to US'ers

Also: http://www.bigthink.com/

TED: Talks| George Smoot on the design of the universe | Video on TED.com

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




Is it me, or do some of those animations look like a bunch of synapses/neurons?

Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view.html
What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.

BoingBoing: Minuscule: CGI bug videos

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/22/minuscule-cgi-bug-vi.html
{I'm sure I posted an episode of this before, but I can't find it. Too bad. Here it is again.}



Minuscule Part l ( 1 / 11 ) - la coccinelle (Ladybird?) / catapulte (Catapult)


Minuscule Part l ( 2 / 11 ) - (Dung Beetles?) / Deux Cheniells (Two catterpilers?)



Minuscule Part l ( 3 / 11 ) - Les Formis (end of the catapillers/prisonniere)(the ants/prisoner)


Minuscule Part l ( 4 / 11 ) - (end of prisoner) reve d'escargot/love story (Snail's dream?/love story)


Minuscule Part l ( 5 / 11 ) - (more love story) grasse matinee (big breakfast?/)


Minuscule Part l ( 6 / 11 )


Minuscule Part l ( 7 / 11 )


Minuscule Part l ( 8 / 11 )


Minuscule Part l ( 9 / 11 )


Minuscule Part l ( 10 / 11 ) - Baby Ladybirds, and a Caterpiller's Dream comes true


Minuscule Part l ( 11 / 11 ) - Chewing Gum

See Questions & Answers as They Come in - 118.com

http://www.text118118.com/livefeed.aspx
Some questions PNSFW

EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing

http://etherpad.com/
I wish I known about this a couple of hours ago...

Developed by a couple of Ex-Googlers, and looks like it's down at the mo...

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | IBM to build brain-like computers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7740484.stm

Saw this in the Local Guardian RSS

Start:	Dec 4, '08 2:15p
Location:	Radio

BBC success for Tooting playwright
3:25pm Friday 21st November 2008

Comments (0) Have your say »

By Eleanor Harding »

A playwright from Tooting proved every cloud has a silver lining after turning the global financial crisis into a BBC Radio 4 play.

Sarah Wooley, 38, wrote the black comedy, Life Savings, in response to the problems families all over the country are facing.

It tells the story of a Glaswegian businessman with a second wife who disinherits children from his first marriage after his finances take a nose dive.

Ms Wooley said: “It’s about what happens when someone does this, and it’s also about the financial crisis and how it has impacted on everybody.

“Most of the play is set in Glasgow, but the character does come down to London and something terrible happens to him there. That’s all I’m going to say!”

The 38-year-old Gatton Road resident went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before becoming a director and later writing plays.

Her work was commissioned as part of a series of plays about current affairs and was written in just six weeks, with recording taking place this week.

To hear the play, tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Friday, December 12, at 2.15pm.



Life Savings - BBC Radio 4 on Friday, December 12, at 2.15pm.

Shhhh - What's that noise? SimplyNoise.com

http://simplynoise.com/
SimplyNoise.com - The best free white noise generator on the Internet.

via MeFi

Spiders On Drugs

http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm

Sketchers take note...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-drawing-of-a-7-legged-spider_W0QQitemZ190265903424QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190265903424&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1205|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
Original drawing of a 7-legged spider - eBay (item 190265903424 end time Nov-13-08 04:54:38 PST)

Sounds just like a Bill and Ted idea!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7671946.stm
BBC NEWS | UK | How a home secretary was hoodwinked

Oh, I forgot to tell you, The Borg are coming for tea...

http://blog.longnow.org/2008/11/19/long-term-materials-testing-on-the-iss/
The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » Long-term materials testing on the ISS

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

komplexify.com | Math jokes, humor, and poetry

http://komplexify.com/math/humor.html
Via MeFi

Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081114-pyramid-room.html
via MeFi (more)

YouTube - ChangeDotGov's Channel (in case you missed it)

http://uk.youtube.com/user/ChangeDotGov

Go faster stripes

http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Marine-Biology/Nudibranchs-Beautiful-Animals-You-Never-Knew-About.332429
Nudibranchs: Beautiful Animals You Never Knew About

