December 2010
63 posts
Watchsmall-mammal:
No reason why sci-tech videos can’t be this deliriously visually creative. (Other than the fact that they’re usually woefully underfunded, of course. But that’s no excuse.)
“All of my physical fitness regimen is completely tailored around the end of...”
– Ashton Kutcher, in the latest issue of Men’s Fitness. The infamous punker says he is stocking up on guns and learning Krav Maga to prepare for civil society’s impending demise.
[huffpo.]
(via thedailywhat)
“Given that animals need to eat to acquire other essential nutrients anyway, the...”
– If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em.
Why Animals So Rarely Photosynthesize | Retort
“I understand only you and Obama have your own Situation Rooms.”
– North Korean official to visiting reporter Wolf Blitzer.
[@mpoppel.]
(via thedailywhat)
Pulsate
sarzha:
Click to make music. Space to clear. (source)
Perfect personalized studying soundtrack — this has kept me from going crazy.
Behind the Scenes: Lego Antikythera Mechanism →
small-mammal:
This is a 2000-year-old analog computing device reconstructed out of Lego. It predicts solar and lunar eclipses, accurate to within two hours — all using plastic gears. Andy Carol, its designer, builds mechanical computers out of Lego as a hobby. He made this device…
Word Weirding →
science:
You may be familiar with “semantic satiation”, the scholarly name for what happens when you repeat a word so many times it temporarily becomes meaningless to you. Equally interesting is what happens if, instead of repeating the word yourself, you listen to a tape of someone else repeating it. Here’s the result of one such experiment:
The subject listened to the repeated stimulus...
