Category Archives: Design

PBS Frontline – Poisoned Waters

FRONTLINE: poisoned waters: introduction | PBS. – watch the whole two hours before you condemn.   It gets through, inexorably to a quality point.
Wake up, people!

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Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on TED.com

Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on TED.com.
Just watch it.  It’s amazing.  Watch it all the way through.

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Lastly, E.O Wilson on well… Damn near everything.

Here.

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Yet more link dumpage.

More link dump:

Winterblades history of SB – NC is in there, hidden amongst references to TAO.  Thanks, Oly.  SB ruled.
Cheap, self adjustable liquid lenses – For all.
More reasons not to vacation in Mexico.
GM plants are safe, says Monsanto.
Cheap fusion?  Save the world?  You decide.

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Link dump!

Warning, this one is going to be large and varied, folks.

Fighting for the right to clone – It’s rough out there, in the science world.  Hopefully America becomes much more science friendly, soon.
Do not fuck with Chinese shipping – Let this be a warning to you, pirates.
Worthwhile reading – On self defense ammo.
Fresh tomatoes and [...]

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Electric lamp made of a whale penis

Electric lamp made of a whale penis. SFW, and just what it says.

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Moar link dump. Weirder this time.

Search for farmer’s markets near you.
Programmer Competency Matrix.
Edit Mode for Web Pages.
Oxytocin explains a lot.  SAD sufferers and geeks take note.
Digital sand painting.  Click on the gray square for a menu of sorts.
Self-watering, fool-proof, small footprint gardening?  SIP.
Seashell house.
A contender for the 650 class adventure motorcycle, with daily commuter built in?

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The smallest game ever played.

Yes, that is 16×16 Defender played in a favicon.

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Fishing plus defense contracting…

Equal better than bamboo. I had NO IDEA that the fishing rods I held in my youth were considered dead… Fiberglass, goodbye. Same for you, graphite and traditional carbon fiber…

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Name change. Link dump.

Well, we’ll be changing to tasteslikeangry.com soon enough.
Really. A bit stronger of a brand…
Sweet Home Alabama – Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir. Soundtrack for tonight.
Worldwide Telescope – (Save As) Something so damn awesome, and they can’t deliver a better speech than this?
Work/Life Balance – An architect’s space.
Food Wars -Especially grim considering [...]

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Why I both like and hate the kindle.

e-ink and e-books are both good, and combined, are a net HUGE win. I love the kindle, Amazon’s new e-book device, for what it is, a major play into the market, and the instant updates, wikipedia, etc. There is a lot of awesome in the device to love. Ultimately though, this article [...]

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And you thought rumble strips were bad.

Obey speed limit. Get pop song.

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Zune phone with WiMax?

If you can believe this article.   I want.

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Truth in Advertising

Simply amazing, and spot on. (via digg, NSFW audio).   Whoever did this has worked in the industry just the right amount of time!

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R10. TDI.

Quiet, cause it’s not wasting energy making noise.   Did we mention biodiesel?

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Good video on Web 2.0.

Good for me, good for you, even good for the layman.   Can’t wait for the final draft to come out… Admittedly oversimplified in some parts, but you just can’t beat it for explaining XML and why it’s important to your mom.

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My new doormat…

Got to give those no-knock teams a laugh…

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This is not how a driveway should look.

Really, Taark.   Don’t build it like this.   Please.

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Jet Man

Yes, indeed.   Badassitude of an entirely other level…

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Low-flow waterwheel.

For small, small streams.   Check out the figures…   What’s the rep of the Daily Mail again?

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World’s largest aquarium

I don’t have words… That’s really, really amazing.   I have got to get to Berlin one of these days. via reddit.

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I know at least 2 ladies that will be happy…

When this little pocket-sized wonder hits the market… No more Brazilians!… Honestly, it’d make things easier for me too.. Shaving your nuts is a drag. Er…

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Now I can record my life, better!

A helmet cam add on for a Archos.   That’s freaking brilliant!   I tell you, we are moving closer and closer to Brin’s “Transparent Society”.   I hope we don’t end up like the poor British.

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Shower 30% better!

Mandatory, should be… DAMMIT!
So we got pollution eating concrete, we got showers that reduce water use by 30% with no perceptual loss.   If I were playing Civ Earth 2006, I would be slamming the eff out of technology, biotech, space, and if something gave me 30% more water.. Damn.   It’d be a frickin [...]

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Concrete that eats pollution…

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2006/id20061108_116412.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
 Yes.   You read that right, and the balance sheet is right too!

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