The Cool Links Thread

Tinu. · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:19 am Post subject:

Today's XKCD made me giggle. It's so true. I remember hearing how New York was freaking out about hurricanes this summer and thinking "Please. It's a tropical storm. Not a Hurricane."

Aaaand this is why there are no metropolitan areas near our beaches. Safer. Fewer people die. All that. >>;;
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

Meanwhile, This XKCD made me gleefully rethink my dietary concerns. :3 I love that comic.

I think people in major cities freak out about anything regarding nature, honestly. My son grows up almost entirely in Detroit, and so there are usually a few days spent 'acclimating' to the idea that bugs, animals, and plants all are actually useful in some regard.
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Tinu. · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject:

Well, if you're lucky those few days will prevent him from discovering Poke berries.
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

Heh heh heh...
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Asa · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:36 am Post subject:

Hehehe... that's awesome.
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Mega hyper super want.
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Tinu. · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject:

Falcon Cam.

A pair of Peregrine Falcons built a nest on a building in Massachusetts. The wildlife service put a camera in, and you can keep an eye on the nest on the web. The eggs haven't hatched yet, but they should be doing so soon.
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Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2114 Location: England

Reminded me of Tin, seem to remember him creating a giant touch screen with a wi-mote and a projector. Or something like that.

Anyhoo

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/128735-microsoft-creates-kinect-like-system-using-your-laptops-built-in-speaker-microphone

Really neat idea ^^
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Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

The link at the bottom of that to Disney Touche is even cooler. Shocked

Tinu. · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject:

Today I was introduced to chladni figures. Which are perhaps the most amazing things I've ever seen. o____o
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Asa · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject:

Woah, those links are so cool! Especially the vibrations one, it's incredible how fast the pattern changed at some points.
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Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

Ah, so much fun to see stuff you learned in theory get turned into practice. ^_^

Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

http://adventure.gamism.org/

"Gamer Mom", a game where you play a mother trying to convince her family to partake in her passion, World of Warcraft. It's only a few minutes long, and is an interesting experience. ^_^

Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2114 Location: England

Today the zombie apocalypse started.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/26/naked-man-eating-victims-face-killed-miami_n_1548359.html

Good luck everyone.
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Tinu. · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:35 pm Post subject:

Oh dear.

That's . . . yeah. Good-bye any chance I had of sleeping tonight.

It actually sounds like a really bad reaction to PCP. I've heard several stories about PCP trips turning . . . violent.

*shudder* Creepy, creepy drug.
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