December 2009
80 posts
mike tweets... →
People who are impressed with mashups are like cavemen that cant believe a lighter.
[from thejus' greader] Scientists Create... →
thejus says:
soon, i will taste of the long pig
Hugh Pickens writes “The Telegraph reports that scientists have created the first artificial meat by extracting cells from the muscle of a live pig…
November 2009
128 posts
[from thejus' greader] Starfish Eating a Baby Seal →
From the “Cute Animals Devouring Other Cute Animals” file, I bring you this BBC video showing a mob of starfish ravaging the carcass of a seal pup. (That starfish covered mound in the…
mike tweets... →
My brother got me a full set of plastic “blackest night” rings. I am the duke of nerds.
[from thejus' greader] Notes from a news-site... →
New Zealand’s National Business Review stuck a paywall in front of its website back in mid-July, betting that enough readers would stick around and pay for “quality” that it would make up for…
[from thejus' greader] Air Cannon Ties Pirates In... →
thejus says:
pirate arms race?
Hugh Pickens writes “Numerous high-tech devices have been proposed to help ships cope with piracy on the high seas. Now a company has developed a ship-borne…
[from thejus' greader] "It pains my heart to see... →
[from thejus' greader] Ahhh. A bear in his natural... →
[from thejus' greader] New bill requires Baltimore... →
File this one under the WIN category. The Baltimore City Council passed a law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs in their waiting rooms. It requires all pregnancy centers that do…
[from thejus' greader] Ubuntu Reaching Out To... →
[from thejus' greader] funatic: CHRISTOPHER LEE →
[from thejus' greader] PS You’re Screwed,... →
“Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery is sustainable, but they do not see employment picking up soon, according to minutes from their November meeting…
[from thejus' greader] Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being... →
[from thejus' greader] thedailywhat: TDW has a new... →
[from thejus' greader] New Theory of Gravity... →
[from thejus' greader] J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot is... →
thejus says:
HELL YES
Yea, you read that right. Hidden in an article on the Frederator Films blog (via Screen Rant) was an update about a Samurai Jack movie in development….
[from thejus' greader] BitTorrent’s Future: DHT,... →
thejus says:
don’t panic the future is less traceable
Last week The Pirate Bay confirmed it would shut down its tracker permanently, instead encouraging the use of DHT, PEX, and magnet links….
[from thejus' greader] Birthplace of cosmic guitar... →
thejus says:
there’s a 70’s album cover in this
A pulsar that is forming a massive guitar-shaped wake in interstellar gas has been tracked back to its origin
[from thejus' greader] thedailywhat: Stop What... →
[from thejus' greader] New bill requires Baltimore... →
File this one under the WIN category. The Baltimore City Council passed a law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs in their waiting rooms. It requires all pregnancy centers that do…
[from thejus' greader] Acute stress leaves... →
[from thejus' greader] Google and TiVo team up,... →
thejus says:
it was only matter of time
Seach and TV/online ad behemoth Google today announced an agreement to subscribe to TiVo’s user data. “Here’s where the fear and loathing come in….
[from thejus' greader] Rich People Things, with... →
It’s a funny thing, newspapering. Last Saturday, for example, the Washington Post carried a dour dispatch in its business pages announcing that the DC unemployment rate ticked up another…
[from thejus' greader] Science Jokes to Brighten... →
Fair warning: These jokes are total groaners. Like science-based vaudeville. Frankly, that’s what makes them so awesome. I’ve only had this video since Saturday, and my husband is already sick…
[from thejus' greader] Opera Closes China... →
[from thejus' greader] Jailbroken iPhones exposed... →
thejus says:
am i the only paranoid one who thinks apple made the worms?
As inevitable as the sun rising in the East and setting in the West, an innocuous iPhone worm has been…
[from thejus' greader] Beautiful transparent... →
thejus says:
fleshlight:abyss edition?
