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[MacHeadCase]

The Fail Blog (http://failblog.org/).

Some pictures are pretty funny. :)

[Kilted]

:lol: :lol:

[Ryan]

Haha, those were some great photos!!

Good find!

[Ryan]

BTW, Kilted, I really like your latest blog entry!

[MacHeadCase]

BTW, Kilted, I really like your latest blog entry!

Dang! I missed that! Thanks for the heads up, Ryan! I don't understand: I did subscribe to Kilted's RSS feed and didn't get any notification! :mellow:

[iKitten]

LOL! Nice, MHC.

A humorous look at the US presidential nominees:
the difference (http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=35).

You really don't want to look at the page after. :blink:

[mathogre]

The Fail Blog (http://failblog.org/).

Some pictures are pretty funny. :)

OMG. Those are great! A couple were painful to view, but I looked at the entire thing.

[MacHeadCase]

Too bad I already had dinner.

Hm mmh. *Slurp* *Drool* :drool:

How to prepare rotten shark (http://www.simnet.is/gullis/jo/shark.htm).

Don't try this at home unless you know what the end product is supposed to taste like. Putrefied shark can become spoiled.


I hope you guys know I'm kiddin' here right. The whole page is just oh I dunno... gross. :tongue:

[mathogre]

Operations pr0n: Inside a Newegg Warehouse (http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=3315). If you're in the US, you can also enter a contest.

[MacHeadCase]

OMG that's huge! It's like 10 Costco's glued together! :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

How to Disagree (http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html).

[mathogre]

How to Disagree (http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html).

Paul Graham has lots of good essays. :coolthumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks MO. I thought it was pretty interesting and at least one forum that we won't mention here could use it... ;)

[MacHeadCase]

Now this is a macro photo (http://nuiman.com/log/view/bug/)...

On the same website, there is a webpage for Lux (http://nuiman.com/log/view/lux/). Anyone know what it's for? Is it an iPhone thingy?

GUI looks very cool. :cool:

[Kilted]

Isn't it the SDK

[MacHeadCase]

This is so cool! It sure beats mechanical elevators...

In the Tate Modern Gallery -> The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller (http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/carstenholler/)

Photos here: Slide (http://www.zuzafun.com/elevator)

[Kilted]

I'll be in London this summer...

[MacHeadCase]

Congrats on your star, Kilted. :)

I hope for you this exhibition is still on. Looks like it could be over. But even if it is, there's got to be a lot of cool things going on in there.

[MacHeadCase]

Whoah! Even Craigslist is having huge problems with spammers (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001123.html)...

Designing For Evil

Have you ever used Craigslist? It's an almost entirely free, mostly anonymous classified advertising service which evolved from an early internet phenomenon into a service so powerful it is often accused of single-handedly destroying the newspaper business. Unfortunately, these same characteristics also make Craigslist a particularly juicy target for spammers and evildoers. Who knows; maybe it's karma.

I consider Craiglist a generally benevolent public service. Perhaps that's why I was so profoundly disturbed by John Nagle's wartime narrative of the raging battle between Craigslist and spammers. ...

[MacHeadCase]

Maybe this is the only way to lose weight, eat smaller portions. Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/odd_japan_smallest_ramen_bowl):

Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.

Mechanical engineering professor Masayuki Nakao said Thursday he and his students at the University of Tokyo used a carbon-based material to produce a noodle bowl with a diameter 1/25,000 of an inch in a project aimed at developing nanotube-processing technology. ...

[MacHeadCase]

You've Ruined Everything (http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000313.html):

Many times, the roles that are taken up in an online community that's based around a "thing" are so structured and expectant that you could almost fashion carved wooden masks for them. You'd choose to wear that mask and then hop on stage and do the dance that so many have done before you. I don't have direct evidence for this but I suspect it goes many many years back, those conversations lost to history.

There's similar templates for offline communities but that's someone else's job to describe them, and I suspect academic libraries are jammed full of those descriptions. Come to think of it, they're probably jammed with descriptions of online communities too, but here's mine, subject to refinement. Consider it a rough first shot at these definitions, with you getting what you paid for.

Let's start with the roles themselves. ...

And the Flame Warriors (http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/index.htm). Both great reads.


;)

[mathogre]

Flame Warriors is great! Scary, but great. :tongue:

[MacHeadCase]

Scary indeed. :laugh:

And for anyone thinking of moving their vinyl collection to digital form, I just caught this somewhere, The Vinyl Episode (http://lasruk.com/page12.html).

[mathogre]

I about lost my composure when I saw him painting latex on his records. O.M.G. :scared:

[MacHeadCase]

LOL

Gotta get that dirt out of the grooves. :laugh:

Cool discovery at MIT. MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oil-paper-0530.html):

A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report in the May 30 online issue of Nature Nanotechnology.

The scientists say they have created a membrane that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, and can be recycled many times for future use. The oil itself can also be recovered. Some 200,000 tons of oil have already been spilled at sea since the start of the decade. ...

[MacHeadCase]

My cat Annie (http://www.zefrank.com/annie/navigation.html). Some of those clips are pretty funny.

