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23 March 2008

Have a great day with the family and friends

Easter, holiday, turkey, friends, family

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Waxing your nuts makes you gay!

But not anymore

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Book a flight ...

Get a pole dance

Cheapflights UK. The flight attendants are pleasant and courteous, and they entertain with a pole dance. Unfortunately, the male flight attendants are in on it as well. Where is my eye cover?

Cheapflights UK

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Stuff

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10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers

Brains are analogue; computers are digital

Although the brain-computer metaphor has served cognitive psychology well, research in cognitive neuroscience has revealed many important differences between brains and computers. Appreciating these differences may be crucial to understanding the mechanisms of neural information processing, and ultimately for the creation of artificial intelligence.

(More via Developing Intelligence)

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If people are driving less ...

Why are gas prices rising?

Yet, gas prices are on the rise. Gas has averaged more than $3 a gallon for four straight months and, more recently, has surged into record territory. Estimates of how high gas prices will go this year vary from $3.50 a gallon to $4. But virtually everyone agrees prices have higher to go before they fall.

This disconnect between demand and price may seem to violate fundamental rules of economics, but gas prices are actually responding to demand of a different kind: From investors.

(More via Forecast Earth)

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Sneak peek on love

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Love is a canvas pattern furnished by Nature, and embroidered by imagination.

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Movie Review: The Mist (2007)

So ... any boogeymen?

Plot:

After a storm, a mist appears. Seemingly innocent at first, the residents of a small town soon find that strange and dangerous creatures lurk in the mist. Now a group of people, trapped in a grocery store, have to fight their way to freedom.

Review:

The Mist is a straight A horror film. Tense, dark, mean, and with enough gore to sustain any horror fan. The film takes place mostly in a grocery store where the trapped shoppers find a way to escape the monsters. Director Frank Darabont chose to focus the film on the people rather than the monsters. And in true form, the people inspire the horror. As the horror of the mist emerges, the shoppers form into three groups: those who want to get away from the monsters, the religious faction, and those who do not believe in monsters. The religious group slowly but surely take control of the store. Led by Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), they impose the law and how the shoppers are to be led to safety. Harden's portrayal of Mrs. Carmody is chilling and hair raising. Her tone of voice and look is enough to scare anyone. Her calls to Jesus for salvation are more terrifying and penetrating. It is in these three groups that The Mist gets most of its tension and terror.

There is not a lot of violence, but when it does come, the blood flows. It is also effective in its quick bursts. Darabont's choice in prolonging the monster attacks was wise. The tension is wound very tight. Scenes go by, alarms go off, but nothing happens. But when it does, it is scary.

The Mist, overall, is a study of people facing tragedy. Showing how class and religion transcend friendships and neighbors. They fight, fear, and fall apart on each other - sometimes with tragic results.

The ending of the film is a shocker. Not the ending of the Stephen King novella. It is tough, brutal and will make you scream. Kudos to Darabont for not bending over for the studio execs.

The Mist is definitely recommended. It will be released on DVD 25th March.

The Mist info

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The Graveyard

The possibility of Death

The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with realtime poetry, with storytelling without words.

(via A Tale of Tales)

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Suddenly Last Supper

The Last Supper becomes Pop Culture

There's nothing like a couple thousand years of of repetition and an iconic painting by an Old Master to get story to get lodged inside the heads of the creators of pop culture. Leonardo da Vinci's 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 disciples would betray him is so iconic that it has been co-opted by those wishing to give weight to their parodies, tributes and caricatures. What I find interesting is who gets portrayed as Christ and who gets to be his Judas.

(More via Popped Culture)

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Steve McQueen in Papillon

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Creepy Robot Dog

Scary and eerie looking robot

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22 March 2008

Steve McQueen in Hell Is For Heroes

Steve McQueen, movies, war, drama, action, legend

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Fishing

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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. (Stephen Wright)

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Sign of the Future?

I'm white my boyfriend is asian. I hear we don't need birth control because we can't interbreed. True or no?

