December 2009
80 posts
mike tweets... →
People who are impressed with mashups are like cavemen that cant believe a lighter.
Dec 1st
[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…
Dec 1st
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…
Nov 30th
mike tweets... →
My brother got me a full set of plastic “blackest night” rings. I am the duke of nerds.
Nov 30th
[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…
Nov 30th
[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…
Nov 30th
[from thejus' greader] "It pains my heart to see... →
Nov 30th
[from thejus' greader] Ahhh. A bear in his natural... →
Nov 30th
[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…
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] Ubuntu Reaching Out To... →
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] funatic: CHRISTOPHER LEE →
Nov 25th
[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…
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being... →
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] thedailywhat: TDW has a new... →
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] New Theory of Gravity... →
Nov 25th
[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….
Nov 25th
[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….
Nov 25th
[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
Nov 25th
[from thejus' greader] thedailywhat: Stop What... →
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[from thejus' greader] Acute stress leaves... →
Nov 24th
[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….
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[from thejus' greader] Opera Closes China... →
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
[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…
Nov 24th
mike tweets... →
Feel like i resemble Bob Hoskins in “HOOK” 2day. Not stoked.
Nov 23rd
[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…
Nov 23rd
[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…
Nov 23rd
mike tweets... →
Ppl in my work training class r discussing their college degrees. We work the same job. I feel ok about myself 2day.
Nov 23rd
[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…
Nov 20th
[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…
Nov 20th
[from alex's greader] Hark, a Vagrant: hipsters... →
Nov 20th
[from thejus' greader] What A Good Edit And Some... →
thejus says: i would pay good money to see this movie
Nov 20th
[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…
Nov 20th
[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…
Nov 20th
[from thejus' greader] This Hits Me Where I Live →
Nov 20th
[from thejus' greader] PSN Thursday: 'Peggle' is... →
Nov 20th
[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….
Nov 19th
[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…
Nov 19th
[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”…
Nov 19th
[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…
Nov 19th
[from thejus' greader] Tim Burton Retrospective in... →
Nov 19th
[from thejus' greader] Set to stun: scientists... →
Nov 19th
[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…
Nov 19th
[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…
Nov 19th
[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…
Nov 19th