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16 Jan

Genius of the Crowd

Genius of the Crowd

I remember reading Charles Bukowski when I was a kid around 16 years old. It shaped me when I was young. Perhaps it made me …

 
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08 Jan

Old Photographs

Old Photographs

I was curious what the oldest photograph was. Not sure why but I looked it up. Nicephore Niepce was one of the pioneers in photography …

 
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05 Nov

Timewasting at high resolution.

Timewasting at high resolution.

I always love these high-resolution sites. This one is of Yosemite at 17 gigapiscals which is acheived by using a photo-stitching software called Autopano. You …

 
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22 Oct

Another reason sugar is bad for you

Another reason sugar is bad for you

Well, hardcore vegan’s and veggies will know this already but around a quarter of refined sugar in the US is made that way by using …

 
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21 Oct

Are your kids hip?

Are your kids hip?

My friends Dennis and Deanna turned me on to these albums. They play them for their musically inclined little one who we call the maestro …

 
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23 Sep

Love tea enough to spend $200?

Love tea enough to spend $200?

I enjoy tea. I even have a french press that I use to make some potent stuff during the workday. Not sure if I’d pay …

 
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10 Jul

Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming

Had my first really cool lucid dream the other day. For those of you who don’t know what Lucid Dreaming (LD) is about read about …

 
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04 Jul

White Noise

White Noise

Want to focus at work or on a task that requires concentration and a clear head without hearing your co-workers or fiddling with your ipod …

 
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03 Jul

Coral Cancer

Coral Cancer

Great! Another sign that the world is slowly dying. Coral around the globe is dying because of sunscreen getting into the ocean and doing nasty stuff. Read …

 
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06 Jun

My Next Injury sponsored by….Ski Gliding

My Next Injury sponsored by….Ski Gliding

 
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29 May

Forest fires in the West started by the Japanese 65 years ago?

Forest fires in the West started by the Japanese 65 years ago?

Ok, this is a stretch but I have had this in my file for awhile and I post it more for humors sake rather than …

 
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29 May

Robots could soon wander Antarctica because humans are lazy.

Robots could soon wander Antarctica because humans are lazy.

Tired of having robots doing things we should be doing ourselves. Someday when our robots overthrow us they will remember the great robot explorer “SnoMote” …

 
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08 May

Floating pile of Plastic Sh!t

Floating pile of Plastic Sh!t

Hey everyone. Forget global warming. A giant floating infant choking hazard is spinning around in the pacific. I think we finally figured out where all …

 
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15 Apr

Monaco House by McBride Charles Ryan

Monaco House by McBride Charles Ryan

I will someday build my own home. I am into the odd and modern homes. This is an example of a very cool house in …

 
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14 Apr

Wiki Read of the Day: Project Jennifer

Wiki Read of the Day: Project Jennifer

This is one of those stories you see on the history channel when they are not doing a Hitler special. The Howard Hughes movie “Aviator” …

 
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13 Apr

Listening to the Ice

Listening to the Ice

You can listen to the ocean under the Antarctic ice via this research station feed. It’s called: PALAOA the PerenniAL Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic …

 
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13 Apr

Infrared photography without the infrared camera

Infrared photography without the infrared camera

converted toThere are services that will convert your digital camera to an Infrared camera. The cost varies from $100-$500 depending on your camera. If you …

 
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07 Apr

What Time is it really?

What Time is it really?

Our system of measuring days, months and years is completely insane. It was drawn up a dozen years before christ’s birth and is basically conjured …

 
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