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Dark Roasted Blend: Mysterious Non-Egyptian Pyramids - 1 views

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  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 31 Dec 09
     
    James Gaussman and the Jewelled Pyramid of China Egyptian pyramids? Sure, everyone knows about the ones at Giza - and a few aficionados might know about the 138 others (!) scattered around them. Mesoamerican pyramids? Okay, a lot of folks know about them, too -- or even that the great one at Cholula is considered to be the largest one in the world.
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Acoustapus: glowing found-object octopus sculpture - 1 views

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shared by Skeptical Debunker on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
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  • Skeptical Debunker on 25 Feb 10
     
    Artist Nemo Gould is selling this stupendous octo-sculpture he made out of a found guitar and other bits: "The sculpture hovers off the wall about six inches allowing the florescent bulbs installed within to bathe the wall with green light."
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Sold Out Tickets, Cheap Concert Tickets, Sports Tickets | SeatGeek - 1 views

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deathandtaxes2009bymibijz2.jpg (JPEG Image, 3500x2334 pixels) - Scaled (28%) - 1 views

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  • frank smith on 05 Jan 10
     
    U.S. 2009 Federal budget breakdown
  • frank smith on 05 Jan 10
     
    some of the oddest things out there!!
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 06 Jan 10
     
    sadly, education spending is less than 1/3 of what we have budgeted for the War on Terror.
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Finally, an explanation « Bits & Pieces - 1 views

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  • Kurt Laitner on 13 Jan 10
     
    LMAO
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AMD's Eyefinity expands desktop real estate beyond reason | Crave - CNET - 1 views

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shared by Kurt Laitner on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Kurt Laitner on 18 Mar 10
     
    Six monitor HD array with new graphics card WOOT
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 18 Mar 10
     
    WANT
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Natural Curves: Organic 'Wood Wave' Floating Home Design « Dornob - 1 views

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  • Natural Curves: Organic ‘Wood Wave’ Floating Home Design if (isPaidRef_jswsa() || isSearchRef_jswsa() || isRef_jswsa('weburbanist.com|webecoist.com|gajitz.com')) {write_jswsa('googbanner');} else if (isRef_jswsa('dornob.com|stumbleupon.com')) {} else if (document.referrer == "") {} else if (isOld_jswsa(jswsaDate,10)) {write_jswsa('googbanner');} else {} Outside and in, from the curved wood cladding to the  swooping wooden ceilings, this undulating houseboat design by Robert Oshatz evokes the dynamic movement of the river water on which it floats. The series of intersecting and overlapping organic forms creates a sense of constant movement that is clearly inspired by surrounding waves but likewise reflects the never-still nature of the structure itself. More than just a clever aesthetic trick, however, this repeated form also serves a series of architectural functions, from defining interior volumes to letting in exterior natural light at both ends and along the roof line. The repetitive use of wood both inside and out also enhances the nautical theme of the home, giving residents the abstract sense that they are within a curved sea-faring wooden vessel as much as they are floating inside of a house. Wide-open views of the water are balanced by beautiful but privacy-protecting wood-shingled surfaces on the dock side of the structure.
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The Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round - Buying - Lifehacker - 1 views

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  • You're always hearing about off-season, post-peak times to save money on purchases and food, but it always arrives too late. We've compiled a timeline and lots of best-time-to-buy suggestions into one post to help you plan a more frugal 2010.
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Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

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  • Clickers, or student response systems, are a technology used to promote active learning
  • Clickers provide a mechanism for students to participate anonymously. Clickers integrate a "game approach" that may engage students more than traditional class discussion.
  • modern students are primarily active learners, and lecture courses may be increasingly out of touch with how students engage their world.
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  • clickers offer one approach to employing active learning in the classroom. They are more formally denoted as student response systems (SRS), audience response systems (ARS), or personal response systems (PRS).
  • Clickers help instructors actively engage students during the entire class period, gauge their level of understanding of the material being presented, and provide prompt feedback to student questions.
  • With clickers, students have an input device that lets them express their views in complete anonymity, and the cumulative view of the class appears on a public screen
  • In a normal class discussion situation, only one or two students have the opportunity to answer a question
  • Despite the lack of statistically significant results in this study, the perception survey data show that students perceive value in the use of clickers and would recommend their use in future classes. Contrary to expectations, learning outcomes of students using clickers did not improve more than the traditional active learning approach of using class discussion. Perhaps the value of the active learning pedagogy outshadowed the benefit of using clickers.
  • Sharing questions between instructors, or even providing a library or model curriculum of predesigned question sets, can make a big difference to a new instructor trying to climb a steep learning curve
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 11 Apr 10
     
    gives a new meaning to getting the 'high score'
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Cool 3D gif « Bits & Pieces - 0 views

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How To Change Flat Tire Of A Car | How to u - 4 views

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  • François Dongier on 01 Feb 10
     
    How to make something very simple seem extremely complex...
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 02 Feb 10
     
    OMG I'm doing it all wrong! According to this, Jack has to come help.
  • Jack Logan on 02 Feb 10
     
    God, ... how many times (e.g., 27K Twines) have I tried so hard to do some things with too many wrong steps? LOLROF
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TYWKIWDBI: Metropolis (1927) - 5 views

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  • More re this famous dystopian film here.  Pix via Vintage Blog.

