News of the day
Japanese train company requires employees to take computerized "smile test" before work each day. The test uses image analysis to rate the quality of the smile from 0 - 100, and gives tips on how to improve the smile.
Holes and inconsistencies in officer's account of "skipgate" emerge as more details released on 911 call, caller's account, and radio dispatches. "After Sergeant Crowley arrived at the home, according to the tape, he radioed that Professor Gates was in fact the resident but described him as 'uncooperative' and asked for backup, saying, 'Keep the cars coming.' He also asked the dispatcher to 'send the Harvard University police this way.'" Why, because one burly young guy couldn't handle an "uncooperative" old man with a cane?
The strange and more-than-slightly creepy world of Japan's 2-D lovers. Warning: may be triggering for those with child abuse issues. Edit: From lightcastle, a blog post disputing the slant and debunking some of the "facts" of the preceding story.
British government releases 20-page tweeting guide. BBC version.
From amber_phoenix: Driver shoots bicyclist over anger that bicyclist was endangering his child by riding with him on a busy street. Um...I got nothing. Edit: More details from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Cute photo of the day comes from an article about ticks, of all things:
Doral Chenoweth III/Associated Press via Columbus Dispatch
Correction! This is the cutest photo of the day, as spotted by moominmolly:
(That's a rat with a spinal injury being treated with blue dye. It's crazy, but it works!)
Holes and inconsistencies in officer's account of "skipgate" emerge as more details released on 911 call, caller's account, and radio dispatches. "After Sergeant Crowley arrived at the home, according to the tape, he radioed that Professor Gates was in fact the resident but described him as 'uncooperative' and asked for backup, saying, 'Keep the cars coming.' He also asked the dispatcher to 'send the Harvard University police this way.'" Why, because one burly young guy couldn't handle an "uncooperative" old man with a cane?
The strange and more-than-slightly creepy world of Japan's 2-D lovers. Warning: may be triggering for those with child abuse issues. Edit: From lightcastle, a blog post disputing the slant and debunking some of the "facts" of the preceding story.
British government releases 20-page tweeting guide. BBC version.
From amber_phoenix: Driver shoots bicyclist over anger that bicyclist was endangering his child by riding with him on a busy street. Um...I got nothing. Edit: More details from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Cute photo of the day comes from an article about ticks, of all things:
Doral Chenoweth III/Associated Press via Columbus Dispatch
Correction! This is the cutest photo of the day, as spotted by moominmolly:
(That's a rat with a spinal injury being treated with blue dye. It's crazy, but it works!)