Last June a mud volcano erupted in the middle of a Javanese village. Was the nearby gas drilling operation the cause, or was it natural? Hot mud is surging to the surface and flooding the land around it. The latest plan to stop it is to block it with concrete balls. The BBC has lots [...]
A beaver has been spotted in New York City. The first sighting in 200 years! It’s setting up camp (you know, building a house) in the Bronx River. This is a clear indication that the effort to clean the river is working. Yay beaver! Related posts No related posts.
The other day I grabbed a bunch of bags of unfamiliar grains, all from South America, at a local shop. One bag was labeled “Linaza (leen seed)”. Okay, so I’m a little slow, and it took me an unsuccessful google search to realize it was linseed. Oh and then I never knew that linseed and [...]
Some beautiful pictures of the icy devastation from a big ice storm in the midwest end of last year. Related posts No related posts.
Spacebarcowboy is starting a year-long quest for the perfect ribs recipe. And blogging about it. Related posts No related posts.
Mel Blanc doing crazy voices on an old Johnny Carson episode. via the channel Frederator Blogs Related posts No related posts.
Nice graphical synopsis (flow charts) of how science and faith works. via BoingBoing. Related posts No related posts.
Yeah, I don’t know about English criminals, but I would just, you know, change my shoes before committing another crime. Related posts No related posts.
Blunt Perspectives has a lengthy article and instructions on attempting to sync a Blackberry and a Mac. Crazy and lengthy directions to work around half-baked software that is only game in town for Mac users. Shame on RIM. For a charming animation and some other computer-frustration-related goodies, head to Spacebarcowboy’s computers subsection. Related posts No [...]
FoldedSpace.org has compiled and excellent collection of many many Sesame Street clips on YouTube, including 1-2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9-10, 11-12 in the extended form; there were different animations for different featured numbers, not usually shown together. Thanks to Mommy Poppins, a new blog for NYC mothers (who seem to be a rapidly-increasing category around here). UPDATE: Although [...]
If, like me, you have eggs in the fridge but you eat them very very slowly, it’s helpful to have a test to see if they are rotten without having to crack one open. The method is simple: Fill a pot or large bowl with water (enough water to cover upright egg by several inches, [...]
Strange silly adventures of boy and magical dog. UPDATE: Cool you-tube hosted video blocked by Viacom. Might want to look at software links on this page to prevent such crappiness in future. More about the creator and the 7-minute cartoon here. Related posts No related posts.
This… is near! [huff huff huff] This… is far! Related posts No related posts.
An article on reading Pan’s Labyrinth as a political film at Wired leads back to the bit about it that I turned over for a while afterwards–what is real vs fantasy in the movie? (yes, that gets meta, but before that….) Be warned–SPOILERS. (BTW, this movie was great. But not for kids or the squeamish.) [...]
Is this narrative? Sixty seconds of a landing gear of a De Havilland Dash 8 as it comes into Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Not from the people who brought you the similarly-named “20 seconds in Caldwell, New Jersey, at 6pm.” Another good thing from Ironic Sans. Related posts No related posts.
What they say: I’m sure it’s my fault. What is understood: It is his fault. What they mean: It is your fault. A helpful list “from a guide intended to help foreigners understand the idiosyncrasies of British English, found by a journalist for The Economist in 2004 on an office wall in the European Court [...]
John Gruber’s Daring Fireball has a good dissection of the Gates interview in Newsweek (wherein several anti-Apple untruths by Gates are allowed forth unchallenged). And some good commentary on those who rush to defend Gates’s absurdities (1, 2). Does Gates really believe that his company innovates? Related posts No related posts.
Recent days I have been working all the way west in the art gallery/designer land of far-west Chelsea (west of Tenth Avenue in the 20s in Manhattan). There is some decent food around here, especially Grand Sichaun (on 24th and 9th) Chinese restaurant, but the other morning I wanted your traditional sausage and egg on [...]
This dog is silly looking and mighty sleepy. Related posts No related posts.
Durb! Durb! Durb! Huppy Dod! (A favorite comic from George Booth) Related posts No related posts.