A new short story from John Scali - "The Other Large Thing" [link]
American citizen who was held without charge and tortured by American soldiers has been granted permission by a judge to sue Donald Rumsfeld himself. [link]
A 5K zombie filled obstacle course. [link]
Water walking robot (tiny robot). [link]
Picture: time lapse of stars with lightning bugs. [link]
Floating island balloon. [link]
Why those truck drivers have an attitude. [link]
Those tight delivery appointments and understaffed warehouses are almost certainly Walmart induced.
Young Terry Gilliam explaining how he does his animations. [link]
Game: Not To Scale - a puzzle game where the pieces change size [link]
Some digital cameras have a rolling effect. Instead of taking a picture of a whole area at once like with film the exposure is done a bit at a time, top to bottom, super fast. So point that camera at something like airplane propellers and you get this.
Demonstration of owl head stability.
Static electric dog.
About a year ago a software company made the claim that they could make computer graphics make of "atoms" instead of polygons and blow the doors off of everyone else in the industry. After a few interviews they vanished and were presumed to be liars. This video is an update of their progress before they vanish again.
Game: Synapsis 2 - an escape the room type game. You have several rooms with things that must be picked up and used appropriately to get you out. [link]
NPR listeners created a list of best 100 sci-fi books. I've read 43 of them, seen movies based on a few more, started one and quit, have 3 more on my to-be-read shelf. [link]
Benedict Cumberbatch (best known for "Sherlock") playing Stephen Hawking in a biography covering Hawking's time when he contracted his disease and made the discovery that made his name. Part 1 of 6.
Judge smacks down patent troll. [link]
Using a cat's eye and brain as a camera. Yes, while still attached to the cat. [link]
The story of the theft and recovery of the Mona Lisa. [link]
The Air Force has suspended it's Bible based ethics training for officers responsible for nuclear launches. [link]
"The White Mouse", heroine of WWII, died recently at age 98. [link]
Neil DeGrasse Tyson to host a remake of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos". [link]
Pictures of dogs shaking off water. [link]
Ants change color depending on what they've eaten. This photographer has fun with it. [link]
Add up all the box office returns from the movies that different actors have been in and you'll get some surprises about most valuable actors. [link]
Rollerblading through salt mines in Poland. I'd be very injured 5 seconds in. [link]
Unsettling one minute short stories set to background audio. [link]
And from a reader: An old liquid oxygen safety training video.
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