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Google Books takes on magazines

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

With awesome results!
Including Popular Science from 1872 until 2008.
Here’s Sept. 1917
And a bunch more!
http://www.spellboundblog.com/2008/12/10/google-tackles-magazine-archives/

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Cornstarch + Subwoofer = Awesome

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Hi!   It’s been a while.   Sorry.  
Anyway, I saw this video of cornstarch on a subwoofer, and had to share it.   It looks like something out of Dante’s Inferno.
Feel the bass in your face.

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Quite possibly the coolest clock ever

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Or at least the nerdiest:
Etch A Sketch Clock

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Coolest Ad Ever

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Well, maybe the coolest ad I have seen lately.  Everyone who knows me knows that I love Guinness. But this new Guinness ad would kick ass even if it were for Coors Light (ugh). Here is the link to the article, and just click the picture to start […]

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X-Seed

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Arcology is the architectural principle of housing humans in massive structures with a very high population density.  The Japanese (who else) have designed the tallest building ever fully envisioned, called the X-Seed 4000.
The X-Seed 4000’s proposed 4000metre (13,123 foot) height, 6 kilometre wide sea-base, and 800 floor capacity could accommodate five hundred thousand to one […]

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And we’re back!

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Sorry about the downtime, I was busy moving across the country (again).   Hopefully this will be the last time, I’m tired of the Budget Truck with car trailer dance.     And now, just for my good friend Liz back in Indy, here is a picture of moi in La Jolla with some fabulous heart sunglasses on.

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Don’t sit by me! Go sit by Marge over there.

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

This is kind of creepy: Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually […]

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Bacon for Hippies

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Well, bacon-flavored salt at least.  Because everyone knows that bacon is nature’s candy.

http://baconsalt.com/

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When Google Earth goes wrong

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Well, not Google Earth itself, but how it can (fictionally) be used for EVIL!  (insert cackle here)
PS, if you think the premise of the movie is a bit far-fetched, well, ya.  Join the club.   But just wait until we get auto-updating and current Google Maps.
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Mining Air Pollution

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

The city with the world’s worst air pollution (no, not Los Angeles) has created business opportunities in the field of pollution mining.
Home to the largest nickel deposits in the world, the smelters in Norilsk, Russia produce 1/5 of the nickel in the world. The smelting is directly responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain […]

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