[MacHeadCase]

Love poems (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail195.html).

[MacHeadCase]

From a Fortune magazine article dated 05.27.08, The Fall Of Steve Jobs (http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/05/the_fall_of_ste.php).

We were cleaning out more of the log cabin, and when we started poking through desk drawers, dan and i both laughed when out popped Steve Jobs on the cover of the August 5, 1985 issue of Fortune Magazine - and the headline read “The Fall Of Steve Jobs”… funny article in retrospect too (see images on the next page)…filled with great pop cultural references of the time “John Sculley, 46, president and chief executive, ruefully remarked that Apple’s moves were attracting as much attention as an episode of Dynasty.” There were also statements like “No players in the drama have explained publicly why Jobs came to grief. But several of them, promised anonymity, have revealed the essential details to Fortune.” ~ can you imagine if any apple insiders were so bold today? Ah, how times have changed since 1985… Equally worthwhile, the ATT ad that runs next to the article… and the “Picture Phones: New Spin On An Old Idea” article that sits next to “Droids For Sale: Star Wars’ George Lucas if pushing new technology”… suffice to say, this is a quality issue of Fortune, and a nice way to get some perspective on exactly how far we’ve come in the last 23 years… See the details on the next page! ...

Images of the article are clickable so you can read the original article.

[MaDDoG]

Maybe this is the only way to lose weight, eat smaller portions. Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/odd_japan_smallest_ramen_bowl):

How do you wash the dishes?

[MacHeadCase]

You eat them with the food, silly. :tongue:

At that size, I'm sure you can digest plates and all. :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

OMG.

Check this out... :laugh:

A forum at RixStep and what do they do with spammers? They publish their email addies! :w00t: :w00t:

The description of the forum, called Spammers Gallery (http://www.dotatdot.co.uk/clix/viewtopic.php?t=590), that has the email addies is this:

Do you feel lucky, punk? Check out who else felt lucky. And what else happens besides getting listed here? Give it your best shot, punk.

Great stuff! :thumbup:

[MaDDoG]

You eat them with the food, silly. :tongue:

At that size, I'm sure you can digest plates and all. :biggrin:

At that size it wouldn't even be like a high fibre diet if you at bowl and all......

[MaDDoG]

Thats interesting.....i've just dropped back to 218 posts??

[MacHeadCase]

How? That's weird.

[MaDDoG]

How? That's weird.

Not sure actually. I might be on drugs again but I could have sworn I was about 20+ above that.

[Ryan]

I really like this thread, some great links!

[MaDDoG]

Heres a random linker

site removed by me as it could link to less than nice ones.

[MaDDoG]

site removed as it could link to less than nice ones.

[mathogre]

Heres a random linker

*linky removed*

-_^ I'll offer the suggestion that occasionally it's NSFW. (Really nice picture.) :blink:

[MaDDoG]

-_^ I'll offer the suggestion that occasionally it's NSFW. (Really nice picture.) :blink:

Thanks MO. Advice taken and links removed.

[MacHeadCase]

Latest findings on Stonehenge (http://news.cnet.com/2300-1008_3-6240627-1.html):

Now that's a pretty impressive tombstone. New research suggests that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery for more than 500 years, much longer than previously thought. The new findings also show that people used the area as a burial site long before placement of its trademark stones (or sarsen stones) was complete.

The team was led by Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeology professor at the University of Sheffield, with support from the National Geographic Society. ...

Photos accompany this article.

National Geographic has made a show about the findings. :)

[Ryan]

Very interesting link MHC!!

It was a great, though short, read, thanks for sharing!

[MacHeadCase]

Glad you liked it, Ryan! :)

[Mark Milian]

http://www.manbabies.com

[mathogre]

That's horrible! :w00t:

[mathogre]

Cake? Sure, I'll cut the first piece. Anyone got a knife? Oh, yes, that will do just fine. :O

http://www.rahulsood.com/2008/05/ugh-it-was-my-birthday.html

[MaDDoG]

So what type of cake are we having. I don't think any of the one on your post. May i suggest a baked cheesecake. Lemon or orange. Your choice.

[MacHeadCase]

The Gonzo (http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/gonzo/trailer/) documentary trailer.

[MacHeadCase]

Shades of things that make you go: Beam me up Scotty!... :O

Cisco On-Stage TelePresence Holographic Video Conferencing (http://www.musion.co.uk/Cisco_TelePresence.html).

[MacHeadCase]

Yeesh! Doozy quotes from D6 (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080602/my-lyrical-technique-will-leave-your-body-weak-d6-in-quotes/).

I love this one:

Guys like us avoid monopolies. We like to compete.”

–Microsoft (MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates

:glare:

[MacHeadCase]

A little freeware, looks like it could have its uses, iTunesShut 4.7.3 (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/itunesshut.html). You can set it so it shuts down iTunes after a certain number of tracks. And it offers other geeky settings.

[MacHeadCase]

This looks pretty cool.

Peter Gabriel launches Web site The Filter (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_en_mu/music_peter_gabriel):

While the Internet may be a great place for entertainment, not everyone has the tech savvy — or the patience — to search seemingly infinite Web sites to discover something new.

