Monthly Archives: June 2012

Reblogged from dedepuppets: A friend of mine gave me a book of short stories by Paul Gallico to read. The one she wanted me to read in particular was Love of seven dolls. I wonder why? No, seriously… I would … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Eideard: An international team of astronomers have discovered evidence that our Milky Way had an encounter with a small galaxy or massive dark matter structure perhaps as recently as 100 million years ago, and as a result of … Continue reading →

Reblogged from ****: The taxi weaves through the crowds spilling out of the cafes and bars and onto the street, we take a right turn onto a cobbled street that slopes steeply upwards. As we slowly rattle our way up … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Traveling Susie Caught in Brazil: Whoops, I’m late. Oh well – Wordless Wednesday on Thursday Phone booths here in São Paulo (I don’t know if the rest of Brazil has these) are these green bell-shaped things called orelhões (big … Continue reading →

Reblogged from The Centre of the World: I got stuck on explaining why we don’t fall off the planet. Gravity is just a word. It doesn’t explain anything. Kurt Vonnegut interview in Playboy (1973) Read more… 13 more words

Reblogged from Oblique Exposure: The other day, this guy was on top of a crane, repairing a public light (or was it a CCTV?) cluster. It reminded me of the amount of maintenance that needs to go into our infrastructures, … Continue reading →

Reblogged from TED Blog: A new word for a new profession Laura Snyder begins with a scene from June 24, 1833. It’s a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elderly man stands up to … Continue reading →

Reblogged from beleben: On June 22, The Guardian Northerner Blog’s political commentator Ed Jacobs asked how the HS2 project could be made more ‘relevant’ to people. Talking in generalisations about economic growth may sound good, but it doesn’t address the … Continue reading →

Reblogged from CARNET DE DESSINS/Bénédicte's blog:          8 by 10 inches (20 by 25cm), watercolour and ink. Aquarelle et encre. Working on the Angry fish series reminded me of others series I did. The subject for the above series was … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Eye on the ICR: In an error that will likely soon be corrected, the latest Thomas article – What Will the Next Biological Breakthrough Be?(screenshot) – reuses a previously-seen title. The actual subject of the article closely resembles … Continue reading →