19 June 2008

Homemade Roller Coaster

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The " Blue Flash " was created by an individual in his own back yard. Reportedly once the coaster is started, it gains enough spe...

Insects - the original white meat

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"These are the largest species of Ant to be found anywhere in the world. Hormigas Culonas are harvested in the Colombian Amazon by the ...

Court rules against father grounding daughter

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“A father plans to appeal after a Quebec court ruled that he didn't have the right to punish his 12-year-old daughter by banning her fro...

The Films of Stanley Kubrick

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More disjointed, less cohesive that the Tim Burton mashup below, but this will still interest film buffs who enjoyed Spartacus, 2001, Clockw...

Sixth human foot washes ashore

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It was only two days ago that I blogged about the discovery of the fifth foot. This one reverts to the original pattern of being a right f...
18 June 2008

June 18 is Autistic Pride Day

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"Autistic Pride Day is a celebration of the neurodiversity of people on the autism spectrum on June 18 each year. Autistic pride is pr...

The World's first telephone book

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"Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on his telephone in 1876... In early 1878, he installed the first telephone exchange, in Ne...

Walkway celebrates Kew's Year of the Tree

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One of my fondest memories is that of spending six months working in London, during which time I explored the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew a...

The Solstice Moon occurs tonight

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"On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a gian...

The Lowell House bells go back to Russia

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"For the past 78 years, the 18 bells have hung high above Harvard's buildings, chiming on Sunday afternoons and every year at com...

Federal ownership of U.S. land

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"The United States government has direct ownership of… nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military base...

"Blackening the bride"

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"In the Scottish pre-wedding tradition of “Blackening the Bride,” The bride is taken by surprise and covered with foul substances, such...

Balloon on a string

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If you've been around computers for any length of time, you must be familiar with those annoyingly fascinating "flash" sites t...
17 June 2008

"Das Rad" ("The Wheel")

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An German animated (stop motion, puppetry, and computer graphics) film which presents a view of life as seen from the viewpoint (and timefra...

Synthetic diamonds now match mined ones

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Some years ago at a meeting of a gem and mineral club I heard a lecture about synthetic gems and was awed by the state of the technology an...