But rocker Peter Gabriel thinks he's found a way to help with his site, appropriately titled The Filter, debuting on Tuesday.

"The Internet, which I think is an amazing creation, provides access to an ocean of limitless information, but without filtering it's easy to drown," Gabriel, 58, told The Associated Press recently by phone from England. "But if you have this little friend on your shoulder, that can pick out music to listen to and films to look it, it's something I would use provided I could steer it a little." ...

Here is a link to The Filter (http://www.thefilter.com/).


Edited to add:

Ars Technica does a review of Gabriel's website, Hands on: The Filter doesn't check Internet's pulse just yet (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080603-hands-on-the-filter-doesnt-check-internets-pulse-just-yet.html):

... In its simplest form, The Filter hopes to be a sort of dashboard for the new music, movies, TV shows, and web videos that should appeal to your tastes. Using algorithms that watch the media you purchase and stream from the site, The Filter attempts to make good on its name by recommending new media according to the preferences you enter when signing up, as well as any changes in your tastes that the site tracks as you click around.

To get started, the multistep signup process asks users to rate at least five music artists and films with a negative/positive scale. This is an interesting touch since the engine is clearly taking media you specifically don't like into account. Completing this step, The Filter's main page presents its first batch of recommendations from each of the media types it aggregates which, for us, didn't quite hit the mark. Selecting the Rock/Pop music genre, for example, was probably what caused the 50 Cent and Eminem recommendations to appear, even though Hip-Hop/Rap wasn't selected. ...

[MacHeadCase]

Whoah! Sexy hand dryer (http://www.dysonairblade.co.uk/)!

[MaDDoG]

I guess your hands go in the slot from each side. Looks cool and functional though. We have a Dyson bagless vacuum which is great.

[iKitten]

Don't have a link, but it made me laugh:
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time."

[bobtomay]

Link to some NASA (http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm) pictures I stumbled into - really outstanding I thought.

[MacHeadCase]

Awesome photos and the detail in them is unbelievable. Betcha those lenses cost more than a car. :w00t:

a planet full of beer blogs (http://anders.geekhouse.no/beer-blogs/).

Even has an article on Le Mondial de la Bière that was held here (http://www.festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca/en/) last weekend.

[MacHeadCase]

20 Funniest Newspaper Headlines ever (http://www.oddee.com/item_96156.aspx)

Some weird or funny stuff on that blog, btw.

[MacHeadCase]

Jeez! I can't even solve it with 150+ moves (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/05/2054249)... :tongue:

[Mark Milian]

http://hypem.com for finding what the music blogosphere is talking about

[MaDDoG]

20 Funniest Newspaper Headlines ever (http://www.oddee.com/item_96156.aspx)

Some weird or funny stuff on that blog, btw.

Laugh there are some rippers there. :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Interesting article, Why Judy can't add: gender inequality and the math gap (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080602-why-judy-cant-add-gender-inequality-and-the-math-gap.html).

So don't you go thinking girls are dumb bunnies, it's just the environment in which they were brought up! :laugh:

[MacHeadCase]

A visit to Pixar (http://theocacao.com/document.page/557).

The kids will probably remember that all their lives. :)

[MacHeadCase]

If someone hands you a business card that says You're amazing. We should talk, it just might be Apple (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/06/apples-new-strategy-for-hiring-retail-employees/)...

[MacHeadCase]

Here's a link about computer history, in which Apple has a rather large chunk in, The Machine That Changed the World: The Paperback Computer (http://cdn-ll-static.viddler.com/flash/publisher.swf?key=42c8494f).

This is the third instalment, links for parts one (http://cdn-ll-static.viddler.com/flash/publisher.swf?key=daf007a3) and two (http://cdn-ll-static.viddler.com/flash/publisher.swf?key=f9134e9b)... The video is kinda long, almost makes an hour and if you want to skip to the interesting parts, there are bookmark kinda thingies in the progress bar at the bottom. Well worth watching though.

I dunno about you, but I had to click on Menu then select Original Size otherwise the image was pixelated and yucky.

[Mac0sXuser]

Best of Craigslist. Pretty funny stuff. Some rater risque http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/

[MacHeadCase]

Ooh. Cult of Mac has a “Just One More Thing…” Timeline (http://cultofmac.com/just-one-more-thing-timeline/2052). With integrated YouTube videos in some of the items.


Best of Craigslist. Pretty funny stuff. Some rater risque http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/

:laugh: Some of them are pretty good!

[MacHeadCase]

This is gonna please Stretch, but he might not drop in before leaving for his vacation. I say: You are soooooo unlucky, man! :biggrin:

World's Sexiest Brakes (http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/screech):

Ferrari is putting carbon-ceramic brakes in all its cars. Paul Markillie goes from 160kph to zero in four seconds flat ...

