Because it was Gather weekend. First up — a little Jack Daniels history.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/31151
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Some science — there was lot to choose from this morning.
Crows use rocks to raise the water level in a container, proving that
Aesop knew what he was talking about and that crows really are the
coolest birds
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/aesopscrows/
Looking like the floor plans for one of those accreted french
mansions, a more spatially accurate view of the HIV genome may provide
new clues to how to defeat the virus.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/hivtopograph/
I’m not sure I need a wallet sized LED resistance calculator but this
print, cut, and paste version may be useful to some of you. That this
is a home made specialty slide rule is beyond awesome. I miss my slide
rule.
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/ledcalc
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Art and Photography
A very nice interpretation of the industrial meme in jewelry by “Junior ASJ”
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=250153&portfolio_id=2061149&
Darren Rees creates the photographs for many of the BMW ads. Here’s a
nice round up some of the photos. No Flash. (link to portfolio below)
http://www.presidiacreative.com/18-cool-and-creative-photographs-by-darran-rees/
Here’s Darren Rees portfolio website — flash 5 required.
http://www.darranrees.com/
A reminiscence of Mary Poppins as created by the Russian illustrator
Gennady Kalinovsky. This is not your parent’s (or Julie Andrews) Mary
Poppins. I love her too.
http://coilhouse.net/2009/08/06/mary-poppins-is-my-co-pilot/
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Time Wasting Goodness
More musicians on the Muppet Show. Highlights include Los Lobos and Yo Yo Ma.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30898
more tomorrow
