August 2008
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Manly Bike For Sale →
hilker:
superdoofus-stratodrive:
(via michaelorell)
” What kind of bike? I don’t know, I’m not a bike scientist”
Aerogel, the World's Lightest Solid!
nickmcglynn:
Aerogel is made from Silicon Dioxide, the same material as ordinary Glass, only 1,000 times less dense. Aerogel (also called ‘frozen smoke’ because of its hazy blue appearance), is a truly remarkable material. It is the lightest and lowest-density solid known to exist, and holds an unbelievable 15 entries in the Guinness Book of World Records, including best insulator and lowest...
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Thought for the Day
thisshouldbeit:antikris:
Some people are like Slinkies…
They’re really good for nothing,
but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs
“My parents thought they were being Punk’d. Which was a big deal because in Korea...”
– Margaret Cho on her new show, The Cho Show (via forwhenifeellikesharing)
“Remember that a kick in the ass is a step forward.”
– Unknown (via bunkercomplex) (via savingoldlitter) (via hilker)
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“So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
via azspot: hilker
Microsoft AdCenter suggests you bid on the... →
Clearly they simply used a log file of queries that led to users clicking on his link, without looking over the list at all
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Mozilla drags Internet Explorer into the future →
excerpt: “Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can’t or won’t make Internet Explorer a modern web browser…”
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“One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.”
– Vincent T. Foss (via saramcpherson) (via noahkai)
How Star Wars Killed Babylon 5 →
really excellent article about how some great Sci-Fi has come and gone while the collective gaze of all geeks was inexplicably fixed on Star Wars, despite its repeated let-downs
“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever...”
– Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (via simko) (via krza)
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