March 2009
11 posts
“Now, there’s been a lot of argument about whether the current generation...”
– Lilly’s Latest Loses (This Time). In the Pipeline: (oops)
Mar 30th
Amazon.com: Anna (From The Happiness Project): MP3... →
Free MP3 download from Amazon and Arts & Crafts. BSS and KC Accidental founder Charles Spearin sets interviews with his friends and neighbors about happiness to music, to surprisingly delightful result! Seriously this is the most exciting trumpet I’ve heard all year.
Mar 30th
“To see the look on the faces of the kids as we were handling and weighing the...”
– Thousands of toxic toads killed in Australian fest [via @markmorford]
Mar 29th
“We hold a shared point of view about the positive role that business should play...”
– American Sustainable Business Council Check out/sign this petition!
Mar 26th
The Living Robot § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM →
“Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain.” Grossly overstated, but still wicked cool. It’s a real-life neural network, though, of like neurons in a dish, controlling a robot. I should try to find their paper. [via @maiab]
Mar 26th
“The research, to be published this week, looked at attitudes to books in the...”
– Trade ‘excludes’ 20m readers | theBookseller.com (awww. [via NYT, via mark morford])
Mar 26th
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'Cardiofunk' Mutation: Probable Source Of... →
The team identified a mutant they called cardiofunk (cfk), lacking the ability to develop a valve required for blood to exit the heart. (New fun gene name, hooray)
Mar 26th
Mir:ror mak:es ob_jectz smar:ter →
Conceptually, really simple: USB RFID reader that can associate tag ID’s to actions. But for the consumer! Want.
Mar 26th
Röyksopp Style Reinterpretation of the Little Red... →
Not really sure I’m feeling the minibus, but isn’t this the cutest thing ever?
Mar 25th
Strip-Search Case Tests How Far Schools Can Go -... →
Strip-searching a girl on suspicion of possession of extra-strength ibuprofen? New Jersey vs. TLO this isn’t, you jerks.
Mar 24th
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Why Activism (Still) Matters for Sudan... And What... →
Maybe it’s time to reengage.
Mar 22nd