July 2010
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
“Several weeks after the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’...”
– Remarkable Creatures - Translating the Stories of Life Forms Etched in Stone - NYTimes.com
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 16th
“It is an age-old riddle that has perplexed generations: Which came first, the...”
– Scientists reportedly crack chicken-or-egg riddle - Technology & science - Science - msnbc.com It’s interesting that this study actually focused on chickens, as I always thought “chicken” in this phrase was a stand-in for any egg-born creature … ostriches, starlings,...
Jul 14th
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Jul 12th
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June 2010
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Jun 30th
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Jun 28th
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“With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a...”
– The Saturday Profile - Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected - Biography - NYTimes.com
Jun 26th
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Jun 20th
5-Second Films | Gentleman Caller →
via douglaswolk: It’s really eight seconds long including the credits. But definitely worth it.
Jun 17th
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Jun 16th
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Map: Where Americans Are Moving →
“More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward movement.” This is fun to mess with. That’s a lot of lines coming into Multnomah County! It looks like we sent 100 people to Austin and got 97 in return....
Jun 16th
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Most Frequently Looked-up Words on NYTimes.com,... →
Jun 14th
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Down to Titan! →
Wow. A weirdly beautiful compilation of the actual images and data recorded when the Huygens probe descended to Saturn’s moon Titan in 2005.
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Jun 2nd
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Jun 2nd
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May 2010
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May 30th
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“Our company psychiatrists say now is the time to move onto the last phase of experiencing a tragedy: acceptance mixed with forgetfulness.” From BP Global PR, the most accurate BP Twitter account out there.
May 28th
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Six Degrees of Black Sabbath →
Find the hidden connections between (almost) any two musical acts. Monkees to Gorillaz! Peaches to Cream! Orange Juice to Vitamin C! (via Metafilter)
May 27th
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May 26th
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The Eagles of Hornby Island →
Baby eagle webcam! (The family has a Facebook page too.)
May 24th
The Swinger →
“The Swinger is a bit of Python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this by taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.” (via Metafilter)
May 23rd
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An ode to my matriarchs, every last one. - By... →
Okay, it’s a few days after Mother’s Day, but if you missed this piece on Sunday - as a man contemplates his female ancestors - it’s worth a read.
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