Furry Friend, A Relaxing Cat Purr Generator For Those Lonely Times When a Real Cat Isn’t Around
A companion for the Emergency Kitten site.
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Composite satellite view of the Aurora Borealis.
You can actually answer the question in the Disney song! (The route to Wonderland…
You can actually answer the question in the Disney song! (The route to Wonderland does in fact go under land, though the Blue Line may go over hills as well.)
Now *that’s* a bright meteor.
Interesting (and useful) perspective
Don’t Delay Exploring the Science of Your Child’s Procrastination
Research is showing that procrastination isn’t a defect in ability or personality but rather a disconnect between the demands of a task and what motivates the procrastinator.
Interesting (and useful) perspective:
Procrastinators are intrinsically and not extrinsically motivated, meaning that neither tempting them with rewards nor warning them the sky will fall is likely to up their motivation to the threshold of action. Instead, the procrastinator has to want to do something.
This is kind of sad. “He can’t run it on his MacBook since Symantec
https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvbw9a/even-the-inventor-of-pgp-doesnt-use-pgp
This is kind of sad. “He can’t run it on his MacBook since Symantec bought PGP in 2010, and 'no version of PGP ever ran on an iOS device.'”
Well, I’m glad I didn’t walk to lunch today.
A Spritely Thunderstorm From Space
https://slate.com/technology/2015/08/sprite-red-lightning-seen-from-space.html
A Spritely Thunderstorm From Space
I wasn’t expecting to see much, but then I did once see a meteor…
Don’t Miss the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight!
I wasn't expecting to see much, but then I did once see a meteor walking out the door to do laundry, so I figured it was worth a look.
I *think* I saw one meteor out of the corner of my eye, but it was crossing a busy flight path, so I can't be sure.
Now with added comments from Mark Hamill himself.
Always look up. You never know when you’re going to see something cool in
https://slate.com/technology/2015/07/rainbow-arc-a-shaft-of-sunlight-and-a-segment-of-a-rainbow.html
Always look up. You never know when you're going to see something cool in the sky.
“One study subject took twenty minutes of staring at a Windows 3.1 desktop before…
https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-the-windows-start-button-2015-7
“One study subject took twenty minutes of staring at a Windows 3.1 desktop before being able to open a text editing program…. “He was literally a rocket scientist,” Oran says. “And even he couldn't figure out Windows.”” (via Slashdot)
Wow, they’re almost caught up with the 21st century! I wonder how many decades
Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church
Wow, they’re almost caught up with the 21st century!
I wonder how many decades it’ll be before they stop kicking out agnostic and atheist scouts and leaders?
Next time you hear someone complain about how a woman speaks, think about the…
The war on female voices is just another way of telling women to shut up
Next time you hear someone complain about how a woman speaks, think about the context for a moment. “We also know that the relentless attacks on women’s voices—particularly vocal fry—are sexist for one very simple reason: Men are rewarded for using the same vocal tools. ”
This morning I went to wake up J and found him already awake, huddled under
This morning I went to wake up J and found him already awake, huddled under his sheet, reading picture books with a flashlight. I feel like we're doing something right.
I just saw someone link to a Snopes article in the comments on Snopes’ own
I just saw someone link to a Snopes article in the comments on Snopes' own post of the same article.
Anyone else have a JoCo song running through their head after looking at the
Pluto and Charon Keep Getting WEIRDER
Anyone else have a JoCo song running through their head after looking at the preview pic?
Very thorough, worth reading if you have the time. TL;DR: GMOs are not the…
Very thorough, worth reading if you have the time.
TL;DR: GMOs are not the problem. Pesticide/herbicide overuse, monoculture, and predatory business tactics are the problem, but they're neither unique to GMOs nor intrinsic to them.
Misleading rhetoric leads people to “fix” things that aren't problems in ways that can ignore the *real* problems — or even make them worse.
I like that “Inside Out” shows even negative emotions have value. For instance, disgust keeps…
I like that “Inside Out” shows even negative emotions have value. For instance, disgust keeps you from being poisoned. Of course, the first time you see Disgust in action, she’s reacting to *broccoli*. Just because you’re disgusted by something doesn’t mean it’s *actually* harmful.
Tonight: Conjunction between Venus and Jupiter, less than half a degree apart in the…
http://urbanastronomer.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-great-conjunction.html
Tonight: Conjunction between Venus and Jupiter, less than half a degree apart in the sky — closer than the diameter of a full moon. Look to the west this evening after sunset fades.