Monday, January 17, 2005
CAMERA STABILIZERS
"It's really very simple for anyone to build for their Mini-DV camera and is superior to a full-blown vest & arm for steadying Mini- DV shots"
Bottle Cap Tripod for Digital Camera by Yodobashi (6 Colors)
"The world's first bottle cap tripod by Yodobashi. It magically turns a bottle into a tripod, ideal for night shot and self protrait. The bottle cap tripod fits bottles with 28.5 to 30.5mm diameter."
Build a tripod head
"Occasionally, you have a special need for a sturdy tripod head that can be used to support many different instruments."
Jake Ludington's MediaBlab - DIY Bottle Cap Tripod
"These step-by-step instructions for creating a digital camera tripod from a Pepsi bottle are inspired by the Bottle Cap Tripod for Digital Camera From Japan as featured in Gizmodo."
The Comfy-Chair Revolution
"I've noticed a gradual change in public surroundings over the past few years, and I think it's driven in part by personal technology. Unlike the hard, unappealing settings of traditional retail space (ground rule: 'get 'em in, get their money, get 'em out'), more and more places instead appear designed actually to encourage customers to linger. "
(LILEKS) James : the Screed
"NOTES FROM THE OLIVE GARDEN
I thought this would be quick - another Guardian column taking some snide swipes at the rude Colonials."
I thought this would be quick - another Guardian column taking some snide swipes at the rude Colonials."
Sunday, January 16, 2005
The Red Sea (washingtonpost.com)
"Want to know why George Bush won? Set sail into the crimson heart of America"
BMI Calculator at Keep Kids Healthy
"Fill in the following bmi calculator form to figure out your child's body mass index (BMI) and his or her risk of being overweight or underweight."
BMI - Body Mass Index: BMI for Children and Teens
"In children and teens, body mass index is used to assess underweight, overweight, and risk for overweight. Children's body fatness changes over the years as they grow. Also, girls and boys differ in their body fatness as they mature. This is why BMI for children, also referred to as BMI-for-age, is gender and age specific."
Marginal Revolution: Blink
"In one study we were watching newlyweds, and what often happened with the couples who ended up in divorce is that when one partner would ask for credit, the other spouse wouldn't give it. And with the happier couples, the spouse would hear it and say, 'You're right.' That stood out...for a marriage to survive, the ratio of positive to negative emotion in a given encounter has to be at least five to one."
Friday, January 14, 2005
Rob Galbraith DPI: A look back at the NC2000
It boasted a 1.3-megapixel CCD — and the unprecedented advance of removable storage media — in a digital sub-assembly built around a Nikon N90 (F90) film SLR. All for a cool US$17,950.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Infothought: CBS Report file has been modifed! Cut and Paste now prohibited!
"Encrypted: yes (print:yes copy:no change:no addNotes:no)"
Dave Barry Official Website
"The Pulitzer
Sunday, August 30, 1987
CAN NEW YORK SAVE ITSELF ?
DAVE BARRY"
Sunday, August 30, 1987
CAN NEW YORK SAVE ITSELF ?
DAVE BARRY"
Vodkapundit - How I Spent My Christmas Vacation
"Because my wife loves me very much and understands sometimes I need to spend 15 hours in the basement doing 'cool' things, she got me a Lego Star Destroyer for Christmas."
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
100 things we didn't know this time last year
"Each week the Magazine picks out snippets from the week's news - interesting newsbites that we learn along the way, and find their way into 10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week every Saturday. So at the end of the year, here is an almanac of those things we learned."
Monday, January 10, 2005
Kristof: It's Time to Spray DDT
"If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives.
It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries."
It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries."
Saturday, January 08, 2005
The Sentinel Online - Archived Story
"The Mechanicsburg Middle School eighth-grader scored a perfect 1600"
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Monday, January 03, 2005
Internet Anagram Server / I, Rearrangement Servant
All the life's wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie."
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Winds of Change.NET: The Toyota Taliban
"I've often seen the term 'Toyota Taliban' used to refer to non-governmental 'aid' agencies and U.N. bureaucrats. I've even used it myself on occasion. What does it mean, and where does it come from?"
Simon World :: Parents' prayer
"O Lord, let me give thanks to the makers of all Toy Story movies and water-based paint."
Saturday, January 01, 2005
In the middle of Iraq, it's gaming, gaming, gaming for the American military
"Soon after the battle for Fallujah ended in November, U.S. Marines brought their Xbox consoles, Gameboys and laptops forward and started fighting the Covenant hordes in ''Halo,'' Mario and Luigi's worst enemies and those irksome roommates from ''The Sims.''
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Reason magazine -- Dave Barry Interview
"All I Think Is That It's Stupid --
Dave Barry on laughing at Very Big Government"
Dave Barry on laughing at Very Big Government"
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Flour, Eggs, Sugar, Chocolate . . . Just Add Chemistry
"'When you add water to flour and stir,' she says, 'these two little proteins - glutenin and gliadin - grab water first, and each other, to make these springy elastic sheets of gluten.'"
Monday, December 27, 2004
Catallarchy � What Does The Free Market Require?