Know your (Disk) Fault... The sound of pain

http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
Failing hard drive sounds - Datacent.com - Datacent

And today's "Best use of Muons, in a Geological Project" award, goes to...

http://inventorspot.com/articles/scientists_use_muons_take_volcano_xrays_19796
Cosmic Ray Detector Can Look Inside Volcanoes

Simon Pegg - The dead and the quick

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/04/television-simon-pegg-dead-set

Make your own doppelganger visage with That's My Face

http://www.thatsmyface.com/
I'd really like one with the printing on the inside... (not that blue/plain finish + mini-pic) - That way it'd look as though it was following you round the room

via BoingBoing Gadgets
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/11/13/make-your-own-doppel.html

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Obama family dog 'a major issue'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7716985.stm
World for many has turned to cr@p both in and out of the US. But he's just finished his first Press briefing on the current financial crisis and the US economy... and some stupid asks him about his dog!

At first I was disappointed. I wish he'd taken the opportunity to put the media in its place more and torn a strip off that reporter, but I suppose a moment of comic relief is OK.

Northern Lights captured in 3D for the first time - earth - 07 November 2008 - New Scientist Space

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn15147-northern-lights-captured-in-3d-for-the-first-time.html?feedId=space_rss20

TED | John Francis walks the Earth | Video on TED.com

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

Intentional action and Asperger Syndrome | Psychology Today Blogs

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/experiments-in-philosophy/200811/intentional-action-and-asperger-syndrome
via MeFi

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Attacked jogger takes fox for run

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7712306.stm

4-1 odds on the existence of God

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/05/41-odds-on-the-exist.html
Who posted this recently?


May be =of interest
http://doesgodexist.multiply.com/video/item/40/Richard_Dawkins_-_BBC_HARDtalk_Part2

National road toll devices to be tested by drivers next year

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article5084291.ece
To quote a famous person "I told you so"

That's almost exactly how it started in the book...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6124960.stm
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Telescope catches 'monster flare'

Slashdot | Cassini Could Find Signs of Life on Enceladus

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/03/2150227&from=rss

Home - PhotoFunia

http://www.photofunia.com/

BBC NEWS | Health | Rainfall autism theory suggested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7703072.stm

SPACE.com -- Meteor Shower Could Spur Bright Fireballs

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/081031-taurid-meteors.html

Torsten Reil studies biology to make animation | Video on TED.com

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

Reminds me of Big Dog

Absinthewol: We all know what time of year it is...

Jaw Theme Music

(pops open - press play in new window/tab before continuing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With all Peter's diving experience, he really should have known instictively that the previous day's meal was a bad mistake....

...but he'd been distracted. His mind was on other things, that day... Like new handset designs...

 

 

 

as well as some other halfbaked ideas...

It's a good thing we all knew...

 

Happy Birthday Peter

 

 

 

 

Google Results past and present

http://blogoscoped.com/googleresults/

American Stories, American Solutions: 30 Minute Special

For posterity - revisit in 2+4 years time...

Watch this again?

Start:	Nov 1, '10 1:00p
End:	Dec 1, '10 2:00p
Location:	2 years time

http://subtractadddivide.multiply.com/links/item/653?mark_read=subtractadddivide:links:653&replies_read=82

Reset this for 1.9 years time

http://subtractadddivide.multiply.com/video/item/23

How much is oil?

http://www.howmuchisoil.com/
Via MeFi Projects

Google/Halloween Powering a clean energy revolution

http://www.google.com/hauntedhouse08/index.html

TED Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht demo toys from the future | Video on TED.com

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

How we see objects in depth: The brain's code for 3-D structure

http://www.physorg.com/news144331209.html

The Moon

Yes, we like the Moon, but here's some info (starts quite simple)

RT:44m - but covers lots of stuff (including where to build a secret lair)

Sadly the video coverage doesn't shift to the speaker's presentation :(

http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/Jennifer_Heldmann_The_Moon

Break-downs available (e.g. R/T: 4m)

http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/A_NASA_Scientist_Explains_How_the_Moon_was_Made

Repeating Calendar

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/repeating.html?year=2008&country=9

MeFi:What's Blue, Yellow, and Hot? | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/76087/Whats-Blue-Yellow-and-Hot
Stuff about Planet Murcury

Peanut Stealing Cat

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/133127/detail/


//
Cat people and dog people are always arguing about which species is smarter.

