November 2008
106 posts
Dane Cook is Donnie Hoyle of the You Suck at Photoshop series? o.O
Nov 1st
A Witch by Starlight →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed A Witch by StarlightBy starlight this eerie visage shines in the dark,a crooked profile evoking its popular name, theWitch Head Nebula.In fact, this…
Nov 1st
Google Fights Zombie Robots on Halloween →
Laughing Squid Google made a special Halloween modification to their robots.txt file. via Google Blogoscoped Related Posts How To Survive a Zombie Attack, In Plain English
Nov 1st
October 2008
136 posts
Wicked Wearable Sculptures (for Halloween) →
Dark Roasted Blend “QUANTUM SHOT” #491 link If you want a weirder mask or a costume, you’d have to ask aliens to produce it How many times have you seen the same variations of…
Oct 31st
∑:*) 8-# Happy Halloween, Twitter! (|:|/) ////Ö\\
Oct 31st
Phoenix Not Responding to Communications →
Universe Today The Phoenix Lander is not responding to attempts to communicate with it. Earlier today, we reported that Phoenix had gone into safe mode. The lander experienced a…
Oct 31st
Exclusive: The Lego Minifig Timeline [LEGO] →
Gizmodo We have worked with Lego to painstakingly collect and catalog almost every minifig ever produced into a photographic timeline. You will be able to see the evolution of the…
Oct 31st
Ollie was not only haunted by his last two lives, →
Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? Ollie was not only haunted by his last two lives, but they had no clue about personal space. picture: dunno source, via our
Oct 31st
Cupcake to the rescue →
Cupcakes Take The Cakefrom Flickr user unsure shot Uh oh… Saved!
Oct 31st
Haunting the Cepheus Flare →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Haunting the Cepheus FlareSpooky shapes seem to hauntthis starry expanse,drifting through the night in the royal constellationCepheus.Of course, the…
Oct 31st
My sleep schedule is so fucked right now it’s not even funny.
Oct 30th
Mmm, hot cocoa with cayenne pepper. Almost makes me go out to get ingredients to make marshmallows.
Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
Mirach's Ghost →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Mirach’s GhostAs far as ghosts go, Mirach’s Ghost isn’t really thatscary.In fact,Mirach’s Ghost is just a faint,fuzzy galaxy, well known to…
Oct 30th
Sign I’ve been in Arizona far too long: it’s 75 degrees Fahrenheit in here, and I’m freezing.
Oct 29th
Google and NASA are Working on an Interplanetary... →
Universe Today The Interplanetary Internet concept In an initiative energized by Google Vice-President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, the International Space Station could be…
Oct 29th
Engineers Begin Shutting Down Phoenix Lander... →
Universe Today Phoenix lander. Credit: Canadian Space Agency It appears the end is nigh for the Phoenix Mars Lander. Today, engineers have begun to shut down some of the lander’s…
Oct 29th
I hate my genes.
Oct 28th
Playing around with Google Earth, Brightkite and LiveJournal iPhone apps.
Oct 27th
Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24 →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given…
Oct 27th
US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist... →
Slashdot: ITMike writes “A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential terrorist tool. A chapter titled ‘Potential for Terrorist Use…
Oct 27th
Crap, forgot to make note of all my firefox addons before reinstalling the os.
Oct 27th
I want to see a holophoner opera of Tron. I would create one myself, if I had the robot devil’s hands.
Oct 27th
NGC 602 and Beyond →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed NGC 602 and BeyondNear the outskirts of theSmall Magellanic Cloud,a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant,lies 5 million yearyoung…
Oct 26th
Manolo & Milkshakes →
Fashionista If we didn’t love our own grandfather, we’d want Manolo Blahnik to take his place. He sat down with China Chow to talk shoes, of course, at his favorite LA diner. He goes there…
Oct 25th
My Favorite Childhood Sci-Fi Author Fries My Brain... →
Gizmodo As a kid, I raised my hand too often in class and looked forward to science projects. I drew pictures of space ships and aliens on my notebooks before rushing home after school to…
Oct 25th
Scientists Build Computer Circuit From Brain Cells... →
Gizmodo Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have managed to build reliable logic gates out of neurons instead of wires. The process actually sounds fairly…
Oct 25th
Spotted: A Fake →
Fashionista To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: Huffing@postearrings.com Spotted (everywhere): Sarah Palin’s daughter carrying a fake Speedy. I can only assume the girl was just hanging onto…
Oct 25th
Overheard - mom: “that’s just me, a big fat meanie.” annoying kid: “you dropped the door on me, just so you know.” mom: “I’m just a bitch.”
