Designed by UK architects Serie, this Indian club is a gem. It doubles as a live music club / lounge and recording studio. The walls have acoustic dimples. The stylish lilly pads are contoured with glowing lights of many colours…
I feel so out of place throwing my empty peanut shells on [...]
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Apparently, Google was inspired by David Horwitz’s plan to buy homeless people in NY some KFC… Their plan is to give every homeless person in San Francisco a local 415 phone number and free voice mail account. This is being done through Google’s acquisition last year of Grand Central. This proves Alec [...]
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Joe White is the founder of NewImagePlants.com . He sells a variety of marijuana plants from his factory in Florida. The kicker? The plants are silk, yet very realistic looking (we’re told.) Lately, he’s also been supplying plants for the TV show “Weeds”. As a novelty item, I gather [...]
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We’ve been getting pummeled by spam comments for the past day… if you don’t see your comment, please resend it! So where does all this crap come from? Here’s an interesting interactive World Threat Atlas from ThreatExpert. It identifies the source countries for malware. China (27.7%), Russia (26.95%) and the [...]
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Every now and then I get stuck on one song. This week - it’s an old 2005 Audioslave song. I’ve always liked the song - but until last week - hadn’t seen the video. I hadn’t realized that it’s a moving tribute to soldiers who have died… regardless of your opinion on [...]
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New York Polaroid artist David Horvitz has a simple but endearing site. Here’s a picture of him in front of the NY Stock Exchange with a “bored” sign”. He’s assembled a bunch of things that he’ll do for money, and he’ll mail you the evidence. (relax, nothing crass!) For example, if [...]
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Have you heard about the revolutionary Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) system for extracting oil from sand? Now you can get the oil out of your sand the easy environmentally friendly way. Read all about it on Engineer Live!
Also be sure to check out PETROBANK’s site for more details.
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Being humans, it’s sometimes possible for us to forget how much we depend on a number of other species. We often think in terms of resources, water, air, food. In reality, food is other species. Species which we must protect.
via Wikipedia:
The term symbiosis commonly describes close and often long-term interactions between [...]
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Rarely do super-heroes and villains relate to everyday life. How can you really cheer for your guy when you don’t understand Krypton-speak? New, from Accoutrement are the ultimate warriors: Bacon versus Tofu. Fight until death. Or coranary.
Next, I want to see Code Warriors 2.0: Ruby versus PHP. Format [...]
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If you’re running a technology company in Canada, you’ve probably run into IRAP - the National Research Council” Industrial Research Assistance Program. If you’re doing research and creating new technology, you’re able to apply for significant government contributions. The only catch is that “development” doesn’t count. You have to [...]
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