Catching up...

I've been out of town the past couple of weekends, so I've been behind on writing posts for the blog. Let's see if we can get that fixed with today's links going up on time.

• "Sheezus": Lily Allen has invented paranoid blogger pop - Interesting song...not my favorite from her.
• The sing-along anthem of the summer: Tiesto's "Wasted" - It's a little early to say it's the anthem of the summer, but I like it.

• Columbine-style school massacre narrowly averted - Stuff like this scares the crap out of me. 
• Here's some video of an entire street collapsing in Baltimore - Watch 'til the end.

• NdGT "Don't worry, Earth will survive climate change - we won't." - He's absolutely right.

It'll sort of come horizontally a bit.

• on Good Water - Do people really believe this is how things work?
• Modern Twilight Zone - I'm tempted to join Twitter just to follow this feed.
• 10 hardest drinking characters in TV history - Those are some pretty spectacular shows.
• What kind of ice melt should you buy? - I like the analysis. I'll be looking for urea next year.

And I won't tell you how I got the hairy knuckles, either...

• The shadow of surface tension - Holy crap...I love science...and photography...
• Minimalist typography posters of scientists - I don't get the Tesla one. Any help?
• Beach Wars - Gidget goes galactic.

• Movie Trailer Parody of the Day: Average Party - I'm glad this guy survived the Shark Pool.
• Gourmet apples - Man, I have got to find myself some Japanese apples.
• The rising cost of special education - The full article is fascinating and again part of the 'problems with education are too big to solve'.

• Top Secret Drum Corps - The electronic stuff at the end is meh, but the rest is pretty cool.
• The concrete saucer of Mount Buzludzha - Communist architecture at its most impressive.
• Special effects in Labyrinth - Lucky David Bowie didn't up-chuck

• Community: then and now - Some people are a little too invested, but there is something to this.
• Floor plan drawings - Some of those apartments are HUGE.
• Gollum sings 'Mad World' - A very, very...sad world.

• A day in the life of a freelance journalist - What you got you got to give it to your magazine...for free.
• The great folk rock revival - The article's not much, but the playlist's not bad.

• Former Cowboys Cheerleader... - PA Josh is former PHS student. I didn't teach him, but he was a P4P all-star.
• Terrible Karate - Everybody is kung fake fighting...

• How did you take that picture? - The fingers are freaky...the other photos are entertaining...
• Whiz kids - Stevens must have been at Depauw when I was at Wabash. I'm guessing I booed him. I kinda wanna go see a VCU game now, just because of this...(and kinda this)

• Identify this young dancer - I can identify him. Can you?
• Ice balloons - I love that these happened by accident.
• Electric fence experiment ends as expected - Yes, it does.

• The Sporting Statues project - Eight in Cincinnati...love 'em...
• The myth of 'peak oil' - I hope this is true, but I still want us to pursue alternatives.
• Time-lapse video of Alice Finch assembling Lego Hogwarts - The most recent best Lego project ever.

• Ex-X: the noble tradition of rage quitting the X-Men - Where's Kitty?
• Season Two Henchwomen - I love, Love, LOVE that there is minutia like this on the web.
• Witness the power and importance of the Stedicam - Love the tracking shots.

Tonight: Bill O' vs the funny guy

• "Somebody That I Used to Know": Old School Computer Remix - I enjoy the original; I enjoy the electronic cover.
• Ban This Book - Don't ban any books...ever...
• The Butterfly Effect - The physics is shoddy, but the animation is worth admission.

• Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets - PBS is a 'huge' part of the federal budget, clearly.
• See an Axe Being Made from Scratch with Hand Tools - Old school rules!

• It was autumn, the springtime of death - gorgeous, mirror lake image
• Sun and Moon Iridescent Bismuth Crystal Sterling Silver Pendant - very pretty
• The coolest idea of a day - a seasoning that I would happily use

• How to make a diamond - How to make teeny, tiny, diamond bits.
• Deliciously dark Kenneth of the Day - I'd heard some of these and read about others, but it's kinda sick when taken in total

• Inferiority complex- zinger!
• Chocolate chip s'mores of the day - Anybody wanna make me a snack?
• The list: Worst MVP winners & Pantheon seasons but not MVP award - Miguel Cabrera, here we come!
• How time travel works - Hint: it doesn't.

• Scientist Punoff Time - Good stuff
• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal 2755 - Existential product labels
• This Land is Mine - The history of the Middle East in song and animation. You won't know the killers without a program.

• Ethan Hawke says the Before Midnight may have finally found the end of the story - The first two were spectacular. The third will be, too.
• 15 new images from Skyfall - want it now, please

• Atoms - The next baseball jersey I want. Christmas is coming, doncha know?
• Stocking Money - Turns out that Santa Claus was once on legal US Money. Who knew?
• Spectacularly nerdy science jokes - #7 & 18 are the best...
• First trailer for Broken City starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and Catherine Zeta-Jones - Another one I'd see...

Neil's most disturbing possibility

I turn again to Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson for today's most disturbing possibility...



And I have now added Neil deGrasse Tyson as a tag so you can find his content a little more easily.

