Billy Dalto

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mills: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I was going to come to town, but Will put the kibosh on that plan; I’ll send you his number and you can tell him what you think of that. Whoa. This Mother’s Day I’ve managed to contribute to the disappointment of 100% more mothers than my usual average. The shareholders will be happy with such a strong upward trend.

mills:

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I was going to come to town, but Will put the kibosh on that plan; I’ll send you his number and you can tell him what you think of that.

Whoa. This Mother’s Day I’ve managed to contribute to the disappointment of 100% more mothers than my usual average. The shareholders will be happy with such a strong upward trend.

NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed Participants will spend 90 days lying in a tilted bed. Video games and web access are allowed but conjugal visits are out. The food provided is not astronaut food, which could be a problem for fans of freeze-dried ice cream.

NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed

Participants will spend 90 days lying in a tilted bed. Video games and web access are allowed but conjugal visits are out. The food provided is not astronaut food, which could be a problem for fans of freeze-dried ice cream.

NYT - Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, TooApparently a platypus genome has been sequenced. This article caught my eye because of its peculiar headline.

NYT - Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too

Apparently a platypus genome has been sequenced. This article caught my eye because of its peculiar headline.
vaivoda: Body Hack! Give it a go - I’m doing it right now and giggling like a fool! [via kensingtonvictoria.com] I’m glad it’s too late for anyone else in the office to see me doing this.

vaivoda:

Body Hack! Give it a go - I’m doing it right now and giggling like a fool!

[via kensingtonvictoria.com]

I’m glad it’s too late for anyone else in the office to see me doing this.
Network Graph of Corporate America This is a map of shared board members among America’s 400 largest corporations by market cap. Other data including revenue, market cap and sex of board members are plotted too. Though the data isn’t totally current, it’s a neat visualization.

Network Graph of Corporate America

This is a map of shared board members among America’s 400 largest corporations by market cap. Other data including revenue, market cap and sex of board members are plotted too. Though the data isn’t totally current, it’s a neat visualization.

Colossal Squid Has Biggest Animal Eyes in World, Scientists Say This image is of two parts of a single lens from the eye of a colossal squid being defrosted in New Zealand. The entire process is being documented on this blog. A post about the squid’s eyes is here and one about the smell here.

Colossal Squid Has Biggest Animal Eyes in World, Scientists Say

This image is of two parts of a single lens from the eye of a colossal squid being defrosted in New Zealand. The entire process is being documented on this blog. A post about the squid’s eyes is here and one about the smell here.

A Soviet bus stop. It’s from a collection found here.
A Soviet bus stop. It’s from a collection found here.

 NYT - Some Athletes’ Genes Help Outwit Doping Test

A Swedish study found false negative doping test results can be caused by a particular genetic variation affecting testosterone metabolism.

The Economist writes about the modern Vietnamese economy. The image above is a tourist in a Cu Chi tunnel.
The Economist writes about the modern Vietnamese economy. The image above is a tourist in a Cu Chi tunnel.
“ I have killed. From the first day I paid taxes to the United States government (on April 15, 1985) my spree began, and it has expanded geometrically since. I do not remember a time when I mailed in a check or a money order without a clear understanding that some part of my donation would be put toward murder, and any guilt I may at first have felt over this (none, to be honest) was soon enough supplanted by a tickling desire to know not just that my money would be used to kill but when it would be used to kill, and where, and whom, and how.
— Ben Metcalf - “Why I pay my taxes”