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Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed an innovative theory of roughness and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
Massively multiplayer scabble on a *giant* board. A little slow for me, but the board is incredible. Very cool idea.
stare at the center for 30 seconds
dancers in east oakland via Lisa Ruyter fb
xkcd's updated 2010 map of online communities.
IT'S DECORATIVE
GOURD SEASON, MOTHERFUCKERS.
via afc fb
Homemade spacecraft:
bill saw this building will on the amtrak this weekend, very nice!!
picture here and more story below http://unusuallife.com/
http://nhpr.org/building-office-shipping-containers
"Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say that the chances for life on this planet are 100 percent. I have almost no doubt about it," Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at University of California Santa Cruz, told Discovery News.
opposable chums
Ducks wear dog masks! (via Birdchick)
Every web meme animated gif ever compiled into one video.
Cache Rules Everything Around Me from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
World's scariest job? I couldn't even finish watching the video.
sounds like a fun band
Yard Dogs Road Show
Yard Dogs Road Show: In 2005 the Yard Dogs embarked on their first full fledged national tour (25 shows in 35 days). Seven shows sold out, including a magical homecoming show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. The Yard Dogs started out seven years earlier as a three piece jug band performing in road houses and dance halls. Most notably here in Oregon where they partook in modern day acid tests with the likes of Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters. After many sleepless nights they moved on. For the next year they traveled up and down the west coast, with a trunk full of instruments and props. A 1967 Ford Galaxy 500 was their tour vehicle. One cold night they pulled off Interstate 5 at a place called Dog Creek Road. After situating themselves - laying out sleeping bags, building a campfire - they fell into conversation. The possibilities were discussed. Spirits revealed themselves in the fire: dancing girls with feather fans, a man in silver sunglasses eating fire, a dreamy guitar boy with big hair, a bearded swami swallowing swords. And it was from this night of fantasy that the Yard Dogs Road Show was born. One by one these apparitions climbed aboard. Eventually the Ford was replaced with a fleet of vans. The original three were now thirteen. And the offspring of that night by the fire was a wicked and mobile cabaret. They told their stories minutes after they were lived. This was the new vaudeville, as portrayed by professional misfits and creative thrill seekers.
roky erickson in park slope 11/10
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/
if they escape into the wild, we're doomed, i tell ya, doomed
Join us on the lawn at Chapman School most evenings in September for a spectacular display of Vaux’s Swifts as they gather to roost in the school’s chimney. Volunteers from Portland Audubon will be present with information about the swifts, binoculars and a spotting scope for viewing.
I don't know if it will work for everyone, but this sounds like one digital future for book publishing.
Are we living in a designer universe? I know it's in the Telegraph, but Gribbin is a serious guy, and it's just a thought piece anyway. Fun to think about and I suspect this is basically the case.
i know this has made the rounds many times already but worth another watch
kittens inspired by kittens
I know Steve has told this story, but have we ever seen the video?
tv hat
What could go wrong? Pavlovsk seed bank faces destruction?