tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175259312012-02-15T08:27:00.572ZScribbled AtomSocial media, humour, and <i>the way we live now</i>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.comBlogger1459125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-91240636207947783032012-02-15T08:27:00.004Z2012-02-15T08:27:00.598Z2012-02-15T08:27:00.598Z<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/03/jon-ronson-diy-science-experiments">Article</a>: on science experiments at home - <a href="http://goo.gl/y5vpw">http://goo.gl/y5vpw</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"I'm banned."<br />
"By whom?"<br />
"My landlord and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority."</blockquote>(3600 words, <i><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/03/jon-ronson-diy-science-experiments">Guardian</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-9124063620794778303?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/1oXhXwOMazA" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-80812274889220606852012-02-14T08:21:00.016Z2012-02-14T08:21:00.414Z2012-02-14T08:21:00.414Z<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/how-to-get-the-news-you-want-without-being-overwhelmed/252221/">Article</a>: How to drink from the internet firehose - <a href="http://goo.gl/r7noL">http://goo.gl/r7noL</a><br />
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(600 words, Alan Jacobs, <i><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/how-to-get-the-news-you-want-without-being-overwhelmed/252221/">The Atlantic</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-8081227488922060685?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/S6kX4NxPbJ8" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-52764495919055397742012-02-13T08:08:00.011Z2012-02-13T08:08:00.947Z2012-02-13T08:08:00.947ZVideo: Nano quadcopters flying in formation - <a href="http://youtu.be/YQIMGV5vtd4">http://youtu.be/YQIMGV5vtd4</a><br />
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(1m43s, via <i><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/01/acrobatic-quadrocopters-fly-in-hypnotic-formation/">Engadget</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-5276449591905539774?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/eQn_rs6GZuw" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-34547816756513205632012-02-12T10:57:00.019Z2012-02-12T10:57:00.204Z2012-02-12T10:57:00.204Z<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577157290201608630.html">Article</a>: On getting it right in Japan<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"In a tiny tapas place in Kyoto, while drinking perfectly poured cañas — small draft beers — and eating deep-fried croquetas de jamón, I reach for a napkin, which turns out to be just a thin sheet of waxy paper that doesn't so much absorb oil as push it toward another, cleaner, part of my hand.<br />
"I think these are Spanish napkins," Gonzalo, my Bilbao-born companion, says in disbelief." </blockquote>(4000 words, <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577157290201608630.html">Wall Street Journal</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-3454781675651320563?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/74BHBTao5QM" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-81870581462961197252012-02-11T10:05:00.012Z2012-02-11T10:05:00.304Z2012-02-11T10:05:00.304ZArticle: Umberto Eco on what defines Fascism - <a href="http://goo.gl/CXQ6O">http://goo.gl/CXQ6O</a><br />
(5500 words, <i>The New York Review of Books</i>, 1995)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-8187058146296119725?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/MGQRzzG0ffg" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-6127797813689480242012-02-10T08:59:00.009Z2012-02-10T08:59:00.342Z2012-02-10T08:59:00.342ZGame: where's the pixel - <a href="http://wheresthepixel.com/">http://wheresthepixel.com</a><br />
(via <i><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/112376/Wheres-the-pixel">MetaFilter</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-612779781368948024?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/k4XzV6fUbe4" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-1518644243521720602012-02-09T08:25:00.014Z2012-02-09T08:25:00.394Z2012-02-09T08:25:00.394ZArticle: top 5 regrets of the dying - <a href="http://goo.gl/hGurH">http://goo.gl/hGurH</a><br />
(600 words; <i>Guardian</i> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying">summary</a> of the Bronnie Ware <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/TOP-FIVE-REGRETS-DYING-ebook/dp/B005OS3RSK">book</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-151864424352172060?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/f96qSQKYV6c" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-82294451426758392902012-02-08T08:10:00.019Z2012-02-08T08:10:00.340Z2012-02-08T08:10:00.340ZVideo: complex salaryman choreography from Genki Sudo (須藤元気) and World Order: "Machine Civilization" - <a href="http://youtu.be/r-qhj3sJ5qs">http://youtu.be/r-qhj3sJ5qs</a><br />
