iobrush_quicktime_small.mov (video/quicktime Object)
iobrush_quicktime_small.mov (video/quicktime Object)
Check out this new computer drawing tool developed by the folks at the MIT Media Laboratory. Wonderfully cool stuff. The world has indeed become a palette. Here is their website: http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/
King Tut Drank Red Wine, Researcher Says - Yahoo! News
King Tut Drank Red Wine, Researcher Says - Yahoo! News:
"LONDON - King Tutankhamen was a red wine drinker, according to a researcher who analyzed traces of the vintage found in his tomb. Maria Rosa Guasch-Jane told reporters Wednesday at the British Museum that she made her discovery after inventing a process that gave archaeologists a tool to discover the color of ancient wine.
'This is the first time someone has found an ancient red wine,' she said."
CNN.com - Police: Winning lottery ticket purchased with stolen credit card - Oct 28, 2005
CNN.com - Police: Winning lottery ticket purchased with stolen credit card - Oct 28, 2005:
"MEDFORD, Oregon (AP) -- A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said.
Christina Goodenow, 38, of White City in southern Oregon faced numerous theft-related charges, forgery and possession of methamphetamine, said authorities, who searched her home Thursday. The card belonged to a deceased relative, they said.
If convicted of any of the charges, Goodenow will not be able to collect prize money from the winning ticket, said police Lt. Tim George."
CNN.com - Body hanging from tree mistaken for Halloween decoration - Oct 28, 2005
CNN.com - Body hanging from tree mistaken for Halloween decoration - Oct 28, 2005:
"FREDERICA, Delaware (AP) -- The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said.
The 42-year-old woman used rope to hang herself across the street from some homes on a moderately busy road late Tuesday or early Wednesday, state police said.
The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could be easily seen from passing vehicles."
CNN.com - Lower 9th Ward like a surreal movie set - Oct 27, 2005
CNN.com - Lower 9th Ward like a surreal movie set - Oct 27, 2005:
"NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- I'll admit it. I wasn't prepared for what I saw. And I can only begin to understand what it was like for the people who lived there.
On Thursday, I rode along with residents from the devastated Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans as they toured the area by bus.
For some, it was the first chance to see their homes, their neighbors and their belongings. But they weren't allowed to get off the bus. This angered some; others knew there was simply nothing to salvage."
CNN.com - Missing U.S. cat found in France - Oct 27, 2005
CNN.com - Missing U.S. cat found in France - Oct 27, 2005
APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) -- When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before -- the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.
CNN.com - Jerry Lee rocks Johnny Cash tribute - Oct 27, 2005
CNN.com - Jerry Lee rocks Johnny Cash tribute - Oct 27, 2005:
"LOS ANGELES, California (AP) --
Jerry Lee Lewis stole the show from Norah Jones and Kid Rock when the musicians performed at a taping of a Johnny Cash tribute.
Lewis teamed with Kid Rock on the Cash classic 'I Walk the Line.'"
IFILM - Viral Videos: Two-Headed Turtle -
IFILM - Viral Videos: Two-Headed Turtle -
I hope that this kind of thing does not presage ill for our environment.
The Official M.C. Escher Website
The Official M.C. Escher Website
The works of M. C. Escher
The National Archives | Research, education & online exhibitions | Exhibitions | Public Information Films
The National Archives | Research, education & online exhibitions | Exhibitions | Public Information Films:
"For the first time on The National Archives' website you can view complete public information films from the 20th Century. The first selection of films from 1945 -1951 features some fascinating events from Britain's post-war history."
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S SPINACH.
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S SPINACH.
I suppose this is one way to get around high cigarette prices.
MAKE YOUR OWN PRUNO AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.
MAKE YOUR OWN PRUNO AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.
My brother recently told me about a friend who once worked on an offshore oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico. He said they would stay out there for weeks on end, baking in the hot sun with absolutely nothing to do in their off time--a problem made doubly difficult to handle because of the policy of prohibiting alcohol on the rigs.
One way that workers overcame this tedium was by drinking Aqua Velva, the alcohol-based after shave.
According to
Wikipedia:
"The alcohol content of original Aqua Velva was high enough to actually inspire US sailors in World War II to use it as a substitute for alcoholic beverages. The flavor was improved either with vanilla extract or orange juice, but still left a soapy aftertaste in the drinker's mouth."
I also recall reading an article years back about how homeless vagrants would buy those little canisters that have that petroleum-jelly type stuff you light up to heat food, etc., and consume that to get a buzz. Apparently, quite a few people had died as a result, so this was a fairly big problem at the time.
In any case, it's amazing the lengths people will go to in order to catch a buzz.
The City
The City
A sculpture depicting the city of San Francisco with Jello.
The World's Smallest Car
The World's Smallest CarUsing the parts inside a single molecule, scientists have constructed the world's smallest car. It has a chassis, axles and a pivoting suspension. The wheels are buckyballs, spheres of pure carbon containing 60 atoms apiece.
It'd be a real squeeze to take it for a spin, however.
The whole car is no more than 4 nanometers across. That's slightly wider than a strand of DNA. A human hair is about 80,000 nanometers thick.
mudjake.mov (video/quicktime Object)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro (video/quicktime Object)
An intense/heavenly/sensitive rendition of George Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," performed by a Hawaiian ukelele virtuoso.
iobrush_quicktime_small.mov (video/quicktime Object)
iobrush_quicktime_small.mov (video/quicktime Object)Check out this new computer drawing tool. The world has indeed become a palette. Here is their website: http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/
IFILM - Viral Videos: Keyboard Drum Lesson -
IFILM - Viral Videos: Keyboard Drum Lesson -Middle-aged Asian man demonstrates a not-so-shabby keyboard drum technique on a cheap electronic piano.
Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (1862)
Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (1862)Nice pictures from a 19th century science book.
Fractals - Fractal Recursions
Fractals - Fractal RecursionsVery nice fractal designs.
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography by Chris Cook
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography by Chris Cook
Where Babies Come From in Germany
Where Babies Come from in GermanyAn unusually graphic children's book.
Origami Boulder Company -- Original Origami Gifts!
Origami Boulder Company -- Original Origami Gifts!
Wadded paper Origami boulders.
