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Things to Come

March 21, 2008 8 Comments

For Battlestar Galactica enthusiasts, a slice of blasphemy.

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Naturally, the image above contains clues as to the show’s final season. Is Baltar’s Six about to deliver the Cylon gospel? Who’s the new Number Six standing on the left, as if to denounce her counterpart? And who’s missing from the table, and why? Stay tuned.

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Pink-eyed fascination. (h/t, Mick Hartley.) // Earthquake van. // Christvertising. Do you have the best brand-prayer alignment? (h/t, Chastity Darling.) // The electromagnetic spectrum. (h/t, Infosthetics.) // BSG teaser. // “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Dangerous computers. // On HAL’s programming conflict. A detailed breakdown. // The Dawn of Man and Discovery, rendered in Lego. Yes, the pod bay doors do open. // Things turn ugly between HAL and Dave. (h/t, Ace.) // The BigDog robot. Sounds like a fly, walks like a horse. // Dog and machine in perfect harmony. // Wooden elephants. // Wooden horses. // Knit your own squid. // Stefan Kanfer on misplaced pacifism. // Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism podcast. // Madsen Pirie on poverty. // Mary Jackson on a failed accountant’s jihad. // Iranian schoolbooks. Shaping young minds. // Remarkable crushing machines. // Luminescent gravel. // The luminescent pillow. (h/t, Ace.) // Prequels are evil. // Alarming intersections. // And, via The Thin Man, Janis would like some wheels.














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Ephemera Ideas Music

Drum Buddy

March 18, 2008 3 Comments

As some of you seemed to like the bubblegum drum machine, mentioned here, this may also be of interest. The Drum Buddy™ is a “4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating drum machine.” It has a robust wooden cabinet and a state-of-the-art control system.    

It is, I think we can agree, a formidable instrument. Though I may wait for a version powered entirely by steam.














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Inclinations

March 17, 2008 6 Comments

If you haven’t been already, you may enjoy a visit to the, fairly self-explanatory, Stuff White People Like.

Entries of note include Hating Corporations, Arts Degrees, Having Gay Friends, White People in the News and, mentioned here previously, Knowing What’s Best for Poor People. 














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March 14, 2008 2 Comments

Floating hotel, shaped like a whale. // 6 things that resemble the Death Star. // At last, a knitted Princess Leia wig. (h/t, Coudal.) // Boomerangs in space. Will they return? // Martian avalanche. More. // The Abisko Aurora webcam. // Electronic contact lenses. // Jeff Han’s multi-touch media wall. More. And. // Chicago City Council proposes crackdown on “self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in height.” // Schweppes and balloons. // Attention proud parents – display your newborn baby on a sack of rice. // The mystery of smell. // Mythical causes of disease. // How the Yeti has been imagined through the ages. (h/t, 1+1=3.) // Hulk alert! // Gnome terrorises town. A Sun exclusive. // The Playmobil security checkpoint. (h/t, Chastity Darling.) // Airport terminals of note. // Heathrow’s electroluminescent wall. // Telescopic rotor blades inspired by toilet paper holder. // “She wasn’t glued to the toilet seat. She was just physically stuck by her body.” The mystery of the adhesive buttocks. // 1950s Sherlock Holmes episodes. Including The Case of the Texas Cowgirl and The Case of the Shy Ballerina. // And, via The Thin Man, Sticky Fingers.














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