At a fast corner the passenger and the driver feel different things. The driver can sense the car's limits, while the passenger can only hang on tight. As the Ferrari approaches a corner with its 12 cylinders still growling, the passenger's knuckles turn white. The corner races closer and the passenger's right foot is pushing hard at a non-existent pedal. But still the power is surging. You will never take the car around. Then, with your chest pressed into the seatbelts, the speed vanishes. The car turns without fuss and roars away on another straight. These are the sexiest brakes in the world.

The first question everyone asks about a super car is: how fast will it go? This Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, the Grand Tourer of the Italian marque, can barrel along at over 300kph (186 mph). From a standing start, it will reach 100kph in just over four seconds. But it's a Ferrari, so of course its performance is breathtaking. The more intriguing question is one for the motoring cognoscenti: how fast will it stop? ...

Nice pic too.

[mathogre]

VERY cool MHC!

Okay, I like cars. Carbon ceramic brakes are now on my proverbial radar. :thumbup:

[Stretch]

OOOO, I like. Who wants to donate so I can put them on my car?

[MacHeadCase]

Lewis Hamilton (http://www.lewishamilton.com/aboutlewis.htm) is in pole position in the F1 race for tomorrow. :)

[MacHeadCase]

A coffee table (http://www.savantav.com/#/products/tables/)...

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I see someone likes Formula One racing. I live in the south where people live and breathe college football and NASCAR. It's rubbed off on me; I'm now a fan of Dale Jr. (http://www.dalejr.com/indexSmall.html) (who starts in 7th today @ Pocono) and a diehard Auburn (http://auburntigers.cstv.com/) fan. Although I have to say Danika Patrick sure is a dish!

[MaDDoG]

A coffee table (http://www.savantav.com/#/products/tables/)...

so what happens when you spill coffee or drop something on the touch screen I wonder??

[MacHeadCase]

Windoze boots up. :w00t:

[MacHeadCase]

I see someone likes Formula One racing. I live in the south where people live and breathe college football and NASCAR. It's rubbed off on me; I'm now a fan of Dale Jr. (http://www.dalejr.com/indexSmall.html) (who starts in 7th today @ Pocono) and a diehard Auburn (http://auburntigers.cstv.com/) fan. Although I have to say Danika Patrick sure is a dish!

It was a crazy race today. Seven racers dropped out including Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikonen.

[MaDDoG]

It was a crazy race today. Seven racers dropped out including Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikonen.

And where was Mark Webber?

[MacHeadCase]

I think he finished but was not on the podium.

Ah here you go (http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/793/6520/).

[MaDDoG]

Thanks. He spun out on the track he says need motocross bikes to get around.

[iKitten]

GIMME CAKE (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1812093/)

[MacHeadCase]

GIMME CAKE (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1812093/)

And he /she wants it NOW! :laugh:

Good one, iK!

[iBones]

Now that is trouble.

[MacHeadCase]

OMG.

Does anyone if this is true? (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06/paul-newman-is.html) :sad:

[iKitten]

Rep shoots down report (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b142032_rep_shoots_down_paul_newman_cancer.html)

[MacHeadCase]

Crap! I am so gullible... :sleep:

Well at least that's great news about Newman. Thanks iK. :)

[MacHeadCase]

World Beard and Moustache Championships (http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/).

:blink:

[MacHeadCase]

Great article on our perception of page layout and how it changes with time: something that is qualified as readable 100 years ago sometimes gets outdated. But some layouts seem ahead of their times as this article attests, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (http://www.kottke.org/08/06/hypnerotomachia-poliphili):

This is a page from a book called Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnerotomachia_Poliphili). Any guesses as to when it was published? The title, Latin text, yellowed paper, and lack of page numbers might tip you off that it wasn't exactly released yesterday. Turns out that Hypnerotomachia Poliphili was published in 1499, more than 500 years ago and only 44 years after Gutenberg published his famous Bible. It belongs to a group of books collectively referred to as incunabula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabulum), books printed with a printing press using movable type before 1501.

To contemporary eyes, the HP looks almost modern. The text is very readable. The typography, layout, and the way the text flows around the illustration; none of it looks out of the ordinary. When compared to other books of the time (e.g. take a look at a page from the Gutenberg Bible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gutenberg_bible_Old_Testament_Epistle_of_St_ Jerome.jpg)), its modernity is downright eerie. The most obvious difference is the absence of the blackletter typeface. Blackletter was a popular choice because it resembled closely the handwritten script that preceded the printing press, and I imagine its use smoothed the transition to books printed by press. ...

[iKitten]

From the "what are you listening to" thread:
Took me back a ways, MHC. (http://www.sugarjar.com/media/49158/)

[MacHeadCase]

Ahhhh! That's at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal!!!! That's such a cool link! THANK YOU!!!!

I had a ticket to go to that show! But I got a problem with a wisdom tooth, got an infection and had to give my ticket away... :crying:

[MaDDoG]

1977...where did all the time go. I was 17 and enjoying school and chicks and cars and life in general. Not a care in the world.

[MacHeadCase]

17? You're a youngun! I was uhm older... *Sniffles* :crying:

For bobtomay, Adrian Belew (http://www.adrianbelew.net/).

[MaDDoG]

You were also 17 once...everybody was except those that haven't got there yet in the first place. Now I'm closing in on 17 for the 3rd time.....

