Glass Wings Blog: February 2008
'Bizarre' new mammal discovered
Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:59:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7213571.stm
A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of
Tanzania, scientists report.
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The Silverfish Aquarium
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:58:10 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.octopusstudios.com/
Share and enjoy,
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Truck runs on waste chocolate
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:15:26 +1030
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"Adventurers Andy Pag (34) and John Grimshaw (39) have just returned
from the 8500km drive from the UK to Timbuktu using Biodiesel made from
waste chocolate."
http://www.biotruck.co.uk/index.php?men=press
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clean computer screen
Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:55:16 -0800
Linda Page <lightlady27 [at] gmail.com>
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Fwd: Is the day
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:35:26 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
I have no idea what this means but its pretty funny:
http://istheday.blogspot.com/
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Your Psycho Girlfriend
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:49:22 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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National Space Society Space Settlement Art contests
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:09:29 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Go Speed Go
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:07:31 +0000
campbell_hewston [at] ekit.com
Live action speed racer by the Matrix crew?
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
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Spongebob Squarepants voice actors do classic movies
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:49:54 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/spongebob-voice-overs
One of the highlights of the Annie Awards <
http://annieawards.org/index.html>
last Friday night was a small video concocted by the cast of
Spongebob
Squarepants (M.C. Tom Kenny, along with presenters Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn
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Maybe visiting Adelaide
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:46:46 +1100 (EST)
Panth <panthera_of_oz [at] yahoo.com.au>
Tiger Airlines is selling flights from Melbourne for
$9.95, and I'm thinking of spur of the moment visit to
Adelaide.
Any recommendations on things to see?
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Speedcabling
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:22:57 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7240939.stm
The first "speedcabling" competition took place in an art gallery in Los
Angeles and was won by LA-based web developer Matthew Howell.
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Science Valentines
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:53:46 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Humankind 1, Oceans 0
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:35:41 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/02/14/humankind-1-oceans-0
It is perhaps an understatement to suggest that humans have had a noticeable
impact on our surroundings. The growing threat of anthropogenic climate change
demonstrates that, but greenhouse gases aren't the only way we're changing the
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Six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:54:04 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/14/sixword-memoirs-by-w.html
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
<
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061374059/boingboing/>, edited by
Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, is an anthology of several hundred six-word
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From DVICE:Unbelievable animation: close encounters of the desktop kind
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:21:19 -0500
bdaul [at] pacbell.net
a cool little animation...really! —bill
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/unbelievable_an.php
Unbelievable animation: close encounters of the desktop kind
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CG Animation contest winners
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:31:51 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/exhibition/scc5/final.html
All the movies shown here were created using the free cross-platform
raytracer called POVRay. The scene file, also given with each entry,
contains no more than 512 characters!
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Classic F&SF movies as old Russian woodcuts
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:27:29 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Gravity powered standing lamp
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:24:02 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://pesn.com/2008/02/19/9500471_Gravity_Lamp/
A Virginia Tech student has created an LED floor lamp that is powered by
gravity, using a weight slide similar to the concept of a grandfather clock.
The lamp puts out the equivalent of a 40-Watt bulb, and lasts four hours per
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High-definition space movies
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:32:35 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://planetary.org/explore/topics/kaguya/hd.html
Includes Earthrise and Earthset from Lunar orbit.
"Kaguya carries two high-definition television cameras, each fitted with
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Beautiful Nautilus House
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:57:47 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/fantastic_nauti.php
"The open concept inside the house is dominated by smooth surfaces, spiral
stairs and natural plantings that makes the inhabitants feel like they're
living inside a snail who swallowed the entire contents of somebody's back
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You might enjoy this site
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:56:43 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
This is right up GLASSWINGS!!!
Very interesting things here...
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Camouflage
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:58:06 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
How to disguise yourself from surveillance cameras:
http://www.desireepalmen.nl/images.php
Share and enjoy,
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Galaxy Dynamics
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:09:21 +1030
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Animated simulations of galaxies in space:
http://www.galaxydynamics.org/
Share and enjoy,
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