Restraint

2009: The Year of the Urchin

January 1, 2009 – 1:32 pm

The amazing Duke University Microscopy gallery:

Sea Urchin Cell

A sea urchin embryo showing primary mesenchyme cells (1d5) and cell boundaries (beta-catenin)

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Strategic Bombers are from Mars

December 26, 2008 – 2:34 pm

Calvin + Hobbes - B1

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5mCCs

December 25, 2008 – 12:02 pm

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.

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Feraios is Greek for ‘irony’

December 18, 2008 – 11:50 am

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.

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.

Greek Riots: Mannequins on Fire

Mannequins burn during riots in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki

(Thanks to a certain rabbit of the night.)

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A Want to Believe

December 18, 2008 – 1:44 am

Eliza Gauger introduces us to Eric Fortune:

A Want To Believe

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!)

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Are you proud of me?

December 17, 2008 – 2:53 pm

Got you!

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Now we are all sons of bitches.

December 12, 2008 – 7:50 pm

Stunning and detailed photography of the US nuclear arsenal, by Paul Shambroom:

B52 ACMs

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.)

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xo

December 12, 2008 – 12:00 am

Bettie

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Baconnaise!

December 8, 2008 – 12:40 pm

Baconnaise!

BACONNAISE IS THE ULTIMATE BACON-FLAVORED SPREAD! USE IT ON SANDWICHES, SALADS, DIPS, SAUCES, CHICKEN, FISH AND FRIES! VEGETARIAN SAFE!

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King Prong

December 5, 2008 – 10:51 am

A National Geographic expedition to a tiny South Pacific island has discovered scores of new species, including over 600 types of crabs.

Feather Star Crab

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)

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