Insert Witticism Here » FromElsewhere http://alanfleming.org Alan Fleming's miscellanea Fri, 07 May 2010 09:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Your place in the universe http://alanfleming.org/2009/12/your-place-in-the-universe/ http://alanfleming.org/2009/12/your-place-in-the-universe/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:07:10 +0000 alan http://alanfleming.org/?p=330

From American Museum of Natural History News

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First: the Windows version.

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The OSX upgrade path graphic is after the jump…
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I’m glad I have a Mac :)

(Via TechCrunch.)

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Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale and an audience’s expectations to demonstrate neural programming at the World Science Festival 2009

This is so clever!

(Via Boing Boing.)

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You would never have guessed you’ve always been doing it the difficult way, would you?

via Lifehacker

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Though his body was released the next day to relatives, his brain was not. The pop star’s inert brain must “harden” for at least two weeks before doctors can conduct their neuropathology tests.

Removing the brain is the “only way to carry out the tests” according to a source for the Mirror. “The tissue has to be examined. I can’t tell you how long that is going to take.”

Anyone who has ever watched a horror movie knows what happens next:

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Pack those shotguns, people.

via Scott Beale.

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Tourist Remover:

Remove moving objects such as tourists or passing cars from your photos. Take multiple photos from the same scene and the «Tourist Remover» blends them into a composite photo without any interfering elements.

A free service from snampmania.com. I’ve not tried this yet as I don’t have a suitable set to use, but if it works, and I can download the resultant composite image again at decent resolution, I think I’ll be using this a lot.

(Via Boing Boing Gadgets.)

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GamOvr – Pix for game geeks

Simply excellent!

(Via GamOvr.)

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Arguments transcribed from various Facebook polls; a work in progress: (click for larger view)

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Absolutely fantastic!

(Via Warren Ellis.)

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The Unevenness of Space-Time Convergence « Strange Maps:

How long does it take to travel from London to elsewhere? The answer is provided by this map, showing a set of expanding circles centered on the British capital, each bigger one delineating two extra hours of travel time.
The familiar shape of the world is morphed into grotesque, contorted shapes as these isotemporal lines replace the usual lines of longitude and latitude for frame of reference.

This is from 1981, so it’s not quite as accurate any more. I’d love to see it redrawn.

(Via Strange Maps.)

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