Glass Wings Blog: June 2005
Annoying backgrounds
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:08:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Squashed Philosophers
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:20:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Animal Antics
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:45:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Animal antics
June 3, 2005 - 5:30PM
When ordinary animals do extraordinary things, Japan goes gaga.
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Journey to the centre of the Earth
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 00:09:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
David Adam in Yokohama
Saturday June 4, 2005
The Guardian
Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant
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Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor
Sun, 05 Jun 2005 13:26:31 +1000
Amanda Penrose <amanda [at] dd.com.au>
Oh yeah, right!
No, it's true — many of you don't go a day without dishing out several doses
of sarcasm. But some brain-damaged people can't comprehend sarcasm, and Israeli
researchers think it's because a specific brain region has gone dark.
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[IP] CNN: The machine that can copy anything
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 22:46:13 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <
dave@farber.net> -----
From: David Farber <
dave@farber.net>
Subject: [IP] CNN: The machine that can copy anything
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 07:47:36 -0400
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Mom's Cancer.
Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:05:53 +1000
Amanda Penrose <amanda [at] dd.com.au>
Mom's Cancer.
This is AMAZING.
Read it now because he'll probably take it offline again after the Eisner
awards.
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In Tokyo, a Ghetto of Geeks
Wed, 8 Jun 2005 04:37:35 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
In Tokyo, a Ghetto of Geeks
Self-Described 'Nerds' Put Their Own Stamp on Famed Electronics Retail
District
By Anthony Faiola
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Fraggle Rock!!!
Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:29:26 +1000
Amanda Penrose <amanda [at] dd.com.au>
"Rejoice, you children of the eighties, your day is here at last! Fraggle Rock,
Season One, is finally out on DVD. After years of buying stray episodes on VHS
for outrageous prices, we can all sit back and enjoy what was arguably the
greatest children's show of all time."
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Japanese robots and exoskeletons
Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:37:55 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Shall we dance? Robots offer a hand on the ballroom floor
Sun Jun 5, 4:36 PM ET
CHINO, Japan (AFP) - Ballroom dancing is no longer just for the
romantic. Japanese researchers have developed a robot capable of taking
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maid cafe
Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:56:14 +0900
Yukihiko Yoshida <yukihiko [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp>
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Fiordichthys slartibartfasti
Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:16:34 +1000
Amanda Penrose <amanda [at] dd.com.au>
New Zealand is .. a land of ... peculiar indigenous fauna, from its official
emblem, a small brown fowl that lays gigantic eggs in dark burrows, to the
little-known bythitid, a nocturnal, crevice-dwelling fish with a secretive
lifestyle, quite recently discovered in the shallow sea beneath a thick layer
of dark, tannic-stained freshwater in Milford Sound, a spectacular South Island
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The state of the art in androids
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:32:28 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Photo in the News: Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan
June 10, 2005—Quick, which one is the robot?
Repliee Q1 (at left in both pictures) appeared yesterday at the 2005 World
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The Forbes Fictional Fifteen
Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:56:12 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Rank Name Net Worth
1. Santa Claus $ ∞
2. Richie Rich 24.7 billion
3. Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks 10 billion
4. Scrooge McDuck 8.2 billion
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Cute point-and-click puzzle games
Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:30:57 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Very cute games (require Flash):
http://www.3wish.com/
Mr. Zhong parts 1 & 2 are the easiest, No. 5 parts 1 & 2 are harder and
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2nd gig
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:26:33 +0900
Yukihiko Yoshida <yukihiko [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp>
Here is 2nd Gig Webpage:
http://www.kokaku-s.com/root.html
Yukihiko YOSHIDA
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Dogs successfully reanimated
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:46:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Boffins create zombie dogs
By Nick Buchan of NEWS.com.au
June 27, 2005
SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after
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Space Ring Could Shade Earth and Stop Global Warming
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:47:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Space Ring Could Shade Earth and Stop Global Warming
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Writer
posted: 27 June 2005
02:14 pm ET
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Slinkies
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:12:21 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Slinkies
Charlie@wciservices.org (Charles Oakes)
Some people are like Slinkies...
Not really good for anything,
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Yay!
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:24:35 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Today I am helping with the MAKE POVERTY HISTORY campaign being run by Oxfam
in association with Bob Geldof's Live 8.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/campaign/mph/index.htm
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