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We want... information.
All the contact information in my address book is completely outdated. Really, really outdated. Some of it seems to date back to maybe 2003.
Would anybody like to help me remedy this situation?
You certainly don't have to post things here; you can get information to me through the usual channels. -
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Here's a note to myself that I found a minute ago:
"The dead have come back to life, but they mostly want shoes."
UPDATE:
I have also found "selling counterfeit bees". -
The earth died, and it was was about to enter upon silence times...
(The subject line is hyperbolic, but I can never resist the opportunity to quote Taito video games. This line is from the game Metal Black. And yes, the final boss in the video is the Cambrian organism Opabinia regalis.)
(This post is kind of incoherent; perhaps I'll post a revised version later.)
Some time ago, I ran into this, by James Hansen. ( Read more... ) -
In the event that you're interested
I would just like to note that one of my favorite films, La Planète sauvage (known in English as Fantastic Planet), has been put up on YouTube in its entirety. I saw this movie when I was quite young, and it had a very powerful effect on me.
It's all very weird, though. If you're the kind of person who'd enjoy the Codex Seraphinianus, then you'd ( Read more... ) -
Thought of the Day
"In fact, it may be more adequate to view the life cycle itself as the unit of selection rather than the parasite." (From Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites: From Individuals to Communities, by Robert Poulin.)
Bonus thought: I have no friggin' clue how endospores evolved. -
Never the LEFT kidney...
From my parasitology textbook (Parasitism, by Bush et al.):
"Dictophyme renale normally infect the right kidney (the reason for the predilection for the right kidney is unknown) of mink (Mustela vison) and effectively turns the kidney into an empty capsule."
Right.
At times like this, I think of the Pkunk: "Ah, the mysteries of the Universe. Try ( Read more... ) -
Pigeons
You know how pigeons will walk awkwardly away from you if you get too close, and then fly a little ways away if you chase them? My favorite thing to do with pigeons is to walk behind them slowly, just fast enough for them to try to walk away, in their sort of pigeon-speedwalk, but not fast enough for them to bother flying. If you keep it up for ( Read more... ) -
Alchemy is confusing
Stephanos of Alexandria:
"For when it shall spurn the blackness of the wrinkled crust, it is transformed to whiteness; then the moon of shining light shall send forth the rays; then to the later whitening, when you shall see the white compound. For when the full of the moon appears, then the full moon discloses its light. Then solid is the ( Read more... ) -
Early Adopter?
"I used to dream of the day when my computer would be as easy to use as my phone. It has happened. I no longer know how to use my phone." &mdash Bjorn StroustrupI seem to own a ton of consumer electronics now. I didn't really ask for them; I've acquired everything as a series of gifts. I feel guilty of excessive consumerism, and thinking about the ( Read more... )