MOONWALK ONE - A surprisingly groovy look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in a full length documentary that contains a lot of rare and not often seen footage of the preparations and launch of the first manned mission to the moon. Warning: Also contains lots of theramins, trippy optical effects, faux bohemians and some really blowy narrative.
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on Apr 23, 2010 -
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In a must-see interview for tabletop gamers everywhere, Colonel Louis Zocchi talks about modern mass produced plastic dice and why they utterly fail at being random:
Part 1 -
Part 2
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on Nov 26, 2008 -
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The Wikipedia List of Unusual Articles. Including popular favorites such as
Raining Animals,
Penis Panic,
The Utah Teapot,
The Jesus Nut,
The Mexican Perforation, and
The Liver-Eating Johnson. But wait, there's more!
Sweater Curse! Turtles All The Way Down! Acoustic Kitty! (Seriously, WTF CIA?) The
Ding Hai Effect.
Blue Peacock, the Chicken Powered Nuclear Bomb. Chess-Related Deaths,
ETAOIN SHRDLU,
Alien Hand Syndrome,
Colors of Noise,
Drake's Plate of Brass, and
Mole Day. Click now and they'll also include
List of Songs in English Labled the Worst Ever and the
List of Songs Whose Title Constitutes The Entire Lyrics free of charge!! Had enough? Succumb to the
Flynn Effect but watch out for
Exploding Head Syndrome!
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on Jan 29, 2007 -
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Wired: What We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? Is the universe actually made of information? How does the brain produce consciousness? Why do we still have big questions? 42 of the biggest unanswered questions in science.
posted by loquacious
on Jan 26, 2007 -
45 comments
The Red Hill Guide is an amazingly detailed and well-written compendium of desktop hardware old and new, with a focus on PC and x86 compatibles. Look for your first CPU, hard drive or mainboard.
posted by loquacious
on Jan 6, 2007 -
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