Stupid design
The designer behind Intelligent Design, who only exists in Creationists’ heads anyway, really wasn’t that intelligent.
via BoingBoing
Technorati tag: Creationism
Monthly archives: February 2005
Rentals
I’ve signed up for Amazon’s new DVD rental service. The list of DVDs lined up for me to watch is-
Touching The Void
Outfoxed
Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse
The Village
The Fog Of War
Infernal Affairs
Underworld
The Corporation
My Architect
Tirez Sur Le Pianiste
Man On Fire
Before Sunrise / Before Sunset
Cypher
American Splendor
Ghost World
Lone Wolf And Cub
Zatoichi
Hana-Bi
At four a month that’s nearly five months, unless I get excited and raise it to the six a month version.
Technorati tag: DVD
Tesselation, that's what you need
The Escher Web Sketch. Purrty.
The Solar System at 1 pixel per 1000km. Biiiiig.
via Rimone.org
Technorati tag: Pretty
Keep away from that trap door
Oh yes, the adventures of Berk are coming to DVD.
Technorati tag: Nostalgia
Culcha
The British are more cultured, and less sporty, than Italians, French and Germans. So can our broadcasters get a clue and stop showing so much football and replace it with something more interesting?
Technorati tag: Culture
The sky IS falling
For the benefit of all the idiots, mostly in or supporting the US government, who are still in denial- GLOBAL WARMING IS A REALITY.
Technorati tag: Global Warming
SimLife
Avida and the evolution of complexity. The Creationists hate Avida because it has proved that complex compound organs (or in this case, code) can evolve rather than having to be created in one leap.
Technorati tag: Creationism
Fontspotter
Typographica’s favourite fonts of 2004.
Technorati tag: Fonts
Whale bone?
A concise history of the Elizabethan corset.
I’m actually looking for images of 17th century peasants, but somehow I came across this instead.
Technorati tag: Costume
Ear Ear
Severed ear found outside Strangeways.
Detectives want to make sure it is human ear after a similar find a number of years ago of what was thought to be a human finger turned out to be a sausage.
Technorati tag: Gruesome
Clever Glass
Vanadium dioxide coated glass can switch from transparent to reflective (of infra red) at a set outside temperature. Thus on a winter day it could allow all light through, for as much warming and SAD treatment as possible, whilst on a summer day it could reflect IR as soon as it reached 25C. This could lead to huge savings on air conditioning. Coupled with planned ventilation, it could do away with it all together.
Technorati tag: Glass
Sticky Death
Technorati tag: Bizarre
The Orientalist
This book sounds interesting. The link to a website about it popped up in my Google Ads, of all places.
Technorati tag: Books
Photo Friday
This week’s theme is Rural. Where do I begin…..
And, because hunting with hounds has been illegal since last night
Technorati tag: Photo Friday
Blooood! Bloood!
Researchers have shown that older mice can benefit from swapping blood with younger (identical) mice, sort of like, well, vampires. The probable explanation is that the new blood stimulates stem cells and speeds recovery. The trick now is to find a way to do it without the need for a couple of hollow fangs.
Technorati tag: Research
Hitch
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trailer. Low quality sound I’m afraid.
Via Waxy
Technorati tag: Hitchhiker’s
I cast thee out!
The Vatican is to offer lessons in exorcism.
Technorati tag: Religion
Seven?
Lance Armstrong is to enter this year’s Tour de France, aiming for his seventh win.
Technorati tag: Le Tour
The Euro in your pocket
The low value of the dollar is reducing the US’ power and influence. Which can only be a good thing.
Technorati tag: Money