Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

SCIENCE / TECH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!

The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning the scientific & technological ...
  • Global warming fix is now certain ... [FOXNews]
    A group of western Pennsylvania college students are hanging 350 bras, underwear and socks out their dorm windows as part of an environmental message.
  • NYT advocates world commitment to 100 trillion dollar expenditure ... to global financial crisis??? No! Duh! To lower global mean temperature by 1 degree centigrade! [NYT; News Busters]

  • Same model made to appear 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 ... exceptional combination of photography, cosmetic art, and cosmetology ... clearly a ten! [picdit]

  • Six consecutive named hurricanes hit mainland USA for the first time in history; "experts not sure if global warming has anything to do with it." I can clear that up ... NO! (h/t Black Kettle)! [FOXNews]

  • 36 PhD candidates perform interpretive dance routines of dissertations ... the result is 36 YouTube sensations [Gonzo Labs; see Science Now for winners and abstracts; h/t FOX News]

  • A living hell? Sounds to me like Heaven, but with a memory of our temporal existence (Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:3-4).
    What would it be like to have an immaculate memory, so that every detail of life was instantly inscribed in the brain?
    A living hell is too gentle! [Der Spiegel; h/t Science Blog]

  • Viewing several autopsies while in Junior college was extremely educational; however, witnessing the dual autopsies of twin still borns was the end of the line ... too much for my 21 year-old mind and heart! But to see the autopsy of a relative or friend would have been unthinkable ... in fact this was thoughtless! [FOXNews]

  • Darwinist/naturalist fool comes unhinged. [Huffington Post; h/t Aeropagus]

  • Are reports of dangerous toys over reaching? [Junk Science]

Friday, November 21, 2008

SCIENCE/HI-TECH: Linking the ephemeral by their common DNA!

Offering the fugacious ... per their common ancestry ...

This post also includes what The CRIB believes to be faux science ...
Rubber duckies? At first I thought Al Gore was involved but, no, this is serious. [Telegraph UK]
God's micro universe up close and personal. [Boston Globe; h/t Classical Values]
Obama and Emanuel claim Bush responsible for missing spider and lost tool bag on International Space Station. [FOXNews]
Eye see you in MyTube! A bionic tale to be told! [FOXNews]
What do a book, a hair, a grave, and some bones have in common? Until a few days ago, only Copernicus knew! [Yahoo! News]
Bush plans to institute "even more endangered species" regulations prior to the arrival of the Robamatons [Yahoo! News]
The green scene to blame for the Big Three's headache, nothing else ... so says Steven Milloy [Junk Science]
Online harassment/bullying being defined in key case [FOXNews]
Kilimanjaro is a pawn in the global warming game. [News Busters]
Someday soon they will help the rowdies erect the big tent! [Yahoo! News; also NGS News]
"Now you see me, now you don't!" Invisibility cloak is now a real possibility! [NGS News]

Saturday, November 15, 2008

SATURDAY'S EPHEMERA: Linking the transitory (ephemera) every other day!

Twenty of 'em; I'm dropping the "TRANNIES" gizmo ... corny!
Here is a link 50% of you won't go to, 99% of those who do won't take the time to slog through it, even though it's one of the most timely and relevant articles of the day! [Vanity Fair; h/t E!]
I wish it were this easy! Believe me it's not! [Yahoo! News]
Microcosm of Obama "rule" seen in former New Zealand Labor Party "rule" [American Spectator]
Take the Federal Reserve test! [Hermes-Press]
African photography like you've never seen before! [Young Gallery]
More black and white photography - the article says it was his wife, but the picture sure looks like a boy to me! Regardless, what he did was apparently wrong! [The Right Perspective]
Disturbing Baltimore police behavior [YouTube] He's actually a meter maid!
View from 1776 quote re automakers bailout:
"Why waste time funneling money to socialist labor unions via GM and Ford, thence to the Democratic National Committee as campaign contributions. Why not just transfer the auto bailout money directly from the Treasury into the DNC coffers?" [Thomas Brewton]
When in a hurry, be sure to leave the window down. [Maniac World; h/t Spam Richter]



Courtesy of Another Random Day
The One's new Caddy-One will have a new state-of-the-art search-lite feature that projects the O'Bama Logo into the night sky to call Chopper-One to take his Oneness to Air Force-One! [FOXNews]
Al Sharpton's campaign motto has been redacted to "Yes We Did!" Does this mean there is hope for a post-election investigation of Obama's financial improprieties? Nnnaaauuuggghhhttt!!! ) See also Ironic Surrealism's Velvet Hammer) [Yahoo! News]
What Mellanie Phillips says! [Spectator; h/t Black Kettle]
But can they make tequila out of diamonds. [Blogrunner]
I'd wager he was praying for number 33. [FOXNews]