I think this video makes the answer pretty obvious.

This cat is an idiot! Doesn't he realize that peanuts have hardly any nutritional value to cats? It's almost like he doesn't even know that his instestines are too short to digest it.
//

Books: New Tech Brings Augmented Reality, 3D Models to Books

http://gizmodo.com/5070457/new-tech-brings-augmented-reality-3d-models-to-books

David S. Rose on pitching to VCs | Video on TED.com

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

TED | David S. Rose on pitching to VCs | Video on TED.com

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


BUT

VCs Speak On The Economic Downturn: Batten Down the Hatches

Heavens-Above Home Page

http://www.heavens-above.com/
Just saw this site on "The Sky at Night" -
There's a great trick you can do with Iridium flares...Select your location here, then check to see what's brigtest, and what's just about to flare, and where it'll be, when it does.

OMNOMNOMNOM | MetaFilter Post about Animal Pleasure

http://www.metafilter.com/75987/OMNOMNOMNOM
MeFi:The Noisy Drinking Cat. More videos of animals having fun. Who says that animals don't experience pleasure? [Scroll down for some of the interesting things animals enjoy.] Love Songs Bring Pleasure to Bird Brains.

The Pleasure Is All Mine. Pics. Animals like to have sex, expert says. Yo, I'm down with that.

The Fling-ama-String Battery-Operated Cat Toy: Product Review

http://inventorspot.com/articles/the_flingamastring_18992

Reading Test

http://readingtest.sytes.org/
{Ciclk the Go bottun}

"Have you heard about the theory that the brain can make sense of a passage of text with the letters all jumbled up? This works as long as the first and last letters are in place.

On this website you can read the classic bit of text that describes the theory. You have probably seen it as a viral, as I think this one did the rounds a year or so ago.

Well, now some clever spark has created an engine where you can test out the theory on any site you like. Just plug the URL in the box provided and see how it works.
"

via BBC'sWebscape

SKYWAY inc - Astro-/Meteorological links

http://hometown.aol.com/skywayinc/

Enceladus up close - The Big Picture - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close.html
via Fark(!)

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, WTF's the use at all...

http://hackaday.com/2008/10/24/interactive-touch-capable-mirror/
Now, if it let you see how you'd look with a Mohican hair do...


Interactive touch capable mirror - Hack a Day

Icelanders are NOT terrorists - But they'll have a tough time proving it

http://www.indefence.is/Postcards
via BoingBoing

Sticky tape generates X-rays

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/news.2008.1185.html?s=news_rss

TED: John Hodgman's brief digression | Video on TED.com

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

10 Helpful Resources for Cross Browser Testing

http://designm.ag/resources/cross-browser-testing/

Copy Paste Character

http://www.copypastecharacter.com/

Weird Science: Can Time Move Backwards?

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/06/weird_science_c.html

Upside Down Dogs

http://upsidedowndogs.com/page/1
via Fark

TED: Garrett Lisi on his theory of everything | Video on TED.com

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


previously

The eyeballing game - do stuff, "By eye"

http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/
http://woodgears.ca/

http://www.bestiario.org/research/spisi/

http://www.bestiario.org/research/spisi/
via
http://www.metafilter.com/75632/data-visualization-toys

Well, I, for one, welcome our GLF Overlords

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread378708/pg1
GFL spaceship to appear Oct.14th,2008, page 1

Lewes Folk Rock Festival - Fake Bush and Jethro Tull Special

Start:	Nov 1, '08 7:30p
End:	Nov 1, '08 11:30p
Location:	All Saints Centre, Lewes

http://www.lewesfolkrock.co.uk/

10 Historic Secret Rooms and Hidden Passages | WebUrbanist

http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/13/10-historic-secret-rooms-and-hidden-passages/

