“the video also promotes what I’ll call the One Direction Theory of Unknown Beauty (ODTUB). As those little boys sing, ‘You don’t know you’re beautiful, oh oh, that’s what makes you beautiful.’ Part of the allure of the Dove women, similarly, is that they’re unaware of their loveliness: dressed to attract little attention, they don’t …
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GPS Design Changes Will Add Waveform Generator, Dual-Launch Capability, and More | Inside GNSS
My GPS nerdling just got super excited. The new GPS satellite design will included a programmable waveform generator, which means the new satellites will be able to take advantage of any future updates to GPS signals even after the launch. Since the realization of the current GPS constellation several new GPS signals have been designed …
Open Mic tonight! Come on out and have some fun with us. via Facebook
NPR.org Hacked; ‘Syrian Electronic Army’ Takes Credit : NPR
NPR.org report on being hacked. Come on guys, you need *strong* passwords.NPR.org Hacked; ‘Syrian Electronic Army’ Takes Credit : NPR The group, said to support the regime of President Bashar Assad, has attacked other news organizations’ websites in recent months. This time, it got into NPR.org, The Two-Way and some of NPR’s Twitter accounts. via …
Site of the Boston Marathon Explosion
I was having a hard time visualizing the sites shown in the NY Times graphic linked below so I compiled various reports into a Google Maps mashup (with citations) here http://goo.gl/maps/nxArwSite of the Boston Marathon Explosion Map locating the two explosions near the finish line. via Facebook
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Jurassic Park 3D and poutine!http://instagram.com/p/YEMgXXNXZS/ anignominousbaboon’s photo on Instagram via Facebook
Chillout Song
This morning I discovered the Chillout Song from Ze Frank while watching one of his TED talks. It brought me to tears. Read the story behind the song’s composition first.Chillout Song The story of chillout, a song to remind you to just breathe via Facebook
Prop 8 Transcript
I like Sotomayor a little more now. Listening to the oral arguments for the Prop 8 case I caught an interesting exchange where the proponent, Mr. Cooper, started to reiterate an earlier point where he said, “the marital norm, which imposes the obligations of fidelity and monogamy, Your Honor, advances the interests in responsible procreation.” …
Slamming poems with Weston Renoud
I got featured in the Brunswickan for poetry! I gave shout-outs for Poetry is my bread & bananas and Open Mic at the Grad House.Slamming poems with Weston Renoud Renoud and a couple of his friends would frequently drive up to Vancouver or down to Seattle to attend poetry slam venues. Now living in Fredericton, …
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Chris and I looking eerily similar.http://instagram.com/p/XLcUu9G23F/ lilyprettybirdclaire’s photo on Instagram via Facebook
Old People Wearing Vegetation
Such awesome people. I will have lots of weeds in my beard at that age. via Ben ErhardtOld People Wearing Vegetation via Facebook
Starbucks CEO: If You Don’t Like Our Support For Marriage Equality “Buy Shares In Another Company”
I usually feel awkward when companies back social issues. But when I know it’s a civil right they’re backing it makes me smile.Starbucks CEO: If You Don’t Like Our Support For Marriage Equality “Buy Shares In Another Company” If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38 percent you got …
Exoplanet Visualization Contest
Exoplanet Visualization Contest! $1500 in prizes for the most creative and inspiring visualization of real exoplanet data. Deadline May 1st.Exoplanet Visualization Contest Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are planets beyond our own Solar System. With the prospect of finding potentially habitable planets, this is one of the most exciting scientific areas of the 21st century. Space …
Powerful New Radio Telescope Officially Kicks Off Observations : The Crux
Eeeee! I can’t wait to see all the pretty pictures!Powerful New Radio Telescope Officially Kicks Off Observations : The Crux Just over a week ago, at three miles above sea level in the Chilean Atacama desert, Atacameño indians offered gifts to Mother Earth in a traditional ceremony to bless a decidedly modern object: the Atacama …
‘Don’t Be That Guy’ ad campaign cuts Vancouver sex assaults by 10 per cent in 2011
After several years of increases in sexual assault crime rates (opposite the decrease in total crime rates) Vancouver, BC tried something crazy: a poster campaign that targeted perpetrators instead of victim-blaming. In 6 months they saw a decrease in sexual assault rates.‘Don’t Be That Guy’ ad campaign cuts Vancouver sex assaults by 10 per cent …
NIN’s ‘Head Like a Hole’ mashed with ‘Call Me Maybe’ is terrible and perfect
Scroll down to Junkie’s comment after you start the song.NIN’s ‘Head Like a Hole’ mashed with ‘Call Me Maybe’ is terrible and perfect There are many things about my youth that have been ground into fine dust by a relentless online culture determined to use every emotion I’ve ever felt as a wedge into CPM …
NOAA to Map Alaska’s Increasingly Ice-Free Arctic Waters | Climate Central
Lets get mapping!NOAA to Map Alaska’s Increasingly Ice-Free Arctic Waters | Climate Central NOAA will be revising its coastal charts for Alaska as global warming has sent sea ice plummeting, opening new sea routes for commercial shipping. via Facebook
What most schools don’t teach
Everyone can and should have some basic knowledge about coding. It empowers you to interact with and leverage information and technology to benefit yourself and others. For me it started with simple programs on my TI calculator to help me do repetitive math calculations. You too can be programming in minutes, check out all the …
Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence | LightBox | TIME.com
“During my time as a freelance photojournalist and as a Master’s candidate at Ohio University, one of the biggest challenges of my career came in November of 2012, while working on a project about the stigma associated with being an ex-convict. Suddenly, an incident of domestic violence unexpectedly became my business.”Photographer as Witness: A Portrait …