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- Mental note: Remember this for winter in Minnesota
- Glorious flying squid
- A non-math look at math shapes
- To do tonight: Best practice tips for meteor shower watchin'
- A cute / alarming experience at the Iwatayama Monkey Park
- Conflict of interest behind TIME's pro-war, Afghan "nose cover"
- How to behave on the Tokyo subway
- Smithsonian videos of old "animated" books
- Show your support for an endangered seed bank
- Persuading creationists using their own research techniques
- Reporters Without Borders: Wikileaks set "a bad precedent"
- Newly discovered planet has ability to make grown adults snicker like 10-year-olds
- Essential new book on 'Net Policy (blessed by Lessig!): "Internet Architecture and Innovation"
- Steampunk Stilt Walker at Labyrinth of Jareth
- Shcool sign
- Singularity t-shirt
- Julia Roberts stars in Eat Brains Love
- Ohio town to change name to "Sniderville," after Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider, for one day
- Et tu, JetBlue flight attendant guy? Another "Whiteboard Jenny"?
- What time is it, y'all? It's Mecca Time!
- 1973 ad for Sony reel-to-reel tape deck
- City of Beacon, NY, enforces archaic law outlawing pinball, closes retro arcade
- Revolutionary art from Oaxaca, Mexico: ASARO
- German cell phone commercial with cute monsters
- The Great Wall shopping mall in Kent, WA
- Castration comics from Mary Roach and Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi
- Fun with MPAA ratings: Non-stop Ninja Action!
- Urban Outfitters' controversial new NYC storefront more real than hyperreal
- Donald Duck accused of groping, molesting woman at Epcot
- Ben Quayle (yup, Son of Dan) wants to "Knock the Hell Out Of Washington"
| Mental note: Remember this for winter in Minnesota Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:10 PM PDT Cooking, sous vide-style, in the sauna. "Under conditions where a steak will quickly become well done, dogs (and humans) are able to maintain close to their normal body temperature."(Via the wonderful Bora Zivkovic) |
| Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:58 PM PDT Fact: Certain species of squid can fly a distance of 50x their body length. (Via Darwindr in Submitterator) |
| A non-math look at math shapes Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:21 PM PDT  I love the cool stuff Miss Cellania (she of Neatorama and mental_floss) comes up with. This study of weird shapes and their real-world applications is no exception.
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| To do tonight: Best practice tips for meteor shower watchin' Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:27 PM PDT  The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight in the United States. As I'm sitting in the middle of New York City, I'm pretty sure I'll be missing it. But if you've got better access to areas of the country without quite as much light pollution, you should take advantage of this opportunity, like woah. Reader hubs, via Submitterator, offers a few handy tips for first-timers.
More tips here. Some rights reserved by Navicore
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| A cute / alarming experience at the Iwatayama Monkey Park Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:23 PM PDT Last week I posted some photos of my visit to Iwatayama Monkey Park in Kyoto, Japan. Wanting to learn more, I watched some YouTube videos made by other visitors to the park. This one, which shows a baby monkey crawling up a guy's leg as concerned adult monkeys watch with concern, is my favorite. Those monkeys look small in the video, but when I saw them in real life, they looked bigger and very powerful. The entire video is worth watching, but the pants-crawling part starts at about 2:30.
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| Conflict of interest behind TIME's pro-war, Afghan "nose cover" Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT John Gorenfeld in the NY Observer: "The Time reporter who wrote a story bolstering the case for war appears to have benefited materially from the NATO invasion." (via Huffington Post, thanks, Antinous) |
| How to behave on the Tokyo subway Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:36 PM PDT  Mark blogged some etiquette posters from a Japanese subway system back in December. And they're fine, as far as they go. They just don't go far enough. They don't liken seat hogs to Space Invaders or, most imaginatively, Hitler. They don't invoke The Last Supper to beg riders not to forget their umbrellas. (The sorrowful look on Jesus's face as he contemplates the mass of lost umbrellas is worth the price of admission.) And they don't put a Scotch on the rocks in Santa Claus's hands to illustrate -- you know what? I have no idea what it illustrates. Does it matter?
