This is the collaboration I mentioned a few months ago, the Rapture time-capsule video. Note the presence of luminaries AronRa, Theramin Trees, Coughlan, The Living Dinosaur, and DPR Jones. And notice also that this OgreVI person's contribution was clearly the best of the lot (well, actually, Theramin Trees was the best of the lot, but I was pretty ( Read more... )

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There’s this feature on LJ. I don’t know if it’s new, but if it isn’t I only just noticed it this afternoon. It’s what you get if you click the little “Stats/My Guests” link on the left-hand side on your homepage (this should teach me to go to my homepage more often, I guess), and what it does is tell you how many folks have been reading your ( Read more... )

This can't possibly be for real, can it?

Colton Harris-Moore is the kind of person you find it difficult to believe exists: He’s a legendary folk bandit archetype-part Robin Hood, part Tom Sawyer and part John Dillinger. He’s a criminal that hasn’t just charmed the hearts of swooning young girls but-considering the random accidental escapes, ( Read more... )

Oh, this is exciting!
For as long as we’ve realized that the stars were just other suns, much farther away, people have wondered if there are planets orbiting those stars. It seemed logical; we have no reason to believe that there is anything special or unique about our solar system, so why couldn’t an untold number of them have formed in more or ( Read more... )

LOS ANGELES-Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant had a typically solid performance from the field last night, scoring 25 points to propel his team to a holy shit, it's hard to believe these words are even gracing this page, but on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, the American people elected a black man to the office of the President of the United States.
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Dude, science is absolutely the best thing ever. I mean, things just keep getting better. First there was the wheel, followed soon thereafter by the toaster, and now we’ve reached the pinnacle: canned baconNo, seriously. Canned bacon. With a shelf life of ten freakin’ years ( Read more... )