Summer is over...

...much sadness...

• How a slush machine works - They continue to refute my 'magic gnomes' theory. How can you believe this, sheeple?
• 10 pts to Hufflepuff - great gag...and one I'd be tempted to pull if I could see it pay off.
• How Americans are Different - what foreigners are surprised about when they visit America
• Best Word Ever "P" - apparently tournament inflation is hitting all the major sports

• Usain Bolt vs The World - impressive and educational
• Cool - best photo of the sixth Olympic ring
• The Gymnastics of Yesteryear - edited footage from the parallel bars from the past sixty years
• Neil deGrasse Tyson, Olympic Commentator - As always, I'm with Neil.
• Mitchell breaks leg during race, finishes for teammates - These people are better and more determined than you and I are.
• This is the coolest volleyball play we've ever seen - agreed...but the lack of embeddable video is lame
• Andy Murray uses his medals responsibly - and cutely

• Early Bird Special - The counting song that teaches so much more.
• Nobrow cartoons - Klein bottles are funny
• The Big Picture: Gold - pretty stuff but hard to get at
• Cups and Ball Device - I'm impressed and mystified.

• Lemonade - more from Ted McCagg
• Wealth Distribution: America or Equalden? - impressive and saddening graphs
• Adam Dunn and the Three True Outcomes - Dunn's leads in BB and SO have increased since this was written...HR are still up in the air. 
• Scenes from the Munchiverse - loving the Cougartown clip.

• Alphabat - I'm down with the spirit of charity and all, but what do the O, X, and Y stand for? I can identify the X and Y things but not why they belong in the X or Y position.
• Last blast of summer - really, a superhero art exhibit in Dayton, and I haven't seen it yet? 
• It took hackers half an hour to shred journalist's digital life - Does stuff like this freak anybody else out?
• The Milky Way over Monument Valley - one of the most gorgeous photos I've seen in a long while
• Batman Maybe - spoilers abound, and you may've seen it already, but it's so well done that I want to make sure nobody misses it

• Rock and Roll - I mentioned the trek of the biggest boulder ever across LA. Here's its landing place.
• Famous album covers recreated with my socks - The best is the first you'll see.
• Shark Week Preview of the Day - funny stuff
• Famous Last Words - None of these should be uttered.

• Blueberry lime oatmeal muffins - want these now...
• 5 Basic Scientific Realities All Journalists Need to Understand - I knew all five, but I've read a lot of articles from writers who didn't.
• Optimism and cynicism in The Avengers and The Dark Knight  - Just because a movie is filmed in the dark doesn't mean it's a downer.
• "Pincus the Peddler" - because I heard this on The Story this week...original version...

• Gonorrhea evades antibiotics, leaving only one drug to treat disease - Evolution is real, folks, and we're awesome at making it happen faster.
• Are you my mummy (wrap)? - Want these
• The line is it drawn #79: Male superheroes see how the other side lives - superheroine costumes are awful
• Man and his best friend in Lake Superior - My eyes welled up just seeing this photo and caption. I can't imagine trying to make it through the whole story.

Nine days

Nine days left...that's all...

• US Olympic Team Tribute to Mohammad Ali - beautiful
• Calvin & Hobbes gifs - animated gifs, of course...
• Push button, receive pancake - I tried these in Indy a couple of weeks ago. Far too doughy for my tastes, but interesting.
• The Olympics are out of control - I would be all down for Synchronized Truffle Shuffle.

• Danell Leyva's Dad is Adorable - I have no complaints about however a parent wants to support their kid's Olympic dreams.
• Olympics: All-Time Best/Worst Style - I kinda dig Japan 2000. Those ponchos are awesome.
• Mystery Woman Crashes Parade of Nations - How the heck does stuff like this still happen?
• Olympic Athletes See Limited Sponsorships - It's not all about the athletes. It's all about the Benjamins.
• Spanx on Steroids: how Speedo created all-new record-breaking swimsuit - Science is phenomenal, and so are the athletes.

• A Story About Race - Neil deGrasse Tyson - I'm always with Neil. Brilliant and meaningful Q&A.
• 9 Actors Who Hate Why They're Famous - Shut up and be rich.
• Threadless gifs - animated gifs, of course
• The Dark Knight Returns animated trailer - "Batman don't shiv."
• Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein - some trivia about a genius film
• Lights Out - weird but catchy

• What do you call it when nickel attacks cadmium? - Chemistry Cat knows.
• Bane's voice before and after the remix - I'm happy with the new version.
• The Conservative Lorax - It's about time this treehugger grew up.

Let's Celebrate!

Happy birthday to Johnny Depp, Wayman Tisdale, George Pérez, Michael J Fox, Natalie Portman. Happy deathday to Charles Dickens.

Let's get on with the festivities.

