In Space no-one wants to hear you.
"Should we ever hear the space-phone ringing, for God’s sake let us not answer". First we are told Space Colonisation is a stupid and expensive idea. Then that contact with space aliens is inadvisable. Maybe David Bowie was right, the government would just ruin it anyway. That’s why we can’t have nice things.
Share this:
As slippery as an eel
5 types of Chinese fish subject to temporary import ban. Melamine in farmed fish. The safety of fish farming in question. Are we risking a trade war with China over food? Some see an upside to food globalization. China’s loss may be the Gulf Coast’s gain.
Share this:
See Him In The Funny Papers
Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen: The Comic Book is coming to newsstands in two weeks, but you can see an entire 7-page Tek story at Entertainment Weakly Weekly’s EWW EW.com. A little promotionally fluffy info. Of course, there has already been Tek Jansen fan fiction, but this is, like, authorized and pre-read by Stephen Himself.
Share this:
Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 rejoice!
Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 rejoice! Three of MST3K’s writer/characters – Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy – have started a new venture: The Film Crew.
Share this:
Life from scratch
Dr. Craig Venter, known for his role as a pioneer in the human genome project, has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch: transplanting the entire genome from one bacterium cell to another. Commence the ethics wars.
Share this:
Lost Nintendo sex ed tape
You need a trip to Nintendoland for a crash course in knowledge! NSFW
Share this:
still working on it
Hey Kids,
Almost done the complete redesign, sorry if it looked ugly off and on, decided to not bother building a dev server to test the site on, figured screw it, its just a blog. The way I figure it, I know how to run a secure site, who cares if its ugly for a little bit? Least it runs.
Share this:
Disney Rejection Letter, 1938
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 1px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
This guy’s grandmother received this rejection letter from Walt Disney Productions in 1938, telling her that she wasn’t welcome at animator training school because she was a girl. The sting seems to have been mitigated somewhat by the excellent stationery they sent the note on.
Share this:
wood+marbles=six bits
Matthias Wandel’s astounding wooding calculatory enigma. A woodworker turns his talents to binary mathematics via a cunning series of cats-eyes, clinkers and rounders. Plus many other marbled wonders.
Share this:
Snog that Snape, girl!
Anyone who has spent time browsing through Deviant Art has almost certainly run into the cartoons of a young Australian woman named Gemma Wilson. She is fond of Harry Potter, snakepeople and (occasionally) torture and hermaphrodites. She has a fan club. And she has detractors. Make of this what you will.
Share this:
Art Maps and Walking Tours of 22 Cities
Bugaboo Daytrips is a gorgeous site featuring 22 strollable daytrips in major cities worldwide (not just US Only), all laid out on beautiful artistic (yet still helpful) maps with downloadable PDFs for taking with you on your wanderings. For those terrified of being marketed to, it should be noted that Bugaboo is a baby stroller company, although the site is by no means of restricted interest to parents only, and bugbaoo’s presence on the site seems confined to the URL. Also note that unfortunately for those alergic to it, the site is designed entirely in Flash. On the other hand, the maps & art are really awesome, so you should do yourself a favor & get over it this time. Via.
Share this:
We have a high-speed video camera.
Granular and Disordered Media. Condensed Matter Physics. Balloon jump. Balloon burst.
Share this:
Red vs Blue to end
Red vs. Blue, the first and funniest long-running machinima series, is about to publish its grand finale, a 100th episode with a twist ending. Red vs. Blue has been running since April 1, 2003, a single hilarious storyline about the two rival armies in the video game Halo.
Having labored on the series for four years, Red vs. Blue creator Michael “Burnie” Burns, who remains the series’ writer, editor, director and lead voice talent, wants to make sure fans aren’t let down.
The 15-minute final episode will be “the biggest one we’ve ever done,” says Burns, “but The Sopranos stole our ending, so we had to change it completely…”
“We didn’t even know what machinima was,” says Burns. “We played a ton of Halo at LAN parties because Xbox Live didn’t exist yet. The humor of us yelling across the room led to Red vs. Blue..”
Share this:
MIT reverses autism in mice
MIT researchers can reverse some symptoms of autism and mental retardation in mice by suppressing a specific enzyme. The research, conducted at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, is due to be posted on PNAS Online some time this week. Here is the MIT article. The specific symptoms reversed included hyperactivity, purposeless/repetitive movements, attention deficits and learning/memory challenges. The research was funded by the FRAXA Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the National Institutes of Health. According to the CDC, the genetic causes treated by this particular technique (called FXS) affects one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females of all races and ethnic groups. I would be interested in hearing about reactions that might be taking place in the various autism-related communities.
Share this:
PuzzleFilter
Puzzability is a puzzle writing company created by three former editors of Games Magazine. Start with their puzzle sampler and come back for a set of regularly updated games. Puzzability is also responsible for creating the New York Times’ intricately crafted Op-Ed Puzzles. Unlike the Times’ daily crosswords, these wonderfully elaborate puzzles are available in a free archive.
Share this:
Chris Benoit, 1967-2007
Coming weeks after the fake (and illegal?) "death" of WWE supremo Vince McMahon, police have confirmed the deaths of Canadian pro wrestler Chris "Wild Pegasus"/"The Dyname Kid" Benoit, his wife and son. Relive his greatest hits through the just-posted tributes on YouTube: [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Share this:
Poets’ Graves
Poets’ Graves. An international collection of…..wait for it…..poets’ graves. Fascinating bios, a forum and a nice selection of classic poetry.
Share this:
The Beautiful Function
Möbius Transformations Revealed [yöutube alert]
See also: Stereographic Projection Demo.
Share this:
Yank, Doolde, Dan and Dee
Who was Garry Owens?
That�s right, he’s an American radio announcer, but kids all over the world grew up with his distinctive voice
He probably better known for his work as the voice of this great American cold war warrior, and grist to this gratuitous youtube post.
Roger
Ramjet
and his
Eagles
Fighting for
our freedom
RobDurdle.com 
You must be logged in to post a comment.