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The New Zealand Weta - Home
Mouse-sized crickets, what could be better? According to this page, the name derives from the Maori name for the Giant Weta, "wetapunga" -- which means roughly "the god of ugly things".
Wired 14.04: The Late Late Show, Live From Inside Halo
Brilliant: a talk show inside a MMORPG! I'd love to see it taken to Second Life or somewhere else less violent than Halo. via <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2006/03/halo_as_talk_show.html">rebecca blood</a>.
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body: Home Page
History and practice of forensic science. Via the spousal unit.
Inhabitat
I would like to hike the length of the LA River one day.
Montreal Expo 1967 - a photoset on Flickr
These photos were found on the street in Cambridge, MA. Way cool.
Nature's strongest glue could be used as a medical adhesive
<img alt="caulobacter.jpg" src="http://www.sennoma.net/main/archives/graphics/caulobacter.jpg" width="78" height="100" align="right" />A force of about 1 micronewton was required to remove a single <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i> from a glass pipette: 70 N/
PLOrk: Princeton Laptop Orchestra
"The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) is a newly established ensemble of computer-based musical meta-instruments. Each instrument consists of a laptop, a multi-channel hemispherical speaker, and a variety of control devices (keyboards, graphics tablets,
Wholesome Goodness.: Elsewhere
Blogroll by logo. Would be fun to do one of these.
Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed
This is a picture I did not take...
TICU
"The Tactical Ice Cream Unit (TICU) rolls through the city in an act of intervention that replaces cold stares with frosty treats and nourishing knowledge. Combining a number of successful activist strategies (Food-Not-Bombs, Copwatch, Indymedia, infoshop
stardust holiday :: the NASA bedrest project (v5 stripey goodness)
What else would you do during 3 months' enforced bed rest, except blog? Via <a href="http://mmcirvin.livejournal.com/315439.html">Matt</a>.
Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama
The spousal unit just *loves* this stuff. OK, OK, %so do I%.<blockquote>The Ave Maria Grotto, known throughout the world as "Jerusalem in Miniature", is a beautifully landscaped, four-acre park designed to provide a natural setting for the 125 miniature
500 lb Potato Battery
The site author built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes and used it to run a small sound system. The entire 500 lb battery generated around 5 V and 4 mA. It's true; there is no end to the cool stuff you can find on the internets.
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Yellow Chairs and Neighborly Technology
Just wonderful: "Yellow bikes are community bicycles available for anyone to use (an experiment which has had its ups and downs, but which remains very cool in principle); yellow chairs are places for passers-by to sit and use a neighbor's Net services, w
Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
Everything is made of mostly nothing.
FORTUNE Magazine: A conversation with Warren Buffett - Jun. 25, 2006
Why aren't more rich people like Warren Buffett?
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