More ways to pracrastinate:

We Feel Fine is a fun little toy though it has a deeper mission than that. Couple years ago I was reading papers by Sep Kamvar, one of the creators, on PageRank. Still, I think that would make playing We Feel Fine hard to pass off as 'doing research'.

I've been trying to find more games similar to Samorost, and oh ( Read more... )

Barn owl chicks have quite the screech. Check out the O.W.L. wishlist for stuff you may have that they need.

Laura Trice: The power of saying thank you
It was slightly convoluted, in my mind, but it's another neat idea.

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Thanks to leech, half an acorn squash is making whistling noises in my microwave right now. Soon it'll make me happy and full.

A google search for "detriments" makes it suggest searching with "determinants". How did it know I play with numerical linear algebra?!

Continuing on the 'natural cleansers' thread, I have found Soap Works. It wasn't easy to find them on google...I kept finding websites that sold their stuff, or other soap makers. grassrootsstore.com gives ingredients lists for the bar soaps, and if those are all the ingredients, I'm sold. It makes me wonder why any scents or colours aren't ( Read more... )

xkcd quick searcher: another sign that the internet lets you make anything you want to have on it.

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close-up of orange cup coral tentacles
I never knew they looked like that!

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Flickr has come to be used in strange, unexpected ways. I don't visit adactio so often anymore, but years ago when I was just started to really get into CSS ( Read more... )

CBC reports:
"I'm concerned I have a prime minister who lies to the people of Canada and knows it," Broadbent said. "It's one thing to exaggerate. It's another to deliberately tell falsehoods."

I'll be watching Rick this week...

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You too can have a session in your own homeAt some point if the deadline hasn't passed, I'd like to participate in ( Read more... )

So what's in my shampoo? I just came across a guide to less toxic products. It seems? to be an independent non-profit running in Nova Scotia. Under home made alternatives to conditioner, we have:

Pour 1 cup of warm beer over hair, then rinse with water.

Actually, I found it to be a pretty good resource.

Happiness is saying hi to a stranger while riding early in the morning. No, not a stranger - a fellow citizen. (This was not meant to be read with the title of this page.)

Smith and Mackinnon of the 100-mile diet fame came to campus last year. I don't think I knew. I also still haven't read the book, but their talk was really interesting.

Origami, math, and hugeass telescopes
found from terry talks site which has selected number of very good ted talks

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