Just a real short update, two things really. First up, the discussion has died down for now, but here’s an awesome (and short) article over at Slog about the Catholic Church’s “outrage” at the birth control mandate.
And this picture is just too adorable not to share:
Second bonus update for everyone, let’s see what else I have for you:
First up, this is just too cool, I’m just not sure how well he could see:
Apartment Therapy has a couple cool posts: first up, playing laser tag with your smartphone. They also cover what they think Siri looks like:
And lastly, art made from old CDs.
The first picture (the one on the post) to me looks altered, but if you click through it’s actually a series of pictures: Meh, Romney.
Science is working on creating a thread that converts body heat to electricity, allowing you to charge electronic devices, pretty awesome.
Oh, somebody was bitter:
Slog covers the future of photography, as well as billboards and real-life Google Googles.
And finally, we’ve found the corner in which you can place baby:
I’m back from two weeks away, and back to the blog. I’ll be posting more updates soon, as well as a short update about my trip to Maryland/Delaware, but in the meantime, enjoy all of this:
First up, a video from NASA about watching the Northern and Southern Lights from the International Space Station, absolutely beautiful!
And a really cool video from The Guardian:
Copyranter comes through with an awesome gif, a really cool interactive ad, misleading chalkboards, the truly horrifying, an ad which I like, but he doesn’t and the latest amazing cover from The New Yorker.
This also comes from Copyranter:
And here is a compilation from Better Book Titles. I especially love their take on “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
And here is the second trailer for The Avengers:
That’s it for now, have a great one!
Short update, and sadly, probably the last update for a while. I’ll be at a conference for a week and a half and then visiting some friends in Maryland after that, but I’ll be back after. I’ll see if I can check in. I’ve been fighting with the mobile apps for the site, but I’ll keep trying. Anyway, enjoy what I’ve found for you this time:
Via Copyranter, amazing ad for The Walking Dead:
And this just cracks me up:
Salon remembers David Foster Wallace. One of these years, I’ll finish Infinite Jest. It really is my white whale.
And nothing much, just TORNADOES ON THE SUN:
That’s it for now, have a great one!
Couple things for everyone, here’s what we have:
First up, check out this awesome video (let’s also see if my embed code will work):
Beautiful Day at the Dog Park from Kelsey Wynns on Vimeo.
I feel like I linked to this before, but maybe I didn’t. A new study shows that low IQ and conservatism is tied to racism. Out of politeness, I’ll act surprised.
What the crap PA lawmakers? Get to work on transit funding, not meddling with religion!
Feel free to remove your sweater vest. Best line of the whole thing. Here’s the sexual morality flow chart:
Awesome news from France, Scientology has been declared a business (scam) not a religion. Exciting to see!
Let’s see if I can get this one to embed, a new version of “Starry Night“
Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
This judge is amazing, and you can’t fault his logic when he responds to those praying for his death.
That’s it for now, have a great one!
Quick second update for everyone, let’s see what we have.
First up, two quick updates to my first valentine’s post. If you really love someone give them roses. Made of bacon:
Or of course, there is this Zombie valentine. I love it!
This is floating around, and I love it. There are a couple things I would have added, and a bit of the editing is weird towards the end, but I love it:
The ongoing debate over women’s reproductive health is abhorrent. A snipped I found from Maddow:
The Bishops’ position, which the Republicans have now adopted as their own, is that religious leaders have the right to override that decision, even though it will affect employees who have no moral or religious qualms about birth control. Writing in Newsweek, Andrew Sullivan captured the Bishops’ thinking perfectly: “Catholic doctrine should, according to the bishops’ spokesman, also apply to non-Catholics.” […]
[T]he principle seems pretty clear to me. The Bishops want a veto over public policy. And the Republicans want to give it to them.
Go read the whole thing here, and check out a cool post at Slog about the crazies that are ruining the Republican Party (and yes, I do wish that there was actually a rational conservative party. In order to find the best solutions to our problems, we need to have good, actual debate, and we need ideas from all parts of the spectrum. However, the reactionary Republicans that have taken over the conservative side of the spectrum are preventing that rational discussion).
And to cleanse the palate, the trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPxdjECyPmw
This is what happens when you break the heart of a baker:
Quick update for everyone.
First up, sadly, it looks like the Senate is trying to pass another SOPA, just with another name. Bad Senate! Don’t do that.
Al Jazeera has a good segment about a proposed bill in Australia which will fine parents who don’t get their children vaccinated:
Hint, if you keep talking about how vaccines are evil and a ruse by the government, I will delete you from my Facebook newsfeed. That will….certainly not teach you anything.
So once upon a time, there was a horror movie made aboard the International Space Station. Who knew?
And lastly, a reminder to eat healthy and slowly:
Couple update for you guys, let’s see what we have:
First up, did you know that Bradley Manning was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? Pretty awesome, especially the write up.
Since we finally have some snow (I’ve been singing Christmas Carols for a few days now), check out Snow Henge (via Copyranter):
Also from Copyranter, the village of Hobbiton in New Zealand is no inhabited by sheep, and the “best” ad campaigns of all time. No real way to to judge “best,” although they are all iconic and important in their own ways.
The Ottawa library system is starting a “Human library” feature, where you can interview people of interest for 20 minute blocks. This is an awesome idea, I really need to get a passport and head to Ottawa, this is just remarkable!
CPAC is an annual conservative conference, and sadly, one of the most hate-filled events of the year. Speaking of, this year, they invited (and later refused to renounce) a white supremacy speaker. Maddow covers it here and Slog covers it here. Disgusting.
I’ve been following the birth control debate, although not as close as I probably should have. Reproductive health coverage is a part of health coverage, and I think it should be included (and maybe we’ll get some advances in men’s reproductive health while we’re at it). It’s about setting a basic standard of health, which the government is saying employers are saying they must provide. That being said, I was upset that he backed down from the Catholic Church, but will still get the same result anyway, by instead putting the onus on the insurance companies, not the employers. So I guess in the end, it worked out, I Just hate setting the precedent that one religious denomination can dictate government health coverage decisions.
That’s it for now, have a great one!
Another quick update for you. First up, open this link and play this song in the background for the next hour. It’s the theme from Jurassic Park slowed down 1000 times (but kept at the same pitch)
Check out these awesome images of a “cloud tsunami“
Today (or at least in ten minutes), is National Darwin Day! Hooray!
Want to bet on the National Dog Show? One, you probably have a gambling problem, two, Slate has you covered on who to bet on.
Want hot soup delivered to you each week (in Pittsburgh)? City Paper profiles a new business, pretty awesome!
And finally, I’ve never heard of National Geographic’s Director of Adventure, but I want it, so I can have this office:
