Month: January 2010

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Miniature Ice Sculpture 5 [Flickr] Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST driko posted a photo: I’m not exactly sure how this miniature ice sculpture formed. There are branches overhanging the table on our deck, but I can’t figure out how they would have dripped to form this. Very cool…

Miniature Ice Sculpture 4 [Flickr] Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST driko posted a photo:

Miniature Ice Sculpture 3 [Flickr] Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:27 PM PST driko posted a photo:

Miniature Ice Sculpture 2 [Flickr] Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:27 PM PST driko posted a photo:

Miniature Ice Sculpture 1 [Flickr] Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:27 PM PST driko posted a photo:

The most under-hyped, but most important, technology since seat belts Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST It’s built-in radar. Sounds pretty innovative, actually…

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Say No More: The Banned Words of 2010 [TIME] Posted: 04 Jan 2010 09:17 AM PST

What Happened to the Hominids Who Were Smarter Than Us? [DISCOVER Magazine] Posted: 04 Jan 2010 06:15 AM PST

FDR kept deadly disease hidden for years [NYPOST.com] Posted: 04 Jan 2010 05:34 AM PST “In a sense, FDR rolled the dice with history – and won.”

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Battlefield Heroes

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:36 AM PST

Geeky Math Equation Creates Beautiful 3-D World [Wired Science] Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:34 AM PST amazing fractal worlds

Migratr Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:33 AM PST “Migratr is a desktop application which moves photos between popular photo sharing services. Migratr will also migrate your metadata, including the titles, tags, descriptions and album organization. Whether you want to copy your photos from Flickr to Faces, Picasa to Phanfare, or Zenfolio to Zooomr, Migratr is the app for you. Migratr will copy your photos FROM any supported photo service, TO any supported photo service.”

Leelu Soft: XP Quick Fix Plus Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:47 AM PST

Komodo Media Social Networking Icons Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:46 AM PST

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The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2009 [Foreign Policy] Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:31 PM PST

The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas [NYTimes.com] Posted: 02 Jan 2010 01:22 PM PST

The Decade In Rewind – Newsweek 2010 Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:36 AM PST

You AUGHT To Remember Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

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Browsing Wallpaper on deviantART Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:05 PM PST

/wg/ – Wallpapers/General Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:05 PM PST

Desktop wallpaper | Social Wallpapering Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:05 PM PST

Iron Man 2 Movie Trailer Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:03 PM PST This looks pretty damn cool.

The ‘Israelification’ of airports: High security, little bother [thestar.com] Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:16 PM PST Why the US doesn’t get this, I just don’t understand…

Knighthood for Patrick Stewart? Queen says make it so [CNN.com] Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:50 AM PST Cool!

There are many end-of-year and end-of-decade lists floating around out there, so if you’re in the mood check out Fimoculous’ 2009 List of Lists and kottke’s The Noughtie List: The 2000s in Review.

Happy New Year!