Flotsam of 2011

January (10)
February (52)
March (61)
April (36)
May (39)
June (31)
July (25)
August (81)
September (25)
October (16)

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'Dance Your Ph.D.' Winner Announced - ScienceNOW 'Dance Your Ph.D.' Winner Announced - ScienceNOW view	Competitive kerning game Kern Type is a competitive kerning game that invites you to nudge type until it's laid out real nice and kentucky. (Thanks, Fipi Lele!) ... view	05. October, 2011 Shared by xeophin This is weirdly appropriate given yesterday's TEDxZurich talk. 05. October, 2011 ... view
New Decoy Website Launched To Lure Away All Moronic Internet Commenters From The Onion: "The groundbreaking Outkube.com launched this week, providing an online destination where pandering and incendiary content is used to lure moronic Internet commenters away from all other websites." ... view	NPD: 91 Percent of Children are Gamers Children in the United States between the ages of 2 and 17 are playing video games, according to a new study released by... view	Pflaumentraum Teig 400g Dinkel, frisch gemahlen 1 Frischhefewürfel (42g) 60g Sonneblumenöl 120g Datteln, entsteint 90ml Wasser 1 Zitrone, Schalenabrieb 1 Prise Salz ... view
Instant Elevator Music Automatically Plays Whenever You Move Files Around [Windows Downloads] ... view	True Stuff: ‘Conjugal Duels’ The 1894 book Revolted Woman: Past, Present, and to Come by Charles George Harper is hideously, horrendously sexist. It starts off right away, fearfully mocking the very... view	DIY Hobbit Houses in Wales At top is Simon Dale's DIY hobbit house in Wales... view
16. October, 2011 16. October, 2011 ... view	Essays on the trap of US student debt Reclamations, a journal published by University of California students, has published a special, timely pamphlet called "Generation of Debt," on the trap of student debt in America. Young people in America are bombarded with the message that they won't find meaningful employment without a degree (and sometimes a graduate degree). Meanwhile, universities have increased their... view	Another World – eine Auferstehung nach 20 Jahren für iPhone und iPad Am Anfang von Another World steht ein Gamedesigner-”Begehren”, dass heute so aktiv ist wie vor 20... view
Bash.org QDB - 947055 <@gongoputch> so my 12 year old has been BEGGING me for a minecraft server. I told him 'OK', he said YEA!', I say 'but you have to install the OS (FreeBSD), configure it, set up a jail and generally learn enough to admin it. <@gongoputch> he hates me now <@gongoputch> BUT - he got it running :) <@gongoputch> after it was going, he looked... view	When Fan Art goes Manga: Western Science Fiction Icons Reimagined, Japanese-Style! [Friday Gallery] ... view	Deus Ex: HR’s Boss Fights Were Outsourced Shared by xeophin What, they outsourced part of the story to another company? And then they were surprised that those different parts wouldn't fit? Talk about lack of foresight ... Or common sense, for that matter. Guess that will explain me swearing heavily as soon as I will play the game. ... view
Bankers’ salaries vs. everyone else’s This just isn't fair. Wall Street bankers are making less today than they were in 2007! Bankers’ salaries... view	10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won't Die, Debunked by Science [Nutrition] ... view	Thunder(LOL)Cats [Video Link]. From the Cartoon Network show MAD (via @evanatwired/@waxpancake). ... view
TOM THE DANCING BUG: Definitely-Not-Gay-Man Meets His Arch Nemesis!! ... view	Time lapse of stop-motion puppeteer at work ... view