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Endless Light
Just found out today that Madeleine L’Engle passed. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books growing up. I haven’t read it in twenty years, but I still remember that awesome illustration of ants walking on a string in my edition. RIP
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Google Earth Flight Sim Easter Egg
I’m going to try this later tonight, if my net connection at home is still up. Apparently, the latest version of Google Earth has an easter egg: a flight simulator. It’s not quite like Microsoft Flight Simulator, but it’s a promising start. How to see this feature. Make sure you have Google Earth 4.2. Open the application, click on the globe and then press Ctrl+Alt+A. You should see this dialog that lets you choose one of the two aircrafts (F16 “Viper” and SR22) and an airport. Go read the full post. //////////////////////////////// UPDATE: Don’t throw away your dedicated flight sims just yet. My slow net speed means the sim is…
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C. Buddha’s Crystal Ball…
… is really what I should call this blog. Something I joked about a month ago (link) actually happened three weeks later (link). My next big prediction is: The upcoming Thai elections in December will be a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Also, somebody important in Thailand will die very soon. Being a prophet is just so goddamn tiring…
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Yellowstone: Get Out of Jail Free?
Yellowstone National Park’s 260 square miles in Montana and 50 square miles in Idaho beckon with recreation, rugged terrain and wildlife. But as the only place where a federal court district extends beyond state lines, it offers visitors and criminals a potential legal no man’s land. Closing the loophole would be fairly simple, but the law professor who first analyzed the problem said it will require the political will to act while the crimes are still minor, like poaching elk, before someone tries to get away with murder. An interesting theory for those not as rich as, say, OJ (was). Read the full article here: The perfect place for the…
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Fugu me? No, fugu you!
From the “you shouldn’t be eating salmon in Thailand anyway” department: BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Unscrupulous vendors in Thailand have been selling meat of the deadly puffer fish disguised as salmon, causing the deaths of more than 15 people over the past three years, a doctor said Thursday. Although banned since 2002, puffer fish continues to be sold in large quantities at local markets and restaurants, said Narin Hiransuthikul of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University Hospital. “Some sellers dye the meat of puffer fish and make it look like salmon which is very dangerous,” Narin said. Narin said over the past three years more than 15 people have died and about 115…
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The Swearers
I really needed this today: Don’t watch if you don’t like rude words (via the b3ta newsletter) BONUS: Bleach on fabric tutorial (cool t-shirt design method)
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Kelp Highway
Were America’s first inhabitants Japanese fishermen? Erlandson has been working with marine biologists for the last few years and believes Japanese fisherman could have been following the kelp highway which would have flourished even during the ice age. The kelp would have been attractive to all kinds of fish because it provides shelter and as well as giving nutrients to other sea creatures. Mike Graham, a kelp expert who helped Erlandson, told New Scientist, “It’s quite likely that Japan’s ancient inhabitants were familiar with these systems before they came over. What people saw, as they moved, were familiar species, familiar ways of life, familiar associations.” Well, if anyone would ever…
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Note to Kevin
Can I be your second? As the challengee, do you get to specify the terms? How about cavalry broad swords of the largest size, standing in a square ten feet wide and about twelve feet deep…
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the horror
I imagine this is pretty much what hell must look like. (reddit)
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Magazine cover illusions
At least one of them is unstaged, even: Link (via digg)