The Outbreak - Interactive Zombie Movie

http://survivetheoutbreak.com/
Pos NSFW / Probably not for kids

Apollo 7 mission taught lessons about crew conflict - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/10/apollo-7-mission-taught-lesson.html?feedId=space_rss20

BAD PHYSICS: Misconceptions spread by K-6 Grade School Textbooks

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/miscon/miscon4.html#grav
http://www.metafilter.com/75604/Bad-Physics

British Invention Show, London, UK - 15-16-17-18 October 2008

Start:	Oct 15, '08 10:00a
End:	Oct 18, '08
Location:	Alexandra Palace,North London, UK

Wednesday 15th October
4pm-7pm
Exhibition Open + Media Call

Thursday 16th October
10am-7pm
Exhibition Open

11am-5pm Seminars
Friday 17th October
10am-7pm
Exhibition Open

10am-5pm Seminars
Saturday 18 th October
10am-5pm
Exhibition Open

Untitled Document

http://www.britishinventionshow.com

Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen | Video on TED.com

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

TED:Gever Tulley on 5 dangerous things for kids | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html

12 Very Strange Children’s Costumes Not for the Faint of Heart

http://thebizzare.com/bizarre-stuff/12-very-strange-childrens-costumes-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/
| The Bizarre

The Robert Smith-alike's my fave

Skin Deep - Computer Program Produces Image of an Ideal You - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/fashion/09skin.html?_r=2&8dpc&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

NOT RickRoll...

http://mrdoob.com/lab/youtube/superHD/chromeless/
Youtube, now in Super HD! (Chromeless)

The Maniacs

Start:	Oct 11, '08 8:30p
Location:	The Two Brewers, Maidstone Road, Hadlow, Kent, TN11 0DN

http://www.themaniacs.co.uk/

In general I hate games... but I thought you'd like this concept

http://uk.youtube.com/experiencewii

Earth From Above comes to NYC - The Big Picture - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/earth_from_above_comes_to_nyc.html

Michael Hughes's souvenir optical illusions - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3145699/Michael-Hughess-souvenir-optical-illusions.html?image=3

SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage News - Major Bolide Forecast Tonight; No Damage Expected

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/30528359.html

Happy Birthday Skinflaps! - We bought you a present...

The first thing we thought of was a bit too big to wrap... The next one was small enough, but was just past its "Sell By" date

and the next one couldn't hold a tune...

 

But eventually, we got just the right thing...

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

Lloyd

XDRTB.org | Spread the story. Stop the Disease.

http://www.xdrtb.org



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

The $80,000 Squidoo Charity Giveaway

http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-charity-giveaway
Select who you want them to give $2 to, and that's it

Ah 1...

http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/02/as-slow-as-possible/
The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » As SLow aS Possible

//The world’s slowest concert, a 639-year organ piece by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-1992), will next change notes in just over a month’s time, on 5 November 2008.
//

TED: Marvin Minsky on health and the human mind | Video on TED.com

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

pagetable.com » Blog Archive » Bill Gates’ Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC

http://www.pagetable.com/?p=43

Sphere Photography

http://www.barcinski-jeanjean.com/entries/pano/index.html
Play

FORA.tv - Would We Be Better Off Without Religion?

http://fora.tv/2008/08/19/Would_We_Be_Better_Off_Without_Religion

PrintWhatYouLike.com {beta}: Save money and the environment printing only what you like.

