site of the day archive for may 2009

may 2009

• 05/31/09 - Star Wars Ads - Twenty bizarre Star Wars ads. (www.gunaxin.com/twenty-bizarre-star-wars-ads/20681)
• 05/30/09 - Calculating the carbon footprint of wine - Is that a whiff of raspberries and leather you get from that red wine-or a whiff of petroleum? With some premium wines consuming three times their weight in petroleum, don't be surprised if it is the latter. (www.drvino.com/2007/10/30/calculating-the-carbon-footprint-of-wine-my-research-findings)
• 05/29/09 - What is the difference? - Humans have long considered themselves truly unique. But it turns out that the better word from "unique" is "most advanced". Every year scientists prove that some purely human traits are found in animals. (farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3509504985_b618a10348_b.jpg)
• 05/28/09 - meme scenery - Scenery from some of the internet's most famous mems produced by removing the people from the foreground. (waxy.org/2009/05/memescenery)
• 05/27/09 - all-acronyms.com - Acronyms, Initialisms, Alphabetisms and other Abbreviations. (www.all-acronyms.com)
• 05/26/09 - The Easy Eating Trend - Food for the lazy. (www.cbc.ca/news/fortunehunters/hitormiss/2009/01/the_easy_eating_trend_-_22_mar.php)
• 05/25/09 - outdoor photography photoshop tips - Some of the best in nature photography share 11 techniques that will turn a good photograph into an award-winner. (www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/photoshop-and-other-software/photoshop-tips-from-the-pros.html)
• 05/24/09 - itchy and scratchy - All things Itchy and Scratchy. (www.gunaxin.com/all-things-itchy-and-scratchy/20794)
• 05/23/09 - The Summer of '69 vs. the Summer of '09 - A comparison of inflation adjusted prices from '69 to '09. (billshrink.com/blog/the-summer-of-69-vs-the-summer-of-09)
• 05/22/09 - inspired by bacon - 10 of the craziest products inspired by bacon. Just so you know, it's my birthday in July. (oddee.com/item_96679.aspx)
• 05/21/09 - lost at e minor - An online publication of inspiring art, illustration, photography, music, fashion, film, and more, featuring our latest discoveries in the ever-changing world of contemporary pop culture. (lostateminor.com)
• 05/20/09 - TED: Ray Anderson - On the business logic of sustainability. (www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_business_logic_of_sustainability.html)
• 05/19/09 - Why numbers no longer win arguments - Numbers used to be cold, hard and clinical - a clincher in any argument. Now look at them: fluffy, soft and left meaningless by woolly-headed thinking, says Michael Blastland in his regular column. (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7978822.stm)
• 05/18/09 - tofuttibreak.tumblr.com - It tastes just like ice cream. (tofuttibreak.tumblr.com)
• 05/17/09 - I love traffic - In this flash game your objective is to manipulate the flow of traffic by controlling red lights. (www.silvergames.com/game/i-love-traffic)
• 05/16/09 - why do computers suck at math? - A look at why Google thinks that 399 999 999 999 999 - 399 999 999 999 998 = 0 and similar computer calculation problems. (codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001266.html)
• 05/15/09 - you are what you eat - We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity? -- to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right vantage point, an open fridge is the perfect staging grounds for a discussion of consumption. (good.is/post/picture-show-you-are-what-you-eat)
• 05/14/09 - Stuff Environmentalists Like - The first installment in your beginner's guide to befriending and exploiting green people. (www.mnn.com/technology/research-innovations/stories/stuff-environmentalists-like)
• 05/13/09 - the story of beer - A timeline of the history of beer. (manolith.com/2009/04/15/history-lesson-the-story-of-beer)
• 05/12/09 - election day - If you live in British Columbia, today is election day. I encourage you to vote NDP, and make up your own mind on STV. Let's take back BC! (www.bcndp.ca)
• 05/11/09 - visualizing the grid - The U.S. electric grid is a complex network of independently owned and operated power plants and transmission lines. Aging infrastructure, combined with a rise in domestic electricity consumption, has forced experts to critically examine the status and health of the nation's electrical systems. (www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid)
• 05/10/09 - long exposure roomba - A long exposure photograph demonstrates the beautifully organized chaos of a Roomba. (gizmodo.com/5246099/long exposure-shot-of-a-roombas-path-shows-beautifully-organized-chaos)
• 05/09/09 - bsod survival guide - Every blue screen of death error message explained. (www.maximumpc.com/article/features/blue_screen_survival_guide)
• 05/08/09 - hot sauce blog - A one stop location for reviews, news, recipes & anything else related to hot sauce and spicy foods. (www.hotsauceblog.com)
• 05/07/09 - Our Living Legacy - A documentary about the campaign to protect the last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast. (vimeo.com/4328184)
• 05/06/09 - sagemath - Sage is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. (sagemath.org)
• 05/05/09 - The joy of exclamation marks! - Exclamation marks used to be frowned upon. Now look what's happened! We use them all the time! Hurrah!!! But what is it about the age of email that gets people so over-excited? (www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/29/exclamation-mark-punctuation)
• 05/04/09 - milkinformation.com - Milk Information searches tweets and Creative Commons-licensed Flickr images, then displays them together for your amusement. That's about it. (milkinformation.com)
• 05/03/09 - sugarstacks.com - How much sugar is in there? (sugarstacks.com)
• 05/02/09 - how long will it last? - How long will the earth's elements last? (newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2605/26051202.jpg)
• 05/01/09 - 64 things - 64 things every geek should know. (laptoplogic.com/resources/64-things-every-geek-should-know)

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