The amazing Duke University Microscopy gallery:

A sea urchin embryo showing primary mesenchyme cells (1d5) and cell boundaries (beta-catenin)
The amazing Duke University Microscopy gallery:

A sea urchin embryo showing primary mesenchyme cells (1d5) and cell boundaries (beta-catenin)
I’m not a big fan of Kevin Poulsen’s writing, but he’s put together a solid article for the latest Wired: One Hacker’s Audacious Plan to Rule the Black Market in Stolen Credit Cards
He worked for two straight days; when he tired, he crashed out on the apartment’s foldaway bed for an hour or two, then got up and went back at it. Butler sent an email under the handle Iceman to all the thieves whose accounts he had usurped. Whether they liked it or not, he wrote, they were now members of his own site, CardersMarket.com. In one bold stroke, Butler had erected one of the largest criminal marketplaces the Internet had ever seen, 6,000 users strong.
It’s funny, good hackers never get caught because they were defeated in some cyber-battle or because they left a door open behind them somewhere, they only get caught because they’re greedy or they love to talk.
Incredible photos of the Greek riots:

A statue of Rigas Feraios, a Greek writer and revolutionary who died in 1798, stands vandalized with an anarchy symbol outside the Athens University on December 12, 2008.
(Thanks to a certain rabbit of the night.)
Eliza Gauger introduces us to Eric Fortune:
Eric Fortune’s introspective paintings make me a touch melancholy. Part of that is the content: iconic girls in balletic poses with implied, sad goals, rendered with milky color. But it is also the very existence of such a person as Mr. Fortune, who is 32 years old and until a few days ago, totally unknown to me. Bratty yahoos like the kid who recently vomited on a Mondrian (Google it; I refuse to give that bore any more linkage) are more widely recognized as “artists” than the ramen-supping drudges who can pluck scenes like this from their live, nude brains. On demand, even. As if function, skill, and work ethic were somehow antithesis to appreciation.
But I am not yet bitter. Merely tangy.
(via ECTOPLASMOSIS!)
Stunning and detailed photography of the US nuclear arsenal, by Paul Shambroom:
More: missiles, warheads, bombers, submarines, command centers, new warhead designs.
For bigger and/or higher-quality copies of any of the watermarked photographs, just fiddle with the URL a bit.
(Via MeFi.)
A National Geographic expedition to a tiny South Pacific island has discovered scores of new species, including over 600 types of crabs.

The distinctive hexagonal shell, long legs, and claws of this delicate-looking feather star crab help it blend in with its host, the crinoid or feather star.
The crab dwells in the center of the feather star, where it grabs food particles from its filter-feeding host’s arms.
Over 150 scientists from 20 countries participated in the survey of Espiritu Santo in the South Pacific, scouring caves, mountains, reefs, shallows, and forests collecting species. Out of over 10,000 species collected, the researchers are predicting that as many as 2000 may be previously unknown to the scientific community.
More photos and info: Crabs! Not-crabs!
(via Zooillogix)
restraint.org is a loose collection of writing, links, ravings, photos, news, fiction, and bad poetry by Jairus Khan. This website has been here (off and on) for ten years or so, and was around in various other forms for three or four years before that.
I spend most of my off-hours working (in Ottawa, Canada) to promote underground music, arts, and media, and trying to keep independent music from being smothered by the hopeless anachronism known as ‘the industry’. I DJ and promote concerts/festivals regularly, make occasional beep-beep noises in an industrial-metal band, and recently released a CC-licensed debut album for my own industrial-slash-experimental-electronic project, Ad·ver·sary.
When I’m not working with, promoting, listening to, or writing music, I design very angry websites, flyers, book jackets, and the sort for various arts projects. I supplement my music/design income (roughly enough to buy a pocketful of buttons a month) by developing counter-hacking courses and moonlighting as a web coordinator for the man.
I also bake very tasty cookies.
6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day - You are doomed to a future of terrible choices. Read this and despair.
The best fucking final boss theme in existence - A critical analysis of FFVI's 'Dancing Mad'.
Geeky Math Equation Creates Beautiful 3-D World - Holy fuck math is creepy.
Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth - Sex difference research: 72 pt headlines and 12 pt retractions.
Bank Street, Then and Now - The thirty-year update on Ottawa's almost-Main-Street.
Conscious man 'in coma' for 23 years - If I am ever in a coma, let them use the weird machine on me please.
The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla - I read it to my cat Mothra every night before bed.





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