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March 31, 2008
Dean Kamen's Robotic Arm Prosthesis
Called the "Luke Arm" after the prosthetics in Star Wars. And it's dang close! (Now, if we could only get to work on that hyperspace drive!)
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Succinct and Sensible Explanation of the current Financial Crisis
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David McCullough on Charlie Rose
A splendid conversation!
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March 28, 2008
UFO's comes to Capitola??
Ummm, I think I would have noticed.
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March 27, 2008
The Onion: Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?
Funny. YouTube
(thanks Nate!)
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March 26, 2008
Walrus Dance Routine
Now that's some amazing training!! YouTube
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March 25, 2008
Succinct and Awesome Protest Sign
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Close Calls Caught on Tape
Cheating death. YouTube
(man, Rally fans are dumb!)
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March 22, 2008
Aurora Borealis From Space
Found this amazing picture randomly on Yahoo News, and I've been hunting the NASA site but can't find a larger version. Cool though, huh?
Update: I did find this other one, which is also spectacular.
Update 2: And found this on the Aura wikipedia page, I guess it's a composite, but still amazing.
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March 20, 2008
Stuff White People Like
An amusing blog. But it's actually mis-named; it should be: "Stuff Middle-to-Upper-class Liberal Educated Coastal Urban White People Like."
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Robotic Fetch Machine for Dogs
Technology! YouTube
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Scientists Fabricate Room Temperature Superconducter??
(via digg)
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Volkswagen TDI Hybrid Concept
Gets 83MPG.
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March 17, 2008
Amazing Quadruped Robot Video
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March 14, 2008
Desktop Wallpaper Review
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Fun Examples of Japanese Mangled English
(thanks Justin!)
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March 13, 2008
The House of Rep. having a closed-door session tonight
House doors were locked Thursday night as lawmakers prepared for their first closed session in 25 years to debate surveillance legislation.....Only five closed sessions have taken place in the House since 1825.
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March 12, 2008
Universities with the Best Free Online Courses
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March 11, 2008
If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma
Hilarious photoshoping. Wintrest.com
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'Only in Russia' - Picture Set
Where rules are lax and people make do.
(via digg)
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March 10, 2008
Al Gore Fantasy State of the Union Address
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March 07, 2008
Bush to Veto Bill Banning Waterboarding
Because who doesn't think torture is a good federal policy?
I'm disgusted.
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Airborne settles lawsuit for false Advertising
Airborne - the herbal supplement company that once claimed to help fight off colds - will pay $23.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against the company for false advertising.
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March 06, 2008
Fail Dogs
My Favs:
This last one trips me out. That animal she is carrying evolved from a wolf, and not that long ago really. Now it's an accessory.
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March 04, 2008
Map Showing Levels of Human Toll on World Oceans
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Will Ferrell as Goulet on Conan
(Here ya go Ry, fresh material, but don't make Dave and I suffer too much. GOOOOUUULLLETT!!)
(Watch a tad of this, after you watch the Will bit)
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March 02, 2008
3 Nutty Vids
What were they thinking? (people hurting themselves, who doesn't like that??)
(via DIgg)
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March 01, 2008
GQ Commercial: The Ideal Man (Does Not Exist)
Funny. YouTube
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'How Things Even Out' by Jack Handey
Eventually, I believe, everything evens out. Long ago, an asteroid hit our planet and killed our dinosaurs. But, in the future, maybe we’ll go to another planet and kill their dinosaurs.
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Unique Graph of Box Office Receipts, 1986-2007
The Ebb and Flow of Movies - The New York Times
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Interesting Results from fMRI Scans of Jazz Musicians improvising
The researchers explain that, just as over-thinking a jump shot can cause a basketball player to fall out of the zone and perform poorly, the suppression of inhibitory, self-monitoring brain mechanisms helps to promote the free flow of novel ideas and impulses. While this brain pattern is unusual, it resembles the pattern seen in people when they are dreaming.
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Seafloor Trawling Tracks Visible From Space
Bottom trawling for fish stirs up billowing plumes of sediment that can be seen from space and destroys entire seafloor ecosystems, new imagery reveals.
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