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| Smithsonian videos of old "animated" books Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:53 PM PDT The Smithsonian Libraries created short videos demonstrating several "animated" books. Seen above is the Animated Circus Book from 1943. I'm also intrigued by Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views from 1860. It's a great idea to share these wonderful books through video but I wish the Smithsonian would have zoomed in closer and gone through all the pages. (Thanks, Musebrarian via Submitterator!)
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| Show your support for an endangered seed bank Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT  One of the world's foremost seed banks is in deep trouble after a Russian court ruled yesterday that the Russian Housing Development Foundation can take the land the seed bank is on and sell it to private home developers. Currently, Pavlovsk Experimental Station is home to 5,500 varieties of edible plants, mostly fruit. The collections survived World War II and many of the varieties can be found nowhere else on Earth. Losing a seed bank would represent more than just a loss of biodiversity for biodiversity's sake. Collections like this can be used as breeding stock, imparting useful traits like drought tolerance or weed resistance to more commonly grown varieties. As the effects of global climate change increase, such breeding could become crucial. The only chance left to stop the razing of Pavlovsk is a direct appeal to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. That's where you come in. The Global Crop Diversity Trust is collecting signatures on a petition that will be presented to Medvedev and Putin. The hope is that the show of global support for the Pavlovsk station might incline the men to step in and save it. Some rights reserved by mdezemery
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| Persuading creationists using their own research techniques Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:37 PM PDT Fayeteville State University biologist Phil Senter is a born again atheist. According to New Scientist, Senter was a creationist until he studied evolution in high school. Now, he's a professor of dinosaur paleontology who attempts to gently persuade creation scientists by using their own favorite research techniques. From New Scientists: "Dinosaur man: playing creationists at their own game"
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| Reporters Without Borders: Wikileaks set "a bad precedent" Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:44 PM PDT Reporters Sans Frontiers, among the most prominent advocates for a free press, writes that Wikileaks' recent disclosures--which inadvertently exposed the names of Afghan collaborators--offer democratic governments "good grounds for putting the Internet under closer surveillance." Wikileaks, writes secretary-general Jean-François Julliard, should behave more journalistically: "Wikileaks is an information outlet and, as such, is subject to the same rules of publishing responsibility as any other media." |
| Newly discovered planet has ability to make grown adults snicker like 10-year-olds Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:21 PM PDT  24 Sextanis is a subgiant star, located in the constellation Sextans, orbited by two recently identified planets. They are called Sex b and Sex c. One of the discoverers of planet Sex c is a Caltech professor named John Johnson. National Geographic has a thing or two to say about this cheeky little coincidence as part of a discussion on wide, un-standardized variety of naming conventions for newly discovered planets and planetoids.
Suggested, via Submitterator, by Ted Chamberlain
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| Essential new book on 'Net Policy (blessed by Lessig!): "Internet Architecture and Innovation" Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:23 PM PDT  Marvin Ammori has an extensive review up on Barbara van Schewick's "Internet Architecture and Innovation," a new book on Internet policy that Ammori describes as "essential reading for anyone interested in Internet policy--and probably for anyone interested in the law, economics, technology, or start-ups." The title (and the topic) are the sort of thing that tend to make readers' eyes glaze over, but Ammori's pithy post explains "why the book is important and eye-opening for everyone (...) not only for those who (like me) have spent their careers in Internet policy." Snip from his review: I'll tell you about my very favorite part. In the eighth chapter, beginning with "The Value of Many Innovators," van Schewick presents the stories of how several major technologies were born: Google, Flickr, EBay, 37Signals, Twitter, and even the World Wide Web, email, and web-based email. I had always suspected that the "accidental" beginnings and unexpected successes of these technologies were a series of flukes, one fluke after another. Rather, van Schewick explains, it's a pattern. Her models actually predict the pattern accurately-unlike other academic models like the efficient market hypothesis and theories on valuing derivatives. These entrepreneurial stories (or case studies, to academics) are eye-opening; they're also counter-intuitive unless you consider the management science and evolutionary economics van Schewick applies to analyze them. So if you wondered what the invention of Flickr, Google, Twitter, and the World Wide Web had in common, van Schewick answers the question.Website for the book is here, and Amazon link here. [Thanks, Lessig!]