[MacHeadCase]

3,18th time for me...

[iKitten]

Just over two 17s for me. :laugh:

[bobtomay]

snip

For bobtomay, Adrian Belew (http://www.adrianbelew.net/).

And you noticed he's going to be playing close to you in the next couple of weeks?

[MacHeadCase]

Yes I did! It caught my eye. That party's probably gonna be humongous: Québec City also has a mega celebration for the 400th of its foundation. So we'll see if we can borrow a car or rent one. That would be cool. :)

[bobtomay]

Wow, 400 years - we're finally starting to come of age on this continent.

[MacHeadCase]

Yep. I love visiting Québec city. The old part of town is amazing, looks very medieval, very narrow streets cars barely squeak by, some houses are close to 300 years old. Montreal celebrated about 5 years ago its 350th.

But our Old Montreal isn't as well preserved for many reasons. Three major fires destroyed the city entirely throughout the centuries and what little of the old part that was left standing was left unprotected to unscrupulous developers in the 50s, 60s and 70s and great landmarks were destroyed and replaced by godawful looking architecture that didn't even blend with the surroundings. All in the name of progress. Yeesh.

Then citizens got together and started to protest and put pressure on the mayor till some laws were passed to protect the old buildings. So that's why Old Montreal is so measly looking. It has been greatly reduced.

[Brown Study]

Wow, 400 years - we're finally starting to come of age on this continent..
I've heard tell that Saint Augustine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine%2C_Florida), Florida, is the oldest city in North America (founded in 1565) with a living, breathing population throughout its entire history. I don't know whether that's true; the linked Wikipedia article says it's the oldest in the U.S.

[Brown Study]

Deep in Lake Ontario, two-man team finds 228-year-old shipwreck (http://www.thestar.com/living/article/443161) almost perfectly intact.

[MacHeadCase]

Seems like a big departure from what Pixar usually does... Pixar’s ‘John Carter of Mars’ (http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2008/06/08/pixars-john-carter-of-mars/):

This is awesome!

The disclosure came at the end of the short, but extremely enjoyable, discussion (excerpts of which will be published here soon), when a writer from Suite101.com asked about Stanton’s next project, to which Stanton mentioned (not too loudly) ‘John Carter of Mars’.

Doubting what I’m hearing, I interject, “What is that?” “John Carter of Mars, Stanton replies.” “You’re confirming John Carter? Are you serious?” At this point, I turn my tape recorder back on, “…say that on tape!”, I tell him. Stanton: “I am writing John Carter of Mars right now.” “Oh man, you just doubled my page views!”, I say. Everybody laughs.

It’s long been rumored, but that’s word straight from the fish’s mouth.

For those of you not in the know, John Carter of Mars is a series of ultra-pulp sci-fi books by Edgar Rice Burroughs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs) (yes, he with the Tarzan) which strictly speaking is the the foundation upon which Star Wars is built.

This would be a more mature theme for sure.

Warning: Drawings in the article are mature oriented.

[MaDDoG]

That was quite interesting and that amazonian woman in th pictures...hubba hubba hubba :wub:

[MacHeadCase]

Hah! Did you read the article or just look at the pictures?

*Tapping foot on floor with arms crossed* :glare:









:biggrin:

[bobtomay]

I'd love to see that series on screen.

Just listened to one of the audio book versions of the entire series a few months ago.

[Brown Study]

Haven't been to Barsoom since I was 13 or thereabouts. Judging by those pictures, it's improved over the years.

[PapaNoHair]

Thanks MHC! Some very funny ones in there.

[MacHeadCase]

Why thank you, Papa. :)

From Kottke... Searching for American gothic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/americangothic/interesting/) in Flickr, brings up interesting photos.

[MacHeadCase]

You Walk Wrong (http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/).

It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take.

Walking is easy. It’s so easy that no one ever has to teach you how to do it. It’s so easy, in fact, that we often pair it with other easy activities—talking, chewing gum—and suggest that if you can’t do both simultaneously, you’re some sort of insensate clod. So you probably think you’ve got this walking thing pretty much nailed. As you stroll around the city, worrying about the economy, or the environment, or your next month’s rent, you might assume that the one thing you don’t need to worry about is the way in which you’re strolling around the city.

Well, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you: You walk wrong.

Look, it’s not your fault. It’s your shoes. Shoes are bad. I don’t just mean stiletto heels, or cowboy boots, or tottering espadrilles, or any of the other fairly obvious foot-torture devices into which we wincingly jam our feet. I mean all shoes. Shoes hurt your feet. They change how you walk. In fact, your feet—your poor, tender, abused, ignored, maligned, misunderstood feet—are getting trounced in a war that’s been raging for roughly a thousand years: the battle of shoes versus feet. ...

[MacHeadCase]

Wanna hear bass? Burning Babylon (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/babylon-knives/).

