Toronto: 1977 vs 2007
Toronto: 1977 vs 2007. Shige Sakamoto spent a week in Toronto back in 1977, and took several photographs. Damon Schreiber is retracing Sakamoto’s steps, taking photos of the same locations today. He’s presenting the photos on his photoblog.
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GIANT HORNETS!!! Run!
Asian Giant Hornets in action. Asian Giant Hornets on the palm of your hand. Asian Giant Hornet vs Mantis. Asian Giant Hornet vs Asian Giant Hornet.
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People who walk faster live longer
Why New Yorkers Last Longer. Interestingly, urban theorists believe it is not just the tightly packed nature of the city but also its social and economic density that has life-giving properties. When you�re jammed, sardinelike, up against your neighbors, it�s not hard to find a community of people who support you�friends or ethnic peers�and this strongly correlates with better health and a longer life.
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4th Edition of D&D Announced
4th Edition is Coming… Eight years after the release of Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition (and only four years after the release of 3.5), Wizards of the Coast announced today that 4th Edition will be on the shelves in May of 2008. Back in 2000, the release of 3rd Edition launched a boom (and bust) of secondary adventures published under the Open Gaming License. Back then, a gamer couldn’t swing their boffer sword without hitting a start-up game company with d20 content. Contrast that to this month when the very last issues of venerable Dragon and Dungeon magazines hit the shelves.
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Problem Code 1-1: Piranha plant clogging warp pipe
User interface design so epically bad you need a strategy guide to defeat it. Presenting The Legend of FacilityFocus.
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‘We have broken speed of light’
“We have broken speed of light.” So say Dr. Gunter Nimtz and Dr. Alfons Stahlhofen of the University of Koblenz, in this article from New Scientist.
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Welcome to Sketchfu, where you can draw and share.
Sketchfu. The application isn’t nearly as complex even as MS Paint, yet you’d be amazed what kind of work some of these people put together.
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What’s the name of that song?
Just watched a tv show, looking for the music you just heard? Playing the radio, and didn’t catch the DJ saying the title? On the go? In the woods? (Also)
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All kinds of wrong.
The most cruel viral ad campaign yet. Give your friend the experience of being stalked by a serial killer. Make sure to preview the very slick customized video generated first, before you decide whether you really want to do this to someone you like. [Yes, yes, viral advertising for some FX show, also Flash]
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Not Your Ordinary Barcode
Bar Code Revolution! With more than just lines and rectangles, Japanese company Design Barcode works around the basic elements of a barcode and infuses real, functional barcodes with creative designs and silhouettes. See barcodes as tomatoes, stomachs, rain, pianos, guns, train tracks, waterfalls, cliffsides, and yes, even combovers.
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100 great tips to improve your life
Find inner serenity by making it easier to find your keys. Become an early riser. Create a “Landing Strip” to become more organized. All these and more at 100 Great Tips to Improve Your Life.
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Into The Wind
Acrobatic kite flying (Background music: Flower Duet from Lakmé’ by Delibes)
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Like a live poltergeist
Phrogging – To sneak into a house and live among its occupants without their knowledge. ^
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Long Live the King
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SCO gets owned.
Finally, SCO, the patent-troll that’s been suing *nix companies and users for
alleged copyright infringement, gets a taste of its own medicine. A federal
judge ruled Friday that not only does SCO not own the copyright to
Unix, but Novell does, and furthermore, SCO must return to Novell 95%
of the royalties it has collected from licensing Unix.
According to Judge Kimball’s ruling, Microsoft paid SCO
approximately $16 million for license rights and Sun paid approximately $10
million. SCO neglected to turn over the licensing fees to Novell, which “gave
SCO its first profitable year in history,” Kimball notes. “As a matter of law,
the court concludes that SCO breached its fiduciary duties to Novell by failing
to account for and remit the appropriate SVRX Royalty payments to Novell for the
SVRX portions of the 2003 Sun and Microsoft Agreements,” says Kimball. “Because
of the decrease in SCO’s revenues and assets, Novell fears that it will be
unable to collect on its claim for royalties.”
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Taylor Negron
You might recognise him from just about every American TV series ever made (as well as a few films). However, you’re missing out unless you watch his podcasts. He’s also a very funny writer. Thank God for Taylor Negron.
He’s not too proud of this.
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dissed
What, no Bill & Ted? NY Magazine’s interesting and diverse (or at least conversation-engendering) list of the top 15 pop-culture “duos” of all time. They cleverly narrowed down the list by eliminating non-equals (e.g. Batman & Robin), duos within groups (e.g. Spock & Kirk), & romantic couples (e.g. Mork & Mindy). Fans of classic comedy duos might be disappointed (they’re also missing the most dynamic duo in the history of mankind).
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The Wild Yonder
Flying in the Alaska Bush. A photoessay of some bush flying in Alaska with a Piper Super Cub.
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Oh, Inverted World
Oh, Inverted World. As we�ve all learned in school, 70% of the Earth�s surface is covered by water, only 30% is solid ground. What if everything was reversed? What if every land mass was a body of water, and vice versa?
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It’s Tanner! The Coprophagic pup!
Barbie Recalled. Mattel recalled one of their Barbie products today, a sweet little toy to teach kids responsibility called Barbie and Tanner. But watching that commercial closely one must wonder, if those magnets are coming out of Tanner so easily, surely they won’t stay in your kid. Perhaps the design flaw had nothing to do with magnets but rather such an ill-conceived product. So, after Tanner poops out the magnet, you do what with it?
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Radar images of earth
High resolution images of Earth. The German satellite TerraSAR-X was shot into space on June 15, and already four days after sent some beautiful pictures back to Earth. Pictures are described in German, but you’ll figure it out.
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The Inner Workings of Your Favorite Sites
Ever wonder what’s powering your favorite websites? Builtwith promises to give you a clear picture of what software and technologies are behind almost any site. Unfortunately, it’s not always very accurate.
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Go directly to [landmark]. Do not pass [flavortext], do not collect [currency]
Struggling for a way to combine your love of simulated cut-throat capitalism with your love of the Adelaide Crows, classic Coca-Cola ads, Réunion Island, or the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror? Look no further than one of the 1,235 special-edition Monopoly boards. Browse the full street layout of 64 national variants at Monopolybase, or check the going price on 225 official Parker Brothers -opolies from Aachen to X-Men. If even that’s not good enough for you, you can always roll your own.
(Plus 35 Harry Potter games, 100+ rejuvenating house rules, and more from Israeli board-game blogger Yehuda Berlinger.)</
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