October 2011
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How to Make a Cheap and Easy Ikea Time Lapse... →
Check out this amazing video using the unit below. [via Getawaymoments]
Oct 1st
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September 2011
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Researchers install world’s highest webcam to... →
I’m sittiiiiiing on top of the worrrrrrrrrld….! [via Gizmag]
Sep 30th
Synthetic Brain a step closer: Rat receives... →
Scientists believe a complete, functioning artificial brain will be possible by 2020. What’s next? Self-aware androids walking among us by 2030? Skynet? [via Gizmag]
Sep 29th
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Researchers reverse the aging process for human... →
The ‘Fountain of Youth’ may be at hand. Imagine a society where it’s possible to live forever—where the only deaths are from disease, murder, suicide or accidents. The social, moral, ethical, not to mention religious implications, are mind-boggling.  [via Gizmag]
Sep 29th
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Faster-than-light travel observed ... of... →
The implications could be staggering. [via Gizmag]
Sep 28th
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NASA to demonstrate laser beam communications... →
Using lasers instead of radio signals, the Mars Orbiter could send back a picture in 5 minutes, instead of the current 90 minutes. And signals could contain 10-100 times more data. [via Gizmag]
Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Boeing Finally Delivers Radical New 787 Jet →
Made largely of composites rather than aluminum, with wings like a seagull and scalloped engine housings to reduce noise, this plane is like no other. [via Fox News]
Sep 27th
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Study Finds Vitamin B12 May Prevent Memory Loss →
Another study that points to B12 as critical to health. The definitive book on the subject is Could It Be B12? by Pacholok & Stuart. Everyone should read it. Especially medical doctors. [via Fox News]
Sep 27th
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The Best Marinara: Our Shocking Taste Test Results →
The winner? Giada de Laurentis’ Vegetable Marinara sauce, available at Target(!?) Who knew? [via kitchendaily.com]
Sep 27th
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Sep 26th
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Sep 26th
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At U.N., Iran president again denounces U.S. →
I usually steer clear of politics on this blog, but I have to wonder: Why does the U.N. allow this dickwad to preach hate? Fortunately, Israel’s capable secret police, Mossad, has been taking out Iran’s nuclear scientists. Otherwise, it could be armageddon. [via LA Times] Thankfully, most sane delegates walked out.
Sep 23rd
Coat Captures Rain, Turns It Into Drinking Water →
There’s even a filter to take out the air pollution in the rainwater. Though, this looks a little like the dismembered humanoid robot in ‘Alien.’ [via Wired.com]
Sep 22nd
Ambitious Busan Opera House proposal inspired by... →
Thinking outside the box. It would have an indoor opera stage that could open into an outdoor amphitheater. [via Gizmag.com]
Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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The vanishing passengers: Why have 165 people gone... →
They were beamed up by aliens. [via Daily Mail]
Sep 22nd
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Amazon launches Kindle integration with public... →
Now THIS is the start of something big. [via Macworld]
Sep 22nd
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Cameron: Disney’s ‘Avatar’ land to look, feel,... →
Groundbreaking at Orlando in 2013. Completion by 2016. $500 million investment by Disney. [via LA Times]
Sep 21st
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Detailed Satellite Photos Show Death Camps in... →
Tens of thousands of people are taken from the streets or their homes and imprisoned for ‘political crimes’ as well as involvement in the arts. There they die of starvation or disease. To borrow a phrase from Jimmy Hoffa, we need to take these sons o’ bitches down. [via Daily Mail]
Sep 21st
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Apollo 18: The Lost Apollo Missions →
What could have been… [via Discovery News]
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Civil War era photo eerily resembles Nicolas Cage →
[via Fox News]
Sep 21st
Trial opens against scientists for Italy quake →
Un-freakin-believable. Italian scientists are being tried for manslaughter for not giving advance warning about an earthquake. Funny, the Italians didn’t act totally NUTS when I was there! [via Yahoo News]
Sep 20th
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Netflix CEO Apologizes for Changes, Then Makes... →
Public relations disaster. What were they thinking? I canceled my disk subscription. [via HighDefDigest]
Sep 20th
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Dolores Hope, wife of Bob Hope, dies at 102 →
Another marker to the end of an era. She aged gracefully as revealed in the photos below. [via Yahoo News]
Sep 20th
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Unidentified Flying Objects →
This slideshow portrays some of the most oft-cited unexplained objects, especially the picture below of a strange, hovering ‘reconnaissance-type’ craft seen frequently over several California cities between 2008 and 2010. [via Fox News]
Sep 20th
Tony Bennett celebrates 85th with all-star concert →
Tony Bennett is 85! Wow. I guess 85 is the new 55. [via Yahoo News]
Sep 19th
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Eel enters man's penis in spa treatment, is... →
Yes, you read that right. It happened in China. [via LA Times]
Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Mercedes envisions the zero-emissions luxury sedan... →
Or maybe next year’s Hyundai Genesis :-) [via gizmag.com]
Sep 19th
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More Photos of Reno Air Tragedy →
[via LA Times]
Sep 19th
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Nice Ride →
Mercedes research hydrogen vehicle. [via engadget]
Sep 19th
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Dramatic Photo of Reno Air Crash →
[via LA Times]
Sep 18th
Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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The dawn of the color photograph: Albert Kahn's... →
[via dpreview.com]
Sep 14th
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BMW Concept e electro-scooter looks the real deal →
The times they are a-changin’. BMW readies to enter the electric scooter market. Range: 100 km, 3-hour recharge. [via Gizmag]
Sep 13th
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Sep 10th
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AOptix e-Gate Could Replace ID Checks with Iris... →
I like this idea—‘Minority Report’ becomes real. [via Engadget]
Sep 9th
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NASA’s Cassini orbiter snaps unbelievable picture... →
A surreal back-lit Saturn. [via Yahoo]
Sep 8th
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New Mexico's Science Ghost Town →
‘The Center’ will be a 20 square mile development theoretically capable of housing 35,000 people but will be devoid of inhabitants. Instead, it will be rented out to companies wanting to test their technologies in an urban environment. Hmmm…Twilight Zone, anyone? [via Engadget]
Sep 8th
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The RED Revolution →
The RED Epic digital motion picture camera is remaking Hollywood. [via LA Times Magazine]
Sep 8th
Eddie Murphy to Host Oscars and I'm Not Delirious... →
What the ??  Puh-leeze… [via LA Times]
Sep 8th
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FiLMiC Pro Gives You Control Of Your iPhone’s... →
[via Wired.com]
Sep 7th
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It's Time to End the War on Salt →
The movement to limit salt intake has little basis in science—it’s all poppycock. [via Scientific American]
Sep 7th
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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Learns of 9/11 'Sliding... →
On the morning of 9/11 Paltrow was driving in NYC and stopped for a jaywalker crossing in front of her car. The jaywalker recognized Paltrow, smiled, and waited for her to pass. This caused the jaywalker to be late for her train by mere seconds—the train was moving away as she arrived at the platform. She never made it to work at the World Trade Center that morning. She later contacted...
Sep 6th
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Six Great Pizzas in Los Angeles →
socalfood: Mother Dough in Hollywood: Stella Rossa in Santa Monica: Housemade Organic Italian Sausage more here…
Sep 5th
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Cool new images of Mars but, JPL scientist says,... →
[via LA Times]
Sep 3rd
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Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Cube Tray →
What’s the coldest substance in the universe? Carbonite, of course! [via wired.com]
Sep 3rd