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Saw this posted over on Boing Boing and had to share. The New York Times site has a great article on Steampunk fashion.
It is also the vision of steampunk, a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly […]
Posted by Aaron on May 8, 2008, 8:59 am permalink top | general
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First a little background on the Iranian Oil Bourse, from wikipedia:
The Iranian Oil Bourse is a commodity exchange which opened on February 17, 2008. It was created by cooperation between Iranian ministries and other state and private institutions. The IOB is a Petrobourse for petroleum, petrochemicals and gas in various non-dollar currencies, primarily the […]
Posted by Aaron on May 2, 2008, 1:51 pm permalink top | general
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The Wired Gadget Lab has an interesting article up about a new, fourth electronic circuit element, the memristor, which was originally theorized by an engineering student back in 1971.
Thirty-seven years later, a group of scientists from HP Labs has finally built real working memristors, thus adding a fourth basic circuit element to electrical circuit theory, […]
Posted by Aaron on April 30, 2008, 3:21 pm permalink top | general
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I just recently came back from La France, the nation where my girlfriend was born and raised. It had been 2 years since we last visited but, with the upcoming move, we could only afford to visit for a week. We flew in to Paris overnight on Zoom Airlines; we’ve flown with them in the […]
Posted by Aaron on April 23, 2008, 8:52 pm permalink top | general
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Here’s an article about a mother who let her 9-year-old son take the subway home, across New York City. If your first thought was “Oh my god! Is she insane?!”, don’t worry, it’s not your fault. You’ve just been brainwashed by years of “Tragic Event TV”.
The problem with this everything-is-dangerous outlook is that over-protectiveness is […]
Posted by Aaron on April 11, 2008, 3:39 pm permalink top | general
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I saw this over on BoingBoing:
Avi sez, “Starship Sofa has made Ted Chiang’s marvelous arabesque time travel story ‘The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate’ available as a podcast.”
Arabesque time travel? My curiosity was piqued so I gave it a listen and I was mighty impressed. I heartily encourage you all to give it a try.
Posted by Aaron on March 27, 2008, 7:33 pm permalink top | general
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I’ve played my fair share of MMORPGs in the past, and I like to think I have a fairly good idea of what’s out there. My experiences began back in 1999 with Everquest. It was the first game of its type that we - my brothers and I - had seen, with amazing 3D graphics […]
Posted by Aaron on March 27, 2008, 4:57 pm permalink top | general
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I don’t know if you are the type of person who follows U.S. politics. The extent of my attention amounts to the occasional groan or hand-to-the-forehead when I hear what Bush did this time. Or what <insert politician here> is proposing next. That being said, I do have my radar tuned in to the electoral […]
Posted by Aaron on March 25, 2008, 9:22 am permalink top | general
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I picked this one up earlier in the week and have managed to play through it for a couple of hours - mostly focusing on the “solo” Adventure mode. I say “solo” because a second player can jump in to lend a hand - but this requires some coordination from both parties since the camera […]
Posted by Aaron on March 13, 2008, 9:39 am permalink top | general
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A couple of weeks ago we were watching Thalassa - a French TV show reporting on lives and cultures around the world, with a focus on the sea - and watched a report on South Korea.
During the 1970’s, South Korea’s economy was largely based on agriculture. The GNP was about the same as Ghana […]
Posted by Aaron on March 11, 2008, 8:34 am permalink top | general
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