Category Archives: Science and Technology
Mouse in VR Maze
YouTube – Mouse in VR Maze (via Neurophilosphy, from amongst Mac Tonnies‘ last few tweets)
Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine
100-year-old footage of Wilbur Wright’s flying machine demonstration in France, including some shots filmed from the air — the first time this was ever done. (Europa Film Treasures, via kottke)
we have transparency (up to a point)
A welcome development with — I assume — the new iTunes 9, not mentioned in any of the gee-whizzery that’s attended the upgrade, as far as I’ve noticed. iTunes coverflow now supports PNG transparency, which means we can has round … more…
cloud fluffers
Up the feed (or down it, whatever) comes an item from the Register which announces Moab maker Cluster Resources welcomes cloud fluffers — and I’m like, “…cloud fluffers?” The press release – for such it turns out to be – … more…
Tab Mix Plus
Further to my recent tweet, it turns out that Firefox never actually had an “open in foreground tab” contextual menu item to call its own. I’d forgotten (if I ever knew) that the feature was owed to the Tab Mix … more…
So farewell then, Senator Stevens…
As noted all over the place, the internets will love you 4eva (a nice reminder, on the occasion of his political demise, from Cosmic Variance)
droplets
Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at … more…
The price of Bacon
Triptych, Francis Bacon, 1976 Bacon Triptych Auctioned for Record $86 Million – New York Times I didn’t believe I recalled seeing this triptych before, but considering how different it looks in the following image — I’m not really sure anymore. … more…
links for 2008-04-21: clone sniffers
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | S Korea trains sniffer-dog clones Seven puppies have been created using cells taken from a labrador considered by customs officials to be their best sniffer dog.The puppies were born last year after the … more…