Archive for January, 2007

Boing Boing explains Horizontal gene transfer…. not.

Posted in January 31st, 2007

Boing Boing: Horizontal gene transfer explains evolutionary jumps
Paul says:
Rice University study models “Horizontal Gene Transfer,” a mechanism for evolution where big chunks of DNA migrate between different species via bacteria. This results in faster and more sudden evolutionary branching than what you get with the more familiar mechanisms of sexual selection or […]

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The Google TV Beta Hoax

Posted in January 30th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in video

Ok, so for a couple seconds I did actually think the GoogleTV Beta howto by Mark Erickson* of InfiniteSolutions might actually be real, but it did just turn out to be a clever scam.
Here’s the youtube clip where “he’s concerned about the allegations that this is some type of hoax”:

Here’s an older Infinite Solutions howto […]

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Viva El Gunther Graffito

Posted in January 28th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in photography

Here’s some nice street art featuring Gunther aka Mats Söderlund:

Gunther on Flickr
All things Gunther
Tags:graffiti gunther flickr

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Sicilian Expedition v. Iraq War

Posted in January 26th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in iraq

Matthew Yglesias laments in a thread that not enough people see that the Iraq war had parallels to the Greek invasion of Sicily. I don’t really know enough about the Sicilian Expedition to comment, but I thought I point out the possible connection.
Tags:Iraq Sicily Athens

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AirTran Kicks Girl Off Plane After Tantrum

Posted in January 23rd, 2007

by nanoAdmin in article, idiots, travel

These parents are idiots if you ask me. First of all, flying with young kids is a bad idea to begin with and if your seats are separated, it doesn’t make much sense to put the kid in the seat by herself.. The dad should’ve been sitting in that one.
Kudos to the airline.BREITBART.COM - Girl […]

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2007 NFL Conference Championship predictions

Posted in January 21st, 2007

by nanoAdmin in football, nfl

New Orleans at Chicago +3-120 -3+10043 ov-110
New Orleans over Da Bears, 31-27
New England at […]

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Tokyo Nightscape in HDR

Posted in January 17th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in photography

Tokyo Nightscape Originally uploaded by /\ltus.
Here’s an awesome high dynamic range rendered photo of Tokyo at night. This might be the best nighttime HDR photos I’ve seen.
Here’s a bigger version.
And the original version (6 Mpixels).
Tags:tokyo hdr photography

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Fun with salt and sound

Posted in January 17th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in video

We need more experiments like this to get kids interested in physics.

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Some other amazing Google Earth extensions

Posted in January 15th, 2007

by nanoAdmin in google earth

My love for Google Earth is no secret. Here are two new items.
First cool Google Earth item:
fboweb.com, a fixed base operator website, has a nice kml file which lets you track individual flights or all inbound traffic for certain United States airports, e.g. LAX, JFK, SFO. Pretty wild stuff. I’m not sure what you’d really […]

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