A Chicago Tribune correspondent embarks on a mission to trace the oil from a service station back to its sources; the results are quite remarkable–enlightening and frightening and such–and are conveyed through a written article and an online video documentary (which, before you go, “aw, shucks,” has pretty remarkable production values). (Also, the documentary uses […]
A Travelogue of Addiction
Posted by Ben on August 8, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-travelogue-of-addiction/
Who doesn’t love a long-beaked echidna?
I sure do, I know that much. The IHT has an interesting article (and accompanying slide-show, which you can catch in the upper right-hand corner of the article page) on a scientific expedition in Indonesia which uncovered newly discovered species in an isolated chunk of jungle. The phrase “lost world” gets tossed around, but, you […]
Posted by Ben on August 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/who-doesnt-love-a-long-beaked-echidna/
Panoramas tend to impress me
It’s true, real life affords much more maneuverability, and sensory input and everything. But, still. (Panoramas from Z360)
Posted by Ben on August 6, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/panoramas-tend-to-impress-me/
A photo that screams ‘buy me’
The evocativeness of dust-jacket photos is why publishers put them on the cover. They’re selling tools, part of the book’s packaging, like the packaging on a bar of soap. Yet in the work of some photographers, the author’s photo can aspire to the level of high art. A curious little article on the pros & […]
Posted by Ben on August 6, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-photo-that-screams-buy-me/
Or does it just seem like it?
Scientists claim, “deja vu recreated in laboratory”. (Which, incidentally, deja vu is also the subject and/or title of a movie coming out roundabout Thanksgiving, which looks interesting though not necessarily good.) (BBC News, via Warren Ellis) ((Sorry.))
Posted by Ben on July 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/or-does-it-just-seem-like-it-2/
Or does it just seem like it?
Scientists claim, “deja vu recreated in laboratory”. (Which, incidentally, deja vu is also the subject and/or title of a movie coming out roundabout Thanksgiving, which looks interesting though not necessarily good.) (BBC News, via Warren Ellis)
Posted by Ben on July 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/or-does-it-just-seem-like-it/
Hawk, frog back from extinction
Hopefully they’ll get along okay. (Don’t worry–they will; they live in different countries.) In Colombia, a frog (the somewhat lackadaisically-named ‘painted frog’, Atelopus ebenoides marinkellei) is rediscovered, having last been seen in 1995. And in England, a hawk, troubled in the past, is doing better: the marsh harrier.
Posted by Ben on July 25, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/hawk-frog-back-from-extinction/
Like GoogleMaps for Time
…but requiring just a little more mucking about. Still, SIMILE’s Timeline is a potentially awesome tool. Particularly if it’s user-friendlified a bit. Right now it’s a bit like GoogleMaps, if GoogleMaps required you to draw all your own maps, plot distances, pinpoint natural landmarks, etc.
Posted by Ben on July 25, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/like-googlemaps-for-time/
Anguished over loss of oatmeal, one of 3 Bears strikes back
…a woman came home to find a young bear eating oatmeal in her kitchen. The bear apparently entered through an open sliding glass door, broke a ceramic food container and started eating, West Vancouver police Sgt. Paul Skelton said. … Three officers who went to the home Thursday couldn’t get the bear to budge, so […]
Posted by Ben on June 20, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/anguished-over-loss-of-oatmeal-one-of-3-bears-strikes-back/
Count me in
I, too, would like to note that, for a mere $10,000, I could tell you that puppies sell. (The main point: a publisher [Nolo Press] spent hundreds o’ thousands o’ dollars to decide what would help it sell more books, and it decided that thing was a friendly golden retriever added to its covers.) P.S. […]
Posted by Ben on June 15, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/count-me-in/