Have a gander at this magnificent transparent sea cucumber, found in the sunless ocean depths by the Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole…
[from thejus' greader] Murdoch-Microsoft Deal In... →
thejus says:
this will not be pretty, folks
Hugh Pickens writes “The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from…
[from thejus' greader] How to lose an argument... →
thejus says:
how not to chan
Have an argument. Once you start an argument, not a discussion, you’ve already lost. Think about it: have you ever changed your mind because someone online started…
mike tweets... →
Feel like i resemble Bob Hoskins in “HOOK” 2day. Not stoked.
[from thejus' greader] Mary HK Choi and Natasha... →
thejus says:
i shit you not…i actually read this article and every part of me is in hate with my eyes right now
Mary: Yo. Did you see that mess last night? Natasha: OMG I saw the shit…
[from thejus' greader] Researcher: Faint writing... →
thejus says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
(AP) — A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was…
mike tweets... →
Ppl in my work training class r discussing their college degrees. We work the same job. I feel ok about myself 2day.
[from thejus' greader] Evolution Among the... →
The South Fore people of Papua New Guinea used to eat their dead relatives’ brains as a sign of respect, passing on the deadly prion disease kuru—a relative of mad cow disease—in the process. But…
[from thejus' greader] Microsoft Applies For... →
thejus says:
as a proponent of tufte’s work, I must say i have much hate in my heart for microsoft much hate
jenkin sear writes “Data visualization guru Edward Tufte developed Sparklines, a great…
[from alex's greader] Hark, a Vagrant: hipsters... →
[from thejus' greader] What A Good Edit And Some... →
thejus says:
i would pay good money to see this movie
[from thejus' greader] Animated video for Flairs'... →
As Drawn! says: “Before you watch this insane music video by Jérémie Perin, note that is totally not safe for work. Its video-game inspired animation contains pixellated 8-bit depictions…
[from thejus' greader] Microsoft CEO Ballmer says... →
thejus says:
this might be MS’s new strategy. e.g. “Windows 8 is like having a million papercuts and soaking them in gasoline before setting them on fire.” …then… “Windows 9 is like having a…
[from thejus' greader] This Hits Me Where I Live →
[from thejus' greader] PSN Thursday: 'Peggle' is... →
[from thejus' greader] The Fuzz On Facebook →
The future is now: “University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Adam Bauer has nearly 400 friends on Facebook. He got an offer for a new one about a month ago. ‘She was a good-looking girl….
[from thejus' greader] How To Barbecue A... →
Okay, so, now I will tell you the second of my four cooking secrets. (The first is pie crust. The third secret is how to make pizza, which I will tell you at a later date. It’s a GOOD…
[from thejus' greader] What Happens to Cold... →
thejus says:
possibility of 2nd saurian resurgence?
The European Green Lizard, Lacerta viridis, shows off a blue head while catching some rays. Lizards and other so-called “cold-blooded”…
[from thejus' greader] Cutting a Beehive Out of a... →
thejus says:
but why even bother? instant tea fixin’s…FROM THE WALL
Bees in a wall!
Last week, along with two other “backwards beekeepers” Russ and Sue, we relocated a hive of…
[from thejus' greader] Tim Burton Retrospective in... →
[from thejus' greader] Set to stun: scientists... →
[from thejus' greader] Exploded human skull in a... →
Spotted today in the remarkable, newly renovated upstairs gallery at the (amazing, wonderful) Evolution Store in Soho, NYC: this exploded human skull, in a bell-jar. I covet this — I’d settle…
[from thejus' greader] Electroluminescent liquor... →
thejus says:
drink away the recession
Among the hairier of my hare-brained schemes involves formulating a safe-to-drink chemiluminescent cocktail. I think the first person to do…
[from thejus' greader] Booze, Booze, It’s Good For... →
thejus says:
probably related to stress reduction ah, psychosomatics, how i wish i could do a PhD study in you
Here is some excellent news: “[R]esearch reported today in the journal…