• STEADYo - instead of following the hands and letting the yo-yo move, this video reverses our focal point
• 2 New Elements Named on Periodic Table - One, shouldn't the number '2'  be spelled out in the article title? And finally there's and Fl element to make my students happy. They've been writing that symbol for years.
• What-song - I am consistently amazed at the obsessive lengths to which people will go on the internet. This site is attempting to list every song in every movie - complete with scene summary, purchase link, and playable sample.
• SEC presidents, ADs back best-teams playoff - Clearly the real news here though is that the SEC is adding equestrian as a sport. The Big Ten, on the other hand, hates a playoff.
• Queen Elizabeth-themed pantone deck - I love the Pantone deck and appreciate the creativity here.
• Putting words in his mouth - I love a good ventriloquist.

• Dark Knight Rises marathon - Damn you, University of Indianapolis 
• Caped pint glasses - I know a certain short-haired, lady science teacher who's getting an awesome birthday present.
• Prep runner carries foe to finish line - Good sportsmanship still exists...but maybe just at the back of the line.
• Movie trailer of the day - Wreck-It Ralph looks fun.
• Speed of light - cute ad for the tiny projectors, but it's a cute ad, so I'm linking to it 

• This is informative, you should watch it of the day - VSauce tells us all about the tallest buildings/structures in the world. The imagery at 5:00 in is phenomenal.
• The nation's top 10 coaching jobs - honored to see IU back at #5...curious that UConn gets dinged for being successful only under one coach but Duke doesn't get the same ding 
• Video tour of the Toy and Plastic Brick museum - located a scant four hours from my house - and apparently without Lego's permission to use the name 
• Spring 2012: most extreme season in US history - Things have not been right out there this past year, folks. I hope you know that one single event does not support global warming, but at some point the pattern of single events has to be acknowledged.

• Doc Hopper's Other Ideas - I would totally eat the king prawns.
• Unbreakable - unbreakable baseball records
• Calvin and Hobbes - my summer
• Compare and Contrast of the Day - Have to remember who to root against in tonight's game 7.

• Moody photos that embody silence - they do, yes
• Not bitter at all of the day - funny headline from the northwest 
• Little ear earring - kinda cute, kinda creepy 
• Weekend plans - I'm leaning toward the hammers.
• "We went to the moon and discovered Earth" - Dr Tyson is a national treasure.

I'm getting new tires...

Yup...that's Saturday's big excitement.

Adulthood is awesome!

• Say What Now of the Day - Sometimes you just have to acknowledge the crazy and let it have its five minutes of time.
• You've been eating cupcakes wrong your whole life - Good lord, it's true.
• Some Saturday inspiration - Neil deGrasse Tyson strikes again
• Two rules for success - Clearly, this man is smarter than I am.
• New Argo trailer - Bennifer's been 2 for 2 in directing so far 

• Infographic of the Day - Beautiful infographic about gay rights around US broken up by region...stunning concentration in NE...drought in SE...
• Periodic Ceiling of the Elements - I've been wanting to do this for years, but his is much more professionally done.
• The frequent fliers who flew too much - Turns out AmericanAirlines's lifetime pass was a bad deal for AA and a phenomenally awesome deal for the purchasers.
• ComicsAlliance reviews Superman III - Turns out it's better than I or II.
• Carl Sagan on the chemical elements - love this man

• Common appliances, uncommon uses - brownies in the waffle iron, could be tasty
• Photo from Climate Impacts Day - Biggest issue around
• Support for Same-Sex Marriage Edges Upward - Fascinating research
• ZBoard: the Segway of skateboards - I'd be tempted if I lived a little more urban...and good weather.
• 29 Touristy Spots in America that are Actually Good - Been to three of the...Shake Shack needs to be next
• Does Noah Know How Sexy He Is? -  Noah knows the way to middle class America's heart.

• Back to the Future business card of the day - A simple solution
• The Venn Pie-agram - A brilliant way to end today's post.

He's one bad mother...shut yo mouth...

...just talking about Neil Degrasse Tyson...

Two weeks of this stuff back-logged

Gravité from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.

• Lego flashlights - and keychain light and headlamp and more
• How to make Visa obey your every desire - sign up for their new concierge service and entertain yourself
• 50 Lessons Learned from Movies - I would highlight one, but they're all pretty good
• What's the proper response to Arizona's new immigration law? - the Nazi comparison is a little too obvious, but it's hard not to make
• Top 10 new cult movies - I've seen 1,2,5,7,9 and enjoyed 9 & 1 most clearly
• 12 home hack for your microwave - there are a bunch of things here I wouldn't have thought of
• Big Beautiful Wonder Woman blog - the niches are becoming nichier
• The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth - the title's appropriate
• The Evangelism of Science - thank you, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
• Top 10 Ridley Scott films - I'd've slipped Legend in, but that's just me
• Nine great kid sidekicks - Amadeus Cho rocks...so do lots of these others
• Adjustment Bureau trailer - I am intrigued.
• Easy A trailer - I am also intrigued.
• It's like six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but there's only one degree and he's Hitler - the Dialy Show continues to bring the awesome
  
  
• Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf - I couldn't be angrier and more frustrated about the catastrophe that is happening from the Deepwater Horizon.  I'm so angry that I doubt I can say much more about it than I am here without resorting to vulgarities.  See also Oil spill approaches Louisiana coast.