June 2008
Filed under: Culture, Online
This may be the final day where we bravely speculate on the still-hidden mysteries of Blizzard’s splash page. The ice has completely melted overnight to reveal … well … we’re still trying to decipher that one.The eye slits are definitely not star clusters anymore, perhaps it has something to do with candles. We also now have a cryptic letter...
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Lögreglan á Akureyri hafði í nógu að snúast við að stilla til friðar í gærkvöldi þegar sló í brýnu á milli stríðandi fylkinga úr undirheimum bæjarins. Að sögn lögreglu snérist málið um fartölvu sem hóparnir ásökuðu hvorn annan um að hafa stolið.
Watch this surgeon fold a tiny origami crane (wingspan smaller than a diameter of a penny) using the DaVinci telesurgery system. I like the way the surgeon’s “style” is transmitted to the robotic arms. (via Pink Tentacle)
A nursing home in Germany built an exact replica of a bus stop in front of the facility. The only difference is that buses never stop there. “It sounds funny,” said Old Lions Chairman Franz-Josef Goebel, “but it helps. Our members are 84 years-old on average. Their short-term memory hardly works at all, but the long-term memory is still active. They know the green and yellow bus sign and remember...