I just noticed that I’ve only done about 8 posts since AUGUST. We weren’t OFFICIALLY dead, but we might as well have been.
It’s time for a change.
86Words is coming back from the dead…
WeeeeEEEeeeeerrrrreeeeeee… BaaaaAAAAaaaacccCCCCckkkk……
The picture says it all - more pictures (and info) at the original story!
Luckily, the whole tree wouldn’t fit into the portal or it would just fall straight through!
- Full Article on BoingBoing -
After a lengthy meeting with the 86Words Fear Containment Unit, we’ve been authorized to publish this post, but please read with caution!
Naegleria Fowleri is an amoeba that lives in warm-water areas worldwide. It enters through the nose and travels via the olfactory nerve to the brain.
Which it eats.
Yes, killing the victim.
The number of deaths by this organism appears to be increasing, and two recent cases in Louisiana came from tap water!
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun)
As this picture (from the CDC website) shows, the organism is more precisely an amoeboflagellate - note the "tail", but the article refers to it only as an amoeba.
- Full Article on TheDailyBeast.com -
Every step we take toward a more sustainable, more natural, more ecologically friendly way of life seems to involve doing something biologically rather than mechanically (or non-biologically chemically).
The latest example uses biologically-based materials to generate energy in the form of a battery - it even uses living things (termites) for it’s basic principles!
The demonstrator is using an enzyme (a bio-chemical) to convert "paper" (wood) into a power-cell strong enough to run a small fan. One more step toward fully bio-engineering our environment!
I have a dear friend and regular reader of my blog who prefers not to be credited for his Internet finds (let’s call him Ethwick).
This time, my dear readers, he found GOLD!
THIS is what geekdomhood is all about. I’ll let the article speak for itself!
(With massive points/props to "Ethwick").
If you get nothing else from this article, get this: the BBC is recovering missing episodes of Dr. Who from the early sixties by reconstructing them from signals bounced off of something that is twenty-five freaking light years away (give or take).
- Original Article on the BBC -
Etsy, the online equivalent to a (massive) craft show, has added an app to help you decide what to get your friends for Christmas by looking at their FaceBook profiles!
For some friends, the list of suggestions can seem a little eerie, though if the person in question hasn’t LIKEd anything on FaceBook, it only provides generic selections.
Even if you’re not into handmade stuff, it could help get ideas for your Christmas gift list!
If you click on one of the people on the list, you’ll get a lot more breakdown info on what they LIKEd on FaceBook (and a lot more suggestions).
From there, you can select one of the listed items to go directly to that specific listing, or click "See All" on the category (in this case, "More Cowbell") to see all of the category’s items.
- Gift Figurer-Outer on Etsy -
POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period
Enjoy!
Nicely done. Bravo!
POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period
Enjoy!
POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period
Enjoy!
I think this would pretty well cover it for most people.
If you’ve ever wanted to be an actor, (or watch noob actors), check out Beckinfield.com!
Beckinfield, California has lots of weirdness happening. Someone started a school project for people to vlog their impressions of day-to-day events.
New events are announced weekly by the admins, and anyone can add their videos to the story.
Everything is organized to make the video blogs work together as small parts of a whole.
Very, very cool!
Each week, clips are taken from some of the blogs and stuck together in a "Previously on Beckinfield" review!
Important places are marked on the main map, but there are many other locations in the town where details can be filmed (vlogged). New places are added frequently as they are created by participants (for example, one guy created a new book store in his character intro).
Each aspect of the town (in this case, some of the locations) are described in summary. Click on any one of them to know more about the details (or make up more of your own as long as they don’t contradict previous canon).
Each actor or actress (you, if you decide to participate) will have a page dedicated to them that looks like this. I’m thinking about a character, but I haven’t quite decided yet - I definitely want to do something… Unique if I participate.