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ThinkUp is the only way.
Ever wanted to search for a tweet more than a couple days old? Don’t bother with Twitter search. ThinkUp is the only way.
ThinkUp lets you archive all your social network activity. It’s free and open-source, so it’s a totally extensible platform with a growing community of developers. You can search, browse, publish, analyze and visualize your content and data in all kinds of ways. Under the terms of service of your social networks, they can delete everything you’ve created without warning. ThinkUp lets you own your content. This isn’t a review; this is a public service announcement. Go get it.
Here’s Stephen Colbert (out of character) and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson having an 85 minute conversation about science, physics, and the universe.
Via MeFi
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Operation Eagle’s Summit
The mission, which involved some 4500 soldiers, began in late August with heavy bombing of Taliban positions and raids by U.S. and British special forces on Taliban-held villages along the Helmand River. On 27 August, a 100- vehicle convoy including the trucks carrying the gear set out from Kandahar and drove into the desert, usually going just a few kilometers per hour. Well ahead of the convoy was another, “dummy” convoy of about 40 Danish vehicles that took the main road near the dam, drawing fire and diverting attention from the real convoy. Bomb-disposal teams cleared scores of improvised explosive devices along the route, including 11 in a single short stretch of road not far from the dam. The convoy transporting the massive electrical gear, which was hidden in multiple shipping containers covered with posters emblazoned with quotes from the »
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A History of Lyrics That Aren’t Lyrics
Shalalalalalala la la la la ti da! This ingenius mashup combines all the catchiest non-word lyrics from 26 hit songs that span over 49 years — from the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” to Hansen’s “MMMBop!”
The song is directed by viral video virtuoso Joe Sabia and performed by Jane Lui, with Michael T. on bass and Jonathan Batiste on piano. Together they are also known as Collective Cadenza. Sabia has created YouTube videos for clients that include Google, BBC America, and Weezer, and mashups like this Google Wave / Pulp Fiction remix. In an interview with The Atlantic, he walks us through the making of the History of Lyrics That Aren’t Lyrics and what “viral” really means.
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Jeff Magnum’s entire #occupywallstreet set.
The internet rules.
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Leave it to scientists to do things that make sense. So awesome.
Ever wondered which is the best — or the worst — ink to use in your lab notebook? Wonder no more: Colin Purrington has done the work for you. Herewith, his table of inks from 20 pens (plus one pencil), subjected to erasure, heat, and splashes and soaks of water, methanol, ethanol and acetone.
Results: Bics and Sharpies do surprisingly badly, while #2 pencils stand up to everything except, umm, erasers. (True story: In journalism school, you’re taught to always carry a pencil in case you have to take notes in the rain.) And as a pen geek, I am intrigued by the brilliantly performing, and evocatively named, Sakura Pigma Micron .45.
Purrington’s account of his research is here.
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Afghan Youth Voices Festival participant Malalai Abdali from Kandahar took pictures from behind her burqa to document the neighbourhood she lives in.
Afghan Youth Voices continues to do great work. (via flickr)
Kansas. Across from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, artist John Salvest has used 117 shipping containers to create a 65’ high structure reading “IOU”. On the other side, not shown here, it says “USA”. The installation piece has generated a lot of discussion, resonating with many people and angering others. The bank is not commenting. (Photo Credit: Orlin Wagner/AP)
worship the glitch: Some thoughts on Occupy Wall Street
worship the glitch: Some thoughts on Occupy Wall Street
I spent a few hours down there tonight.
The crowd is diverse, not as predominately young as I perceived from afar. They’re well organized, they have places set up for medics, food, media, etc. The General Assembly hosts a wide variety of speakers, of all ages, gender, race and…
Beer o clock has become BUREAUCRACY o clock.
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