"Does the free market require intelligent thought and predictive ability among its participants to function"
Sunday, December 26, 2004
The NitPicker's Guide to the Lord of the Rings
"The following is a lengthy list of deviations to be found when comparing the text of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and the translation of those texts to film as undertaken by Peter Jackson, et.al."
Saturday, December 25, 2004
The FTC's website on Credit
"Soon you'll be able to get your credit report for free. A recent amendment to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months, from www.annualcreditreport.com. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, has prepared a brochure, Your Access to Free Credit Reports, explaining your rights and how to order a free annual credit report."
The Banty Rooster - The Banter - A Must Read Email From an American Soldier!
"Then, after a routine for here but hardly routine day in the OR, my day was made. I'm referring to the interaction I witnessed and helped facilitate between a young injured soldier and a high ranking official. Here is how it happened:"
King William's College general knowledge quiz
"King William's College quiz
Pupils at King William's College on the Isle of Man have suffered this fiendish general knowledge quiz for 99 years. The average score is just two. Answers in the new year
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Pupils at King William's College on the Isle of Man have suffered this fiendish general knowledge quiz for 99 years. The average score is just two. Answers in the new year
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Sunday, December 19, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
Eat 'Supermeals' to Protect Heart
"Eating meals that include all ingredients known to improve cardiovascular health could add years to your life, according to new study findings released Friday."
Monday, December 13, 2004
Monument to fallen mouse erected
"China has erected a monument for a little thought of, but important martyr -- the mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys who gave their lives to science, especially the testing for SARS vaccine."
Harbin Pictures
The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, both farenheit and centigrade, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok, Russia, just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course!
In Damascus, they voted for George W. Bush
While the results of this year's American election may have liberal Democrats and much of the extended international community shaking their heads in disbelief, a surprising number of Arabs seem to have not only expected President George W. Bush's return to power but also supported it.
Caltech Michelin Lecture
"Aliens Cause Global Warming
A lecture by Michael Crichton
Caltech Michelin Lecture
January 17, 2003
My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today.
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A lecture by Michael Crichton
Caltech Michelin Lecture
January 17, 2003
My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today.
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Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Belfast Telegraph
"Alexander the Great was one, as was Billy the Kid and John McEnroe. Now scientists believe they can explain why some people are left-handed, and it's all to do with coming out on top in a fight."
Telegraph | News
"Men and boys who use laptop computers on their knees could be risking their fertility, according to new research."
The Original Code
"Standards of the Comics Code Authority for editorial matter as originally adopted"
CNN.com - Dude -- professor studies 'dude' - Dec 8, 2004
"A linguist from the University of Pittsburgh has published a scholarly paper deconstructing and deciphering the word 'dude,' contending it is much more than a catchall for lazy, inarticulate surfers, skaters, slackers and teenagers."
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / Friedrich the Great
"Dismissed by critics as a free-market extremist, economist Friedrich Hayek is gaining new attention as a forerunner of cognitive psychology, information theory, even postmodernism. A reintroduction to one of the most important thinkers you've barely heard of."
Monday, December 06, 2004
How birthrates color the electoral map
Despite the endless verbiage expended trying to explain America’s remarkably stable division into Republican and Democratic regions, almost no one has mentioned the obscure demographic factor that correlated uncannily with states’ partisan splits in both 2000 and 2004.
Sunday, December 05, 2004
The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Everybody's Business: My Favorite Mistake? Not a Million-Dollar One
"MY mother's mother, God bless her soul, used to say when a mistake was made, 'Don't worry, you'll do it again.' By that she meant that the human animal is so constructed that we barely learn from our mistakes, so let's not let them get to us. We're all human, and we all make mistakes."
Eminem Is Right by Mary Eberstadt - Policy Review, No. 128
If yesterday’s rock was the music of abandon, today’s is that of abandonment. The odd truth about contemporary teenage music — the characteristic that most separates it from what has gone before — is its compulsive insistence on the damage wrought by broken homes, family dysfunction, checked-out parents, and (especially) absent fathers
TCS: Tech Central Station - Stem Cells and Philosophy
TCS: Tech Central Station - Stem Cells and Philosophy:
"What this is, it seems to me, is not science but scientism; and when men argue that philosophical or theological objections to theory X or procedure Y ought to be discounted, and the decisions about its use made purely on the basis of 'good science,' it is very difficult for a detached observer to conclude that they really mean what they say."
"What this is, it seems to me, is not science but scientism; and when men argue that philosophical or theological objections to theory X or procedure Y ought to be discounted, and the decisions about its use made purely on the basis of 'good science,' it is very difficult for a detached observer to conclude that they really mean what they say."
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Chuck Colson: The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis
Chuck Colson: The Prophecy of C. S. Lewis: "C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age."
Monday, November 29, 2004
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The next time you need someone to email you directions, a recipe, sales information, or maybe just a few sweet nothings... tell them to TELEFLIP™ it, at:
(yourcellphonenumber)@teleflip.com.
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Legislators exploring ways to regulate space tourism
So, Rep Rohrabacher, what do you think of Space Ship One?
Friday, October 08, 2004
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The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today.
The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today.
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