..bit expensive though. via blithi.
31 May 2008
30 May 2008
niste magari
The British public gave more in
2006 to a single donkey
sanctuary—£20m—than to the
country’s three largest domestic
violence charities—£17m.
NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL
prospect magazine- june
2006 to a single donkey
sanctuary—£20m—than to the
country’s three largest domestic
violence charities—£17m.
NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL
prospect magazine- june
esprit de l'escalier
English has no handy term for what the French call it esprit de l'escalier, and the Germans know as treppenwitz: the "wit of the staircase," those clever remarks or cutting rejoinders that only come to mind once it's too late for us to deliver them — literally, as we're headed down the stairs and out of the house. English also lacks an expression to describe the antithesis of treppenwitz, those occasions when one has a perfect remark carefully prepared in advance but fails to deliver it properly.
ocazie cu care am aflat si de ce imi suna gresit "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind".
ocazie cu care am aflat si de ce imi suna gresit "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind".
29 May 2008
so they made a graph
The uncanny valley is a hypothesis that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost, but not entirely, like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers.
the wiki
28 May 2008
27 May 2008
say no to ties
The importation of ties, which "contradict the nature of Iranian culture," must come to an end, a senior Iranian customs official said Thursday.
"We must adopt serious actions in order to put an end to the importation of ties," Iranian Customs Deputy Director Asgar Hamidi was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency Fars. "We must change import laws to that end."
"We must adopt serious actions in order to put an end to the importation of ties," Iranian Customs Deputy Director Asgar Hamidi was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency Fars. "We must change import laws to that end."
Now that's a big lag
One day in 1971, a woman called Sarah Krasnoff made off with her 14-year-old grandson, who was caught up in an unseemly custody dispute, and took him into the sky. In a plane, she knew, they were subject to no laws, and if they never stopped moving, the law could never catch up with them. They flew from New York to Amsterdam. When they arrived, they turned around and flew from Amsterdam to New York. Then they flew from New York to Amsterdam again, and from Amsterdam to New York, again and again and again, month after month.
They took about 160 flights in all, one after the other, according to the stage piece ''Jet Lag.'' They saw 22 movies an average of seven times each. They ate lunch again and again and turned their watches six hours forward, then six hours back. The whole fugitive enterprise ended when Krasnoff, 74, finally collapsed and died, the victim, doctors could only suppose, of terminal jet lag.
26 May 2008
Harsh(t)
The 17-year-old Santa Fe High School student was walking down a two-lane road with his girlfriend around 12 p.m. when the back of his neck was sliced open by stop signs hanging out of a passing pickup truck.
Tales from the Amazon.com
Since taking delivery of my pen I have been very happy with the quality of ink deposition on the various types of paper that I have used. On the first day when I excitedly unwrapped my pen (thanks for the high quality packaging Amazon!) I just couldn't contain my excitement and went around finding things to write on, like the shopping list on the notice board in our kitchen, the Post-it notes next to the phone, and on my favorite lined A4 pad at the side of my desk.
further reading and another hilarious story. (read the comments)
further reading and another hilarious story. (read the comments)
25 May 2008
24 May 2008
23 May 2008
Japan
Japanese food maker Tohato launched a mobile multiplayer online game to promote their new snack products, delightfully named "Tyrant Habanero Burning Hell Hot" and Satan Jorquia Bazooka Deadly Hot."
22 May 2008
Aha!
When the doctors announced Bruce Lee's death officially, it was ruled a "death by misadventure."
super high me
Super High Me is a documentary about the effects of smoking marijuana non-stop for 30 days. The documentary stars comedian Doug Benson. The documentary's name is a play on the documentary Super Size Me.
mininova has it.
mai ard o carte, mai rad un pic
Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy Land.
21 May 2008
20 May 2008
How to
Late last week tried to get a sense of the snow conditions on the top of Mount Fuji - the official climbing season starts in July but the pre-season provides an opportunity to beat the crowds and perhaps, heh, catch a little powder on the way down. Whilst 'everything' is only a Google away therein lies the rub for the hurried researcher - you not only want the most appropriate site, but want the data in a sufficiently familiar format - from language to layout. The quick and dirty solution? Search Flickr for Mount Fuji sorted by date.
The point at which content/social networking sites accidentally become sufficiently definitive sources of tangential information.
- jan chipchase (future perfect)
The point at which content/social networking sites accidentally become sufficiently definitive sources of tangential information.
- jan chipchase (future perfect)
18 May 2008
17 May 2008
16 May 2008
Mda
State police in Clearfield County say someone spray painted swastikas on three goats. Devil sheep unavailable for comments
Random Quote
"[...]Bag un miel la protap, stiu eu de unde sa iau doua casuri, vinisor am eu. Chem doua ciocanitori si traim pana dimineatza. Cand vii in Ramnicu Sarat nu ma uiti.[...]"
dintr-un reportaj de-al lui Istodor.
dintr-un reportaj de-al lui Istodor.
15 May 2008
this is how everything starts- uphill :))
the article
singurul impediment major pe care il vad eu este moartea, gen.
noi biciclim, voi bicicliti, ei biciclesc.
nu tot ce nu zboara nu poate fi avion, nu?
Inspectoratul pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă Iaşi va folosi un autobuz pentru a simula, miercuri, un accident aviatic. Iniţial, simularea ar fi trebuit să aibă loc sâmbătă însă ISU nu a avut la dispoziţie (nici atunci) o aeronavă.
14 May 2008
13 May 2008
Did you know?
Rats laugh in the ultrasound when they're tickled. They also seek the hand that tickled them (not to bite).
Elect-orale
Ioan Adrian Vilău, candidatul Uniunii Populare Social Creştine (UPSC) pentru postul de Primar General al Capitalei, şi-a început campania electorală. (via julee mayfly)
12 May 2008
TLTR-UL acestei luni
vine de la The New Yorker. via kk.org
Este exact genul de scriitura pe care nu-l mai vad, din pacate, in Wired:
"He is gregarious, enthusiastic, and nerdy on an epic scale. He graduated from high school at fourteen. He started Microsoft’s research division, leaving, in 1999, with hundreds of millions. He is obsessed with aperiodic tile patterns. (Imagine a floor tiled in a pattern that never repeats.)"
articolul este despre 'vanatoarea' organizata de inventii si cum se nasc ele, evident, din mintea colectiva a omenirii.
sountrack-ul pentru lectura vine de la brian cares. via de-dans. (incepeti cu conclusion)
Este exact genul de scriitura pe care nu-l mai vad, din pacate, in Wired:
"He is gregarious, enthusiastic, and nerdy on an epic scale. He graduated from high school at fourteen. He started Microsoft’s research division, leaving, in 1999, with hundreds of millions. He is obsessed with aperiodic tile patterns. (Imagine a floor tiled in a pattern that never repeats.)"
articolul este despre 'vanatoarea' organizata de inventii si cum se nasc ele, evident, din mintea colectiva a omenirii.
sountrack-ul pentru lectura vine de la brian cares. via de-dans. (incepeti cu conclusion)
11 May 2008
sad(dle)
A 40-year-old man from Östersund in northern Sweden was convicted on Friday on three counts of sexual molestation for satisfying himself on the saddles of women’s bicycles.
the really really dark side of the Moon
In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.
09 May 2008
07 May 2008
Mirror's edge
First person, fara prea mult shooter. Arata incredibil si e plin de inovatii, mai ales ergonomice. Poate ca am motiv sa'mi iau o consola, in sfarsit :)
06 May 2008
04 May 2008
01 May 2008
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