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SF Papercraft
The SF Movie Paper Craft Gallery has elaborate paper models of spaceships and whatnot to print and put together. The site is in Japanese, but you should be able to get the idea. Link (via Neatorama)
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It’s How Big?
In a post nicely titled “Boldly Going to Nerdville,” RF Jason has superimposed an image of the Enterprise D over some Google Maps to illustrate just how gol-dang big the thing was.Link (via Wil Wheaton)
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R.I.P., Mr. Wizard
Poop.
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Chicken Little May be Pork
Researchers at Utrecht University are “trying to make meat without having to kill animals,” beginning with lab-grown pork. They’re looking first at supplying astronauts on long missions with fresh meat, but eventually hope to grow enough to feed millions of the poor as well.Link (via Nothing to Do with Arbroath)
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Amazingly Cool Crystal Cave
Even without the Superman tie-in (or maybe especially without the Superman tie-in), this cave full of gigantic crystals is seriously awe-inspiring. Somebody with a little poetry in their soul finally got in on the naming, too; the “Cave of Swords” portion of the cavern sounds like something out of a Simmons novel. (Unlike a gorgeous…
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Good. Evil. I’m the Guy with the Search Engine
The SciFi Tech blog has an interesting take on the monolith that Google is fast becoming. I trust Apple with my computer needs and Poland Spring with my water needs, but since the days when I wore Gap clothing exclusively, I’ve never felt quite so comfortable with–or reliant upon–a company than I do Google. Link
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Heard on the Radio This Morning
Actor Leonard Nimoy has reinvented himself as a photographer of “plus-size” nude women. Do you have any idea what a sentence like that does to a brain that hasn’t had any coffee yet? I checked and this is, indeed, entirely true. The link is NSFW. Or possibly anywhere else either. Link
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Aaaaaargh—lolbots
I don’t believe I can put it any more succinctly than Xeni Jardin has: Goddammit. Every time I swear I’m gonna put a kibosh on any plural noun that begins with LOL, someone reboots the meme in a genuinely funny way. Well said. Anyway, R. Stevens of Dieselsweeties has come up with the latest riff.…
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Countries Opening Embassies in Second Life
The Maldives opened Second Life’s first virtual embassy on May 23rd, beating the upcoming Swedish embassy by eight days. The Philippines and Macedonia are also looking into establishing diplomatic missions, as Second Life’s role as a means of low-cost communication becomes increasingly evident.I’ve blogged about Second Life a couple of times before; I think I…
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Farewell Summer – Sequel to Dandelion Wine
Cory Doctorow has a short review of Bradbury’s Farewell Summer–a sequel a mere 50 years in the writing–up over at BoingBoing.Link