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-The Cannoli
A new online citizen science project launched last month called Planet Hunters. The project involves visiting the site http://www.planethunters.org/ and starting to search. Upon signing up with Zooniverse (a collection of projects similar to and including Planet Hunters) you will promptly receive a Planet Hunters Club Card, Planet Hunters Magnifying Glass, a Map of the Stars and Monthly Letter with Gift Monthly…or not.
The screenshot above is what you will see once you visit the site. It works by presenting the users with light data gathered from the Kepler telescope, which has been monitoring nearly 150,000 stars in the nearby constellation Cygnus, recording their brightness over time. The hunting part come sin by examining this light data. You see, when a planet passes in front of a Star, the star’s light will dim from the planet, which doesn’t glow, blocking the star’s light. Sound complicated? It’s is. Here is a small introduction and tutorial video that you should check out. At the very least there is some cool information about the goings on of space exploration that is interesting as hell:
Tonight I went to visit a lovely young lady that somehow agrees with me on the point of my awesomeness. After a quick cup of coffee we made our way to the bar next door, where eventually her friend Jason showed up. Jason is a local tattoo artist here in Phoenix,AZ. Long story short I drove them back home and got a tour of their house…err studio. This is where I wish I would have had my camera as it was so incredibly cozy! Open-face brick, wood floors, and trippy art all over the room created a really warm and surprisingly not cluttered feeling. After the tour of the Tattoo room and his backyard metal working/painting lab Jason handed me two pieces of art to decorate my bare-ass place in Seattle seen here:
Pretty rad huh? That being said, if your into Tattoos and live in Phoenix, AZ you should check him out. He’s got some great work, in fact, you should look at on his portfolio site….
http://web.me.com/jasonlouiselle/Site/Welcome.html
His studio will make you feel at home and he’ll kick you ass at Wii Sports before you get your half sleeve, and maybe a friend will make you some Chicken Soup to distract from the pain. Check out his actual Tattoo work below, enjoy:
When they’re not spending their entire days doing schoolwork, doing karate, learning several instruments, or making (and/or staring) in ridiculous game shows, they still find time to improve the little things in our lives.
Like folding t-shirts…How to fold a tee-shirt perfectly
Does the cannoli have a fan base? Lets see if we can change that.
My name is Kyle and I’ll be your resident ronin, writer for the foreseeable future. You may call me Rown for short.
I promise I’ll make a longer post when it’s not so close to round 1 of UFC 118. Here is what I aim to bring to the cannoli.
-Life lessons (the hard way)
-Interesting videos
-Art help
-Psychology
-Persons of interest
-and a bitchin’ story which I’ll be posting to this site. I’m WAY excited about it.
In light of the UFC fight tonight, I thought I’d give you a story about a fight I had in New Orleans. It’s entertaining and I hope you like it.
Keep checking back for the regular updates and hopefully some new features and games for you to play!
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Bottle Service
Ever been at a busy restaurant where the waiter just couldn’t get to you fast enough? Designer Doyeop Kim has an idea using recycled bottles from the restaurant itself to remedy that problem. A small stand is placed at each table with a cleaned out clear bottle. In the center of the stand is an LED light that changes to three different colors based on which button is pressed. The “WATER” button turns lights up the bottle blue indicating more water is needed. Clicking the “ORDER” lights up the bottle pink and lets your waiter that you are ready to order and the “BILL” button lights up the bottle green indicating you need to go.
Speaking as a waiter this system would be absolutely fantastic. Sometimes you just can’t tell when a table is ready to do something and visual cues would be a big help when your busy running around the establishment trying to please all the needy assholes that are going to leave 10% or less. In addition, most restaurants incorporate some sort of mood lighting, keeping the room a little dark, this would add a nice dazzling display for when new or returning patrons arrive!
The Chinese did invent Gunpowder…
Meet the new Judge. Taiwanese Gang Members have begun home-brewing revolver shotguns. The Judge from Taurus may shoot shotgun like slugs and shells these “creations” from the Taiwanese seem to be the first to shoo actual shotgun ammunition. The grip on the front isn’t just for show either, that thing is going to pack quite the kick-back. The model above was confiscated from a 19 year old gang member who was using it to protect himself from the rampant spread of T-girls in Taiwan. You can purchase on in Taiwan for a measly $9000 and lifetime subscription to the gang.