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Is it a modular home, a recreational vehicle, or a trailer? The Glassic Soho Flat is a manufactured 400 square-foot glass-walled living space. You can select from three floor plans (one bedroom, two bedroom, or studio). Since it has no kitchen, it’s marketed as a vacation getaway, but can be outfitted with optional laundry appliances and a fireplace. A fully-furnished unit will cost you over $59,000. Link to article. http://breckenridgefinerliving.com/exterior.html to product.
Did you know you can play music on a scanner? The HP ScanJet 4c has an unofficial “play tune†command. This one is playing Beethoven’s Fur Elise. Push play or go to Google video. Link to article. -via Grow-A-Brain
The first comment in the previous post, Real-life Happy Feet reminded me of this amusing French TV spot, which capitalized on the name of the movie La Marche de l’empereur, or March of the Emperor. The movie was released in the US as March of the Penguins. Push play or go to YouTube. (Thanks, Barjak!)
How baby penguins learn to walk. This is excerpted from the 2005 documentary March of the Penguins, known in the original French as La Marche de l'empereur. Just plain cute! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Ursi's Blog
Eleni’s NYC makes fantastically decorated cookies for all occassions. For the Academy Awards, there are several sets available: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, and Hollywood Quotes. Pricey, but they will impress the movie buffs at your Oscar-watching party! Link -via YesButNoButYes
Joggling is a term for jogging while juggling. Really. Perry Romanowski is a long-distance joggler who publishes training tips and stories about his quest to joggle 44 marathon races in his blog Just Your Average Joggler. Why?
I do it because I can and it makes people smile.
Link -via Grow-A-Brain
The Union of Concerned Scientists has published The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science. You can view the list alphabetcally, by issue area, by timeline, or by agency. You can also locate each listed issue by finding it on their interactive periodic table. Although there’s a lot of material, the issues only go back as far as 2002. Link -via Cynical C
Hello we are the Radical Rodents, the coolest and hippest mice in the world. We are all mad keen surfers and as far as we know are the only rodents in the world that surf, which would make us the world's smallest surfers. Our names are Chopsticks, Bunsen, Harry & Curly and we have been surfing for over 3 years. We love living here up in sunny Queensland because we get to surf most of the year as the water is warm and the weather is mild. Also there are lots of stinking rich folk with massive boats that deliver the waves which we long to ride.
Push play or go to YouTube. -via Metafilter
Randall Munroe at the wonderful blog xkcd took George Washington’s Farewell Address of 1796 and painstakingly translated each point into 21st century American English. He said the process was “fun, depressing, inspiring, and a little bit spooky.†The results are amazingly easy to read and understand. The advice Washington had for the nation is still valid today. Link -via Metafilter
Simple Simon read about the London flat for sale that was only 7’x11’. He took that as a design challenge. Can such a small space be made livable? His plans include a space-saving sleeping loft. My suggestion would be to combine the shower and toilet area, as they do in some Japanese hotels. Link
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Abby and Brittany Hensel are the conjoined twins from Minnesota you may remember from the TV special Joined for Life. They share many body organs, and each twin controls one arm and leg, but they coodinate so well they seem to move as one. Now almost 17 years old, here’s an update of how Abbby and Brittany are doing in high school. Push play or go to MetaCafe.
You’ve heard the phrase “like nailing jelly to the wall†to describe a difficult task. Graeme Cole decided to find out exactly how difficult it was to nail jelly (or Jello for Americans) to a wall. He chronicled his experiment step-by-step with pictures. Link -via the Presurfer
Update 2/8/07: MyScienceProject has more about nailing jell-o:
Our further investigation into this area leads us to state the following: Jell-O can be effectively nailed to a wall if you increase its density by reducing the proportion of water to gelatin in the recipe, or fortify it by adding more gelatin powder.Link - Thanks ebez1
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