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Stuff

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Lost needs to end now

Lost is lost

Lost, TV, series, dull, gimmick, no sparkI am getting fed up with Lost. Personally, it should have ended last season, or should end this season. The fact that it is not ending ticks me off. Firstly, this season's shows started badly. They were dull to duller. Episodes 6 and 7 were duds. Terribly boring without any merit whatsoever. This fourth season of Lost is the only time I have started to work/blog/surf the web/chat with friends and watch the show at the same time. Hey, if you are bored, might as well do something you like.

Secondly, how did they get off the island? When do we get to that part? I do not know about you, but I want to know. The last show of the third season clearly stated that, and the fourth season's shows have shown it in flashbacks. So, when do we get to see this amazing moment? At the end? The cliffhangers for the previous seasons had a resolution in the first or second show of the new season. Not here. Why? The writing team is running out of ideas. So stretch the rescue for the entire season. How fucked is that concept.

Thirdly, the characters have become idiots. Yes, idiots. Dull, annoying, clods, cloying, uninteresting, lifeless, stupid, one dimensional, no chemistry morons. Who are only on the show to keep the gimmick alive. What is the gimmick? Whatever the writing team wants for that episode. Let's see, time travel, spy on board the ship, baby will die if you leave the island. The characters are now playing second fiddle to the gimmick. Right, so gimmick, get a pay raise and get the show rolling before I lose interest completely.

My favourite lost on an island story is Robinson Crusoe and it ended in a few hundred pages. The movie was about two hours - depending on which version you saw. Lost the TV series needs to end now. Lay it to rest, rescue the people, have a two hour show reconciling all things and move on. Amen.

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Lost Head Count Gets Hazy (in other words - WTF)

Spoilers ahead

Multiple shots were heard last night on Lost, but who died? After the jump a look at the drive by Lost, TV, series, killed, shots, misadventuresepisode that left us a question mark on the casualty count. Spoilers for those of you who aren't up to speed on season four.

Despite Karl's unpopularity on the Underwire poll he took a bullet through the chest and looks to be kaput. Surprisingly though, he wasn't the only victim.

Danielle Rousseau also took a shot, but is she dead? The preview for this episode specifically said someone will die; not people will die or two will die. Is Rousseau alive? She seems to have nine lives, suggesting the island is in control of her fate as it's been control of Michael's.

Talking about Michael. Boy has this guy been through the ringer. He's miserable back in New York dealing with the guilt of killing Libby and Ana Lucia, his son wanting nothing to do with him, and having to live in secrecy from everyone, including his mama.

The confusing part is why, when Michael and Walt get back to the states (however they do so), they don't tell everyone who they are and that there are Oceanic 815 survivors. Is Michael afraid he'll be found out as a murderer? Is this how he tells Walt that they need to stay mum?

Wouldn't letting the appropriate people know that survivors remain out there on some island be the easiest way for him to seek redemption?

(More via Wired)

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The 21 Steps

A thriller told using Google Maps

The 21 Steps is told by following the story as it unfolds across a map of the world.

(via We Tell Stories)
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The Good Friday Experiment

A psychedelic drug experiment

On Good Friday, 1962, before services commenced in Boston University's Marsh Chapel, Walter Pahnke administered small capsules to twenty Protestant divinity students. Thus began the most scientific experiment in the literature designed to investigate the potential of psychedelic drugs to facilitate mystical experience (Pahnke, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970; Pahnke & Richards, l969a, 1969b, 1969c). Half the capsules contained psilocybin (30mg), an extract of psychoactive mushrooms, and the other half contained a placebo. According to Pahnke, the experiment determined that "the persons who received psilocybin experienced to a greater extent than did the controls the phenomena described by our typology of mysticism" (Pahnke. 1963, p. 220).

