January 2012
1 post
December 2011
9 posts
Out-of-Print Blade Runner Sketchbook →
Inflatable Surfboard →
Might need a graphene or buckytube microstructure for stiffness.
Congress Authorizes Pentagon to Wage Internet War →
The House and Senate agreed to give the U.S. military the power to conduct “offensive” strikes online — including clandestine attacks, via a little-noticed provision in the military’s 2012 funding bill.
wired.com
By Ryan Singel
Immigration: Alabama law leaves undocumented... →
Employers in construction, agriculture and services tell a different story. Privately and sometimes publicly, they say that Alabamians are not prepared to do the jobs filled by immigrants - legal and illegal.
BBC
Envirosurfer - Eco-friendly Surf Shop →
Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed →
BBC
November 2011
3 posts
What are the odds, that you exist as you are? →
October 2011
5 posts
Excavated Shellac →
Ancient recordings - digitized
The Buckminster Fuller Institute →
Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel →
September 2011
0 posts
August 2011
16 posts
Janine Benyus →
on Biomimicry
Embedded Serial Number Helps Photographer Find His... →
By TechCrunch.com, Wednesday, August 24
The Worst Is Yet to Come →
It’s entirely natural that (Young Adult) authors should try to reflect the fears about the future that young readers feel, but I’m coming to think that we also have a duty to challenge the prevailing pessimism of mainstream culture. Dystopian fiction, while appearing to offer a radical criticism of modern society, is often deeply conservative.
By Philip Reeve
July 2011
2 posts
English / Globish / 'merkin →
Why do some Americanisms irritate people?
Lengthy. Reliable. Talented. Influential. Tremendous.
All of these words we use without a second thought were never part of the English language until the establishment of the United States.
BBC
June 2011
4 posts
Lulz Security - from Pastebin
Dear Internets, This is Lulz Security, better known as those evil bastards from twitter. We just hit 1000 tweets, and as such we thought it best to have a little chit-chat with our friends (and foes). For the past month and a bit, we’ve been causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet, attacking several targets including PBS, Sony, Fox, porn websites, FBI, CIA, the U.S. government, Sony...
May 2011
5 posts
The church,.....has denounced Aquino's support for... →
An ongoing case of blind, deaf, and destructive faith.
The church really loves the children.
April 2011
2 posts
Watch
Open-sourced blueprints for civilization in 4.3 GB
The Open Network Foundation wants to let... →
….and make it work more like the BRAIN
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
5 posts
