Glass Wings Blog: March 2007
I want this to draw on my walls!
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:05:53 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
http://www.flixxy.com/digital-drawing-tools.htm
"Drag & Draw" is a new light-emitting pen that will let you make
crazy illustrations on any surface, so you can unleash that fantasy
of scribbling up your bedroom wall — without doing any permanent
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interestin
Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:30:11 -0800
Linda Page <lightlady27 [at] sbcglobal.net>
This guy has some voice, dunno if you've heard the "Whip Somebody's Ass" song
yet, but here's a video about the song and the extremely cool and interesting
guy who wrote it:
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/022807.html
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Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:23:47 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
A very comprehensive guide to electronic music, including over five
hours of samples in 180 genres:
http://www.di.fm/edmguide/
Warning: strong language, requires Flash and a fast connection.
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Barbie Scoops Poop, Dog Desperately Hungry
Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:13:46 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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Star Wars cloak sells for £54,000
Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:03:56 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6421695.stm
The brown cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in Star Wars, which went
missing for 30 years, has been sold for £54,000 at an auction of cinema
and TV outfits.
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Robot ethics
Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:11:05 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa, is
being drawn up by South Korea.
The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for users and
manufacturers and will be released later in 2007.
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if the robots win...
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:10:04 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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Gummi Bear Chandelier
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:25:30 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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HTML Tags Jokes
Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:16:50 +1100 (EST)
drjon [at] pacific.net.au
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Kids, the Internet and the end of privacy
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:54:39 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://nymag.com/news/features/27341/
Say Everything
As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older
generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the
early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.
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Um, yes, well...
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:14:21 +1030
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Enjoy Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YQmkDDCyXQ
This is a mock Japanese interview show, but it does have the spirit of the
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Fwd: SU: wildcard
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:27:21 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
get a load of this site! have fun. —bill
<http://www.stumbleupon.com>
lottiez (bdaul@pacbell.net) has sent you a site!
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Stereo Eclipse
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:31:17 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12mar_stereoeclipse.htm
"What an extraordinary view," says Lika Guhathakurta, STEREO Program
Scientist at NASA headquarters. The fantastically-colored star is our
own sun as STEREO sees it in four wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet
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Moscow: Futuristic Concepts from 1900 (!)
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:45:23 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/03/moscow-futuristic-concepts-from-1900.html
This is a rare glimpse of how Moscow might have evolved, if communists
had not come to power in 1917 (and the laws of physics had been more
forgiving)...
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for the thrill of a lifetime...maybe not
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:07:33 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2007/03/15/bikepowered_rol.html
Do you like… danger? Wait, let me be more
specific. Do you like danger that's wrapped in a
dorky package smothered in a antiseptic gloss?
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I know you have better things to do than watch video but...this is all about a viral hypertext world...thought you might appreciate it
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:16:02 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
Not quite as good a Shakira video...but for something about
hypertext...it is hot! :-) —bill
http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/web_20__beyond_etext_2nd_draft?id=6gmP4nk0EOE
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apple at it's best... :-)
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:25:25 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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Crystal Cave of Giants in Mexico
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:54:33 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.crystalinks.com/mexicocrystals.html
The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for
its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in
which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite
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Map of relationships among scientific paradigms
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:17:17 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/03/scientific_method_relationship.php
This map was constructed by sorting roughly 800,000 published papers into 776
different scientific paradigms (shown as pale circular nodes) based on how
often the papers were cited together by authors of other papers.
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It's got mame it's got Linux and the Who factor
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:08:34 +0000
campbell_hewston [at] ekit.com
A Tardis mame console.
This is a guy with a plan power tools and MDF to spare
Part 2 is the mame console
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Tool silverware
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:05:41 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.everythingcarz.com/shop/Tool-Silverware-m158.html
I also like the Brake Disc Coasters and the Big Bore Exhaust Ear Plug
Container:
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Robotic Sculptures
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:31:55 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
These robotic sculptures are amazing. Combining naturalism with a steampunk
aesthetic and loads of bronze:
http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Pierre-Matter-20070313
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Some women may see 100 million colors, thanks to their genes
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:47:17 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06256/721190-114.stm
A tetrachromat is a woman who can see four distinct ranges of color,
instead of the three that most of us live with.
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Bento Art
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:15:46 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
These look so good, I could just eat them up:
http://justinspace.com/blog/?cat=31
Look out iron chef French! Someone here is the Delacroix of Japanese cuisine.
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Fwd: A brief depiction of much time in history
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:36:12 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
Allow this a minute to load - it is well-done, illuminating, and
somehow frightening, as we watch empires, colonies, and states come
and go at such speed.
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Tolkien Jr completes Lord of Rings
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:24:42 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2390834.ece
The first new Tolkien novel for 30 years is to be published next month.
In a move eagerly anticipated by millions of fans across the world, The
Children of Húrin will be released worldwide on 17 April, 89 years after
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Happy tapir receives massage -- exclusive video
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:28:56 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
"I took my 3-year-old daughter to the LA Zoo yesterday and we were treated to
the spectacle of a very relaxed tapir receiving a body rub by a gentle
zookeeper. I videotaped the procedure with my digital camera:"
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/26/happy_tapir_receives.html
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Tron meets Monkey
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:22:04 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
This is a bit of video fun:
Seven Oh Five - Zappka in the Quest to Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5DtISEceU
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