Category: random

05 Jan

space toilet

really, who can’t get excited about a revolutionary new space toilet?!?!?!?
Next-generation space toilet ready in five years ::: Pink Tentacle

27 Dec

Gay Marriage is a non-issue

First, the title of this post is a lie born of my confusion: what’s so hard about this issue?
Hey, you: the ones threatened and appalled by gay marriage (I’m pointing my ring finger at you Huckabee.)  The debate around gay marriage revolves around the “M” word, and is one of semantics.  So I suggest it [...]

26 Dec

Storm a continent off course

Really, this is midwest snow three quarters of a continent off course.
Not that I don’t appreciate a white Christmas.  Happy Holidays Seattle, especially to those who shredded powder on Denny in a row boat.  Sorry I missed that.
Still, I’m ready for cloudy skies, foggy streets, and ubiquitous drizzle, eased by the liquid sunshine we call [...]

17 Dec

holiday options : saturnalia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia
via
GOOD » Neighborhood Watch: Wednesday, Dec. 17»

04 Dec

GOOD and graffitti

Good (my new favorite website and magazine) highlights a great project using graffitti to highlight the difference between 1st and 3rd world society.
» Third World 2.0»

29 Nov

white non-denominational holiday-of-your-choice season

Snow crystals
Snow flakes highly magnified by a low-temperature scanning electron microscope (SEM). The colours are called “pseudo colours”, they are computer generated and are a standard technique used with SEM images.
via Kung Fu Grippe

11 Nov

2008-11-11 Field Report from the Leafy Front

News from the front is mixed and leafy.
With the help of Captain Cheryl we were able to recapture the north pass and valley.  Those of the enemy’s forces we weren’t able to capture where pinned down.  We were able to contain several battalions, but weather conditions forced us to withdraw. No doubt many will escape.
Morale [...]

23 Oct

hangman

hanged man lamp.
I swear that I try not to just rehash boingboing, but man they get some super fun stuff.

23 Oct

anatomical prints of kaiju

Vintage Japanese movie-monster anatomical illustrations - Boing Boing

21 Oct

want! brains in jars

Morbid Anatomy: Abandoned Russian Brain Research Laboratory Photo Gallery