Glass Wings Blog: November 2008
Birthday Clock - this is fun!
Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:58:47 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
Birthday Clock
YOUR BIRTHDAY CLOCK...FUN FOR EVERYONE...
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[INSPIRATION to the MAX!] Harnessing The Power Of The Brain (60mins)
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:29:42 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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WISDOM - MUST VIEW...honest -bill
Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:33:11 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
BOB...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
From: Robert Horn <hornbob@earthlink.net>
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50 websites you'll wonder how you lived without
Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:28:03 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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Giant Pouch Rats detecting land mines
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:16:42 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Maldives aims to buy new homeland
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:27:52 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
...looking at India, Sri Lanka and Australia:
Paradise almost lost: Maldives seek to buy a new homeland
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/10/maldives-climate-change
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Custom Muppet Whatnots
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:10:16 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Design and order mix-and-match Muppet Whatnots from F.A.O. Schwartz:
http://www.fao.com/catalog/factories/muppets.jsp
Share and enjoy,
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Exoplanet photos
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:43:50 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
"For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of
a planet orbiting a star like our own.
And that’s not all: we also have a second picture showing TWO planets
orbiting a second star!"
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The world’s most super-designed data centre
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:51:34 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/
"This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German
submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a
hydrogen bomb. It looks like the secret HQ of a James Bond villain."
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India makes history, launches Tricolour on moon
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:00:24 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/moonmission/Election_Story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080072653
"India marked its presence on Moon tonight to be only the fourth nation
to scale this historic milestone after a Moon Impact Probe with the
national tri-colour painted successfully landed on the lunar surface
after being detached from unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1."
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Crystallised apartment
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:50:09 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/roger-hiorns-seizure/
“Silvery shards of cold light spangle and wink and beckon. Every surface
is furred and infested; big blue crystals dangle like cubist bats from
the light fittings. Little wonder the flat has been abandoned: you’d
move out, too, if the crystals moved in.”
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Shiba Inu Puppy Cam
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:52:18 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam
"Tune in daily to see the cutest Shiba Inu pups... EVER! ;)
The six Shiba Inu pups (3 boys and 3 girls) turned 5 weeks old on
November 11th. This is the first litter from their mom, Kika."
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Europa Film Treasures
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:21:33 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/
European films from 1899 onwards
Share and enjoy,
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Fwd: From DVICE:Hyper-cute puppies, live on puppycam, show the Internet at its best
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:27:45 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
JUMP off to the link below...for the kids in each of us...
—bill
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Adelaide Spiders (was Re: Fwd: From DVICE:Hyper-cute puppies, live on puppycam, show the Internet at its best
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:25:09 +1100 (EST)
drjon [at] pacific.net.au
oh yes...there it is in my older email...sorry 'bout that.
Next you'll be saying you didn't see this posted:
Adelaide computer drawing of a spider minus a leg sells for thousands
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Fwd: [MUST VIEW/LISTEN!] TED TALK: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:05:05 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
If you are interested in creativity and would love to hear 19 minutes
of delight...you must listen/watch this Sir Ken Robinson is
entertaining as heck!
THANKS JEFF SAPERSTEIN and LAURA MAPPIN for fowarding this.
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Chickens stop rabbits from fighting
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:03:55 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Peacekeeping chickens don't need tasers to maintain order.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/17/chickens-stop-rabbit.html
Share and enjoy,
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Improv Everywhere 2008
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:32 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Stanley Submarines
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:35:57 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.stanleysubmarines.com/
Karl Stanley designed and built two deep-diving submarines without any
licenses, registration or insurance, and has spent the last ten years
taking passengers as low as 2500 feet at a barrier reef in Honduras.
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2008 Interactive Fiction Competition winners
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:38:47 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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"Star Wars" - an a cappella tribute to John Williams
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:38:30 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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New Pixar short: "Burn-E"
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:04 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.filmofilia.com/2008/11/17/wall-e-concept-art-and-burn-e-short-film/
Here’s a new short film from Pixar - BURN-E or Basic Utility Repair Nano
Engineer. The seven and a half minute short film which is included on
the DVD/Blu-ray release of WALL-E is directed by Angus MacLane.
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[A wonderful set of videos for those of you curious about the visual world!] Don't miss video: Hunting The Hidden Dimension with Benoit Mandelbrot (Nova/PBS)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:25 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
I can't say enough about his documentary...
NOVA - HUNTING THE HIDDEN DIMENSION
FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF NATURE!!!!!
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The 2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:47:30 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Expressing your PhD thesis through the medium of interpretive dance:
http://gonzolabs.org/dance/
Share and enjoy,
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MAKE presents: The LED
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:59:07 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/make_presents_the_led.html
"LEDs are in technology all around us, familiar and helpful for sure but
you may wonder - Who invented them? How do I use one? Is it possible to
make my own LED?!?"
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?: The 2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:24:02 +0900
"Yukihiko YOSHIDA" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
It looks very interesting.
Warmest Regards,
Yukihiko YOSHIDA
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Esquire feature on Dean Kamen
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:19:34 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.esquire.com/features/dean-kamen-1208
"The inventor of the Segway and more now has an idea worth tens of
millions of lives. But no one cares. Tracking Lord Dumpling's genius on
his seceded island of geekery."
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Mellotron!
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:43:25 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Better Place electric car networks
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:07:25 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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At last, for Yorick. Bequeathed skull stars in Hamlet
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:14:08 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5233132.ece
A concert pianist’s dying wish to appear on stage in Hamlet has been
realised 26 years after his death.
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Wakamaru robot appears in new play
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:46:18 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://news.cnet.com/8300-11386_3-76.html
Hataraku Watashi ("I, Worker"), by playwright Oriza Hirata, focuses on a
couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its
motivation to work.
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Open source hardware 2008
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:01:57 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/_draft_open_source_hardwa.html
"This is one of the new and emerging trends we've seen really take off
over the last few years. Each year we do a guide to all open source
hardware and this year there are over 60 projects/kits - it's incredible!"
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