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Lawn mowers, lizards, & longitudinal cross-sections [bioephemera]

Images from a Thai ad campaign for Black & Decker lawnmowers! Yikes. While I appreciate the sharpness of any blade that could slice such a clean, anatomically elegant cross-section through a living snake, I have to also say "eeeuw." Poor critters! Unfortunately, industrial harvesters do...

Posted to Biology by Anonymous on 10-25-2008
Clivir’s Tutorial Community Lets You Be the Student and the Teacher (The Startup Review)

Company Clivir 20-Word description Clivir is a free tutorial-based learning community where you can be both the teacher and the student. 100 word description Come hither to Clivir. Clivir features tutorial style lessons that can be created by combining text with Web-based resources from sites like YouTube...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-02-2008
Mobile Phone Users Struggle With Hardware Adoption

Ian Lamont writes "A Google executive speaking at the Emerging Technology conference has described a problem that mobile phone carriers and manufacturers have been struggling with over the last few years: Users aren't taking advantage of many phones' hardware-based features. Rich Miner,...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 09-24-2008
Grand Archives Get Shown Up by Legendary Steak House

Today in Amarillo, TX Curtis Hall, drummer for Grand Archives , attempted the Free 72 oz Steak Dinner Challenge at The Big Texan Steak Ranch on I-40. Although Curtis made an admirable showing he only managed to put away 50 ounces—yes, THREE POUNDS !—of steak dinner in the alotted hour. Unfortunately...

Posted to Indie by Anonymous on 06-24-2008
“Look Around” on Panoramio: Turn Lots of Pics into a 3D Landscape

Update: I was mistaken in stating that Panoramio only uses photos you’ve taken for the new Look Around feature. I’m glad to see that this feature does include images from multiple users. Panoramio, the geo-tagging photo site that was acquired by Google and integrated into Google Earth last...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
Under The Radar: Tue 6/3, Mountain View

If you're in Silicon Valley tomorrow (tue 6/3), check out the Under The Radar Social Media & Entertainment conf (sched). I'll be a judge & panelist for 2 startup pitch / review sessions on Content and Targeting Tools. Social Media and Entertainment June 3, 2008 | 8:00am – 6:00pm Microsoft...

Posted to Venture Capitial by Anonymous on 06-02-2008
Create Rounded Corners For Images with RoundPic

RoundPic is exactly what the name suggests: an image editing site where simple, square photos can be uploaded and smoothed out to create sleek, rounded corners. The service is almost too easy. You simply upload your picture or enter the URL of the image, and click “Round It!” You can then...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 05-29-2008
Hanging out in Ansel Adams’ tub

Now you’ve seen everything. Today we were at Ansel Adams’ house and this is me getting a seat in the sink where he made so many of the world’s most favorite images. I did some videos over on Qik, too, with our “professional” videos of Ansel Adams’ son and home and...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 05-04-2008
Incredible Space Shuttle Assembly Pics

Thanks to Brian for sending me a link to these images showing the transport and assembly of various parts of the NASA space shuttle Discovery. Whether or not you think the benefits of space exploration justify its multi-billion dollar budget, you have to admit these are pretty spectacular pictures. ...

Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 04-06-2008

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