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/

Google's 10th Birthday

http://www.google.com/tenthbirthday/#start

2008 US Election Popularity Poll

Src
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html#intrade

TED / BoingBoing / Nat Geog: Wade Davis: an Inuit elder and his sh?t knife

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/26/wade-davis-an-inuit.html


RT: 23mins

{Funny bit: approx 11mins ...[like] Blue hazy smoke drift across your consciousness... [or, rather]
to be shot out of a riffle barrel lined with baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity...}

FlippyCat Blog

http://flippycat.blogspot.com/
via





More
http://uk.youtube.com/user/FlippyCat

Google:In Quotes

http://labs.google.com/inquotes/

Father Ted Online

http://www.fathertedonline.ukf.net/
http://www.fathertedonline.ukf.net/Images/videostills/thumbnails

http://o.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4064209807

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Ted_minor_characters

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lvSIYJpzlD8

Back from the grave

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/health.mentalhealth
Research on near-death experiences is unlikely to find evidence that human consciousness can survive without a brain

TV Theme Music - A TV Shows - TelevisionTunes.com

http://www.televisiontunes.com/a-theme-songs.html

WebUrbanist

http://weburbanist.com/
Found it when this Blues Brothers reference was made on Fark

Men, do you have a blocked nose? Here's a possible solution (NSFW)

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/18/wank-your-way-to-nas.html
WHole new meaning to the phrase "Blow your nose"

Talk about smart!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/dolphinrings.asp
snopes.com: Dolphin Rings

GetBodySmart: Interactive Tutorials and Quizzes On Human Anatomy and Physiology

http://www.getbodysmart.com/

MAKE: Blog: Mercury thiocyanide = gross/awesome

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/mercury_thiocyanide_gross.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

A 10-foot spinning orb to replicate Earth's magnetic field

http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2008/09/_behold_a_30-to.php

African drummer helps develop whale-avoidance system

http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2008/09/african_drummer.php

Hue Test

http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77
I got an awful 47

MonkeyFilter | Steep hill + skateboard = lunacy

http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/16182

Ninja Cat | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/74905/Ninja-Cat


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Eerie Underwater Sculptures

http://inventorspot.com/articles/eerie_underwater_sculptures_17634

TED:David Gallo on life in the deep oceans | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_gallo_on_life_in_the_deep_oceans.html
Is it me, or are there loads of Thunderbirds and Star Wars refs?

Christopher Walkenize your MP3s with More Cowbell, automatically

http://www.morecowbell.dj/

	Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj

	Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj

Strictly No Photography - home

http://www.strictlynophotography.com/index.php

Got some free time? Would you like to help classify some galaxies?

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
Started by Chris Lintott, from The Sky At Night on the BBC - This is an attempt to get people's meat-computers to help the large task of classifying galaxies.
As the project moves on, they'll be introducing new features they'd like identified.

So, if you like looking at lots of pretty pictures of hitherto studied galaxies, why not give them a hand?

{Reminds me of this Google Tech Talk about CAPTCH by Luis von Ahn
(R/t 50mins - but well worth it)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143}

Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments - New York Times

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E6D91439F937A1575AC0A9649C8B63

80's Music Videos

http://www.80smusicvids.com/

TED: Jonathan Drori on what we think we know | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know.html
Jonathan Drori: Why we don’t understand as much as we think we do

Peter Shankman's 'If I Can Help a Reporter Out'

http://helpareporter.com/

Mythbusters host: credit-card companies DIDN'T kill segment on RFID vulnerabiliies

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/04/mythbusters-host-cre.html

BoingBoing: RFID - Some pretty nifty backpedaling there MythBuster guys

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/04/mythbusters-host-cre.html
{Sounds like some large advertising contracts may have been jingled to me}

For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/science/05brain.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
{Courtesy of DrCurry}

Dark Roasted Blend: Crazy Wiring, Part 5

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/08/crazy-wiring-part-5.html

Say "Agro" - Teletubby attacked me in Welsh nightclub, claims tourist - WalesOnline

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/08/31/teletubby-attacked-me-in-welsh-nightclub-claims-tourist-91466-21639670/
"The Red One" Wanted for questioning?


What the escape vehicle might have looked like

SciVee Science videos | Make Your Research Known

http://www.scivee.tv/

Dark Roasted Blend: Some of the World's Strangest Fences

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/08/some-of-worlds-strangest-fences.html
Via BoingBoing

Video:Two cats on a treadmill...

Deux chats sur un tapis roulant
Uploaded by worfrozenko

TED Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves | Video on TED.com

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

Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals | Video on TED.com

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

Musical Language

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/09/25
via Worldgineer

http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/