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Archive for July 16, 2009

Bunni.

Imagine if Animal Crossing had a long lost mutant sibling that coalesced out of a creative flurry in a mere four months. You’d have Bunni.

Bunni is a super adorable harvest moon/animal crossing flash game thing by Andre Spierings and Daniel Cook (the folks behind fishing girl).

Caveat: saving requires registration and is reportedly buggy.


Time-lapse sim of Earth’s land mass movement


Here’s a nice time-lapse video simulation depicting the probable past and possible future of the Earth’s land masses, “650 Million Years In 1:20 Minutes.

Black Lung Rising.

Black Lung Rising. “When coal miners suffering from black lung reach the point where they can no longer dig coal and they meet guidelines such as working the required number of years exposed to coal dust, they become eligible to file a black lung claim to obtain monthly benefits to live on … When the decision is made to award a miner monthly benefits, the coal company has the right to appeal that decision, and often does.”
“Coal miners will tell you that they love their job. They come to terms with the dangers involved. They are loyal to their company and do the work needed to supply the fuel that lights up this country.

Mining Safety

Mining Safety

“All they ask in return is that justice be served.”


Girl Arrested for Swearing on 9-11 call

17 yr old Adrainne Ledesma calls 9-1-1 after her father had a stroke. The recording of 9-1-1 proves that she did swear before the operator picked up the phone. However then the operator started to lecture her on swearing and hung up on her.