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No it’s not a Death Star. it is in fact one of...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:41:51 +1100

No it’s not a Death Star. it is in fact one of Saturn’s moons, Mimas. Run over to Bad Astronomy to discover more.

Lest we forget

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:14:46 +1100

Lest we forget

Google censors Aboriginal Flag. The top picture is the original...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:13:23 +1100

Google censors Aboriginal Flag.

The top picture is the original artwork by student Jessie Du. The picture on the bottom will appear today (Australia/Invasion Day) on the Google website. The flag that Google chose to remove is the Australian Aboriginal flag

Human running speeds of 35 to 40 mph may be biologically possible

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:44:07 +1100

Human running speeds of 35 to 40 mph may be biologically possible:

Bugger! Guess I’ll just give up practicing …

“Dirty Harry meets the Rain Man” (via xkcd)

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:40:43 +1100

“Dirty Harry meets the Rain Man” (via xkcd)

EMP gun to stop car chases

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:39:14 +1100

EMP gun to stop car chases:

Eureka Aerospace have developed an electromagnetic pulse gun to help in police car chases. The pulse from the gun is supposed to disable a car’s microprocessor system … no mention of what happens to the perp’s gonads.

Gunsights to lose Bible references

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:23:21 +1100

Gunsights to lose Bible references:

A US company that has been putting biblical references on its gun-sights has said that they will remove them.

Trijicon, a deeply religious Michigan company that sells military hardware, supplies gun-sights to the US, British, Australian and New Zealand military, has for years put encoded biblical inscriptions on its gun-sights. Now due to criticism from home and abroad their will now supply military organizations with kits to remove them.

Amazon Opens Kindle To Third Party App Developers

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:15:09 +1100

Amazon Opens Kindle To Third Party App Developers:

Amazon will soon release a development kit for the Kindle. Applications written for the Kindle can be sold via Amazon’s online Kindle store. They will be limited to how much bandwidth they can use; applications that require a monthly subscription charge will be allowed to use more bandwidth.

In another move to fight off the yet-to-be-released Apple tablet Amazon is also increasing the royalties that will be paid to authors and publishers.

I think their worried ….

123456

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:10:21 +1100

123456:

The most popular password used for on-line accounts according to a new study.

As Pretty As A Song

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:46:18 +1100

As Pretty As A Song:

Congrats to you both!

It took me weeks before I figured out the name wasn’t as PrettyAsaASarong (which also makes sense to me), but I finally got the glasses prescription changed and saw clearly.

To one of the first people who followed me on tumbler I wish you both all the best and much happiness, no advice from this end just play it by ear; when in doubt a sarong might just do the tick.

Cheers, from down under.

mry: friendlyatheist:dawnowar:Non-Believers Giving Aid -...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:33:53 +1100

mry:

friendlyatheist:dawnowar:Non-Believers Giving Aid - Support for the Haiti Tragedy and Beyond

Donating without Deities

designtumblelog: How much life could you find in One Cubic...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:29:49 +1100

designtumblelog:

How much life could you find in One Cubic Foot?

Photo by David Littschwager

Edward O. Wilson:

Life at the ground level is not just a random mix of species, not an interspersion of fungi, bacteria, worms, ants, and all the rest. The species of each group are strictly stratified by depth. In passing from just above the surface on down, the conditions of the microenvironment change gradually but dramatically. Inch by inch there are shifts in light and temperature, the size of the cavities, the chemistry of the air, soil, or water, the kind of food available, and the species of organisms. The combination of these properties, down to a microscopic level, defines the surface ecosystem.

The goal for the Encyclopedia of Life is to create a page for each species on earth.

via National Geographic

The CO2 Bubble David Tryse has created a Google Earth Tour that...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:01:00 +1100

The CO2 Bubble

David Tryse has created a Google Earth Tour that illustrates the amount of CO2 that we humans have been putting out since the beginning of the industrial revolution and how this compares with the atmosphere; surprise how small the atmosphere is when you compress it a ball at sea level pressure.

If you have Google Earth installed on your machine click on the link to load the tour.

Ah, they have modesty toggles (via utilikilts)

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:37:45 +1100

Ah, they have modesty toggles (via utilikilts)

American made Utilikilts Not sure how well these work if you...

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:34:40 +1100

American made Utilikilts

Not sure how well these work if you spend most of your time up a ladder.

MacHomer

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:19:42 +1100

MacHomer:

Went to see MacHomer last night with the family. It’s a one man, Canadian comedian Rick Miller, show: a re-imagining of Macbeth with the Simpsons’ characters doing the various roles; all voice by Miller. Hilarious and an amazing performance by Miller. Even my wife, who is not a Simpsons fan, enjoyed it.

azspot: John Sherffius

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:26:09 +1100

azspot:

John Sherffius

"The fact that a believer may be happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a..."

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:13:55 +1100

““The fact that a believer may be happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunk is happier than a sober man.””

- George Bernard Shaw (via amprebel)

How Russians melt snow and ice during their intense winter...

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:03:00 +1100

How Russians melt snow and ice during their intense winter moths: strap an engine from a Mig-15 to a truck (via Gizmodo).

Marc Jacobs’ USB Hub (vai Gizmodo)

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:01:26 +1100

Marc Jacobs’ USB Hub (vai Gizmodo)