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 can explore and see if you can find any sasquatches or day-trippers. Another timewaster. Check out Harlem while your at it.
I spotted some climbers.
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 Bone Char; which is essentially charred animal bones that are ground into a fine powder and used in a similar way to carbon based compounds that you find in water filters and aquarium filters. <<Read the science on Wikipedia>>
Of particular interest was that in the late 19th Century people were selling mass quantities of Buffalo bones to industry for this purpose. When they ran out of Buffalo bones some bone smugglers were digging up indian burial grounds, which I suppose now that I think about how Native American’s always prided themselves on using all the animal when they had to hunt makes an interesting moral conundrum. Either way it’s just another creepy thought to make you put down the donut and get to the gym.
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 (long story). Anyway, these guys turn classic tunes into Lullaby renditions which are very effective on kids as well as adults because I pass out to these tunes on more than one occasion. I like the Radiohead and Nirvana the best. Check em out here or on iTunes.
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 $200 for the Sorapot tea brewing device but it looks very cool and would probably get you laid at a tea party. Check out the review at Yanko Design
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 it on wiki. Anyway, I started dreaming and I knew I was dreaming but I was able to choose to stay asleep. I was in my house and I was playing a game where I summon items to my hand like Jedi’s can do in star wars. That was pretty fun but I got bored with summoning items and I tried to fly. It was really hard. My feet kept going over my head and I had a lot of trouble. Then I wondered if I could summon a hottie for some fun but the phreaking phone rang and woke me up. Dammit!
Anyway. LD’ing is amazing and everyone should try it. Again, check the wiki for more info.
Photo Credit: http://www.richardalois.com
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 trying to find the songs that don’t distract? Well, head over to SimplyNoise. These guys generate “White Noise” which has enough sound to drown out background noises yet is bland enough to not distract. I have it running right now and it doesn’t phase me in the least.
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 about it here and see photos of the coral reef in Key West before and after. I have read in the past that the Coral Reef is the largest “living” creature on the planet and is responsible for a lot of the planets oxygen. We all know that we are doomed as a species but this is just more evidence of such.
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 a serious concept. The Japanese, in WWII decided to use the then-unknown Jet stream to send over balloon bombs across the ocean and bomb the Pacific Northwest. A few dozen were shot down. The press and military covered it up to avoid panic and a bunch of them are still rusting away in the forest somewhere. Amazing that most people have never heard of this attack in WW II. It is the only known aerial bombing of the American homeland by a foreign adversary. Read on Wiki
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” who was a pioneer in that he photographed some ice and then got stuck on a snowball and died.
Last time this happened it was in a distant galaxy far far away a long time ago:
ATLANTA (AP) – Robotic rovers have patrolled deep space and the deepest seas, but scientists are still struggling to create drones that can overcome the multiple challenges of exploring Antarctica.
Georgia Tech researchers think the SnoMote – a small robot designed like a snowmobile – will be able to deal with the nasty weather and with slippery terrain that constantly cracks and shifts. Read more.
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