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Kind of icky because it’s about bugs (ants) but the pho­tos are fab. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24826 Can any­one tell me what I am being warned against? “Cause that’s the scari­est squir­rel I have ever seen. http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/98430660/tsuyatsuya Two from the tech news. Oracle to buy SUN. The MySQL forums will be utter­ly use­less for at least a week. Let the wail­ing begin. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars …

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Spend some time look­ing at what Winfried Baumann can do with a sim­ple alu­minum con­tain­er. Housing, offices, can­teens. Click on “WORKS” in the top bar. http://winfried-baumann.de/ No words just a wicked con­cept bike pic­ture. http://insomnio.org/post/97944795/tron‑2–0 The mania for recre­at­ing the pho­to­graph­ic expe­ri­ence of cheap old cam­eras con­tin­ues. The Russian LOMO http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/20/the-disturbing-beauty-of-oversaturated-pictures/ A cou­ple of infrastructure/communications posts. First … 

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Because a Titan Missile silo east­ern Washington is the ulti­mate loca­tion for a hack­er camp. (click around for pho­tos): http://www.toorcamp.org/content/introduction More inter­est­ing ques­tions about how the oceans work. In this case how long does it take an ocean to rise. (not sure of the cred­i­bil­i­ty of the web­site but the jour­nal cit­ed is legit): http://www.openthefuture.com/2009/04/the_sea_level_rise_mystery.html Silly tech for … 

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fair warn­ing — look for me to bom­bard you with links to this in August. http://www.core77.com/blog/news/maker_faire_africa_is_happening_august_1315_in_accra_ghana_13199.asp walk through of the design process for “fix­ing” one of the least suc­cess­ful tools in the world — the con­fer­ence phone. http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/04/product-concept-touchscreen-conference-phone/ today’s must have cloth­ing item. http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/missilecommand over­ly flash site but OMG the design (pana­son­ic) http://www.panasonic.eu/designmuseum/ sweet­est zom­bie car­toon evah! I … 

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Portfolio of Kyle Houchens. Take time to page through the illos. The diecast car designs are lover­ly. http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_set.asp?individual_id=845&set_id=55 St John was a whack job. Today’s religious/Lego moment. http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/god_tortures_kills_billions/rv06_01.html Break it. Illustrate it. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/anatomical-drawing‑o.html My dad (the physi­cist) had one of these when they were first avail­able. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/13/hp-35-scientific-cal.html I had nev­er con­sid­ered the down­side of automotive … 

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