The first real competitor to the iPad is here.
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Cheap. But WiFi only, so far.
EVERYONE expects Apple to add a smaller iPad to their line up in order to compete.
EVERYONE expects it to be more expensive.
(via Gruber and The Next Web)
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
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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
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)
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. 🙂
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
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.
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)
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
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.
Rick McCharles 