This paper is a brief methodological critique and long-term follow-up study to the "Good Friday Experiment." Pahnke, who was both a physician and a minister, conducted the experiment in 1962 for his PhD. in Religion arid Society at Harvard University, with Timothy Leary as his principal academic advisor (Leary, 1962, 1967, 1968). Describing the experiment, Walter Houston Clark, 1961 recipient of the American Psychological Association's William James Memorial Award for contributions to the psychology of religion, writes, "There are no experiments known to me in the history of the scientific study of religion better designed or clearer in their conclusions than this one" (Clark, 1969, p.77).

(More via The Vaults of Erowid)


The Marsh Chapel Experiment

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Organ Transplants

Kidneys for sale

When we go to the doctor’s office for a checkup, most of us get annoyed if we have to thumb through old waiting-room magazines for a half-hour. Yet many people wait much longer for something much more important.

(More via Reason.TV)

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Movie and TV bits

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21 March 2008

Hanging clothes to dry

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Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines. (Claude McKay)

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Davalgaa ijii Mongol and The Singing Wind by Altan Urag

Mongolian folk rock ... ROCKS!



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Rick Roll

Enough already!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christ, I am getting tired of this fucking Rick Roll. It was funny two days ago - not now.

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New Chef

We hired a new chef at work. A stunning Brazilian woman by the name of ... Mona Lisa. She is more beautiful than the art work. She is not interested in modeling as her passion is cooking. I asked, Mona told me. Refreshing to hear for a change.

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I love you, Teach!

Honestly, I am watching this to learn Russian. Really! No, really!

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From The Pulpit

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Vintage Pin-Ups

These women still look fresh and awesome

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16 of the Most Extreme & Modern Beds You’ll Ever See

Ever wanted to have a super bedroom, to amaze your friends, or your girlfriends?

beds, home, awesome, cloud, ceiling, bookcasePrivate cloud looks like a giant rocking chair, or to be more exact like a rocking bed. Private cloud is not a normal bed, is something that wants to revolutionize every bedroom. The bed requires a little more space than a “normal” bed but I’m pretty sure that this bed can offer new experiences to any couple.

(More Beds via Freshome)

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Steve McQueen in Bullitt

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Stuff

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Tech Support

OpenOffice - a Microsoft Office replacement

Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries

ESET SysInspector - Troubleshoot your computer

Google Spreadsheets Adds Gadgets

UberNote - Excellent note taking software

Defraggler - A file defragmentation tool (Highly recommended)
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20 March 2008

GMail ...

It does a body good

gmail, soap, clean, Russia, bodySome of the spam e-mail I receive makes me feel so raunchy that I need to take a shower to rinse myself of the debauchery. Perhaps I’d be able to cleanse my e-mail demons more thoroughly with this Gmail Soap spotted in Russia.

Translated to English, the Russian text reads something like “the purest soap”. And for the most part, Gmail is the most spam-free of the free e-mail providers. Even if a few e-mails advertising male sexual enhancement and Japanese school girls seep through the cracks every once in a while.

(via Gearfuse)

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Watch the top news videos directly from your desktop

Stay up-to-date on the latest headlines

Want to stay up-to-date on the latest headlines from around the world but don’t have time to “tune in”? You can finally stop refreshing those news sites – tap into the pulse of the day with blinkx beat.

blinkx beat plays up-to-the-minute news, entertainment, business and sports videos in full-screen right on your desktop. No longer do you have to open multiple Web browsers only to sift through a myriad of news sites. Available in two simple modes, desktop and screensaver, all you have to do is sit back while blinkx beat automatically streams the latest videos from the genre of your choice to your PC, or peruse and watch specific videos from premium sources.

(via blinkx beat)

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Enticing elderly to give up driving

This might work

Tokyo businesses are to start offering benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers' licences, backing a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65.

Among more than 30 special offers, one small bank will give higher interest rates, while Mitsukoshi department store chain plans to provide free delivery from its Tokyo stores and a hotel will offer a 10 percent discount on meals in a program starting next month, Tokyo police said on their Web site.

(via Reuters)

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