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Movie-going rules (8)
on kottke.org (3963) permalinkI triple endorse every single one of these 17 simple rules for going to the cinema with me. 9. You will not involuntarily exclaim any of the following, or any derivatives of the following, ten minutes before and ten minutes after the end of the screening: "Oh SHIT! OUCH!", "Woah!", "Oooooooh!", "PAIN CITY!", "Holy [anything]!". Such exclamations are not involuntary. If you are a Tourette's sufferer, you will provide a confirmatory note from a registered ...Shared by Alex (17) Andrew Ferguson (29) Chris (58) Courtney Jo (6) jonezy (110) Nikki (179) Piers (32) searingblue (59)
- Piers said: I really need to reading things like this in the office. I just get odd looks from my colleagues.
- Courtney Jo said: What a quack..
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Humbling. (46)
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- Darren Draper said: I just said this today in a comment I made on one of my blog posts. I just didn't say it as well as Jessica does.
- ani625 said: fact
- Peter said: Medicine in a nutshell.
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Electronics levity (16)
on MAKE Magazine (3702) permalinkA bit of EE humor courtesy of Drew @ toothpaste for dinner. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29) Azeem (108) Chris (36) chusemann (72) darkeye11547 (1051) David (43) Fearghas (50) JayCrossler (49) Jeremy P (62) Nathaniel Dean (112) NoyzSource (24) Rachyl (67) sczizzo (51) Shannon (42) terryphi (22) Tim (38)Contribute comment
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Best photos of the Beijing Olympics (22)
on kottke.org (3963) permalinkThree galleries of the best photos taken at the Olympics. Part 2 and part 3. (link)Shared by Anand L (53) Andrew Ferguson (29) Ben Turner (140) Brian (62) Chris ODonnell (12) Cort (24) Courtney Jo (6) dhaynes (24) Eduo (196) Gil Creque (42) iBspoof (73) Immortalpear (39) Jon Winstanley (41) Kelly (22) marilink (61) Meesh (66) Nuno (44) patrice (20) Serginho (45) Svitlana (53) thion (34) Thomas (34)
- thion said: od nas rozpoznałem Natalię Partykę
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“Mouse Print” Could Strip Disney of Mickey (2)
on Mouse Print (3) permalinkFor a change of pace this week, we look at “mouse print”, literally — the copyright notice used by the Walt Disney company to protect its most famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. It seems the company may have failed to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s in the early days, and that could thrust Mickey, or at least an early version of him, into the public domain. As reported in the LA ...Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29) Bob Goyetche (49)Contribute comment
- Amazon.com: Secrets of the Mouse: An Unofficial Behind-the-Scenes Guide to Disneyland Park: Alan Joyce: Books (1)
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Keeping a visit a surprise after people have already guessed that you're coming (6)
on The Old New Thing (252) permalinkLast year, a friend of mine who lives out of state—let's call her Lisa—wanted to pay her family in Seattle a surprise visit, and I was enlisted as an accomplice. (Specifically, my rôle was to pick her up from the airport and take her home.) Everything was going smoothly until she made the mistake of telling one of another out-of-state relative about her plans. That relative then told a family member in Seattle, "Don't tell ...Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29) Anthony (165) evanc (24) Robert Konigsberg (11) Ryan (21) spoon16 (74)Contribute comment
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privacy is a fundamental human right (7)
on WWdN: In Exile (285) permalinkBruce Schneier writes another thoughtful and insightful essay on privacy: Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance. We do nothing wrong when we make love or go to the bathroom. We are not deliberately hiding anything when we seek out private places for reflection or conversation. We keep private journals, sing in the privacy of the shower, and write letters to secret ...Shared by adamconner7 (277) Andrew Ferguson (29) Christopher (170) Erwin (6) Jenn2d2 (49) Meromo (49) Sebastian (44)Contribute comment
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Kinoki footpad scam debunked (3)
on Boing Boing Gadgets (1296) permalinkThat something's obviously bunkum is not enough. Science must be done! National Public Radio's Sarah Varney, and her husband unit, each took a Kinoki footpad and applied it to the soles of their feet at bedtime. As expected, by morning each was saturated with the nasty brown gum prominently associated with these "cleansing detox foot pads." The makers claim it comprises toxins and metals leached out of your body by the pad. So it was ...Contribute comment
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Earth’s Facebook News Feed (1)
on Audreyln's Blog - Acoustic Entropy (2) permalinkVia College Humor via Mental_Floss:Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29)Contribute comment
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Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinemas Ultrahigh-Res Camera (18)