Oct 25th
Eating my first meal of the day. Oops.
Oct 24th
I wish people would stop saying that Sarah Palin resonates with women. There’s no need to limit that smear to one gender.
Oct 24th
23 Oct 2008 →
Sinfest: The Webcomic To End all Webcomics - Page2RSS23 Oct 2008 
Oct 24th
MGMT is having an awesome year, “Time to Pretend” is everywhere.
Oct 24th
Pumpkin pie cupcakes →
Cupcakes Take The CakeThis is a sneak preview of the pumpkin pie cupcakes that Cupcakes a Go Go in Sarasota, Florida will be offering! (via Pumpkin Passion) Holiday Pies?…
Oct 23rd
Wokka wokka wokka? Wokka! →
Cute Overload Wokka wokka, wokka wokka wokka.  Wokka, wokka wokka — wokka wokka!  Wokka wokka: 1/2 cup. wokka wokka 4 wokka Wokka Wokka, wokka 3 tsp. wokka wokka Wokka: Wokka wokka…
Oct 23rd
Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331 →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331A favorite target for astronomers, big, beautiful spiral galaxyNGC 7331is one of the brightergalaxies notfound in Charles…
Oct 23rd
Frogger and Space Invaders cupcakes →
Cupcakes Take The Cakefrom Montreal’s Clever Cupcakes, (photos via Flickr) for blogger Kim Vallee’s husband Jerome’s birthday! Lemon cupcakes with vanilla buttercream topped with…
Oct 23rd
Candi, the USB-powered pole dancer is close to sold out on Woot.
Oct 22nd
{lost in a good book} →
{this is glamorous} The coffee table is currently buried under pile upon pile of fashion and design hardcover books and magazines, and rather than stow them away on shelves or in armoires,…
Oct 22nd
2,400-Year-Old Drug Paraphernalia Found in West... →
io9 The people who settled the Caribbean Islands over 1500 years ago brought with them special ceramic bowls (similar to those pictured) for holding hallucinogenic drugs that they sniffed…
Oct 22nd
NASA's IBEX Ready to Measure the Edges of Our... →
io9 A NASA mission to measure and study the mysterious edge of the solar system is underway this week. The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is one of the low-cost “Small Explorers”…
Oct 22nd
"Human Pump" Uses Dancing to Power a Waterfall... →
io9 In the future, drought-ridden regions could have their thirst quenched when people take daily walks and children play. Gunwook Nam’s Human Pump uses the kinetic energy that people create…
Oct 22nd
Castles That Will Inspire and Haunt You →
Dark Roasted Blend “QUANTUM SHOT” #488 Link — Article by M. Christian of “Meine Kleine Fabrik” and Avi Abrams A Man’s Home: Unusual Castles …and One Very Special Village Arguably…
Oct 20th
Aww, Yuki is sleeping cuddled next to my leg.
Oct 19th
17 Oct 2008 →
Sinfest: The Webcomic To End all Webcomics - Page2RSS17 Oct 2008 
Oct 18th
I have 21 phantom text messages on my iPhone. I hope they’re not too important, since I can’t seem to locate them.
Oct 17th
Crested Dinosaurs Had Brains Designed for Talking... →
io9 For decades scientists have been mystified by the strangely-shaped skulls of the duck-billed, crested dinosaurs known as lambeosaurus. Their nasal passages are extremely long and twisty,…
Oct 17th
Art's Worst Enemy Is Our New Best Friend [Own... →
io9 Christian Slater can go back to making cameo appearances in Star Trek VI for all we care. Our favorite Own Worst Enemy isn’t NBC’s latest spy drama, but the recent solo exhibition of…
Oct 17th
Best microscopic photos of 2008 →
Boing Boing National Geographic Nikon’s picked its best microscopic images for 2008 and there’s some stunners this year — like this high-mag view of the antibiotic powder mitomycin. Best…
Oct 17th
Camera Orion →
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Camera OrionOrion, the Hunter, is one of the most easily recognizableconstellationsin planet Earth’s night sky.But Orion’s stars andnebulas…
Oct 16th