November 2010
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Proof of extra dimensions possible next year: CERN... →
phineaspoe:
Scientists at the CERN research center say their “Big Bang” project is going beyond all expectations and the first proof of the existence of dimensions beyond the known four could emerge next year.
In surveys of results of nearly 8 months of experiments in their Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they also say they may be able to determine by the end of 2011 whether the mystery Higgs...
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“The sparsely-populated volcanic island is holding an unusual election Saturday...”
– The Associated Press: Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution (via noscar)
“Every one of us does things that would be inexplicable to a stranger, hence the...”
– Cory Doctorow (via dwineman)
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Tumblr Pet Peeves
phineaspoe:
iwillfallapart:
Automatic playing music.
Music that automatically starts.
When a song just starts automatically when I go to your page.
That song that interrupts my song because it started without my knowledge .
Music on your page that just comes out of fucking nowhere.
That annoying music.
Music on Tumblr.
Tumblr music.
I feel this way about any site I got to where music...
Katie West: Dr. Oz! →
therealkatiewest:
Dr. Oz!
Because I live on the internet, I forget how terrifying life can be for those who don’t. Just stay with me here for a minute.
My internet experience consists of information I have curated to suit my interests and hopefully is improving my knowledge of the world. I read the words of people who inspire me, inform me, challenge me, and are generally awesome in too...
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Dmig 5 →
An absolutely beautifully designed website
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Smart People Stay Up Late and Sleep Late →
moth:
soupsoup:
I feel vindicated.
Notice that this link is spreading after 1pm on a Sunday.
thank you.
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MapCrunch: teleport to a random place in the... →
moth:
A very cool hack of Google Maps street view.
[via Tom Coates]
Oh wow, I really love this. I just got transported from my office to Sao Paulo, Brazil and then a country road in Taiwan. Beautiful.
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transfinite: deviantART, binarism, and transphobia →
therealkatiewest:
I’ve had a Deviant Art account for 6 years now. Mind you, I haven’t used it for over 2 years, and used it sparingly before that, but when I first signed up, I really loved posting my horrible photoshop disasters there. (I thought they were really awesome.)
I don’t know why I hadn’t deleted my account in all those years when I wasn’t using it. Maybe for nostalgic reasons, maybe...
Geek Luddites →
marco:
Watts Martin’s analysis of the migration toward “app console” hardware:
The model we’re moving toward, though, is premised on the idea that computers shouldn’t require routine tech support. Again, look back at game consoles: an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 is a fully programmable computer with networking capability, offline storage, removable media, the whole shebang, yet all of that is...
Marco.org: Developers don't rush to new platforms →
marco:
A common fallacy is assuming that any new platform in an exciting market — recently, smartphones and tablet computers — will be flooded with developers as soon as it’s released, as if developers are just waiting outside the gates, hungrily waiting to storm in. In two recent cases, that’s exactly…
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fitter, happier, more productive....: Drink more... →
When Scotch whisky is distilled, it leaves behind two main waste products — a liquid called pot ale and draff, the remains of the grains used in the distilling method. These two waste products are being used by researchers at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland to create a new biofuel.…
I am so behind this initiative!
