James Doohan’s remains successfully launched into orbit
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/with-spacex-launch-remains-of.html
James Doohan’s remains were successfully launched into orbit on the second stage rocket of the SpaceX mission yesterday.
Word of the Day
May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012
Word of the Day
This weekend I found a collection of letters in a dumpster by the park:
T N S I A L O A R P B X O C R
But what to do with them?
How about a little amusement that could last as long as a few years, judging by the number of words that can be created from those letters. Tune in here every day and view the live cam to see what the Word of the Day is.
(You know I’ll get bored with this in a few weeks, right?)
May 21, 2012
The Day The Sun Shrank
Cool photos from yesterday’s Annular Eclipse (not “annual,” as the local television news ticker kept insisting).
This one shows the image of the eclipse projected through natural pin-hole cameras: a leafy tree.
April 23, 2012
The Wrath of Grapes
Sobriety, laudable in many respects, does imply rigidity of thought. The best presidents were open-minded, and generally open to a drink. The nondrinkers, at least over the last century or so, were terrible presidents.
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April 20, 2012
People Who Don’t Know How to Spell “Cologne”
http://www.sadanduseless.com/2012/04/twitter-cologne/
Today’s Friday time waster.
April 17, 2012
Cats are Evil Geniuses
April 13, 2012
AT&T Archives : Yellow Pages by Computer Graphics
http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2012/4/11/AT&T-Archives-Yellow-Pages-by-Computer-Graphics
My first graphics job was using an electronic typesetter — using codes to control the layout, no WYSIWYG. (In retrospect, it prepared me for HTML.) AT&T’s implementation makes me want to throw something through the screen, even this edited demo makes it seem glacially slow. If the Mac and desktop publishing hadn’t come along I would never have continued in this business.
April 13, 2012
Texts From Dog
http://textsfromdog.tumblr.com/
My new Friday time waster. Give it a try. You’ll be glad you did.
April 13, 2012
The Greatest Music Video of 2012 (so far)
From the geniuses of OK Go. You may have a headache afterward, but it’s worth it.
April 4, 2012
Who are the People in My Neighborhood? (1940 Edition)
The release this week of the 1940 Census brings the past a lot closer to us — the 1930 census was just far enough away that it seemed like ancient history, but the 1940 census is filled with people we might actually know.
My little house was built in 1937, so it didn’t appear on the 1930 Census. But now I can learn about the people who lived in it only 3 years later — one might assume that they were the original owners of my home.
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