25 Things Kids Today Will Never Have: Pics, Videos, Links, News
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Photo Tampering throughout History
Photo Tampering throughout History
Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing software, it actually dates back almost as far as the invention of photography. Gathered below is an overview of some of the more notable instances of photo manipulation in history. For recent years, an exhaustive inventory of every photo manipulation would be nearly impossible, so we focus here on the instances that have been most controversial or notorious, or ones that raise the most interesting ethical questions.
Fourandsix Technologies - Photo Tampering throughout History
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Can a Playground Be Too Safe?
When seesaws and tall slides and other perils were disappearing from New York’s playgrounds, Henry Stern drew a line in the sandbox. As the city’s parks commissioner in the 1990s, he issued an edict concerning the 10-foot-high jungle gym near his childhood home in northern Manhattan.
Can a Playground Be Too Safe? - NYTimes.com
Monday, July 25, 2011
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Two photos - 30 years apart
Two photos, thirty years apart, move the Web | The Upshot - Yahoo! News
Thirty years ago, the first space shuttle launched into the stratosphere. Chris Bray and his father Kenneth watched -- and took a picture. Then last Friday, the shuttle Atlantis took its final trip. Again, the Bray men were there. And again, the two snapped a photo to capture the moment.
The side-by-side photos, which are up on Chris Bray's Flickr photostream, immediately went viral on the Web.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
My Summer at an Indian Call Center
My Summer at an Indian Call Center
Monica Joshi, 22, kills some time before her graveyard shift at a Gurgaon call center.
"During our second day of culture training, Lekha dissected the Australian psyche. It took about 20 minutes.
"Just stating facts, guys," Lekha began, as we scribbled notes, "Australia is known as the dumbest continent. Literally, college was unknown there until recently. So speak slowly." Next to me, a young man in a turban wrote No college in his notebook.
"Technologically speaking, they're somewhat backward, as well. The average person's mobile would be no better than, say, a Nokia 3110 classic." This drew scoffs from around the room."
Friday, July 08, 2011
Drinking Pee
NASA's New Bag Turns Urine Into Sports Drink - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "NASA's Atlantis shuttle is set to launch this Friday, and its crew will be testing an innovative device that can recycle human urine into a sugary sports drink. The bag uses forward osmosis technology and features a semi-permeable membrane capable of isolating water from virtually any liquid. Recycling urine in this way has a significant effect on a ship's payload, and considering that a single pound adds $10,000 of cost, that slight weight difference can translate to serious savings."
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Making Beer
How to Brew - By John Palmer - Brewing Your First All-Grain Beer
Brewing Your First All-Grain Beer
Welcome to the third section of How To Brew Your First Beer. Here is where we remove the training wheels and do everything from scratch. All of the world's classic beers are produced using malted grain and the methods which I am now going to teach you. The all-grain brewing method allows you the most flexibility in designing and producing an individual wort. Once you have mastered these basic techniques, you will be able to walk into any beer store or pub, select any beer (with the possible exception of the Belgian Lambics), and say with confidence, "I can brew this." The fundamental techniques and related science will be explained in the following chapters.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Monday, July 04, 2011
Motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law
NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law - Yahoo! News
ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.
The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Friday, July 01, 2011
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