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"Fat" is now a taste

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:26:50 +0900

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Kottke is back you guys!

In addition to sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami, Australian scientists have found evidence that humans can also taste fat.

“We found that the…

8-bit map of NYC

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:59:10 +0900

8-bit map of NYC:

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Yaaay

Fully draggable, zoomable, Zelda-like map of NYC…this is awesome. But where are the Octoroks? (via waxy)

Tags: maps NYC

Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:40:33 +0900

Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой:

Nothing I can say here will make this any better. (Thanks Jim and Steve!)

Mercedes-Benz Tornado

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:26:44 +0900

Mercedes-Benz Tornado:

While we’re still on the subject of artificial weather, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by UNStudio, can repurpose its internal ventilation system to form an artificial…

North Korea's woman traffic-cops and the robotic mime they do

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:14:12 +0900

North Korea's woman traffic-cops and the robotic mime they do:

Super Punch has rounded up a bunch of the best YouTube videos of Kim Jong Il’s “traffic girls,” who are dressed in snappy uniforms, which they wear as they perform an elaborate, robotic…

Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Blind Taste Tests [Saving Money]

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:14:53 +0900

Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Blind Taste Tests [Saving Money]:

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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

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:32:14 +0900

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"

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:03:31 +0900

Concept for swarming "display blocks":

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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

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:36:19 +0900

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

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:20:46 +0900

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

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:46:56 +0900

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

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:05:25 +0900

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

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:30:28 +0900

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

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:06:16 +0900

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

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:13:28 +0900

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

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:09:00 +0900

Bing Maps Wows 'Em At TED2010:

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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!

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:11:00 +0900

Bear With Three Legs Walks Like People!:

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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 [Love Turns To Hate]

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:41:17 +0900

Donnie Darko And Tim Burton Are No Longer Lovable [Love Turns To Hate]:

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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

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:54:54 +0900

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

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:34:17 +0900

Sketchpad:

This is really cool — a well-featured painting app that runs entirely on HTML5. [Source]