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Gawd do I need this... =D

  • Feb. 25th, 2008 at 6:16 PM
kitty
Via Slashdot...

Plants Use Twitter to Tell You to Water Them

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 25, @09:37AM
from the science-and-technology-versus-laziness dept.
ptorrone noted a Make article about twittering your plants just in case you need that sort of thing in your life. And you do. He says "The gang from Botanicalls used one of Adafruit's new open source hardware ethernet shields for Arduino (open hardware too) to make some plants talk — and now you can too! That's right, having your houseplants Twitter you when they need water and more! You can see what one of the plants is doing now..."

RAM It!

  • Feb. 22nd, 2008 at 7:01 PM
kitty
zomg this is just WRONG! =D


The Rammers Ram on FunnyOrDie.com

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Pata Pata Pata NOM!

  • Feb. 21st, 2008 at 9:30 PM
kitty
Remember this image?



Well, the whole "nom" thing has kinda become trademark of me on Twitter, thanks in part to Spin. He noms back at me and makes silly videos with silly spins on geeky video games... =P

But that would be why we get along so well... =D

I <3 Twitter

Talk About WOW Image Quality

  • Feb. 14th, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Falcon Lost in Thought


David, just before he called me from across the room, taken with my Blackberry =)

Also seen in the picture, from left to right, Bonnie (a palm plant), Aristotle (some tropical thing), and Zoey (a bromeliad). The rose stems are fake =P

I Can Has BLACKBERRY?!?!

  • Feb. 14th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
kitty


David got me a BLACKBERRY for Valentines Day!! *goes plays with new gadget* =D
(For the record, it's a RED Blackberry Curve!!)
static tele


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Firefox 3 Beta 3

  • Feb. 13th, 2008 at 5:57 PM
kitty
If you didn't already know it, Mozilla just released Firefox 3's newest beta. It promised to be quicker, simpler, easier, and just plain sweeter - and it is! I'm writing about this now because of how astoundingly fast it has been to switch between tabs, load windows, change things around, etc =D

And this is after a full day of browsing already. The other beta release was starting to slow down a bit (after 50+ hours of continued use, usually), but this one is just S-W-I-F-T. Like a fox should be ;D

Here's Ars Technica's review of their coolest features (like moving tabs to different windows!) and here's where you can download it.

Society... Where Are You Going?

  • Feb. 13th, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Number One
via Boing Boing

Yogi Bear as metaphor for what happened to the world

Picture 4-70
John Kricfalusi provides examples that show how the quality of Yogi Bear depictions has kept pace with a general decline in the quality of Western culture over the years. (From left to right: 1960s, 1990s, 2000s) Link




via Wired

I Was a Sonic Blaster Guinea Pig

By Sharon Weinberger EmailFebruary 13, 2008 | 9:30:00 AMCategories: Lasers and Ray Guns, Less-lethal
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Last week, I was sitting in a hotel bar in Jerusalem when a fellow passenger on my tour told me there was a guy with us selling a supposedly less-lethal weapon.

"It works with sound frequencies," he said. "It'll make you a sick."

A puke ray? An honest-to-God puke ray? Right here in Jerusalem?

Well, more like a sonic blaster. Dr. Maurice Goldman, a retired dentist, is the U.S. managing director for Inferno, a line of products that markets itself as a "sound barrier." The primary effect of the device, which sounds like a loud siren, is to force people to leave the protected area, he says. However, if the intruder doesn't leave immediately, Inferno's effects include "vertigo, nausea, and pain in the chest."






and I figured some people would like this - via Boing Boing

Psycho inspired bathroom

Michelle of CRAFT magazine blog says:
200802131032Craftster member Rockstarcrafter posted before-and-after photos of her Hitchcock-inspired Psycho bathroom. It might not be for everyone, but it is definitely one way to go for crafty film buffs.
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LOL!

  • Feb. 13th, 2008 at 2:24 PM
kitty
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!
  - Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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Michi?!

  • Feb. 11th, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Dainty Dirty Hand
Via Boing Boing

Audrey Kawasaki new painting exhibition

 Audweb Images Karamari  Audweb Images B Afteritisdone
The incredible Audrey Kawasaki has a show of new paintings on exhibit at Santa Monica's Copro Nason gallery until March 1. Titled "Mayoi Michi," the show features original paintings and also a collection of fine art prints. Seen here, "After it is Done" ("24 x 18", oil on wood) and "Karamari" (20" x 13", oil on wood).

Link to original art, Link to prints, Link to Audrey's blog

Previously on BB:
• Audrey Kawasaki: Juxtapoz profile Link
• Audrey Kawsaki interview on MacTribe Link
• Audrey Kawsaki at Roq La Rue Link

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Uh-Oh

  • Feb. 10th, 2008 at 2:35 AM
Moving Along
Posted by kdawson on Saturday February 09, @09:31PM
from the no-free-lunch dept.
vortex2.71 sends us to the Seattle Times for an account of two studies published in the prestigious journal Science pointing to the conclusion that almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account.
"The benefits of biofuels have come under increasing attack in recent months, as scientists took a closer look at the global environmental cost of their production. These plant-based fuels were originally billed as better than fossil fuels because the carbon released when they were burned was balanced by the carbon absorbed when the plants grew. But that equation proved overly simplistic because the process of turning plants into fuels causes its own emissions — for refining and transport, for example. These studies... for the first time take a detailed, comprehensive look at the emissions effects of the huge amount of natural land that is being converted to cropland globally to support biofuels development."

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I'll w00t When Webster Adopts This One

  • Feb. 9th, 2008 at 2:29 AM
candle
New Word:

Twitter glitch = Twitch
new glasses
Note: If you're afraid of clowns, don't watch this. It's a bit creepy...

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Where's Waldo?

  • Feb. 9th, 2008 at 1:32 AM
kitty
(Hint: He's the one in pink)



More Hilarity Here

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Nerd Alert!

  • Feb. 8th, 2008 at 3:36 AM
taking off the mask
If you're a geek, then here's a guide for your non-geek friends.

We've also got Datamash, which lets you make live data connections between documents, web sites, blogs and other applications.

And curious about psychedelic drugs and medicine? Then check out the full BBC program on Google video.

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Ethics of Rebellion

  • Feb. 7th, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Number One




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"When you think of the long and gloomy history of man,
you will find more hideous crimes
have been committed in the name of obedience
than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion."

  - CP Snow


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Excellent Retorts

  • Feb. 7th, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Number One
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of Empire building by George Bush.
 
He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of Its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond Our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is Enough to bury those that did not return.
 
It became very quiet in the room.
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international Engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break One of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard The latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'
 
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three Hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear Powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they Have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a Day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water
Each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting Victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. We have eleven such Ships; how many does France have?'
 
Once again, dead silence.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals From the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French navies. At a Cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers That included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting Away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly Complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn Only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
 
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to Speak German.'
 
You could have heard a pin drop
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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE
 
A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry On. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked Sarcastically.
 
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
 
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
 
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
 
"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!"
 
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly Explained. "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help Liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show it to."

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Beautiful Photography =D

  • Feb. 6th, 2008 at 1:50 PM
new glasses


And here's the magazine that came from, served up by the new interactive PDF publisher Issuu.

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