October 2009
49 posts
Wearable hummingbird feeder mask →
Not sure if I want something that sharp and pointy that close to my eyes.
Oct 29th
Oct 29th
The secret history of swine flu →
A timeline of the flu’s mutations and various pandemics since the 1880s.
Oct 29th
Oct 29th
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping... →
An excellent article on the anti-science of the anti-immunization movement.
Oct 28th
Oct 27th
Ebooks making libraries popular again →
If this takes off in the USA, it would make me seriously consider the Barnes & Noble nook over the Kindle.
Oct 27th
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Justin Roberts (32)  Sandra Boynton (28)  Shel Silverstein (26)  Barenaked Ladies (17)  Brent Holmes & Marty the Moose (11)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 26th
WatchWatch
Oct 24th
Shel Silverstein's Underwater Land  →
Definitely buying this.
Oct 23rd
Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine - 1909 →
First camera aboard a plane! Only one hundred years ago. Wow.
Oct 22nd
Oct 22nd
World War One, Simplified →
See World War Two as well.
Oct 21st
Oct 21st
Oct 21st
The Reverse Geocache Puzzle →
A clever use of some simple electronics. What a fun wedding present!
Oct 21st
WatchWatch
Sherlock Holmes as an Indiana Jones type action movie makes me excited. I’d like to see this.
Oct 20th
One Hundred and Fifty Pasta Shapes →
Oct 20th
Oct 20th
How Safe is the HPV vaccine? →
Beautifully visualized data with the actual risk rates of the HPV vaccine. Not that it’s anything I’ll ever need.
Oct 20th
Oct 20th
New rocket engine could make trips to Mars... →
Science fiction becomes science again.
Oct 20th
Barnes & Noble 'Nook' e-reader with color... →
Hmm.. Kindle competition…
Oct 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
“Weird Al” Yankovic (17)  KC and the Sunshine Band (14)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (7)  Sam & Dave (7)  The Blues Brothers (7)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 19th
What to Expect: The Third Decade  →
Good info for parents.
Oct 19th
Oct 14th
The Language of Food: Ketchup →
Ketchup apparently originated in China as a fermented fish sauce, moved to England where it was based on Walnuts or Mushrooms. Tomatoes were the latecomer.
Oct 14th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
Bad Religion (10)  The Beach Boys (7)  The Pietasters (5)  Billy Joel (5)  NOFX (5)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 12th
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Oct 10th
30 Dumb Inventions - LIFE Photo Gallery →
Oct 10th
Oct 10th
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Michael Pollan's Favorite Food Rules →
Some good rules- If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you are not hungry. Don’t eat egg salad from a vending machine
Oct 9th
Oct 8th
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The most famous unkindness →
The Tower of London’s raven denizens.
Oct 8th
Oct 7th
Oct 6th
For the Love of a Good Burger →
It has simply never occurred to me to grind my own meat.
Oct 6th
Yeast? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Yeast →
Oct 6th
Oct 6th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
“Weird Al” Yankovic (27)  Joey Cape (9)  KC and the Sunshine Band (8)  Less Than Jake (8)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (7)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 5th
Liu Bolin...The Invisible Man...  →
Invisible the old-fashioned way.
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Oct 1st
Sun sets on Saturn: GM kills fading star brand →
Woah, Saturn is no more!
Oct 1st