The Pomegranate. (No, not the fruit.) It’s kind of amazing how much effort actually went into this. “A fresh cup of coffee from your smart phone. Yes, it’s finally possible. (via MeFi)
Once you start using it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it
Posted by Ben on January 27, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/once-you-start-using-it-youll-wonder-how-you-ever-lived-without-it/
Useful information
Similar in usefulness to Professor James Duane’s talk on why you should never talk to the police, Max Brooks talks about how to survive a zombie uprising:
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/useful-information/
Leaves doing what leaves do best… sort of
Maybe it’s pop culture eroding my brain, but “Functionalized Nanoporous Gold Leaf Electrode Films for the Immobilization of Photosystem I” doesn’t have quite the same kick as “cyborg leaf”. Good work making science relevant to modern society, NewScientist! (Don’t expect electricity-generating houseplants anytime soon — but still, it’s interesting work.)
Posted by Ben on January 16, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/leaves-doing-what-leaves-do-best-sort-of/
Safely Awesome
Anything made by Legos is, almost by definition, awesome. However, this safe pushes the envelope. (via Schneier)
Posted by Ben on January 15, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/safely-awesome/
Useful, in a fake 3-d sort of way
If you’re the sort to buy something online, and buy it before you’ve seen it in person. A useful tool for comparing relative sizes of objects. (via gHacks)
Posted by Ben on January 14, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/useful-in-a-fake-3-d-sort-of-way/
Bring back the dead!
After reading an article on 10 extinct beasts that might conceivably be reintroduced as living, breathing animals on planet earth, is it wrong that the thing I most fiercely crave is to watch a sci-fi movie where the phrase “it might be possible to boot up the moa genome in an ostrich egg” is used? […]
Posted by Ben on January 13, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/bring-back-the-dead/
Seen and Heard, 2008
In lieu of a numbered list, here you’ll find a bulleted list — well, several of them — covering my favorite books and movies of 2008. And, because I’m slow, a goodly number of them will be of items released before 2008. But that’s when I saw them. So there. Enjoy! In Theaters: Let The […]
Posted by Ben on January 10, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/seen-and-heard-2008/
So little time…
…so much Ninja Terminator! (via BeaucoupKevin(dot)com)
Posted by Ben on January 8, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/so-little-time/
Capers in Review
Who doesn’t love a good, non-violent caper? Good fun for everyone. Except for the people losing millions of dollars. And innocent bystanders and what-have-you. But it really doesn’t get better than the Snohomish Smokescreen. (via Schneier)
Posted by Ben on January 7, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/capers-in-review/
Plus / Minus
+ Periodic table of awesoments, happy people read, 2008 movie recap preview (it’ll make sense, after you’ve seen it) – Psychopaths pick on underdogs, mad cow disease may come back in style (via io9), people kissing alligators.
Posted by Ben on January 4, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/plus-minus/