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(5m40s via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/genki-sudo-and-world-order.html" style="font-style: italic;">BoingBoing</a> last year)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-8229445142675839290?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/1KPeENGXnRI" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-7371708992078327002012-02-07T08:36:00.017Z2012-02-07T08:36:00.142Z2012-02-07T08:36:00.142ZVideo: Why it's not a good idea to put a lump of metal in your washing machine - <a href="http://youtu.be/6_PLnInsh7E?t=1m18s">http://youtu.be/6_PLnInsh7E?t=1m18s</a><br />
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(Skip to 1m20s; via <i><a href="http://kottke.org/12/02/through-destruction-a-washing-machine-achieves-transcendence">kottke</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-737170899207832700?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/r9zTKFiBhiA" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-6835097919776994402012-02-06T08:44:00.009Z2012-02-06T08:44:00.429Z2012-02-06T08:44:00.429ZTube colours:<br />
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(source: T<i>f</i>L<i> Colour standard Issue 3</i> <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/tfl-colour-standard-issue03.pdf">pdf</a>; and <i><a href="http://oliverobrien.co.uk/2012/01/tube-colours/">Suprageography</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-683509791977699440?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/0zeFg5a2Wvw" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-1305698507672112902012-02-05T11:11:00.000Z2012-02-05T11:11:04.323Z2012-02-05T11:11:04.323ZOn consciousness:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"isn't it enough that you are the universe experiencing itself"</td></tr>
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- <a href="http://en.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/nri5a/isnt_it_enough/">Brent Holmes</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-130569850767211290?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/SUx-cP3sA1c" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-56448707795310094202012-02-04T11:30:00.000Z2012-02-04T11:30:39.597Z2012-02-04T11:30:39.597ZVideo: For fans of the Shell Centre in London, a 1963 <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Life(series)">Look at Life</a></i> - <a href="http://youtu.be/8zUQD1p9bXY">http://youtu.be/8zUQD1p9bXY</a><br />
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(1m39s, via <i><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/01/27/shit-people-say-quotes/#4521915-Sht-People-Say-About-Sht-People-Say-Videos">Mashable</a></i>; <a href="http://www.scribbledatom.com/2011/12/video-stuff-girls-say-httpyoutu.html">previously</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/EQXboElx_V8">also</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-528380390035061708?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/Os2NpaOEm5A" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-51997051779679864642012-02-02T08:06:00.036Z2012-02-02T08:06:00.372Z2012-02-02T08:06:00.372ZMinimalist subway maps - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lineposters">http://www.etsy.com/shop/lineposters</a><br />
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(via <i><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LaughingSquid/status/162281099697979392">Laughing Squid</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-5199705177967986464?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/aJ9BCF17Xk4" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-76137800450122939472012-02-01T08:53:00.013Z2012-02-01T08:53:00.403Z2012-02-01T08:53:00.403ZA self-referential clock by Ji Lee - <a href="http://goo.gl/ogAmC">http://goo.gl/ogAmC</a><br />
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(49s; <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/30-rocks-fake-movie-trailer-for-mlk-day">via</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-2067778898988374382?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/IoDBF8ejGxU" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-15472149297611142542012-01-30T08:38:00.027Z2012-01-30T08:38:00.157Z2012-01-30T08:38:00.157ZAs a result of the "Cat Facts" texting prank, the people of <a href="http://catfacts.org/">CatFacts.org</a> now show the following disclaimer:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">Note (January 26, 2012): Some people have complained that this site has been sending them texts. If you're one of them, then someone else might be playing a prank on you. This Cat Facts page does not gather people's emails or phone numbers. Sorry, there is nothing we can do to help since we aren't the ones sending the messages. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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(<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/owx3v/so_my_little_cousin_posted_on_fb_that_he_was/">via</a> <i><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/oz77h/catfacts_homepage/">Reddit</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-1547214929761114254?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/r9SdHshmAig" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-1099792843449893102012-01-29T10:11:00.006Z2012-01-29T10:11:00.603Z2012-01-29T10:11:00.603ZVideo: Kai Davis performs poetry - <a href="http://youtu.be/PyRn4eClJQs">http://youtu.be/PyRn4eClJQs</a><br />
