Month: June 2008
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Gontran De Poncins’ Kabloona
“It came to me suddenly– and this discovery preoccupied me entirely– that here was unity, here was the eternal and primitive family, the family of the Bible: father, mother, child, beasts of burden, all composing one body with multiple heads.” – Gontran De Poncin describing the Inuit Tribes people Inuit Woman with Children Photo by…
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Show Your Global Warming Skepticism on “Carbon Belch Day”
Mark your calendars! June 12 is Carbon Belch Day, brainchild brainfart of the GrassFire lobby, a day to flaunt your skepticism of Anthropogenic Global Warming theory by producing as much CO2 as possible. It’s like “I’m With Stupid” multiplied by several thousand!!! I am begging all AGW skeptics to PLEASE DO THIS! Please go ahead…
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NY Hall of Science: The Nature of Networks
My favorite, and the most thought-provoking, of the exhibits at NYHS. These quotes seen around The Nature of Networks exhibit say it all: “Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.” – Richard Feynman Internet Arm Wrestling “We cannot…