Touch screens will soon be ancient technology. Why smear glass if you need not?
Here’s the latest, greatest technology.
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Wired – Why the Leap Is the Best Gesture-Control System We’ve Ever Tested
Category: product endorsements
build a 30 story tower in 15 days
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Chinese construction company Broad Sustainable Building has announced plans to build the world’s tallest building…in just 90 days.
When finished, it will be 220 stories high, 10 meters taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. …
Kottke – Chinese firm to build world’s tallest building in only 90 days
“standing desk” $20
Mark Lukach posted the ultimate research summary on stand-up desks on Wirecutter:
… The standing desk fad that you keep hearing about is based on a pretty substantial amount of research. Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic has a scary statistic to share: here in the US, we spend more than half of our waking hours sitting down, split between watching TV, driving a car, and working at a desk. This is not good. …
… Ernest Hemingway stood while he worked. So did Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo DaVinci, Benjamin Franklin and Valdimir Nabokov.
On the contrary, Winston Churchill once said, “Why stand when you can sit, and why sit when you can lay down?” However, it turns out that Churchill was not being completely honest when he said this–Churchill stood when he worked, too. And he lived until 90. …
I’ve had no luck at all trying to sit on an exercise ball. Standing, for a time, works for me.
(via Kottke)
Glee – Nationals
Gutsy call for the script writers of Glee. Respect.
I was impressed and surprised by the Nationals episode, 3rd season.
Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Brilliant.
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“Pinball Wizard”, by Unique and Vocal Adrenaline, insanely great.
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I could end this TV series right now.
The beautiful losers. Are winners. 🙂
Coffee drinkers live longer
Huge study. Over 400,000 subjects. Even a single cup a day seems to help …
MARILYNN MARCHIONE – AP – Coffee drinkers live longer, big study finds; regular and decaf are equally good
the day Cheezies died …
It’s sad times for those of us, like me and Mason, who love Hawkins Cheezies.
… Around 1940, a young Ohio farmer named Jim Marker was looking for a way to preserve corn to feed his cattle year-round. So, with the help of a friend, he built a special extruder to mould the grain into porous sticks.
Chicago confectioner W.T. Hawkins got word of the unusual invention and dispatched his son, Webb, to acquire Mr. Marker’s idea and develop it into a snack food. The farmer agreed, and went into business with Mr. Hawkins. The cornmeal concoctions, now fried in oil and coated in powdered cheddar, were dubbed Cheezies. …
Globe – Jim Marker moulded Cheezies into a Canadian icon
I imagine he was submersed in a vat of Cheezies slurry.
kids grow up fast
Here’s the evidence. Newborn to teenager in 3min.
Frans Hofmeester filmed his daughter Lotte once a week for the past twelve years and produced this time lapse film. …
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(via Kottke)
the power of make-up
I’ve no opinion on make-up.
But suddenly see the appeal for women …
It’s difficult to believe this is the same woman.
Cory Doctorow – Half-made-up woman is very asymmetrical
flying like a bird
UPDATE: ‘Bird man’ admits flying video is a fake
Too bad. I truly wanted that to be REAL.
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This is Jarno Smeets, the “Flying Dutchman”, a mechanical engineer. Carrying out the design originally proposed by Leonardo DaVinci.
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(via Human Birdwings)
UPDATE: Some are claiming this is a hoax. We need Myth Busters to confirm.
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses
… In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds …
That costs $1,395. Wikipedia is free.
What’s next?
Britannica will still have an online version:
… “Britannica is going to be smaller. We cannot deal with every single cartoon character, we cannot deal with every love life of every celebrity. But we need to have an alternative where facts really matter. Britannica won’t be able to be as large, but it will always be factually correct.” …
That’s debatable. Most studies find Wikipedia nearly as accurate.
… About half a million households pay a $70 annual fee for the online subscription, which includes access to the full database of articles, videos, original documents and to the company’s mobile applications. …
Congratulations Britannica, on staying alive.
Rick McCharles 