July 2008
56 posts
Why vegans can't decide whether they're allowed to... →
Pretty random article, but it introduced me to the term “flexitarian”, and I like it, it’s not that I won’t it meat, it’s that I try not to. Still, if I crave it, or if someone has prepared it unknowingly for me, I’ll gladly enjoy it. Flexitarian.
WatchHahah, cracks me up.
WatchAmazing Blob Jump Launch Video
Why are there no green stars? | Bad Astronomy |... →
In fact, any time of the year you can find colors in the sky. Most stars look white, but the brightest ones show color. Red, orange, yellow, blue… almost all the colors of the rainbow. But hey, wait a sec. Where are the green stars? Shouldn’t we see them?
'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Trailer,... →
WOO!
The Lagoons of Titan: Oily Liquid Confirmed on... →
“This is the first observation that really pins down that Titan has a surface lake filled with liquid,” said the paper’s lead author, University of Arizona professor Robert Brown.
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What?
Hellboy II
Saw this awhile ago, action packed, lacking the dramedy that made the first so appealing (with a couple important cast members missing), worth watching, sneaks in at 3 stars.
In other news:
In case that last post wasn’t a sign, I’m cutting back on my meat consumption again, I’ve been mostly vegetarian before, though I don’t generally call myself vegetarian, since I’ll eat...
Prevent Animal Cruelty by Adopting a Vegetarian... →
You DO NOT want to see this video, you probably can not even sit through this video… as a friend I hate to think of you watching this video, yet still I post it, this is where our meat comes from… I lost my appetite…
WatchPioneer Day Fireworks, SLC, UT
Views of Jupiter - The Big Picture - Boston.com →
Jupiter is in the news again, this time because its “Baby Red Spot” - a storm less than a year old - appears to have been swallowed up by the massive storm known as the Great Red Spot. This is good occasion to share some of the best photographs of Jupiter and its larger system of rings and moons, as seen by various probes and telescopes over the past 30 years
Awesome images!
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Randy Pausch, noted CMU prof, succumbs to cancer →
“Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor whose final lecture inspired millions, died early today in Virginia of pancreatic cancer.”
RIP Randy, RIP everyone actually, when you get there.
Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old... →
The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday.
Catch Up Plus 7-24-08 - a set on Flickr →
Just a bunch of photos I think I forgot to upload, plus Pioneer Day (yesterday) at Jason and Charlotte’s, with all sorts of awesome people and food :-) Enjoy.
LAist: It was the Biggest UCLA Undie Run Yet →
As tradition in years past with LAist, we visited the tri-annual UCLA Undie Run last month for the Spring Quarter midnight event just prior to graduation. To say the least, the party was massively huge. It took just under 20 minutes for the thousands of students to get through the Strathmore tunnel.
7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The... →
7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls)
How blind salamanders make nonsense of... →
How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists’ claims.
Graffiti snails roaming London | Metro.co.uk →
Most people have to shell out to give their homes a makeover – not so for these multi-coloured molluscs. The flashy snails have had their drab shells given a paint job for nothing – and they didn’t even have to move a muscle.
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chromatic - The Software Behind the Mars Phoenix... →
Sending hundreds of pounds of equipment millions of miles through space to land and operate independently from direct control presents several interesting software development challenges. O’Reilly News recently discussed the project and its technology with NASA’s Peter Gluck.
Flickr: Elsharooni's Photostream →
Some pics of the heppler’s on vacation in michigan, babymania. The ice cream shot, and the mac and cheese on the deck are totally awesome, and the one in the mini Cadillac is my favorite.
I Just saw
A sweet rad falling star :-) It was super burny, and fast moving, orangey, very cool.
More Movies.
Wall-E: a good solid 3, highly entertaining, very pretty, and the short before was pixars best ever. lack of 5 star due to the humans render job, blah blah blah it’s hard to make people look good, they aren’t even trying anymore. Still enjoy the show :-)
Hancock: the first half was 5 star, the second half was 0, and the end of a film is worth more, thus Will Smith earns a big 2,...
Hmmm
Out for a walk, something about mobile blogging is still quite fun!
The 7 Creepiest Real-Life Robots | Cracked.com →
“Scientists say they can now build near-perfect replications of a human being, and that they finally have the technology to bring the inanimate to life.
Scientists are liars. Here are seven robots that reached for “life-like,” and came up with a big handful of your worst nightmares.”
Robots are so AWESOME! I want nightmares like that!
4th Weekend 08 - a set on Flickr →
A bit of everything, fireworks at tony’s, nickel-cade another day (the 5th) after some sweet rad food in italy or something, plus a movie poster from the 6th, and that truck on the road was probably the 4th :-)