May 2012
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May 23rd
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mikkipedia: brilliantmistake: barnacle sex-o-rama  And now you all know why I would eat a thousand cows before I ate one fucking thing from the ocean. 100% seriously, barnacles are delicious. They taste kind of like lobster. 
May 17th
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May 16th
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The bitter oyster, Panellus stipticus, glows in the dark. We know how but not why they glow. Kathie Hodge uses them as a nightlight.  (I must have watched this thing loop for like five minutes.) 
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 14th
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May 12th
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“As part of a wide-ranging influence-peddling probe, Los Angeles district...”
– Investigators serve warrants at assessor’s home, 11 other locations - latimes.com I’d just like to say that we could have avoided this whole mess if people would just follow my hasty, semi-coherent, voting recommendations. Ahem … Assessor: John Y. Wong vs. John Noguez. Finally...
May 7th
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Sadly, tetracycline is not named for tetris
And when in 1957 they isolated a group of antibiotics from the fungus Streptomyces mediterranei (now called Norcadia mediterranea) they called them rifamycins, from the title of the French gangster film, Rififi, directed by Jules Dassin (1955). Rifampicin was the N­amino­N ’­methylpiperazine (AMP) derivative—hence rif­amp­icin. Rififi is French argot for trouble, and the original title of the...
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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April 2012
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Apr 29th
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Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 4th
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March 2012
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I have been mapping hoods, sloppily. 
Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
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Google Maps Getting Rid of Inaccurate Nabe Names →
theawl: spiegelman: This is a proud, proud moment. THIS IS SOME LIVE AT FIVE ON YOUR SIDE SHIT PEOPLE!!! This made me happy … until I got to the part where they said they were using the LA Times mapper, which is a terrible thing that we should never talk about. I live in the Miracle Mile, LA Times! You can’t tell me otherwise!
Mar 28th
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A database of all the nipples on view in the... →
There are days when one, for example, reblogs a collection of of otters that look like Benedict Cumberpatch and thinks “Maybe the internet really has run its course,” and then one see this and realizes once again how deep that rabbit hole goes. Your move, cumbernipples.tumblr.com
Mar 22nd
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Mar 21st
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Mar 17th
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“Thirty years before the great Mayan cities were abandoned, at the height of the...”
– How collective memory saved lives during Japan’s tsunami - Los Angeles Times
Mar 17th
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Mar 16th
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Mar 14th
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Mar 10th
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megalith 
Mar 10th
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oddly worth it.
I have to say, it’s a very nice rock, and it’s nice to see the la crowds so enthused about something this nerdy. The love of big rocks unites us all. Sadly, vimeo is making me wait half an hour because I’m not a fucking plus member, so the video will have to wait until morning. I mean, it is morning, but it’ll be the morning after I have gotten some goddamn sleep. 
Mar 10th
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Rock in view much excitement
Rock in view much excitement
Mar 10th
At this point, sleep deprivation
At this point, sleep deprivation and 5 million flashing lights may let me hallucinate rock instead of waiting around
Mar 10th
In position. Waiting for megalith
In position. Waiting for megalith with other stubborn or insomniac angelenos.
Mar 10th
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Mar 10th
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Mar 10th
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Unless the alcohol cancels everything out
Just had a big cup of coffee, so I guess we’re doing this thing. 
Mar 10th
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“It does appear that lidar is adequate in detecting zombies if sufficient point...”
– Detecting Zombies with Lidar | Digital Coast (lidar fyi)
Mar 10th
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Mar 10th
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“For those of you following the journey of the megalith that is to be part of...”
– SO EXCITED. I mean sure, you can argue that it’s just a giant rock going down Wilshire Boulevard, but on the other hand, IT’S A GIANT ROCK GOING DOWN WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. I think my point is made. Luckily, I only have to walk a down the block to catch a glimpse, if I can manage to stay...
Mar 9th
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Mar 6th
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Mar 5th
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mikkipedia: Will Self and the Dingle-Dangle Women →
mikkipedia: “that 88-pound rearview mirror dingle-dangle of a girl“—Will Self on Olga Korbut, Spy magazine, June, 1997  “a rearview-mirror dingle-dangle of a woman“—Will Self on Doris Lessing, The Independent, April 4, 1999 ”no more than a no more than a rearview-mirror dingle-dangle of a woman…
Mar 3rd
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Mar 3rd
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Mar 2nd
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 24th
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Or, Everyone Finally Realizes the Class System Is...
So far, Matthew’s claim to Downton Abbey and ability propagate the line has been threatened by Cora’s pregnancy, Canadian imposters, and temporary impotence. Here’s a sneak peek wait during season 3 (spoilers!): Lady Edith comes out as transgendered (Resolved by cis-male bias in 1920s law refusing to acknowledge claim) Lady Crawley suddenly remembers that Matthew has older...
Feb 21st
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Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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