March 2010
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WatchWowzers.
February 2010
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“I note that Sweety is wearing pants. Beware of Pohnpeian women in pants; they...”
– Nowhere Slow: A Dirty Dictionary - A funny lesson in dirty words and unfamiliar culture.
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The best idea seemed to come from Martin's own... →
SF Gate on the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy.
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A recent study indicates that the wing shapes of... →
He found that over half of the species he examined demonstrated changes over time with boreal birds developing more pointed wings and temperate birds developing rounder wings. These results support the hypothesis that habitat isolation is spurring evolutionary changes in birds.
Boreal forests have suffered severe deforestation over the past century, and so Desrochers had predicted that...
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“…men tend to focus on the youngest women in their already skewed preference...”
– Just one part of yet another detailed and brilliant look at the habits on online daters from OK Cupid, this one looking at the role age plays. The entire post, with some fantastic charts, is really worth a read and confirms some stereotypes — men tend to prefer younger women, even younger than...
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“On a planet with around 6.8 billion people, we’re likely to see 5 billion...”
– This just seems entirely impossible.
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“An exciting new role has just opened up at the national mint of Chile, but...”
– Oopsers.
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“We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a...”
– Give it to me now…
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Watch“Everyone hate him. He too picky”
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“I entered the fray on a bright Wednesday afternoon, with an open mind and an...”
– Although a rather brilliant idea (in a Blade Runner sort of way) I’m pretty certain I don’t have the fortitude to even try this out.
Read more: Is ChatRoulette the Future of the Internet or Its Distant Past? — New York Magazine
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“Die Antwoord’s newfound Internet fame: your love don’t pay my server...”
– A followup to the car crash. Article on Boing Boing and The Daily Maverick.
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“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”
– A grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.
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“In 1993, I spent the year writing in a blank datebook from 1954. Now, in 2010,...”
– http://nineteenfiftyfour.org/
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Watchwuuah ha!
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