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“ Oh don’t worry, Marge. Her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation, humorously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing.
— From an old episode of The Simpsons.
This video is almost too nerdy to watch but it taught me the Mandelbrot set is “one bad ass fucking fractal.”
sydvish: Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr. Mapleshade!  I am proud to say, I found this online, and I wasn’t even looking.  I had no idea these existed, but I totally want one when I get a house with a big tree. If you like what you see, you may also want to check out Whistlin’ Pete, WoodChuck, and the Shademaster.  I can finally have my very own Ent.

sydvish:

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr. Mapleshade! 

I am proud to say, I found this online, and I wasn’t even looking.  I had no idea these existed, but I totally want one when I get a house with a big tree.

If you like what you see, you may also want to check out Whistlin’ Pete, WoodChuck, and the Shademaster.

 I can finally have my very own Ent.

“ My head swims. “Um,” I say. “But. Kiss me? Who? Why?” How in the world can she not be, as I am, stuck in the throes of a raging and delirious preoccupation with mortality? I am not thinking about kissing; I am thinking about seawater and crushed aluminum.
— Patrick Smith, in an old “Ask the Pilot” column about the day he narrowly avoided a midair collision.
Economist - Return to the fold Rosetta@home is a distributed computing project aimed at expanding our understanding of protein folding. Being able to predict the three dimensional structure of a protein based on its amino sequence is an important but unsolved problem in biology. What’s interesting is that in “fold it,” a video game created by Rosetta@home scientists where the goal is to fold proteins into their most stable configurations, many non-scientists found the correct configuration in less time than the computer. (The image above is a ribbon diagram of carbonic anhydrase.)

Economist - Return to the fold

Rosetta@home is a distributed computing project aimed at expanding our understanding of protein folding. Being able to predict the three dimensional structure of a protein based on its amino sequence is an important but unsolved problem in biology. What’s interesting is that in “fold it,” a video game created by Rosetta@home scientists where the goal is to fold proteins into their most stable configurations, many non-scientists found the correct configuration in less time than the computer.

(The image above is a ribbon diagram of carbonic anhydrase.)

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.