Neat

Found this via Thingiverse.com


The site has instructions for making it if you are interested. I think I might make one.


Things - Adam Mayer Digitally Designed Geared Business Cards from Bre Pettis on Vimeo.

If...

...you watch this without sound, then it is extremely sad. If you watch it with it then it is just silly.

Star might like this

http://allthatiscute.wordpress.com/

I think the section on squirrels is particularly nice.

Fail

Hava showed me this site. It make me laugh so I will share it with you.

http://failblog.org/

Do you think they would search these?

I found this on boingboing today and thought I would share.
I like that they are made but I'm not sure I would be brave enough to use one.
If you want to check out the rest of the makers site, here is the link.

Moon Landing

So occasionally the "we faked the moon landing" theory crops up around me and I just wanted to take an opportunity to let the Myth Busters weigh in on it.
(spoiler: it wasn't faked.)

and so then...

they further stated...

and also

and not to mention...

Accordian and Guitar Duo's Aplenty

Apparently I am a big fan of accordion and guitar duo's. This is Lou and Peter Berryman. They are adorable and charming song writers.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah

Orange Coca Cake

Oh...no.....oh no.

I found this on Hack a Day . com

Coin slot detector
posted Oct 24th 2008 10:48pm by Eliot Phillips
filed under: daily, security hacks, wearable hacks



















"Wow, how quickly the wearable electronics world has slid into the gutter. They’re now resigned to watching our nations finest natural resource, the butt crack. This project by [semiotech] uses a LilyPad Arduino to monitor the exposure of the wearer’s coin slot. It detects the presence of light with a photoresistor and alerts the user with the vibrations of a pager motor. This breakthrough in coin slot technology will prevent dryness and certainly reduce our exposure to domestic terrorism. We see plenty of room for future development; the Arduino is already capable of logging exactly how often your coin slot is exposed. Even if you feel this is more protection than your coin slot needs, we recommend Neutrogena’s Coin Slot Cream for general upkeep."

If I see one of those I am going to pee my pants laughing.

It's Not Alright by The Prince Myshkins

I really like this song.

Insalubrious

Pronounced: in-sə-ˈlü-brē-əs
Adjective
Etymology:Latin insalubris, from in- + salubris healthful
Definition: not conducive to health : unwholesome
Related word: insalubrity
"His manor insalubrious made me feel lugubrious. "

Music Composition Assignment

It can be difficult to get started on writing music especially without an assignment. To help with this problem I am posting assignments I have found useful and hopefully coming up with a few assignments on my own. So instead of waiting for inspiration to strike, wrestle it down from the clouds by doing the following.
In the past, music has been used for a lot of different purposes and the songs resulting from each task have notable consistencies. Look at the list below and pick two things from the list and write a piece of music that represents the key features of that genera *for lack of a better word*. Try something new and shoot for about 3 minutes.

>Romance: to create erotic feelings
>Healing: to cure disease, relax stress
>Magic: to please or give thanks to a deity(I am including rain dances, black magick etc...)
>Epic: to convey the glory of a hero or event
>Lullaby: to sooth someone to sleep
>Mourning: To ease the pain of death or celebrate someones life
>Celebration: good harvest, social gathering,
>Dancing: Get your groove on

I will write up more categories as I think of them.

Jingoism

Jingoism is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy. In practice, it is the use of threats or actual force against other countries in order to get what the country wants.

Palimpsest

A palimpsest is a page that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Greek and Latin, a two part word meaning ("again" + "I scrape"), which meant scraped (clean and used) again. It is has also been used to describe a layering of many messages with in one object or transmission. (eg. the book/movie Contact by Carl Sagan.)