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Gravy is not Replenished Once Depleted

Advice for life as seen in the breakfast room of the West Western hotel in Dallas Oregon. This sign hangs over a crock pot full of breakfast gravy. Brent and I, while travelling for earthmine, noticed that this sign had a secret special significance.

Gravy is not
replenished
once depleted.
It is served as a
first come first
served basis.

Caution: Gravy
is hot!

Are you going to Burning Man this year?

This is somewhat obligatory.

Emo Phillips: The Animal Square Dance

Ok, I know I haven’t posted anything of my own creation on the blog in a while… but this makes me so happy!

http://www.emophilips.com/video/video/176

Burning Man 2010 Resource Guide – Part 1

Every year Burning Man puts out a guide for buying supplies and such. This year’s list is pretty darn huge. So I’ve split it into 2 parts. Here you go!

Part 1

RESOURCES 2010
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Table of Contents

Playa Preparation Events
Lights and Electronics
Miscellaneous BRC Gear
Playa Wear
Services
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Playa Preparation Events

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Prepare for the Playa

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Misplaced Posters

I went to New York a week ago and saw this poster in Baggage Claim at JFK.
Umm, if the bag made it this far, what do you think the odds are of it being a bomb?

Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight

Wow.

Maneuvers just like in the movies, only effing real.

202 Funny Star Wars Tees

Where’s My Jetpack?

It’s the future now. I was promised a jetpack. Where is my jetpack?

Oh, here it is! (via)

The future is looking up, isn’t it?

Glenn Beck Hates You. Yes YOU Fair Blog Reader

This is a pretty awesome video about Glenn Beck and you.
Watch it.
It will ask you to log onto Facebook. Go ahead, it’s safe, and awesome.

Pure Comedy Gold: Insane Killer Robots

Niladri wrote to the SWARM list a few days ago:

I reflashed the daughter board on Orb 3 and Michael Toren and I roll tested it. The moment I hit the joystick the orb took off and wouldn’t stop even when I let go of the joystick.

P.S. 1 – The kill switch is not easy to hit when the orb is running away from you very fast.
P.S. 2- The box shop is out of band aids. I would grab a box but it will be a few weeks before I am back.

Something I learned today: Dark Star vs Alien

The absolute classic space horror movie Alien was inspired by the awesomely classic and low budget Dark Star! (via)

Big Bunny!

A terrific video series for people that love children (but not in the way you think… and not that way either!)

Big Bunny!
big bunny

Beautiful things I saw recently

Actually I found this in a pile of old thoughts from 2006 or so

Flying over The Great Salt Lake. I don’t think it was the lake itself… it was just north of Salt Lake City. There is this grand expanse where the lake used to be… it’s mostly blue-purple. At 35,000 feet. There are white patches that look like white caps and other faint white whiffs that look like the ripples of when looking into deep water. But how can that be? The scale is off by a factor of 1,000!

On the BART on the way to SFO at sunrise, there is a low lying area with high voltage electric lines in a swampy area. Fog was wisping about and settling in beautiful ways… playing off the sunrise-yellow morning.

Bunny Comic

Greeting Card Emergency: Very Smart

A bear with a machine gun riding a shark

bear-riding-shark

from teh internets

“If your nose starts bleeding, it’s because this picture just kicked you in the face.”

(if you know the source of this image, please comment! I found this on motivatedphotos.com)

Keywords: kickassery, tommy gun, cigar, bear, shark

Big Rig Jig Mocked!

Cracked.com rocks.

From today’s Craptions

(click for full view)

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DiceOMatic

This is truly a thing of beauty
DiceOMatic

Another Cloud Reel

Today’s magical moment:

Another Cloud Reel… by Delrious. Time lapse videos of the Bay Area. Clouds, traffic, fantastical ships.

Sour – Hibi no Neiro

I think this is just wonderful.

You should play it full-screen.

日々の音色 (Hibi no Neiro) by Sour a Japanese music group. (via) (originally via Vimeo but the content was removed just 1 minute after I made this post, that’ll remind me never to post content I don’t host!) (via) (via)

Here are the lyrics (via). They are worth reading.
Lyrics:

Your heart that gently reflects in the puddle
is your tone, as you pass through the maze of everyday

Footsteps of spring
the city starts adding color
The melody flowsLE LU LA LI
Through the colored lenses

ReggaeDubHiphopTechnoLatin
Between the waves of all the different values
JazzRockPops Category no more
Whats the most important thing?

Spinning and turning on the overpass
as we overtake that season
this and that, which color is your melody?
Sometimes you could get confused

ReggaeDubHiphopTechnoLatin
Between the waves of all different values
JazzRockPops Category no more
What are you thinking of now?

If we can embrace all the differences
It will shine the sky in rainbow colors
Your heart that gently reflects in the puddle
is your tone, as you pass through the maze of everyday

You can see it in any color, because of your clear feeling
Dont worry about it, lets just go as we are.
If we can embrace all the differences
The rain will stop, and the sky will shines in rainbow colors

Your heart that gently reflects in the puddle
is your tone, as you pass through the maze of everyday
You can see it in any color, because of your clear feeling
Let your tone shine like the rainbow

Pass through the maze of everyday
And start playing your tone