[MacHeadCase]

Cool observations on what is real tango, not the type of dance we see a little bit everywhere in North America. Controlled Tango Into Terrain (http://idlewords.com/2008/04/controlled_tango_into_terrain.htm):

... Tango has a similar trajectory to the American Delta blues. It arose out of black culture (back when there was a sizable black population in Buenos Aires), developed locally, crossed overseas, and then remained forgotten in its homeland for many years until a younger generation of Argentines took an interest in learning from the still-living masters and sparked a big revival. Now there is both a thriving local dance scene and an enormous tourism industry built around tango, including large numbers of foreign dancers who take their first trip here with all the reverence of a pious Muslim making a late-life pilgrimage to Mecca. You can identify some of these tango hajjis in the dance halls because they dance beautifully and yet don't speak much Spanish, standing awkwardly during the first moments of each song that other couples use as an opportunity to chat.

People dance tango at a structured event called a milonga (the word can also apply to the dance hall itself, or to a two-beat older form of tango music), the only social setting in Argentina where you must fetch your own drinks and empanadas at a bar rather than waiting for table service. The host seats guests around the dance floor based on his guess at their dancing skill and other intangible factors (such as how great they look). Men ask women to dance by trying to make eye contact and nodding towards the dance floor in a gesture called the cabeceo. In theory this is a discreet way for men to save face in the event of a refusal; in practice it means men cross the darkened room, stand three steps in front of their intended partner, and wag their head gravely until she either gets up to dance or tells them to go away. ...

[bobtomay]

And for all you folks not familiar with Magnatune ....

These are all Independent artists. No major labels here.
You set your own price when you purchase an album, and the artist always gets 50%. Best of all, it's DRM free (always has been). Not only that, when you purchase an album from them, you're allowed to give away two copies. So, you can legally burn a couple of CD's to give away. Or, you can just give the download link to a couple of your friends for a free copy.

You want to check out new artists? No measly 30 second previews here. Listen to full tracks or full albums before purchase.

Magnatune gives away a free song (http://magnatune.com/today/) everyday. You can listen before you download. (When you get to that link, you can actually get the free song of the day without giving out your e-mail, just hit the download free song link.

There are also free album giveaways on occasion. Here (http://magnatune.com/relax) is the current giveaway. These are typically mixes with multiple artists within a similar genre. Some of these are very good. You will have to give away an e-mail address to get this one, because they e-mail the download link. But, not to worry, they do not inundate you like some places. Normally you'll only see one e-mail a month, and then you may be told of their next free album.

Check 'em out here, Magnatune. (http://magnatune.com/info/press/coverage/usa_today)


edit: To pick up the current free album giveaway without giving your e-mail out - go here (http://magnatune.com/all/Music_for_Meditation.html), and when they ask for login info, enter mm23 for both the user and password.

[MacHeadCase]

Kewl link, mister Moderator! :)

-> Virtual rep <-

Gonna check this out in more detail now.

Edited to add:

Just got myself a freebie Beethoven tune! :biggrin:

[Brown Study]

This may have been MHC's discovery:

80 megabytes for under $12K! (http://www.2spare.com/item_92760.aspx)
300 megabytes for under $20K!
What the heck is Electronic Mail?

[MacHeadCase]

Now you've done it, Browny! You broke my screen! :tongue:

http://img.skitch.com/20080615-8fmmyg6gmt1whx97w97dqru6a.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/macheadcase/padq/dig-the-hair)
Click for full size (http://skitch.com/macheadcase/padq/dig-the-hair) - Uploaded with plasq (http://plasq.com)'s Skitch (http://skitch.com)

http://img.skitch.com/20080615-g8sfdsic8sr5ghtqneiixbgtda.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/macheadcase/padx/gates-from-nonheaven)
Click for full size (http://skitch.com/macheadcase/padx/gates-from-nonheaven) - Uploaded with plasq (http://plasq.com)'s Skitch (http://skitch.com)

[iKitten]

Thanks for the direction on getting the download without email address. :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Talking Twittering Teddy Bear is Nearly A Freaky Mod Too Far (http://gizmodo.com/5017084/talking-twittering-teddy-bear-is-nearly-a-freaky-mod-too-far).

I think OMG!!! Ponies!!! says it best:

That's it! I'm going on a killing spree and the eggheads are in my crosshairs.

ROBOT BEARS!?! ROBOT FREAKIN' BEARS!!!

Socially connected robot bears with all the power of the intarwebs at their beck and call. They can watch us. They can learn from us. They can become self-aware and that's when humanity takes an alloy steel bear jaw to the jugular. That's it... game over. Mankind killed by Web 2.0-powered robot bears.

ROBOT BEARS WILL KILL US AND CONQUER THE WORLD!!!

[MacHeadCase]

RIP Stan Winston (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/visual-effects.html).

[MacHeadCase]

How to nap (http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/naps/).

[MacHeadCase]

Google Maps gets a ticket (http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-united-states-park-police-vs-the-google-maps-car-san-francsicos-presidio/).

Using a hybrid Toyota Prius car.

[iKitten]

That's great!
Niran Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Is it me alone that notices that the driver doesn’t seem to give a (darn)… he’s reading a map while the cop does his thing….

Driver to cop: “Are we about done here? I’ve got (stuff) to map!”

