whoa
A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.
(via kottke)
Ida was a lemur
A fossilized skeleton purported to be the earliest evolutionary link between monkeys, apes, and humans turns out to be more closely related to lemurs.
The scientists who formally announced the finding said they weren’t claiming Darwinius was a direct ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans. But they did argue that it belongs in the same major evolutionary grouping, and that it showed what an actual ancestor of that era might have looked like.
The White City
The brunt of the article is that white people moving to progressive cities is the new suburban white flight. It’s an interesting idea, but a hard sell (in other words, one should be cautious about agreeing with such claims).
You Know What I Think Is Wrong With People?
They don’t get it when a person has a brilliant movie quote ready for every situation.
I’ll Take the Elevator, Thanks.
via Gizmodo.
I Will Not Read Your F-ing Script
Josh Olson wrote the screenplay for A History of Violence. And now everyone wants him to read their script.
You are not owed a read from a professional, even if you think you have an in, and even if you think it’s not a huge imposition. It’s not your choice to make. This needs to be clear–when you ask a professional for their take on your material, you’re not just asking them to take an hour or two out of their life, you’re asking them to give you–gratis–the acquired knowledge, insight, and skill of years of work. It is no different than asking your friend the house painter to paint your living room during his off hours.
He details why he won’t in two glorious pages.
Query
What sorts of things would you like to see Clusterflock improve on? Maybe you don’t want it to change, but then again maybe you want to see more interviews/original works? Maybe you want the total anarchy to continue, unmitigated. (Maybe you want us to use simpler words.)
Would you listen to a clusterflock podcast? Would you watch videos of clusterflockers performing simple taxidermy at home? (I would not.) What would delight you?
“Hi, I’m Kate and this is my Nook.”
without the fish burp
I don’t feel like it’s working.
Obamu
A contributor to a mailing list for Japanese-English translation that I read reports that the verb obamu is gaining currency on the Kyoto University campus. He writes, “It means something along the lines of, ‘to ignore anything which appears to make you likely to fail or (be) wrong, and blindly surge ahead (preferably chanting, “yes we can, yes we can”)’.” He adds that he heard a friend jokingly try to cheer someone up by saying, “obandoke, omae.” (オバんどけ、お前.)
If I had to translate that on the fly, it would come out something like, “Lighten up and think positive, guy!”
via @ThatWhichMatter
Cheetos
Scads of frightful and disturbing pictures can be found by searching for Cheetos in Google Image. What possessed me to do it, mind you, remains a mystery.
Secret Service unhinged by unhinged
The report says the Secret Service is strained by a drastic increase in threats to President Obama, coupled with deep budget cuts.
get motivated
The Fort Worth event is October 26th.
Merlin Labs! – 5 Surprising House Hacks!
This is right up the clusterflocker’s proverbial alley.
NSFW language, use headphones.
something, 33
There was a safe way around the mountain excavating machine, and a dangerous way. At first I found the dangerous way. Then, I found my pillow.
surf the web to fight dementia
“You can exercise your mind by using the Internet, but it depends on how it’s used,” he explained. “If you get hooked on gambling or eBay shopping, that may not be positive.”
Hidden Solar Panels
I hate this style of architecture, but I love that people are thinking about how to hide solar tiles.
Built to Spill – In The Morning
It is definitely a Built to Spill morning.
Further Proof that the Japanese Think of Everything
When I got out of the shower I looked in the mirror & behold:
Yes, they have heaters behind the mirrors that perfectly defog it in key spots.
Posted my first dispatch from Tokyo, though I’m now in London, jet-lagged & blog-lagged. Cheers.
Arrest thine gaze
Sleeping in mah pimp coat.
John Cale talks about his work at Venice Biennale, Wales Pavilion
Quote out of context
A harried coworker runs up to me:
Do you want to be the doer or the thing?!
I [Heart] John Cale
A Monday evening program featuring John Cale of the Velvet Underground [sic] at the Museum of Modern Art has been canceled because of the artist’s sports-related injury, his manager Anita Scott said on Monday.
At the event, “In Conversation: An Evening With John Cale,” Mr. Cale was to discuss his recent media installation, “Dyddiau Du” (Dark Days), currently on view in the Wales Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The event was part of Modern Mondays, the museum’s weekly forum about film and media.
Mr. Cale, who participates in stair-climb races in skyscrapers, was training on Friday in Los Angeles, when he injured his knee. The doctor recommended that the artist not fly because of the pressurized cabin. Mr. Cale plans to reschedule, Ms. Scott said.
I read it in the New York Times.
Weekly Picture 166
Soft Drinks, Jack in the Box, Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 10.13.2009
Similarly inclined
Deron, I’m like 99% sure that Tavi and I have the same glasses.