on Daring Fireball (3578) permalinkThe fruits of a benevolent dictatorship no doubt spell the end to analog film projection as well.Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29) David (6) Ernie (31) Eugene (147) Geoffrey Wiseman (46) GregEh (39) Harold Green (132) J Carey (5) kevan (48) macgeekpro (126) maczter (6) Nate Kennedy (24) Pradeep (38) Reid Ellis (22) RT (23) Sean Graham (6) velociped (71) voidfiles (143)Contribute comment
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Canadian movie theaters rent screen time to gamers (1)
on A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way (2) permalinkCrunchGear » Archive » Canadian movie theaters rent screen time to gamers — not sure this will ever pencil out or how it would even work, but the idea of playing Halo or COD4 on a giant movie screen is pretty awesome.Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29)Contribute comment
- Amazon.com: Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into ... (1)
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lightning in sunset (90)
on [daily dose of imagery] (974) permalinkShot at Toronto's Centre Island. A great example of being in the right place at the right time. My sister and I went to the Island after work for some photos and this amazing sunset started to form, so I quickly put the camera on a tripod and started shooting intervals (using the Pclix) for about an hour hoping to capture the lightning. I have 5 lightning shots out of around 600 photos and this ...Shared by $udhi™ (65) Adam Fuhrer (224) Adrian L (74) Alejandro-S (94) Alex (449) Alexandru Savu (123) Alix (83) andrew (32) Andrew Ferguson (29) Anil (25) Ann (64) ash (153) BA}{AR (112) Behzad (74) Ben Shoemate (230) Beth (40) bluecubphan (70) bnoise (52) bodzasfanta (183) Brian Luft (28) Carol (522) Cassi (34) Chloe Fan (27) Chris Gilmore (44) Dan (32) Darren (26) David (36) Donnie Berkholz (100) Earl E Morningwood (152) Ez (11) Fearghas (50) Fish (58) Fred (40) Gabe (29) giobi (21) graywolf (139) gRegor (42) haynes (20) HiP (35) Ian (55) ibanez182 (32) intermayer.com (62) J (428) jamesjbigler (94) jason (29) Jeremiah (101) Joel (31) jonezy (110) Keith (18) Kevin (15) Khosrow Ebrahimpour (22) Kourosh (151) kudis (55) Leo K (27) Lu Tao (55) Marie (40) markeff (118) mathowie (52) matixo (36) Mel (71) Mike (29) miloIIIIVII (40) Mohammad (25) Moose (41) natalia (114) neda (64) nicerobot (186) Nick (51) Nikos (33) Office Glen (25) onurka (44) Otháner Kasiyas (158) Randy (29) RJO (115) roedward (347) roel (59) Ryan (41) Sandeep (22) Steve (18) Strong_Wind (23) Syng Shin (310) tobalito (69) webto (19) Werner (41) William Spaetzel (32) Wojciech Beling (42) xray (85) xsolutions (22) Yassin (29) Zac (32)Explore read seven notesContribute comment
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Abandoned NASA Jet Propulsion Labs Trailer photographed (2)
on Boing Boing Gadgets (1296) permalinkDiscarded somewhere in the desert near Bishop, California, photographer Richard Harrington came across a dilapidated retro-space-age NASA trailer, filled with still-functional control panels and flickering Nixie Tubes ticking down to some imaginary, Cold War predicated apocalypse. I'm surprised he didn't just hook the trailer up to his car's hitch and drive off with it: the ultimate geek's weekend camper. NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory Trailer [This Is Harrington via Gizmodo]Shared by Andrew Ferguson (29) Tim (31)
- Tim said: This is like the abandoned NASA stuff I run past...
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More on curse words (3)
on Bram Cohen's Journal (7) permalinkRelated to my last post, a persons with disabilities group called Arc is protesting a new movie, on the claim that it uses the word retarded a lot, and that retarded is a fundamentally insulting term.The irony is that the name of the group was originally an acronym, and it stood for Association of Retarded Children, because back then retarded was considered an extremely politically correct term for the mentally inferior.People really need to grow ...Contribute comment
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Phelps-Cavic photo finish (25)
on kottke.org (3963) permalinkUnderwater photos from the finish in the men's 100-meter butterfly finals, both just before Phelps and Cavic touched the wall and just after. It's amazing how far Phelps was behind before his half-stroke. Cavic seems like an interesting guy and is handling the close loss well. He wrote an entry on his blog entitled "Success!!!" On winning a SILVER medal: I am completely happy, and still in complete disbelief that I was able to achieve ...Shared by Alix (61) Andrew (29) Andrew Ferguson (29) Ching (93) chrishawn (35) cisellis (130) Clint Ecker (280) Coleman (30) dhaynes (24) Eric (37) Firethorn (54) gabopagan (97) Gavin (146) gort581 (93) jeremy (36) marya (56) Michael (47) ModernBizzle (24) neha (23) Nirav (203) Noemí (62) Trey (155) Uday Kiran (19) Will (46) Yvette (68)
- jeremy said: However, because it is not possible to build swimming pools in which each lane is guaranteed to be precisely the same length, Olympic and World Records are still recorded to the nearest 1/100th of a second. - Woah!
- Andrew Ferguson said: See also: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequence/content.1.html
- marya said: Cavic is all class!
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Voting Machines (400)
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