[MacHeadCase]

For all you car buffs, A visit to the Corvette factory (http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-6241914-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg).

...On Tuesday, he hit the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ky., where every one of the iconic cars has been built since 1981.

The plant has two main production lines, the chassis line and the body line. On the chassis line, workers put together the drivetrain, the engine, and the internal systems. On the body line, they work on the frame, the body, the trim, and so forth. ...

[Brown Study]

A 'Vette pulled up next to me at a stop light last night. Bright yellow. Maybe it had racing cams or something and a glass-packed muffler, but was it noisy!

Surely they can't all sound like that now. What a racket. It sounded like a cross between an idling steam locomotive and a top-loading washing machine on spin. There were two distinct sounds, the "breathing" of the idling steam locomotive and the double-time cyclical rattle of the spin cycle.

Whatever effect the driver was so proud of was shot when he pulled away from the light: The thing had an automatic transmission. I laughed.

Loser! I thought as I popped another sour grape into my mouth.

[MacHeadCase]

LOL @ Browny


I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to do this... How to Live With Just 100 Things (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1812048,00.html):

Excess consumption is practically an American religion. But as anyone with a filled-to-the-gills closet knows, the things we accumulate can become oppressive. With all this stuff piling up and never quite getting put away, we're no longer huddled masses yearning to breathe free; we're huddled masses yearning to free up space on a countertop. Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items. ...

[mathogre]

Let me set the context for you. At work I've been introduced to outside people (business partners and sponsor - the FAA) as the Resident Mad Scientist. This *is* a good thing. You may recall me mentioning it in this post:

http://macapper.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5753&postcount=198

Here's the person who recently introduced me with that title of honor to one of our sponsors at the FAA. Yes Lee is one of my high level managers, and she's good at what she does. She apparently also likes shoes.

http://washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/18/fashion-shoe-lovers-sole-indulgence/

[Mac0sXuser]

Foamy the ranting squirrel http://www.illwillpress.com/

[MacHeadCase]

Stewart Butterfield, the Flickr founder, sends in his resignation letter to Yahoo! (http://valleywag.com/5017424/stewart-butterfields-bizarre-resignation-letter-to-yahoo).

Read it, it's delicious. :w00t:

[MacHeadCase]

What is good tequila? (http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/19/what-is-good-tequila/)

[Brown Study]

Shuttle in orbit pix (http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm) with astronaut making repairs.

What cameras do they use now? I wonder if an iPhone would work. Despite the distance, there'd be nothing to interfere with the signal.

Might be adhesive tape holding the windshield in place.

[MacHeadCase]

The photos are so crisp, it's insane. I really do wonder what setup was used. Unless the lack of oxygen/air makes for perfect pictures? :confused:

[Brown Study]

Maybe they were taken on a movie studio's back lot. I'm gonna check everything for wires.

[MaDDoG]

Watch this - he ride through!! The Engrish manor house.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=18190

[MacHeadCase]

The poor brakes on that thing! :blink:

[iKitten]

No doubt! *Squeeeeak, squeeeakk*

[MacHeadCase]

So now everyone is going teary eyed because Bill Gates is retiring...

And you see all these news articles about "Gates says goodbye to M$ developers", "Gates gives his last presentation", etc. etc.

So oh hum. There's an article on the BBC website, The secret of Bill Gates' success (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7464074.stm) in which you can see a short 9 minute video with Steve Wozniak. Just for the Apple trivia and how Apple got started and stuff, that video is fun.

You didn't think I'd tell ya to read about Gates now, did you? :laugh:

[mathogre]

:huh: The 300 Club (http://penguincentral.com/300Club.html) :huh:

It's probably not what you think.

[iKitten]

^^ Crazy!

[MacHeadCase]

I was totally shocked by this article. It might not be suitable for everyone, I readily admit. Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html).

What totally numbed me is that these girls are getting pregnant for the same reason they'd get a puppy or a kitten. The social services have it all wrong as well as they're thinking let's hand out contraceptives. That's just to prevent the end result. The problem is IMO much more deeply rooted in society than this.

Do parents really abandon their kids to this extent? Aren't they suppose to talk to them and guide them through questions or feelings they might have? Are these girls thinking a child is like another toy or a living doll to play with? Are they really thinking of all the ramifications having a kid brings in their lives? I am totally stunned: I am thinking of these children that will be born, that will be brought up probably in a very bad tight spot/situation once the mom thinks that is a bit more than what she bargained for...

Anyway I might be completely off my rocker, which is another possibility.

[iKitten]

With all the press coverage of celebs being pregnant without husband and/or father involvement, I'm shocked in a way, but not entirely surprised. I do think it's terribly sad!

[mathogre]

Anyway I might be completely off my rocker, which is another possibility.

You're not.

[iKitten]

^^ Yeah, what he said! :)

[MacHeadCase]

LOL

Thanks you two.

It's just that a child is not a toy for heaven's sake. And I'm thinking that if we think things are rough nowadays, I'm imagining these children that will be born and brought up for all the wrong reasons, when they grow up and what type of society they will then form.

Sends shivers up my spine.