    The entire movie can be viewed in 12 videos at YouTube.
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    How Do You See America? - 1 views

    www.baconbabble.com/...how-do-you-see-america America USA world maps humor
    shared by Skeptical Debunker on 22 Feb 10 - Cached
    • Skeptical Debunker on 22 Feb 10
       
      Let me start off by saying, the following maps are just JOKES. I'm a very proud American. But I will be the first to admit that my views of the rest of the world are a bit, well to be honest I have never been to any other country before (well Canada once, but that doesn't count.) Haha, C'mon, i'm kidding!! Anyway, don't take the following to seriously.
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    Turn your iPhone into a WWII fighter? Yes, there's an app for that too - 4 views

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    • Jack Logan on 11 Jan 10
       
      Cute - But I DON'T have to have one of these.
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    • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 11 Jan 10
       
      lol!
    • Jack Logan on 11 Jan 10
       
      If you had boys, FishMan, they'd want one! LOL
    • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 11 Jan 10
       
      my bad.
    • Kurt Laitner on 13 Jan 10
       
      my son would be ALL OVER THAT. but I have a bberry. I don't let him use that either. he gets my leftover technology.
    • Jack Logan on 13 Jan 10
       
      My son will be 21 in 8 days, so he's a little beyond this ... it's the sounds that make this interesting!
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    Gemfields discovers 6,225-carat 'elephant' emerald in Zambia - Telegraph - 0 views

    www.telegraph.co.uk/...lephant-emerald-in-Zambia.html huge emerald Zambia
    shared by Skeptical Debunker on 22 Feb 10 - Cached
    • Gemfields said its experts "will continue to evaluate the gem before any final decision is taken in terms of its future". Ian Harebottle, chief executive of Gemfields, said: "This is a unique find. The Insofu displays wonderful colour and good translucency. Its sheer size, rich colour and fine protective biotite shell make it difficult to see deep into the gem. However, all indications suggest that the core of the emerald is competent and that it should yield a number of cut gems of significant size." The largest uncut emerald believed to have been found was in Carnaiba, Brazil in 1974. It was an incredible 86,136-carat natural beryl crystal. The stone was eventually valued at $1,120,080. The largest emerald crystal ever discovered was 7,025 carats and was found in a mine in Colombia.
    • Skeptical Debunker on 22 Feb 10
       
      The emerald was recovered during normal mining operations on February 5, the company said in a statement, and is being examined by Gemfields' experts to establish a clearer understanding of its value and significance. The emerald has been named "Insofu" (which means "elephant" in the language of the Bemba people indigenous to the region) due to its size and in honour of the World Land Trust's "Wild Lands Elephant Corridor Project", of which Gemfields is a participant.
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    Scientific Curiosity Captured in Photos - 0 views

    www.petapixel.com/...c-curiosity-captured-in-photos photography scientific
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    • Skeptical Debunker on 03 Mar 10
       
      Caleb Charland is a Maine-based photographer who combines a love of scientific experiments and photographs into wonderful and amazing photographs. If Isaac Newton or Benjamin Franklin were into photography, their photographs might look something like these:
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    'Crawler Town,' an epic LEGO city on wheels | DVICE - 0 views

    dvice.com/...crawler-town-an.php Cralwer town legos
    shared by Skeptical Debunker on 23 Feb 10 - Cached
    • As it should, Crawler Town has its own little backstory: Crawler town roams the barren wastes of a post steam-punk world after cataclysmic climate change do to excessive coal use. Several such cities exist but Crawler town is the most popular due to the Aero 500 hydrogen fuel cell Air races that are held. Many people travel the wastes to Crawler town for vacation and to enjoy rare luxuries like Pizza, fresh vegetables and Beer. Travelling the wastes in search of minerals and aquifers ( vital for survival) the mobility of the city keeps it away from the vicious sand storms of the wastes Hell, living in a wasteland doesn't sound so bad! Check out more in the gallery below.
    • Skeptical Debunker on 23 Feb 10
       
      Dave DeGobbi's mind-blowing Crawler Town should have its own movie written around it. If there are any fans of Borderlands out there, it's heavily reminiscent of Baron Flynt's massive rig-turned-city, the Thor.
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    Wi-Reach Turns 3G Dongles into Wi-Fi Hotspots | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 4 views

    www.wired.com/...3g-dongles-into-wi-fi-hotspots want
    shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 23 Feb 10 - Cached
    • The Wi-Reach 3G Personal Hotspot doesn’t even require that you pull the SIM card from your existing USB modem. The plastic box, which resembles a battery charger, has a USB port inside into which you slot your stick. From there, it takes the EVDO or HSPA modem’s connection and turns it into an 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi hotspot, powered by a lithium-ion battery for up to five hours (or powered via its mini-USB port). It’ll even work with 4G dongles when they start to show up.
    • Jack Logan on 23 Feb 10
       
      Yes! Yes!
    • Kurt Laitner on 02 Mar 10
       
      cept your friends ll eat up your 1 GB limit in a half hour and you'll end up paying $6000 a month - oh sorry, that's in Canada where there is no competition
    • Jack Logan on 02 Mar 10
       
      Ooppsss!
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    untitled - 4 views

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    shared by Kurt Laitner on 28 Mar 10 - Cached
    • Twine faltered under poor usability and the leadership of Spivak, considered to be both one of the smartest people in the internet industry and a caustic egotist.
    • I hope and expect that Nigel, Tim and others will devote at least as much attention to issues of trust, provenance, licensing etc as to the details of angle brackets, triples and ontologies."
    • Kurt Laitner on 28 Mar 10
       
      LMAO at comment on Nova
    • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 29 Mar 10
       
      caustic? bwahaahahaaaa!
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