Archive for June, 2007

Well-Oiled Machinery

June 14, 2007

I was set to type up something fun that’s recently happened when WordPress sucked the wind out of my sails; with an FYI that feed stats feature has been given the boot, I was thrown into an impromptu research as to what to do about it. And being I know this much *lifts thumb and [...]

Metaverse!

June 13, 2007

Want to tour your childhood home demolished ten years ago? Quite possible. All you need are tons of pics and a software.
Über-cool software Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth was discussed by Blaise Aguera y Arcas in a TED talk (go watch the video!). How much data can you read off a square inch of your [...]

It’s Not You, It’s Me

June 12, 2007

“Sam Brownback, the Kansas senator, is widely considered by many in the pro-life community to be one of the strongest pro-life candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president. He proved his pro-life bona fides again over the weekend when he said he opposed abortion in cases of rape or incest.”
Wow. I’m speechless, but not quite– [...]

Lilliputitos!

June 12, 2007

Leeeeetle people in a big big big world, check out Slinkachu’s tiny street art project.
I can’t imagine myself being able to carve anything of this scale. Amazing.

Death with a Side of Jack

June 8, 2007

I was reading a sort of article over at Slate and seeing this chart fascinated me. They asked a pool of 560 physicians to watch Jack Kevorkian on Larry King Live, conducting a survey before and after. The video itself is not so relevant as they barely affected the stats, but what fascinated me was [...]