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| Steampunk Stilt Walker at Labyrinth of Jareth Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:03 PM PDT  Photo: Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss/LA Weekly, Labyrinth of Jareth 2010 Labyrinth of Jareth is an annual two-day masquerade ball in Los Angeles. The theme revolves around faeries and goblins. Costumes, or formalwear and a mask, are required. I wrote about Shawn Strider, who organizes LOJ, for LA Weekly's LA People issue, and have blogged about the event on Style Council a few times (most recently, today). LOJ has a massive cast and crew. All throughout the night, there is a DJ spinning on the dance floor, stage shows and interactive performances throughout the venue. There's a storyline that links everything together, but if you're going as an attendee you won't know exactly what's happening. If, however, you're following LOJ on Twitter throughout the event, you might get some clues. This year I went to LOJ on the first night of the masquerade, called Goblin Clockworks, with photographer CuriousJosh.There were a lot of people who stood out at the party, but the stilt walker in the above photo—dressed in what looks like a steampunk giant robot costume—sticks in my mind. Links: • Labyrinth of Jareth • LA Weekly's Labyrinth of Jareth 2010 Slideshow
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| Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:51 PM PDT  From our friends at Imaginary Foundation comes this hyperdelic vision of the singularity, on a t-shirt. Science fiction, science fact, or just another religion? You decide. Singularity t-shirt
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| Julia Roberts stars in Eat Brains Love Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:48 PM PDT |
| Ohio town to change name to "Sniderville," after Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider, for one day Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT A small town in northwestern Ohio will change its name for a day to honor Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider. The eighties hair-röck icon will be visiting "Sniderville" on August 21 to host a March of Dimes "Bikers for Babies" ride. [Submitterator via ostrjoy] |
| Et tu, JetBlue flight attendant guy? Another "Whiteboard Jenny"? Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT This CBS News story on the Jet Blue Epic Bail flight attendant reports first-hand accounts by passengers, all of whom said "they never saw flight attendant Steven Slater get hit in the head with a piece of luggage or argue with anyone." This directly contradicts Slater's version of events (told over, and over, and over, and over again in the news this week). First, Whiteboard Jenny was revealed to be a hoax, and now JetBlue guy may be lying? Next you'll be telling me Pedobear isn't real. |
| What time is it, y'all? It's Mecca Time! Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT  To mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a newly unveiled clock began ticking on a skyscraper in Mecca—in "Makkah time," a proposed Islamocentric alternative to GMT. [Al Jazeera/Arab News]
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| 1973 ad for Sony reel-to-reel tape deck Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT  "Whatever weird instrument your great-grandson will be playing, the Sony TC-377 will capture it." From National Geographic, April 1973. (Via Vintage Ads)
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| City of Beacon, NY, enforces archaic law outlawing pinball, closes retro arcade Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:30 AM PDT Pusher says: "Many American cities once passed laws outlawing pinball machines. Who knew? The city of Beacon, NY, still has its own law on the books and recently decided to enforce it, closing down a beloved retro arcade museum which had seen nothing but positive press in its all-too-short 18-month life span. Check out the CNN video to hear the mayor of Beacon explain that the legislative process is long and complicated. There's a Facebook protest page here." (Submitterated by Pusher) UPDATE: The mayor of Beacon says the real issue is about noise complaints. Read his statement after the jump. Steve Gold statement (Via): I understand the frustration people are all feeling about the retro-arcade business but take a step back and think for one minute. The CNN story was bogus and misguided. It totally hyped the emotional side of the story and left out the real reasons for the closure and challenges in re-writing the law.
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| Revolutionary art from Oaxaca, Mexico: ASARO Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:03 AM PDT  Via the Princeton University Library, this stunning gallery of contemporary protest artwork from The Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca (Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca or ASARO), which evolved from the 2006 Oaxaca teachers' strike and the subsequent violence: More prints and street art images on the ASARO blog (via Bibliodyssey).
