Friday, June 26, 2009

Friday Links: June 26

Shower heads that you'll never own. [link]

Itemized list of things left on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission. [link]

Nice shed/garden studio made from old fence and/or shipping palettes. [link]

Teenie drill. [link]

Final images from the Japanese lunar probe before it plowed into the surface or the moon. [link]
Yes, the crash was deliberate.

This happens in Antarctica, Kansas, and, apparently, Idaho. [link]

Some articles stay open on my computer for weeks before I actually get to reading them. This is one of those. I'm glad I kept it.
It's a well written and amusing transcript of a speech about neuropsychiatry. The first part talks about some behavior disorders caused by physical defects/damage to the brain. The second part talks about how similar disorders have helped develop our major religions without saying things like "Jesus was a nutter". [link]

Not sure what he's talking about? Here's some examples. You can't think the Phelps family is anything close to sane.

I'd hope this mother had something wrong with her. [link]

The previous speaker needs to read "The Nine Billion Names of God" again. You can do so by following this link. Relax, it's short.[link]

A scene from a 1933 disaster movie.

After Transformers and GI Joe come the rest of the cartoons we watched as kids.

If you loved "Shawn of the Dead" you'll probably also like "Zombieland". [link]

WHY didn't they make these!?! [link]

This guy is not the Zodiac Killer. [link]

A 3 part report on Scientology. [link]

A papercraft printing press. [link]

I buy everything that near future science fiction Robert J. Sawyer writes. I suggest starting with "Calculating God". His newest book is called "WWW:Wake". Here you can read his thinking behind the book and read or listen to the first chapter. [link]
Yes, it's already sitting in my living room waiting to be read.

Some uses for that now obsolete cathode ray television. [link]

The space crash race. Sure, the Japanese crashed on the moon's surface first, but America can do it bigger! [link]

Video of the launch.

Picture of the far side of the moon taken by that rocket. [link]

Game: Use Boxmen. It's a Lemmings knockoff. [link]

TED has some of the best speakers. This one is a former Moonie talking about how cult members think.

Using stepper motors as musical instruments.

Rejected Transformers. [link]

John Hodgman speaks at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner and grills the President on his geek creds.
The answer is a) Shai-hulud b) thumpers and c) water of life

Adam's first wife, Lilith. A more complete history than I've seen before. [link]

2 comments:

GreenCanary said...

Are those snow rollers real? They look like snowed-over hay bales.

Word verification: hypomant

Sweetly Single said...

I am now scared of carebears...thanks!