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Video of Boston Dynamics’ Big Dog robot, moving like something made out of flesh and blood over rubble and snow. The slow-motion recovery from a slip … gulfstream/2413
Portraits taken as you go about your daily routine: “Using information provided earlier about their weekly routine, the photographer will arrive on the … gulfstream/2415
Six Masai warriors, in London to run the London Marathon for charity, give a difficult-to-believe interview with the Guardian: “I miss meat and blood … gulfstream/2424
The Long Now Foundation’s modern-day Rosetta Stone: Genesis 1-3 in 1,500 different languages, plus associated information etched into a 3 inch disc, … gulfstream/2498
Weirdly long, eloquent, and informative Craiglist post about friends and the Australian concept of “mateship” that I somewhat endorse. gulfstream/2312
Have I posted this before? Small story on Sao Paolo’s near-complete eradication of outdoor advertising. gulfstream/2320
TV show invites five Pacific tribesman to the UK. What they find strange: homelessness, artificial insemination of pigs, the time spent cleaning and washing … gulfstream/2326
Loving piece on the Leica. “Ralph Gibson once went to a meeting of the Leica Historical Society of America and, he claims, listened to a retired Marine … gulfstream/2331
A nice idea: using the cents column of credit card bills to convey information to yourself about your meal. gulfstream/2334
How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356
“How To Actually Win A Fist Fight.” gulfstream/2378
Encouraging productive conversation in chat rooms by requiring that ever utterance is unique. gulfstream/2379
Carma Sutra, a “manual of sex positions for in-car entertainment.” gulfstream/2387
Photographing medieval tapestries. gulfstream/1717
Target’s beautifully designed new pill bottle. (Flaws of existing designs on the previous page.) gulfstream/1734
“A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia.” gulfstream/1824
Are take-away pizza menus good design, or bad? “The fact is, pizza flyers set up precisely the right expectations about the product and the service: … gulfstream/1929
Good piece on how reality TV shows choose contestants, how the shows are run, and how contestants and failed contestants are affected by the experience. … gulfstream/1946
Great profile of a very successful and very good children’s entertainer called the Great Zucchini … who also, as it turns out, has a gambling … gulfstream/1959
Big list of killers with the middle name Wayne. gulfstream/2002
OED-compiled word FAQ. They want to call CamelCase medial capitals though, which so isn’t gonna work out. gulfstream/2022
Sweet-as military-styled mobile phone. gulfstream/2039
On Muzak, the company who make mix tapes for retailers. Former Muzak executive Alvin Collis: “I walked into a store and understood: this is just like … gulfstream/2052
Even Homer’s brain knows that “Money can be exchanged for good and services.” Looks like he’s gonna be able to avoid having to declare this as … gulfstream/2057
Andrew Sullivan wants to call the view that “religious faith is so important that it must also have a precise political agenda” Christianist (parallels … gulfstream/2085
The Nocebo effect: thinking that bad things will happen is a self-fulfilling prophesy. (So should doctors lie to patients about their prospects?) gulfstream/2102
The perils of introducing too many snack variants: in the last two years, after Nestle introduced Kit-Kats in flavours like lime crush, blood orange, red … gulfstream/2106
Why does China have a 900m x 700m scale model of a 450km x 350km area of the Indian/Chinese border? (speculation) gulfstream/2117
Account of growing up in Scotland with two blind parents. gulfstream/2135
The Pale Blue Dot: a picture of Earth, taken from a very long way away, inspires some fine words from Carl Sagan about how insignificant we all are, or … gulfstream/2168
Great story: Steven Levitt, playing in a poker tournament to celebrate his 10 year wedding anniversary, plays like a crazy man in order to either lose … gulfstream/2170
Map showing what a more equitable Middle East might look like if it were divided up along religious and ethnic lines (related discussion). This was apparently … gulfstream/2176
A BBC TV show locks nine volunteers into a zoo and feeds them the sort of food our ape-like ancestors once ate, to healthy results. I wonder if a caveman … gulfstream/2211
Human being can apparently run further and faster than any other animal. “All together, Lieberman said, these adaptations allowed us to relentlessly … gulfstream/2272
Managua, in Nicaragua, a city of 2 million people, has functioned without formal street addresses since an earthquake over 30 years ago. (Old story, but … gulfstream/2276
Pretty morph through a few dozen famous portraits of women. gulfstream/2289
