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More tilt-shift photographs. This technique makes life size objects and landscapes look like little toy models.
This week’s Green Thing is a paperless ceramic notepad from Mocha.
Ten reasons not to talk on the phone. I’m not much of a phone person.
Morford: Yeti crabs kill vampires dead.
Buy your mudflap man bumper sticker here.
This week’s niche blog is written by a community of men who knit.
Today’s slide show (via Hans) is a series of shots of an amazing pink dolphin.
Pet Corner: Missy the cat got the first feline knee replacement.
Cool site of the week: The wonder of ice caves.
Buy your dismembered gingerbread man cookie cutter set here.
See the winners of last year’s best illusion contest.
Geek Stuff: Take the cable connector quiz. I got one right out of ten, The Boy got nine. Ten Biomes points to anyone with a perfect score.
iPod Shuffle:
Animal of the Week: The Spanish ribbed newt, which slashes its ribs through its own body to create defensive spines when needed. Afterwards the ribs re-enter the body and the wounds heal themselves.
This is one tough turkey gang.
Meet the nearly 6,000-year-old Ggantija Temples in Malta.
Why do people vote against their own interests?
Pingdom has a breakdown of what happened on the internet in 2009. For example, there were 90 trillion emails sent that year alone.
A producer for the PBS series NOVA came to see my octopus this morning as part of his research for a documentary they are doing on animal intelligence. He's looked at specimens all over the country and has decided to use Ruby as his star for the segment on octopods. I've been asked to come up with an additional intelligence display before they start filming. I'll probably work on some color recognition behaviors. He's nearing the end of his one-year life span, so hopefully we'll be able to finish the training and filming in time.
I've also been told that I should shave before the shooting.
And Ruby would agree that this cuttlefish attack is rather disturbing.Albino Monday Sunday: White giraffe in Kruger Park.
Bertrand Russell is one of my historical heroes, but I’ve never actually seen him speak. Here’s a brief interview with him from 1959.
Timewaster of the Week: Trace, by Thomas Petersen.
xkcd takes a mathematical look at urinal protocol.
Dave Barry has found the world’s scariest watch.
Actual newspaper ads and stories.
Pet Corner: Retro dog food advertisements.
In case you missed it, here's the original interview with Ruby.
Today’s slide show is a Newsweek account of the psychology of mass killings.
This week’s niche blog is My Parents Were Awesome, which documents parents before they were parents.
Animal of the Week: The adorable sugar glider.
If you want to know how you should dress to go outside, check with what Obama would wear if he lived in your town.
Although I’m not a fan of air shows, this piece of “comedy flying” is pretty impressive.
Meet the world’s smallest snowman. It’s thinner than a human hair.
February's architectural eyesore of the month. I forgot to post January's.
Cool drinking fountains from around the world.
Albino Monday: Six white boomers ready for Australian run (thanks again, Hans).
It’s nice that I can finally start wearing my monocle again.
The giant cave spiders are finally going home after ten years.
Local commercial Fail. This one’s painful.
I think I mentioned that my octopus, "Ruby", has learned how to open jars. Here he is holding the lid after claiming his crab prize. Click to embiggen.
This week’s Green Thing is a list of ten outstanding public parks.
Here are some mohawks.
Morford: The lethal injection college fund. This one is really good.
Did You Know? is a video collection of a bunch of interesting statistics, like the fact that 694,000 songs are illegally downloaded every five minutes.