[mathogre]

There's so much I could say, but maybe it's actually easy. Parents are the models for their children. Say what you want to your children, but your actions are the day-to-day living experience to them of what is right, whether it is actually right or not.

[Kilted]

Now where's my Coke

http://gizmodo.com/5018549/turiba-university-sets-world-record-with-1911-simultaneous-coke+mentos-explosions

[MacHeadCase]

OMG I thought they were in a swamp! ROTFL :lol:

[mathogre]

They are now. :blink:

[MacHeadCase]

Pollinators of fig trees (http://www.figweb.org/Interaction/Who_pollinates_fig_trees/index.htm)

How fig trees are pollinated (http://www.figweb.org/Interaction/How_do_fig_wasps_pollinate/index.htm)


Okayyyyy... :blink:

[mathogre]

I may never eat figs again. :uhh: :biggrin: :blink:

[MacHeadCase]

I know how you feel... :tongue_smilie:

[MacHeadCase]

All about Jobs acquiring Pixar and making it very successful: Success Story 2 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Hirschorn-t.html). His Steveness is very very crafty. The article is a kinda like a review on the book by David A. Price, The Pixar Touch - The Making of a Company.

[Fallooza]

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1183

[MacHeadCase]

Where's Saint-Pierre? He's not on the fight card this time?

[MacHeadCase]

Despair Inc. Blog (http://blog.despair.com/)

[bobtomay]

Love that site!!

[MacHeadCase]

Some of those t-shirts and paraphernalia are awesome! :tongue:

[MacHeadCase]

Oops! Weirdest Accidents, Part 4 (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/oops-weirdest-accidents-part-4.html). :blink:

More here (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/02/oops-weirdest-accidents-part-3.html)

Here (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/06/oops-weirdest-accidents-part-2.html)

And here (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/oops-weirdest-accidents.html).

[MacHeadCase]

Read the comments (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000I1X6PM/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)... You'll laugh hysterically.

[iKitten]

:lol: Where did they get those reviewers!?!

[MacHeadCase]

From a Cracker Jack's box. ;)

[bobtomay]

Read the comments (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000I1X6PM/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)... You'll laugh hysterically.

Oh, that's too good. :lol:

[mathogre]

bomomo (http://bomomo.com/)

[Kilted]

Happy Days...
This is for all you Lego freaks out there

http://gizmodo.com/5018990/lego-secret-vault-contains-all-sets-in-history?autoplay=true

[iKitten]

Sweet! Talk about nostalgia. Thanks, Kilted.

[MacHeadCase]

A bit rough and rowdy in this one but very funny.

The Website is Down (http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/)

[MacHeadCase]

Wadia 170iTransport (http://www.wadia.com/products/170i/170iTransport_home.htm).

The iTransport is the first ever component specifically designed to transform your iPod into a high-resolution audio/video media server. ...

[MaDDoG]

Nice I like it MHC - but according to specs it won't support my 30Gb iPod classic:mellow:

[mathogre]

"WTF" - Potentially Offensive Licence Places in North Carolina (http://www.wxii12.com/news/16699280/detail.html)

[MacHeadCase]

This one needs a bit of an intro.

We are finally getting the iPhone in The Great White North on July 11th. The carrier is going to be Rogers and Rogers-owned Fido in Québec. Prices were supposed to be very affordable. Now that the contract is signed, can't see myself in owning one at all, those prices are ridiculous. I'm still gonna stick with my Samsung/Virgin Mobile deal I got a year ago.

Never mind Rogers... :glare:

In any case, here's a funny website (http://iphonecanada.ytmnd.com/). Garish and makes your eyes water but it's funny...

[MacHeadCase]

WALL-E Easter Eggs (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/27/wall-e-easter-eggs/)

[MacHeadCase]

How UCSB got to be an ARPAnet node (http://jeweledplatypus.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/text/ucsbnet.html)

[MacHeadCase]

Don't drink and row (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7482551.stm)

[mathogre]

Don't drink and row (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7482551.stm)

Oh that's funny!!!!

[Sherman Homan]

Gibson Guitars:
http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-6242851-18.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

My favorite photos are #12 and #17.
With #18 tying in the link between Microsoft and musical expression (not!)

[MacHeadCase]

Microsoft and musical expression... Like it, Sherman.

DIY Class A MOSFET Headphone Amplifier (http://diyaudioprojects.com/Solid/IRF610-Class-A-Headphone-Amp/)

[MacHeadCase]

Jackson Pollock's hi-fi: A work of art? (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-9979942-47.html)

Bogen DB-20 tube amplifier, Crown turntable...

[MacHeadCase]

The Dangers of Auto-Replace (http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/06/the_dangers_of_1.html) :lol:

[Sherman Homan]

Well that is a whole step beyond spell check and auto-correct!

[MacHeadCase]

Yes sir, indeed it was. :laugh:

As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/technology/06outage.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin)

In that article there is a very useful link.

[MacHeadCase]

Pioneer Succeeds in Developing World's First 16-Layer Optical Disc (http://pioneer.jp/press/release193.html).

Yep, that's 400GB of stuff on one disk with this technology... :blink: