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Modern Bike Concepts

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:22:54 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Tags: bike

Is twitter boring you? @davewiner says yes.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:24:35 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: I've been hearing this quite often lately, so figured i'd clip @davewiner's tweet and ask if others are feeling the same way. personally, i have always found twitter to be a volatile blend of boring and rewarding. my biggest disappointment with twitter is that it's not tapping into people's innate desire to give, but is instead being positioned and treated as a massive "look at me" platform. i think this stems from management's decision to put the focus on a bunch of boring, attention seeking celebrities in their recommended list. that damaged the vibe of the site and overall user experience.

Clip Source: twitter.com

BTW, I confess that Twitter is boring the heck out of me. It's an ineffective communication medium that retweets endlessly. What's next?

davewiner

Tags: dave winer, twitter

palin resignation: 11 theories why

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:42:34 GMT

clipped by: doodleicious
clipper's remarks: double D'OH

Clip Source: www.thedailybeast.com

Palin Resignation: 11 Theories Why

AP Photo Sarah Palin's holiday-eve decision to resign as governor blindsided TV commentators and bloggers who scrambled to come up with an explanation. The Daily Beast's presents a roundup of insta-reactions.

THEORY 1: VANITY FAIR HURT HER FEELINGS

THEORY 2: SHE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

THEORY 3: SHE’S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

THEORY 4: SHE'S PREGNANT AGAIN

THEORY 5: SHE’S SICK OF ALASKA

THEORY 6: IT WAS A WHIM

THEORY 7: THE ETHICS POLICE WERE ABOUT TO NAB HER

THEORY 8: SHE’S UNSTABLE

THEORY 9: HER HANDLERS ARE INCOMPETENT

THEORY 10: SHE’S ANGLING FOR A TV SHOW

THEORY 11: SHE HAS A GOD COMPLEX

Tags: palin

July 1, 2009 sunrise

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:28:00 GMT

clipped by: zadoz
clipper's remarks: from brisbane & bay area

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Gallery: July 1, 2009 sunrise

Sunrise over Wynnum Pier at 6.30am , July 1, 2009.

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Sunrise over the Gold Coast

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Sunrise over the Gold Coast

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Taken at Nudgee Beach

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Moreton Bay from Lota Esplanade

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

July 1, 2009 sunrise as seen from Mansfield looking towards Stradbroke Island

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Sunrise over Darra,

Tags: brisbane, morton bay, sun rise, lota, wynnum

10 Beautiful River Photo’s

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:29:49 GMT

clipped by: Stumblerz

Clip Source: www.designvee.com

10 Beautiful River Photo’s

The Fourth of July: Throughout the Decades

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:44:50 GMT

clipped by: clip-on-tie
clipper's remarks: It would appear that J.C. Leyendecker stands above the crowd for the sheer number of Fourth of July covers.

Clip Source: www.saturdayeveningpost.com

Artist Guernsey Moore did many turn-of-century covers (at the turn of the 20th century, not the 21st), and the June 30, 1900, issue appears to be our first Fourth of July cover. Using colonials as representative of the Fourth was popular before the days of fancy fireworks and Fourth of July parades, although firecrackers showed up early.

Clip Source: www.copytaste.com

Clip Source: www.saturdayeveningpost.com

The July 4, 1903, cover shows a man setting off firecrackers and milady, in long skirt, is less than thrilled with the noise (covering her ears was a hint). Hmmm, this theme seems familiar: fast forward to the roaring 20s and J.C. Leyendecker’s cover depicting a young boy setting off a cap gun to make patriotic noises and a little girl covering her ears. Apparently, females do not care for loud noises.

But you didn’t really think we would leave our beloved Norman Rockwell out of our celebration, did you? His July 6, 1946, cover shows workmen cleaning the torch on the Statue of Liberty.

Tags: art & literature, july 4th

Bacon in a can

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:34:09 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: Here ya go!

Clip Source: www.supersizedmeals.com

Funny Friends

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:54:11 GMT

clipped by: EddieIsSteady

Clip Source: amolife.com

Life is much more fun when there is someone to share your joy!

Tags: animals, photography, cute

The discomfort zone

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:48:57 GMT

clipped by: colquitty

Clip Source: www.adaringadventure.com

The Sun puts on some fireworks for the 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:32:14 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: wattsupwiththat.com

The most active sunspot of the year so far is emerging in the sun’s southern hemisphere: movie. Sunspot 1024 has at least a dozen individual dark cores and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. This morning, amateur astronomer David Tyler caught one of the flares in action from his backyard solar observatory in England:

The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Its rapid emergence on July 3rd and 4th continues the recent (few-month) trend of intensifying new-cycle activity. This sunspot is the best offering yet from the young solar cycle.

Tags: sun

The Criminal Rothschilds

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:09:52 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: A force of greed through much of history.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Happy 4th of July Y'all!!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:53:26 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: gatesofvienna.blogspot.com

Happy 4th of July, Y'all!

[Video]

Great material they have to work with, don’t you think?

Hat tip: The Humble Libertarian

Tags: usa

The coolest thing in space - Europe's Planck satellite

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:30:13 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: chilled to a staggering minus 273.05C

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

PLANCK SPACE TELESCOPE

Planck is now the "coolest thing in space"

Planck will survey the famous Cosmic Microwave Background

This ancient light's origins date to 380,000 years after the Big Bang

It informs scientists about the age, shape and evolution of the cosmos

Planck's measurements will be finer than any previous satellite

Planck prepares to go super-cold

The observatory's detectors have been chilled to a staggering minus 273.05C - just a tenth of a degree above what scientists term "absolute zero."

Launched in May, Planck will survey the "oldest light" in the Universe.

Although laboratory set-ups have got closer to absolute zero than Planck, researchers say it is unlikely there is anywhere in space currently that is colder than their astronomical satellite.

This frigidity should ensure the bolometers will be at their most sensitive as they scan the sky for the target light.

US nuns on the run from Vatican inquiry

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:44:04 GMT

clipped by: cakebelly
clipper's remarks: more (full at source): Pressure on the nuns, whose numbers in the US have dwindled in the last four decades from 180,000 to just 60,000, has grown however since the launch of a so-called Apostolic Visitation ordered by the Vatican. With interviews and questionnaires, this is a formal inquiry into the activities of women's religious institutions being conducted by Mother Mary Clare Millea, an American nun who lives in Rome. In addition, a so-called doctrinal assessment has been ordered by the Vatican into the course being followed by an umbrella group of women's religious orders in the US, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which may not have been toeing the line on issues such as the primacy of the Vatican.

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

By David Usborne in New York

American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views on the Church that may just be a tad too modern. Except that many don't wear habits any more. They wear regular clothes, even jeans.

Many nuns have stretched beyond the cloistered life to enter professions like teaching, the law and social work, and often eschew convents in favour of living alone. But, for the Vatican, it seems that American nuns may have strayed a bit too far from the traditional path.

There was a warning shot in March when the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a decree telling Catholics that they should desist from practising Reiki, an ancient Japanese healing technique increasingly favoured by nuns involving the laying-on of hands, and very far from the traditional approach that Rome seems to prefer.

A rare audience with Sir Christopher Lee

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:55:05 GMT

clipped by: cakebelly
clipper's remarks: Interview in full at source.

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Brian Viner meets Sir Christopher Lee

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE; it was a mouthful even before the announcement of his knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List last month, shortly before his 87th birthday, for services to the dramatic arts. Unofficially, Christopher Lee remains the king of the franchises, the only common denominator between the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars series, the Bond films and the Hammer horrors.

By the estimation of most movie buffs Lee is the most prolific actor alive, possibly in cinematic history, with more than 350 big-screen credits to his name. Nor is there any sign of him slowing down. He plays a Spanish psychiatrist in the forthcoming Triage, one of four 2009 releases graced by his distinctive basso-profundo tones, if not always his aristocratic features (one of them is the animation Monster Mania, which he gleefully describes as "extremely funny"). And he has already signed up to do two more films next year.