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[Meeting notes for April 2020 here.]
Archive for the ‘Cool’ Category
My WebEx Meeting Notes for May 2020
Monday, 1 June 2020Slightly Thaumatropical Hot Links
Sunday, 31 May 2020
Ken Nordine – Flibberty Jib – 1957
The Buffalo Song [ht/ JW].
Very cool interactive photos of WWII [h/t B&P].
Tesla Valve demonstration… using propane [h/t Phil].
Fun Facts To Know And Tell:
A new kind of spider was discovered in 2012. It has a velvet body and lives underground, hence the genus name LouReedia.
“After hearing the Guinness Book of World Records planned to name him the most litigious man, one federal prisoner did what he does best — he sued.” Story here.
Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation reports that sea turtles need to watch their backs, because bottle-nosed dolphins enjoy having sex with them (as well as with sharks and eels). [Source]
[Top image: On 16 May 2020, the USS Portland disabled a UAV with a laser. Story & video here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No.386 – Slappin’ The Turtle, The Cat in the Mat & Clear Glass
Friday, 29 May 2020
The Portal.
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
[Top image & concept found here.]
Swiss Fish Ladder
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
[Image found here. Every google hit for fish ladder Switzerland Pichoux Gorge has the exact same comment so I won’t repost it here.]
Taeniacidal Hot Links
Sunday, 24 May 2020
Danny Dell & The Trends- Froggy Went A Courting, 1960
In the medical business? Gomerpedia is kinda cool.
It even lists a Karen.
It’s open mic poetry night at Honky Joe’s Beat Bar.
Jökla-mýs = Glacier mice.
They move around and nobody knows how [h/t Bunkarina].
Speak Appalachian? Here’s a quiz. Pretty easy – I got 100%.
[h/t Busted Knuckles.]
THIS JUST IN:
A new proof has confirmed the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture, which predicts that the smallest roots of a non-cyclotomic polynomial effectively repel the largest roots, like magnets pushing each other away.
[Top image & story here. More here. Video here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Gambian Burlap Duckbill Masks
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
[Found here.]
The Tapestry.
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Saturday Matinee – Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Trio, Nena & the Allotria Jazz Band
Saturday, 16 May 2020
Kraftwerk on The Midnight Special (1975).
I didn’t realize Tangerine Dream was German – but I should have. We’d listen to this while pulling all-nighters at Biteme U.
Trio [via]. I remember the song, never saw the vid.
Nina Hagen in 1983. I always liked that song, but didn’t realize she was born in East Berlin. Unusual circumstances the government allowed her to leave when she was 21.
[UPDATE: Dang. I blew it. Thanks daver.
daver Says:
Monday, 18 May 2020 at 7:07 PM |
Nina Hagen did not record that song, the German band Nena did, the lead singer was Nena Kerner.
Live from München, the Allotria Jazz Band plays Jelly Roll Morton.
That’s about all the German stuff I can take for now. Have a great weekend, don’t let the scolds get to you. See you back here tomorrow and stuff.
