If I had a time machine, I’d be an amazing artist
My talent in art generally lies in seeing something cool and then wishing I had done it. Like this installation by Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, using projections on glass.
Word of the Day
March 29, 2012
March 27, 2012
Perpetual Ocean
This is the sort of amazing thing that I wish our taxes would be spent more on. Gramatically dubious, I know, but just watch this sample video of ocean surface currents over two years.
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March 26, 2012
Cheney Joke Roundup
I knew there would be an explosion of comedy at Dick Cheney’s expense after the news of his heart transplant. So, without further adeiu, here is a quick round up so that we can all move on with our lives.
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February 19, 2012
First Lady Surprises White House Tour Visitors
While Barack was in San Francisco getting Chinese take out for lunch, Michelle was at home having a few people over. Say what you will about the President, but we have a charming, intelligent and engaging First Lady. [via the White House]
February 16, 2012
Dumplings for POTUS
I can’t resist the charm of the most powerful man in the world just stopping in for steamed dumplings, chicken with cashew nuts and hot and sour soup.
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February 15, 2012
There is no reason for this post other than cuteness
Some day years in the future I will run across this picture in the blog and smile.
February 15, 2012
Some spot color: Meet the world’s tiniest chameleon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46388892/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Tzv8U1H43Gr
Is there anything cuter?
February 10, 2012
Where’s the social networking on Star Trek?
Cat Valente remarks on the old-fashionedness on display in Star Trek DS9, particularly in regard to what the characters do and don’t do with their free time, infinite bandwidth, extreme connectedness, and lack of scarcity.
Wheres the social networking on Star Trek?.
(via Jason Kottke)
February 3, 2012
A rip in the very fabric of space and time?
Maybe it’s just me, but I think that the passcode entry interface on my iPhone is an homage to V.I.N.CENT from Disney’s The Black Hole.
January 31, 2012
Maximum You’re Entitled To See
I never thought this day would come. See, back in the heady early days of the high definition era, I enjoyed showing off my knowledge by telling my friends that we would see “Star Trek” in HD but we’d never see “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Well, never say never.
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