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| German cell phone commercial with cute monsters Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT |
| The Great Wall shopping mall in Kent, WA Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:28 AM PDT  JVP says: "Best Asian shopping center ever, near Seattle. From their website: 'For thousands of years, the Great Wall of China was known to have been created to fend off the nomads and barbarians of Outer Mongolia. Today, we find the Great Wall Shopping Mall as a relic of not defense, but of gathering.'" (Submitterated by JVP)
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| Castration comics from Mary Roach and Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:55 AM PDT   My last book, Bonk, has a chapter about penis transplants and reattachments. It includes the story of an epidemic of penile dismemberments in Thailand during the 1970s. In the wake of a well-publicized case, more than 100 angry Thai women hacked off the penises of their adulterous husbands while they slept. Often the women threw the severed organs out the window in disgust, attracting the attention of the livestock that hang out in the shade beneath the elevated homes of rural Thailand. (Oddly, it was ducks, not pigs, that went after the penises -- often enough that there's a saying in Thailand now: "I better get home, or the ducks will have something to eat.") A couple months ago, a young Baltimore comic artist and illustrator named Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi sent me these amazing panels inspired by the story. "When I first read that passage about the epidemic I remembered thinking 'Of course!'" she told me in an email. "Not just because I'm Thai, but because any reference to Thailand in American entertainment seems to be about either prostitution or transvestites." Click the images to view them larger. You can see more of Ariyana's work at www.feed-ariyana.com.
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| Fun with MPAA ratings: Non-stop Ninja Action! Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:30 AM PDT  Parental warning: Non-stop ninja action! Since my last guestblogging stint, a few media things have happened that I thought might be worth sharing. One group often covered here, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), relaunched its film ratings website, making it even easier to find unintentionally hilarious movie rating rationales. What rating capsules do your favorite movies have? What do you think would be a better one? More on the rating system after the break.
Warning: Twister is "rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather." Screencap from CARA site.
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| Urban Outfitters' controversial new NYC storefront more real than hyperreal Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT  Last month, I posted about Urban Outfitters' new New York City store opening with a facade that reportedly was meant to look like four faux storefronts. The creative director of Pompei AD, designers of the store, said "The whole idea was to do this kind of ironic statement of lining the building with storefronts that would be reminiscent of independent businesses. It's the story about the streets of New York as they once were." The store just opened and as Ruben "Tom the Dancing Bug" Bolling pointed out to me, "the storefronts are far less fake than originally indicated." "Urban Outfitters' "Ironic" Upper West Side Storefront is Ready for Thursday Opening" (NBC New York)
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| Donald Duck accused of groping, molesting woman at Epcot Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit against Disney alleging she was groped and molested by Donald Duck during a visit to Epcot Center in Florida. The legal complaint states that she now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder, and other long-term effects. [TSG] |
| Ben Quayle (yup, Son of Dan) wants to "Knock the Hell Out Of Washington" Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT  WATCHOUT! Ben Quayle, Son of Dan Quale, may or may not be an authoritative authority on the dirty side of Scottsdale... but he's gonna knock the hell out of Washington! I don't know exactly what that means, but it sounds like Serious Business.
UPDATE: Turns out he is in fact involved with the Dirty. Fun!
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As an evolutionary biologist and atheist you've used the research techniques of creation science? What are they exactly? Creation scientists take data from nature and try to reconcile it with a literal interpretation of the Bible, such as the creation of the world in six days. Nowadays many have real scientific training, with PhDs in geology, biology or chemistry, and their procedures often involve testing of hypotheses through observation and experimentation - the essence of science - although mainstream scientists interpret their results very differently...
ASARO formed as a collective, no individual artist's names are used, working in a variety of mediums to commemorate public actions and critique political responses. For instance, the print above documents the army's use of helicopters to drop chemicals on peaceful protesters. Graphic Arts has acquired forty-nine woodcuts, stencils, and poster by ASARO, many as large as 100 x 70 cm.
Image: screencap from 1995 trailer for 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
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