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(3m02s, swearing; via <i><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/112128/Poetry-is-truth-in-its-Sunday-clothes">MetaFilter</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-109979284344989310?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/vzLMEGdCvpY" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-49422085230915989452012-01-28T12:08:00.000Z2012-01-28T12:08:23.728Z2012-01-28T12:08:23.728Z<a href="http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_columns_e/o1hIzkiRy7n0QCN5HfSq">Article</a>: On "Africatown" in Guangzhou, China - <a href="http://goo.gl/WSPqR">http://goo.gl/WSPqR</a><br />
Summary: In Guangzhou, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans_in_Guangzhou">20,000</a> to 200,000 Africans live in "Africatown".<br />
(2000 words)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-4942208523091598945?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/k-OLKAlKt_U" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-91219906905380162282012-01-27T09:25:00.000Z2012-01-27T09:25:35.480Z2012-01-27T09:25:35.480ZUpside down frown<br />
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(via <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Microlambert/status/123771654219374592">@Microlambert</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-9121990690538016228?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/9ZZrPFGA_6Q" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-78089320433864311152012-01-26T08:35:00.002Z2012-01-26T08:35:00.115Z2012-01-26T08:35:00.115ZVideo: Time lapse of traffic in Ho Chi Minh City - <a href="http://vimeo.com/32958521">http://vimeo.com/32958521</a><br />
This is exactly how I remember the HCMC traffic.<br />
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(2m20s, via <i><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/35286/video-the-magical-flow-of-ho-chi-minh-city/">Architizer</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-7808932043386431115?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/aEJW84CXelc" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-83458273896704906442012-01-25T11:24:00.000Z2012-01-25T11:24:28.150Z2012-01-25T11:24:28.150ZVideo: Parachuting off the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore - <a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/hd#34783883">http://vimeo.com/channels/hd#34783883</a><br />
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(3m24s, via <i><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2012/01/base-jumping-in-singapore/251835/">The Atlantic</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-8345827389670490644?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/hBx4QoSGFqs" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-48094142469068008352012-01-24T11:02:00.001Z2012-01-24T11:02:24.322Z2012-01-24T11:02:24.322ZA heatmap of the world by what's most photographed - <a href="http://www.sightsmap.com/">http://www.sightsmap.com/</a><br />
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(via <i><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/01/23/sightseeing-heatmap-of-popular-photo-spots-around-the-world/">PetaPixel</a></i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-4809414246906800835?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/wvUXk68nUfE" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-52291872716093012232012-01-23T11:47:00.000Z2012-01-23T11:47:58.207Z2012-01-23T11:47:58.207Z<br />
Video: searching Google Images recursively for simillar images - <a href="http://vimeo.com/34949864">http://vimeo.com/34949864</a><br />
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(4m05, <a href="http://sebastianschmieg.com/searchbyimage">Sebastian Schmieg</a>, via <a href="http://stellar.io/mattb/QNgF">mattb</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-5229187271609301223?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/X-cu3mSaRSc" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525931.post-10147140050730228902012-01-16T08:56:00.006Z2012-01-16T08:56:00.609Z2012-01-16T08:56:00.609ZThis will be offline for a week because it's tricky to access from China.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17525931-1014714005073022890?l=www.scribbledatom.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scribbledatom/QMLU/~4/k6HcWb6gKT0" height="1" width="1"/>Doug Aylinghttps://profiles.google.com/108080840568190688160noreply@blogger.com0