Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
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The internet can affect your brain! (In a good way.)
How dare the big bad librarians silence those parents’ attempts to silence ideas that they don’t like! (Grr.)
How dare the big bad librarians silence those parents’ attempts to silence ideas that they don’t like! Won’t somebody please think of the children? (Grr.)
Compiling…
Hah! “the only advantage of living forever is having the time to read all of TV Tropes.”
Hah! “the only advantage of living forever is having the time to read all of TV Tropes.” https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhoWantsToLiveForever
Holy crud, they actually shut down the 101 and *shot* that 500-car pileup?
Why FlashFoward creators embrace Lost comparison
Holy crud, they actually shut down the 101 and *shot* that 500-car pileup? No wonder it looked so impressive on the screen at Comic-Con!
(I think I’ve mentioned I’m *really* looking forward to this show. I wish they’d come up with a new promotional still, though. There’s this picture and the cast photo.)
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todo: add a note to either the pilot episode review or a blog post, whichever seems more appropriate
A Lightning Bolt Hits Water, So Close You Can See Its Streamers
Well, that’s one way to keep the sushi supply from drying up…
Well, that’s one way to keep the sushi supply from drying up…
Japanese scientists to breed ‘super tuna’
Japanese scientists will have bred a new “super-tuna” within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans.
Gotta love this story title: Robotic Ferret Used to Fight Smugglers
Gotta love this story title: Robotic Ferret Used to Fight Smugglers
Mozilla Launches Jetpack
Mozilla Launches Jetpack https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2009/05/20/mozilla-labs-introduces-jetpack-call-for-participation/
Warner Music issues DMCA takedown notice to official Warner Music video channel. Need popcorn
Warner Music issues DMCA takedown notice to official Warner Music video channel. Need popcorn
Backing up Geocities
Ambitious, crazy, or both? The project to back up all of Geocities before Yahoo pulls the plug.
An interesting look back at the web of 10 years ago.
Whatever Happened to the Top 15 Web Properties of April, 1999?
An interesting look back at the web of 10 years ago.
Comic Sans, Font of Ill Will
The Wall Street Journal profiles Vincent Connare, designer of the web’s most-hated font, Comic Sans. Not surprisingly, the font’s origins go back to Microsoft Bob, where he saw a talking dog speaking in Times New Roman. Connare pulled out Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns for reference, and created the comic book-style font over the next week.
Weird news from Wired. Apparently CompUSA was bought by Tiger Direct’s parent company, and
https://www.wired.com/2009/04/compusa-back-fr/
Weird news from Wired. Apparently CompUSA was bought by Tiger Direct's parent company, and they're relaunching the chain, mostly in Florida.
Will It Lens?
Google employees ask the all-important question: Will It Lens?
Dark side of being able to add a visual layer to everyday life: virtual pop-up ads on reality
When ‘Mad Men’ Meets Augmented Reality
Dark side of being able to add a visual layer to everyday life: virtual pop-up ads on reality…and ad blockers that edit out things you don't want to see.
Scenes from 30,000 meters above
Scenes from 30,000 meters above
On February 28th, a team of four Spanish teenage students and their instructor from IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia launched a weather probe they designed and built themselves. Their helium-filled balloon carried a payload of electronics and a camera…
Weird News Video #35 — Keystone Criminals
Honestly, none of these sound annoying to me.
10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse
Honestly, none of these sound annoying to me. Katie does half of them and they don’t bother me — I do half of them and I hope they don’t bother her!