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 […]
Who doesn’t love a long-beaked echidna?
Posted by Ben on August 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/who-doesnt-love-a-long-beaked-echidna/
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/
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/
Perhaps you doubt
Then see for yourself. A clever anatomy tool that lets you play with various facial expressions, seeing how muscles and whatnot react (that’s the technical phraseology, I believe). Who knows what you might accomplish if you actually knew what you were doing, kind of. How to get there: Click on APPLICATION, then on LEVEL II […]
Posted by Ben on June 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/perhaps-you-doubt/
eMolecules
A way to search for chemicals by drawing pictures. (Formerly Chmoogle, until Google complained.)
Posted by Ben on June 1, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/emolecules/
Information Agglomeration
The Internet being what it is, it’s useful to have ways of sorting all that information. To be able to get at it later, easily. First there was Furl, which I’ve used in the past and loved, then there was Yahoo!’s My Web (which is my current default choice), and now there’s Google Notebook, which […]
Posted by Ben on May 31, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/information-agglomeration/
More Rats
Rat scientists have found that keen old minds work in different ways than bright young ones.
Posted by Ben on May 28, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/more-rats/
Rundown, Briefly
TV-B-Gone. Can anything this delightful be legal? (via Cool Tools) Too Real. Schizophrenics are apparently not fooled by optical illusions that trick non-schizophrenics. Curious. Oh, that makes it better. “We didn’t actually hover an Osprey over a mosque.” A while ago, Bell & Boeing put out an ad for a type of aircraft (an Osprey) […]
Posted by Ben on May 26, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/rundown-briefly/
Miscellany
Enter into thought about all the underplaces of London, in an interesting and highly photo-ridden post titled “London Toplogical.” Or entertain the thought of what “to call the food blech is an insult to blech” means, exactly. This and other insults that didn’t make the cut when slicing & dicing entries for Zagat guides. How […]
Posted by Ben on March 25, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/miscellany/