China

The bureau of weather modification was established in the 1980s and is now believed to be the largest in the world. It has a reserve army of 37,000 people -- most of them sort of weekend warriors who are called to duty during unusual droughts. The bureau has 30 aircraft, 4,000 rocket launchers and 7,000 antiaircraft guns, said Wang Guohe, director of weather modification for the Chinese Academy of Meteorology.

arta vizuala digitala contemporana englezeasca

Troika has been commissioned by Artwise Curators to create a signature piece at the entrance of the new British Airways luxury lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5.

Fark

Nicaraguan beauty contest winners forced to work in brothels within months of winning competitions. Some people argue this is a bad thing

augmented drawing

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Lenny Bruce

wiki



This is an old animation based on Lenny Bruce's standup routine. He actually does all the voices in it. Apparently the animation came later on with his consent.

La multi ani, Lego!

Pentru ca ai schimbat lumea, pentru ca multi dintre copiii de ieri n'ar fi fost cine sunt azi (se stiu ei) fara tine, pentru ca te iubim, pentru ca ma faci sa scriu cheezy shit pe blog, la multi ani.

skate or die [literally]

respectorali

/confused

Mac Heads - the real trailer

Macheads - the movie (trailer)
Uploaded by brunogarattoni

hai ca...

observ ca a venit acea perioada a anului, din nou.



cu placere

MP3

what online people do online

(via businessweek)

Science

Look at it this way: Before science, we humans had dominion over Earth, the center of the universe. Now we're just a bunch of hairless apes on a wet rock orbiting a minor star in a marginal galaxy.
[...]
In other words, thanks to evolution, half of all Americans don't believe in evolution. That's the universe for you: impersonal, uncaring, and ironic.

Why Things Suck: Science[wired]

headshot(s)

so much for cold turkey.

Ete pula.

Capul este din cauciuc pastă.

zavoranu. oana zavoranu. papusa oana zavoranu.

suprem level 10

Google generation

So what's true about the Google generation?

* They like to cut-and-paste. "There is a lot of anecdotal evidence and plagiarism is a serious issue."
* They prefer visual information over text. "But text is still important... For library interfaces, there is evidence that multimedia can quickly lose its appeal, providing short-term novelty.
* They multitask all the time. "It is likely that being exposed to online media early in life may help to develop good parallel processing skills."
arstechnica

Mda

Man kills, cooks and possibly eats girlfriend, police say

Rokolectiv 2008

11-13 aprilie

An On Bast (PL)
Kalabrese (CH)
Cobblestone Jazz (CA) tbc
Underground Resistance (US)
The Model (RO)
Bjorn Torske (NO)
Pantha du Prince (DE)
Mungolian Jet Set (NO)
Lindstrom (NO)
Dat Politics (FR)
Surkin (FR)
Mira Calix (UK)
Planningtorock (UK)
Daedelus (US)
Khan of Finland (DE)
Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam (FR)
Robert Henke (DE) tbc
FM 3 playing the Buddha Machine (CN) tbc
Tom Wilson (RO)

nu pot sa scriu nimic sa nu se strice. mai stau un pic paralizat.

Colin's bear animation.

Fiti pe faza, cacatu' asta are un viitor stralucit.

and isn't it ironic....

"Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology researchers developed an exoskeleton to help aging farmers perform manual tasks."

1. ce ma frapeaza in primul rand este existenta unei universitati de agricultura si tehnologie. Accentul pus pe si. Bine, e in Japonia deci nu se pune.
2. cum sa-i mai spui copilului ca daca nu invata ajunge la sapa?!
via boing

Eye candy (from Japan)

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(heavy load, be patient, it's worth it)

Japan

Shigeru Ishiba became the second member of the cabinet to profess a belief in UFOs and said he was looking at how Japan's military could respond to aliens under the pacifist constitution. [via Blis]

Hahahashish

People in order

and then

(asta relativ la posturile anterioare:)))

The dramatic chipmunk

(asta relativ la posturile anterioare :p)

It's in the evil eye

evil-eye


[relativ la posturile anterioare :))]

umm..wait.. ..WHAAAAAT?!?!

(asta relativ la postul anterior :)))

it's in the eyes, baby

from zombie6

bootie

Am vrut sa pun link-ul asta anul trecut da' n-am avut timp.
Consider aceasta initiativa foarte importanta:
nu pentru piesele sursa (e plin de pop, etc)
nu pentru noutatea ideii ( so 2004-2005)
nici pentru calitatea mix-urilor (btw: aveti nevoie de casti sau boxe bune, altfel suna spart)
DAR:
ca instrument de popularizare a conceptului de nou in muzica, ca showcase trans-genre , ca filtru de gusturi, mash-up-ul mi se pare a fi una dintre cele mai subtile si in acelasi timp eficiente metode de a educa urechile maselor.
Subtila pentru ca urechea ta asculta Rolling Stones sau Britney Spears si eficienta pentru ca in creier iti intra si Justice sau CSS. Nu conteaza ca nu stii muzica sau ca nu te intereseaza. Important este ca media sa creasca.
Ganditi-va numai la miile de locatii stil Barfly sau El Capitan unde se aud aceleasi piese zeci de ani la rand. Ce poate fi mai urat, mai deprimant, mai lipsit de speranta?! Cat de usor si cat de bine ar fi ca, in schimb, sa se asculte aceleasi piese but with a twist ?! Si vorba aia: merg excelent de pe PC, nu-ti trebuie platane :)

alegeti-va voi preferatele!

Bill, wtf?!

5 unbelievably cool research facilities

and (late) happy new year.