February 2010
28 posts
Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Blind Taste Tests... →
Shared by Yuliy
Not a huge surprise. Local »» Organic. Anyway, inorganic fruits and vegetables definitely taste the same as or better than organic because they’re get bigger and sweeter and are…
Edit your Consciousness →
SPRAY TO FORGET functions as a beneficial editor for one’s consciousness, removing undesired memories from the user’s psyche via supported intent. Reed Seifer proposes that “in order to…
Concept for swarming "display blocks" →
Shared by Yuliy
Amazing concept that is beautifully illustrated.
Last week, I posted about Flyfire, an MIT research project to explore whether a swarm of tiny illuminated helicopters…
Edit your Consciousness →
SPRAY TO FORGET functions as a beneficial editor for one’s consciousness, removing undesired memories from the user’s psyche via supported intent. Reed Seifer proposes that “in order to…
Islands in the Net →
This is part of the week-long sprawling Glacier/Island/Storm conversation that’s happening in conjunction with BLDGBLOG’s design studio being taught at Columbia’s Graduate School of…
4 trillion degrees Celsius →
Using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, particle physicists have succeeded in creating quark-gluon plasma, the temperature of which is 4…
A Man of Many Moods →
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You should all be reading this internet comic strip. It is brilliant.
Newbie Fashion Tips for Grown-Up Men →
Just over a month ago, I ran into a friend at a CES event. While I see this friend around town once in a while, this was the first time I’d seen him in a non-casual setting since…
Green screened →
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The real amazing here besides the special effects is the lighting design that makes it seamlessly integrate into the virtual outside.
I had no idea how many outdoor scenes on TV…
Carnival 2010 →
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Incredible.
Once more, it is Carnival Season in many countries around the world with a Roman Catholic heritage. Celebrations and parades are put on just prior to the observance of…
Bing Maps Wows 'Em At TED2010 →
Shared by Yuliy Google has some major competition.
theodp writes “In an eye-candy filled presentation that earned him a standing-O at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality mapping…
Bear With Three Legs Walks Like People! →
Shared by Yuliy WOAH. Bears.
I have watched this like four times now and I’m still all, WHA? Anyway: “No one seems to know how the bear lost her right paw and foreleg, but she’s…
Donnie Darko And Tim Burton Are No Longer Lovable... →
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Yeaaaa. As usual, I find myself agreeing with the Onion AV Club.
Two gothic treasures have lost their dark lustre, according to the Onion AV Club. When asked which pop-culture…
Protect your privacy from Google →
After months and years of complaints, Google is now allowing users to opt-out of its service by moving them to a remote mountain village. Tags: Google privacy
Sketchpad →
This is really cool — a well-featured painting app that runs entirely on HTML5. [Source]
How To Hide An Airplane Factory →
Shared by kuroki This would probably still work to fool Google Earth.
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from…
Vancouver forecast: light winds, unlimited... →
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I just had this idea this weekend. Google stole my idea.
The view from Whistler Mountain is something everyone should see: a range of rugged mountains, trails of snow, fir trees…
New Muppet Vid: Beaker’s Ballad →
Authentic imitation →
The way that books used to be printed, the reader would have to cut open each page with a paper knife before it could be read, every page a tiny gift from the writer. The printing happened on…
The auteur's Super Bowl →
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The Wes Anderson and Werner Herzog ones are really good.
What if the Super Bowl was directed by Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino? You’d get something like this. The Werner…
Vans, vans, vans →
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I’m pleasantly surprised by how good this is.
Photos of vans and the places where they were. Suddenly, I want a van. (via matt) Tags: cars photography
Cult Movie Visions Of The Future Transformed Into... →
The screencaps from obscure foreign science-fiction films in Mononukleoza’s Flickr account are hypnotic in their strangeness. Captured in moments of psychedelic glory or alien stateliness,…
Man carried across Manhattan by strangers →
Comedian Mark Malkoff set out to disprove that New Yorkers are unfriendly and unhelpful by cajoling people into carrying him the length of Manhattan. Hilarious. He made it all the way up…
Twitch clicking game →
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Worked perfectly in Firefox.
From Casey Reas, a quick Chrome-only mouse-only game called Twitch. (thx, david) Tags: Casey Reas video games
It's Time To Get Serious About Colonizing Space... →
Today the Obama Administration unveiled its new budget for NASA, which included a shocker: Plans to return to the Moon have been scrapped. So why are we optimistic? Because Obama’s budget…
A simple case of miraculous conception →
Never bring your uterus to a knife fight. I think that’s how the old adage goes, or perhaps, how it should go. NCBI ROFL reports on the strange story of a woman with no vagina, who…
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Aerial map of NYC from 1924 →
The interactive map on the NYC govt site has hi-resolution aerial photos from 1924 (click the camera and move the slider to 1924). Check out all the piers, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the old baseball…